The Washington times., 1937-11-09
Teams Clash
Saturday at
Gotham
OTHER TOP TILTS
BY LEWIS BURTON
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Sports WRITER
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.-The Para
mount issue facing the world this
week is, of course, the Army
Notre Dame game. Or, perhaps,
we should say Notre Dame-Army
game.
Vague rumors have reached this
city about war in China. a nine
power parley and certain duke
and duchess in Paris, but these
are palpably negligible news mat
terS alongside the momentouS an
nual event coming off Saturday
at the Yankee Stadium. The real
issue is: Who will win? And when
the average New Yorker asks that
question he isn't talking about
Princeton-Yale.
Notre Dame probably will go
into the game reasonably strong
favorite despite the fact that it
lost to Pittsburgh on Saturday
while Army was ekeing out victory
over Harvard. The Crimson game
did little to strengthen confidence
in the Cadet forces.
In contrast, Notre Dame put
forth such an effective defense
against the steamrolling Pitt team
that at the end of three quarters
it was on its way to victory. The
Irish appear capable Of stopping
Army for four periods because
they we're able to hold a much
more highly geared Pitt team
scoreless for three periods last Sat
urday.
REAP HARVEST
It is a reflection of this contests
glamour that despite its lack of in
fIuence on the national or any
sectional championship this year
Speculators expect to reap a har.
vest. Almost all Of the $4,000 tick.
cts have been sold for some time.
Strong influence is needed to get
at the few remaining. It's easier
to go to your favorite "spec."
Out Of respect to the Irish, Ford.
ham is laying off its perfect record
this week, but there will be other
games to catch the overflow in
New York. The days schedule in.
ciudes Syracuse Columbia at Baker
Field, North Carolina State-Man'
hattan at Ebbetts Field and
Georgetown-N. Y. U. at the Polo
Grounds. The Lions defeat at the
hands Of Navy on Saturday marked
the first time in Lou Little'S 18
years of coaching that a team of
his had lost three games in a row,
and it is certain that Columbia
will be driven to desperate eX-
tremes to avert worse luck against
Syracuse.
YALE vs.. PRINCETON
Undefeated Yale goes against
it's first and weaker big three
Observation-Disclosures New Ha-
ven. Tradition will have to do
an exceptionally fine job on this
game to prevent Yale from max
ing a runaway of it, though re-
port has it that Fritz Crisler, the
Tiger coach, has had his mob
pointed for this game to the ex-
cluSion Of others for several weeks
past.
A vital game in it's bearing on
the national ranking is Pitt
Nebraska at Pittsburgh. Both
teams are undefeated, though
tied. There is strong likelihood
Of Nebraska dropping by the way
side.
The list is being cut very slowly
now. Only two, Temple and Bay
lor, dropped off last Saturday.
I With the fall of Baylor and Cali.
fornia's tie with Washington, only
two big-time teams were left un.
defeated and untied-Alabama
and Santa Clara. Lafayette, Mon
tana and Colorado, a step below,
might be added to these two, but
not, for example, as Rose or Sugar
Bowl candidates.
Contests that may seriously af-
feet the national picture this week
are Alabama Georgia Tech at Bir-
mingham, Ala; undefeated Duke
against North Carolina at Dur
ham, N. c.; unbeaten Dartmouth
against Cornell at Hanover, N. H.;
and on Sunday next week, if you
must be technicaD Santa Clara
against st. Mary'S.
Additional main bouts in the
East incl'lde Holy Cross-Brown,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Lafayette
W. and j., Harvard,DavidSon, Penn
State-Maryland, and, on Thursday,
Villanova-Poston University.
The wide-open Big Ten scramble
continues with Minnesota-North-
western, WisconSin-Purdue. Ohio
State-Illinoir and Iowa-Indiana.