Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-19
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It's Just Barely Possible

IT'S JUST BARELY POSSIBLE that footballs biggest
game one Of them anyway, comes on Saturday,
10 days before the World Series The will be
Pittsburgh with Oklahoma playing Pitt stalking that
5 40-game winning streak
Coach Bud wilkinson Of the sooners is on record as
saying he expects to lose to Pitt 80 far" he told
luncheon group this week. we're not good football team
We're not fast and we can't throw so we'll"
Oklahoma, you know is practically everybody's No.
team All OF the individual pundits plus the Associated
Press to have hoped onto the Sooners bandwagon
But at Pittsburgh where the Panthers resurgng
national power dire things forecast for Wilknsons
forces In fact Oklahoma is only 7-pont favorte
Of today
I'VE hope to win intend to win" Admiral Tom
Hamilton saying the telephone today. This may
be game you aren't going to forget in a hurry"
WHETHER AT FOOTBALL or war; Tom Hamilton
doesn't easily He athletic director at Pitt these
days and under him the Panthers are climbing back to
the top Last year Pitt had 72 record and Just about
all Of the crystaba opponents rate Pitt among the top
10 teams this season
wilkinson is not to be taken too seriously He is
professional pessimis and his Oklahoma team
national champion for the last two years. riding high
Wilkinson speaks doefuy of the experience" he's lost
but his fellow coaches aren't undertaking him.
The Sooners haven't been famed for tough schedules
but by opening with Pitt and later taking Texas and
Notre Dame. plus the Big Eight members, Oklahoma has
no plush slate Seven Of Wikinsons 1855 starters
graduated but 1t must be borne in mind that Bud is
two-unt and that many occasions. when the FIRST
outplay the So-caIled regulars.
The sooners lost 10 lettermen but rs returning
Four were the No. / unit, the No. 2 squad
Those who have taken notes Oklahoma say wilkinson
has the horses again. True ne lost such AAmercans
Halfback Tommy Mcdonald and Center Jerry Tubbs as
well as Quarterbacks Jimmy Harris and Jay oNeal But
in talk about the Sooners' backheld there has been
nothing but high praise for Cendon Thomas powerful
who taking the left hafback spot vacated
by Mcdonald now with the Philadelphia Eagles
AT PITT THIS WEEK there is a new enthusiasm The
town is hoped up somewhat like Milwaukee as regards
baseball On Pitt doesn't figure to beat Oklahoma
but there great confidence Athletic Director Hamilton
and Coach Johnny Nicholson of Jock Sutherlands
last great quarterbacks at Pitt and later
the pro Steelers.
Pitt lost Is lettermen by graduation including eight
starters and with only II returning the Panter
don't appear to be too strong But among Eastern teams
Pitt Is wel-rated The problem is to nd quarterback.
Pitt had dandy last year in Corny Salvaterra, who
had the sp-T down pat. This year the Partners are
going along with Bill Kaden, junior who saw limited
action thtrd-string signal caller last year.
Yet they are tough the Panthers. They are big and
strong in the line and it would be surprise II the
field found lacking AS old back1ed star himself
Admiral Hamilton isn't likely to get caught short
THIS is DANDY opening week end in college foot
ball. although there aren't many Eastern games and the
Big Ten and Nore Dame won't be in action for another
week To begin with, there's the Oklahoma and the
nationally televised Maryland-Texas AIM games You
don't usually get this kind so early
In Boston there's another good one-Navy versus
Boston College. This happens to be dedication Of
stadium by B. c. On paper Navy figures to win but you
can tell
There some other top attractions around the
country Duke and South Carolina and California versus
Southern Methodist for instance Then Georgia
Tech versus Kentucky and Georgia versus Texas in day.
night dOubleheader at Atlanta.
Man. there's dozen Of them and the baseball season
isn't close to being over