Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-03
AUBURN NEEDS WIN
TO CL|NCH HON0RS
Must Down Gamecocks to Be
Dixie Champion-'Bama
Is Favored on Coast.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
n YEW YORK, December 3.-East,
nj West and South, q scattered
Y few Of foot balls legions
emerged today for one more
crack at the sports headlines.
Dominating the program was the
thirty-third clash Of Army and Navy,
at Philadelphia. with the important
Southern Conference duel Of Auburn
and South Carolina, at Birmingham,
and the International tussle of Alabama
and st. Mary's at San Francisco a
step or two behind.
Both Cadet and Midshipman have
had a chance to become accustomed to
defeat this season, but all the pageantry
OF the Army-Navy game and its prom
Use OF closely fought action conspired to
bring about "seil-out" crowd tor their
battle IN Franklin Field. Every one of
the 78,000-odd tickets had been dis
posed of days ago.
A UBURN, undefeated and united
"A needed to whip South Carolina to
clinch Southern Conference cham
pionship honors. A defeat for the
Plainsmen probably would elevate Ten
nessee into the title for the Vols, I'M
beaten but tied by Vanderbilt, were
overwhelming favorites over Florida in
their closing game, at Jacksonville.
Alabama, never beaten In a Far
Western engagement, was slight IA
vorite over st. Mary's Gaels, possibly
because of the Crimson Tides tremen-
dous show Of power in crushing Van
derbilt, 900, on Thanksgiving day.
The South figured in two other in
tersectional duels, but with small hopes
that Mississippi could overturn Tulsa,
at Tulsa, or that Loyola Of the South
could whip Detroit, at New Orleans.
NEBRASKA. Big Six champion,
~ looked for a victory over Southern
Methodist, at Dallas. and Prank
Carideo's battered Missouri Tigers
closed . disastrous season against st.
Louis.
The Eastern program, aside from the
Army-Navy game, included a charity
contest between Manhattan and Rut1ers,
at New York, the Carnegie Tech
Georgetown clash at Washington. and
the annual battle between Maryland
and Western Maryland. at Baltimore.
The final Pacific Coast Conference
game involved washington and the
University Of California at Los Angeles.
BY the Associated Press.
A TLANTA, Ga. December 3.-Au-
"A burn. the undaunted that took
three years to come back. carried
its banners against South Carolina at
Birmingham, Ala. today In a battle to
clinch the Southern title as the con-
ference foot ball season drew to q close.
Auburn's Plainsmen, apparently at
full strength in spite OF q recent cpl
demic Of influenza, ranked the favorites
over South Cardinals Gamecocks. but
they were under heavy psychological
handicap South Carolina had every
thing to gain and nothing to lose since
1t was put out OF the title race long ago.
Auburn carries an unbeaten and united
record and needs only this game to win
the Southern championship 1t has
viewed from afar for so long.
Three years ago the Plainsmen lost
every game they played inside the con-
ference. Then they met disaster
through most Of the 1880 season. Last
year they won late victory over South
Carolina and this season q period of
prosperity began.
Auburn's attack centers around Can't.
Jimmy Hitchcock and is based on speed
and cleverness. The team Is light and
fast. South Carolina has a heavy line
and some versatile backs In spite of a
spotty record. Earl Clary will compete
with Jimmy Hitchcock In the backfield
battle.