Evening star., 1928-11-26
THREE DIXIE TEAMS
IN NUNBEATEN CLASS
Georgia Tech, Tennessee and
Florida Vie With Boston
College and Detroit u.
BY ALAN J. GOULD.
Associated Press Sports Editor.


n YEW YORK, November 26.-The
N throat-cutting tactics popular
NJ lied this season in the Eastern
/ and Western spheres of, foot
ball skirmishing leave the South
today in position to claim more honors
than any other sector of the fast
closing gridiron battle
The spotless records of the Southern
Conference big Three"-Tennessee,
Florida and Georgia Teeh-stand out
more conspicuously than ever as the re-
suit of the sensations Saturday that
either spoiled the perfect records or
smashed the championship hopes OF
such teams as Carnegie, Wisconsin, Ne
braska. Princeton, California and Ohio
WesleyarS. '. ..-' -s,~.-
The big Three" of Dixie do not stand
quite alone. Detroit and Boston College,
each with clean states, have some re-
buttal in any argument putting the
Southern trio at the top, but outside Of
these five there isn't another major
outfit anywhere in the broad gridiron
land without tie or defeat to mar
its title claims.
Dixie Battle at Climax.
Even these five have a few obstacles
to hurdle before they can claim any,
thing definitely. The Southern Con-
ference battle comes 10 climax this
week and next, so far as the pace
settlers are concerned. Georgia Tech
perhaps has the best chance to romp
through unbeaten, for the Tornado has
only Auburn and Georgia to sweep by
and both have been below standard.
Florida and Tennessee meet in their
final conference game on December at
Knoxville.
Detroit and Boston College each has
won eight in a row. Tulsa is the only
school that has scored on Detroit. while
Boston College has numbered the Navy,
Fordham and Duke among its victims.
The powerful Detroit array, however,
must beat Georgetown next Saturday
to keep its slate clean, while Boston Col
lege must overcome its old rival. Holy
Cross. Neither assignment looms are
particularly easy. Detroit, particularly,
meeting in Georgetown a team that
handed New York University the latter's
only setback and lost only to Carnegie's
Tartans.
Even the fine records to date of these
unbeaten teams cannot quite obscure
the performances of other arrays that
happened to have one of or disastrous
day. Army had its Notre Dame and
New York University had its George
town, but II there were any stronger
| teams anywhere than the Cadets and
Violets Saturday, or any greater tndi-
vidual performers than their respective
aces, Red Cagel and Ken Strong, they
weren't visible to the naked eye. ~
| The Soldiers now have beaten South
| ern Methodist. Harvard, Yale and Ne
braska in their big engagements. while
losing only to Notre Dame. New York
| University has trimmed Fordhan1, Col
to Cnbeaten Carnegie team so decisive
ly as to just about offset the George
| town reversal. ...
Hoyas Have an Argument.
But so far as that goes GEORGETOWN
itself, beaten only by Carnegie, Is ready
to enter the argument. having added
F0rdham to its list Of victims.
New York; University and the Army
still have strong Far Western foes to
play before they start the final debate.
The Violets play the Oregon Aggies here
Thanksgiving day, while the Cadets
meet Stanford next Saturday.
Thanksgiving day also figures to
furnish decisive tests in the Southern,
Southwest. Rocky Mountain and Big Six
conferences, as well as in the East,
where traditional rivals such as Cornell.
Pennsylvania. Penn State Pittsburgh.
Brown Colgate and West virginia-W.
and j. hold forth.
Georgia Tech meets Auburn and
Florida encounters Washington and Lee
in two Southern games that should see
the two leaders continue along un-
beaten. Texas, still setting the South
western pace, runs into the Texas
AggieS, aching for little revenge. Utah,
on the Rocky Mountain peak. must dis
pose of the Utah Aggies to keep ahead
of the University of Colorado. Nebraska
Is favored to brat Kansas Aggies and
clinch the Big Six conference title.