The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-12
CORNELL PICKED
TO BEAT CADETS
BOnl Selects Il. T.. U. Over
Carolina And Believes Glenn
son Will Beat DeacOns
BY BILL BONI

NEW YORK, Oct. 1l.-REIneIe
is such nice balance to tomorrows
college football program that it Is
difficult, from here, to pick out any
single game as the days feature.
But if the task is tackled by Sec
tons. it becomes simpler.
In the Midwest, we'd say it was
Ohio State against Northwestern,
because the Buckeyes are riding
high in quest of the Big Nine"
championship and Northwestern
proved itself a surprise contender
with last Saturdays impressive
shellacking of Syracuse.
Front-rank in the East goes to
Cornell and Army, for the simple
reason that the 1thacans seem even
more impressive than the alvin
ming 1899 crew and Army should
prove a good test of just how much
better. ,
The South offers three headliners
Georgia : Mississippi, Auburn
Mississippi State and Vanderbilt
Kentucky; Texas against Oklaho'
ma is the Southwest piece de re-
sistance, and on the West coast
the appearance of last years No. ]
team, Texas A.. and M, agains'
U. c. L. A. is likely to cop the
headlines.
With a silent prayer for thesaelI
of three good blocking backs, here
go the weeks predictions (home
team named first, probable at
tendance in parentheses):
Northwestern = Ohio State t40,'
0OO-We've seen the Wildcats, and
they looked very good. We've read
about the Buckeyes, and tn e y
sound very good. Taking a flyer
on first-hand over secondhand evil
dence, Northwestern.
Army-C Cornell 8 0,oO0)-In foot
ball, there's nothing better than a
good senior team. That's the pick.
Cornell.
Notre Dame-Georgia Tech go
OOO-Dixie hipper-dipper against
South Bend manpower. Well take
the manpower. Notre Dame.
Mississippi t25,0OO)-
Taking the young Georgia Bull
dogs.
U. c. L. A.-Texas A. and. M.
(60, 000)-There was nothing wrong
with Kimbrough at last report. The
Aggies.
Fordham-Tulane (40, 000)-The
Rams have been primed for this
one since Tulane shackled 'em last
year. Fordham.
Illinois Southern California 1885,
from Champaign says
the 1llini r set to go. But that
machine is bound to out
score somebody, and this may be
the day. Southern Cal.
Texas Oklahoma (35, 000)-Texas
looks to have it.
Harvard Michigan (40, 900 AS
they might say down South, "Har-
mon come by but Harvard wasn't
ready" Michigan.
Nebraska = Indiana (32, 000)-
building this up as a pitch.
ers' battle. Taking Hal Hursh and
Indian.
Penn-Yale CO. 0O-Can't see
anything but Penn.
Auburn-M Mississippi State 100000
out of a hat.
Observation-Disclosures t12,000)-
Kentucky.
Clemson-Wake Forest IA, 000)-
as tough. as they come. Clemson
but close.
Dartmouth-C Columbia (8,000)-
Columbia, the same way.
Boston College-Temple C25,000)
Temple is taking to the Morrison
system quickly, but this vote goes
to B. c.
North Carolina-Texas Christian
40, 0O0)-T. c.. u.
Pitt-Southern Methodist 80, O0O)
Southwest has a lot of good
ones this year. S. M. U. is one of
them, and our choice.
Stanford-Santa Clara as, OOO)-
Stanford, but it could be the other
way all too easily.
Princeton-Navy (35, 00O)-The IT.
gers have the o~ffense, Navy the
defense. The best defense is a
good offense, they say. Princeton.
Iowa-Wisconsin t35, 00O)-Picking
Iowa, even without Kinnick.
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