Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-09-19 | Page 4 | Saturday Marks Official Opening of Football Schedules in U. S.

Q 4 SATURDAY MARKS OFFICIAL OPENING OF FOOTBALL SCHEDULES IN U. U S S. 34 CONTESTS ON BOOKS FOR OPENING DAY Eastern Teams Prepare to Start on onI I I October 5 I t i By George Kirksey United Press S Staff Correspondent NEW YORK Sept 19 United Press Its almost time ag ln Flags flying from huge concrete bows bowls a a. mass of young joung college huskies down beloW charging at each other row on row of wildly cheering undergraduates and old those grads sights and many more will be acen from coast to coast Ch Saturday within a short time Thirty four football games are arG scheduled Saturday over the United United Unit Unit- ed States largely In the south southwest and far west The eastern east east- em ern season will not open until a Week from Saturday All teams will WUl b be in action by Saturday October October Oc- Oc tober 6 New York universIty under the capable Chick Meehan has come along fast Ken Strong the highlY highlY- geared halfback turned a scrimmage scrim scrim- mage inage yesterday iMo a rout scaring scoring scar scar- ing three touchdowns in a varIety of f manners READY TO NAME REGULARS Coach Frank Cavanaugh is almost al- al most ready to select his starting cloven leven for Fordham's first game g-ame with St. St Bonaventure Horween starting hIs third rear ear at Harvard bemoans the lack ot of good linesmen Harvard has a squad of but few high class t tackles ckles gUards and centers Yale Army and Pennsylvania Pennsylvania- three teams looking forward to suc successful seasons are searching for tor ends All three teams l last st their ends by graduation Scott and of Yale Born and Harbold of the Army Scull and Leaner of Penn separately or in pairs were among the best wing wing- men In the east last season Coaches Stevens Jones and Young may find it hard to replace them The Navy is preparing for a big comeback The middies lost three of f their four big games last year lowIng to Notre Dame Michigan and nd the Army Whitey Lloyd and andoe Joe oe Clifton are being groomed to toc c carry rry the bulk buIlt ot of the Navy attack PITTSBURG HOPES I FOR OR BIG YEAR Pittsburg one of the east's best last ast year ear Is preparing for another Coach Jock Sutherland expects big Jim Hood former Bellefonte Bellefonte Belle Belle- fonte academy star to step Into Gibby Welchs Welch's shoes Alex Fox star guard is the captain captan of the team Princeton with practically a vet vet eran team Including the two great backs Wittmer and Miles will be bellard hard to beat this season Dartmouth has the outstanding running back of the east In Al Marsters who run runs with a loping gait and bas baa an knack of Picking licking his way down the side side- lines