Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-04

away. Dope change.
rapidly and any forecast made now
may fall entirely apart before the
first kickoff.
Nevertheless, the boys like to make
dope and this is what they are MAX
ing: Ohio State, Minnesota, North
western and Wisconsin will be the
four best teams in the Big Ten and
will fight it out for the champion
ship but, somewhere along the line
it will knock off one of the leaders
Purdue and Indiana will be strong
but not quite in the contender class
No team in the league will beat eth
er of them by more than few
points-but some will beat them.
Michigan will make the greatest
Improvement but will not be ready
to challenge for first place in Fritz
Crisler'S first year. Next year it may
be different. Michigan has plenty of
material; but it will take Fritz more
than one year to get it organized.
Chicago and Iowa haven't got it!
There you are as the dope stands
today.
Breaking it down a little farther
there is the possibility that, if any one
team stands out above all the others,
it may be Ohio State. The Buckeyes
were good last year, did not lose heav-
lily by graduation and have far the
best freshman squad they have ever
had
That comes straight from the Ohio
State headquarters where optimism
runs high. THE best material Francis
Schmidt has had" they say, and
they go farther than that. They say
the best part of that good material
is sophomore and junior material
which will get better and will ac-
tually reach its peak in 1889. $50
duck your heads, you Gophers."
You see the Buckeyes are already
taking aim at that game in 1899
when, for the first time in nine years
the two universities will meet on the
gridiron. In that span they have been
the two best in the Middlewest; but
they have not played each other.
Now a new series is signed. They
will meet in 1889 and 1910 and Ohio
State is saying, We'll be ready. How
about you Gophers?" Well the Co.
pliers will be ready, too; and the result
will be two of the greatest football
games ever played. But that's long
way off. First the season of 1888
must. be completed. -.-...--.
AS say, if you want single favor
lite for next fall you must pick Ohio
State; but, in such tough league as
the Big Ten where even the weak
ones are pretty good, it is better to
wait while before naming cham
pions Wildcats, Badgers and Gophers
are all going to be big, fast, hustling
and well coached teams and you can
not count them out until they have
been knocked out.
The Gophers are likely to start
rather slowly, because of the mex
perience of some of their regulars, but
are likely to finish strongly because
of the natural ability of the same
boys, natural ability which will assert
itself after the experience of a few
early games.
Of course, it is entirely out of order
to expect the Gophers to go through
the season without a defeat. The
schedule won't permit it-not with
Washington for an opener and Wis
consin for a closer and nothing bu
big league opposition in between.
Somewhere along the line the Go.
pliers will have to have a let-dowr
-. yet there is no team on the SEIZED
ule that is safe to let down against
If the Gophers win six and los'
only two in that schedule-they will
be a great team.