The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-10-23
GRID SEASON
AT THE half
ON SATURDAY
Will Bring Brilliant Show
Of One of Most Fan
tastic Campaigns I
By JACH cUDDY
Halted Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Oct. %. Opp
Nearly all the nations little band
of 81 unbeaten major football
teams will stack up against form
liable opposition this weekend on
a banner program that marks the
seasons halfway post,
In view of the SHINING upsetS
already registered during one of
the most fantastic campaigns the
gridiron ever knew, many of the
undefeated prObs,oly will be shot
down. suffering the fate last week
of Pittsburgh, Columbia, Texas,
Fordham, Colgate, Tennessee, Ohio
Wcsleyans and Harvard.
Rushing with the momentum of
q runaway express train, the sea-
son should preVi6e a truly magni-
ficent show IS j. thunderS past the
halfway m~rk The mOdernized
game alreIdJ has reached unpre-
cedented bGights of entertainment
with its thrilling last-minute rail-
lies, Ear. breath ESCAPES, specta-
cula,. iwide-open play, wholesale
aerial maneuvers and widespread
kicking.
The weeks program outlines:
EaSt-Holy Cross and Dart
mouth. the two surviving eastern
Rose Bowl contenders. Both Col
gate and Harvard respectively. The
Holy Cross clash with Andy Kerr'S
Red Raiders will be a headliner,
sharing the spotlight with the COLI
sion of unbeaten Army and reJu-
venated Yale. Other unbeaten
teams tangle with the following
opponents: Syracuse-Brown; Penn
State columbia; Georgetown-New
York u; Navy-Pennsylvania; Tri-
MISUNDERSTANDING; Princeton
Cornell and Tufts-WilliamS. In
addition Purdue invadeS Carnegi
Tech, and Southern Methodist
marches on Fordham: Pittsburgh
has a breather in Westminster,
while recovering from Minnesota'S
beating. Also unbeaten George
Washington meets Wake Forest
Friday night.
Midwest Minnesota, one of the |
strongest contenders for t n e |
mythical national championship |
after beating Pitt, faces Iowa, up
set victim of Iowa State. In an
other Big Ten game, unbeaten IL |
linois tackles Michigan. Unbeaten |
Chicago, heading the conference !
meets on outsider, Missouri, and
undefeated Temple of Philadelp-
hia inyades Marquette, In a third
Big Ten game Ohio State tangles
with Northwestern. Other pair
ings match Notre Dame-Wiscon-
sin, Tulsa-KansaSI State, and Ohio |
Marshall. In the Big Six, unde-
feated Iowa State opposes Ne
braska, and Oklahoma faces Kan
Sas.
South--Dixie will see some red
hot, figfI ting as it's four unbeaten
major slevents smash into menac-
ing Opponents. Mighty Alabama
meetS Georgia, Tulane collides
with Georgia Tech, and Wander
bit plays Louisiana State, which
Also is indicated although held to
two ties. All three games are in
the Southeastern conference where
also Kentucky plays Auburn, and
Mississippi encounters Sawanee.
The fourth big southern team,
Duke, opposes Tennessee. Two
games are slated in the southern
conference. North Carolina meets
North Carolina State, and Vn-
glnia Military stacks up against
Virginia. In addition, Maryland
faces Florida, and Washington and
ee engages Virginia Poly. Cen
tenary which turned in last weeks
major upset in beating Texas, now
faces Texas Christian in another
intersectional brawl.
Pacific Coast-Twe big confer
ence games stand out. Unbeaten
Stanford smashes into staggering
Southern alifornia and unbeaten
Washington State Oregon State
and Montana-1daho. Outside, un-
beaten; Santa Clara opposes Fresco
State, Nevada meets San Jose. and
y. c. L. A. plays the CALIFORNIA
Aggies.
5, Sdnhwest-Unbeaten Rice en-
cages Texas and aylOr meets Tex
ASA and NJ. Both are conference
WAYS. Arkansas opposes Missouri
Mines.
Rocky Mountains-Two of the
three teams tied for the confer
ence, lead swing nto action. Utah
plays an outsider, Oregon, while
the Colorado Aggies meet a con-
ference member, Colorado U. The
Utah Aggies have an open date.
Two, other conference games match
DerlyeE-Wy9nling, and Montana
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