The Washington times., 1931-09-28
ST. MARY'S
FURNISHES
GRID UPSET
BY EDDIE CASEY
Former AlI-AmeFlcan half-back and
now head football coach at Harvard.
written for and copyrighted 1881 by
International News Service)


written for and copyrighted 1881 by
International News Service)
BOSTON, Sept. 28.-The foot
ball season is a week old and
Southern California, Chicago and
Penn State have been beaten.
Stanford has been tied and Cali
fornia, Indiana, West Virginia
and Washington badly scared.
Dartmouth, Minnesota, Nebraska
and Alabama have been scored
on. What an amazing start for
the new football campaign.
Seldom has small college foot
ball struck any more forcefully
on an opening day than was the
case last Saturday. For several
years now the gap has been mar
rowing between the so-called big
teams and little teams. Improved
coaching, superior material and
the development of the forward
pass as a vital part of a teams
running attack have done much
for the small college.
Probably never in the history OF
football have the three major
teams of the Pacific Coast had
such difficulty getting under way
as resulted when Slip Madigan's
st. Mary's team beat Southern
California, while Stanford was
being held to scoreless tie by the
Olympic Club and California was
stumbling through a SO win over
Santa Clara.
Washington managed to beat
Utah by a point after touch.
down. but that game had prom
ised to be a high-pOwered clash
because of Utah'S dominance
of Rocky Mountain football
during the last four seasons.
Jimmy Phelan'S Washington
team scored a notable triumph
over a team that had not been
beaten since 1927.
The list of casualties in the
East after the grand opening was
almost negligible in comparison
with those of the Coast and
Middle West. Penn States de-
feat by Waynesburg was a stun
ming surprise, but Penn State is
going through a building period
and probably is starting slowly.
HillsdaIe Beats Chicago
In the conference, Chicago's de-
feat in the second game of a
double-header indicates it is i'm.
possible to whip a football squad
into condition in 10 days for two
hard games. Chicago beat Cor
nell, Iowa, 1910, and lost to Hills
dale, 10. Hillsdale lost only two
games a year ago, Chicago and
Kalamazoo inflicting the defeats,
each by a score Of 7-6.
The three eastern teams which
have been granted to have plenty
of power, Dartmouth, Army and
Cornell, galloped through soft
games and were not disorganized
by the heavy footing and gen.
orally poor conditions which pre-
vailed throughout the east.
Army has tremendous
amount of power. To be sure,
Ohio Northern was no match
for the cadets, but major SaSSe
and his assistants have gotten
excellent results from their
practice sessions.
Army has been inclined to
worry about it's line, but the
cadets have great power packed
in that front line, and need but
one hard game to bring it out.
That certainly will come on
october 10 when Michigan State
storms the point. Coached by
Notre Dame Jim Crowley,
Michigan State has come along
fast and was hitting on high
when it scored "a points against
Alma Saturday, the same team
it had difficulty running up %
points on a year ago.
Backs Run Wild
Naturally early season games
give good scoring players a field
day, and Bob Mcnamara, of New
York University, Sophomore John
Ferraro, of Cornell, Ray Stecker,
of Army. Hodupp. of Columbia,
Heller, of Pittsburgh. and Jimmy
Murphy, of Fordham, and Bill
Morton. and Sam Fishman, of
Dartmouth, all good backs,
cashed in on their opportunities