The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-24
GRID SEASON
ISMAKINCBOW
ON SATURDAY
Toughest, Earliest Open
ing in Years Starts on
All Fronts
BY HENRY SUPER
lifted Press Staff Correspondent

| The 1887 gfldlron campaign
starts tomorrow on all the major
fronts-the earliest and toughest
opening in years.
From coast to coast and bor-
der to border the inaugural pro-
gram is studded with games that
should start the season off with
bang.
Only a few of the beginners
Yale, Princeton, Notre Dame,
Harvard, Army and Fordham-
are idle tomorrow. Four teams
open with bitter intersectional
battles-Ohio State vs.. Texas
Christian, at Columbus, O., and
Washington Iowa, at Seattle,
Wash.
Conference warfare starts in
the Southern conference with
Duke, defending champions, OPEN
ing against V.P.I. On the coast,
U.C.L.A. and Orego ninaugurate
the Pacific Coast conference sea-
son.
STRONG TEAMS LISTED
On the basis of practice show
ing and last years record, the
folloing shape up as possible
leaders:
East - Pittsburgh, Yale, Col
gate. and Boston college.
Middle West-Minnesota in the
Big Ten and Nebraska in the Big
Six.
acknowledgements, Alabama
and Louisiana State.
Southwest-Arkansas, Texas A..
G. NJ, and Texas.
Pacific Coast-Washington and
California.
South-Duke by a mile.
Duke and Nebraska shape up
as being the only teams sure of
repeating in conference competi-
ton. In the other conferences,
tough battles are predicted, with
the champions having less than
even chances of repeating.
PITT TO BE FORMIDABLE
In the East, Pittsburgh's Rose
Bowl winners are picked to go
through a tough schedule - in
Guiding Notre Dame, Fordham,
Nebraska and Duke-undefeated.
The Panthers, rich in man power,
come up with a team that lost
only three men by graduation.
Bill Glassford, Averill Daniel and
Bobby LaRue.
Other strong Eastern teams are
expected to be Yale, which has a
veteran team built around ALI
America back Clint Frank; Col
gate, another veteran lineup
which excels at tricky ball-hand-
ling, and Boston college. Navy,
which whipped Army and Notre
Dame, last year. will be tough.
In the Big Ten it's Monnesota
again as the season starts, even
though the Gophers lost many of
their 1886 stars-Bud Wilkinson
and Ed Widseth, to mention a
couple. Northwestern, which won
the title last year by upsetting
Minnesota, Purdue and Wisconsin
are expected to furnish plenty Of
opposition.
Marquette, one of last years
powers in the Middle West. was
riddled by graduation. Notre
Dame, with one of the toughest
schedules in the land, comes up
with a green team that might get
powerful as the season progresses.
In the Southeast conference,
Tennessee, which lost only four
players by graduation, figures to
be tough. Louisiana State, de-
Tending conference champion, is
likely to be in the thick of the
fight along with Alabama.
The Southwest conference,
where a champion hasn't repeat
ed in 20 years, shapes up as one
of the bitterest in the nation.
Arkansas, featuring dazzling
passing attack, will defend its
crown. Texas, starting a regime
under Coach Dana x. Bible, and
Texas A. g. M. are likely to be
the chief opposition. All other
teams in the division must be
counted in the race, for anything
is liable to happen in that confer
ence.
On the Pacific coast, it looks
like Washington, even though
their 1887 championship team was
hurt by many graduations. The
Huskies, whipped 21-0 by Pitt in
the Rose Bowl, are rich in back
field material but weak in the
line.
CALIFORNIA CHANGES
SYSTEM
California plans to shift from
ponderous attack to speed and
deception in an effort to over
throw the Huskies. use. and U.
ella. promise to be tough. This
year all eight conference men,
bers play each other for the first
time in history.
In the Bib Six, Nebraska is
picked to repeat again, with Mis-
souri, the runner-up.
The new season will be featur-
ed by many coaching changes.
More than so schools will start
with new mentors.
Outstanding new coaches are:
Lieut.. N. H. J. Hardwick, Navy;
0ssie Solem, Syracuse; Lawrence
Diff Jones, Nebraska: Paddy
Driscoll, Marquette; Dana X BIZ
BILE, Texas; Tom Stidham, Okla
homa; Irl Tubbs, Iowa; Bill
Kerns, Carnegie Tech; Frank
Murray, Virginia; George l.. NAL
lev. San Francisco u. and A. H.