The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-11
PREFLICHT HOPES
FOR TRIUMPHANT
FOOTBALL SEASON
Eddie Cameron Rates
Cloudbusters As Posi-
bic Nations Best.

NEW YORK, Oct. TO- R The
Midwest dominates the first Asso-
ciated Press football poll of the
1914 campaign-just as that sector
grabbed the honors in each OF the
previous eight seasons the nations
sports writers picked the leaders.
The selections, announced today,
find Notre DANES 1943 national
champions pacing the pack. The
Irish, one-sided winners over Pitt
and Tulane, piled up an even 800
points, including "a first place bal
lots from the SO writer's.
The Cloudbusters of the North
Carolina Navy Preflight school
hope to drive triumphantly through
the season.
Lieut.. Condr. Glenn Killinger,
the Preflight coach, believes he
has the players and the players
know they have the spirit.
North Carolina preflight, which
beat Navy and Duke on successive
Saturdays, finished second to the
Irish with 6O8 points, and "a first
place nominations, while Army's
powerhouse, although put at the
peak by only three writers, took
third place with SIS.
While the midwest was taking
the laurels with four teams among
the leading 10 (Notre Dame l,
Great Lakes S, Purdue 7, and Ohio
State 81 the east was close with
three nominees (Army. 3, Navy 6,
and Penn. 9.
The south rated two leaders in
North Carolina Preflight CD and
Georgia Tech d0), while the, south
west grabbed the other spot with
Randolph Field Of Texas in fourth
place. First of the far west teams
to gain mention was the second
air force of Colorado, which took
18th place.
The Cloudbusters authored per-
haps the biggest early upset OF the
season when they toppled the U.
S. Naval academy, labeled as one
Of the nations strongest. Then last
Saturday they whipped Duke,
$ out ern conference defending
champions.
Killinger, who formerly tutored
the West Chester (Pa), teachers
college squad, was throughly sur
prised at the victory over the
Annapolis sailors but after trounc-
ing Duke he conceded he had quite
a club.
Eddie Cameron, Duke coach.
rates the Cloudbusters as possibly
the No. 1 team in the country"
The Cloudbusters' strength is
build around a sturdy line and a
Information attack featuring Otto
Graham, former Northwestern
triple-threat all-America, as t h G
ace back.
There's little doubt that the
Cloudbuster line will do its part
in the remaining games against
Virginia, (Oct. AZ Georgia Pre-
flight (twice), Jacksonville Fla.)
Naval Air station and cambridge
Naval training center.
Killinger says he can rely on
such pillboxes as Ray Bray, 255-
pound former Chicago Bears tack
lie Gene Flick, guard from Min
nesota Walter Schumacher, n d
from Cortland State Teachers and
Dale Pulver, who played freshman
ball at Minnesota.
Graham, an exceptional quarter
back, and Stan Koslowski, six foot
former Holy Cross fullback n
spot holes quickly, and stopping
them is a real problem. Another
smooth, fast ball-lugger is Frank
Aschenbrenner, from Marquette.
The Cloudbusters' fumbling wor-
ries Killinger. Their hobbies gave
Duke several scoring chances but
the powerful preflight line saved
the day. Killinger lays Saturday $
fumbles to a new pivot-man.
The team spirit is high. "That's
what won the Naval academy
game for u.s." Kiilinger said. cts
a mighty big factor when the chips
are down.