The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-17

of series dealing t0ith football
prospects in pGriouS sections OF the
countryD
BY PAT ROBINSON
International News Service Sports Writer
NEW YORK, Sept. 17.-JuSt to
make 1t easy on the geographers
and tough on the kids studying
Latin, Daddy Caesar divided Gaul
into three parts. We shall prompt
" go that old boy one better by
splitting the Eastern football Sec
tor in four parts, thus:
Glass A-PrincetOn. Pittsburg. Ford
Glass B-COIumbIa. Colgate, Army,
Navy, Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth Penn
Class C-CorneM, Boston College, Cath
clio University, VillanOva, Mammalian
Bucknell.
Class D-GeOrgetown. Brown Carnegie
Rutgers, Lafayette Lehtgh.
Glass A undoubtedly will stand
I'D and it is entirely probable that
three or four of the class B out
fits may prove good enough to
rank in the same category.
! Too Early to Predict
. It Is still too early to put q
definite finger on any team and
say exactly what it should do.
Last years freshmen have dis
concerning way of poisoning
overnight and make any prognoSti-
Gator look sick.
However, enough is known in
some cases to give cue Of what
may be in store for the fans.
Princeton, Pitt and Fordham are
sure to hold their own with any
team in the country.
They are big, strong, fast, smart,
aggressive and versatile. All three
have a solid basis of veterans on
whom to build championship
elevens. They are also well sup
piled with corking sophomores
who won their spurs on last years
froSh teams.
Princeton will be no weaker
than last year when it ranked
with Minnesota. Pitt is stronger
than ever and Fordham has the
best team in its history.
Glass B may spring some sur.
prises. Lou Little at Columbia has
Just the sort Of a squad that won
for him in the rose bowl a few
years ago. The boys run from ITS
to 1870, but their lack Of size is
more than made up in speed and
snartness.
Holy Cross will have the same
kind Of mastodons it gridded last
year. Dartmouth will be better,
the improvement coming mostly
from two fine sophomore backs.
Penn Improved
PENIS fine sophomore eleven
Of '35 will be vastly improved with
last years battles under their belts
and Syracuse will be little faster
than usual.
Colgate may not be as good as
1t was, put old Andy Kerr has a
way Of turning up with sensational
tricky ball carriers and he may
have an upset or two in store for
his opponents.
Yale will be about as usual, but
Harvard, under Dick Harlows sec
ond season, expects to go to town
this year.
Doc Stevens will have a corking
team at N. Y. u, one able to give
q good account of itself in any
company, and Navy will be about
the same as last fall. Army ex-
poets improvement from it's grand
plebe squad. Late in the season
this Army squad, with Monk Never
again on the job. will be giving
Notre Dame plenty to do.
Temple, big and powerful as
usual, will be one Of the strongest
teams along the Eastern seaboard.
Pop Warner will draw on his ever
ready bag Of tricks for some new
stuff to spring on the younger
coaches and early indications are
he has the men to carry out his
ideas.
Glass C may hold three surprise
teams - Cornell, Boston College
and Manhattan. We may be un-
derrating them by at least one
class. The tip is out that Cornell
has gone in for football players
In big way and that Carl Snavely
really will have some fine pros
poets to develop.
DObie'S Team Promising
Gil Dobie surely will have plenty
Of behemoths at Boston College,
and he may go places with them.
Chick Meehan, at Manhattan, has
as huge a squad as you will find
in these United States. They run
in three sizes-big, bigger and big
ger than that.
Those in class D do not figure
to Startle the universe, although
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