The Washington times., 1935-11-02

Or For
WOrSe!
By KIRK MILLER
Times Sports Editor

Saturday with Its tootoa1
selection problem getting no
easier much faster.
The teams are getting
Strengthened out all right. and
it might seem softer to get a
truer bead on their strength,
but that isn't the case at all.
Trouble is, where certain
eleyens have shown improve
ment, or otherwise, you don't
know whether the transition is
complete, or whether a flip-flop
will occur. Too, every. team has
an inspired Saturday from time
to time. Those goblins haunt me
as I approach today's handicap
ping.
But faint heart n'er won fair
lady. nor yet laurelS as football
forecaSter, so here I go, with my
heart in my mouth, a song in my
heart and no little confidence in
view of the fact that the average
a week ago was something better
than 700.
Good Old NOtre Dame
I intimated pretty strongly yes
terday that I like Notre Dame
over Ohio State. The reason is
that Ohio State, in enjoying
perfect season, such as has also
been the lot of Notre Dame.
hasn't encountered nearly as stiff
opposition as have the South
Benders.
You dassn't compare the Buck
eyes victims, Kentucky, Drake,
Northwestern and Indiana, with
Notre Danes list of defeated:
Kansas, Carnegie Tech, Wisconsin.
Pittsburgh and Navy.
Too, I favor Notre Dame slightly
because it seems to me they have
been coming along better, Satur-
day after Saturday, right up to
this supreme test which they are
facing today.
Both Ohio State and Notre
Dame are marvellous machines,
and if I weren't just plain foolish,
I suppose I'd dilly-dally with this
one and wind up on the fence.
But any forecaSter can do that,
and the advantages see in Notre
Danes behalf are the ones I have
described, so one vote for Notre
Dame and may the best team
win. ...-
Army Is the Better
Army should be shot at sunrise
If it can't beat Mississippi State.
even if the latter did measure-off
Alabama three weeks ago on an
off Saturday.
1 believe Princeton is too much
for Navy and qualify that state
ment only by citing the fact that
Navy is always an even bet any
Saturday she takes the field. Talk
about inspired football, year in
and year out, those kids down at
Annapolis play more inspired
football against foes older and
bigger, than most of the civilian
colleges the map over,
Yale will beat Dartmouth or I
miss my guess.
And Harvard looks better than
Brown, another college which
rises up from time to time and
speaks its piece.
That takes care Of the two Serv-
ice elevenS and the Big Three.
Now let's on with the Specula-
tion-Alabama outrankS Kentucky
in the South just as Maryland
tops Virginia.
George Washington today will
have to pull the rabbits out of
the hat as it did against West
Virginia, if it hopes to be victori-
Gus against Rice, which I don't
think it can accomplish.
Georgetown to whip Richmond
University.
Catholic University lost lot of
my confidence against st. Mary's
of San Antonio, and I'll admit I
don't know much about DePaul,
but If it's anything like those other
Middle-West colleges of the same
group, Catholic University must
show q reversal of form over last
Friday night to nick the winning
column and keep its slate un-
sullied One vote for Catholic
University. however. and not a be-
grudged vote at that:
Duck Your Head!
Now let's run through the others
right quickly.
Georgia over Florida-why not?
Columbia is tired being kicked
around and should win over Cor
nell.
Pittsburgh will take Fordham.
Penn State over Syracuse.
And here are some other win
nerS:
Manhattan, Holy Cross, Villa
nova, New York University, U. C.
L. A., Iowa, Pennsylvania, Mime
sofa and North Carolina.
For losers, I pick:
DuqueSne, Michigan State, ALI
burn, Southern Methodist, Buck
nell. Illinois and Tulane.
Wait, don't throw that brick!