Evening star., 1932-10-15

M Eastern loot pail comes 10
/ it's major-game stage with
a rush this week end. Last
week there were only two or three
games that were outstanding. But
today, in at least six contests, some
of the best foot ball played should
be viewed on Eastern gridirons.
Unless I am mistaken, the caliber of
tbe NAV in the Princeton Cornell,
Arrny-Pittsburgh, Dartmouth Pennsyl-
Eania, Yale Brown, ate-Lafayette.
and N. Y. U.-Georgetown games shoula
t,rove that our standard Of play here
In the East at least equals that OF any
other section.
will admit I have become wearied
occasionally by the assertions OF peo-
Die in other sections that the loot pall
played by their leading teams is 1ar
superior, not only in manpoWer. but IN
conception and strategy. 1t may pe
that the average OF the material runs
a bit bigger out in the country Wnere
there are fewer colleges. although l
doubt that any material in the country
Elrpasses that of a few of the Ieaolng
squads of the East this season. >.
So far as technique is concerned, II
rs INV conviction that Eastern foot ball;
Is it will be played by Pittsburgh and
Army at West Point this week, by
Princeton and Cornell at Princeton or
In any one of a dozen other games, Will
he marked by tactical skill on which no
other section can improve.
1T will be interesting to watch the re.
4 suits of two East-West intersectional
games later in the season When
Eordham plays st. Marys in New York
hnd Pitt meets Stanford in Plttsourgn.
As things begin to shape up, Fordham
will be really representative OF the EasC
and Pitt seems to be another OF tne
kection's strongest teams.
Pitt deserves to be the favorlte agalnst
West Point. without the great pair OF
tackles, Price and Suarez, around "nuiii
fhe Cadet line was built last year, NAL
Sasse has faced difficulties IN the for-
ward line. The loss Of Ed Herr, vet
eran back, also hurt. H.,
Meanwhile, although Pitt lost a line
that included two Of the year oesG
tackles in MacMurdo and Quatse ana
q great center in Daugherty. the re-
serves and sophomores have come up 70
an in the ranks of a combination WHICH
looks almost the equal OF the 1881 outa
At. Heller and Reider are stlli IN tlie
backfeld. and the whole comollla tluil .t,a
is one of the most formldanete III 't'e
East. .,a;oon,,ed
.v the absence of Coach Gilmour DOPE
9ror1 practice sessions because OF IL
ness and Cornell faces tough, last,
Alert Princeton team this week. l
believe this will be one CT the close
ones of the day If Johnny FerraIo
is hack in action, however. nesloe MS
powerful running Bart VlVlano,
Cornell should be able to nose OUT tne
Tiger. ...o.o.+ino IN
see how these teams. both with strolie
lines. match their attacks. Princeton
was almost an inspired team asalilSI
Columbia last week. Added smootn-
ness should make the Tigers more
dangerous.
DARTMoUTH'S victory over La
II fayette by 60 last Saturday meant
a good deal, especially because
the green was putting on It's snll'ills
attack for the first time. 1 am m
clined to give Dartmouth an cage over
penn. basing the Judgment on
veteran green line, three or 1our gooo
hacks. including Fishman, Clark ano
Morton and Powers, and an attack tnat
has more possibilities than year ago.
If Brown avoids injuries, us team
should be one of its best since 1873 anu
it is only my belief that Iale IS
backward team still destined Tor great
ness that leads me to give the ELS tne
edge over the Bears. Slugglsn Seio
to be the word to apply to 4ale mus
far. and Charley Comerford, always
fine tutor of ends. is having more
i,n,,ble than usual, three or four varsity
erds having graduated last June. 4ale
should be. in the course OF events,
great team and the Blue may WIN
dong deferred victory.
New York University and George.
Rown. both strong teams, play one Oh
khose "toss-up" games in New YORK. Col
rate should defeat Lafayette, altnougn %
fhe Leopards are good team, q iII.ie ..Is
Handicapped in its kicking put Will
reel power in the running attack
Haryard's game with Penn StaCe
sro,,ld have been a feature few years
Eeo. It looks like an almost rouune 111
Min for the Crimson. Fordham VIII
have no trouble with Lebanon valley
hut Columbia looks for far more tnan
a set-up with Virginia, although e4-
pecting to win.
Syracuse. Navy. Carnegie Tech should
all strike their strides finally to win
and Holy Cross seems to have the power
Nth nth which to dispose of Detroit in one
Cf the few West intersectlonal pat
L Ties This game will be interesting in
that Capt. John McEWan OF Holy cross
former form Army center, and Gus Dorais,
tba Detroit coach, who was Knute
Fockne's quarterback at Notre Dame.
were rivals in the first Arny-Notre
Dame game of 1918 at west Point; ou.
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