The Indianapolis times., 1935-11-15

is that badly hurt. But even so
the speculative gentry is making
Notre Dame q 2 to l favorite.
There is no such thing as good
bet if you lose, but this would seem
to approach it, if for no other rea-
son than that past performances in
this series prove there never was a
time when one team was twice as
good as the other. I'd say Notre
Dame is not much better than an
even money bet, and especially so
with Pilney out.
True, the Soldiers have been
beaten twice in row and were put
to rout by a team Notre Dame beat.
namely Pittsburgh. But have you
examined the South Benders' rec
ord closely? They scored only
two touchdowns against Carnegie
Tech, won from Pittsburgh on a f1eld
goal. Looked good paced by Pill
ney) against Navy; did the impossi-
BILE against Ohio State (again paced
by Pilney), and were beaten by
Northwestern.
MYTH all due respect to
w Shakespeare's tremendous
punting the team seems to be lust
average without Pilney; obviously il
isn't one of those Rockne models
that can lose four or five key men
and still keep on travelling in high
That's why think it is over
rated at 2 to l. The Soldiers
are scarcely colossal themselves
even in lower case, but they don't
need a guide around the football
field
The game seldom runs to form
anyway, The stamp Of medi-
ocrity was placed on the Soldiers
last week when they lost to Pitts
burgh, 1876. Do you recall
what happened in 1881? The
Soldiers lost to Pittsburgh, 26-O
that year and then beat a great
Notre Dame team, 1910. A Notre
Dame team, by the way, that had
previously beaten Pittsburgh, 25-12
This is only one of many sim
llar incidents. How can you
figure a game like this?
I'll take vanilla. Also two
smackers on the Soldiers. On
the unpatriotic hunch that maybe
the boot of Staten Island may have
an off day. With Pilney out I
don't think there's much difference
between the two rivals except, of
course, for Shakespeare's kicking.
Which may be like saying the
only difference between Henry Ford
and Prince Mike Romanof is a bill
lion dollars.
CYRACUSE VS.. COLGATE These
~ two teams occupy positions to-
tally reversed from early season eX-
pectationS Syracuse is one of
the four undefeated Eastern teams.
The other three being Prince
ton, Dartmouth and New York Uni
versity. Colgate blazed the
trail with intricate lateral pass ma
neuverS last year, and only the Ohio
State powerhouse blocked its march
to perfect season. This was
supposed to be the year the lateral
pass came into full flower and
Prof. Andy Kerr was looked upon
to add new glory to Colgates fame
. But Colgate has lost three of
its last four games, while Syracuse,
which was not supposed to be going
anywhere in particular this year has
won six in row.
DROF. KERR blames the collapse
l. of the laterals on the fact that
the boys are tackling hiet this
year. .. And if this is al. that is
needed to stop the laterals one Won
ders why the boys waited a whole
year to change their tactics. 1t
seems pretty obvious that if you
tackle a ball carrier around the
arms he isn't going TO be able to
lateral to teammate. doesn't it?
Or am I getting too technical
for you?
Somehow the feeling persists that
Prof. Kerr is going to win himself
ball game, laterals or no laterals,
tomorrow. He rested his squad
up last Saturday and is ready to 60
=. Besides, beating the Orangemen
has got to be a habit with Colgate
coaches. Syracuse hasn't won
from the Little Giant of Chenango
since 1924, Say, even Dempsey
could fight in those days. And
90 you remember the swell speaks
they used to have in 48th-st?
Boy, those were the times! Oh
yes, I still like Syracuse.