The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-02
WALLACE WADE
 RATES CLAMSON IN DIXIE PHOTO
Kentucky, Georgia Tech, L. s. U. Also Boast
 Strong Squads
BY WALLACE WADE

Head Coach, Duke University
 Durham, N. O., Oct. 2.-There will be good football in the south this seasorl--aS good as there ever has been. Some of the battles that will be fought between the out- standing teams in October and November will rank with the great est ever played in Dixie-in the country, for that matter.
 HN addition to games between the topAz anking teams, there will be the traditional battles. Take for i11- stance the Duke North Carolina game, Nov. IA, which last year ate tracted 46,e80 people largest crowd ever to see game in the south-to Duke stadium. Some of the other meetings between ancient rivals bring together Tennessee Alabama, Oct. IT; L. S. U.-Tulane, Nov. 28; Georgia Georgia Tech, Nov. 28, and Kentucky Tennessee, Nov. 28.
 There also viii be a large num- Der of intersectional games in which southern elevens should be able to hold their own.
 It is most difficult to pick the outstanding teams III any section. At best, such selections are hap habard. In my opinion, it is not possible to make these choices with out a careful and detailed survey of the various teams with the help of their coaches.
 Too, many things can happen that will suddenly stop a cham pionship contender. There may be injuries that will pull down the mo- rale of the squad. Supporters of the team may get so over confident that the enthusiasm will invade the ranks of the squad and prove dis astrous.
 5s Hold That Tiger!
 However, such 8 selection is ex- pected from me, and we will take a chance.
 Louisiana State, Kentucky, Geor- gia Tech, and Auburn should be the outstanding teams in the South eastern Conference, with Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi State in the running. Mississippi may come back after the Tulane defeat.
 Good coaching, good material, and a winning spirit should be great assets at L. s. U. At Kentucky there is reported to be gathered the finest bunch of running backs in the south. There are Johnson and CAviS from last year and great help from the sophomores, and Coach Chet Wynne will have big, strong line.
 At Georgia Tech, Coach Bill Alex ander's sophomores have turned into juniors, and they will be hard to beat (they were hard enough last year, we recall-in fact, they whip- ped us, 6-0). It may be another championship team at Tech, where there has been none since that great 1928 team.
 Auburn probably will have the hardest row to hoe to be among the leaders. All the teams will be pointing" for Coach Jack Meagher this season. He showed us a very fine team here last year in defeat ing us, To.
 As for the others: Harry Mehre can be depended upon t oproduce fine team at Georgia. Frank Thomas has had great success at Alabama and he may bring his boys back to the top this season. Mai. Ralph Sasse, 8 fine coach himself, will get valuable assistance this season from Col. Paul Parker, who left Tennessee to take post with Sasse at Mississippi State. They have fine material there and these two should get the best from 1t. Ray Hapes may be just the spark Mississippi needs.
 Maj. Bob Neyland, undoubtedly one of the finest coaches in the country, is back at the University of Tennessee. While his squad was rather badly riddled by graduation, the Vols will upset some of the bet ter teams in the south this season.
 Clemson Rates High
 In the Southern Conference, Jess Nicely, an excellent coach, will have good team at Clemson and it may be the championship eleven.
 Coach Hunk Anderson at North Carolina State is still looking for a good year. He had a fine young team last fall that made good