Show pigskin previews MONTHS of september oc THE tober and november still lla he tome some distance to windward but things are happening now that will affect the coming autumn such as ai arranging football schedules especially ally the schedule that notre dame will face it might be mentioned here that notre dame after all the hu hullabaloo laba d I 1 d slightly better t than h a n all ri right g h t southern methodist tulane and north carolina otter offer three of the better games of the year southern methodist w was as southwestern champion last tall fall and ably will be again Gran grantland dand itice bice 1 this u year with doak walker and kylo kyle rote back in action tulane has one of the best teams in the south out tulane and vanderbilt look to b be two southern leaders next tall fall north carolina will have the brilliant justice and the able art wei ner back but there will be many gaps to till fill carl snavely will till them well he usually does these three additions to the irish slate are hooked up with a far nr stronger navy team southern california purdue indiana iowa michigan state and washington no easy march this Is better than the average schedule iche dule it has no deliberate soft spots that to so many others have hava it will certainly his be atonal a total of eight hard games notre dame like michigan north carolina and others wm will lose goodmen bood men and return good men but you can gamble it if you yon like to gamble that frank leahy will have ft a first class squad with fat fast hard hitting runners and at least two good passers you can also be fairly ure sure he will have a good line what about ardys schedule scheduled duleT it has a number of soft spots but tt it also has some rough and rocky bridges to cross one of them la Is michigan a sure lure thing others can be stanford pennsylvania and navy but outside of michigan there Is nc at trouble ahead this forces too much pressure op on the michigan game A defeat here can play havoc with either teams team final ranking more with army aimy thao with michigan army will have a fine back field and uncertain line strength with such stars star as yeoman henry etc missing her ends end will be her strongest point navy again has no chance to beat her schedule the toughest in football the 1949 menu includes Sou southern them california notre dame army pennsylvania duke princeton and others of heavy calibre but the 1949 navy squad should move well up in the years year ranking oklahoma will be ba strong again bud wilkinson has a winning grip on the situation with a team that can exchange class with anyone around abound ivy league returns 1 there has hai been a tendency tn in recent years tor for other sectors hectora to look with a certain amount of scorn acorn on ivy league teams part of this was justified although scholarship iship requirements quire ments in the league are well above the average no matter what you hear As far as 1949 Is concerned the ivy covered colleges and universities will have no apologies to offer any section in the matter of football ranking last fall cornell and Darth mouth would have been an even match for most of the leading teams of the midwest south southwest or far west this will be true airala ag aln this his year rew few teams in any section will have backs to match the big red or th the 0 big green I 1 mean uch such barks back RS as johnny clayton of dart mouth a passer of the ber call type or prank frank miller and jerry fleischmann of cornell lefty james and tuss had two tine fine teams last tall fall they would have been even bets against any team in the big nine except Michigan which Is I 1 favored over many this new season they can be jol joined ned by princeton and harvard Prince tons outlook Is good so ts is Harv ards both can be first class brown can also move up Is never weak ak george munger loses chuck bednarlk bednarik and a few other good men but tf it you keep track year after year find tho the red and blue a rather rugged barrier Colum columbia bli Is definitely below 1918 form even with the redoubtable lou lettla in charge cli arge columbia Is never flooded with material and no team cam can lose 12 cipf its best men from a small squad such men as Hus kusserow et cand hope to have much left it 11 will take the full geneua of lou little to win a 1 gaael came hero and there ther |