The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-10-17
MICHIGAN, PURDUE
APPEAR AS RULERS
FOR MIDWEST AREA
Pitt, Colgate and Fordham Are
Most Powerful Football
Teams in East
DAKOTA TEAMS IMPRESSIVE
Kansas State, Nebraska and
Oklahoma Are Fighting 1t
Out in Big Six

New York Oct. l7.-LP,-Here's how
the struggles for sectional football
championships shape up now as the
nations leading eleycns approach tbs
halfway point Of the 1882 season.
East-Pittsburgh Colgate, Column
bia. Holy Cross. Harvard, Fordham
Penn. New York U, Temple, Brown
and Boston college, among ajol
schools, all unbeaten and united but
Pitt. Colgate. and Fordham look most
powerful right now. Pitt, which upset
Army, 1913 Saturday, meets Ohio
State of Big Ten this week, while Col
gate and N. Y. u. meet in test OF
llndefeated machines. F'ordham plays
Michigan State and Harvard battles
Dartmouth in other big-time game,
while Penn. Columbia, Holy Cross ano
Brown face lesser opposition. Yale
looks like a certain loser against
Army.
Observation-Disclosures and Purdue the
outstanding contenders for Big Ter
honors. both continue conference
competition. Michigan should over
come Illinois without trouble but
Purdue may be in for a warm after
noon against NorthweStern's aroused
Wildcats Iowa and Minnesota. Chi
cage and Indiana are paired off in
other conference games. Notre Dame,
which has rolled up 1876 points in two
games, will be strongly favored over
a beloWpa Carnegie Tech outfit.
Dakota Teams Strong
Northwest - Grid glory in the
Northwest is being monopolized by
the two North Dakota teams-North
Dakota State and the University Of
North Dakota. These two teams will
battle Saturday in game expected
to decide the championship OF the
North Central Conference. Both
teams won intersectional games over
the weekend. State defeating Okla
hona City University q to 8 and the
university trimming Howard Of Birm-
ingham. Ala, 80 to 7.
Blk Six Only four conference
games have been played SO far with
Kansas. State. Nebraska and Oklahoma
now tied for the lead with one victory
apiece. Kansas State and Oklahoma
clash this week in game crucial for
one and perhaps for both. Nebraska
may find rejuvenated Kansas tough
customer. Iowa State meets Missouri
in the third conference battle.
Pacific Coast-Southern California
and Stanford are matched in the
weeks headliner at Palo Alto and the
result probably will determine which
shall win the rule Of the Coast Con-
ference this year. Stanford has the
more impressive early-season record.
for Southern California was dlSap'
pointing against both Oregon State
and Loyola of Los Angeles. WASH
ington State and Oregon State, Wash
ington and California and Idaho and
Oregon complete the conference
schedule. U. Z. L. A.. nominal CO.
leader with Southern California with
two victories and no defeats, deploys
against non-conference opposition in
California Tech.
Let-Dcwr In Schedule
South - A much less interesting
schedule this week than last with the
battle of two undefeated leaders, Ken
lucky and Virginia Poly, the feature
Auburn. another Of the unbeaten
pace-setters. meets stern test in Tu-
lane which was tied by Vanderbilt
last week Tennessee, conqueror OF
Alabama and generally regarded as
the most serious threat for the South
ern Conference crown, eases up in a
game with Maryville. Georgia and
Vanderbilt, North Carolina and Geor-
gia Tech. Virginia Military and Viz
ginia. Florida and North Carolina
State and Alabama and Mississippi
clash in other conference games.
Southwest Texas, impressive
against Missouri and Oklahoma in in
tersectional games. gets its first
Southwest Conference test against
undefeated Rice. Baylor and Texas
A. and M are matched IN the only
other conference game, as Texas
Christian. with two conference VIC
tories. has a "breather' against AUS
tin Arkansas plays Louisiana State OF
the Southern Conference. and South
ern Methodist tackles Centenary OF
the Southern Intercollegiate A A.
Rocky Mountain-Utah and Coo
rado university are the leaders with
wyoming. Denver and the Colorado
Aggies a step behind. Utah is idle
this week but Colorado university
plays Colorado Aggies and Wyoming
meets Colorado college. Denver traV-
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