The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-02
NOTRE DAME AND PITTSBURGH IN
 WEEKS BIG GAME
California and Washington in Tough TestOn Coast;
 FOrdhanl vs. Purdue
By HENRY SUPER
 United Press Staff COrrespOndent)

United Press Staff COrrespOndent)
 New York, Nov. 2-(UP)-Ths gridiron spotlight swings this SaturA day to South Bend where the stead" fly climbing Irish of Notre Dame encounter Pittsburgh's mighty Pan- thers.
 Although beaten by Carnegie Tech and tied by Illinois, the Irish finally have begun to click and should offer the Partners rugged opposition in the 18th game of this series.
 Elsewhere the early November battling should be up to the high standard set during October with important conference games featur- ing the program.
 The handful of perfect record elevens all have tough assignments. California, the giant of the Pacific coast, meets Washington, defending champions. Baylor, unbeaten in the southwest, plays Texas. Colorado meets Utah U. and Montana en- counters Gonzaga in feature games in the Rocky Mountain sector. Un- beaten Santa Clara has Q breather in San Jose State. Unbeaten Ala bama tangles with Tulane in the feature game of the southwestern conference while the last perfect record eleven, Lafayette, has Q strong foe in Rutgers.
 The unbeaten but tied brigade also figures in some of the days stand. out battles. Fordham, tied only by Pittsburgh and already casting eyes on the Rose Bowl, faces Purdue, Yale and Dartmouth, who soiled each others records last Saturday by battling to a 9-9 tie, respectively face Brown and Princeton. Villa nova faces Marquette; Holy Cross meets Wake Colgate; Temple, tied three times, plays Michigan State; Duke meets Wake Forest and Ne- braska, tied by Oklahoma, faces Kansas, holder of the Big Six con- ference lead.
 The program includes:
 East-Manhattan Detroit; N. Y. U.-Lehigh; Navy-C Columbia; Penn- Penn State; Army Harvard; Syra- cuse-W Western Reserve and Du- quesne-C Carnegie Tech.
 Mid-west-Big Ten firing is heavy with Ohio State, tied with Minne- sota for the lead, meeting rugged Indiana. Other conference games are: 1llinois-N s-Northwestern; Minne- sota-Iowa and Chicago-Michigan Wisconsin is idle. In the Big Six, Nebraska and Kansas fight 1t out for the lead with Nebraska favored to win and go on to retain the title won year ago. Oklahoma plays Iowa State in the other conference game.
 South-Five games scheduled in southeast conference, which Ala bama leads with three victories and no defeats-Alabama Tulane; Au- burn Tennessee; Florida Georgia; L. s. U.-Mississippi State, and Se- wanee-Vanderbilt. Outside games pair: Georgie Tech Clemson, Ken- tucky-South Carolina, and Cen. tenary-Texas Christian.
 In the southern conference where Duke and V. M. I. are tied for the lead, five conference games feature the program-Duke-Wake Forest: V. M. I.-Maryland; Richmond V. I. T.; Citadel North Carolina State, and North Carolina -David- son. Outside games pair: Furman- Bucknell; Virginia Washington and Lee, and William & Mary -Hamp- den & Sydney.
 Southwest-Baylor, leading tho conference with three victories and no defeats, can virtually clinch the championship by subduing Texas. Arkansas, defending champion, meets runner-up Rice and s. M. U. plays Texas Aggies.
 Pacific coast-Californi can prac- tically cinch the Pacific coast title if 1t whips defending champion Washington. Second place Stan. ford meets Southern California and Washington State plays Oregon, / Outside games are: Santa Clara. San Jose State, and Oregon State- Willamette, and St. Mary's-San Francisco on Sunday.
 Rocky Mountain - Colorado U., leading the conference with four victories, faces Utah U, tied for second place with Western State. Denver and Colorado college. Other conference games are: Denver Utah State and Wyoming-B ri ig h a m Young. Outside, unbeaten Montana risks its perfect record against Con. zaga.