Saturday, September 26, 1931
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Page Three
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Crowd Of Ten Thousand
Expected To See Game
Today At 'Kenan Stadium
Coach Collins Will Probably
Start Veteran Team Against
Strong Deacon Machine.
BRANCH MAY GET CALL
Collins, in Need of Punter and
Passer, May Use Johnny
Over Peacock.
PROBABLE
N. C. Pos.
Walker L.E..
Hodges ...........L.T..
Mclver L.G.;
Gilbreath C.
Fysal .....R.G..
Underwood R.T..
Brown R.E..
Phipps ...L.H.
Slusser ......R.H.
Chandler ...F.B.:
Branch, Peacock ..Q..
LINEUP
W. F.
Green
Webb
Dupree
Cornwall
.. Grant, Owens
Williams
.. Brogden (C)
- Wilson
Hipps, Johnson
Bradley
- Hutchins
The Carolina football squad
last night stood ready for to
day's opening game, scheduled
with Wake Forest college in
Kenan stadium at 2:30 o'clock.
Opening the season for both
teams, and giving the fans their
first chance to get a line on rela-
tive strength of the two teams
in the Big Five and. of Carolina
in its ambitious Conference
schedule, the game is expected
to draw a large attendance. Ad
vance ticket sales indicate xa
crowd of 10,000 or more.
Head Coach Collins put the
finishing touches to the attack
and gave the final defense point
ers in a light drill yesterday af
ternoon. This . final workout
topped three weeks of heavy
drilling. .
Coach Collins indicated that
he would have to start his vet
erans. Johnny Branch, star
quarter, was ready, but had
missed lots of valuable practice,
and Collins was still very much
worried that Carolina had no
accurate .passer.
Today's game will revive the
oldest college rivalry in the
state. The sophomore classes of
Carolina and Wake Forest, in
fact, played the first college
football game in this state, back
in 1888. Wake Forest won a
stretch of close games from 1924
through 1927, but the Tar Heels
have won the last three years,
by top-heavy scores two years,
and by 13-7 last year.
The Deacons will send a heavy,
experienced team onto the field
today, and Collins and the Tar
Heels expect a tough, nip and
tuck game. Carolina has had to
do overtime scrimmage, while
Coach Miller has been going easy
on the Deacons, indicating they
have gotten their plays down
well, and reports are that the
Baptists will have their J;op
physical power.
Wake Forest Will Be Out
To Break Carolina Jinx
Wake Forest will be out to
break a three-year jinx when
the Deacons invade Kenan Sta
dium to open the season with
Carolina today. The Tar Heels
won 65-0 in 1928, 48-0 in 1929,
and 13-7 last year. Before that
the Deacons held a similar jinx
for Carolina. They ,won 7-6 in
1924 and again in 1925, 13-0 in
1926, and 9-7 in 1927.
IT
ports
By Jack Bessen
This is the week commonly
known as "set-up week" in foot
ball circles. Nineteen games will
be played in the Southern Con
ference, and with the exception
of one game, the Duke-South
Carolina game, the favorites
should easily come through by
large scores.
Carolina-Wake Forest
Of course the Tar Heels are
the big favorites in this game,
but those who expect a top
heavy score will be disappoint
ed. Not that the Tar Heels
can't beat the Deacons any way
they want,- but because they
won't. The Collins machine is
facing its hardest schedule in
history, and with the Vandef
bilt game only a" week off, it
naturally won't show anything
new. In spite of that, one vote
for the Tar Heels by three
touchdowns.
Duke-South Carolina
, This may be treason, but the
writer really thinks that the
Gamecocks will come out on the
long end of the score. Laval's
club has improved over last
year's team, which upset the
Devils, 22-0, while Duke has
scarcely improved last year's
outfit. South Carolina by a
touchdown.
State-Davidson
After this one, the going Will
be easy. Davidson looked pret
ty weak last week in downing
Elon, 13-2, but State hasn't set
the world on fire either in thel
early season workouts. It
Should be a toss-up at any rate.
And anyway, because Davidson,
the big meanies, beat us, one
ballot for the Wolf pack.
Alabama-Howard
Now that the State is taken
care of, its only right that we
begin with the Dixie Champs,
Alabam'. Frank Thomas' Crim
son Tide and Carolina are the
Conference dark horses this
year, arid when Frank Thomas
is pleased with his team look
out. The score should be about
40 or 50 to 0.
Mississippi-Tulane
It doesn't seem as if the de
pression has hit the Green
Wave any not so you can not
ice ft. Ole Miss hasn't had. a
good team in ages, and we don't
believe this year will be an ex
ception. Mississippi should
take it on the chin about four or
five times.
V. M. I.-Richmond
The Flying Squadron isn't
flying so high these days. Last
week Hampden-Sydney, a fourth
rate football team, held them to
a 6-0 victory. Tsk. Tsk. But
Southern Conference pride com
pels us. The Cadets by a mighty
close score.
Vanderbilt-B. G. Tech
' We don't know who or what
B. G. Tech is, but they proba
bly won't be a mystery to the
Commodores. If Dan McGugin
doesn't use his third team
throughout, Vandy should roll
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CAVALIER OUTFIT
NOT EXPECTED TO
SHINEMSYEAR
Coach Fred Dawson, Starting
Reign at Charlottesville, Is 4
Stressing Fundamentals.
Virginia's veteran football
squad will be a hard tackling
and blocking organization if
nothing else this year unless
Fred Dawson, new head coach
at the Charlottesville institution,
is sadly mistaken. All through
the- early practice sessions
stress has been placed on fund
amentals, and strategy has been
ignored in favor of more basic
things.
