Evening star., 1938-10-11
MUNGER Of PENN
IS SETTING PACE
Wieman of Princeton and
Wood Of Army Impress
Despite Defeats.
By DREW MIDDLETON,
Associated Press sports Writer.


Associated Press sports Writer.
NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-THE football
fates, usually ~ kindly as . cross
cobra, have been exceedingly gentle
this fall with most Of the prominent
new coaches and their teams, although
it may be, with the season only three
weeks old, they are saving up their
punches to pin the wizards ears back
in November.
New" applies only in the sense the
coaches are new to their material and
school. Most OF them are old hands
at appeasing alumni. keeping the star
halfback's mind of the blond Chi
Omega and building character.
A rapid glance around the football
map finds George Munger of Penn,
Tad Wieman Of Princeton, Fritz Cris-
Ter OF Michigan, Tex Arnold Of Ore
Ron, Bill Wood Of Army, Joel Hunt Of
Georgia, Harry Mehre Of Mississippi
and Rex Enright OF South Carolina
of the new leaders alive and holding
their own at this stage.
Munger Works With Players.
Munger is the current wonder boy
of Eastern football. With what ap-
peared to be ordinary material in
September, he has licked Lafayette
and Yale and pulled Penn out Of the
doldrums.
The Quaker coach Is a worker. He
wears 4 uniform in practice and on
the bench Saturdays, and as he is only
20, can run most of his operatives
into the ground His squad is mag
nificently conditioned and one OF the
most spirited in the East.
Penn proved powerful overland and
capable on defense against Yale, the
first major test. Penn does not make
habit of beating the Blue. When 1t
was over and Yale had been shut out
for the first time since Ducky Pond
was made head coach, the alumni were
ready to run Munger for President.
Tigers Outlook Bright.
Wieman and Wood, the other major
newcomers in the East. both failed
their first big test, but there were large
chunks OF hope in each case.
Princeton put up a magnificent fight
against Dartmouth for a half. The
work of big but green, line and
little sophomore back, Eddie McCor-
mick. showed the Tigers not yet ready
for serious business, but sure to be
dangerous against Yale and Harvard.
Army. after knocking of Wichita
| and Virginia Tech in awesome fashion,
started as though it would shove Co.
lumbia out of the ball park Saturday
Poor quarterbacking- passing
after ground plays had brought the
team almost the length Of the field
hurt the Cadets. But the line is solid
and durable and the blocking excellent.
Wood should have q whale of No
vember team.
Crisler Revives Wolverines.
Crisler has done better than all right
thus far. Michigan trimmed Michigan
State for the first time in five years In
its opener, and then went on to hand
pitiful Chicago q thorough whipping
in its Big Ten opener. The betting Is
against Crisler bringing the team
through the Minnesota game inviolate,
but no one thinks the Gophers will
have q snap Saturday. The Wolverines
split eight games last year and indica-
tions are they will do better, since
Crisler has discarded the punt, pass
and prayer" system.
Hunt, who replaced Mehre at
Georgia, has won three in . row. The
Bulldogs have licked The Citadel. South
Carolina and Furman. the latter by .
healthy 38-7 count They face Mercer
Saturday, then head into heavy
weather with Holy Cross.
Mehre Has Taken Three.
Mehre, snapped up by Mississippi.
also has taken three. a 20-7 licking Of
Louisiana State being the most i'm
pressive win The odds are Harry
will have few surprises for Wander
bilt Saturday.
Enright, enlisted after the 1887 team
lost six tied one and won five. hasn't
had as much success with South Caro-
lima. The team beat Erskine and
Xavier, lost to Georgia. rs, and then
bowed to Wake Forest, 20 to 10. David
son is the next opponent.
Tex Oliver at Oregon Is riding high.
Oregon tops the Pacific Coast Confer
ence with two wins and has had two
weeks to prepare for games with STAN
ford, Fordham and Southern Cali
| fornia.
Chief credit for Oregon's rise is
given to two sophomore left half
backs, Jim Nicholson and Jay Gray
beal. and an improved squad spirit
The offense has running and passing
strength, but its shy on kicking. Right
now Oregon is California's s chief threat
in the race for the Coast Conference
title.
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