The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-30

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 meagcr number Of v.i2s and Marine Trainecs in certain cases. But with veteran strateglsss acting as their guardian angel it seems very plausible that these lowly rated combines may be the five darkhorscs in the gridiron roundup in the East-tat least that Is the way we would like to refer to them at the present time)
 
 COLGATE: Andy Kerr. the man who seems to prefer to look at the good things in life is the Guardian Angel of the Red Raiders down In the heart of Hamilton. N. Y. but it seems as though Andy will have to be more than an angel to bring Colgate through on top this season. The main reason being that Coach Kerr has several super -colos- sal boys In his lineup at the present ln Pete Morrow, Fred Hawke and Prank Muelheuser. but the catch ls that these boys are apt to be called up to active service by the
  season for the Raiders even mater iallzes. In the line Andy has Ed Staco and Joe Dilts as old stardbys, Ranked by some mighty fiashy look ing rookie material in Bob Bowman, Bill Raynor and Jim Smyth, these boys forming a solid framework for Colgate anyway But of course as yet this rookie material and the proba- bility of these vets being drafted into the Armed Forces is only shot in the dark as far as Andy Is concerned. and he still clings to the thumbs up theory.
 PENN: Boosting one of the best teams of the nation last season and living up to that boast with such stars as Bob Odell. brother of Yale's Howie, Bob Kane and Herb Nelson. Penn seems to be once again dark horse at the start of the season. But it doesn't seem Co worry Head Coach George Munger what the scrAbes do say about his robust "Qlakers" composed mostly of the Marine Trainees stationed at Penn College in Philadelphia.
 Having glued his eyes 10 Johnny Small. a i6-year-old aspirant for tho fullback berth, Mir. Munger thinks that he has n gold mine here if proper care Is used. Young John- ny Small Is one Of the fastest can- diEates to show in Franklin Field practices thus far. And this speed plus some of the brawn displayed by Johnny Small, Ted Tussing and Ray Stengel. Coach Munger thinks he may have another steamroller. With fairly strong line and ques- tionable backfeld to date. the Red Raiders seem to be one of the five question marks in the eastern foot ball picture this season.
 DARTMOUTH: The Indians have a hard nut to crack if they can do it when they meet Holy Cross on Sept. 30th with their poorest team in the last five seasons. Head Coach Earle M Brown has lost the ele- nents which gave Dartmouth one of the top grid combines in the Ivy League last season. With little hope In sight at the present time for the big Green with such material as Art Young, third string guard. and Dick Johnson reserve center, plus Hal Clayton and Milton Fromson two lights in the dark. 1t doesn't look like good sailing for the Indi- ans'from the Hanover hills this seas son. or course I could be wrongl So let's refer to Dartmouth as the third question mark in the eastern gridiron roundup.
 
 PENN STATE: Penn State, often referred to as the Nittany Lions, and under the sturdy hand of Head Etrategist Bob Higgins for the past l5 years. expects to show a little better than par this year. With some sterling prospects for a good open CT in Allan Richards exclusive m the fullbaek berth. Dick McCoyn and Ed Meyer in the backfield, Penn State seems to shape up favOrably for the first part of the season. By this we mean that the V-i2 trainees t0 which group these three gents belong are due to be moved on or about the last Of October. And when this comes to be the Lions will have several tits under their telts and may be able to limp through the rest Of the season, all deDending upon their opposition. question mark No { in the east
 PITT; The only team of the five mentioned in this article, Pitt is the only one which l sort of wish l didn't have to tag a question mark 70, the reason being the presence of Clark D. ahaughnessy, who in my opinion lE one of the best football coaches ln the country Mir, Shaugh- messy seems 10 have an abundance 0f lsP material from which to draw and this in itself offers faint hope for the Partners when we sub- tract Army and NOtre Dame from the picture. Not wishing to mention names of h0pefuls in thig case bee cause they are all question marks and probably wouldn't mean thing to you anyway, ! will just say that Mr, Irish himself has things pretty much the way he wants them and his pr0teges will match any Of the aforementioned so-ealled ma. chimes,
 This seems to round out the east- eFn football picture as t looks from scratching the surface, giving Army, Navy, U. s. O. o., Holy Gross and Vale the best teams in this part Of the country. Let's hope that we will turn out another champion.
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