Football

Week before the Louisiana State-Vanderbilt football game at Nashville, Senator Huey P. Long generously announced that he would finance the trip for 1,500 cadets, lend $7 to any other Louisiana State student who lacked funds. Purpose of the junket, said the "Kingfish," was to give the university a good name. At a student meeting, he gave out rules: "No liquor . . . no pulling the bell cord. . . . Don't take me lightly. . . ."

At Baton Rouge, after Louisiana students, some of whom were not above using pseudonyms to get the Senator's bounty twice, had "borrowed" $3,000. 5,000 students and townspeople last week clambered aboard five special 14-coach trains painted red, white, blue, orange and green. Going through Mississippi, Huey Long stood on the rear platform of the first train, waving and shouting at crowds assembled on station platforms, farmers working in fields. With him were the members of his private bodyguard, whom he had arranged to take along as "deputy game wardens."

At Nashville, a delegation headed by Mayor Hilary Howse was waiting to greet the Senator & party. Waving away six automobiles provided to take them to Capitol Square, where a crowd was waiting for a speech, Huey Long crisply announced: "We'll walk." On the way he stopped to order his bandleader to play "Alexander's Ragtime Band"; to seize a pretty brunette from the sidewalk crowd, make her march between himself and the Mayor. At the War Memorial Building, Senator Long led the university's 125-piece band, made a speech expressing his thanks for the reception. During the game, he functioned as cheerleader. Just before it ended, he rushed across the field, while Vanderbilt's Dixon was punting, began yelping at Vanderbilt's Coach Dan McGugin.

When Louisiana had beaten Vanderbilt for the first time in its history by the convincing score of 29-to-0, Huey Long had expended so much energy that he was, for once, almost speechless. He puffed & panted: "We're--the greatest--team in the world. Anyone who--thinks we ain't--we plan--to meet 'em. . . ."

Pounding steadily toward a national championship, Minnesota opened its Conference schedule by crunching light Iowa, with Negro Oze Simmons out because of injuries in the first half, 48-to-12.

"We can beat this Army team," said a sign in the Yale dressing room. Army's Joe Stancook and Jack Buckler proved the sign wrong, 20-to-12.

Southern California's worst slump in many years continued against a smashing, driving Stanford team that used straight forward power plays to win the Coast's big game at Palo Alto, 16-to-0.

At Philadelphia, the week's biggest crowd (60,000) saw Navy's versatile Buzz Borries, checked when he tried to carry the ball, pass his team into position for two touchdowns and a field goal against Penn, 17-to-0.

Tommy Flinn, Chicago's quarterback, fumbled on his goalline. Dale Ream fell on the ball for Missouri's first touchdown of the year. Halfback Jay Berwanger got started in the last period in time for Chicago to win its fourth straight game of the season, 19-to-6.

Forty members of the North Carolina squad, afflicted by "aniline dye poisoning" from wearing new uniforms before the painted numerals were dry, recovered just in time to tie North Carolina State, 7-to-7.

Cheers of "Yea, Southern Methodist!" startled diners in New York restaurants. Southern Methodist University, famed for passing, had, by playing straight football, soundly beaten uptown New York's Fordham, 26-to-14.

University of California's "Ladies' Auxiliary" which last week foreswore dates, cigarets, candy, manicures, hairwaves, haircuts until the team should win a conference game by seven points, was deeply dismayed by Washington 13, California 7.

In the last quarter, Iowa State's Harold Miller crashed through right tackle for 43 yd., picked up 13 on the next play, sneaked down the sideline for 13 more, then bucked the line four times for a touchdown. Poole's placement kick went wide. Nebraska 7, Iowa State 6.

George Melinkovich, tutored under the late Knute Rockne, made two of the touchdowns that beat Wisconsin, 19-to-0, in Notre Dame's last home game of the season.

Alabama, favorite for the Southeastern Conference title, rolled smoothly over Georgia, 26-to-6.

Princeton, using a second team and punting on first down through most of the second half, made seven touchdowns and twice stopped Cornell within 10 yd. of the goalline. Score: 45-to-0.

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