The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-06
/ ALKING
IT OVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, Nov 6.-I have
Il ' noticed that all the football
experts manage to bat around 300
1at the very ieas) picking winners,
and have come to the conclusion
that either the football expert is a
very superior sort of wizard or else
ne has a very soft dodge.
I am not prepared to say which is the
true state OF affairs but in glancing over
the schedule Of Saturdays games. I find
number Of gridiron tussles. as believe
they are called. the outcome Of which
seems as obvious as Mahatma Gandhrs
knee cap.
What mean to say is that am pretty
sure can pick them myself, and in order
TO make the operation seem reasonably
adult. I would guarantee to pick them
Ohhoioided. while juggling four silk hats
Oi course there usually four or five
games on the schedule that call for pro-
found and energetic guessing. but when
these do not come of as per predictions
they are blandly and anctuously marked
Gown as upsets, form Teversals and the
malignant effects Of the Hawley- smoot
tariff
Now let's take look at some of the
games that are TO be played Saturday:
Yale plays St. Johns. Well. at the risk
OF losing my standing in the community
as prophet 1 am willing to take a long
chance and 90 out on the limb and string
with Old Eli
Cornell or Alfred? HNdMMMMM. Let's
see Heads or tails? Heads and it's
Cornell. That was a tough one. Maybe
those football dopesters don't have such
an easy time of it at that
Now what2 Syracuse and Western Re-
serve Another tough one. Aside from
rolling I'D total Of 1913 points. beating
Florida. Penn State and Michigan state.
and maintaining a clean slate since the
start Of the season Syracuse hasn't done
very much.
On the other hand. Western Reserve is
one Of those teams that fight to the last
ditch. with their backs to the wall. wear
ing the red badge OF courage and. like De-
catur, are always for their country. right
or Hoover. The only trouble With Western
Reserve is that they never win any ball
games.
Even so and nevertheless and in the
lace OF all the testimony to the contrary
as well as the grand old dope, yours truly
is going to take another rash gamble here
and pick Syracuse.
THIS is the first time yours truly
Il has gone in for football expert
ing, but he is asking no quarter and
giving none, and if his predictions
in these three games fail to stand
the acid test Of time, he will be man
enough to say along with whoever
said it first, Nothing ventured,
nothing gained, and make mine
cigar this time"
AS 1 say this looks like a soft racket
and l could go, on for hours at a time
and the Cornells over the Aifreds 5uTg
wen, sooner or later l would get down to
the tough ones. and maybe in some strange
manner I'd miss two or three and his
something like that. Thew tell me when a
football expert drops below $50 they throw
him right out OF the league and l should
saw 1t serves him iollv well right
There are only about four games in the
country that mean anything Saturday and
II you can ring up the winning numbers
on all four of them you are an expert
New York university against Georgia at
the Yankee Stadium. I'll have to go for
Georgia in this one.
Harvard VS.. Dartmouth. Give me a
ticket on Harvard.
Northwestern against Minnesota. ANY
team that's good enough to tie Notre
Dame shouldn't have any trouble with Min
nesota
Don't say I didn't tell you.