Evening star., 1933-10-16
BIG TEAMS PAIRED
! FOR GRIM BATTLES
East, Midwest Will Offer
Most Attractive Frays.
Dixie Scraps Hot.
BY HERBERT w. BARKER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

/ Y happens when an irresiSt-
ible force collides with an
immovable object will be given
with variations on dozens of foot
ball fields this week.
The parade of touchdowns occasioned
by early-season practice games has
ended. The big fellows start picking
on each other now.
Glittering intersectional pairings
headed by Carnegie Tech and Notre
Dame, Pittsburgh and Minnesota, Army
and Illinois contribute added spice to
; q program dominated by such impor-
! tant sectional contests as those involv-
. ing Michigan and Ohio State, Princeton
and Columbia, Penn and Dartmouth,
, Yale and Brown, Tennessee and Ala
! bama, Texas Christian and Texas A.
J and NJ, Washington State and Cali
! fornia.
, Briefly. here's how the situation lines
! up on the basis of early-season results:
/ " AST-Pitt, Fordham, Colgate, Syra-
| cuse and Princeton look best at
the moment, although the latter
| two have not yet been seriously tested.
! Pitts suicide schedule" takes the
! Panthers to Minneapolis to face Mime
sofa Fordham will play Boston Col
foe that always is tough. Colgate, its
unscored upon record spoiled by Rut-
? gers, should take" New York Univer-
sity, and Syracuse looks too powerful
for Cornell, soundly shellacked by
Michigan last week. Princeton's sopho-
/ more backfleld stars undergo their flrst
real test in the meeting with Colum-
bias crack eleven.
: Carnegie Tech has not little hope
, of overturning Notre Danes dlsap-
/ pointing eleven, and Navy hopes TO rally
/ from the Pitt debacle at vrglnlaS ex-
. pense. Auburn faces George Washing
] ton in another intersectional contest.
{ Penn Dartmouth. Yale-Brown, Harvard
Holy Cross, Lafayette-Buckneu are the
other leading pairings.
HDWEST-Victor over three pre-
INI paratory opponents, Army should
AVA discover its own strength, or
weakness, against Illinois, which
. showed surprising power in Walloping
i Wisconsin last week. This game Will
be played on neutral battle-ground at
Cleveland.
The collision of Michigan and Ohio
State. two mighty elevenS, at Ann
Arbor tops the Big Ten program, but
: Chicagos debut against Purdue and
S1uwas second conference start. against
Wisconsin, will be watched with inter-
I est. Northwestern and Indiana are
paired in the other Big Ten game.
Nebraska and Kansas State. Big Six
3eAders, clash at Manhattan. Kans.,
while Oklahoma and Iowa State get to-
gether at Norman. The Creighton-Rlce
tussle Saturday and Xavier's defense
against Washington and jefferson and
Detroit's trip East to face Duquesne
Friday round out the intersectional
part Of the schedule.
COUTH-TenneSSee beaten for the
- first time since 1880 by Duke, last
! week, returns to Southeastern Con-
ference competition against Alabama's
/ mystery" team. Georgia Tech and
tTulane, Mississippi and Sewanee and
Vanderbilt and Mississippi State square
'of in other conference games, while
a Florida and Kentucky uphold South
: eastern prestige against Southern Con-
ference foes, North Carolina and Wash
ington and Lee. respectively.
South Cardinals clash with Clemson
sThusday and Virginia Military's con-
stest with Maryland Saturday are the
only Southern Conference tussles. Geor-
4gia's Bulldogs play Mercer Friday.
Far West-Southern California, a
distinct favorite for the Pacific Coast
title again, should dispose Of Oregon
State, and California seems to have
more power than Washington State.
U. C. L. A., Stanford, Washington and
Montana all face non n-conference rivals,
/ the latter tackling its traditional foe,
Montana State, of the Rocky Mountain
Conference.
COUTHWEST-Tex A. and NJ, with
~ better prospects than for several
years, hopes to beat Texas Chris
tian for the first time in four cam
pa igns. Arkansas and Southern Meth
odist, conference leaders, play strong
F1ntersectional opponents in Louisiana
State and Oklahoma A. and M,
respectively. Texas, beaten by Nebraska
land Oklahoma in succession, appears
lin for another tough afternoon against
ECentenary, unbeaten since 1881.
Rocky Mountain-Utah and Denver.
|the leaders, have an open date. Colorado
university and Brigham Young will be
ffavored over Colorado Aggies and
western State. respectively. wyoming
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