Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-08
Stretch Drive Underway
In Big Ten Title Race
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to round out the answer to
the question: How far has
Notre Dame come back?"
The Big Ten is a rugged
league, worthy of the tremen-
douS spectator interest it Gre
ates, but in the East. Army and
Navy are giving the area two
prestige leaders as good as any
in the country-Army, with its
fine running and Dave Bour-
lands passing; Navy, with more
depth in good athletes and a
running attack that is begin
ming to show. along with a fine
passing game in the hands of
Tom Forrestal.
Navy has climax runner in
Ray Wellborn. and Ned Old
ham may be back in action to-
morrow against Duke. The new
running strength could make
Forrestal's passing all the more
effective. Duke is sure to be
more aggressive tomorrow than
last week against Georgia Tech,
and I'll be surprised if Duke
lets Navy get away with the ball
control Tech applied. But Navy
should win, and it looks as if
the Lambert Trophy for East
ern honors will go to the Army
Navy winner November 80. For
the sake of Eastern football. l
hope the winner of the service
game will be permitted to ac-
cept a bowl invitation.
But word of caution to
Army, which Earl Blaik doesn't
need-Utah's record is spotty,
but Jack Curtice is a shrewd
tactician, he has an able passer,
and Utah has been looking for
ward to tomorrow's game with
Army for a long time.
In the Ivy League, improv-
ing Harvard could crowd
Princeton tomorrow, but hardly
more than that, and Yale faces
a Penn team reinforced at last
by Frank Riepl, a good back.
Dartmouth and Brown should
win over Columbia and Cor
nell.
SOoners Could Have Trouble
What about Oklahoma? Have
the Sooners recently been quite
the team they were expected to
be? Notre Dame will answer
that one a week hence, but it's
conceivable that Missouri. 60
ing in with its background of
victory over Colorado last week,
could provide the answer to-
morrow. Missouri will be at the
peak Of desire. l know what
that means to a squad. Wilkin-
son has a problem in his con-
ference keeping his all-winning
squad up mentally.
In the Southwestern Confer
ence. where the unbeaten Texas
Aggies meet Southern Method
list. and in the Southeastern
where unbeaten Auburn has
Mississippi State coming up
mental attitude is no problem
The teams in these conferences
know that trouble always turks
nearby. Both the Aggies ano
Auburn are excellent defensive
outfits, and auburn last week
also developed sharp often
sive led by Tommy Lorino and
Hoppe. and those good lines
Tennessee sends its single-wing
against Georgia Techs unbal-
anced and balanced T, anc
sometimes unbalanced wing T
Techs Bobby Dodd. a Bob Ney-
land product, knows Tennessee
football. This is one I'd like
to see.
Because the defensive rec
ords of Auburn and the Texa;
Aggies stand out as unusual ii
this season, a query received
this week is interesting. 1t was
Are the coaches emphasizing
offense at the expense Of de.
fense?"
I don't think so. There may
be another reason. Most Of the
high schools still play two-pla-
toonJ one-way football. The
boys come up we'll schooled in
only one phase. The tendency
is in high school. as it used ia
be in college when we had two
platoons. to pick your best ath-
letes for the offensive platoon
It is the best athletes, of course
Tho are making the college