Eastern Connecticut news., 1946-09-28

old judge could have turned the tide, at tEe critical moment, with his fiery denunciations of certain issues, which, because of the lack of a figure of Landis stature, with fortnight character and high ideals, have begun to tinge hase- ball with avarice.
 All the SportswriterS across the nati3n are tearing their hair about that 168 game schedule that is SUD- posed to go into effect next sea- son, There is no doubt that it is nothing but sheer abuse insofar as baseball, as a sport, is concerned. If you thing for minute the mag mates were thinking from the play CTS or Johnny Q. Public'S stand point, you better take good look when you shave again t. Besides, the many alterations with the rec ord book, the added fourteen games would carry too far into the football season, which would fur nish many sports editors with an extra headache.
 Ted Williams has again drawn the wrath of fans and writers alike with his childish mannerisms. It looked for awhile as if Ted had grown up during his hitch as Ma rine aviator, but of late his temper amental acti ns have caused many to reminiSce about the time when he wanted to become member of a fire department, etc. Probably the fact that he is being led at the plate by Pesky and Vernon, com- bined with his own slump, has irked him no little. However, he'll come around any day now and begin to hit the old pill with his cid time savagery.
 After tabuTating all our informa- ton on the football strength of the various colleges in the East, there is virtually no doubt as to the fact that it will rank with the best in the country, the Midwest notwithstanding In the East, as elsewhere, the average college fo- t. ball squad is two to three times as large as before the war. Many in- dividuals, trying out for their Alma Matters team, are holdovers as far back as 1940 This fact accounts for some of the large turnouts along with so many veterans be- ing able to attend school with the aid of the G. l. Bill. One fact, however, that many supporters don't take into consideration when noting the large squads, is that many of these veterans will have a difficult time regaining their tim- ing, precision blocking, and count less other fundamentals. Some won't, agreed, but many will, so d-n't expect your favorite college to bowl them all over because of a big squad and numerous old letter men. A lot of coaches have former stars among their hopefuls but in many instances they are not going to count cn them too heavily.
 Army, Boston College, Yale, Co., lumbia, Penn, Holy Cross and Navy should lead the East. Dartmouth, Harvard, Colgate, Cornell, Penn State and Villanova have an out side chance of springing to the fore, although the former teams seem to pack too much depth to falter by the wayside.
 Army is going to have lot less depth along the line and in the backfield than last year. Shorty McWilliams' pending resignation from the Academy doesn't alleviate coach Red Blaik's problem in find- ing suitable replacements. Army can field a good first team, how ever, and some fairly good line substitutes, but what comes after Davis, Blanchard and Tucker in the first string backfield, is still a question mark. With a terrific schedule coming up, Army will be very fortunate not to be beaten twice. A team cannot lose the likes of Coulter, Stuart, Green, Nemetz, McWilliams and host of others without feeling it.