TUESDAY, SEPT. 20, 1938 THE MICHIGAN DAILY 3ophers Rank As Slight Favorites In Wide Open Grid Race dig Problem Coaches Busy SVew Mound Staff Predicting Title missed last season because. of illness, For Opponents and although he may not be suffi- ciently recovered to assume the catch- Indiana And Northwestern ing burden, his lusty clouting may be Are Given Title Chance utilized in the outfield. The latterh' S two, a pair of Fritz Crisler's likely Along With Ohio State sophomore gridders, are less experi- enced, but show promise, at the plate With all indications pointing to- as well as behind it. ward a wide-open race for the Big Gedeon Plays First Ten gridiron crown the coaches of The first base duties will be handled the contending tems have spent by Elmer Gedeon. The lanky grid and track star hit close to .300 last their spare time thinking up bear season, led the squad in extra base stories and verbally handing the title knocks, and according to Fisher to somebody else. showed more improvement at the "A championship team is out," plate than any member of the team moans Bernie Bierman of Minne- during the course of the year. sota; "Watch Indiana," warns Fran- With Captain Walt Peckinpaugh, cis Schmidt of Ohio State; "Ohio son of the former major leaguer, looks good to me," says the Wildcats Roger, and Pete Lisagor, both .300 Lynn Waldorf.1 hitters, returning to their posts -at Gophers Favored third and second respectively, short- Not to bze daunted by the Coaches' stop presents the only infield prob- gloomy stories however, the gridiron lem. Earl Smith, a capable reserve is fans of the mid-west still rate Minne- back, but faces stiff competition sota's Gophers as slight favorites to fromp a sophomore trio, Mike Sofiak, _____ ___ Bill Steffon, and Art Bergeson. Four Outfield Veterans Smick, Charley Pink, Fred Trosko,. and Harold Floersch are the outfield:.'' ---;, veterans returning, with the first two cinch starters. Smick hit .345 last ' season, and led his team-mates in virtually every offensive department. He'll play right field, when not pitch- ing. Pink, diminutive center gardener,b proved himself during his sophomore year, a dependable if not too robusts hitter. Called by Fisher the best lead off man Michigan has produced iIn the past 19 years, Charley combines speed with a rare bunting ability and t a great eye.{ Bill Cartmill, Gilbert Sauer, and a Bill Luther, sophomores, and Horace Lynn Waldorf Tinker, a junior, ineligible last sea- Ln Waldor son, will contest the two remaining h ocs__ veterans for the vacated left field- berth, with Williams a possible can- win. It's safe to stick with the cham- didate. pion they say, especially the kind of a champion that the Gophers have been for the past six years. _=_- With 20 lettermen returning paced by Harold Van Every, last year's sparkplug, Bierman figures his team to be stronger in the center of the line and at fullback and weaker at the halves and quarterback with the ends also uncertain. This much is tunes * * * certain, however. With an even stronger middle of the line to open holes for such bone-crushing full- backs as veteran line-smashers Larry Buhler and Win Christianson, the team to win the crown must lick these Swedes from the north country first. A prediction-Minnesota's fifth team will be weaker. Schmidt Wails Down at Columbus they are be- wailing the loss of such performers as center Ralph Wolf, backs Jim Mc- Donald, Nick Wasylik, Dick Nardi / and others but the news isn't all bad. By way of balancing the loss, 15 let- termen are back reenforced by a lot of new talent including quarteback I Don Scott whose triple-threat abili- , ties have been widely publicized. Johnny Rabb, driving fullback whose eligibility was reenstated last spring, is once again back in the picture. Francis Schmidt won't talk but the folks down Columbus way will ze your and they are making no bones about picking the Buckeyes as one of the nation's best. N And listen. That low murmer you N UOyear in the background is Indiana title talk. Nobody will come right out and say it but things are looking up in Bloomington. Bo McMillan's only worry concerns the loss of five - _ -- _______ of last year's regular linemen but n -again sophomores are being counted Ion to fill the gaps. Capt. Bob Haak, Composite Big Ten Football Schedule Team- Michigan Illinois Indiana Iowa Chicago Minnesota Nor'western Ohio Purdue Wisconsin Sep. 23, nite Washington Detroit Sept. 24 (no game) Ohio U. at Champaign (no game) Sep. 23, nice U.C.L.A. Los Angeles (no game) (no game) Washi ngton at Minneapolis (no game) (no game) Detroit at (no game) Lafayette Butler Marquette Oct. 1 Mich. State De Paul Ohio at at at Ann Arbor. Champaign Columbus at at ato Chicago Mi nne polis Evanston at Indian, Ind Bradley Nebraska Kans. State Columbus But ler Marquette at at dia napolis Madion S. Calif. Minnesota Iowa Oct. 8 Chicago Indiana Illinois Wisconsin Michigan Purdue Drake at at at at at at at Ann Arbor Champaign Champaign Iowa City Ann Arbor Minneapolis