Evening star., 1936-09-26
COIN T0SSSYSTEM
IS GIVEN BIG PLAY
Minnesota, Duke and L.S.U.
Are Slight Choices in
Major Clashes.
BY HERBERT w. BARKER,
Associateo Press Sports Writer.

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nj Charging up the theoretical
" aches and pains Of the last
season to experience. the
gridiron guessing fraternity eagerly
plunged into another and, perhaps,
happier campaign Of foot ball prog
nosticating today.
Accustomed to an easy slate for ths
first two weeks OF each season, the
fraternity turned reproachful gaze
on the schedule makers for bringing
together Washington and Minnesota,
Duke and Colgate. and Louisiana
State and Rice on so early date.
Using the heads or tails" system
almost exclusively, here's how the
pairings look from this well-scarred
corner:
Washington -Minnesota-The game
of games for the opening Saturday
Of the season. Can Washington,
picked by many coast critics as an
outstanding contender for the Far
Western crown. stop gopher array
unbeaten for three years? Mime
sofa, claimant Of the national cham
pionship q year ago, has lost Beise.
Seidel and Roscoe among others. but
there's no preseason hint that Bier
mans big 10 co-champions won't be
just as formidable as ever. Minne-
sofa gets the nod here, but the
Gophers had better watch out for
Byron Haines.
Duke Colgate . Toss-up.
DUKE-coLGATE-As near a thing
to the perfect toss-up as you'll
find, measured strictly on advance
than q year ago and Duke won the
Southern Conference title, while Col
gate was an Eastern power in 1885.
The edge, 1t seems here lies with Duke
mainly because the games at Durham.
louisiana State -Rice-The South
eastern Conference champion pitted
against the Southwest Conference
team that handed the Tigers their
only regular season setback last year.
The hunch here is L. S. U.
Navy-William and Mary: The Tars
have lost many regulars Of last years
strong array. but there should be plen-
ty left to handle the newly elected
Southern Conference members. II
william and Mary lives up to It's rep
utation Of the last few seasons. how
ever. it will be no push-over.
Purdue-Ohio University: Purdue
should take even so tough an outfit
as Don Pedens visitors from Athens.
Ohio. But the Boilermakers' status Is
in considerable doubt since the acci-
dent that cost the lives Of two stars,
Tom McGannon and Carl Dahlbeck.
A hesitating vote for Purdue.
Tulane-Mississippi: This looks to be
Mississippi.
Gamecocks Slight Choices.
VIRGINIA Military-South Carolina:
A clash Of two young and coming
teams with South Cardinals Came
cocks the slight choice.
Virginia Tech-Clemson: Tech has
experience and weight and rates the
edge.
North Carolina State Davidson: Ed
die Berlinski may well be the spark
plug Of a powerful State team this
season. At any rate Hunk Anderson's
Wolfpack looks safe in this Southern
Conference test.
North Carolina-W Wake Forest: It
looks to be an inauspicous Southern
Conference debut for Wake Forest.
Southern California Oregon State:
Purely a shot in the dark. Southern
California
Stanford-Santa Clara: Stanford has
suffered terrific losses by graduation
and may not be ready for this kind Of
opposition. Santa Clara.
Washington ate-Montana: State.
Otherwise the opening program gen.
orally will be devoted to tune-up af-
fairs for the big colleges although one
or more Of them may get kicked
around before it's over.