Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-22
COLLEGE
LINE
By GEORGE HUBER

Purdue isn't rated among the
Big Ten powers this season.
Iowa, Ohio State and Michigan
State generally are 1928 in
the preseason callover-but the
Boilermakers can make a good
splash by beating Washington
in one of tomorrow's big games.
The Big Ten needs a Purdue
victory tomorrow to help re-
move the sting of Washing
tons upset victories over Wis
consin and Minnesota in the
last two Rose Bowls. The
HuSkieS were pretty well deci-
mated by graduations, except
/ for Charlie Miller, their sprint
ing halfback, while Purdue has
a good new pasSer in Ron Di-
Gravio.
The Big Ten is going to have
| its usual interesting season
this year. Michigan State could
sneak into top spot if Iowa and
Ohio State falter lit doesn't
play either. Minnesota might
sink all the way into the sec
ond division, having, lik e
Washington, graduated a lot of
talent from its Rose Bowl
eleven.
+ However, the Gophers still
have Quarterback Sandy Ste
! phens, one of the leagues best,
although inclined to spray his
passes a bit.
4
Gopher Coach Murray War
math, when speaking of his
teams unexpected TT loss in
the Rose Bowl, philosophers
that had we won, we might
have had a little trouble get
ting humility this season. But
you can bet this team is not
the least swell-headed now"
Watch Wisconsin as the Big
Ten darkhorse, or at least a
spoiler. Coach Milt Bruhn ap-
parently has revised his think
ing after his Rose Bowl defeat
and is relying more on speed
and passing than on weight
and power. His Ron Miller to-
Pat Richter passing combo is
rated one of the conferences
best since Michigan's Benny
Friedman-Bennie Oosterbaan.
Indiana hardy is a threat
after it's "no-count" suspension
year, but it is interesting to
note that Coach Phil Dickens
definitely is abandoning the
single-wing attack and is en-
larging the winged-T he tcyed
with toward the end last year
Dickens learned single wing al
the knee of Bob Neyland, who
helped write the book.
There aren't many single
wing teams left in the big time
Oregon State, UCLA. Iowa
State and Princeton are the
ones that come to mind.
Tom Stapleton, the Iowa
State coach Che too learned
from Neyland) says, THE sin
gle wing is not a formation
it is a way of life"
$50
After so many year of merely
calling football formations by
various kinds of IT'S" such as
winged-T and split-T, it's
pleasant to hear such new
names as shotgun" and flow
ering rose" The latter tag is
used for the system at Wiscon-
sin where the Badgers many
capable pass receivers spread
out in all directions.
+ -
SyracuSe'S big gun for its
start tomorrow at Oregon State
is, of course, Ernie Davis
which should be enough. But
Coach Zen Schwartzwaldel
also sings high praises of Johr
Brown, his 230-pound tackle
Ben calls Brown "the best line.
man we have ever coached al
at Syracuse" not forgetting
Rog Davis, his 1859 All-Ameri.
ca now with the Chicago Bears
Richmond is in for trouble
tomorrow at Army, described
by Coach Ed Merrick of the
Spiders as "the best football
team a Richmond club evel
faced" But Richmond has NJ
one to blame but itself. 1t wen
after the game, pointing ou'
to Army that the BlacE
Knights had played every
Southern Conference team ex.
cept Richmond.