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Evening star., 1940-10-24
Clemson Seeking 10Th
Loop Win in Row al
South Carolina
Undefeoted in Circuit
' Since 1885, but Has
Been Tied Twice
BY the Associated Press.


RICHMOND. Va, Oct. 24.-Clem-
sons Tigers were seeking their 10th
straight Southern Conference foot
ball victory when they faced South
Carolina at Columbia today.
The 1889 co-champions of the loop
haven't been beaten by family foe
since the final game in 1896, when
Furman won out, l2-0, but Furman
broke in with a scoreless tie in 1887
and Virginia Military Institute
recorded TT stalemate in 1888
The Tigers have won nine in row
since the " M. I. deadlock.
Clemson has avoided defeat by a
loop rival longer than any other
conference member since the split
with the Southeastern, but the
Tigers string of games still falls far
short of that set by Duke few
years back.
The Blue Devils best conference
winning streak began when they
beat N. C. State in the final game
of the 1884 season after dropping
a decision to North Carolina. The
Dukes added seven loop tfiumphs
each in 1885 and 1886 and won four
more for a total of 10 straight be-
fore being tripped again by North
Carolina in 1887.
Evening star., 1940-10-24
Gophers Getting Back Games
That -Four Little Mistakes ]
Took From Them in '39

nesota evened the score because
touchdown plays worked for Bruce
Smith.
Coming up for important notice
this Saturday is another one of the
beneficiaries of the 1889 Minnesot'
errors. The team is Iowa. TIL
Hawkeyes beat Minnesota last yea
because a play in the Gopher's sec =
ondary permitted Bill Green to &c
behind him to catch Nile Kinnick
touchdown pass.
Wants One Play Winner.
Biermans 1910 squad this tim
would settle for a one-play win
ner. 1t wouldn't mind busting Of
the winner that set back Wash =
ington in this years opener-ths
98-yard dash by Halfback Geore "
Franck.
Still there will be Northwestern
the. last of the 1899 one-play ber
eft brigade. Bill de Correvont &c
away from the Minnesota safet
man to count the winner. And tf
mighty man will be around whe
the rampaging Gophers try to ba'
ance up with the Wildcats Novem
ber 2.
Evening star., 1940-10-24

If it's punting that turns the tide
in Saturdays Georgetown-New York
U. game in New York. the Hoyas
virtually are home. they feel, be-
cause Mike Kopcik, the raven
haired star, will be back in his dual
role of end and kicker.
Michael rode the bench last week
while his mates were riding over
Virginia Tech and his absence,
truthfully, was not noted. In the
first place. Georgetown had small
excuse for kicking and early in the
fray Joe Daniels did the punting
and turned in an excellent per-
formance. but, withal. it was a poor
second to the running attack. This
week the situation may be alarm
ingly different.
For some inexplicable reason DR..
Nal Stevens Violets always manage
to come up with one of their best
performances of the season against
Georgetown and the game is as
rough as a four-round amateur
fight. They seem to hold their
dryest powder and biggest shot for
the HoyaS and use them freely.
This year the Violets may be in
spired to new pitch because their
record. showing victory over only
Pennsylvania Military in the first
game Of the season. is quite shabby
in contrast to that of their rivals
and win over Hagerty's unbeaten
crew more than would atone for
their defeats.
Against a team in this frame of
mind good and reliable kicker is
invaluable. Triple -threaters can be
stopped by an inspired line, by acci-
dent or by eXpertly designed posi-
ton play, but it takes a super
human effort to block a good kick.
Moreover, a long punter, such as
Mike, can take the heart out of
team by driving it back time and
again after it has driven deeply into
its foes territory.
Kopcik isn't always a picture book
punter. Not every kick spirals per-
Evening star., 1940-10-24
SpoR7LIeH7 s.
Mighty Eleven Needed
For Perfect Record
By GRANTLAND RICE.

