The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-27
Many College
TuSSleS Have
Title Bearing
National HonOrS May Rest
on Outcome of Today'S
Regional Tits.
BY JACK CUDDY
United Press STAFF pendent

NEW YORK, Oct. 27.-Topped by
the Army-Yale classic. an even
dozen momentous regional battles
headline today's bang-up mid-sea-
son program of 220 football games.
Each Of the twelve encounters will
have direct bearing on the ma
tons five big races for sectional
championships.
More than 10000 fans, largest
crowd Of the season thus far, were
expected at New Haven for the ira
ditional meeting between the Ellis
and Cadets - meeting which
should prove whether the unbeaten
and INFESTED soldiers will be i'm
portant contenders for the eastern
championship.
In the other outstanding eastern
brawl, the unbeaten Holy Cross
Crusaders were assigned to repel the
invasion of Colgate's willy Red
Raiders at Worcester, Mass. If the
Crusaders win this one it will be a
long step toward a 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 i1eld: Alabama, Duke,
Tulane, Vanderbilt and Louisiana
State. In the Southeastern Confer
ence, Alabama faces Georgia; Tu-
lane tangles with Georgia Tech,
and Vanderbilt tackles Louisiana
State. Duke opposes Tennessee in
an interconference struggle.
Midwest Teams Unbeaten
Two unbeaten Big Ten contenders
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 against
Michigan. In the Big Six, Iowa
State risks its 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 a game that ulti-
mately may decide the conference
title.
Besides these twelve banner re-
gional games, the program is
studded with plenty of other inter-
eStlng sectional and interSectional
bouts. In the east Southern Metho-
dist invadeS Fordham for an inter-
sectional brawl, and likewise Purdue
marches on Carnegie Tech. In ad-
dition eight unbeaten major elevens
meet the following o. tents: Dart
mouth Harvard, Sy1, Brown,
Penn State-Columbia, Navy-Penn-
Sylvania, Princeton-C Cornell, Trinity
Connecticut State and Tufts Will
liamS.
Important Western Tits
In the midwest, unbeaten Temple
attacks Marquette. A Big Ten game
brings together Ohio State and
Northwestern. Other pairings match
NOtre Dame-WiSconsin, Chicago
Missouri, Tulsa-Kansas State and
Ohio-Marshau. Kansas opposes
Oklahoma in the Big Six.
Down in Dixie, southeastern con-
ference pairingS bring together Ken
tucky-Auburn and Mississippi
Sewanee. Southern conference en-
counters pair North Carolina North
Carolina State and Virginia Mill
tary- Virginia. Outside, Maryland
plays Florida and Washington and
Lee engages Virginia Poly. Texas
Christian invadeS Centenary in an
interSectional headliner.
On the Pacific coast, Washington
State opposes Oregon State within
the conference, as does Montana
Idaho. Also unbeaten Santa Clara
faces Fresno State and U. C. L. A.
engages the California Aggies. In
the southwest, Baylor and the Texas
AggieS stage conference brawI,
while Arkansas opposes Missouri
Mines.
In the Rocky mountains, two con-
ference leaders, Utah and the Colo
RADIO Aggies meet Oregon and Colo
RADIO U, respectively. Oregon is an
outsider. Two other conference
games pair Denver Wyoming and
Montana State Greeley Teachers.