Evanston Minnesota Notre Dame Nebraska Chicago Iowa Michigan Ohio S. Calif. Minnesota at at Columbus Minneapolis Iowa at Iowa City No r'wes tern Fordham Pittsburgh Oct. 15 at at at at at at at No r'wes to rn Fordham at at Evanston New York Pittsburgh at Madison Mii ne apolis South Bend Lincoln Chicago Yale No r'wes tern Bloomington Colgate Oct. 22 at at at at New'Haven Champaign Kans. State Iowa City Chicago Minneapolis Evanston Illinois Chicago Wisconsin Purdue Ohio at Columbus (no game) Illinois at Champaign Chicago at Columbus Wisconsin at Lafayette Purdue at Lafayette New York U. Iowa Indiana Wisconsin Purdue' De Pauw Oct. 29 Illinois Michigan at at Ann Arbor Ann Arbor Wisconsin at Madison at Iowa City De Pau :V at Chicago No r'wes tern Minnesota at at Evanston Evanston New York U. at New York Iowa aty Iowa City Indliana at Madison Harvard Iowa Wisconsin Purdue Ohio Nor'western Penn. Nov. 5 at (no game) Ann Arbor No r'wes tern Ohio Nov. 12 at at Ann Arbor Champaign Ohio State. Chicago Nov. 19 at atg Columbus Chsicg Boston Coll. Minnesota at at Boston Minneapolis. Harvard at Cambridge Iowa Wisconsin at at Minneapolis EvanstonT Notre Dane Michigan at at South Bend Ann Arbor Purdue at Columbus Illinois at Champaign Ohio at Columbus (no game) Nar'wes torn at Evanston U.C.L.A. at Los Angeles Iowa Indiana at at Bloomington Bloomington College of Pacific at Chicago Nebraska Illinois Wisconsin Notre Dame Michigap Indiana Minnesota Purdue Lafayette Nebraka at Iowa City Illinois at Chicago Wisconsin Notre D3ame Michigap at at at Madison Evanston Columbus Indiana at Lafayette atin sca Madison the Hoosiers husky tackle, will again in fullback Howie Weiss who proved be the bulwark of the line. hismerit last season. kWhile we're talking of dark horses Lynn Waldorf's NorthwesternjIllinois may as well ie included. Bob squad will make its bid as the fourth Zuppke's boys are used to that cog- contender. The Wildcat's Negro nomen and usually live up to it. flash, Bernie Jefferson, leads 20 re- "We will have to depend in the turning lettermen and the Evanston main on our experienced players eleven will pack power aplenty. from last year," says Zup. "If our Ranking with Michigan as a dark sophomores develop as we hope, espe- horse in the title race, is Harry cially in the backfield, Illinois should Stuhldreher's Wisconsin team which be better." was tough to beat in 1937. The Purdue will present a squad that Badgers are well fortified everywhere will probably be lthe youngest in the and boast of a potential All-American Big Ten Don went through the dual meet sea-. Four Are Missing From Mat Champs (Continued from Page 9) as, with Jack Sawyer, red-headed sophomore in reserve. Elsewhere there is no cause for worry. Captain Harold Nichols re- turns to his usual spot at 145 pounds, and his kid brother, Don, will be back seeking to repeat his Confer- ence victory at 175 pounds. Husky Don went through the dull meet sea- son undefeated last winter, and prom- ises to be even better this year. Forest Jordan, burly football guard, ranks as the No. 1 heavyweight at present. 'Butch' has been unable to show his true worth as yet, being handicapped by injuries during his sophomore year, and foregoing com- petition last season, but Coach Keen is decidedly optimistic about his chances. Just in case Jordan falters, lettermen Joe Savilla and. Tim Hird, will be around to help out. A FOOTBALL EXPERT TELLS YOU IN THIS WEK'S POST A A V Li HO'LL WIN, the big games this Fail? What men from here will be in'the head- lines? A football expert makes, some prophecies, and gives you a team-by-team appraisal of your competition. Tells how the new rules affect the game, whether 1938 football will be conserva- tive or razzle-dazzle, and what the colleges think about the new legal athletic scholarship introduced in the Southeastern conference. Here's some lively dope about teams, trends and players; read it in the Post this week. Pigskin Preview of 1938 by FRANCIS WALLACE IN THE SAME ISSUE DOES THE PUBLIC THINK COLLEGE A WASTE OF TIME? Last winter the Post invited D RobertMaynard Hutchins, President of the University of Chicago, to write a series of articles on education. He received 900 letters from readers. Now, in Hutchins Answers Hutchins, he gives you a peek at his mail, and shows you what people told him about education. MR. GLENCANNON-THE YOGI OF WEST NINTH STREET. For years, in barrooms throughout the world, Mr. Glencannon had studied the breath-control problem. Read what happens when he finds a book called "The Secrets of Hindu Yoga Breath Control," and, aided by a quart or two, tries it out. A swell new story by Guy Gilpatric, wherein Mr. Glencannon steals a letter box. '' sa .2f 1a° a y ' .. '",sa i s r f { t i ill i i Q A WOMAN SPY IN BERLIN CAN'T TRUST ANYBODY! Not even her employers. Perhaps not even herself. The Gestapo ordered Anna Kleerman to trap a "harmless, rather stupid" young Englishman. The records in File No. 36475 tell you what happened. A dramatic story by William C. White. U r. >