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Show Xpoikinq ssv "3 4 poUS" J Released by Western Newspaper Union. TOURING the first couple of weeks of each football season it is customary cus-tomary to announce that it will be a year of stunning upsets, back-breaking schedules and unprecedented gridiron thrills. It is to be regretted that such all-inclusive pronouncements were made in past years. The cry of "wolf!" has been heard too often and a large number of Interested individuals now wish they had saved their verbal and written ammunition ammuni-tion for the 1942 season. Northwestern's schedule isn't typical typ-ical of all major teams, but it does give a fair indication of the outlook for the nation's top-notch elevens. For example, the Wildcats play a schedule on successive weeks against the Iowa Seahawks, Texas, Purdue, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, Notre Dame and Great Lakes. A schedule like that is enough to bring shivers to the bravest Monday morning quarterback. quarter-back. Without question the current season sea-son will be one of the most exciting in the history of football. It will see some of the best running and aerial attacks ever devised by coaches. About Notre Dame Many observers wouldn't be surprised sur-prised to see Notre Dame lead the field with her passing game. Angelo Bertelli is good insurance. He was FRANK LEAHY a great passer last year as a sophomore, sopho-more, and that experience should make him doubly tough on competition. competi-tion. Frank Leahy should have no complaint com-plaint about his running attack. Last year he lacked power backs. That hole has been plugged with Jerry Cowhig and other heavyweights. With the T-formation he will have improved his offense and his defense de-fense will be just as good. In the Big Ten, Minnesota is the team to beat. The Gophers have one of the strongest backfields in the conference, lead by Bill Daley, who did such a bang-up job last year. N On paper the strongest Big Ten teams are Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana In-diana and Northwestern. Purdue, Illinois and Iowa are question marks. Purdue may develop into a stronger team than expected, and may upset the apple cart for some of those bracketed above the Boilermakers. Boiler-makers. Iowa and Illinois may confuse con-fuse the issue by handing out a few surprises. Powerful Seahawks Wisconsin and Ohio look plenty tough. If Billy Hillenbrand of Indiana, In-diana, Tommy Kuzma of Michigan or Otto Graham of Northwestern were injured, the underdogs might well turn the tables. Lieut. Col. Bernie Bierman's Iowa City Seahawks are rated the equal of any team he ever put on the field for Minnesota. This was proved early in the season when his team won a lopsided 61-to-0 victory over Kansas. Bierman was more than pleased with the spirit of such former college col-lege stars as Big Mike Evashevski, captain and quarterback for Michigan Michi-gan in 1940, when Tom Harmon broke Red Grange's scoring record. Against Kansas Evashevski showed why he was a great college player. He was brilliant as a field general, caught passes, ran with the ball and carried through on his blocking and tackling with wild abandon. Few teams will have any breathing spots this fall, especially those who have games with Naval Cadet teams. No coach can afford to be complacent when meeting a team like the Great Lakes Naval Training Base, with Bruce Smith on deck. Iowa, North Carolina, Georgia and St. Mary's all have plenty of strength to send against their competition com-petition in about 40 games scheduled. SPORT SHORTS H Frank Phillips, Kansas horseshoe pitcher, scored 100 ringers in 100 straight pitches in 1939. The record rec-ord stands. ft John J. McGraw had a lifetime batting average of .334 for 16 major league seasons. . ft Quote from Larry MacPhail of the Brooklyn Dodgers about Jim Gallagher of the Chicago Cubs: "Gallagher is not one of my favorite people, but when he gives you his assurance about anything I can believe be-lieve him." |