The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-25
INDIANA CALLED
 MYSTERY TEAM ] IN THE BIG TEN
|Ofthwestern Eleven Also Held Formidable By
 Football Coaches
BY STEVE SNYDER lnlied Press Staff Correspondentl

Limited Press Staff Correspondent)
 Chicago, (UP)-Minnesot and &hio State, twin scourgeS of the
 iddlewest last season, again will dominate the Big 10 despite grad- u6tfon losses that might have wrecked any other team in the conference.
 The Gophers, twice national champions, lack the finesse of their great seniors who went through three hectic seasons un- defeated, but the same ruthless power remains. Ohio State has about the same potential strength with Q fighting morale acquired too late in 1885 to prevent the Notre Dame debacle at Columbus.
 Every coach in the conference is afraid of Northwestern. Indiana is the mystery team. Michigan, Iowa and Illinois should be slightly bet- ter, Chicago, without Jay Berwan- ger, is just Chicago and Harry etuhldreher likely can't do enough with Wisconsin to make notable progress in his athletic rehabilita- ton. purdue-about the same.
 Six Gopher Stars
 Team by team, the conference roundup:
 Minnesota -- Defending it's title without Six magnificent stars Die kSmith, Vernon Oech, Sheldon Beise, Glenn Seidel, Dale Renne. bOllsn and George Roscoe. Sopho- more team big, fast and rugged without an outstandinH player. Likely first year pro. .9cts arc Larry Buhler, and Ray Struthers, 200 pound backs, Horace Bell. guard and John Kulbitski, center University of Washington game soon after practice opens may dull season.
 Ohio gtate-Benefits by fact the Scarlet Hcourge won't be crowned national champion in September as in 1885. The lateralized Bucks lost 16 lettermen. have i7 back. Coach Francis Schmidt can line up . veteran team without use of many star sophS bound to play. Loas of Conner Jones. center and cap9ain, Kim Karcher, guard, Stan Pinetra, and Dick Heekin, half- backs, stinging losses. Pittsburgh game 0cotber 10 tells on the buck eyes.
 Northwestern = Described as % per cent weaker by Coach Lynn waldorf, Northwestern neverthe- less will be among top flight elevens. Lost virtually full line, but has two tackles who alternated last year. Backfield lost Hugh DuvGl and Wally Criiice whose spots must bO filled by Don Heap, run- ning star, Steve 10th, punter, Freddie Flato, fleet sophomore, and Don deyeY. letterman. Shat tered line will be felt unless Fspiacements are developed by
 YrTsplaesabIo Loss
 9ewa-0ne senior, Dick Crayne, can't Do replaced by the likely material selected to plug the gradu- alton gaps left by Rudy Leytze, Bill gecl, Jim Kelley, and Jack Gallagher who gave Hawks 200 pound line. Ship Farroh, fullback, and Dick Anderson, center, may b drafted for guard work in this emergency. Ozzie Simmons, one of the greatest ball carriers in the history of the Big 10, will handle most of the running, expected to be less efficient with hard-block- ing, heady Crayne missing
 illinoiS-Bigger. faster, less ex. perienced and full of Bob Zuppke's tricks. Loss of men in key positions will hurt the plucky Illini. Prin- cipie job filling guards vacated by Eddie 0ryboski and tackles opened by Captain Chuck Galbreath and Avro Antilla. Half-dozen clever backs indicated more fireworks and Tazzle-dazzle for 1895.
 Indiana-Twenty-two returning iettermen take the sadness out of loss of Capt. Reed Kelso, center Wendell Walker, halfback, Ettore A1tonini, end and Bob Neck, back Three sophomore linemen and three backs add weight to Soach 30 McMillins statement the Hoosiers will be stronger.
 NWGteCU HtetuTH
 Michigan--Beginning of march back to the top for the Wolverines Bigger and faster but fear im- proved play over the conference makes their chances of winning more games slim. Nineteen letter. men return.
 Purdue-Thirteen varsity losses, mostly out of the line, blight Pur- dues outlook. Ends and guards weak, but tackles and backs re- tain power. George Bell, center and captain, strength of the for wards while Cecil Isbell, free of the shoulder harness that hamp- cred him Q year ago, will lead the balanced backfield.
 Chicago-Loss of Jay Berwang- CT, all-America back isn't all the Maroons suffered. Clark Shaugh- messy will have a headache replac- ing his other stars Merritt Bush Gordon Peterson, Ewald Nyquist, and Edmund Wolfson.
 Wisconsin Green, promising hopeful of the best are the guinea pig Badgers. Harry Stuhldreher expected to clean house from top to bottom and began by ordering radically different gear for his new MMsxaA AA