NEW YORK, Oct. % (N.ANAD.-
How many teams will remain un-
tied and unbeaten when the roll
call of autumn is over?
Any one who starts trying to fig
ure in october what the answer
will be in late November might be
rated with those who are just
bit comical. But as some one has
said before, Fools rush in and win
where angels fear to tread"
The main idea is to look at the
road ahead-what teams the united
and the unbeaten have yet to play.
Here are the remaining opponents
of the leading lights:
Tennessee - Florida. L. S. u,
Southwestern. Virginia, Kentucky
Vanderbilt. Kentucky the toughest
test.
Mississippi-ArkanSas Vanderbilt,
Holy Cross, Tennessee Teachers,
MISSISSIPPI State. Miami. MISSISSIPPI
State the hardest game.
Fordham-St. Marys, North Car
olina, Purdue, Arkansas, N. Y. U.
Should be Ram romp.
Cornell-Ohio State. Columbia,
Yale, Dartmouth, Pennsylvania,
Only Ohio State and Pennsylvania,
both tough barriers.
Northwestern - Indiana, Minne-
sofa, Illinois, Michigan, Notre
Dame. Loaded with dynamite.
Pennsylvania - Michigan. Navy.
Harvard, Army and Cornell. Three
good ones left-Michigan, Navy and
Cornell
Evening star., 1940-10-24
Hoyas Likely 10 Enter
Freshman Team in
|. T.. IA Meet
Terropins Hope to Send
Varsity Runners to
N. 6. A. A. Comes

This area will be represented In
both National Collegiate A. A. and
intercollegiate A. A. A. A. cross
country championships if the hill
and dale mixers in training at
Georgetown and Maryland suffer no
serious mishaps within the next
three weeks.
Georgetown probably will enter
a freshman team in the I. C. "A.
games at Van Cortlandt Park, New
York City. November 18, Coach
Hap Hardell said this morning while
Maryland is contemplating sending
varsity squad to Ann Arbor, Mich,
for the N. c. A. A. games the follow
ing week.
Hardell, who also coaches George
towns frosh footballers, sees his men
only every second or third day when
their course happens to bring them
close to the practice field so he isn't
really familiar with them. Fleeting
elimpses of the squad, plus reliable
reports from the manager, have
convinced him the freshmen may be
good enough to enter at New York,
however, but he's not bothering
about varsity runners.
kehOe Coaches Terrapins.
Swede Eppley, Maryland coach, is
IN pretty much the same predica-
ment as Hardell Official business
keeps him close to his desk and he
rarely sees the squad in action
then usually to raise the window
and shout instructions to a laggard
trotting by in the fields wake.
But Eppley can afford to take
things easy with Jimmy Kehoe
coaching the squad. One of the
most illustrious trackmen to win his
spurs at College Park, Jim is coach
ing and also getting into condition
for big season on the boards Some
of those running with him are
Tommy Fields, Bob Condor, Randall
Cronin. Gene Ochsenreiter, Stanley
Kihm and Tom Devlin.
HoyaS to Race Terps.
Georgetown's varsity, which lost
to Navy in a trial run, will not see
competitive service again until No
vember 9 when it meets Maryland
over a 4-mile course set at College
Park. The freshmen. who will match
strides with the Terp yearlings the
same afternoon, are slated to meet
Navy's Plebes at Annapolis Friday
Georgetown's roster includes Car
neval, Glen Martin, Short. Collado,
James, Malloy, Rogers, Araujo, Fish,
Graves and Williams. Hardell
frankly can't evaluate the quality of
the material at this time but feels
he's going to have a pretty fast 2
mile relay as we'll as another crack
mile outfit in indoor competition.
And then there's Al Blozis. shot
putting. champion. who'll be with us
again.
Maryland, scheduled to run
against North Carolina Saturday
over the Tar Heels course, also will
engage Washington and Lee here
November 2 and has entered the
conference championship scheduled
November 16 The Terps already
hold a decision over Virginia.
Evening star., 1940-10-24
By EDDIE BRIETZ.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, Oct. 24.-New-
tangled stuff: Golfer Jug Nc
Spaden has been given what
amounts to a life contract by
Boston's swank Winchester Club.
And Nose Simms, colorful coach
of the st. Mary's (TexD football
team, has guaranteed NeV
Yorkers their dough back if they
don't like the way his Cowboys 60
against Long Island University
Sunday. Ted Thye, West Coast
wrestling impresario, just back
from Australia. says if it wasn't
for uniformed men on the streets,
you wouldn't know a war was on.
With Carnegie Tech on the foot
ball skids. next year probably will
see the end of its series with
Notre Dame.
Rumor foundry-They are
whispering around that Francis
x. Reagan, Penn football ace, al
ready has signed (for $7,500 to
catch somewhere in the Yankee
farm system. And that the Ma
Evening star., 1940-10-24
Pair Of Greet Borriers
Aheod Of Minnesota

