Evening star., 1932-11-04
FOUR GAMES BEAR
ON LOOP STANDING
Northwestern, Ohio State in
TussIe That Will Hold
Most Interest.
BY DIR. C. w. SPEARS,

M 4.-After a layoff last week,
w when most of the confer
ence teams were playing
intersectional opponents, h e
warfare in Midwest fott ball will
be resumed tomorrow, with the
exception of Minnesota and Iowa
which play non-conference games.
Minnesota will entertain Missis-
sippi and Iowa receives Nebraska,
a very powerful neighbor.
One Of the most interesting contests
of the day will be the Northwestern
Ohio State meeting. Northwestern
boasts of a splendid backfield and a
mediocre line which does not give its
backs any chance to get under way and,
while the line is little stronger de-
fensively, it is still not good.
Whether it has been the line or not,
Rentner of Northwestern has not had
a good year and has been guilty of fum-
bleS in most of the important contests
which has hindered his teams scoring
chances. Olson is the outstanding cog
in the Northwestern backfield His
kicking passing and all-around play
have been a great help to his team.
Likewise Northwesterns ends have
shown up well this year.
OHIO STATE, with big squad and
~ an especially big line, is a very
strong defensive team. Its line
charges well and is powerful, and the
backs come up exceptionally fast on
running plays, which may cause them
some distress against NorthweStern's
passing attack.
States offense to date has not been
very effective. Its passing game is very
ordinary, but it has good deal of run
ming strength. Hinchman appeared to
me to be the greatest of their backfeld
He kicks well, passes well and Is a
good, hard-driving runner.
Carroll is another very fast, hard
driving back, who sweeps the ends in
an effective fashion. Cramer against
Wisconsin did not look particularly
good and was suffering from a slight
injury received in the Pittsburgh game
! could not see a great deal of differ
ence between Oliphant and Cramer-
they both appeared to be in about the
same class.
Ohio does not have a very effective
bucker. and this may help the North
western line somewhat. Both teams
use the Warner offense-
sticking more closely to the Warner
version, while Ohio's version has been
modified by the coach to considerable
extent. However, everything is run off
from the double wingback formation.
do not look for Ohio to score more
than once against Northwestern and
Northwestern, with her passing attack,
will probably score against Ohio. The
game appears to me to be toSs-up,
though I am inclined to favor North
western.
THE Michigan-Indiana contest brings
J. the strong Hoosier squad against
the leading team of the conference
on Indiana's home field Indiana has
the power to stop any ones running
game in the conference. Its offense has
not been particularly effective, although
it throws some long passes and with a
tall receiver in Lyons it is pretty
dangerous.
look for Indiana to stop Michigan S
running game, but believe that New
mans passing will give Michigan the
edge. think Michigan Is going to
have q rather difficult time defeating
Indiana, q stubborn foe on its home
field.
The Chicago-Purdue game will bring
the Purdue team into action in the
Chicago region for the second time this
year. Purdue, fresh from the East after
a rather easy intersectional game
against N. Y u, Should be in good
shape fer the Chicago contest. Stage
men always play a very hard game
against Purdue. I do not think, how
ever, that the Chicago team has enough
rlaSc fn give P1lrdllp a
great ball game. 1t will offer hard
struggle, but look for Purdue to win
by two touchdowns.
TN the Wisconsin Illinois game Zuppke
! is bringing his Illinois team back
to his own alma mater for the
Homecoming game. This game at the
present writing seems to be toss-up
Illinois Is young team, particularly q
young line. The backf1eld, now . little
more experienced. has been coming
along, and seemed to find itself IN the
second half against Chicago last week
and looked twice as good then than in
any game so far this year.
There Is quite bit of punch to Hi
nois running attack and, as stated be-
fore, Berry is one of the finest pasSers
in the conference, and the team has ar
exceptionally fine passing game. Wis
consin, on the other hand, has not
been strong team extensively this year
IT has played pretty good foot ball on