Evening star., 1933-10-27
Candidates for Sullivan Medal Scarce
THE SPORTLIGHT
BY INNS BROWN
Pinch Hitting for Grantland Rice.

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Pinch Hitting for
IT VERE is q case where q pinch
~ hitter draws free pass to first.
A veteran gridiron scout has
taken q slant at the situation
Is 1t Is now rounding up for the i'm
pending clashes tomorrow and deposes
as follows:
! while the conference teams of the
Midwest are having troubles of their
own this week end, two Of the real
battles Of the annual Fall campaign
are scheduled for the Eastern Seaboard,
where four undefeated armies will clash.
In one of them the Gold and Gray
troops Of West Point move on New
Haven to quell an insurrection Of Hardy
Connecticut settlers in the Yale Bowl.
I'm the other, a group of crimson
clad rebels from Alabama are carrying
small edition of the Civil War right
into Manhattan, when they attempt to
haul down the colors of the Northeast's
power team. Fordham. which to date
four games.
Beginning at 2 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon, there will be series OF ter
rific detonations from these sectors,
dispatch riders will gallop in and out
Of the battle, the cries of the wounded
will fill the air and pail Of smoke will
hang over the area. When it clears
away and the war correspondents check
on the turn OF the struggle, two of the
crack teams Of the East (barring ties.
which the forecast of brisk weather and
fast field make unlikely will be swept
out of the undefeated column, wonder
ing how 1t all happened.
THE Midwest will be watching the
outcome Of these two games with inter-
est, as victories for Fordham and Yale
will considerably elevate the foot ball
prestige of the East. When Illinois beat
Wisconsin by three touchdowns, Zuppke
was hailed as having another Of his
strong conference teams. But Gar
Davidson's green young Army team beat
Illinois 6-0-actually, 80, an Official
admitting that he had erred in disal-
lowing Army's field goal-and the Mid
| west was inclined to hedge q little on
its early estimate of Zup's strength.
"A decisive victory for either Yale or
Army will be considerable lift to East
ern foot ball. and if Fordham is power
full and versatile enough to turn back
the threat from the South. the injury
to the Northeast's pride. following what
Michigan did to Cornell, may be
soothed.
Some Other Possibilities.
ssTHE tests for the other unbeaten
squads in this sector are not so
stiff as those promised in the
Yale Army and Fordham Alabama
tits. Yet there may be sur
prise in store for Carnegie, Colgate,
Princeton, Syracuse or Dartmouth. In
fact, it will be something of a surprise
If all five come through unscathed.
Colgate was somewhat surprised at
the reception rendered by New York
University last Saturday. At the same
time, Andy Kerr experienced no alarm
over the outcome He knew in advance
that the Violet had done a thorough
scouting job. and was prepared to meet
shown previous to that game. Further,
Colgate frightened satisfactorily when
ever q real threat appeared to be de-
veloping
Syracuse plays Michigan State, an
other game which may throw an addi-
tional ray OF light on the intersectional
situation. State was one Of Michigan's
first victims. and comparative scores,
while not meaning much. will be inter-
esttng. Princeton expects no trouble
from Washington and Lee. which al
ready has left one foot ball in Yale's
trophy room this season, marked Yele,
IL; W. Il L. 0. But Dartmouth runs
into a Harvard team about ready to
bounce back from a defeat at the hands
"a Tod xr
keep Jack Camel in a state OF ner.
petual elation. He meets Harvard, Yale,
Princeton. Cornell and Chicago.
Of Tom Hupke with Alabama, and a
great kicker in Milliard Howell, who
last Saturday in the Tennessee game
stood on his lo-yard line and kicked
over Tennessee's goal line A kicker
like this is pure jewel to his team
| and terrific handicap to the other
side. With one swing of an educated
leg and toe. he nullifies scores Of yards
gained by the opposing team. bruising,
Furnishing yards, which take toll in
strength and energy.
"Hupke has q great record as q
blocker Of punts, having ruined a total
Of nine enemy kicks during his career
at Alabama. and he has recovered a
ma ajortty OF them. The presence OF this
| type Of player in the lineup is upset.
ting to the rival coach and quarter
back. 1t calls for more booting on the
third down, and more elaborate de-
fense for the kicker, which entails Slow
ing up Of the shock troops getting down
to the safety man running back with
the ball and general lowering OF the
morale
"Fordham has great kicker in Ed
Danowski. On Saturday at the Polo
Grounds, Danowski will have to get
his punts away under considerable
more pressure than ever before in his
career.
The Army at New Haven.
Army is favored over Yale. team
which was actually outrushed by q
Brown squad but won 1916. To date,
West Point has uncovered no individual