Evening star., 1932-10-29
HTT-NOTRE DAME
TILT OUTSTANDING
Michigan-Princeton N. Y. U.-
Purdue Clashes Also on
Today's Schedule.
BY HERBERT w. BARKER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n IEW YORK, october 29.-The
M greatest slate of intersec-
l tional games of the cur
rent season dominated the
Nations foot ball program today,
with the clash at Pittsburgh be-
tween the undefeated machines of
Pitt and Notre Dame leading all
the rest.
For the Ramblers this struggle marked
their first real test of the season, but
not even the most hidebound of East
ern gridiron fanatics could see anything
but a lacing for Pitt. The Panther
always has been able to put on a grand
show against Notre Dame, and was ex-
pectod 10 do the same today, but de-
feat by at least two touchdowns seemed
inevitable.
Sharing the intersectional spotlight
with this battle Of Titans were the
duelS of Purdue and New York Univer-
sity at New York, Michigan and Prince
ton at Ann Arbor Michigan State and
Syracuse at Syracuse, West Virginia
and Marquette at Milwaukee and Army
and William and Mary at West Point.
And in each case, with the single ex-
ception OF the Army. the Eastern rep
resentative seemed doomed to a beating
Army was hot" favorite over William
and Mary'S good little team, which
upset Navy early in the season.
nF the purely intrasectional games
~ in the East, the Columbia Cornell
and BrownHarvard clashes in
volved undefeated elevens, while such
meetings as those between Yale and
Dartmouth, Penn and Navy, Colgate
and Penn State. Vlllanova and Buck
nell, Fordham and Boston College. La
fayette and Washington and Jefferson
drew attention, either because of their
traditional or competitive importance
The South presented slate of 10
Southern Conference games. with the
co-favorites, Tennessee and Auburn, ia
vored to continue their march toward
the title. Tennessee was booked against
Duke and Auburn against Mississippi
Louisiana State. which has won its only
conference game, was favored over Sc
vance. and Virginia Poly. another Of
the unbeaten array. anticipated no diff
ficulty with Washington and Lee.
South Carolina and North Carolina
State, however, faced serious threats to
their perfect conference records against
Tulane and North Carolina. respec-
lively. deOIBld anu flOIlQd ana Nan-
derbilt and Georgia Tech were matched
in other leading trays.
THICAGO'S struggle with Illinois was
~ the only Big Ten clash bearing di-
rectly on the championship as it
shapes up at this time. since the Ma
rooms and Michigan boasted the only
united and undefeated records within
the group. Northwestern and Minne-
sofa and Wisconsin and Ohio State were
paired off IN other conference games
Nebraska and Kansas State furnished
the sole Big Six competition of the day,
and the Pacific Coast Conference pro-
gram was limited to the meetings Of
Stanford and U. S. L. A. and Wash
ington State and Montana.
In the Southwest, Texas and Texas
Christian were favored over Southern
Methodist and Baylor, respectively, in
conference engagements. Centenary Of
the Southern Intercollegiate A. A.,
which already has beaten Texas and
Southern Methodist, drew Texas A. and
M. and expected to win.
Utahs Indians bidding for their
fifth straight Rocky Mountain Confer
ence title. were heavily favored over
the Utah Aggies.