Evening star., 1934-10-22
B|GCONFERENCE
RIVALS TO MEET
Big Ten, Pacific Tits of
Prime Importance-South,
East TuSSIeS Tense.
BY HERBERT w. BARKER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

YEW &OHAJ OVIODcI A1s-NOl-
nj lege foot ball enters its final
VI October engagements this
week with a long array Of
crucial contests, the result Of which
will have vital bearing on sectional
championships all along the line.
For the first time since the cam
paign opened, the interSectional angle
so dear to the hearts Of some college
athletic aSsociations-and SO i'm
portant at the "gate"-is conspicuous
by its absence.
The notable exceptions are Purdue's
tussle with Carnegie Tech at Pitts
burgh, Southern Methodist's encounter
with Fordham at New York, the
Duquesne- Detroit imbroglio at Detroit
and the Marquette Temple game at
Milwaukee.
Fight Fierce in Big Ten.
A T THE halfway mark of spec
n tacular season, the sectional
championship situations shape
up something like this:
Midwest-Minnesota placed at the
top of the Big Ten heap as a result Of
the Gophers' victory over Pittsburgh.
Chicago and Illinois loom as distinct
threats and so, perhaps, does Purdue,
now that Purvis and Carter are back
In good health.
Minnesota's first conference start
comes this week against Iowa's de-
fated Hawkeyes. Illinois plays Mich
igan and Ohio State tackles North
western in other conference games.
Chicago entertains Missouri of the
Big Six while Wisconsin, beaten by
Purdue, must take on Notre Danes
| fast-improving Ramblers.
Nebraska and Iowa State clash in
vital Big Six game while Kansas
and Oklahoma meet in another.
East Has Smart Card.
II AST--The undefeated and united
II list includes Holy Cross, Prince
ton, Army, Navy, Dartmouth and
| Syracuse, but there may be consider
able shrinkage after the Yale-Army,
Fenn-Navy, Observation-Disclosures, Holy
Cross Colgate, Princeton-Cornen and
Syracuse-Brown engagements on Sat
urday.
Yale showed stunning improvement
in the 37-0 conquest of Brown. Army
has yet to be seriously tested. Cornell
will have two full weeks Of prepara-
ton by the time the Big Red takes
the field against Princeton, lucky to
beat Washington and Lee last week.
Bucknell and Villanova, Columbia
and Penn State, New York University
1 and Georgetown, another outfit boast
ing perfect record, are among the
other pairings.
vandy, L. S. U. Clash.
COUTH-Vanderbilt and Louisiana
- State meet in the game that will
remove one or the other, or both,
from the Southeastern Conference
race. Alabama and Tulane, prime
contenders at the moment, play
Georgia and Georgia Tech, respec-
| lively. Mississippi and Sewanee,
Kentucky and Auburn complete the
conference card.
North Carolina and North Carolina
State are matched in the principal
1 duel Of a Southern Conference card
which also includes the Virginia Mil
itary-Virginia and the Washington
and Lee-Virginia Poly contests.
Dukes perfect record will be at
stake in the inter-conference engage
ment with Tennessee. Maryland
plays Florida in another test of the
rival conferences.
Coast Loop Tits Pivotal
TAR WEST-A big day is in pros
pect for the Pacific Coast Con-
ference with Stanford renewing
its ancient rivalry against Southern
California, plenty of trouble this
year. Another vital clash between
two main contenders pits washington
against California, while Washington
State plays Oregon State.
Southwest-The pivotal game sends
Rice against Texas. Baylor and
Texas A. and NJ collide while Texas
Christian tackles tough Centenary;
and Arkansas, beaten by Louisiana
State last week, has a breather
against Missouri Mines.
Rocky Mountaip-Utah, Utah State
and the Colorado Aggies are the
leaders. The Aggies tackle Colorado
University this week, but Utah plays
Oregon Of the Pacific Coat Conference
and Utah State will be idle.