MlnneSota-IoWa Northwestern,
Michigan. Purdue, Wisconsin. Two
to beat-Northwestern and Mich
igan.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Mime
sofa Northwestern, Ohio State. Too
much to ask-the roughest of the
stretch runS-murder.
Notre Dame-Illinois, Army, Navy,
Iowa. Northwestern and Southern
California. Navy and Northwest
ern main barricades-a good chance
to make it-one of the best.
Texas A. and M.-Baylor, Ar
kansas, S. M. u, Rice, Texas.
Rugged competition, but I believe
Homer Nortons Texas Aggies, plus
Kimbrough and Thomason, can
just about make it. Matty Bell
disagrees.
Stanford - Southern California,
U. c. L. A., Washington, Oregon
State. California. 1 doubt the cap
ture of the Washington corral.
Boston College-Georgetown the
main barrier. Their big splash to-
gether November 16 This will tell
the story. The winner should re-
main unbeaten.
Columbia - Not with Cornell
ahead. But still good.
Clemson-The 39-to-O conqueror
OF Wake Forest that beat North
Carolina. II to 0. must get by Au-
ourn and Tulane. A good chance.
Navy-Penn and Notre Dame,
among others. Can't be done.
Texas-Rice, S. M. u, Baylor, T.
c. u, Texas A. and NJ, Florida. A
trlf1e too much to meet, especially
Texas A. and M.
Evening star., 1940-10-24

By the Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 24.-Four
little mistakes cost Minnesota four
big ball games last season.
Now the Golden Gophers are get
ting back those ball games and they
already have caught up with two
teams prof1ting from the 1899 mis-
cues.
Nebraska fooled Bernie Bierman's
boys last fall with a simple old
fashioned reverse that got fourth
down score after everything else
had failed. The final count was
6 to 0. Minnesota got the winning
13-to-7 margin this year ON a one
play forward pass from Bruce Smith
to co-Captain Bill johnson.
Iowa One Play Ahead.
Ohio State won % to 20 last year
because a Minnesota player was
caught holding. That mistake came
on a play that would have given the
Gophers & first down on the Buckeye
3-yard line Set back IS yards. Min
nesota gambled on a field goal bid
for a tie and lost.
At Columbus last Saturday, Min
Evening star., 1940-10-24
Passing Seen Ruling
Factor in Terror,
Terp Struggle
Both Sides Are Fearful
Of Others AerioIs in
Tilt Tomorrow Night

Passing and its defense appear to
provide the answer to the outcome
of the Maryland Western Maryland
football game for the State college
championship in the Baltimore Sta
dium tomorrow night.
At least. the reports from each
campus indicate a deep and serious
respect for each others passing. Of
course, both teams are supplied with
fast running backs. Maryland has
AllMaryland Quarterback Joe
Murphy, fleet dash man in track
season. Western Maryland relies
upon Kenny Bills and Francis Smith,
recovered from an injury received in
the game with Mount st. Mary's.
But both sides have been stressing
defense all week. evidently looking
for the most serious danger in the
air.
The game will be packed with all
the color customarily seen when
traditional rivals clash. Most the
entire student bodies of both schools
will be on hand. and the Maryland
roofing section will be augmented
by the 65-piece band.
The game will be for the second
leg on a new Mayor Jackson Trophy.
Maryland retired one in 1888 and
started on its way toward another
by winning, 1910. last fall Western
Maryland's last win was by IL to 0
in 1887.
In addition to the varsity Mary
lands jayvees and freshman gridders
will be in action tomorrow, the for
mer playing Penn jayvees here at
4 pm. at College Park and the frosh
travelling to Lexington, Va, for
tilt with Washington and Lee year.
lings.
Evening star., 1940-10-24
Navy Off for Yale Tilt
with Ace Busik Still
Doubtful Starter
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS. Md, Oct. "a
Nays grid squad was ready to
depart today for New Haven, Conn,
and its Saturday football date with
Yale
Coach Swede Larson said it still
was doubtful whether his triple
threat backfield star, Bill .Busik,
would see action against the Bull
dogs. Busik has knee injury.
Better news came with Larsons
announcement that Capt. Dick
Foster. out since early in the sea-
son with an ankle injury, would start
at left end.
Willis Maxson, regular right end,
also recuperating from an injured
ankle, may give way to Lars Wang
gard.
In case Busik doesn't play, Yves
Gebert or Tommy Blount is ex-
pected to get the backf1eld assign
ment.
Evening star., 1940-10-24
Roms Given Best Chonce
To Keep Slate Clean

