Evening star., 1933-09-16
GREAT;
VANDY SHOULD Be
Former Already Is Made and
Latter Has Material to
Match Dearest Foe.
BY H. c. BYRD.


great foot ball teams are
- said to be in process of
development. Possibly, to
put it as some people seem to
look at the situation in that State,
one, the University of Tennessee,
already is made, and the other,
Vanderbilt, is building a far
stronger eleven than anybody ex-
poets it to have. In other words,
tennessee is sure to be powerful
and Vanderbilt has the material
to be.
Tennessee frankly says it is going to
have an exceptional foot ball team. OF
course, Bob Neyland, head coach, does
not say that, as he hardly ever voices
anything about what he hopes may
take place or what he thinks should
result, but those as close to the squad
as they could be without actually coach
ing 1t are optimistic to an extreme
degree.
People at Vanderbilt say that a won
derful group of players came up to the
varsity from last years freshman eleven
and these players should fill gaps left
by graduation.
The one fly that seems to be lowering
around Tennessee's honey lar is Virginia
Polytechnic Institute. The Volunteers
do not relish meeting the Blacksb burg
school the last Saturday in this month,
especially as it is their first game and
Virginia Techs second.
Virginia Tech Big Worry.
Down in the Knoxville section of the
world, it is felt that the Blacksburg
collegians should be as strong as any
other squad in the South 1t is not a
secret that Tennessee is more worried
about the Virginia Tech game than
about any OF its later contests.
Has Tough Schedule.
4 ND Tennessee plays plenty Of hard
~ games. After meeting the Virginia
Tech eleven in the opener, it has
listed consecutiVely Mississippi State,
Duke, Alabama. Florida, George Wash
ington, Mississippi, Vanderbilt Ken
lucky and Louisiana State. A letter from
Tennessee recently said among other
things, we, with all due respect to the
other schools on our schedule, look for
Virginia Tech, Duke, Alabama, Wander
bilt and Louisiana State to be our
hardest games"
Three members Of the TenneS-
see eleUen ore the cogS around
1Dhich Coach Neyldnd 1pilI build
his team. Theu are Bracket.
quarterback, Naples, center, and
Feathers, tGlfback
Mentioning these men does not for
an instant indicate that the Volunteers
have no other fine players. but these
are so outstanding as to attract atten-
tion throughout the South and in other
sections of the country.
Bracket for two years has had the
distinction of being picked by Grant
land Rice as having made the best
run any foot ball player has made each
season, and besides being a good ball
carrier is clever field general Feath-
ers probably is the best punter. any
where, and last Fall in duel with Cain
OF Alabama, heretofore regarded as the
country's best man in this highly spe-
cialized department of play, got the
better of the afternoons test. Feathers
also is remarkable ball carrier. Ma
pies is big and strong enough to play
the whole line, from tackle to tackle.
according to some of his enthusiastic
admirers
IRON Vanderbilt comes a letter
+ from Dan McGugin, head coach
there for more years than many
people know foot ball has existed. In
which he expresses the Commodore's
prospects about as well as they could
be expressed. Says McGugin:
I'VE lost several good men through
graduation, especially Leyendecker and
! Roberts. but We also get some good
men to fill their places. Our last years
team was good defensively. but lacked
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to have even consistently fair punting
and our passing was tragic most of the
time
However, We had an eXcep-
tlonally fine freshman team, and
among them. now sophomores.
are some good punters and
passerS and some much faster
backs than We had last season.
I'VE all know, of course, that sopho-
mores sometimes are not consistent, but
I think We shall have a much more
colorful team than last years"
Vanderbilt like Tennessee. plays a
hard schedule. 1t meets Tennessee,
Alabama, Louisiana State and Georgia
Tech among others.
Games betueen Tennessee and
Vanderbilt are the Prince
ton bdttleS OF that section, only
they are about 10 times more
tense and bitter
Vanderbilt and Tennessee have no
love for each other. as far as foot ball
is concerned. and when they meet it
Is about as partisan battle and about
as partisan a crowd as could be found
anywhere
Whatever either Tennessee or VAN
derbilt may achieve this Fall in grid
iron activities, there will be no such
thing as success for the one that loses
to the other Nothing in sports could
be more tragic than for Vanderbilt to
lose to the "Hillbillies," as some VAN
derbilt people in moments of irritation
sometimes refer to Tennessee. and it is
not less disastrous from a Tennessee
standpoint to lose to Vanderbilt.