The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-09-26
IF AND BUT DEPARTMENT

1t looks like another great season ap-
proaches.
The good doctor of athletic statistics
states there are some great combines
ready to walk onto the chalk marked
fields for the opening salute to the
Autumn King.
On paper Cornell and Texas Aggies
should come out of the coming season
dividing top honors between them,
but Doc makes a long-range guess
that too many bored seniors will drop
the giants. He sees them tossing off
three to four games, each club set to
lose at least one and possibly two.
The schedules of these two teams
do not allow much in the way of COM
parison for national ranking. The Ag
gies go out of state for but two games,
one with weak Tulsa outfit and the
other with UCLA. Cornell plays an
all-east schedule with the exception of
Ohio State, one "Crummy," as we af-
fectionately call him, states will de-
fate the boys from Ithaca. At this
point he likes SMU over Texas A.
& M.
Looking over the country Doc likes
Cornell, Princeton, Boston College and
Duquesne to take over the eastern
drivers seat with Fordham coming
back strong to surprise and Catholic
U. looking good. Penn, Penn State and
Harvard are going to have some big
afternoons while Pitt isn't the set up
you might think.
Going out to the midwest, Notre
Dame, Ohio State and Michigan look
to be the cream with Indiana, North
western and Minnesota close behind.
The outcome of the Ohio State Michi-
gan scrap may we'll carry more weight
than the championship of the Big Nine
when what is left Of two first rate
elevens drag themselves off the field
at the end of a late November Satur-
day.
Down south, sub, we give you
Georgia Tech, Duke, Tulane, Tennes-
see, Alabama, North Carolina and
maybe the Docs last years favorite,
Wake Forest. Both Mississippi and
Mississippi State will be strong and
Auburn is nice but still plays all
games away from home. Too much
to ask from any club.
Give Georgia Tech little luck and
good requirements and you will be
startled. The attach is most bewilder-
ing.
In the southwest look for SMU to
take the crown away from the Aggies.
These two clubs are top-fight with
Texas Christian, Texas and Baylor
just behind. Rice is coming out Of the
doldrums.
Out in the tough, rugged country,
Nebraska is back. The Huskers are
never far away, but last year saw
Christman and his Missouri band a
little too tough. Oklahoma will be
right back of the two leaders.
If you are interested, Montana is
going to be good in the mountain
region which is on the way to the
Pacific coast where we find Southern
Cal. weaker than last year and
Washington much stronger which
should mean quite a fight for the Rose
Bowl assignment. UCLA will be in
the struggle too, although the three
opening games against SMU, Santa
Clara and Texas A. & M. will give
them the complete story quick. Santa
Clara is fourth at least. The end of
the season should find practically all
of the really fine teams with one de-
feat or tie to mar the record be-
cause they play real schedules. What
peeves the Doctor is to see Grantland |
Rice, among others, be so emphatic
about Tennessee having the strongest |
team that has hit the football fields
for years and then when the mighty |
Vols were unable to extend Southern |
Cal in the Rose Bowl Grantland and |
the others switched right over to
Texas A. & M. who Crushed" Tulane
14-l3 in another New Years Day game
even though the Aggies had played
almost as poor a schedule as Ten
nessee built its rep on. 1t is hard to
believe any Of these writer's would |
have put up any hard earned money
on the Aggies to defeat the Trojans.
One Of the outstanding features for
the 40 season will be the number Of
teams playing under the
lights. How do you like these for lid
openers?
Friday
Southern MethOdist-U. c. l.. A.
You will be unable to see much bet
ter game than this one throughout the
next two months. About point in
favor of the south.
Saturday
Boston College e-Tulane-Two of the
best in any league with Tulane having
a very slight edge.
California -Michigan-Michigan isn't
as strong as it will he in the line but
can go to town in this game.
louisiana State Mississippi - Ole
Miss can take this one if the sOphs
come through in any shape at all.
Minnesota Washington And how
would you like to have fifty-yard line
ticket for this one? Washington has
a might too much for the Gopher at
this point. Too many green hands. If