Evening star., 1938-08-23
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ALABAMA ON GRID
Views Southern California,
Washington as Probable
Leaders on Coast.
BY FRANCIS ]. POWERS.
Special Correspondent Of The Star.

ny hANC1S J. FOWEHS.
Special Correspondent Of The Star.
HIcAdO, Aug. %. Football
coaches are underfoot, watching the
College Al-stars practice, or getting .
bit Of higher gridiron learning via the
Northwestern University Coaching
School.
Matty Bell Of Southern Methodist
and Fred Thomson Of Arkansas, rep
resenting the Southwest Conference.
They reckon Rice Institute OF Houston,
Tex, as the team to beat to win down
in the mustang country. But they
point out that no team ever repeated
in successive seasons down yonder.
Arkansas was within 80 seconds Of
being a repeater last season, but then
something happened; something al
ways is happening in that league, where
the forward pass is the thing. South
ern Methodist and Texas Christian
also will be up and tough.
Pond Touts Dartmouth.
Ducky Pond, the old blue OF Yale,
allows as how Dartmouth will be the
prancing entry in the Ivy League.
Red Blaik has a batch Of veterans
and splendid sophomores from Illinois
and Minnesota. Pond figures Yale to
be strong and Harvard to be almost
the best. Pittsburgh and Fordham
will be the top teams Of the East? But
the Ivy League has no trafic with
those bad babes.
Nebraska gets the vote Of confidence
in the Big Six They do say that
Maj. Bif1. Jones has a squad the equal
OF Minnesota or Ohio State, and that's
the ultimate. The Huskers are three
and four deep in every spot and rate
their material the best since 1915.
Even so great a center as Charlie
Brock may have to share time on
the field.
Messrs. Waldorf, McMillin and
Kipke tell you that Ohio State is the
Big Ten entry for national honors.
They figure Wisconsin, Michigan and
Minnesota will be good, but not up to
the Buckeyes Also keep an eye on
Iowa, where the players are as big
as the corn crop. Elmer Layden is
wearing an unused smile and reports
that Notre Dame had a grand spring
drill Tab the Irish" to upset the
wagon for several opponents. Maybe
Minnesota and Illinois again.
Two-Team Race on Coast.
From the Pacific Coast the visitors
relate that the race is all WASH
ington and Southern California. It
may be Howard Jones last chance
with the Trojans. and he likes the
atmosphere Of North Hollywood. Jones
has his best squad since the days OF
Shaver, Mohler. Pinckert, ct al, but he
tees of with Alabama and Ohio State
II El Trojan wins those two he's tn
for the Rose Bowl, as the other games
will be a letdown, with the exception
OF Washington.
Washington is back with another
sensational squad and a great back
IN Charles Mucha, one of those Chi
cago boys who have a burning love
for the Huskies. The Huskies open
with Minnesota. and that game will
tell the story Of their strength and
hopes. Alabama must be good to
schedule Southern California for a
september set-to. Frank Thomas made
the Rose Bowl last year with just a
lair team and so you can figure Ala.
oama to rampage through the South
eastern Conference again. How's for
Duke in the Southern lineup?
Now that you've been around the
gridlron map. don't say I didn't tell
you when turkey day comes along.