The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-27
CORNELL PICKED
AS BREATHER'
TWO YEARS AGO
Bucks Have Better Record
Of indicated Teams;
Let Down Feared
nv HENRY McLEMoRE

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UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
Columbus, o., Oct. ~ - (UPl =
Booked as ''breather" by Ohio
state two years ago to give its men a
rest between the Minnesota and In
diana games, Cornell's Big Red foot
ball team came into town today ready
to give the Buckeyes the battle OF.
their lives.
Cornell came as the king Of the
east, with smashing wins over SYRIA
cuse, Princeton and Penn State In
its first three games of the season.
Looked upon as set-up two years
ago, when the game was arranged,
Cornell arrived with big and mobile
line and backfle,d that is fast and
versatile. The men from high above
Cayuga's waters won't lack for re-
serves, either, because no fewer than
So of them turnbled of the sleeper
shortly after daybreak.
Ohio State, with successive victo-
ries over Missouri, Northwestern and
Minnesota, stacks up as one Of the
top teams in the country, but 1t was
not selling Cornell short. Even this
Ohio State mad city, which goes re.
soundly crazy each Saturday during
the football season, now considers
the fasteners as one of the major
murders in Ohio States drive to-
ward an undefeated season.
This is quite compliment, be-
cause eastern football isn't held in
very high esteem as rule. 1t Is gen.
orally believed in this section that a
good Big Ten team can always Lick
a good eastern club and that BELIEF
is especially prevalent in Columbus
where N. Y. u. has been the only
Atlantic seaboard visitor for several
years, and N. Y. u. was murdered by
Ohio State. The score was 60 to In
1886, and AZ to 0 last year.
Near Full House
Cornell will fill between $4,000 and
10000 of the .72,000 seats in Ohio
Stadium Saturday. The citizens want
to see an Ivy League team in action,
and study the Emily Post conduct
the teams from that hallowed league
are supposed to possess. Cornell Is
likely to prove q disappointment IN
that respect. Carl Snavely Is a coach
who demands hard, driving football.
and his team has caught the idea. II
says to hell with what Is the right
fork, so to speak, and whales away.
Ohio State Is legitimate favorite.
Of course, because while beating
Syracuse, Princeton and Penn State
is very laudable, 1t doesn't require
the doing that licking Missouri,
Northwestern and Minnesota does.
The Buckeyes biggest menace Is q
let-down. Figured as only minor
power before the season opened,
Coach Francis Schmidt has hoped
up his boys three weeks in row
now, and they might suffer an excrs-
able lapse tomorrow.
While the Buckeyes showed dew
astating aerial attack in throwing
three touchdown passes against Min
nesota, they are principally a power
team that moves along the ground.
With big backfield headed by Don
Scott and Jimmy Langhurst, and a
bigger line that averages 2l0 pounds,
the Bucks really can put on the pres
sure in the neighborhood OF the
tackles. tft
Cornell will show Ohio State per-
haps the best backfield 1t has seen
all year. Hal Mccullough Is the
standout and he stands out In three
departments, being a crack passer,
a great kicker, and dangerous run
ner. His running mate at right half.
Baker, Is a sweet one, too, and Mat
uszezak is one Of the country's bet
ter blockers. W..
The game is likely to be played on
a heavy field. This section had its
first rain since June yesterday and
today, and the forecast Is for more
showers. Both clubs will finish prepa-
rations with light workouts IN the
stadium today. The Cornell band will
practice, too, and 1t had better be
good, because the Ohio State musi-
cal group is one Of the biggest, loud
est and best drilled bands since
Sousa. &