The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24

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 realize that 1t was nearing the last os August and the first oi September was creeping up from nrOnnd the corner very fast = and ennE meant that football will soon be sharing if not dominating the national spotlight with baseball commonly referred to as America . National Pastime. And if the Browns and the Cards take the pennants in their respective leagues as expected. 1t looks as if 1t will be football In the home stretch.
 Tn the East this year 1t looks as if Army, Navy and the U. S. Coast Guard Academy. with perhaps Penn. EEol Cross, Dartmouth and Cornell, thrown into the bargain will dominate the interest of the New England Oridiron fans. with the Service Arrays. which has an A-l priority on the choicest oi the young American manhood. be- ing given the nod over the civilian colleges with the Navy V.i2 students. However looking at the picture from all angles the Army might have a change Of heart (this IS unofEiciaiD and let some of the A-l2 students stationed at the dif- serent colleges throughout the coun. try, participate in Collegiate cori- petition. This hope though is very neagre and is not a safe limb. as tt were. to stand on.
 The first stop on our swing around the country. giving you a complete picture of the top Grid Hopefuls Of the nation we will car- vass the New England States and Che Middle Atlantic Area which has turned out some of the top combines Of the nation in their days. Going down the way about 28 miles from Waterbury We stop at Eli Yale first
 YALE Looking over the >e- ati0n down in New Haven in the red and out of 1t We come to the collclusion that Howie Odell. Top Grid strategis: as Eli Yale. has on his 1884 football roster a bunch of boys who can be converted into one of the most powerful combines and fa1t-moying machines to move into the Bowl in many a year. That is tO say a machine which will come through the season with their heads above water. And knowing of the reputation Odell has built uD for himself in one year at Yale by bringing out such luminaries as Scooter Ecl1ssel and the ill-fated Wayne Johnson. we expect to sec E0fne fireworks down New Haven way when old Eli meets head on with the U. s. Coast Guard Academy. Cornell and Columbia in the latter part Of September and the first part Of October.
 Esing as a base such old reliables from last season as Captain Elect Max Whiting, Brainard Warner, Tom smith and John Prchlik, plus the up and coming Emery Larson, Roger Barksdale, Dave Humphrey, and Tom Gillian, Coach Odell hopes to pack the Bowl every Saturday as well as turn out another Eli ''eleven" such as those that went into action in the 20" era. Odell has the material and the melting pot in which to do it all he needs now is q little time and a lot Of luck.
 Replacing It. Commander John Whelchel as Head Coach at the U, s. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland is Commander Oscar HagbeFg. veteran of the Pacific War Theater. Commander Hagberg will with his vast knowledge of Foot ball be able. to in our opinion live up Co the standards set by his pre- deeessoF in turning down the ways some mighty powerful Navy Grid Combines.
 With an over abundance of ma- teFial from which to choose as well as bis Al priority on manpower, that is the cream Of the crop, Com lnauder HagbeTg should have virtual EteamToller' on his hands, With Bobby Jenkins l9t3 Grid lum- iHeFy Of Alabama, Bill Barron the man Eho may be a second Scooter eeuasel or Glen Davis. Captain Ben Chase and very nifty line and backfleld which would be the envy 0f Knute Roekne fl he were alive today. The Navy regular to tTadi- ton has some of the best Grid men ip the country this year and