The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-23
STATES BIG five
ELEVENS TO PLAY
Opposition Saturday To Be
Stronger; Carolina Wake
Forest Main Attraction

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Southern conference football
teams. after initial skirmishes Sat-
urday with out-classed, non-con-
ference foes, will meet serious op-
position for the most part next
weekend.
Intra-conference games for six
members will give an early season
index to the comparative strength
of such contenders is Duke and
v. M. l., North Carolina and Wake
Forest, and Davidson and North
Carolina State.
Clemson, Furman, Maryland and
Richmond will take on less threat
ening opposition in playing teams
without the conference, but Wash
ington and Lee will tackle Wander
bilt in an inter-conference fray,
and William anG Mary will journey
to Annapolis to do battle with the
Navy. Both South Carolina and
the Citadel viii wait another week.
end before starting III ir cam
paigns, while Virginia Tech meets
Marshall at Huntington, w. Va.
Duke, co-claimant with Clemson
for the conference title last season,
launches its 1910 campaign against
a strong V. M. 1. eleven which
used only simple plays to over
whelm the lighter Roanoke team,
$50, yesterday. The Duke Blue
Devils are highly respectful of the
V. M. L. squad and its aces, Bosh
Pritchard and Nelson Catlett, who
did great ground-gaining against
Roanoke without the team reveal
ing too much of its strategy to
scouts.
North Carolina, which over-ran
a hefty Appalachian team in the
seasons opener at Chapel Hill yes
terday, will have a powerful op-
ponent in Wake Forest, which had
no more than a good workout in
crushing William Jewell 70 to 0.
The North Carolina Tar Heels,
among top contenders for confer
ence honors, could not get going
in the first quarter against APP
palachian but came back strong in
the second and from then on had
things their way until Appalachian
scored in the last four minutes
against third and fourth string
men.
The Wake Forest Deacons will
bring a strong aerial attack as
well as a hard running offense
against the Tar Heels. Saturdays
game showed up good passers in
Pruitt, Duncavage and Gallovich.
Gallovich also made the principal
ground gains, although Polanski
led in the scoring with three touch
downs.
Washington and Lees Generals
showed up well on defense but were
somewhat ragged at times on Of
tense in their $50 rout of Hamp-
den-Sydney, a warm-up game prep
aratory to the tilt with Vanderbilt
next Saturday.
The powerful Clemson Tigers
scored in every period crushing
Presbyterian, $50, in the opening
game for both teams, and will
battle another light team Saturday
when they meet Wofford.
Richmond, winner over the New
port News apprentice school $50,
is due to have a further breather
against a scrappy but little Ran
dolph-Macon eleven next weekend.
Virginia Tech, which out-rushed
a stubborn Catawba college team
to gain a "a to IL victory in its
opener at Blacksburg, will seek re.
venge against Marshall for a 200
defeat last season..
North Carolina State, which
scored an upset in winning handily
from William and Mary, 16 to O,
Friday, will take on a lighter team
in Davidson, Saturday night. The
Wildcats defeated Rollins 1877 YES
terday.
Maryland opens it's season
against Hampden-Sydney Saturday
and Furman its campaign against
Erskine Friday night in games
which should prove of warm-up
calibre for the Southern confer
ence members. I