Show SPEAKING OF F I SPORTS l By ROBERT SERT jW McSHANE j Re R sown 0 by W m mN New Nw pap pope Un on an n WITH WITH the football season upon us us the time is ripe to invite abuse and acrimony by attempting to name a few standout teams and anda a handful of star backs To start things off oft right we 11 go goU all U the way and point to Minnesota 1 as them the team m to watch this year BernIe Bierman has a habit of turning out winning football teams and this year promises to be no ex The Golden Gophers won the 1940 Big Nine scramble with six victories and no ties or defeats It doesn t tI I mean a great deal deal but they scored 1122 points against 50 for their op opponents opponents opponents In 1939 the Norsemen II dIdn t look too good They won only two games while losing three In 1938 1936 Minnesota was as on top with four victories against one defeat Four years ears ago the Gophers led the list with Ith five victories and no defeats Sta Statistics are they dry dry they don t tell of the powerhouse aggregations put to- to together together to together gether by Coach Bierman This year Minnesota is sure to have one of the best backs of the year Bruce Smith Last year many placed him rom on even terms wIth George Franck his rus teammate Midwest 1 Might 1 W ill in m all aH the he Midwest 1 will have some of the greatest backs of the current gridiron scene There 11 Il he be BIll Hillenbrand of Indiana BIll Green of Iowa Bill deCorrevont and Don Clawson of Northwestern and Steve Juzwik of Notre Dame Those as Midwest fans will assure you are names to conjure with Notre Dame may cause consIder consIderable considerable considerable able damage before the season is over Frank Leahy is a good coach 1 Y w Wf r r 9 4 i 1 D 4 ft E Et r rf Et t f t f t l I Ik 1 S I k BIERMAN BIERMA and you can rest assured that his team will be m in first rate condition both both mental and physical Northwestern another Big Nine threat has bas 19 lettermen from last year years s squad E of them are avaIlable for backfield roles In ad addition addition dIllon to Clawson and DeCorrevont there is Capt Tuffy Chambers Ike Kepford Jim Furlong George Ben Benson Benson Benson son Don Kruger and Dick Erdlitz The East l will III see some real foot foot- football football football ball this fall Fordham and the Nav Navy have been highly touted which puts Jimmy Crowley and Swede Larson on the spot Crowley ley Crow ley s wor rues nes are some somewhat bat le lessened by the presence of Jim Blumenstock and Steve Filipowicz In the Ivy league Columbia and Cornell will be right near the top Pennsylvania and Harvard have suffered from the draft but both the Crimson and Red and Blue will still stall be top-notch top op opposition opposition position for any team they meet Spotlight on Stanford I The unwelcome spotlight also IS ISon ison ison on Clark dark Stanford m in the Far West will get a lot of attention during the coming months Quarterback Frank Frack e a Albert has a beautiful ul comb nation nallon of brains brams and anda anda a strong pass ng arm It s not at atall atall all unlikely tha that t Albert w 11 be the most valuable back on the western coast Pete Kmetovic is JS another good reason why hy Stanford isn t to tobe tobe tobe be taken lIghtly The laurels cant can t go e to anyone any one player in the South especIally South especially at thiS early date Duke has Steve Lach Alabama has Jimmy Nelson and Georgia has Frank They re all above average But so are Jim Thibaut of o Tulane Tulare and JunIUs Hovious and Merle Hapes of MISSissipPI It s Inevitable of course that some of the more highly ranked stars won t live up to expectations There Is the element of luck in any football game I I Then too there will win be a good proportIOn of unknowns who are sure to come along Some of them will grab the headlines They will be bethe bethe bethe the players who capture the pub lie hc s fancy But that is an integral part of the game Without the un uncertainty certainty football would be just an anI another another another other exhibition of speed and strength SPORT SHORTS C i fI Bernie Crimmins who won let let- letters let letters tern at right half as a sophomore and fullback as a junior at Notre Dame will try to make the grade at guard this year the Mar Marquette Marquette Marquette E Book center on C 0 fI Fay quette university football squad last year is as in training at the Rank n Aeronautical academy Tulare Cal Calf t f q fI fl Nevada and the District of Co Columbia Columbia lumbia stand tand alone in allowing 25 ground I round prize praze fights |