Evening star., 1938-09-30
GRID AK TO FELL. :.
70 IN FIRST. RANK
important Decapitations
Loom With Major Tits
crowding Card.
by GHANTLAND RICE,

NEW YORK, Sept. 30.-Upon the
eve. almost, Of another World Series,
. number Of important decapitations
take place tomorrow, ~ football
breaks into it, second wave. South
ern California, Warrington, Louisiana
State, Illinois, Tulane and Texas Al
ready have slipped into the gravel
ditch.
. Minnesota or Nebraska? Yale or
Columbia? Ohio State or Indiana?
Cornell or Colgate? Tennessee or
Clemson7 Stanford or Santa Clara?
Michigan or Michigan State? T. c.
U. or Arkansas2 Notre Dame or
Kansas? Texas A. and M. or Tulsa?
Auburn? Harvard or Brown? Prince
ton or Williams? Pittsburgh or Tenn
pie? Maryland or Penn State? Navy
or v. M. l.? Wisconsin or Marquette?
Baylor or Oklahoma A. and M?
Penn or lafayette?
The answer is that ut least 20
front-rank teams must walk under
the ak and take it back OF either
the right or left ear. The day will
be full Of important decapitations, Just
as October slips into the calendar.
You can figure from this what
Job it is to reach December un-
beaten.
Odds Favsr Ohio State.
Ohio State -Indiana-In the presence
Of some II, 900 spectators Ohio States
Buckeye bunch in scarlet and gray
gets its chance to prove = high place
in the Big Ten scramble. Ohio State
and Minnesota have been rated, 80
far. As two Of the leading contenders.
Indiana. under the shrewd and ca
pable coaching Of Bo McAfillin, al
ways is \ problem for the opposi-
ton. But on this occasion Indiana
Bo Is up against quite = Scarlet
stampede. Ohio State looks to have
the stun needed for Schmidt's COM
bfnation Of razzle- dazzle and hard
driving power. The odds favor Ohio
State.
Yale-Columbia-The big game OF
the East. Yale will find Sid Luckman
Of Columbia, the human projectiIe,
hard to cover up. Yale looks to have
the better line and probably = bet
ter all-around backfield. The Blue
should pick up more ground with the
running game. but even with . good
and always . daring passing attack
Eli will find 1t dif1cult to match Luck
mans dead-eye sniping This should
be . game Of open football. where
the onense on both sides will be some
thing to watch.
Edge Given Minnsseta-
Minnesota Nebraska - Nebraska al
ways Ii ready for An uprising on .
moments notice. and Bif1 Jones once
again has another fine squad ready
for action. But on this next occasion
Minnesota also will be set for the
shock. The Gophers already have
stuffed one hard game under their
blouses. and this means something.
They look to have the better backs
unless Maj. Jones can reach In and
drag out anoth Sauer, Francis or
Cardwell. This should be . hard, close
game, with Minnesota favored through
. stronger attack and the old home
battlefield.
Cornell -Colgate-Colgate will be
better team than the Red Raiders were
= year ago, but 1t still doesn't meas
ure up to Corneu's all-around dis
play OF speed, power and experience.
This Snavely coached Cornell squad
will be something to take, no matter
what the start.
Tough Michigan Battle.
Michigan Michigan stats-An i'm
portant contest - It throws the first
shining light on Fritz Crisler's open
ing bow IS the new Wolverine coach.
The rumor Is abroad that Michigan
is facing better days. Much Is ex-
pected from Tom Harmon. her sopho-
more back. Michigan State will have
all the testing mixtures needed to
prove any opponents place. Especially
. highly geared attack II Michigan
can win this one there no longer will
be any doubt over her 1898 outlook,
which will carry more pink than the
Wolverine sky has known in some
years.
Pennsylvania Lafayette - Lafayette,
unbeaten last year. has most Of her
veterans back. Penn. with = new coach
and the loss of several stars, Is still =
gamble An edge for Lafayette.
The Southwest-The ball-throwing
Southwest moves into three important
actions: Rice Oklahoma, T. c. U.-Ar-
kansas and Tulsa-Texas A. and M
This cluster Is composed Of six stout
delegations. We favor the three Texas
teams-Rice, T. G. U. and Texas A.
and M-but the margin is in no sense