Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-01
FIVE WILL BATTLE
IN OTHER SECTIONS
Notre Dame Is Prepared for
Lively Afternoon With
Southern Methodist.
BY H. C. BYRD.


TINE South this week sends
Ave Of its elevenS to do bat
4 tie against universities in
other sections of the Ma
ton. Out on the other side of the
Mississippi one conflict is to take
place, in Minnesota will be an
other, two others in Illinois and
Indiana and the other up in New
England.
From the Far South journeys
Tulane, Texas A. and M. and
Southern Methodist to meet, re-
spectively, Northwestern, Nebras-
ka and Notre Dame; from the Mid
die South Vanderbilt leaves to
test its mettle against Minnesota,
and from the northern border Of
Dixie the Maryland eleven goes
again to risk the snap Of the Yale
Bulldog.
OF all these games, It Is likely that,
from q countrywide view, the one be-
tween Notre Dame and Southern Meth
odist is attracting most attention.
Southern Methodist last year had a
great team and is said to have an even
better one now. Notre Dame always
has o great eleven, and the meeting
between the two will be watched with
more than usual interest, especially by
the Navy, which plays them both. Just
how well the Southern Methodist sys-
tenn will stand up against the South
Bend players Is a question that cannot
be answered without closer knowledge
the Texas school will put up a great
battle, and then again it may find its
much-vaunted offense shattered by q
sound system of defense.
Irish Well Prepared.
Anyway, Notre Dame apparently is
not looking forward to the game with
much thought that it should be an easy
afternoon. Rockne has seldom given so
much time in preparation for an OPEN
ing game. He realizes that Southern
Methodist has an aggregation of ath-
letes not to be taken lightly, and he
knows, Furthermore, that Notre Dame
can hardly afford to start its schedule
with defeat. On the other hand, Ray
Morrison, coach at Southern METHODIST,
knows just as well that a victory over
Notre Dame would give his school, and
him, too standing in the foot ball
world that could not be attained
through victory in any other one game
With these two viewpoints at stake, and
with teams made up of brilliant ath-
letes, this opening game may be one OF
the really great struggles of the year
And, on the other hand, it may be just
another cloud dissipated by the South
Bend whirlwind.
Texas A. and M may have q good
chance against Nebraska. The Texans
meet what annually is a good eleven,
and now is coached by Bible, who is
very familiar with foot ball in Texas,
having coached in that State for a
number of years. Texas A. and M
would seem to have about as good a
chance for victory as any of the five
schools that leave the South to play on
foreign soil.
Tulane Strong Again.
Tulane thinks it should have a team
this Fall as good as it had last, when
1t was conceded by virtually everybody
in the Far South to be the strongest
in the South. However, others feel
that Tulane lost in Banker the key
to its 1929 success and that this year
1t may not be so formidable. Be that
as It may, Dr. Wilbur Smith, athletic
director. told the writer last Fall when
he scheduled the game with North
western that he believed Tulane haC