The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-14
PURDUE, ILLINOIS | AND IOWA STONE
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Minnesota, Ohio State and Michigan State Also on
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BY GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Stan CorrespOndent)

United Press Stan CorrespOndent)
 New York, Oct. 14-(UP) = The nations football parade to-day was headed by 8 select group of mid westerns teams-Minnesota, Iowa, Purdue, Illinois, Ohio State and Michigan State-which set a dizzy pace in last weeks topsy-turvy ac- ton.
 Performing on gridirons from coast to coast, big ten teams scored outstanding inter-sectional victor les which stamped the western con- ference as undoubtedly the strong est football league in the land.
 In New York, Purdue crushed F'ordham, 200. In los Angeles, Bob Zuppke's little Illinois team knock ed of Southern California, 19-0. In Lincolun, Minnesota smashed Ne braska, 12-7. In Iowa City, Iowa conquered Colgate, 12-6. 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.
 Ohio State, favorite to win the big ten title, showed a flash of its smouldering power by crushing Drake, 85-7. Michigan State made a definite bid for national recognition by overwhelming Kansas, APO.
 While those six teams were going to the front of the parade, Stan ford and Alabama, New Years day Rose Bowl rivals, met defeat for the first time since October, 1883, and were knocked out of the national championship race. U. of Califor- mia at Los Angeles beat Stanford by a single point, 7-6. Mississippi State, already beaten by Vanderbilt trumbled Alabama, 20-7. Other prominent teams beten for the first time were Indiana, Fordham, Van- derbilt, Auburn, Georgia Tech, Har- yard, Oregon and Oklahoma.
 Teams which scored impressive victories and merit consideration in the national championship scram- ble were Temple, which knocked off Vanderbilt, 6-3; New York Univer- sity, triumphant over Carnegie Tech, 25-6; Pittsburgh, which won from West Virginia, 24-6; Notre Dame, victor over Wisconsin, 27-0; North Carolina winner over Mary land, 33-O; Rice, which beat Creigh- ton, 14-0; Southern Methodist, which won from Washington U. (St. Louis), 35-6; and California. con- queror of Oregon, 60.
 Other developments by secoions
 East-Yale staged a dramatic comeback to beat Pennsylvania in one of the weeks most thrilling games, 31-20 before the days big gest crowd, 62,000. Princeton eked out 8 14-7 victory over Williams. Holy Cross crossed Harvard's goal line five times but got only a 14-0 victory. Columbia had to battle to down Rutgers, 2O-6. Syracuse pre- vailed over Cornell, 21-14. Dart mouth crushed little Bates, 59-7. Army won from Gettysburg. $40. Navy Defeated Virginia, 27-6, after trailing by 8 touchdown.
  tory over Indiana gave the Wolver- ines their first big ten victory since 1883. Missouri scored its third straight victory by downing Cobra do unexpectedly, 20-6.
 South - Tennessee bounded back after its defeat by North Carolina to upset Auburn, 13-6. Tulane tri- umphed over Florida, 19-7. Ken lucky halted Georgia Techs come- back, 25-6. Georgia sdowned Thurman 31-7. Duke bagged its fourth straight victory by winning over Clemson, 38-12.
 Far West - Washington State had difficulty winning from Mon- tana, 13-7, in 8 conference game. St. Mary's downed College of Paci- fic, 33-O. Santa Clara bowled over Fresno State, 24-0. Oregon State trimmed Gonzaga, 33-6.
 Southwest - Baqlor beat Arkan- sas in the last minute of play, 13-6, in the only conference game. Texas Christian won it's fourth straight by taking Tulsa, 13-0. Centenary nosed out Texas A. & M. 7-6.
 Rocky Mountain Utah rolled up a 47-0 score on Montana State. Colorado State won from Colorado Mines, 19-0. Brigham Young de- feated Greeley State, 19-3.