The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-24
SEVEN STRONG
COLLEGE GRID
GAMES LISTED
Southern-CaI,. Alabama on
Coast TOday;St. Mary's
vs.. California
BY HENRY SUPER
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
New York, Sept. "a - (U.P) -
The calendar says It's September "A
but the schedule for the grand
opening Of the football season today
reads like one for q day In mid
November.
An idea Of the kind Of games to
be played on the first big Saturday
Of the year is given by the pairings
Of California-St. Mary's. Minnesota
Washington, Pittsburgh West Vir-
ginia, Kansas Texas, Southern CAL
ifornia- alabama, Detroit-Purdue,
and Louisiana State Mississippi.
It's one of tht earliest openings in
years-and perhaps the best since
q band Of mustachioed Rutgers and
Princeton youths played the first
game back in the 1905. Many Of
the perennial giantS-Notre Dame,
Rice. Yale, Harvard, Princeton,
Sanford-don't see action until next
week.
Alabama Shooting High
Two of today's games might have
important bearing on the mythical
national championship. Minnesota
and Washington are In the running
for the title and their game might
eliminate one out In Minneapolis.
Southern California and Alabama,
the latter champion Of the south
eastern conference, also are shoot
ing high and will receive stern tests
In their opening assignment.
Pittsburgh, generally accepted as
tops, last year, tees off against a
West Virginia team that is reported
to be loaded" for the Panthers and
there might be an upset. Kansas
and Texas, both strong teams out
in the wheat and oil belt, will pro-
vide another sparkling battle.
Here's how they shape up by Sec
tons:
East - Pittsburgh West Virginia
tops the list. Army. beginning its
season under new coach, Bill Wood,
tackles Wichita. reputed to be ready
to bowl over the Soldiers. Dart
mouth opens against Bates and
Navy meets william and Mary.
Other eastern games: Boston Col
lege- Canisius; Brown Connecticut
State; Holy Cross rovidence and
Lehigh-P. M. @.
Midwest - Purdue, one Of the
strong teams Of the Big Ten, faces
Detroit. Minnesota plays Washing
tin In the prize game while Illinois
tackled Ohio u, and Michigan State
has what appears to be a breather
in Wayne. Other big ten clubs are
idle. In Big Six territory, Kansas
and Texas play the only mai game
today. Nebraska, big six champ
doesn't play.
South-Conference warfare opens
In the southeastern division with
Louisiana State meeting MISSISSIPPI
pi and Sewanee playing Tennessee.
Other games In that district non
conference. are Auburn Birming-
ham Southern, Florida -Stetson.
Georgia Citadel Kentucky Mary
vile. Mississippi State Howard and
Tulane Clemson. In the southern
conference, where Davidson leads
by virtue of victory last week over
Citadel. -Four games are scheduled
defending champions North Caro-
lima against Wake Forest: David
son-North Carolina State. Rich
mond-Maryland and v. P. I.-Duke.
Rice Idle
Southwest-No conference games
and champin Rice is idle. Nom
conference games are s. M. o.
North Texas. Teachers. BAYLOR
Southwestern. TeXas-Kansas. Texas
A. and M.-Texas A. and l.: Arkan-
sas-Oklahoina A. and NJ, and Tex.
as Christian Centenary.
Rocky Mountain No games
scheduled In the new big seven con-
ference which replaces the Old
Rocky Mountain division. Games In
this section pair Texas Tech-Wy-
oming Colorado Mines, Colorado
State, Flagstaff Teachers Brigham
young. Denver-Iowa State and
Montana Stste-New Mexico State.
Pacific Coast-Alabama-U. S. G,
tops them all. California, Rose Bowl
champions, opens against st. Mary's
and word from the West says it's
going to be sorry day for the
Gaels. Two conference games are
scheduled Oregon Washington
state and Oregon State-Idaho.