Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-27
GRID FANS VISION
W|DE-0PEN GAME
LateraIs to Spice Season
That Nears Full Swing
in Tits This Week.
BY HERBERT w. BARKER,


Associated Press Sports Writer.
n YEW YORK, September a.
nj The Alabarnas - and the
Knoxes-of intercollegiate foot
\ ball formally lay the corner
stone Of a new and promising caia-
paign this week
Already touched of by scattering
games last week, the season will be in
full swing tonight and tomorrow,
even though many the games tfadi-
tional powers delay their inaugurals
for another week.
There appears to be no reasonable
doubt that the fans will be rewarded
by as spectacular a display of offen-
sive foot ball as the game ever has
known.
The ever-increasing use of the lateral
pass, encouraged by the removal of
some of the more excessive penalties
that retarded its development, has
brought about wide open game with
gratifying results at the box Office.
Great Crowds Expected.
THE depression, given bad beating
year ago. should be in full re-
treat this season. No section of the
country holds a mortgage on foot ball
talent and the striking increase in
intersectional games has made two
customers grow where only one grew
before.
Despite the unquestioned trend
toward their elimination, this weeks
schedule is dominated by "tune-up"
games in which the sacriflcial lambs
Of foot ball are tossed in against over
powering opposition. The slaughter,
as usual, will be terrific.
In the Midwest and South, however,
real competition should be forthcom-
ing in such contests as those involv-
ing Notre Dame and Kansas. Nebraska
and Chicago, Oklahoma and Colorado
University. Rice and Louisiana State
and Duke and South Carolina.
Duquesne Has Tough Foe.
IN THE East, Duquesne's tussle to-
night with Kansas State, surprise
champions of the big six last year,
should be the high spot, although
Navy, beaten only by Pittsburgh year
ago, expects no romp with William
and Mary.
Such Eastern stalwartS as Pitts
burgh, Colgate, Fordham. Holy Cross
Villanova. Cornell and Dartmouth are
booked against rivals that on paper do
not threaten. That goes. too, for
Minnesota's 1884 power house and the
Gopher's Big Ten rivals, Illinois,
Northwestern, Iowa and Wisconsin.
Most Of the big Southeastern and
Southern Conference arrays will swing
into action with Alabama's Crimson
Tide, Rose Bowl champions. leading
the way in "tune-up" battle with
Howard
Southern California. matched with
Montana. and Washington tackling
Idaho. get the Pacific Coast Confer
ence race under way early.
Lots Of Title Aspirants.
preseason calculations point to a
wide open tussle for the mythical
national crown to which most experts
believed Minnesota's undefeated
steam-roller was entitled last year.
In the East, Pitt, Colgate, Fordham,
Temple, Princeton, Pennsylvania and
possibly Holy Cross look especially
formidable. Army, Navy, Columbia,
Yale and Syracuse should be push
overs for none.
Midwestern critics hail Ohio State
as potentially the strongest in the
Big Ten. If not in the country, but
the Buckeyes may have trouble
aplenty capturing the crown at the
expense of Minnesota, Illinois and
Purdue.
Rice, Southwest Conference cham.
pion, has put together another strong
eleven. but Texas. Southern Methodist
and Texas Christian may be real
title threats.
A LABAMA, Tulane. Louisiana State
and Tennessee may be the big
four" OF the Southeastern Conference,
and Duke, North Carolina, North
Carolina State and Washington and
Lee in the Southern Conference.
Kansas States chief Big Six threat
apparently will be Nebraska. STAN
ford, the 1884 title winner, looks best
In the Pacific Coast sector.
Among the independents, Notre
Danes progress under Elmer Layden
will be watched with considerable
interest. Reports from South Bend
indicate the Ramblers may come back
to the peak this year.