Evening star., 1937-10-15
NAVY'S RESERVES
SEEN AS MARGIN
Alabama Tennessee Battle
Toughest to Dope-May
Prove Deadlock.
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

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nj Is always right time to duck.
" No one but a blithering idiot
4 would leave his chin hanging
In the same place for . Jack Dempsey
or . Joe Louis. But fools still rush
In where wise men stand still
I've seen . lot Of tough single day
foot ball schedules, but Saturdays
list Is full Of more knots than a
California redwood, 81 feet from bark
TO bark, measured on q straight line.
You can rate at least 10 of the 20
leading games as even as red and
black on = roulette wheel, with the
zero and double zero thrown out.
Yale-Army. at New Haven two
powerful offensive teams, evenly
matched at ball carrying. Army has
the better line, Yale the better pass
ing game. Both ably coached. Main
problem-Clint Frank VS.. . better
Army line. Army also spotty on pass
defense. There are five men on 4 line
and only one Clint Frank-one Clint
Frank anywhere. Just . toss-up-
but I'll take Army line.
'Bama-Vol Game Toughest.
EORDHAM Pittsburgh, at New
York-Two scoreless ties. This
time some one had better score. Ford
ham has better line and Pitt much
more experienced backfield Neither
has shown much In way of passing
attack. Pitts line Is not sawdust
and her star backneld should get the
edge. Pittsburgh.
Harvard-Navy, 1T Baltimore - The
main trouble here is that neither 50
far has played . testing game. Har-
ward, under Dick Harlow, has come a
long, long way from 1885. Navy has
powerful line and two fine backs in
Ingram and Antrim, Harvard's first
string has slight edge-but like
Nays reserve strength. A nod to
Navy.
Alabama-Tennessee. 1T Knoxville
just about the toughest pick on the
calendar. Both among the best In the
south-or the Nation. Two rugged
defensive teams, where one touchdown
might tell the story. Both Rose Bowl
candidates. I'll call this one . draw
played over Tennessee turf.
Strings With Texas Aggies.
TEXAS A. AND MT. c. u, at Fort
'~' WORTH saw T. c. U. play Ohio
State. Chick Meehan lists Texas A.
and M. as strongest all-around team
In foot ball. Her Todd and Routt are
two all-America entries. Taking q
deep bow to Dutch Meyer Of T. c. u,
II string with Texas A. and M.
Duke Georgia Tech, At Atlanta
Here's another pile-up. Duke has the
better defensive team - Tech the
keener attack. Duke is favored. This
time, however, I'll take q gamble on
Georgia Tech-op the chance her
offensive stun may click.
Columbia a-Pennsylvania. 1t New
York-Two rip-roaring offensive teams
that should gain . hlometer Of
ground. I'll stick with Lou Little and
Luckman Of Columbia's Lions.
Cornell-Syracuse, at Ithaca-Ossie
Solem's Syracuse team hasn't enough
experience for one Of the best Cornell
teams in history. Cornell still rolling
along the road
Notre Dame-Carnegie Tech, at Pitts
burRh-Thn time Elmer LAydens q
young men from South Bend should
get by. Too much offensive speed.
Manhattan-Vi Villanova, At New York
Chick Meehan's Manhattan team
gave Texas A. & M. . great fight and
beat Michigan State, conquerors of
Michigan Villanova is exceptionally
strong Both at their best defensively.
The tip is Manhattan In one of the
days hardest games.