| Show HARVARD CLOS Ri CE FO FOR EASTERN Fi GRID TEAM L I J fr 9 CRIMSON PROSPECTS LOOK BETTER THAN FOR 5 YEARS 3 TEAMS UNDER I Games Add Color to Army Faces Tough Contests articles written for The Te T series of This Is the first of a seven nationally famous football coaches throughout the coun gram by Arnold Horw Horwat The coaches who have written these articles are seven W. W at Minnesota Wallace Wade at Harvard Dr Clarence Spears university Harry Hug Morrison at Southern Methodist Alabama Ray at Colorado Agricultural college Gwinn Henry at Missouri and C. C Price at California In these articles these coaches name the teams should rank as outstanding this sear sea his section which in his opinion Each coach gives specific reasons why he names such teams They tell of the new coaches new stars the big intersectional games game and ot interesting phases of the coming football season These articles for release upon receipt The first article folio One will follow daily except next Saturday until all have been relea J By Arnold H Horween Coach Harvard University The outstanding feature of the the- I 1928 schedules of eastern football teams is the exceptional number ot of intersectional games Almost every everyone one of the hundred I or more teams seems to have good prospects to start and as a result a season replete with close contests contests con con- tests is sure to eventuate The Intersectional intersectional In- In aspect Is most welcome because tills this Is one of the features of tile the game whIch make It thor thor- I worthwhile It is the type of sport that can be of actual national national na- na benefit because It brings young oung men Into contact from different different dif dif- I ferent sections under conditions which bring out the best In them H HARVARD BEGINS I PRACTICE OCTOBER 15 I Harvard like Yale and Princeton labors under the handicap of being unable to start practice until September September Sep Sep- 15 Other teams get away earlier The Crimson however should have havo a better season than any In the last five years Fewer men were lost by probation and help from Crom a strong freshman team will willbe willbe be given Yale starts with a new coach but with an established s system stem s 's tem which Coach Stevens Steven knows thoroughly He has ample materIal mate mate- rIal for tor another great year Princeton's Princeton's Prince Prince- tons ton's primary problem devolves about tile the center for all other departments departments de- de seem to have a quantity of trIed and proven material There is no doubt of Bill Roper getting as much out of Princeton's ass assets ts as possible The Army has one of the longest schedules ot of any eastern team including in- in eluding some outstanding intersectional intersectional contests with Moth Moth- odist Notre Dame and Stanford Navy which no longer plays a crucial crucial cru- cru cial game with the Army ought to have about Its best team In ten years Coach Ingram has ample material PROSPECTS GOOD GOODAT GOODAT AT DARTMOUTH It Is' Is quite likely that Dartmouth will maintain as good a record as it did a a. year jear ago with prospects for an exceptionally good line The principal uncertainty Is whether Captain Black will be in physical shape to play the great game he is capable of oC as a fullback Of the Catholic universities In the east much attention will be given g Boston college with its new coach Joe McKenny l the youngest man to assume a responsibility of such magnitude In years Holy Cross is I again under Cleo ODonnell O'Donnell and seems not to lack any ot of strength which made It so for form formable n able a year ago Fordham will h hFrank rank Frank Cavanaugh and resI ileS should be forthcoming Geor town Is sure to be strong with I Little at the helm and an ab dance of material at his dispo Catholic university will conti under Jack tutelage seems difficult to predict which these sectarian institutions have ha-e the outstanding record t year BROWN MAY STAGE COMEBACK J JBrown Brown Is very likely to react f fits fits its disastrous season of a year when iron nl failed to repeat their 1926 rece Any Inclination to tm travel vel on p performances is certainly elimina climina now from the squad Pennsylvania and Penn St S1 should determine the records 1 the two t teams when they meets 20 Penn has suffered few losses by graduation but Is I 1 severely handicapped The vi factors In the team of last year a astill asun sun still present and not the least Scull and his kicking ability P J State under Bezdek is sure tol fO good but not quite up to the v v high standards of previous PC State elevens 1 Cornell will stand or fall fail on on ability to master a forward pa defense ot of greater efficiency than thas the past two years It Doble Dobie is a al alto to form a backfield with some q I ability to diagnose pass pas Cornell Is likely to be again in t forefront PITTSBURG UNDER HANDICAP PIttsburg starts under the p 9 severe handicap ot of having been t tonly only prominent undefeated team the east In 1927 Coach will have to combat that fad fact throughout or It may bring the b ter results Brown encountered In Ia Inear year ear J Syracuse has a number ot of u certainties so that any J prior to the Nebraska game on oa 0 tober 20 would be pure cul Uon tion j New York university is sure be up among the leaders Th Tb have not suffered materially fx fr graduation and the outstanding rn m of the team which brought so p mb success in 1927 are again on ha haw Columbia has been steadily t th proving since Charlie Crowley t to c cover over the reins of the late Perc Pec Haughton and is branching int J more difficult schedule She give Dartmouth a battle in mIl mh season 4 1 West vest Virginia is another tei te with a long schedule Her inte sectional game is with on Nov November 10 If Cole ROdgers has any luck in elop de r a grOUp of eleven men capable plaYing as he played as an unde graduate they should be powei-fi powei TOUGH TO J PICK RESULTS 11 The presidents ot of Washington F at Jefferson also have several prel lems to solve but they are usual rather strong and should be agai this seas season n. n I PIcKing a sectional football tea read or even evena a few teams in tile the oro r their probable standing Is reckless as going fishing t tany any bait However I am inclinE to belIeve that Pittsburg Darl Dali mouth Army and Pennsylvania w 1 be four of the outstanding te teof teas of of- tile the east this year yeal and mig migi finish In the order named U if a deC det nite nife method of grading 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