The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-18
II MORE TEAMS
LOSE PERFECT
GRID RECORDS
Alabama and L.S.U. Still
Among Unbeaten ard
United ElevenS
BY JACK CUDDl
United Press Staff Cores pondent

NEW YORK, Oct. IS. (UP).-
Football moves into it's fourth be-
wildering week with IL more per-
feet records shattered during Il
weekend that saw grid compcti-
ton attain a new level of equal
ity.
The eQualizing process knocked
off potential national powers like
Nebraska. Cornell, Pittsburgh.
Texas A. and VI. and Georgia
Tech. 49, Standout victims in a
hodge-podge of ties and cyelash
results.
OF the - major teams still
boaSting unbeaten and united
records, California, Alabama and
Louisiana State appear most
formidable contcndcrS for the
mythical national championship.
However, tough schedules and in
crcasing tightncss of competition
may drop them from the peak
any Saturday.
Warfare was most SanguInarN
i'm the east, where seven unblem-
ishcd cycutchcons were Smcarcd;
Pittsburgh. Fordham, Cornell,
Army, Navy. Harvard and Cath
Ole L. This left only Yale, Holy
Cross. Syracuse and Dartmouth
with perfect eastern records.
Pittsburgh and Fordham played
to their straight scorclcss tie,
when holding penalties against
each team prevented virtually
certain touchdowuS. Cornell,
minuS its injured backficld ace,
Peck. was upset ll-G by SYRIA
cusc. Yale downcd Army, l5-7.
Navy. the other service school,
was held to 4 scorclcS deadlock
by Harvard. Detroit wallopcd
Catholic L., 300.
Meanwhile, Dartmouth main
tanned It's perfect record with an
easy 4l-O win over futile Brown,
AM Holy Cross gave Georgia its
first setback, 10.
I'm other eastern games. Cav
negic Tech upset Notrc Dame, g
7; Tulane shaded Colgate, i-o;
Nillanova unexpectedly wallopcd
Manhattan, 200; and Columbia
won over Pennsylvania. \. y. |.
over St. Johns, Penn State over
Lchigh. DuQucsnc over st. Vim
cent, and Miami (FlaD held
Ruckncll to 6-6 tie.
Competition in other sections
can be outlined as follows:
MIDWEST
Probably the outstanding up
set of the day was Nebraska 5
scorclcsS tie with Oklahoma.
Elimination of the highly toutcd
CornhuSkcrS from the perfect
record group left only Detroit,
Northwestern and Wisconsin i'm
the Midwest. That Big Six dead
lock also gave the conference
lead to Missouri, although Mis-
couri lost on the outside 10 Michi-
gan State, 20. In the Big Ten,
Northwestern. Wisconsin an 1t
Minnesota remained in a three
way tie for lead rs Ohio State
had an open ate. Northwestern
downcd Purdue, Wisconsin beat
Iowa. and Minnesota wallopcd
Michigan. Also in the confer
encc. Indiana beat Illinois. Other
Midwcstcrn results; Princeton
over Chicago, Kansas State over
Marquette, Depaul over North
Dakota.
SOUTH
The opposition insisted upon
marching through Georgia. Holy
Cross blasted Gcorgia'S perfect
record in the north and Duke did
likewise for Georgia Tech. At At
lanta i'm Scc-Saw game that
ended 2O-19. Neither result had
any effect upon the conferences,
but the two examinations left only
Alabama, Louisiana State and
Vanderbilt united and unbcaten
i'm Dixie. Louisiana State blanked
Mississippi, 1870, and Alabama
downcd Tennessee, al Tins
left them tied for the Southeast
ern conference lead. Vanderbilt
PLAYED outside and beat Southern
Methodist Go. Other conference
results: Auburn over NJ siSsippl
State, and Florida over Scwancc.
In the Southern Conference re-
suits were Richmond over Nir-
ginia Military, North Carolina
over Wake Forest, South Caro-
lima over Davidson, Citadel over
Furman, Maryland over Virginia.
On the outside, Kentucky wal
loped Washington and Lee.
PACIFIC COAST
The two pcrfcct-rCcord elcvenS,
California and Santa Clara. re-
manned at the peak. California
beat two teams Saturday, the
California Aggies and College of
the Pacific. Santa Clara downcd
Portland. California, the confer
cncc leader, had its competition
outside the conference and re-
tanned the lead although three
games were staged therein. Ore
gon State and U.C.L.A. played Il
IT tie; Southern California wal
loped Oregon, 34-l4, and Wash
ington and Washington State
battled to a TT impasse.
SOUTHWEST
Baylor maintained its perfect
record by beating centenary, 20
0, outside the confcrence-mean-
while maintaining the conference
lead while Texas A. and NJ. suf-
fcred its first setback when held
TT by Texas Christian. Arkansas
beat Texas 2l-l0. Outside the
conference, Rice and Tulsa dead
locked 90, and Vanderbilt beat
Southern Methodist.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
Utah took sole command of
the conference lead with a 7-6
win over Greeley State. Colorado
college went into a tie for second
place with idle Western State by