There is plenty of material
on hand this season for the
first time in several years, and
Virgina is looking forward to
a much better team than that
of last year when the Orange
and Blue was on the receiving
end of plenty of knocks. Bill
Thomas, halfback, is leading the
Virgina fold this year, but he
will have plenty of help from
his mates this year which is
something he couldn't claim last
fall.
Thomas himself is the most
brilliant of the backfield pros
pects, of course, butr Henry
Sackett, Gene Stevens, Doug
Myers, and Bucky Harris are
other men who have been show
ing themselves to good advant
age to date. Sackett will prob
ably get the call at the quar
terback position since Frank
Sippley, veteran field general, is
probably out ) for the season
with a cracked shin bone.
Thomas will be at one of the
halfbacks, with either Doug My
ers or Gene Stevens at the oth
er. Harris is due to hold down
the fullback position, while Ben
Pinder, a letter man, and Bob
by Dodd and John Moulton will
serve as reserves.
The ' line also should have
plenty of strength with Buck
Poss, veteran, at one tackle and
Ed Rohrbough, Gene Wager,
George Coles, and Ray Berger
fighting for the other post.
Chris Tompkins may also He
used at tackle if necessary, but
he is now bolstering up the
guard department, and will
likely stay there unless some of
the above mentioned tackle'can
didates fail to come through.
Lewis Reiss, formerly a full
back, will probably be at center
with Fenton Gentry and Her
bert Bryant, two star boxers, at
the guard positions. Both Gen
try and Bryant are weighing
over 200 pounds are are showing
excellent form.
On the ends will be Bill Con
don, Segar Gravatt, or Bill St.
Clair, all three of whom are
monogram wearers. However,
two sophomores have been look
ing good so far and may be sub
stituted in order to add more
weight and power. These two
men are Bob Cutler and Max
Bence.
Virginia used only eight plays
in winning the opening game
of the season against Roanoke,
18-0, and very few plays have
been added since that time. Vir
ginia , will probably continue
to concentrate on blocking arid
tackling until Dawson is thor
oughly satisfied with the work,
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Harry Hodges and Newcombe (pictured above) form a main
cog in the 1931 grid machine. Both of these stalwart linemen
are tried veterans and well versed in the Collins system. Besides
being excellent defensive players, both boys are fast and should
prove to be hard aggressive men as well.
BURLEIGH GRIMES
MAY PITCH FIRST
GAME0F SERIES
Veteran Pitcher Is Rounding
Into Shape After Recent -Sick
Spell.
Burleigh Grimes, Cardinal
hurler who has been tossing
them up for National league
batters 15 years, now looms as
a probable starter against the
Athletics in the coming world
series.
The veteran right-hander's
appearance in the charity game
with the Browns yesterday set
wise tongues wagging with the
explanation that he needed the
workout following a recent sick
spell. Earlier predictions that
he" might be reserved for relief
work in the pinches were re
vived in view of Manager "Gab
by" Street's apparent desire to
test the big fellow out under
fire.
GABBY KEEPS COUNCIL
"Gabby," who often keeps
his own counsel far better
than his nickname might in
dicate, had nothing to say.
Burleigh, less reticent, con
fessed his life's ambition is to
beat his last year's rival,
Lefty Grove, and he will let
slip no opportunity to talk his
manager into another chance
at achieving it.
Paul Derringer, sensational
rookie, and . Bill ( Hallahan, the
club's only southpaw mounds
man, continued . favorites for
starting assignments in pre
series gossip, as further dis
couraging reports werereceived
on the state of Jess Haines' in
jured shoulder.
Both Derringer and Hallahan
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CAROLINA CLUB ORCHESTRA
GOOD PROSPECTS
HAVE BEEN LOST
BY FAILING WORK
Branch's Final Eligibility Re
calls Cases of Other Athletes
With Scholastic Difficulties.
The fortunate return to
scholastic eligibility of Johnny
Branch, star quarterback, re
calls other incidents of lagging
scholars who did not come
through so happily at the Uni
versity. Last year, for instance, the
faculty ruled exactly five good
players ineligible for scholastic
deficiencies. One was a lead
ing quarterback prospect of this
year. Two were good fullback
prospects, and Carolina certain
ly needed reserve fullbacks.
One was a strapping tackle,
needed if any man was ever
needed. Another was a man who
won a starting berth at end, and
only to be ruled ineligible at
1 mid-term.
These names were never
broadcast, because, as one mem
ber of the athletic staff put' it,
the percentages of failures is as
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PIEDMONT LEAGUE
HAD GOOD SEASON
Judge Bramham, President of
Circuit, Thinks Season
Was a Success.
The Piedmont league, just
through with its 1931 season,
suffered no more from the de
pression than any ordinary
business. That, in brief, sums
up Judge W. G. Bramham's re
ply to persons who are confident
that minor league baseball is on
the downgrade.
Wiping his brow with one
hand and gesticulating with the
other, Judge Bramham, who has
been the daddy of the Piedmont
league since its birth, declared
emphatically he could see no
reason for getting excited over
the baseball situation hereabout
and wound up by declaring the
1931 season a success. '
LIKE OTHER BUSINESS
"Of course some of the
teams played to smaller
crowds this season," Prexy
Bramham declared, "but the
Piedmont league did not suf
fer any more financially than
the ordinary business."
There is one thing about base
ball this year, the league head
said, and that is the clubs have
come to realize that high sal
aries cannot be paid. "Baseball
salaries have not been reduced
since the World War and nat
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