Evening star., 1937-11-15
GIVEN TOP RATINGS.
ON CLASS OF FOES.
-Terps in Three-Cornered
Scrap for Honors in
Southern Group.
Nv HERBERT w. BARKER.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

yGW 1onn, NOV. lS,--lne LOT.
N tunes of war, abetted by the
" rieors Of modern football
schedule-making, had con-
spired to reduce the list Of major
undefested teams to IL today without
affecting the unbeaten status of the
main contenders for the mythical ma
.tional championship.
Pitt and Fordham in the East,
Alabama in the South and California
In the Far West still were riding high
with the end of an exciting and I'M
ypredictable season in sight. With all
due respect to the rest of the un-
defeated field. it seems that II gen.
orally recognized national titleholder
ia to come at all it will have to come
from among these four.
Pitt and Fordham stand out in the
held OF seven lnbeaten Eaxtern teams
because OF their representative sched-
ules. None Of the others-Yale. Dart
mouth. Villanova. Holy Cross or
IAfayette-has been called upon to
tackle such opposition as Pitt and
Fordham have overpowered The
ShtuS up ~ III lu oAlitA SlaIA
Colorado and Montana, whose perfect
records entitle them to give California
at least = mild argument in the Far
West. Alabama. although its opposi-
tion has been almost entirely southern.
stands alone AZ the South's lone un-
beaten major eleven.
Look to Turkey Day Games
4 DEFINITE falling of is noted In
the quality OF this weeks program m
as many top-flight outfits rest before
climax engagements on Thanksgiving
Day Ar meet second-rate opposition In
preparation for important tests on
November 27.
High spots OF the program follow:
East-All seven unbeaten elevens
will keep punching away this week.
Pitt, whose trailing fourth-period rally.
lied by Marshall Goldberg and Dick
4Cassiano. ruined Nebraskas unbeaten
record. 1877. can afford to take no
chances with Penn States pass-minded
Nittany Lions. who nosed out Mary
land In the closing minutes of play,
31-l4 Fordham. idle last week. plays
It's annual game with ST. Marv's Gaels.
whnsr TO defeat by Santa Clara yes
terday simply emphasized the already
established fact that the Gaels defi-
nitely are subnormal this year.
Yale, with tie with Dartmouth the
only blot matches its undefeated rec
ord against Harvard's powerful Grim
son In the Easts top-ranging game
from the standpoint OF tradition. Clint
Prank. Yale's great halfback, gave
Harvard something to think about en-
Saturday. acoring all four touchdovns
IN the Els 26-0 rout Of princetnr
Harvard. meanwhile. was having trou-
bic spillins Davidson, $50.
Dartmouth Plays Columbia.
DARTMOUTH. which had to come
from behind to tie Cornell's for
nidable outfit, SIS, in the rain and mud
At Hanover closes its campaign against
Columbia's Lions. who held Syracuse
to = SIS draw mainly because of the
superb punting Of versatile Sid Luck
man. Villanova, hard pressed to beat
Boston University on Thursday, 1910.
tackles Temples Owls, who played
their fourth scoreless tie of the year,
this time with Bucknell. Holy Cross,
TO victor over Brown, meets Carnegie
Techs TartanS. who dropped 1876
decision to Michigan State. Lafayette,
only Eastern team with an unbeaten
and united record, closes against It's
traditional rival. Lehigh. The Leopards
spilled Washington and Jefferson. 60,
last week. while Lehigh bowed to Muh-
lenbeEg. 1877.
Manhattan. impressive in a 1870
conquest of North Carolina State, plays
Niagara, while Princeton faces Navy
and Syracuse plays Colgate. Both Navy
and Colgate were idle last week
Georgetown. which took advantage Of
. late break to whip New York Uni
versity. so. tackles Maryland. Boston
College. with 4 1870 verdict over Ken
tucky to its credit. takes on Boston
University before its objective game
with Holy Gross on November 81. Army
prepares for the Navy game two weeks
hence in "breather" with St Johns
Of Annapolis.
Notre Dame Favorite.
MIDDLE WEST: The curtain falls
on Big Ten competition, but the
big game Of the week will send North
western against the non-conference
Irish" Of Notre Dame The Irish"