Evening star., 1932-10-11

QldyeU III lllC oouell Al
i many years may take place
Saturday between Wander
bilt and Tulane, Tennessee and
Alabama. All four teams so far
this year are unbeaten and all
were picked before the season
started to be the leading four of
the Southern Conference.
If there is any stronger eleven that
eleven has yet to show sufficient to
indicate it could win from either OF
the aforementioned quartet.
Last year Tennessee met Alabama
early in the year and won victory by
q wider margin than it really deserved
That was the only game dropped by
Alabama and naturally it is rather anx-
ious to atone for the slip. Tennessee
Just as naturally desires to hold its
record clean, and with the known pow
er and versatility of both it is not diff
cult to foreSee really brilliant struggle.
IRON what Alabama showed here
L last week, it would appear that
Tennessee should have very dis
aStrous time of it. but the chances are
that the Knoxville school will prove
well able to take care Of itself. 1t
usually does IN lCS contests against
other Southern schools
Last year it was Tulane that took
the wind out of the sails of what ap-
parently was the strongest eleven VAN
derbilt ever had. The Nashville school
had been travelling along at a rapid
gait, had not been defeated and had
a one-sided victory over Ohio State
behind it, when along came Tulane.
The result was 18 to O against Wander
bilt. and this year reversal of that,
or something along that line would be
as mama to the Commodores.
Tulane's "a points against Georgia
last week is proof enough that the New
Orleans school has another high-scor-
ing machine. However. it is true that
Georgia's Is points against Tulane may
mean that Tulanes defense is not what
it was last season. Anyway, nothing
short of a victory over Tennessee
would be sweeter to Vanderbilt than
to whip Tulane.
With what generally has been re-
garded the South'S four best elevens
meeting this week, the other games in
the Southern Conference are somewhat
overshadowed although the Auburn
Georgia Tech meeting should be we'll
worth while, and prove final test Of
the worth Of Auburn.
IN speaking of Southern Conference
i teams, it begins to appear that Au-
burn and Virginia Polytechnic InStl-
tute are the dark horses of the body
with both having chances to go places.
v. P is victory over Georgia by one
point at first was taken an an indi-
cation of Georgia weakness, but when
Georgia went up against Tulane in
such brilliant struggle a different
aspect was put on the V. P. I. accom-
plishment. AS matter of fact, V. P. I.
has a great foot ball team, far better
than it was given credit for having. even
after news came over the wires that it
had triumphed over Georgia
Auburn has won all its games so far,
and last week took the measure of Duke
University, which the previous week
lambasted Virginia Military Institute,
40 to o. If Auburn beats Georgia Tech
it may be regarded as headed for high
place in the conference ratings at the
end of the year.
CEORGETOWN scouts evidently
" knew their onions" when they
came back last week with a report
that Georgetown was going to have its
hands full against Canisius. The game
proved the trueness of their assertions
and the best the local university could
do was to get out with IA to victory.
That the result was not easy is shown
by the fact that the score was only 8
to 6 until the last quarter, when George
town made its second trip across the
goal line. Not point was made after
either of the three touchdowns.
TATHOLIC University got out yester-
~ day to begin working up its ofenSe
and defense for use against Chat
anooga Saturday. The Brooklanders
know they are going to have an un-
usually hard afternoon, and mean to
prepare for it to the best of their abil-
ity. Coach Dutch" Bergman went over
the offense and defense of the Chat
tanooga eleven with his assistant, For
rest Cotton, who secuted the Tennes-
seeans, and today plans to put in opera
ton on the field some of the schemes he
has evolved to make his own offense go
and to stem advances of the visitors.
CEORGETOWN is working to put the
" finishing touches on its team for
the battle with New York Univer-
sity. Like Georgetown. N. Y. U. has yet
to be defeated, and both are in the
position of laying plans to preserve their
records. The New Workers took the
measure of the local school last year
and Coach Tom Mills would have big
feather in his cap if he could get away
with the long end of the score.
MARYLAND had little in the way OF
Nl practice yesterday. The Old Liners
took some limbering Up exercises
and kicked the ball around. but did lit
tie other than that. They have spent
most of the time since SATURDAY. recov-
ering from their v. P. I. bruises. al
though as a whole the squad came
through surprisingly well. The remain
der of the week will be spent in bring
ing the men around to such condition
that thev may stand fair chance
against Duke, although the odds again