Evening star., 1930-12-01
TIDES SUPREMACY
EXTOLLED BY DIXIE
Southern Leaders Predict
Victory Over Washington
s} State at Pasadena.
BY H. C. BYRD.

bdA1 VCd1Al AL OAlC OAAAOCO
"A States, according to well
defined opinion in the far
South, opinion based on concep-
tions of gridiron strength as seen
throughout the Middle West and
North, as well as the South. And
sentiment in that section generally
and strongly favors the Crimson
tide to beat Washington State
College at Pasadena in the
Tournament of Roses on New
Year day.
Not only has Alabama the strongest
team, according to opinions of those In
position to judge, but it has two play
erS who stand out among the stars
Suther, at halfback, and Sington, al
guard-and also possesses manpower a.
great as that of any other eleven. The
writer has not seen Alabama'S team
but the last week end talked to repre-
sentatives Of two schools that have met
Alabama and their opinions did not
vary in the least.
McGugin Unreserved.
alabama has a great team, with
greater manpower than any other
eleven in the South, and it will beat
washington State out at the Tourna-
ment of Roses" says Dan McGugin
coach of Vanderbilt. You think that
we have a good deal Of manpower here
at Vanderbilt, and so we have, but
Alabama has it on US. Alabama beat
US and has given us the credit foI
putting up the hardest fight they got
all year, but we didn't have chance
Alabama has one of the greatest foot
ball teams I have ever seen, and be-
lieve it could whip any other team IN
the country In fundamental play,
have never seen a team superior to the
one Wade has developed this year."
The above opinion was not given as
hearsay, nor did it come from a man
given to exaggeration. 1t was the con-
servative statement of coach who
himself has this year developed fine
eleven, an eleven that whipped Minnie
sofa by a wide margin, but which gave
way before Alabama.
Tennessee PaIed.
It was N. w. Daugherty, faculty
chairman of athletics, voiced the uni
yersity of Tennessee'S opinion OF Ala
bana In these words:
I'VE thought We had some good ma
terial at Tennessee, but changed our
minds after playing Alabama. That
Alabama line just moved US backward
as 4 unit It did not open holes IN our
line, but It just pushed our whole line
all over the field In all my experience
IN college athletics / never saw team
SO well drilled in fundamental play and
with so much power to carry out ef-
fectiyely the fundamentals Of foot ball
There is nothing fashy about the Ala
baraa team, but there Is no other eleven
In the South with anywhere neal
enough man power to stop 1t. I have
little doubt that it viii win the inter-
sectional game Thanksgiving day."
Not only does Alabama measure ur
IN defense and offense in everything
that makes good foot bah, but 1t alsc
has punter who stands out head and
shoulders above almost every other mar
booting foot ball. Johnny Cain, full
back, Is said to be able to kick the bal
"a mile" and plenty high enough fol
his ends to be down waiting for the bal
TO drop into the backs arms.
Consensus Carries Weight.
The Georgia coaches seem to be oi
the same opinion in regard to Alabams
as the Tennessee and Vanderbilt men
Georgia met and debated Yale anc
New York University, two of the strong.
est elevens in the East; Vanderbilt
Tennessee has lost very feN games in ths
last four years, and concensuS o.
these schools that Alabama stands alone
ought to carry real weight.
But 1t Is not only Alabama which hal
excellent gridiron material, but nearly al
the far Southern schools. 1t is a fac
that the universities making up thI
northern end Of the Southern Confer
ence, with the exception of North Caro-.
YRnf a.
good as those farther South. Wander.
bilt has squad which is so much bet.
ter than Nays that there Is hardly
any comparison, yet Vanderbilt frankly
admits that it Is not on a par with Ala.
ban1a, or Tennessee, or Georgia.
They Are Standouts.
when one names Tulane, Alabama
Georgia, Georgia Tech, Florida, Van
derbilt, Kentucky and Tennessee ht
names a group Of schools that are 81
much stronger in man power and gen.
eral versatility Of players than Vir.
gtnia, Maryland, Washington and Lee
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Vir.
ginia Military Institute that there II
no comparison. Vanderbilt early ir
the season beat v. p. /. by somethinC
like 40 points and last week defeated
Maryland by % to 2, and about thu
only good comparison that the South
Atlantic section is able to draw with
the Far Southern schools is in tht
games North Carolina has played with
Tennessee and Georgia Tech. Nortl
Carolina lost to Tennessee and tieS
Georgia Tech, yet the latter has beer
whipped Soundly by other Far South
ern schools and Tennessee lost by a de
cisive margin to Alabama,
outside of North Carolina's game
with Georgia Tech and Tennessee tn
best showing made by any team in thi
section was Maryland's against Wander
bilt Maryland and Vanderbilt playet
through hard game, game in whicl
neither team was able to gain con
sistently, and in which all four touch
downs came as the result of lonI
runs, one of Vanderbilt's being TO
81 yards. The impression seems TO b
that Marylands defeat was due in con
siderable measure TO the fact that /
played three games in eight days AM
that the Vanderbilt game was the thirc
but as matter of fact that affecte,
the Old Liners very little. Vanderbilt
has better foot ball team and coul