The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-14
Midwest Grid
Loop Proves
Nations Best
Conference Teams Trounce
Touted Foes in East
and on Coast.
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY
United Press staff Correspondent


NEW YORK, Oct. 14.-The ma
tons football parade today was
headed by a select group of Mid
western teams-Minnesota, Iowa
Purdue, Illinois, Ohio State and
Michigan State-Which set dizzv
pace in last weeks topsy-turyy &C
ton.
Performing on gridirons from
coast to coast, Big Ten teams scored
outstanding intersectional victories
which stamped the Western Confer
ence as undoubtedly the strongest
football league in the land.
In New York, Purdue crushed
Fordham, 300. In Los Angeles, Bob
Zuppke's little Illinois team knocked
out Southern California, 1910. In
Lincoln, Minnesota smashed Ne
braska, 1871 In Iowa City, Iowa
conquered Colgate, 1876 Those four
victories were the high spots of one
Of the biggest field days the Big Ten
has ever enjoyed at the expense of
outsiders.
Michigan State Powerful
Ohio State, favorite to win the
Big Ten title, showed flash of its
smOldering power by crushing
Drake, 85-7 Michigan State made
a definite bid for national recogni-
ton by overwhelming Kansas,
42-0.
While those six teams were going
TO the front of the parade Stanford
and Alabama, New Years Day Rose
Bowl rivals met defeat for the first
time since October, 1888, and
were knocked out of the national
championship race. University of
California at Los Angeles beat Stan
ford by a single point, 7-6. MiSsis-
sippi State, already beaten by Van
derbilt, tumbled Alabama, DOT,
Prominent teams beaten for the
first time were Indiana, Fordham,
Vanderbilt, Auburn, Georgia Tech,
Harvard, Oregon and Oklahoma.
Results From Everywhere
Other developments by sections
were:
East-Yale staged dramatic
comeback to beat Penn, 1920, be-
fore the days biggest crown, $4,000.
Princeton eked out q AT victory
over Williams. Holy Cross crossed
Harvard's goal line five times, but
got only a 14-0 victory. Columbia
downed Rutgers, 20-6. Syracuse
prevailed over Cornell, 21-14. Dart
mouth crushed little Bates, 59-7
Army won from Gettysburg, $40.
Navy defeated Virginia, 27-6
Observation-Disclosures TO victory
over Indiana gave the Wolverines
their first Big Ten victory since 1888.
Missouri scored its third straight VIC
tory by downing Colorado I'M
eXpectedly, 20-6. Notre Dame beat
Wisconsin, 27-0.
South-TenneSse bounded back
to upset Auburn, 1876. Tulane tri-
umphed over Florida, 1877. Ken
lucky halted Georgia Techs come
back, 25-6. Georgia downed Fur
man, 31-7, Duke bagged it's fourth
Stralgnt victory by winning over
Clemson, 1912.
st. Mary's Wins
Far West - Washington State
had difficulty winning from Mon
tana, 1877, in a conference game.
St. Mary's downed College of the
Pacific, $50, Santa Clara bowled
over Fresno State, 24-0. Oregon
State trimmed Gonzaga, 1916.
Southwest - Baylor beat Ar
kansas in the last minute of play,
1876, in the only Conference game.
Texas Christian won its fourth
straight by taking Tulsa. 1870. Cen
tenary nosed out Texas A. & M,
7-6.
Rocky Mountain - Utah rolled
up 47-0 score on Montana State.
Colorado State won from Colorado
Mines, 1910. Brigham Young de-
feated Greeley State, 1913.