The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-05
Sees TOUGH
GRID WEEK END
Duke Tennessee Game Takes
Spotlight And Bill Names
The Blue Devils To Win
BY BILL BONI

culiarly decisive in the college foot
ball season.
Chiefly, it will feature the meet
ing at Knoxville of Duke and Ten
nessee, favorites in their respec-
tive conferences. The winner is
likely to 60 on to a perfect season.
But as corollary attractions there
are such events as:
The unwilling in the east of Cor
nell, sectional kingpin last year,
and of Princeton, touted as the
Big Reds main Ivy league threat;
Of Fordham, expected to battle
Boston college for non-Ivy honors
in the east; of Northwestern's Bill
DeCorrevont, who will make his
bow as a seasoned junior against
Syracuse:
The midwest homecoming of
Amos Alonzo Stage, who brings
his College of the Pacific crew into
South Bend to open a promising
Notre Dame teams campaign;
Minnesota's second successive
chance to knock off the potential
leader of an outside conference,
Nebraska; highgeared Ohio States
first big ten engagement, with fast
but out-weighed Purdue;
Opportunities, in Dixie, for Tu-
lane and Louisiana Stato to bounce
back against Auburn and Holy
Cross, respectively, from defeats
suffered last week;
On the west coast, a tough battle
with Oregon state for Southern Cal
%ifornia's Trojans, hoping to prove
that tie with Washington State was
all a horrible mistake.
Realizing that even a poor aver
age is better than none at all, this
big-game hunter fills both barrels
with bird-shot in the hope of hit
ting something and offers the fol-
lowing predictions (probable at
tendance in parentheses):
Tennessee-Duke 40, 000) Why
couldn't they have waited until la
ter in the season? But he
who hesitates is lost, so-Duke.
Observation-Disclosures as, 0OO) -
The wear and tear in this one
should be terrific. Well take Min
nesota.
Cornell Colgate $4,000 - Mind
full of last years close call, the
Ithacans are likely to take no
chances. Cornell.
Texas observation-disclosures u.s.
00O-The southwest race is wide
open, but in this inaugural it should
be T.C.U.
Tulane-Auburn. (35, ooo)- looking
for the Green Wave to roll back
to victory. Tulane.
Southern California-Oregon State
$50, 0O0)-Southern California, but
no money-back guarantee.
Syracuse-Northwestern t23, 000)
with Don Claywson to help De-
Correvont, Northwestern is our
pick.
Ohio State-Purdue as, 00O-Pur-
due is smaller and faster, which
might 60 anywhere but here. Ohio
State.
Fordham-West Virginia d5, 1000
-Fordham - despite the "sleep-
er" stories about the Mountain
GERS.
Indiana-Texas t18, O0O)-It seems
just about time for Dana Bible to
have the Longhorns primed. Texas.
Pitt-Missouri 60, O00-The Tiger
defense hardly appears rock
ribbed. Cracum to crack 'em for
Pitt.
Observation-Disclosures State ESQ, 0OO)
ALREADY they're talking of over
confidence at Ann Arbor. The Spar
tans should take care of that, but
we don't think they'll whip Har-
mon and Co. Michigan.
Louisiana State-Holy Cross &c.,
OOO)-This business gets no easier.
With a blindfold, L.S.U.
Yale-Virginia go, 00O- Taking
Virginia to surprise.
Notre Dame-Pacific Gao, 00O -
The Irish in a prelude to tougher
jobs to come.
Princeton-Vanderbilt t12, OO0)-
Princeton.
California-St. Mary's $40. 000)-
They say Slip Madigan left behind
lots of material. st. Mary's.
Stanford Oregon GO, 000)- STAN
ford.
Marquette Wisconsin 100000 -
Marquette, on a bunch.
Penn-NIaryland t55, 0OO)- P e n
to start its anniversary year in
style.
Here n there elsewhere:
East-Army over Williams, Ma
Wy over Cincinnati, New York U.
over Lafayette, Penn State over
Bucknell.
Mid-West-Iowa State owe Kan
sas, Kansas State over Colorado,
Oklahoma over Oklahoma Aggles.
South-Clemson over ~. c. State,
North Carolina over Davldson'
Kentucky over w. and L., Wake
Forest over F'urman, Richmond
over Virginia Tech.
Southwest-Southern Methodist
over No. Texas Teachers.
Far West and Notwithstanding
ton over Idaho, Washington State
over Montana, Utah over Brigham
Young. 4
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