The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-12
MINNESOTA, AND
 STANFORD MUST
 BEAR DOWN HARD
Alabama Takes on Missis- sippi State in the South;
 FOrdham vs Purdue
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent)

the world series packed away ir lavender and old lace, football to- day held full sway in the realm of sport for the first Saturday this season.
 The days program of 2l6 games abounds in intersectional battles, conference skirmishes and old-time rivalries. Last years leaders will have to fire their heaviest artillery to hold their ground against the challenge of new aspirants to grid iron heights.
 Minnesota, Stanford and Alabama 1934's three foremost football pow CTS, will have their supremacy challenged in three of the days big games. Minnesota, undefeated Big Ten champion last year, in- vades Lincoln to meet Nebraska, touted as one of the strongest teams in the midwest. Stanford, far western champion in 1894, faces U. c. L. A., one of the most improved teams on the Pacific slope, in the coasts big battle at Palo Alto. Alabama, Southern title holder and Rose Bowl victor, op- poses Mississippi Stste at Tusca- loosa in an important southern game. Alabama, already tied by Howard, 7-7, must continue the im- provement shown in crushing George Washington, 39-0, to down Major Ralph Sasse's sharpshoot- CTS.
 The important games on the in- tersectional front are Fordham- Purdue at New York, Louisiana State-Manhattan at Brooklyn, Col gate-Iowa at Iowa City, Illinois Southern California at Los Angeles, Rice Creighton at Houston, Colo rado-M Missouri at Columbia, and Southern Methodist Washington U. at St. Louis.
 The Fordham Purdue cla $ h brings together teams coached by two of the late Knute Rockne's pupils, Jimmy Crowley and Noble Kizer. Crowley, Fordham coach, was halfback on the 1924 -Four Horsemen" and Kizer, Purdue coach, was a guard on the same team. The winner of this game is likely to battle its way into 8 strong position nnationally. Rice, ranked as the southwestern leader, and Colgate, hailed as one of the casts powers, are others playing in-y tersectional games who aspire to high national ranking.
 The other leading games, by sec tions, follow:
 East-Pennsylvania which drop- ped a 7-6 game to Princeton last week, hopes to even its score with the Big Three" by conquering Yale at Philadelphia. Princeton is favored to win from Williams. Harvard, playing its second game under it's new coach, Dick Harlow, doesn't ap- pear quite ready for rugged Holy Cross. Columbia and Rutgers re- new a rivalry interrupted in 1902. The Cornell-Syracuse game brings together two other old-time foes. Pittsburgh, starting slowly, is ex- pected to have 8 tough tussel with West Virginia.
 Mid-West-Bo McMillin's highly improved Indiana team meets Michigan at Ann Arbor in the only big ten game. Notre Dame is ex- pected to overwhelm a weak Wis., consin eleven, which dropped it's first two starts. Ohio State, big ten favorite, should be able to name it's own score against Drake. Michigan States strong team ought to score its third straight triumph over Kan saS.
 South-North Carolina, tabbed as the team to watch in Dixie, goes after its third straight triumph against Maryland. Kentucky, im- pressive in losing to Ohio State last week, 19-6, should halt Georgia Techs comeback. Auburn catches Tennessee on the rebound from its 38-13 licking by North Carolina. Tulane, beaten by Auburn last week, hopes to take 1t out on Florida. Duke should take Clemson.
 Southwest--Arkansas is favored Lver Baylor in the only conference game. Texas and Oklahoma meet in the old intra-state rivalry. Texas Christian is given the edge over Tulsa.
 Far West-California meets Ore gon in an important conference gaHle, with the Golden Bears fa- vored. Washington State plays Mon- tanA in another conference game. Outside the conference St. Mary's Eagles, A. A. Stagg's college of the Pacific, Oregon State meets Con- zaga and San Francisco U. plays Nevada.
 Rocky Mountain-Three confer enLe games scheduled with Colorado State, runner-up last year, playing Colorado Mines; Montana State en- gazing Utah and Brigham Young