The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-29
NOTRE DAME IS GIVEN EDGE IN
 CARNEGIE GAME
Test at South Bend One of Best in U. s. This Week; Yale Over Cornell
BY JOCK SUTHERLAND Pittsburgh's Head Coach

Football games, nine of an inter sectional character, draw the atten- tion of the, country at large this week, not to mention innumerable battles of more or less sectional in- terest.
 Notre Dame and Carnegie Tech launch the campaign at South Bend in contest that should be worth going miles to see. Notre Dame always is formidable, but it perhaps is harder to defeat the Irish at home. This fact alone gives them somewhat of an edge, for the contest is being played on their campus.
 Notre Dame will have to watch Carnegie Tech, however.
 Wally Steffen and Howard Harpster have one. of the biggest lines in the land. Behind this will be large sophomore backs of great promise.
 ,Notre Dame again has a wealth of manpower. The line is experi- enced. While Elmer Layden may miss kicking and passing strength of 1885, he will field a fine team.
 pick Notre Dame to win by a slight margin.
 Plenty will happen when Iowa invades Evanston to once more have 1t out with Northwestern.
 The superiority of the North western line might be counted upon to hold Iowa in check. It figures to be a titanic tussle, which may have decided bearing on the Western Conference champion ship.
 N. Y. U. Lacks Manpower
 to Cope With Ohio State
 Ohio State, again rated by many as. the No. array in the country, leads off with New York University in Columbus. The Violet had a good season last fall until it struck Fordham, but Nal Stevens lost sev- erol splendid backs, including the phenomenal passer, Ed Smith.
 It will be the Buckeyes, very probably by decisive margin.
 On the night of Oct. 2 there are
  to the schools involved. Temple entertains Mississippi in Philadel- phia. Duquesne plays host to Rice in Pittsburgh.
 Under the circumstances, Il rather favor Temple over Ole Miss, but the. Quaker City Owls had best keep a close check on an excellent back named Ray Hapes. Travel isn't going to help Rice, but the Houston Owls must be given slight edge over Du- quesne.
 Chicago will find the aerial cir- GUS put on by Vanderbilt at the Midway little too much. Chi cago doesn't have Jay Berwanger this fall.
 Detroit journeys to villanova. Clipper Smith is making his bow at Villanova with veteran team. The chances are he will be able to send the Titans back home without victory. It would be a good start for him in his new job. The featured intersectional battle of the southwest finds Texas and Louisiana State meeting at Austin. The Texans have the ad- vantage of home field, buta the Louisianans have a more cohsist- ent record and one tough game under their belts.
 Bo McMillin's Indiana varsity should have little difficulty with its coachs' alma mater, Centre college.
 Oklahoma,s Sooners, possibly the surprise team of the Big Six ought to win from Colorado much as they please. Auburn Over Tulane; Tennessee Is Favored
 In the south the two leading. sec. tional battles bring together Au- burn and Tulane, and Tennessee and North Carolina. Lowell Daw- son, making his debut as head coach | at Tulane. is going to find Au- burn . little more than his Green Wave can handle. North Carolina again is strong, but will be minus three fine backs, and also meeting 8 ,Neyland- coached Tennessee team I like the Volunteers.
 Duke should find South Caro- lina vastly improved, but not quite enough to keep Wallace Wades team in check. Texas Christian, with sammy Baugh doing the firing, is the choice against Arkansas.
 Yale and Cornell provide the most important game in the east EnFN1nff fR tke, under Carl Snavely, is going to be improved, but the Bulldog has too much experience and should win a close game.
 Pennsylvania's veteran backfield gives 1t an edge over sophomore eleven at Lafayette, where Ernie Meyers is making his start.
 west Virginia comes to Pittsburgh and we expect the usual game with the Mountaineers. Trusty Tall- mans outfit battles every inch of the way and should his passina attack click, is likely to cause us several headaches. We should pre- vail by a comfortable margin. how ever.
 Harry Stuhldreher at Wisconsin could wish for an easier foe than Marquette as he tries to get the Badgers moving. Marquette, be- cause sof experience, might be given the edge here. It will be close. also. at Michigan, but Harry Kipke's speedy backs are due to overcome that Michigan State jinx.
 ! Nebraska ought to set out to claim another title in the Big Six by beating Iowa State.
 The closest game on the coast will see California shading St. Mary's. The Bears will know that they were in g footabll game.
 Washington State draws Stan eord at Pullman. Because they're MAE.,a [ nina flaa lsnaacrn ..s q clic.l.A