The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-06
COLLEGE GRID COMBINES DOWN HOME STRETCH
Pitt vs. Notre Dame Major Game Today; Lafayette
 vs. Rutgers
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 New York, Nov 0-tUp)-The nations gridiron forces begin the drive down the November home. stretch today, some still nursing national or sectional champion as- pirations, others hoping the new month would bring Q change for the better in depleted football fortunes.
 Lafayette, Baylor, Colorado, Mon- tana, California, Santa Clara and Alabama swing into the last half of the season with perfect records. Yale, Dartmouth, Fordhain, Pitts burgh, Villanova, Holy Cross, Duke, Temple and Nebraska are undefeat- cd but tied.
 Today's major game Is that be- tween Pittsburgh and Notre Dame at South Bend, Ind. Pittsburgh, tied only by Fordharn, IS favored but Notre Dame, with victories over Minnesota and Navy, seems to be on the upgrade and might stage one of its usual November finishes after October hard luck.
 Tn the southwest, the major game pairs undefeated Baylor and Texas. In the south, Alabama Tulane tops the list. The eastern classic pairs Purdue against Fordham, the far western, California. Washington and in the Rocky Mountain division Colorado U. meets o stern test against Utah U.
 Other Competition by Sections
 East-Unbeaten Lafayette meets Q Rutgers team which has had but six points scored against 1t. Navy plays Columbia in a game featuring teams which have been defeated their last two times out. Yale, tied last week by Dartmouth, should have easy pickings against Brown and the same for Dartmouth against Princeton. Other games: Manhattan Detroit; N Y, U.-Le- high; Penn.-Penn State; Michigan State Temple; Villanova. Marquette; {; Army-Harvard; Duquesne-C Carnegie Tech and syracuse-Western Ro- serve.
 Mid.west--outside of Pittsburgh. Notre Dame, major competition confined to conferences Tn the bug ten, the leading Ohio State plavs Indiana and the co.leader Minne- sota engages Iowa. Other confer. ence games: Tllinois.N Northwestern and ohieago-Miehigan. The big six championship Issue probably will be settled with Kansas, the leader, meeting Nebraska, defending cham. pion which is unbeaten but tied, Oklahoma plays Iowa State in an. other biH six game. Missouri plays St. Louis and Kansas State meets Washburn.
 Houth--Conference warfare 2ea- lures tho program. Alabama could drive another nall into It's southA eastern championship ambitions by subduing Tulane. The crimson tide leads with three victories and no defeats. Auburn, in second place meets Tennessee. Other conference games: Florida Georgia; L, 8, U.- Mississippi State and Vanderbilt sewanee. Georgia Tech plays Clem- son and Kentucky meets Soutl, Carolina. Pairings An the Southern conference, where Duke and V. M l. are tied for the lead, are: Clta. del-North Carolina State; North Carolina Davidson; Duke Wake Forest; Maryland-V. M, l., and Richmond-N ?. I,
 Baylor Favored
 SouthWeSt--Baylor'S Bears, lead' ing the conference with three vic- tories and no defeats, should mako it four when they meet Texas, de- feated in all three of It's conference games. The defending champion Arkansas, plays seoond-place Rice and the Texas Aggies meet South. ern Methodist. T. 0. U. meets Cen" tenary.
 Pacific Coast-California, rollinE toward It's first coast title in more than e decade and Q Suro bid to the Rose Bowl, plays Washington, do. lending champion. Second-place Stanford encounters Southern Cal ifornia and Washington State meets Oregon. Unbeaten Santa Claru meets San Jose State in breath or" Oregon State plays Willamette and St. Mary's meets San Francis SO U. on Sunday.
 Rocky Mountain-Unbeaten Col. orado D., leading the conference race with four victories and no de- feats, meets Utah U. ir 0 four-way tic for second. Other games pair Denver Utah State and Wyoming. Brigham Young. Outside the con. ference unbeaten Montana plays Qonzaga and Montana State meets Montana Mines.