Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-09-17 | Page 4 | Big Six, Missouri Valley Grid Teams Swing into Action Monday

Big Six Missouri Valley Grid T Teams earns Swing Into Action Monday More Than Men Expected to Report for Initial Call at t 10 Schools I KANSAS CITY Mo Sept 17 United The Press thud of shoe shoel l leather ather against p pigskin will resound for tor the tho first time In the 1928 gridIron gridiron grid grid- Iron season of the BIg Six and Missour Missouri Mis- Mis sour Valley conferences Monday afternoon when the football teams from the ten schools In the two conferences conferences con con- take the practice fields More than men are expected to report lii III uniform to the varIous head and assistant coaches ot of tile the different schools at that time Pie Pie- lures tures were taken and equipment was issued to tile the squads Saturday The teams in the new Big Six conference are Missouri Nebraska Kans Kansas s Kansas State Agricultural college Iowa Io state and Oklahoma In the old Missouri Valley Vaney conference conference confer confer- ence the teams are Oklahoma A. A and M. M college Grinnell Drake and Washington university at St. St Louis MAJOR LEAGUE The Big Six conference will he be bethe hethe the major football league In this section this tiis year whereas last season season sea sea- son the major circuit was the Missour Mis- Mis sour Valley organization which then was composed ot of members of the Big Six and present Missouri Valley groups The old circuit made up of ten members was Unwieldy un- un wieldy and its size prevented members playing all other teams in inan inan an game eight schedule The major members of the circuit after the close of oC tile the 1927 gridiron season and formed the Big Six leavIng the name of tile the old conference conference con con- ference to the tour four smaller schools Big I- I Six te teams strongest preseason rating appear to be Missouri Missouri Mis- Mis and Nebraska with Oklahoma Oklahoma Kansas Kansas and Iowa State following In order MISSOURI WINS Missouri won tile the conference championship of the Missouri Valby Valley Val Val- ley by circuit in 1927 and Nebraska was runner up TIle The Missouri team coached for the last five season by Gwinn Henry has won three conference championships and has been runner up UI once This year Henry has a large number of oC lettermen around which to build another championship champion champion- ship eleven The team Will be heavy and fast The MissourI line Une average close to pounds while the backfield wm will average from to pounds The Missouri team besides playing several conference games will meet New York university n Yankee stadium In an Intersectional con con- test Tile The Nebraska eleven cleven will be heavy and fast Always a formidable formidable able contender for conference hon hen ors the team this season season sea sea- son looms as a winner providing the MIssourI Tigers do not prove a stumbling block Besides conference conference con con- ference games the Huskers will play Army Pittsburg and Montana state The Army game will vill be at West Point IMPORTANT GAMES Other important Intersectional games In tile the Big Six will ivill be Ranas Kanas Ran Ran- as and Marquette at Milwaukee l j and Oklahoma and Indiana at Bloomington Two new coaches will male make their debuts In the Big Six this year yeat Bill tIar will be the new coach or of orthe the Kansas s Jayhawkers succeeding Frankiin C. C Cappon and A A. N. N Bo of Centre college fame vill be head mentor of tile thc Kansas succeeding Charley Chanley Bachman now coaching In Ia Florida