My guess at this waning October
roundup is that the following teams
In order have their chance to re-
main united and unbeaten:
l. Fordham. 2. Tennessee. 3. No
tire Dame. 4. Mississippi. 5. Texas
A. and M. thard way. 6. Clemson.
7. Boston College. 8. Georgetown. 9.
Cornell. 10. Minnesota. II. North
western. u. Pennsylvania. Also
Standard and Clemson might slip
through. Especially Clemson.
This is no ranking of team val
ue5. 1t must be remembered that
schedules play leading role. For
example, Michigan and Texas A.
and M. have smashing assignments.
So have Pennsylvania, Cornell and
Navy.
In this forecast it must be re-
membered that being united and
unbeaten up to any one date is also
largely a matater of schedules. For
example, both Nebraska and WASH
1ngton have been beaten Yet they
are among the better teams. Both
happened to move against Mime
sofa when the Gophers were some
thing to beat, far above the av-
erage run of competition.
Just a look at Michigans stretch
run against Tennessee's, Mississip-
pl's. Notre Danes and Fordham's.
No comparison.
Michigan must face Pennsylva-
MIA, Minnesota, Northwestern and
Ohio State-all four much strong
er than anything Tennessee. Ford
ham. Notre Dame, Boston College,
Georgetown Or others have to face.
Schedules are big factor in
making unbeaten teams.
Evening star., 1940-10-24
Reagan Reported Signed for Yankees Farm System
La ob Mo Guarantees Good Show

Crisler on the job for Michigan,
there should be plenty of Har-
mon-izing at Ann Arbor Satur-
day. And in four quarter time,
too.
Move over, mister-J. M. Saun-
derson, who has coached football
at Morningside College for %
consecutive years, must take
back seat. Harry Hughes has
been on the job at Colorado State
for 80 years and never felt better
in his life.
Evening star., 1940-10-24
Georgetown and Maryland May Compete National Cross Country onor
Sports Program
For Local Fans

TO-DAY.
Football.
Georgetown Freshmen vs..
George Washington Freshmen,
Griffith Stadium. 2:15.
TOMORROW.
Football.
West Virginia VS.. George WASH
ington, Griffith Stadium, 8:l5.
Maryland VS.. Western Mary.
land. Baltimore. 8:l5.
Wilson vs. Western (series),
Western Stadium, 3:15.
Central VS.. Roosevelt (series),
Roosevelt Stadium, 3:15.
st. Johns VS.. Eastern, East
ern Stadium, 3:15.
Gonzaga VS.. Tech, Tech
Stadium, 3:15.
Landon VS.. Georgetown Prep,
Garrett Park, Md, $3.50.
Baltimore Friends VS.. st. AL
bans. St. Adams field. $3.50.
Mount Vernon High at Fairfax
Va) High, $3.50.
Dewitt VS.. Anacosta, Anacostia
Stadium, 3:15.
Maryland Jayvees VS.. Penn Jay
wees, College Park. Md. A.
Maryland Freshmen VS.. WASH
ington and Lee Freshmen. Lex
ington, Va.
SATURDAY..
Football.
West Virginia Wesleyan VS..
Catholic. c. U. Stadium. 200.
Georgetown VS.. New York u,
New York.
North Carolina A. and I. VS..
Howard. Howard Stadium, 2:l5.
Glass High VS.. George WASH
ington High, Alexandria, 8 pm.
Episcopal VS.. Gilman School,
Baltimore.
Washington-Lee High VS.. Ports
mouth. Portsmouth, Va.
Bulls VS.. Navy Plebes, An
napolis.
Evening star., 1940-10-24
Colonial, Hoyd Rocks
Slated 10 Battle
This Afternoon

