The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-27
GREAT GRID GAMES
 TO DRAW RECORD CROWDS TO-DAY.
Sectional College Contests and Good Weather Make
 Fine Setting
By JACKK CUDDY lted Press Stan COErespOmdemtD


 New York, Oct 27-(UP)- Topped by the Army-Yale classic an even dozen momentuous region. al battles headline today's bang -uT mid season prigram of 22O foot ball games. Each of the 12 en- counters will have direct bearing on the nations five big races fol sectional championship.
 More than 7O,O0O fans largesl crowd of the season thus far, were traditional meeting between the Ellis and cadetS--a meeting which should prove whether the unbeater portant contenders for the eastern championship.
 In the other outstanding eastern brawl, the unbeaten Holy Cross crusaders were assigned to repel Raiders at Worcester, Mass. If the crusaders win this one it will be a long step toward rose bowl ticket.
 Dixie will see the hottest and probably the most significant fight ing of the day. Five contenders for the southern championship are taking the field: Alabama, Duke Tulane, Vanderbilt and Louisiana State. In Southern conference Alabama faces Georgia; Tulane tangles with Georgia Tech, and Vanderbilt tackles Louisiana State Duke opposes Tennessee in an in circumference struggle.
 Action
 ls . and an undefeated aspirant for big six honors see action in the mid west. In the big ten, unbeaten Minnesota meets strong Iowa, and undefeated Illinois stacks up a. gainst Michigan. Tn the big six, Iowa State risks it's perfect record against formidable Nebraska.
 On the Pacific coast two big con ference games stand out. Unbeaten Stanford faces smarting Southern California, and undefeated Wash ington tackles California. In the southwest, unbeaten Rice collides with Texas in game that ultf- mately may decide the conference title.
 Besides these 12 banner regional games, the program is stud ded with plenty of other interest ing sectional and intersectional bouts. In the East Southern Meth odist invades Fordham for an in- tersectional brawl, and likewise Purdue marches on Carnegie Tech. In addition eight unbeateu major elevens meet the following opponents: Dartmouth Harvard Syracuse-Brown, Penn State-Col- umbia, avy-Pennsylvania; Prince. n-Cornell; Trinity Connecticut State, and Tufts-Williams.
 Toss-Up
 In the midwest unbeaten temple attacks Marquette. A big ten game brings together Ohio State and Northwestern. Other pairings match Notre Dame Wisconsin Tulsa-Kansas State, and Ohio. Marshall. Kansas opposes Okla. homa in the big six.
 Down in Dixie, Southern con pairings brings together Kentucky. Auburn, and Mississippi-Sewan Southern conference encounter pair North Carolina North Caro- lima State, and Virginia Military Virginia outside, Maryland play Florida, and Washington and Let engages Virginia Poly. Texa. Christian invades Centenary in ar intersectional headliner.
 On the Pacific coast, Washing. ton State opposes Oregon State within the, conference, as does Montana Idaho. Also unbeaten Santa Clara faces Fresco State and U. C.ML. A. engages the; Cali fornia Aggies. In the Southwest Baylor and the Texas Aggies stage a conference brawl, while Arkan- sas opposes Missouri mines.
 In the Rocky Mountains con- ference leaders, Utah and the Col orado Aggies, meet Oregon and Colorado U., respectively. Oregon is an outsider. Two other confer ence games pair Denver Wyoming and Montana State-Greeley Teach CTS.