The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-22
NATIONS CR|D|R0N
ELEVEN TO TACKLE
CONFERENCE RIVALS
Minnesota Opens Loop En-
gagements Against Iowa;
Illinois Plays Michigan
YALE MEETS ARMY IN EAST
Stanford ReneWs Ancient Feud
With Southern California
in Far West

New York, Oct. 22-(Pl-College
football enters its final October en-
gagements this week with long ar
ray of crucial engagements, 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 import
ant at the 'gate"-is conspicuous by
its absence. The notable exceptions
are Purdue's tussle with Carnegie
Tech at Pittsburgh; Southern Metho-
dist's encounter with Fordham at
New York; the Duquesne-Detroit i'm
broglio at Detroit, and the Marquette
Temple game at Milwaukee.
At the halfway mark Of specta-
cular season, the sectional champion
ship situations shape up something
like this:
Gophers At Top Of Heap
Midwest-Minnesota placed at the
top OF the Big Ten heap as result
OF the Gophers' victory over Pitts
burgh. 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-
flated 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
1ast-improving ramblers. Nebraska
and Iowa State clash in vital big
six game while Kansas and Okla
homa meet in another.
East-The indicated and united
list includes Holy Cross, Princeton
Army, Navy, Dartmouth and SYRIA.
cuse, but there may be considerable
shrinkage after the Yale-Army, Penn
Navy, Observation-Disclosures Holy
Cross-Colgate. Princeton-C Cornell and
6yracuse-Brown engagements or
Saturday.
Yale showed stunning improvement
In the $40 conquest Of Brown. Army
has vet to be seriously tested. Cor
nell will have two full weeks Of pre-
paration BY the time the Big Red
takes the field against Princeton
lucky to beat Washington g. Lee last
week. Bucknell and Villanova, Col
umbia and Penn State; New York
university and Georgetown, another
outfit boasting q perfect record, are
smong the other pairings.
Dukes Record At Stake
South-Vanderbilt and Louisiana
State meet In the game that will re-
move one or the other, or both, from
the southeastern conference race
Alabama and Tulane play Georgis
and Georgia Tech, respectively. Mis-.
sissippi and sewanee, Kentucky ant
Auburn complete the conference
card. North Carolina and NORTH
Carolina State are matched in thu
principal duel Of q southern confer.
ence card. Dukes perfect record viii
be Ut stake in the inter-conferencs
engagement with Tennessee.
Far West-A big day Is In prospec
fer the Pacific Coast conference with
Stanford renewing its ancient rivalr,
against Southern California. An
other vital clash between two MAR
contenders pits Washington agains
California, while washington Stat
plays Oregon State.
9outhwest-The pivotal game send
Rice against Texas. Baylor and Texa!
A. q M. collide while Texas Christian
tackles tough Centenary, and Ark
ansas. beaten by Louisiana State las
week, has breather against Missouri
Mines.
Rocky Mountain-Utah, Utah Stat
and the Colorado Aggies are the lead
ers. The Aggies tackle Colorado uni
versity this week but Utah plays Ore
gon Of the Pacific Coast conference
and Utah State will be idle.