Evening star., 1932-10-07
TWO TUSSLES APT
TO Be KEEN FIGHTS
Columbia Princeton, Yale.
Chicago TiIts Promise
Much Action.
BY LOU LITTLE,

M Eastern foot ball, swing
l Y ing into its stride Of major
competition more slowly
than the West, nevertheless finds
several highly interesting battles
on the card for tomorrow, with
some games that include WORTH
while sidelightS even aside from
the technical foot ball that will
be on display.
One of the feature contests of the
day will be the Yale-Chicago intersec-
tional game in the Yale bowl. The
notable veteran Of the coaching pro-
feSsion. A. A. Stagg. sends his eleven
against his old college to return the
visit which Yale made at Stagg Field
last Fall in celebration of Stages
fortieth anniversary as coach in
Chicago.
Coach Stagg has developed some great
teams in the past when he had the
material with which 10 work. but when
lacking manpoWer he has had his diff
culties. as would any other coach. This
season, for the first time in some years,
Chicago finds that Stagg has something
with which to work. The result should
be strong Maroon team in the Yale
bowl for the contest
Picks Yale to Triumph.
VALE. however, should win, with the
Ellis rebouncing definitely after last
weeks surprising tie with Bates.
The return of Bob LaSsiter, an eXcep-
tlonally fine back, will help Yale, and
1 believe this week will find the Blue
line much more advanced and working
more smoothly. Yale continues to strike
one as nearly sure to be one Of the
best Of the November teams" The
beginning Of the improvement should
be noted in this game.
Here in New York the Columbia
Princeton game is interesting because
it marks Princeton's first major test
under Coach Crisler'S direction, because
it sees the resumption of an old rivalry
between Columbia and Princeton and
because it looks like one of the closest
games of the day.
Against Amherst last week Princeton
gave every sign of having reacted re-
markably we'll to Crislers teaching.
With another week Of improvement be-
hind them. the Tigers should be every
inch a foot ball team. They showed
last week the possibilities Of sound,
versatile attack. some fine running
backs. including James and Draudt, and
a line that had both power and speed.
1t is a real tribute to both Crisler
and Princeton that they have been able
to launch a new system Of foot ball
in so short a time, but Columbia hopes
to win, although after thrilling game.
Columbias chances depend largely on
the ability of light backfleld group to
Sf ND Nd IN, hn hNNne
Grenda, who has been injured, will be
able to play.
DARTMOUTH, with big, promising
- squad that lacks experience in the
backfield, will be forced to show
its h"nd for the first time against
lafayette. Hanover should SCI e rea'
battle with, I think, Dartmout' "
ming. Lafayette will be better than in
its 60 victory over Muhlenburg last
week, but Dartmouth's line is a good
one and the Green's new shift, if well
timed should give the attack added
versatility and balance. In Fishman,
Clark and Morton, Dartmouth boasts
three very fine backs.
Pittsburgh should get past Duquesne,
although the latter has the advantage
of being able to point for this game,
while Pitt must look beyond to the
Army battle of a week later. I look
for a real contest here, but hardly an
upset
In addition to the Columbia Prince
ten game, two fine clashes are sched-
" I for New York when Bucknell comes
Co.l-S to meec Fordham and Rutgers
plays N Y. U. Both New York teams
should win N V. U. has a fine string
of backfleld men and Fordham, while
still untried and with a large sprin-
king of sophomores, boasts a squad
that is beautifully supplied with re-
serve material and appears to be on the
way to a place near the top in the
East. perhaps in the country
Most OF the other so-called big teams
will meet rivals whom they should de-
feat. Harvard gets another chance to
test its reserve material against New
Hampshire, and Carleton brings hope
full squad to West Point all the way
from Minnesota and under Coach
Glenn Thistlethwaite. The Westerners
may give Army the sort of testing the
Cadets need. But Army should win.