The annual freshman football
game between the two outstanding
collegiate yearling elevens in town
was to 60 on this afternoon at Grit
fifth Stadium with George Washing
ton slated to oppose Georgetown
at 230.
George Washington has disposed
of Quantico Marines. 40, and
Dickinson Seminary, 1870.
Georgetown has defeated Temple
and dropped a 1913 decision to the
Navy Plebes this season.
The Colonials have a brilliant
225-pound quarterback in Ernie
Broadbeck.
Evening star., 1940-10-24

tional Professional Football
League again is shaking the
presidency under the nose of Arch
Ward, Chicago sports editor.
Ward turned down $4,000 smack
ers last year. What a guy!
Today's guest star-Edward T.
Murphy, New York Sun: Speak
ing of numbers, Oscar Wits will
be drawn next Monday in Cleve-
land by Alva Bradley, owner of
the Indians. Wits number will
be the only one in the hat, so
Bradley can't miss"
Round and about-Leo Du-
rocher is hunting in Utah. Take
Clemson over South Carolina to-
day. La Marble, now a football
expert, is tabbing winners 80 per
Evening star., 1940-10-24

cent correctly via the airwaves.
Preston Johnson, whose 92-yard
boot made the headlines two yeeks
ago, has been elected treasurer of
his class at Southern Methodist.
Fritzie Zivic has attended a dozen
banquets since he licked Henry
Armstrong and has been pre-
sented with a pen and pencil set
at each. Mary Pickford is trying
to arrange a Rice Bowl game at
Los Angeles Christmas Day for
the Chinese Relief Fund. Frank
Leahy's new baby. born while her
pop was beating Tulane, has been
christened Florence Victoria
Leahy.
Police!-With Mendelson back
on the Penn squad and Prof.
Evening star., 1940-10-24
Starts in Reverse,
Shifts, Scores
BY the Associated Press.

BY lne ASSOCIATED fTeSS.
A Roy Riegels, doubled in
spades, bobbed up at Fayette.
Iowa, the other day in the per-
son of a Buena Vista sub
stitute end named Case. Buena
Vista was playing Upper Iowa
and, well into the last quarter,
Case intercepted a forward pass
on the Upper Iowa 43. He ran
all the way to the before his
mates caught up with him to tell
him he was going to the wrong
way.
Well, make up your minds
which way you want me to run,
said the disgusted youngster. as
he reversed himself and the field
for the winning touchdown.
Evening star., 1940-10-24
Dunbar Topples Cordozo
In First Home Sturt

Capitalizing on blocked kick and
a pass interception. Dunbar High
scored twice to defeat Cardozo, 1870,
in the opening home game for the
victors yesterday at Brooks Stadium.
Malone blocked a kick, which was
recovered over the goal by Williams,
and Miles romped so yards after an
interception by Scott. for the tai
lies.
Evening star., 1940-10-24
Injuries Make Clash
With Lions Critical
Test for Skins
Detroit Apparently
Strongest Team in
Loop on Defense
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

