Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07

TWO OCnerS caro- NoLre Dame.
Veteran teams, resting on past
laurels, seldom come back, be-
cause they have lost all the elixir
of youth. Young teams which
have this fire are dangerous, be-
cause they are likely to kick out
in all directions, but they will
take some bumps while gaining
experience.
The best situation is a mixture Of
veterans and youngsters in such num-
Der that no one is sure of position.
This provides spirit and morale. There
is no special magic in any one sys-
tenn of coaching, for there are often
several ways of doing the same thing
in foot ball. Hard running and
tackling, good blocking, good kicking
and clever ball-handling will be the
factors that will decide our big games,
just as in the past.
Teams Classified.
On preseason information I would
divide the Big Ten into these groups:
First-Northwestern and Purdue.
Second-Michigan, Illinois, Mime
sofa and Wisconsin.
Third-Ohio State.
AS Iowa, reinstated in the good
graces of the Conference too late to
obtain full schedule, encounters only
one Big Ten team, Purdue, the Hawk
eyes, even If they win this battle, can
not be considered for the champion
ship. But suppoSing they beat Pur-
due, will that reverse count against the
present champions? There's q nice
question.
with the exception of Chicago, Min
nesota and Indiana, which play four
Big Ten games, all the other Con-
ference teams except Iowa have five.
The Conference schedules and i'm
portant intersectional games follow:
Northwestern plays Ohio State, IL
Iinois, Minnesota, Indiana, Wisconsin,
(Notre Dance.
Purdue plays Michigan, Iowa, Wis
consin, Chicago, Illinois, Indiana.
Michigan plays Purdue, Ohio State,
Illinois, Minnesota, Chicago, CHarvard)
Illinois plays Northwestern. Michigan,
Purdue, Chicago, Ohio State, (Army)
Minnesota plays Indiana, North
western, Michigan, Wisconsin, (Stan-
ford).
Ohio State. Northwestern, Minnesota,
(Pennsylvania).
Ohio State plays Indiana, North
western, Michigan. Wisconsin, Illinois,
Navy and Pittsburgh.
Chicago plays Wisconsin, Purdue,
Illinois, Michigan, (Princeton).
Indiana plays Ohio State, Minnesota,
Northwestern, Purdue, (Notre Dame)
Iowas most important games are
with Purdue, Detroit, Marquette, Penn
State and Nebraska.
Northwestern is likely to be knocking
at the door If Dick Hanley can de-
velop reserves. Hanley has done a
good job of coaching in his three sea-
sons, but he has had more than the
usual bad luck which goes along with
the game in the form of disabilities to
key men. He has plenty Of veterans
and some promising sophomores. His
captain, Hank Bruder, crippled most of
last season, should be one of the best
halfbacks in the Conference. Rentner,
sophomore fullback, is said to be
stronger and more powerful than Berg
herm, leading Big Ten fullback last
year, and he fits in well with the
Warner system.
Purdue Deserving.
Purdue, last years champion, de-
served its honors, and in my opinion
was as good as any team in the coun-
try. Jimmy Phelan, smart coach,
has gone to Washington, but his sue
cessor, Noble KiZer, also a Notre Dame
product, has been assistant coach for
several years, so the transition should
not create confusion.
Purdue has lost great tackle,
Sleight, and two fine backs, Welcb
and HarmeSon, but still has Yunewich,
fullback. q splendid blocker: The great
need will be tackles.
Purdue's schedule is not so well ar
rangde as last year, when non-Con-
ference game before the Iowa contest
was valuable. and Illinois is added.
Nevertheless, expect the boilermakerS
to be contenderS.
There have been no Oosterbaans and
Friedmans at Ann Arbor the last 10
years, and the old Michigan policy,
Hold em and wait for the breaks, F"
has not been working so successfully,
but the wolverines will be tough nuts,
l think Coach Kipke had tough sled
ding at the outset last year, his flrst,
but Michigan finished nicely, tying
Iowa and beating Harvard and Min
nesota, which was fine for morale.
Michigan Line Hit.
Michigan has lost heavily in regular
linemen, but eleven lettermen are avail
able for all positions, and Kipke had a
fine Spring practice. Poor tackling IN
the open was responsible for most OF
Michigan's woes last season, and II this
is corrected the eleven will be tough.
When I observed recently that ma
terial was somewhat Scant at Illinois
this Fall. Knute Rockne Immediately
asserted this meant we would have an
other strong team. hope he is right.
1t is the fashion to discount anything
a coach says about the outlook for his
team, and all 1 can do is outline the
situation. We have lost practically all
the stalwart linesmen, ends and backs
who lost only two games in the last
three years, and we must build all over
again.
Illinois has only four lettermen left
from last year and at best only Two
can be considered regulars-Kawal,
center, and Yanuskus, halfback. Our
old line material consists Of third