Evening star., 1933-10-14
Catholic Grid Game Here Stanford Euen Lacs Only
GREAT TEAM SEEN
FOR CARDS IN "a
ThornhiII Holds Little Hope
for Any Eleven Playing
.Trojans This Year.
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

BY GRANTLAND RICE.
~HICAGO, October 14.-Tiny
I Thornhill, the old Panther
~ star who followed Pop
Warner at Stanford, has
foot ball team that will bother
anybody this Fall. BY next Fall
1t ought to be something in the
nature of a young whirlwind,- as
so many Of its stars are sopho-
mores who merely need more ex-
perience. 1es
They have the speed an dthey .haye
the power right now. But you can never
tell what young team will do when 1t
meets more experience. -. -
This is especially true when 30 many
sophomores are thrown against a team
such as Southern California happens to
be. And the team Southern California
happens to be this Fail has not only
speed and power. but also greater bulk
and much more experience.
cat the start Of the season had hg-
ured Southern California would lose one
game this FALL" said Thornhill, "but I'm
not sure Of it now. Washington Is quite
strong, but I don't believe Washington
can take Southern California in Los An
geles. We have chance, If we happen
to have our top strength in shape. Notre
Dame will have to improve lot to stop
this speed and power team Howard
Jones has ready. The Trojans are big
and fast and most Of them have played
lot of foot ball. But no matter how
good you are, it Is going to be one
tough battle to win every game on
hard schedule the way things are now."
Three Young Finds
CTANFORD drew the luck to pick up
- three outstanding finds in one sea-
son. They are Grayson and Ham
nton in the backfeld and Moscrlp at
end
Thornhill believes that Grayson and
Hamilton by next year will be two OF
the star backs in foot ball. He Isn't
worrying much about either right now.
except that Hamilton is out for the next
two weeks with fractured jaw bone. ~
but also a power back, which makes
him invaluable. He weighs 100 pounds
and he can move. Hamilton is just
about as good Thornhill says that
Moscrip, his sophomore end. has the
most powerful pair of hands he has
seen in years.
Grayson. Hamilton. Reisner and one
or two others are right along the 10-
second border line. And this isn't
guess. They have hit this 10-second
mark or shaded it in track. Stanford
also has one of the games best quick
kickers in Alustiza. whose accurate toe
will keep more than one opponent IN
boiling water before the season is over.
In fact the Cardinal invaders are
thoroughly equipped right now to play
a lot Of foot ball. Their one weakness
might be inexperience just at this stage.
Whether or not they viii be far enough
along to overhaul that fast and massive
Southern California outfit in November
is another matter.
In the Conference.
AIORTHWESTERN has no great
~ hope of beating Stanford today.
Dick Hanley lost too many po-
tential stars to have any exceptional
material left. He has a good, strong
line and a good backfield. but no one to
replace such backs as Hank Bruder and
Pug Rentner, who were always dan
gerous. His main ace today Is Olsen,
the blond booter, who can kick with
anybody, anywhere or any time.
Out here in this Western Conference
country, where foot ball is on another
big boom, the general idea seems to be
that Michigan and Ohio State should
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given good chance. If Purdue can
slip by Minnesota today, George AIDES
alma mater will be hard to stop the
rest Of the way SO far as conference
rivals are concerned
That Purdue backfield, with Purvis
around. Is something to roll back. It is
now largely matter Of how Purdue's
set of forwards handle themselves
against a high-class Minnesota line.
Purdue has the better backfeld, but
the best of all backfields needs support
up front, where the trouble is thickest.
Conoede Victory to Michigan.
NUT here they are taking 1t for
~ granted that Michigan will handle
cornell without any great trouble
and that Ohio State will overpower a
young Vanderbilt team by a decisive
margin
Michigan and Ohio State are two Of
the pest teams in foot ball, and when
tney meet next week the crash should
De heard hundred miles at sea. Both
teams are packed with all a Winning
combination needs. Each has one on
more potential all-America men to pre-
sent, with others only a shade below
this high ranking.
Inc Midwest this season is chock f,,u
OF foot ball ability, with such names as
Barnard OF Michigan, Gailus of Ohio
State, Purvis Of Purdue, Berwanper- OF
Chicago and several others expected to
make a strong bid for the all-star cast
In spite Of this two conference teams
may be beaten today when Northwest
ern faces Stanford and Indiana tackles
Notre Dame
The odds favor the non-conference
entries, with no walkover In either en.
gagement
The game that will furnish one of
the leading Eastern chapters will be
Pitts Panther and the Navy. Pitts
ourghs drive and greater bulk should
give the Panther slight edge but ttie
Navy of 1888 Is one Of the best Navy
teams ever sent to the field. ~
Copyright. 1888 by North American News
paper Alliance. Inc)
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