The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-14
NTERSECTIONAL FOOTBALL DISH
 IS APPETIZINC
Many COlOrful College Clashes Arranged to
 Gain Recognition
By JIMMY DONAHUE NEA Service Sports Writer

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 Baseball may be generally rec ognized as the national pastime, but this year, despite increased at- tendance at ball parks all over the country, and resumption of minor leagues that fell to seed during the depression, football is going to en- danger the diamond sports dis tinction more than ever.
 This seasons bill of gridiron fare is more appetizing than ever, due chiefly to the extraordinary number of interesting intersec- tional contests on the schedules.
 Long trips across country were out during hard times, except by teams of the larger institutions. This season many of the smaller college teams will occupy upper berths on the road to foreign fronts miles away from their reg ular territory.
 Of course, the traditional treks of Notre Dame, Pitt, Army, St. Mary's, and Michigan lead the list in importance. But of no less con- sequence Is the fact that such schools as Duquesne, Marquette, Washington University, St. Louis University, Fordham, and George Washington will play practically is many intersectional contests as hey do games of purely local in- terest.
 Duquesne, for instance, tangles with Illinois Wesleyan, Sept. 20; Kansas State, Sept. 27; and Wash ington University, Oct. IS, at Pittsburgh, and takes the road for battles with Rice, Oct. 5; and Ok lahoma Aggies, Nov. 9.
 Fordham engages Purdue, Oct. 12: Vanderbilt, Oct. 19; Pitt, Nov. 2; and St. Mary's. Nov. 9, all at New York.
 Menu is Appetizing
 George Washington takes on Alabama, Oct. 5; Rice, Nov. 22, and Tulsa, Nov. 16, at Washington. and then hops the trolley for a pleasure jaunt out on the plains to meet North Dakota, Nov. 2S.
 St. Louis U. has scheduled in- tersectional contests with North Dakota, Arkansas State, and Mar auette. Its city rival, Washington U.. has listed in addition to the Duuuesne tilt, outside contests with Southern Methodist at home, and Illinois and Michigan State abroad.
 Carnegie Tech has taken on an ambitional intersectional schedule which includes foreign frays against New York University, Oct. IF: Purdue, Oct. 26, and Holy Cross, Nov. 9.
 Marauette is lined up with Mississippi on the latter's field, Oct, 26, and at Temple, Nov. 16, and then tackles Creighton at Mill waukee, Nov. 23.
 Kansas has one of the most ann bilious foreign campaigns of any Big Six team. It meets North Dakota away from home Sept. 2S, and Michigan State at Lansing, Oct. 25.
 Other choice pieces de resist ance on the seasons menu include tho frays between Illinois and Southern California at Los An geles, Oct. 26; Chicago at Nebras- ka, Sept. 28, and the latter school at Pitt, Nov. 16; Colgate at Iowa, Oct. 12; Kansas at Notre Dame, Sept. 28: Penn at Michigan, Nov. 22: Minnesota at Nebraska, Oct. 12: Tulane at Minnesota, Oct. 19; U. c. l.. A. at s. M. U., Nov. H.; Colgate at Tulane, Nov. 2; Michi-
 l.. naf s. U. at Manhattan, Oct. 12.
 Coaching Spreads Play
 What is the reason for this spread of intersectional play? It isn't the tendency of strong teams to invite weaker teams from other sections of the country for breath CT games, for last year Rice rose up and thumped Purdue, and Texas took Notre Dame in the hrst contest of the season.
 This year Chicago and Nebras- ka tangle Sept. 2S, and Notre Dame has lined up Kansas, Big Six power, for it's first game. This is positive evidence that big schools are veering away from the breather game idea, and have elected to start the season off by shooting both barrels.
 The chief reason for the in crease in intersectional tilts is that small colleges, under better coach ing. have built their game up on a par with that of larger schools
 Little Centre College, and Car ,;sIa and Tim ThorDe under Pop Warner, were among the first to prove this. Centre and it's band of Praying Colonels, took the measure of snug Harvard back in 1921, and Pop led his band of Indian braves to victory over Johnny to prove to the high browed east that the pigskin sport wasn't foreign west of the Alle- ghenies.
 Another reason is the fact that independent schools, in an enort to gain recognition, publicity, and resulting larger enrollments. are forced to bill games with schools in big conferences. That's why Duquesne, Marquette, George Washington, Fordham, Centenary Santa Clara, St. Mary's and others are hopping here and there, keep ing in fast company.
 Such institutions as Yale, Har- ward, Princeton, and Dartmouth and members of the Big Ten con ference, rarely have to step out oi their own circles to play profitable football.