Evening star., 1933-09-09
CARDINALS, BEARS,
TROJANS TOP LIST
Potential Champions. but One
of Several Other Teams
May Step to FreAt.
BY JAMES PHELAN,

inston
= EATTLE, September 9.-There
is no foot ball depression on
- the Pacific Coast. IT.
showing in Spring practc@
and the advance ratings of sor.,t>-
more stars all point to the ST hg-
est collection of teams Of any sec
tlon OF the country.
There are three potential cham
pions in California. headed by L s.
C.-undefeated in 20 consecutive games
California and Stanford
Two northern division teams Wash
lngton State and Oregon. with big
strong. fast teams. ample reserves and
well made schedules might breeze
through to the golden gates Of the Eosa
Bowl in Pasadena. the objective Of all
Coast teams.
ST Marys and Santa Clara will b.
in the picture when the final rating is
made
The Trojans Of L. s. C. will
open with IS letter men. inciud-
ing 8 regulars. but will fnd diff
Guilty in replacing the star tackles
Tay Brown and Ernie Smith.
Otherwise all is lovely.
II 'llL ctHlOSpileic al OtAllN 6pIkeIsF,
Calf is filed with the enthu-
siasm and optimism Of Bill In
gram. who is starting his third wear as
coach. Ingram loses Tozier. Gill Nc
Arthur and Pascoe from his line and
Castro. Schaldach and Valianr from
his backfleld. but he has so many ey-
perienced linemen ard backs. besides a
regiment of reserves from the fresh
men OF last year that it is task %
predict his first-string lineup.
Ingram erpeTimcrted rrith SHIFT
Iiuys again last Spring and IN
tends TO shorc the Coast fans
some neu formations
"TINY" THORNHILL starts bis
first year as head coach out
he is not newcomer U 'hs
Pacific Coast or to Stanford He ser-.d
as Pop Warmers right-hand mar for
nine years.
Stanfords challenge for the crown
is based on the greatest collection of
sophomore backs ever collected ,sn6ef
one flag Besides. there are such lo32
regular backs as Hlllman SIN, Ander-
son, Of1erbaugh and Msentz.
The two outstanding neweom-
ers are Bobby Grayson. 1875 -pound
fuilbaCk, hera1ded as greater than
NcNcis, ANA FTaIA AiuSLlLa, ISE.
The line should be regular ssone
wall
~ c. L. A. is the dark horse of
California. with a team the
equal IF If not stronger than las'
year, but a schedule much too strong
for the man power.
Bill Murphy, from the freshman
squad, is relied upon To become the
greatest kicker IN the history Of
L. c. L. A
Washington State vii. have VI.
strongest team in the Northwest, suffer
ing little from graduation. Coach Hol-
lingberry will use new formation en-
ployins a shift much like Pop Warmers
/ the last two years.
University Of Oregon sunder the ser
ond year of coaching by Prince Cali
son, VIII have q heavy veteran team
With the same starting lineup as last
year without Morgan the big tackle
who Will play with the New York Giants.
MiAtiGt and Kostkd ore tuo OF
the biggest backs on The coast ana
are bone crlshers on defense.
4 Oregon State Lon Stlner starts
Il lAAS III ST SCdI ~ IltdC FOdTH. AQd
although he has ls lettermen re-
turning he will need time. TO get his
ideas over He will employ the IN.
balanced line formation with a single
wing back.
Although the University OF Wash
.ngton loses such outstanding stars as
Dave Nisbet All-American end. Cher
berg, Buse. Wolcott and Oberg a reg
Of hoal
Will be telt in the line with Howard
and Finn. centers. O'Brian. Windu.,
Stitz and Ross, all regulars gone.
good sophomore set Of hacks
that operated well at the end Of
ASt season will carry the burden.
The outstanding player on the Wash
lngtor team should be Bill Smith. ore
OF the great ends of the Pacific Coast
NF the non conference schools on
" the Coast. it is hard TO chooee
between ST. Mary's and Santa
Clara. but the former must be given
the edge due TO more experienced ma
teria
The slogan This is Santa Claraz
year is heard all up and down the
Coast and tie dapper Clipper" Smith
is looking for great team.
Idaho will have its usual scrapuine
small team. short on reserves but long
on foot ball knowledge and skill
Montana will not show a much I'M
proved team over last year
IN the Rocky Mountains Utah. under
the guidance of Ike Armstrong. one
OF the best young coaches In the
country, should again be the outstand-
ing team
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