Well ahead of the best previous
record ever held by any Redskin
eleven at this stage Of the campaign
(the 1899 squad was undefeated,
but tied, in its first five games), the
Indians definitely face the first crisis
on their current schedule Sunday,
when they meet the Western con-
tending Lions in Detroit.
Except for the many physical un-
certainties now existing, we'd go on
record as giving the Redskins more
than an even chance of making the
Lions club their sixth straight vic
tim.
But how can even their most
ardent supporter feel confident with
the key man of the second and
fourth period backfields, Frank Fill
chock, possible stay-at-home?
With neither Capt. Turk Edwards
nor Bill Young. both tackles, none
too steady on their underpinnings
And with neither Andy Farkas nor
Ed Justice. who could be invaluable,
yet ready for duty?
Redskin Line on Spot.
On second thought, we'd settle for
Edwards and Wilkin in top condi-
ton, for apparently it's going to be
the Redskin line that will bear the
brunt of the burden three days
hence. The Lions don't do lot of
passing as a matter of fact,
they've thrown fewer passes than
any team in the league. Whizzer
White, their top passer as well as
the leagues leading ground gamer,
has thrown only half as many as
Sammy Baugh. and White has
played one more game than Sammy.
But their ground game must be
something else. The Whizzer, ap-
parently in the form which gave him
ground-gaining honors in 1938-his
only year in pro footballs averag-
ing better than yards rush, while
Howie Weiss, the sophomore from
Wisconsin, and Lloyd CardWell, who
has been an all-league several years,
both have better groundgaining
records than the Redskins leader,
Dick Todd.
Lions Strong on Defense.
Apparently, too, the Lions don't
concentrate lot on scoring, relying
on their line to hold the enemy in
check. For statistics show that the
Lions have yielded fewer points
than any team in the league, an
average of less than points having
been scored on them by the Packers,
Bears, Cards, Rams and Steelers.
For that reason Sundays game
probably will show what happens
when an irresistible force meets an
immoyable object" for the Redskins
are pro footballs scoring leaders,
averaging better than % points per
game
If Coach Ray Flaherty needs any
popping up arguments, lest his
charges singularly become too pes
simistic regarding their chances, he
can point to the fact that the Lions
we're licked by the Steelers against
whom the Redskins ran up their
biggest score) and tied by the Cardi-
mails. who lost a 21-28 decision at
Griffith Stadium. On the other
hand, the Lions just whipped the
Packers last Sunday, and you know
what happened the last two Times
the Redskins faced the Bays.
What's more, the Lions can't af-
ford to lose another game and re-
main in the running for the West
ern division title. They've already
dropped two games; the Packers,
who share the runnerup spot with
them. are heavy favorites to warcp
the Steelers Sunday, and the Bears.
defeated only once, are expected tc
whip the Giants.
Evening star., 1940-10-24
Morse Now Guard
For Cavaliers
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va. Oct.
24.-Bucky Morse. former West
ern High School athlete of WASH
ington, who has played center,
tackle and backfeld positions
during his three seasons with
Virginias varsity. is learning
guard position as the Cavaliers
continue preparations for the
William and Mary game Saturday
at Williamsburg.
More paired with Johnny
Waldrop in the first team guard
positions as Coach Murphy tried
to solve his problems where re-
peated injuries have cut deeply
into the Cavaliers strength.
Evening star., 1940-10-24
Kopcik's Return as Kicker Ups
Hoyos' Stock Against N. Y. H.;
VioIets in Wicked Mood

fectly, but he manages to kick them
away from the safety man and has
developed an uncanny knack of put
ting the ball out of bounds well in
side the 20-yard zone. His high
ones give the ends, and sometimes
a stray tackle or guard. time to nab
the receiver before he can get very
far
Yes, if kicking decides the out
come you can pick the Hoyas and
not worry about it.
Evening star., 1940-10-24
Player Against Films
EXCEPT of Grid TiIts

By the Associated Press.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis. Oct. 24.-Dick
Brye, tackle for Marquette, doesn>&
like movies, but he makes one ex-
ception.
He always shows up for the pic
lures Coach Paddy Driscoll shows to
the squad of previous games by the
Golden Avalanche.
Evening star., 1940-10-24
Newark Gridders Lead

NEW YORK. Oct. "a LP).-Pe
Holovak and Rudy Choborda, back
field mates at Newark, led the SEQ
ing race in the American Footba
Association for the second straigf
week with 19 and II points, respec
lively.
Evening star., 1940-10-24
Entertuins Grid RivuIs

George Washington and West Vir-
ginia coaching staffs will be feted
at the open house tonight sponsored
by the Touchdown Club. at the
Lafayette Hotel. All touchdowners
are urged to attend.
Evening star., 1940-10-24
Hold Indoor Tank Meet

Eastern Branch Boys Club SWIM
ming team will open its indoor sea-
son tomorrow night at 7:30, in a
dual meet with an all-star team
composed of former Central High
natat0rS.
Evening star., 1940-10-24
135-Pounders ChoIIenoe

Georgetown A. c. 135-pounders are
seeking foe for Sunday game.
Call Emerson 7745.