The Bismarck tribune., 1937-11-08
Two Major EIevens Dumped
From Ranks Of Undefeat-
ed Games Saturday
By HERBERT W. BARKER

By HERBERT W. BARKER
New York, Nov. 8.-(Pp-The sur
prising development of last weeks
uncalled-for revolt Of the football un-
derdogs was that the fall of prime
favorites caused so little change IN
national and sectional championship
races
OF the is major teams which had
boasted undefeated records, only two.
Baylor and Temple, were removed
from the list. Conference or sectional
ratings. except for the southwest
where Rice supplanted Baylor in first
place, remained virtually unchanged.
Nationally here's how the undefeated
list stood Monday:
East-Lafayette undefeated and un-
tied; Pitt. Fordham, Dartmouth, Holy
Cross, Villanoya and Yale, each tied
once.
South-Alabama. undefeated and
united; Duke. tied once.
ddlewest-Nebraska, tied twice.
Far West-Santa Clara and Mon
tana, undefeated united; California,
tied once.
This weeks prospects for the lead
ing games are about as follows:
Panthers Sheer Dynamite
East-The principal spotlight falls
cE Pitts battle with Nebraska at Pitts
burgh. The Panthers were sheer dy-
Mantle as Goldberg. stebbins and
Patrick smashed through Notre
Danes defense in three touchdown,
fourth quarter drive that earned Pitt
& 2l-6 triumph last week.
Nebraska, on the other hand, had
to come from behind to gain q 1918
draw with Kansas.
Notre Dame will invade the east to
give battle to Army. which took ad-
vantage Of Harvard tumble in the
fourth quarter to pull out a hardly
deserved 7-6 decision. Penn, out
pointed by Penn State TO, plays
Michigan's Wolverines, who had to
score twice in the last four minutes
to nose out Chicago 1912.
Manhattan, TO upset conqueror OF
Detroit, will entertain North Carolina
State, which ran up a 26-14 count
or Citadel.
Boston college, after routing Western
Maryland 27-0, plays Kentucky, who
spilled South Carolina 27-7. Duquesne,
surprised by Carnegie Tech, 26-0,
travels to Lubbock to face Texas Tech
Thursday, while George Washington.
swamped by Mississippi 27-6. plays
North Dakota State Friday.
Yale to Meet Princeton
The big domestic struggles Of the
cay will find Dartmouth arrayed
against Cornell and Yale against
Princeton. Dartmouth spotted Prince
ton nine points and then won, 1873.
well-rested Yale, whose backfield ace,
Clint Frank, scored all three touch
Gowns in 1870 rout Of 3rown. Will
be strongly favored over Princeton.
Undefeated villanoya. Holy Cross
and Lafayette all look safe while Ford.
ham, an impressive array in a 2l-3
victory over Purdue, takes Saturday
off. villanova. which shellacked Mar
cuette. 25-7. plays Boston university
Thursday; Holy Cross, which spilled
Colgate, 1877, plays Brown and La
1dyctLS lSsO tlCUOI OfCl 4tug6OAS AASSSo
Washington and Jefferson.
Other features send Temple, sub
dued 1876 by Michigan State, against
Bucknell's Bfsons, who whipped Fur
man 20-7: Columbia, stopped by Navy.
1876, against Syracuse 27-6, conquer
ors of Western Reserve.
Middlewest-Ou Outside the Big Ten
Kansas plays Kansas State, while Mis-
souri,, whipped 14-7 by st. Louis,
tackles Oklahoma, 1877 conqueror Of
Iowa State.
Rice Takes Lead
Southwest-Rice, which conquered
Arkansas, 1920, battles to hold its
conference lead against Texas A. and
NJ, 14-0 victors over Southern Meth
odist. Baylor, victim of a terrific
9-6 defeat by Texas on Hugh Wolfe's
field goal, tackles s. M. U. Texas
plays Texas Christian, nosed out by
Centenary. 1913.
South-Alabama had to resort to q
field goal by Sandy Sanford to turn
back Tulane 9-6, and found Auburn's
Plainsmen, featuring brilliant line,
a challenging menace to its bid for
the southeastern conference crown.
Auburn thoroughly battered Ten
nessee, DOT. Both leaders face rug
ged rivals this week. Alabama plays
Georgia Tech. Auburn must meet
Louisiana States Tigers, who ran up
a 40 count on Mississippi State.
Duke, which routed Wake Forest,
67-0. tops the southern conference
field, with Clemson, Maryland. North
Carolina, 26-0 victor over Davidson,
still in the running.
Bears Hold Edge
Far West-Despite the fact they
we're held to q scoreless tie by Wash
ington, the Golden Bears Of Califor-
MIA still hold clear claim to the Paci-
fic coast conference lead. Stanford.
which nosed out Southern California,
7-6, holds second place with Oregon
State, the only other team with q
real chance for the championship.
California's next foe is Oregon. which
whipped Washington State, 1916, last
week.
Rocky Mountain-Co Colorado, scoring
over Utah 17-7, should trip Colorado
college easily enough this week, but
Denver, $50 conqueror of Utah State, |
may give the undefeated leaders trou-
BILE on Thanksgiving day.
GmitrO Takes Over
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