The Washington times., 1932-11-19
FEUDAL T|LTS
MARK DAYS
PROGRAM
BY DAVIS J. WALSH

other afternoon of college foot
ball, innocent, mild and without
dramatic suspense, but today's
program may be largely a delu-
sion, with the deceptive. mildness
of gun powder before the spark
ignites the fuse.
No season of football has been
so free of general bluster and up
roar. Pitt furnished one eXCep-
ton by beating Notre Dame Wis
consin vouchsafed another by win
ming from Minnesota, but these,
while not strictly in character.
weren't beyond the limits OF credl-
bility. Even Notre Dame and Min
nesota recognized the possibility
that Pitt and Wisconsin might
win. So football has gone all the
way to it's final three weeks with
out departing very. greatly from
the routine and the commonplace
and football is not like that.
It's more than due for a few
violent upheavals; in fact, it's al
most a case where these can't
miss and they're liable to come
today in sports where there is
least reason to expect them.
Possible Victims
Offhand, I'd pick Michigan as
a possible victim, Alabama Poly
as another and maybe Pitt itself
as a third. They figure to win:
they ought to. But If football
always was played on an ought,to
basis, the newspapers would be
full of potato-racing and the
people would stay away IN
body.
I'm not figuring Michigan so
much in this thing. 1t has an
unbeaten team and seems Just
about to take over the Big Ten
championship but, to see ers
after championships, MINNEAPOLIS
has always been the port OF miss
ing hopes. They ruined Grange
and Illinois up there eight years
ago. They might do the same
for Newman and Michigan now:
And nobody knows how good
Michigan is, for to date 1t mas
been no better than it had to
be. Anyhow, the point is worth
considering.
Alabama Poly Crippled
So is the fact that Alabama
Poly, supposed to be set to win
the Southern Conference title in
the Georgia game, may be minus
some of its man-power. They
carried Hitchcock off in the
third period last week, there are
understood to be two or tnree
minor characters under repairs
and Georgia is the team that
scores, if it doesn't do anythlngg
else AS a matter of fact. 1t
does very little of anything else
but. if the other guy happens 10
be wrong, it isn't very nara u
be right. , o,or
AS for Pitt, it has travelled over
land and sea 1000 miles or more
# ought to be almost through
On successive Saturdays 1t mas
nlaved the Army at West PolnC'
then Ohio State and Notre Dame
at pittsburgh, then PennSylVanla
at Philadelphia, then Nebraska
at Lincoln and now 1t IS oack
home to be confronted oy lCS
arch rival, Carnegie Tech. There's
a schedule calculated to break
the back of a cornerstone.
don't know what Carnegie Teen
has but, under these clrcunh
stances, it mightn't even need H.
Ancient Rivalries
Anyhow, these meetings may
embarrass the title rankings OF
three sections, the East. South
and Middle West, and are tneIe'
fore worth a lot of watching. so,
for less practical reasons, are
those monuments of ivy-clad ira:
dition, as furnished by Harvard
and Yale, Stanford and California.
Purdue and Indiana, Illinois and
Ohio state, and Lafayette ana
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other virtues, the Pitt-Carnegie
Tech and Michigan-Minnesota'
come within this hallowed group
and I'd also like to toss in some
upstarts like Michigan State and
Detroit, because. if you're looking
for rampant rivalry, you'll tlnd
it there.
And before we drop the subject
of possible upheavals, how about
oregon State to upheave Ford
ham.
Some of the remaining games
Of the day are Chicago VS.. Wis
conSin, Notre Dame VS.. Navy, Co
lumbia VS.. Syracuse, Army VS..
West Virginia Wesleyan, Texas
Christian VS.. Rice, Northwestern
VS.. Iowa. Nebraska VS.. Oklahoma,
Tulane VS.. SeWanee, U. C. L. A. VS..
Montana, Florida VS.. Georgia Tech,
VS.. w. and j., Colorado Aggies
VS.. Utah, Georgetown VS.. Buck
nell, Kansas VS.. Kansas State
Baylor VS.. Southern Methodist
North Carolina VS.. Duke, Brigham
Young VS.. Utah State, Iowa State
VS.. Drake. and Manhattan VS.
Holy Cross.