New York, Sept. 23.
From the sand lots of the Lower East Side in New York to the greetisward of the Coliseum Stadium at Los Angeles, the crisp tang of autumn this week and the occasional shrill of whistles brings one thought to the mind of "sport bugus"—football. The reason swings into preliminary action tomorrow, In the cocktail salons on Fifth Avenue, the leather-backed chairs of the private club rooms and the stiff-backed study chairs in the sixth grade rooms the casual visitor can hear but two questions: who will win the national (or league) championship; what will the game be like this year?
The answer: millions of otherwise normal human beings are waiting for the annual opening grid contests, signifying "the beginning of three months of the maddest, craziest and most fascinating sport—from the Spectators viewpomt—in the world.
"Manna" from Heaven Every spans writer at one time or another in his career attempts to progmostióàte in advance of the season white the various squads are going to land by the time Thanksgiving Day rolls around. If he guesses 50 per cent. right, fans cat it "manna" from Heaven. Anything less than 10 per cent. rates a period of hibérhation—tintil the baseball season chügs slowly around e corer, As ihe teams stand today—betore upsets, injuries and heavy schedules have taken their toll—the greatest minds (if sports writers possess such) have selected the following as the Midyest—Minnesota, and Southwest—Texas Christian and Rice; Pacific Coast—Washing-ion and Southern California; East—Pittsburgh; Soüth—Alabama.
Unless Coach Jock Sutherland finds it too atcah tó buck the new academic requirements, and rules against "subsidizing" players at Pittsburgh, the dour old Scot should repeat his national championship. He has the finest running back in America; Mår-shall Goldberg, "a trio of backfold stars io assist Goldberg, any one of whom would make a coach's eyes glisten, and a fast, hard charging lipa drilled {ror the ground up in fundamentals, For the frst fifteen minutes play was more or less in centre field, bit a-quick dash by the S.F.X. enabled Edwards to score. Again there fol lowed a period of midfield play with some smart footwork being shown by both sides. Although a lot of long passing was attempted it was not very accurate.
After a few attacks on the SFX. defence the Tung Hwa lost another) point as the result of a long pass to Foyh өn the Hight wing. Foyn shot for goal but the ball was intercepted by, the goalkeeper who fumbled the Ball and enabled Foyn to follow through and score.
Encouraged by this the S.F.X. made repeated attacks on their opponent's goal and only fast work on the part of the backs prevented a mid-field pass from Greenberg to Foyn on the wing from being converted. An infringement in centre field gave Tung Hwa their opportunity to attack the B.X. goal but good work by Borodin and Wong averted the danger. There followed a short scramble round the BOX. goal until the tension was rè- lieved By a passing movement bé- tween Foyn and Schultz which, however, was frustrated and another at-{ack was made on the S.F.X. goal
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