The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-02
FAVORS
ILLINOIS OVER
ARMY TEAM
BY DAVIS ]. WALSH

NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-Having
reached the age of reason and
being of sound mind. as all the
fatheads say just before the
alienist Is called in, the next
step is naturally tomorrow'S foot
ball games on various college grid
irons, it being my purpose to
attack the subject with vigor
and vision. Starting out with
vigor, the big games of the day,
at least from the standpoint OF
argument, are Army VS.. Illinois,
Pittsburgh VS.. Notre Dame,
Chicago VS.. Purdue, Minnesota
vs.. Michigan and Texas VS..
Southern Methodist.
OF course, the West Coast and
the South aren't exactly planning
an afternoon Of relaxation and
complete refinement. Alabama
Poly, for instance, will have its
Duke; Kentucky its Alabama. U.
C. L. A. its Stanford and Cali
fornia its Santa Clara. But these
are gripping encounters that
present a reasonable basis OF COM
parison. Duke figures to win;
so do Alabama, Stanford and
Santa Clara. The others are
little more complicated. Their
idea of vision, suspect, is some
thing YOU get at the oculist's.
The ARMY and Illinois, for ex-
ample, are two of the remaining
unbeaten teams. BY tomorrow
night, I suspect, the Army won't
belong any more. 1t has a fresh,
hard-rushing, enthusiastic ball
team, but I'm beginning to pay
right now on the Illini. In trying
to break up the latter's passing
those inexperienced Army Tor"
wards are going to commit them.
selves into holes that Illinois won't
ignore. Briefly. Illinois by one
touchdown.
Picks Irish to Win
Being very impulsive with other
peoples money, I'm also paying on
Notre Dame. I know Pitt has quite
a ball team, but don't tell me
that, in a game like this, any out
fit is going to beat Notre Dame
three times in a row. Pitt won the
last two, so the percentage runs
strictly the other way.
Speaking of that, Purdue Zig
ures against Chicago if only for
the fact that it ought to have
been great and is just getting
good. This is a bunch but it's well
worth playing. Chicago has been
kicking over lot Of nonsensical
opponents, including Missouri,
which was 6--6 at the half last
week. The Maroon, say l, is bet
ter than it used to be but not
quite good enough.
Otherwise, this seems like day
to play form, not Authorizations;
therefore, Minnesota and Dart
mouth should win, owing to the
unacceptable fact that they are
yards better than Michigan and
Yale respectively. The idea, of
course, is that Dartmouth has
never beaten Yale. But I'm highly
unimpressed with the contention
that it can't. After watching Yale
against the Army, I'm convinced
that the team that can't beat Yale
is a team that ought to go down
to the banks of the Jordan and
invite SubmerSion.
The TexaS-Southern Methodist
is a jamboree that I do
not propose to touch, beyond stat
ing that I bunch Texas and dope
S. M. But I feel no restraint
about Princeton over Harvard or
Syracuse over Penn State. In re-
gard to the latter, all I can say is
that you can't score with a de-
tense.
Of the unbeaten teams to date,
I'm taking Army, Chicago, Temple
and George Washington to lose,
meaning that I like Illinois, Pur-
due, Holy Cross and Vanderbilt,
respectively.
Holy Cross had a painful expert
ence with the Warner system last
Saturday. But this time it Is only
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