Evening star., 1933-10-23
TIGERS AND RAMS
NOW BEST IN EAST
Michigan, Nebraska anc
Duke, Alabama Also Sec
tionaI Leaders.
BY HERBERT w. BARKER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n YEW YORK, October 23.-The
nj Nations foot ball legions
l \ face the fourth Saturday
in October with many
perennial favorites already over
thrown, the list of unbeaten teams
dwindling fast and further fire.
works promised all along the line.
The downfall OF Pitts Panthers and
Notre Dame and the tieing of Southern
California last Saturday proved anew
the shaky foundations on which foot
ball regulations rest.
The usual Monday morning recount,
taken on the basis Of last weeks results,
indicates that temporary leadership at
least can be assigned to Michigan and
Nebraska in the Midwest, Duke and
Alabama in the South; Princeton, Ford
ham and perhaps Army in the East;
Arkansas and Southern Methodist in
the Southwest; Utah in the Rocky
Mountain district, and Southern Cali
fornia and Stanford in the Far West.
The prospects for this weeks slate,
headed by such pairings as Southern
California California, Yale-Army, Penn
Navy, Harvard-Dartmouth, Fordham-
Alabama, Notre Dame-Pitt and Iowa
Minnesota, follow
East-Princeton and Fordham look
most powerful right now, but Yale,
Army. Dartmouth, Holy Cross, Carnegie
Tech, Syracuse, Colgate and Duquesne
still are unbeaten and united.
DUQUESNE has "breather"
J against Westminster this week,
but all the others are in some dan
ger. Yale and Army collide at New Haven.
Fordham must tackle formidable Ala
bama, and Dartmouth faces Harvard.
Holy Cross, conqueror of Harvard, and
Colgate, unimpressive against New York
University, may find Brown and La
fayette, respectively, somewhat tough.
Princeton and Syracuse confront inter-
sectional foes. The rampant Tigers:
whose 200 rout Of Columbia marked
their first major victory since 1928,
meet Washington and Lee, who upset
Kentucky last week. Syracuse travels
West to face Michigan State Carnegie
plays an old rival in Washington and
Jefferson.
Other leading pairings include Penn
Navy, Manhattan -Villanova Bucknell-
Temple, Columbia Penn State, Rutgers
Lehigh and West Virginia Davis
ATIDWEST-Michigan, on the basis
V of Its great showing against
Ohio State, appears to be the
class Of the conference and should beat
Chicago. Iowa's Hawkeyes. conquerors
Of Northwestern and Wisconsin, tackle
Minnesota's Gophers who blasted Pitts
national championship aspirations last
week. Purdue looks too good for Wis
conSin and Ohio State will try to get
going again against Northwestern.
What looked to be one Of the seasons
classics a month ago, Pitt VS.. Notre
Dame at South Bend, now Is just
game between beaten elevens. Nebraska
carries its Big Six title hopes against
Oklahoma with Missouri and Iowa
State. Kansas and Kansas State clash
ing in other conference duelS.
DACIFIC COAST-Southern Califor-
mia forgets its scoreless tie with
Oregon State, breaking a string OF
Is consecutive victories, to concentrate
on the annual battle with California.
Stanford invades the north to meet
Washington. Oregon, the leader, with
two triumphs, will find U G. L. A.
tough. Oregon State and washington
State, which tied California, meet IN
battle Of "dope.upsetters." Idaho and
Montana complete an au-conference
program.
COUTH-Georgia's tussle with New
- York University tops program
otherwise marked by three South
eastern, two Southern Conference games
and three contests pitting representa-
tives of each against one another:
Tulane and Auburn, Tennessee and
Florida and Louisiana State-Vanderbllt
are the Southeastern pairings, while
Virginia Poly and South Carolina, and
Virginia and Virginia Military play
Southern Conference games. North
Carolina and Georgia Tech, Kentucky
and Duke, and Mississippi and Clemson
are involved in inter conference tests.
Centenary, still unbeaten. confrontS an
other Southwest foe in Texas Christian.
Kentucky, Florida. Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi State, Vanderbilt and Loulsi-
ana State all are unbeaten in the South
east; Duke, Virginia Poly, South Caro-
lima, Virginia, Washington & Lee and
North Carolina in the Southern.
NOUTHWEST-Arkansas and South
- ern Methodist meet in the most i'm
portant clash, with the former ap-
parently holding the edge because the
game will be played at Fayetteville,
where the Razorbacks always are tough.
Texas and Rice, Texas A. and M. and
Baylor complete the conference slate.
~ OCKY MOUNTAIN-Utah returns
II to action after weeks idleness
to play Utah State. Denver, II
It does the expected, will beat Colorado
College and move into second place
behind Utah. Other conference pair
ings include Colorado University and
wyoming, Western State and Colorado