Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-16
NAVY IS UNDERDOG
AGAINST MUSTANG
Tulane Has Breather Meet.
ing-FoTrdham and Buck
nell, Unbeaten, Clash.
BY HERBERT w. BARKER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n JEW YORK, November 16.-
M The usual lull before
/ Y Thanksgiving day cuts
sharply into the national
foot ball schedule this week, but
Notre Dame, Harvard, Tulane and
Southern Methodist, among major
unbeaten teams, all will be firing
away to improve their records.
Notre Dame and Harvard appear to
be in the toughest spots. The Ramblers
will dig IN at South Bend to repel the
invasion of Southern California's Tro-
jams, who have bowled over six oppo-
nents in row since absorbing beat.
ing by st. Marys of Oakland, Calf, in
the opening game of the season.
On paper, Harvard, only unbeaten
and united team in the East, looks too
powerful for the Yale Bulldog, but in
this ancient rivalry, season records
count for less than nothing.
Tulane, victorious over Georgia last
week, should be able to take it easy
against Sewanee, and Southern Meth
odist will be heavy favorite over the
Navy.
A fifth national contender, Tennes-
see, will be idle until Thanksgiving day,
when Gene McEver and his mates close
their season against Kentucky.
DRIEFLY, here's the way the SEIZED.
- ule shapes up in the various
groups of conferences:
East - Harvard and Fordham, I'M
beaten, and Pittsburgh, defeated only
by Notre Dame, look strongest, although
New York University also must be
given consideration despite defeats by
Georgia and Oregon. Harvard-Yale
clash heads the weeks schedule. Ford.
ham tackles another unbeaten eleven.
Bucknell. Southern Methodist comes
North to take en- the Navy. Other
leading games pit Lafayette against LIE.
high, Syracuse against Columbia,
Georgetown against Villanova and Penn
State against West Virginia. Army,
preparing for the Notre Dame game.
November %, tunes up on Ursinus after
the disastrous defeat by Pitt last week.
Midwest = Northwestern apparently
has strangle hold on Big Ten honorS
although the Wildcats narrow escape
with Indiana does not promise well FOG
this weeks battle with Iowa or the
charity game with Purdue November 20.
Minnesota and Michigan are paired on
in the big game this week. Purdue viii
play Indiana, Wisconsin will meet Chi.
cago and Illinois will encounter Ohio
State. Michigan, Purdue, Ohio State
and Minnesota are waging tight battle
for second place at present.
DIX SIX-Nebraska and Iowa State,
ID unGefeated In conference compete
ton, will clash for the title this
week. One other conference game pits
Missouri against Kansas.
South-Tulane and Tennessee lead
the parade with six straight victories.
t. II %I1fC hut
meets Sewanee and should win decis-
lively. Other conference games involve
Georgia and Auburn, South Carolina
and North Carolina State, Maryland
and washington and Lee, Florida and
Georgia Tech and North Carolina and
Duke.
Southwest-Texas Christian, beaten
by Texas, must whip Baylor Saturday
and Southern Methodist two weeks
hence to give Christian a tie with the
latter for the title. Only other con-
ference game sends Rice against Ar
kansas.
Pacific COAST = With Southern
/ California virtually i'm as cham
pionS, Stanford, California and
Oregon are battling for second place.
California can clinch that berth this
week by beating Stanford. Oregon
plays the University Of California at
Los Angeles this week and may be sur
prised in view of U. C. L. AS upset Of
st. Mary's of Oakland.
Rocky Mountain-Utah, with I'VE
straight conference victories, will be
idle until Thanksgiving day, when the
defending champions battle the Utah
Aggies. Temple of Philadelphia meets
Denver in an intersectional game this
Saturday. Conference games involve
Colorado College and the University Of
Colorado and Colorado Teachers and
Colorado Aggies.