Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-10-15 | Page 22 | Northwestern-Ohio State Game Key to Big Ten Gridiron Chase

1 Ohio Northwestern-Ohio State Game Key to o Big Ten Gridiron Chase By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Sports Writer EVANSTON Ill Oct Northwestern IS-Northwestern 15 football practice was over an and Lynn Waldorf big mild-mannered mild coach whose hair is streaked with gray at 34 came iz into t the coach's locker room with a perplexed expression on his face I dont don't know what kind of a team we have said Waldorf I 1 actually dont don't know whether Were We're ere good bad or terrible He took a long pull off a and continued But theres there's one consolation we wont won't be in doubt much longer Ohio State will let us know Saturday And I fear the worst The Ohio Northwestern State battle at Dyche stadium before a crowd of is likely to prove proe one of f the key games of the Big Ten race in addition to determining determining determining deter deter- mining the strength of the Wildcats Wild Wild- Wildcats ild cats cab for Coach Waldorf Valdorf The winner will step up as the No 1 threat to dethrone Minnesota as t Western Vestern conference champion A victory for Northwestern would mark the Northwestern-Minnesota Northwestern game October 31 as a probable championship battle A victory for Ohio State would tab the Buckeyes as to share the title with Minnesota for another year Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Min Min- and Ohio State do not play The collapse of Ohio States State's offense in the Pittsburgh h game game ame has encouraged hopes of f Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern North North- western supporters for a victory over the erstwhile Scarlet Scourge but not Waldorf Valdorf Pitt has one of the best teams in the country and was able to beat Ohio State only 6 to 0 said Wal Wal- dorf The failure of Ohio's offense offense offense of of- of- of to click against Pitt is likely to react to Northwestern's detri detri- ment Coach Schmidt's razzle- razzle dazzle is likely to be red hot against us I cant can't ever remember of any Schmidt team failing to score in inI two consecutive games during his I coaching career Waldorf's chief worry is how to stop the Buckeyes' Buckeyes aerial attack which he fears although statistics of the Pitt game show Ohio State gained only 19 yards through the air Our pass defense looked bad badI I against Iowa and North Dakota State said Waldorf We had 12 out of 26 passes completed on us I so you see what a real passing tea team m like Ohio State might do to us I Northwestern has conquered Iowa 7 18 and North Dakota State 7 7 40 in its two games looking muc much h more impressive than last year when they eked out a 14 0 14 0 victory over De Paul and lost to Purdue 7 0 in the two openers Waldorf Valdorf however doesn't think his charges are very much farther advanced than they were at this stage a year ago Iowa had an off day against us ho he said And we stumbled through against North Dakota Our offense hasn't showed me anything to make me believe it will have scoring power against a n. powerful team like Ohio State In this sad state of affairs as pictured by Waldorf Valdorf there isn't the gloom that Northwestern mentor attempts to portray Even he smiles while his tongue wags a doleful tale You dont don't seem to be worrying a lot about Northwestern's plight Waldorf was told No I let my assistant Burt Ingwersen Ingwersen Ing- Ing wersen worsen do all my worrying for me But we may have to get him an assistant assistant assistant as as- after the Ohio game answered answered answered an an- Waldorf