Evening star., 1938-10-13
GOPHERS' MOORE
UNHERALDEDACE
Saggau Notre Danes Most
Notable NeWcomer-South
Gifted in Linemen.
BY DREW MIDDLETON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, Oct. ia place-kick
spinning between the goal posts; pass
tossed through the shadows in the last
minute of play; the quick shift, the
break and the dash down the sidelines
as the stands roar-and a football star
is born.
There are new luminaries aplenty on
the horizon, some sophomores just tast-
ing glory others veterans rising to their
big year. Most are backs operating
in a terrain where the action is open
and easy to follow, few are in the line
where learning the position takes longer
and the play is less easy to publicize.
Out at Minnesota they are singing
the praises of Wilbur Moore, the half
back who has inherited the mantle
once worn by Pug Lund and Jules
Alphonse. A senior, Moore was un-
heralded in the preseason ballyhoo,
but he Is the big noise now, the best
runner on the squad
Nash Stars as Gopher End.
Outstanding Gopher end thus far is
George Nash, who has caught passes
and shone defensively on a line that
has kept the enemy outside the Mime
sofa 48l-yard line thus far.
Bob Saggau, best freshman back
last year. is Notre Danes most no
table newcomer. He plays left half
back, the most arduous backfield posi-
ton in the Irish" system. If Notre
Dame is as good as Midwesterners
think, Saggau will learn football this
year and emerge as a fully rounded
player next season.
Resurgent Michigan offers Tom
Harmon, an able ball carrier and
blocker who has been going we'll behind
veteran line. Wadde Young, the
Oklahoma end, who smeared Rices
Ernie Lain and harried Texas passers.
Is the man of the hour in the Big Six,
Two outstanding Coast stars ap-
parently belong to Oregon's Web
foots. Jimmy Nicholson and jay
Graybeal, two fine halfbacks, have
passed and run Oregon to the top of
the Coast Conference Cotton Miner,
Louisiana State back who place
kicked the field goal that beat Rice.
was made a major general on Gov.
Leche's staff and grabbed a sheaf of
explosive headlines.
Line Talent Abundant in South.
Fine Enemen are making their
presence felt in the South. Dan Hill,
Duke center, has been throwing his
weight about. Steve Moronic, North
Carolinas tackle and co-captain:
Bernie Smith, Tulanes fine center,
and Paul SEVERN, Tar Heel end. are
other Frightening stars. Best sopho-
more back in the South, according to
deafening publicity and one or two op-
ponents, is Sweet Lalanne, the quarter
back at North Carolina.
Good backs are as plentiful as line
men are scarce in the East. At Brown
a great back comes into his own as
Irving (Shine) Hall hits full stride as
one of the best ball carriers Francis
Reagan of Penn is making the
Quakers forget the Big Four of 1886.
New York U. Coach Nal Stevens
calls Joe La Mamma potentially one
of the best I've ever seen" Hal Lube
Of Colgate looms as the passer to sue
ceed Columbia's Sid Luckman as the
EaSt's best.
At Syracuse it's Stan Johnson, a
soph fullback, and Bill Eschenfelder,
tackle who may ouSt his captain; at
Yale it's Harold Burr, cocky little
passer and kicker: at Navy the boys
tout Halfback Cliff Lenz Hal Nc
Culloch, a triple threaten, is making
good at Cornell and Len Eshmont is
the man to make 'em forget the seven
blocks of granite at Fordham.