Evening star., 1936-09-16

"comer" in foot ball and track. Luckett
and Sarnier will be heard from in the
backfeld.
Bears Have All Assets.
CALIFORNIA appears to be the best
bet for a conference champion.
The backfield looks great, with a fine
crowd of big blockers and strong de-
fensive players. The kicking passing
and running departments will be taken
care Of in fine style by Blower, Archer
and Cornell. Bob Herwig, 200-pound
center. will make bid for all-America
honors. Cotton, Howard. Meek, Thomas
and Chapman are all experienced
backs, but Coach STUB" Allison will
have some tackle troubles. Macarthur
and Nordstrom look like first stringers.
Coach Bill Spaulding of U. c. L. A.
will have the heaviest team, and even
with 210-pound set Of backs he will
not lack speed, kicking or passing.
Spaulding's son. Bill, jr., might be
one of the sparks of his dads team.
He Is fast, great passer and blocker.
Frink, Schell, Harris and Hirshon
look like winning set Of backs. The
U. c. L. A. line will average 1879
pounds and plenty Of reserve.
Southern California finished last
season with three victories in row.
Coach Howard Jones lost little by
graduation and picks up collection
of freshmen that should bring U. S.
c. back into the spotlight. The out
standing ball carrier should be Davie
Davis, while No. ! man in the line
will be Kuhn, 195-pound center. AS
the sophomores 60, so goes U. S. c.
HuSkies Much in Running.
T UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
~ is rated dark horse" by some
experts and a possible champ" by
others, as all Of the Husky" backs
are seniors. Loyz, a great kicker and
quarterback; Cain, driving back;
Nozgrowski. a plunging fullback, and
Byrafi1 Haines, the greatest open-fleld
runner on the Coast, form this COM
bination.
In the line whatrak will be at CEN
ter. MATHS and Starvecich at the
guards. Markov and Bond the tackles,
but the ends are problem.
Coach Prince "Prink" Collision at
Oregon admits he has the best pros
meets since he has been head coach.
He has q veteran line, with strong
reserves and a well-balanced back
field. Del Bjork, left tackle and cap
tain. is an all-Coast certainty.
washington State is starting an
ambitious 1O-game schedule, 7 away
from home and only in the newly
constructed stadium at Pullman.
with II letter men, 9 Of whom should
be regulars, perhaps Coach Hollng-
berry should not worry. The loss OF
cant. Blye, Christofferson, Brett ana
Mcbride is serious, but there are
speedy sophomore backs. Jesse VIII
lard. jr., son Of the ex-heavywelght
champion, is a 200-pound plunger.
Oregon State Uncertain.
OREGON STATE is an unknown
~ quantity, but after Spring prac-
tice Coach Lou Steiner was elated
over the improvement IN morale ana
reserve strength. Gray Is the BACK
none of the team with his running
and passing.
Ted Bank starts his second year as
head coach of Idaho, where ne mas
been teaching the Minnesota brand:
Of a SQUAD numbering AZ, just nail
AZ them are from Idaho and the rest
followed Bank from the South ana
East. Dick Trzuskowski, 2l5-pouno
tackle. and Tony Knapp, both from
Milwaukee, are two star sophomores.
parker, a guard, is all-Coast cahnei.
Montana supporters have q huncn
that it is the year for the Grizzlies.
Ponovich and Szakash can toe the
marx with any pair of backs IN the
west. Montana will upset the dope
for anv team looking for q "breather."
Arain Has "Giant Killers"
sCLIP" MADIGAN will turn loose
- the "Giant killers at st. Marys.
Power in the front wall and power
IN the backs is Madigan's idea OF zoos
hall and when he trots his team on
the field for the California game
october Keran, wilkin and Danner-
,e;n will supply some of the power in
the forward wall.
Gonzaga will have an experienced
team, but will do well to equal the nne
record Of last year. Karamauc,
ialfback, is the No. ! man.
"Clipper" Smiths change from SANTA
Clara to villanova leaves his able as
.;stant. "Buck" Shaw, In o tough spot,
due to graduation and scholastic inen,
oibility. but the former line coach VII
count heavily on Dougherty At cen
Ter. thanked by Rodgers and Bass' Ior
his line. and Falaschi, Del Bagglo'
pruc. and Fisher for his backfeld.
Colorado Il FavOr1te.
THE IL members Of the ROCKY
j Mountain Conference should
stare an even battle. For the nrst
time in i've years Coach Ike Arm.
.tronp Of Utah was pushed out OF nrst
ar second place at the end OF the 1880
season. and he is out to regain nus
,surels from Colorado University and
The colorful Kayo Lam will be
missed at Colorado, but Coacn
.Hunny" Oakes hopes to bring out an
other star in Delbert Ritchard. In
nickinR the conference winner. ! Would
fake Colorado over Utah, with Utah
ARries Yunner-up.
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