Evening star., 1938-12-10
'|rish,' Fordhan1
Not Depending
On 80 5ophs
Tennessee Loses Only
; Vets; ViIIunovo
Well Stocked
By BILL BONI,

NEW YORK, Dec. liberalization
next June will strike hard at many
of the teams that dominated the
1888 college football parade. But a
glance over this seasons perform
ances and rosters make it obvious
that in 1899 the Nations top teams
will come up with their usual array
of talent.
Four of the teams that should be
best equipped in the backfield next
season, with little need to rely on
up-coming sophomores. are Notre
Dame, Fordham, Cornell and Villa
nova
The Irish" chief practitioners Of
gridiron mass production, will lose
some of their star operatives, but
they still will have such human balls
of fire as Steve Sitko. Ben Sheridan,
Bob Saggau, Harry Stevenson, Milt
Piepul and Lou Zontini
Fordham Well Equipped.
Fordham. with Tackle John Kuz-
man and Center Lou De Filippo as
main holdovers in the line, will have
a whole mess of good kickers, passers
and runners. For one thing therell
be an all-senior combine of Bill
Krywicki, Steve Kazlo, Pete Holovak
and Dom Principe. Len Eshmont,
recovered from this years hobbling
knee injury, will be set for his second
season as climax runner, while
Jimmy Blumenstock, who raised hob
with the Army plebes this fall, is a
glittering sophomore prospect.
The loss of Brud Holland. Carl
Spang, star ends: Center AL Van
Ranst, Tackle Bill McKeever and
Guard Sid Roth, will make Carl
Snavely's main task at Cornell one
OF trying to weld puncture- proof
line. with the help of Tackles Nick
Drahos and Fred West. In the
oackfleld, though, he'll have Block
ing Walt Matusczak, Bulling Vince
Eichler, Hal Mccullough, Nal Baker
and Ken Brown.
Much Left At Villanova.
Clipper Smiths backfeld larder
at Villanova will be almost as we'll
stocked as Elmer Layden's. The
Clipper loses John (Socker) Wysocki
at end, it's true. But Nick Basca
Harry Mazzei, Gordon Shader and
John HaWlett, the regular foursome
who helped the Wildcats go through
unbeaten this season. will be back at
work in 1899, supplemented by a
wealth of seasoned linemen
Graduation will take it's heaviest
toll at Texas Christian, where Davy
OBrien. XII Aldrich and I. B. Hale
will get their diplomas. Still. Leo
(DutchD Meyer can start rebuilding
with tWo-man nucleus of Don
Looney, who caught most of the
OBrien passes, and Ball-toter Con-
ME Sparks.
Pitt, losing three-quarters of its
dream" backfield, will have to rely
chiefly on Dick Cassiano, while
Duke. with Eric (the Red Upton
and Dan Hill gone. still will have
Willard (Bolo Perdue, who blocked
the kick to beat Pitt; Halfback Wes
McAfee, Guard Tony Ruffa and
Tackle Frank Ribar.
Tennessee Lightly Hit.
Tennessee. Southeastern Confer
ence ruler. will seek to repeat with
only three of its regulars gone and
Halfhack George bad News Cafego
and Guard Bob Suffridge, one of the
best in the South. on hand to lead
the way for Maj. Bob Neyland.
GoOruo EroYooE yo1 Wv, E,,ar,,
and Marty Christensen will be set
to tote the mail for Minnesota.
Michigan will be weakened consid-
erably in the line. but retains Tom
Harmon and Paul Kroner as twin
offensive threats.
Others who have given promise
| OF great deeds to come are Les
Stanczyk, whose task is to fill Sid
Luckman's big brogans at Columbia;
Ray Anderson of Yale and elusive
Torbie Macdonald of Harvard,
Ollie Hahenstein of Northwestern,
Tackles Harry Stella of Army and
AL Bergner of Navy, the former
Kankakee Gll) high school chums;
Ronny Cahill, Andy Giardi and Joe
Osmanski, a nice backfield Inherit
ance for the man who succeeds
Eddie Anderson as coach at Holy
Cross, Bill Hutchinson of Dart
mouth, Merlyn Condit and George
Muha of Carnegie Tech, Paul
Christman of Missouri and Joe Mel
lendeck and Jules Koshlap, as well
as raft of powerful linemen, at
Georgetown, only major Eastern
team to finish this season unbeaten
and united.