Evening star., 1937-11-16
CALIFORNIA SEEN
ASASSUREDP|CK
Vi|Ianova and Colorado in
Same Class With Teams
Rated Candidates.
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

BY GRANTLAND RICE.
n YEW YORK, Nov. 16.-In the act
J\ of entering November's home
" stretch, there are seven leading
A teams on the big time that
have yet to be beaten. These are Cali
fornia, Pittsburgh, Fordham, Alabama,
Yale, Villanova and Colorado.
OF these seven teams, California and
Pittsburgh have more manpower and
q greater all-around combination of
linemen and backs, but there IS no
guarantee that either the Golden Bear
or the Panther could jostle the others
around. Fordham still has the best
line in the country and Yale has the
more daring, more versatile attack,
headed by Clint Frank, the seasons
outstanding star. You can add La
fayette, which claims no big-time am
2bitions-but Is good enough to be
there
You have heard . lot about Cali
fornia, Pittsburgh, Alabama. Ford
ham and Yale. But don't forget that
Clipper Smiths Villanova team be-
longs In this same class and that Colo
RADIO occupies the same high plane in
the wake Of brilliant back named
Byron "Whizzer" White.
High Praise for White.
Dos PARSONS and other experts
who have followed Rocky Noun
tain football for many years tell me
White Is every whit as good q back Is
Dutch Clark was when Dutch left the
Rocky Mountain campus for profess
sional glory. And Dutch Clark now Is
One Of the all-time greats-rated by
many As the all-time greatest.
! Again, this doesn't include united,
unbeaten Lafayette, with the most
astonishing comeback football has
Known IN many years. Coach Mylin
and Lafayette together turned in one
OF the flne performances of 1897.
Dartmouth, with two ties, has been
unbeaten and should finish that way.
Cornell's record against 4 run Of
indigo luck also has been something
to think about.
California now is safe in the Rose
Bowl seat, no matter what happens
In the Stanford game Alabama has
. strong Vanderbilt team in the road
on Thanksgiving Day where it's only
An even bet. Fordham almost is Ger
tain to drive through st. Mary's and
n. Y. U. Yale has no bowl angles Of
any sort, Villanova isn't well enough
known In the Far West, and Colorado
Is too close to the Pacific.
Sugar Bowl Beckons.
DUKE fell out Of the saddle satur-
day against North Carolina. So
this leaves California looking over
Pittsburgh. Fordham and Alabama
for the Rose Bowl choice, with the
Sugar Bow in line for strong selec-
ton, no matter which team heads
West. Fordham is certainly up in the
front rank. 1t is a much better Ford
ham team now than the one that tied
Pittsburgh, which is also better than
It was in the Fordham game.
Some Of the West Coast scouts write
that Pittsburgh and Alabama have
paid too many visits to the purling Pa
CHIC Coast and they want a set Of
new faces. II this happens to be
true. Fordham Is the only bet, and no
one will have to worry about Ford.
hams all-around strength Fordhan1,
for example, was much too strong for
North Carolina, yet North Carolina
was strong enough to beat Duke. This
Is something California will have to
decide Last fall, L. 8. U. was en-
titled to the bid, but L. 8. q. didn't
Eet 1t.
Notre Dame has spent q large part
q It's season around the enemy's three.
four or i've yard line without much
scoring.
Against Army, you caught the pic
ture OF q green surf rolling up and
down the field, only to break against
An Army rock with only q step or
two to 90.
Notrs Dame Lacks Passer.
THIS was partly due to the lack Of
good passer, which Notre Dame
hasn't this fall. You can't run over
teams any longer Pitt tried that
against Fordham, and for three Pc
riods against Notre Dame. In her
goal line assaults on Saturday, Notre
Dame used almost no deception as one
back after another was driven head
long into q compact wall, all massed
IN front Of the runner.
For all that, this is q good Notre
Dame team. and it will be something
to bother about next fall. LAyden
kept uncovering unknown backs, such
as Tonelli, Corgan, Arboit and Bur-
hell. who looked Just as good as the
regulars.
Notre Dame also had three top
Night forwards in McCarty, Beinor
and Sweeney-who are all well above
the average. And Kuharich is no
slouch. It was first class Notre
Dame line, and with one high class
passer it would be high class Notre
Dame backf1eld.
Army showed little except a stout
hearted goal line defense and . good
passing attack, whenever Army had
the ball. Which wasn't any too often.
It will take better team than Army
has been so far this fall to beat Navy,
for Navy has better team than her
record has shown 80 far. Army's
running attack was almost complete
~ throttled by Notre Dame all the
Rainy afternoon.
'Bama's Climb Steepens.
"A LABAMA barely has slipped by
Tulane and Georgia Tech the
last two Saturdays. The Crimson Tide
had . hard afternoon against Tech,
which reached the 1-foot line. Al
Vanderbilt came sureing back against