Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-23
TULANE, TROJANS,
WILDCATS RIVALS
Tennessee, Southern Metho-
dist TraiI-BoWI Game
May Decide.
BY HERBERT w. BARKER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


N 1t may sound like a para
l dox, hut the defeat of
Notre Dame has served to
complicate still further the al
ready puzzling complexion of the
national foot ball title chase. Per-
haps it never will be Strengthened
out to every ones satisfaction.
While Notre Dame was rolling up vic
| tory after victory the general tendency
was to consider the RamblerS the best
| in the country, taking their suicide
| schedule into consideration. But now
they have fallen victim to Southern
CALIFORNIA; tremendous power and the
situation has radically changed.
| A glance over the foot ball map now
| reveals at least three teamS-Tulanc,
| Southern California and Northwest
ern-tEat must be considered. with two
| others, Tennessee and Soutehrn Metho-
dist, not far behind. Southern Cali
| fornia has come along since its OPEN
ing game defeat by st. Mary's of Oak
land, Calf to whip seven opponents in
a row with running attack that seems
uneoualed anywhere in the country.
Tulane has won nine games, as has
Southern Methodist. while Tennessee
has accounted for eight. The only blot
on Northwesterns record is the score
less draw with Notre Dame early in the
| season.
COUTHERN CALIFORNIA still must
- meet Washington and Georgia be-
fore entering the Rose Bowl game.
If the Trojans WIN these two games and
Tulane. probable opponent for South
ern California in the Rose Bowl, hurdles
/ 7 tcto fotn ITar hi @rrfN tot
| the experts may be content to award
the mythical national crown to the win
ner of the New Year day classic.
This weeks national schedule Is
topped by two big intersectional games
in the East, the first pitting Notre
Dame against Army at New York and
the second involving Stanford and
Dartmouth at Cambridge. Both games
will be played Saturday after thanks
giving days slate OF traditional clashes.
THE weeks schedule in each section,
L with its possible bearing on title
races, can he summarized thus:
East: Defeat Of Harvard leaves the
! section without a recognized champion,
Bucknen is the only undefeated team,
but hardly rates with such teams as
Pittsburgh, Dartmouth Cornell and New
York University. The chief games on
Thanksgiving day involve Cornell and
Penn, Colgate and Brown, Nebraska
and Pitt and Carnegie and New YORK
University. On Saturday intersectional
games will be played between Army and
Notre Dame, Stanford and Dartmouth
and Detroit and Georgetown. Prince
ton and Yale will be matched in the
big domestic" game
South: Tulane and Tennessee, both
unoeaten, will make their final con-
ference starts, the former against
Louisiana State Saturday and Tennes-
see against Kentucky Thanksgiving
day. Vanderbilt and Alabama will meet
on Thursday and Georgia and Georgia
Tech will put on their annual duel Sat-
urday.
ADMINISTRATORS Big Ten season
1v1 has been completed, but charity
games will bring out all teams.
Northwestern must beat Purdue Sat-
urday to clinch the championship. A
defeat for Northwestern will give Michi-
gan, Ohio State and Purdue a chance
to share in the title with Northwestern,
provided Michigan stops Wisconsin and
Ohio State conquers Minnesota; Temple
Will play Missouri in charity game at
Kansas City. Tuesdays schedule is
headed by the Big Ten round robin
among four second division teams, In
diana, Iowa, Chicago and Illinois.
Southwest Southern Methodist can
gain undiSputed possession of the con-
ference title by stopping Texas Chris
tan Saturday. Baylor and Rice will
play the same day. On Thursday the
annual classic between Texas and Texas
A. and M. tops the program.
Far. West-F1orida meets the Uni
versity of California at Los Angeles
Gu. c. L. A. on Thanksgiving day,
while Oregon tackles st. Marys OF
Oakland on Saturday.
Rocky Mountain-Utah will be heavily
favored to whip the Utah Aggies Thurs
day and clinch the conference title.
Other games pit Colorado College
against Colorado Mines, Denver against
Colorado AggieS and Western State
against Colorado Teachers