Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-01
Clean States in Sight
For Pitt, Tennessee,
&c. u, Santa Clara
Duke Would Have Soft
Shot but for Game
With Painters
BY GRANTLAND RICE,


Special Correspondent of The Star.
NEW YORK, Nov. From the
list of those who have yet to know
the descent Of Lucifer from Heaven
to Hell-the still unbeaten and I'M
tied-how many will survive their
schedules, plus 1.-The sings and ar
rows of outrageous fortune?
Here are the remaining schedules
they must face:
Pittsburgh-Carnegie Tech, Ne
braska, Penn State, Duke.
T. c. U.-Tulsa, Texas, Rice,
S. M. u.
Dartmouth - Dickinson, Cornell,
Stanford.
Tennessee-Chattanooga. Wander
bilt, Kentucky, Mississippi.
California-Southern California,
Oregon, Stanford.
Duke-Syracuse, North Carolina
State. Pittsburgh.
Oklahoma-Kansas State, Mis-
souri,, Iowa State, Oklahoma A. and
NJ, Washington State.
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St. Mary's. Detroit.
Notre Dame-Navy, Minnesota,
Northwestern and Southern Cali
fornia.
The Barriers.
From this list l don't believe that
Pittsburgh, T. C. u, Santa Clara
and Tennessee will be beaten. Dart
mouth must duck by Cornell at
Ithaca. Notre Dame has the tough
est job of the lot. Duke would have
an easy shot if it weren't for Pitts
burgh. That's like saying fellow
would be healthy if it weren't for
cancer. But Duke. with McAfee
back, will be no romp for anybody.
Tennessees hardest game will be
Vanderbilt
California now has a terrific as
signment with Southern California
at Los Angeles this week.
Oklahoma can make 1t, and, I
think, will. This Oklahoma team is
one of the best from coast to coast.
Back in September. picked seven
teams I thought might finish I'M
beaten. They were Pittsburgh. T.
C. u, Alabama, California, Mime
sofa, Dartmouth and Santa Clara.
Five of these still survive. Ala
bama and Minnesota have dropped
out. Tennessee, Notre Dame and
Oklahoma still have their chance.
Tennessee, Notre Dame and Ok
lahoma have been three of the sur
prise teams. They have come a
long way. Maj. Bob Neyland Of
Tennessee was doubtful at the start.
Elmer Layden had lost pupils.
Sweeney and McCarthy-three of
his stars. The safest bets looked to
be Pittsburgh, T. c. u. and Santa
Clara. Santa Clara has had two
close calls. The others haven't,
against stronger opponents.
How They Rank to Date.
Football writer's all around the
map send in their rankings to date
every Monday. This Is free-for-
all, catch-as-catch-can. lay on Nc
Duff-damn the torpedoes-and let
the squawkers squawk.
This is my ranking to date-sub-
ject to change next week:
l. Pittsburgh. 2. Texas Christian.
(Close to draw
3. Duke (unscored on, with Nc
Affee. star back, missing most Of
the year, now back.
4, 5, 6, 7. In knot-Dartmouth,
Notre Dame, Tennessee and Cali
fornia.
8. Oklahoma. ION a par with 4,
5, 6 and -
9. Santa Clara (unbeaten. but
close calls from Texas A. and M.
and Michigan State).
10, II, IL. 13, IA. Northwestern,
Carnegie Tech, Minnesota, Michigan,
Holy Cross. We are talking now
about what they have done-not
what they should have done or
might have done.
Letting the Wolves Howl.
This ranking will bring out more
squawks than you might imagine.
But football is funny game. AS
Bob zuppe says, THE ball bounces
funny"
Minnesota was a point better than
Michigan, and Michigan was only 2
points better than Yale-on the day
they played.
Dartmouth had close call against
Harvard, team that had lost three
games.
My Western scouts tell me that
Santa Clara was a toss-up against
Texas A. and NJ, where Texas A. and
M. was slaughtered by T. c. U. They
figure California the Far Western
standout.
I'd hate to bet my ultimate shirt
against Holy Cross today-barring
Pittsburgh and T. G. U.
To my mind the best team in the
country today is Pittsburgh, and the
next best team is Texas Christian
After that, I'll let Tennessee, Duke,
California, Dartmouth, Notre Dame
and Oklahoma argue about 1t.
November still is ahead and the
situation can change in a hurry.
Which is no news to anybody. We