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

NEW YORK. oct 27-Topped b.
the Army-Yale classic. an even
dozen momentous regional battles
headline todays banR-up mid-sea-
son program of DO football games.
Each Of the twelve encounters Will
have a 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 al New Haven for the ira
ditional meeting between the Els
and Cadets - meeting which
should prove whether the unbeaten
and untested soldiers VIII be I'M
portant contenders for the eastern
Championship.
n the other outstanding eastern
braWl the unbeaten Holy Cross
Crusaders we're assigned to repel the
invasion Of Colegate's willy Red
Raiders at Worcester. Mass. II the
Crusaders win this one II viii be a
long step toward a Rose Bowl ticket.
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 the Southern Confer
ence, Alabama faces Georgia; Tu-
lane tangles with Georgia Tech.
and aVnderbilt tackles LOUISIANA
State. Duke opposes Tennessee in
an intercOnference struggles.
Midwest Teams Unbeaten
Two unbeaten Big Ten contenders
and an indicated aspirtant 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
esting 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 opponents: Dart
mouth Harvard. Syracuse Brown,
Penn State Columbia, Navy-Penn-
Sylvania, Princeton-Cornell, Trinity
Connecticut State and Tufts-Wll-
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-Marshal 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 a conference brawl.
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
Montant State-Greeley Teachers.