The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-08
ARMY-COLUMDIA
STANDOUT GAME
ON GRID TODAY
Lions Slight FavOrite; 4 Of
5 Big Teams Face
''PushOvers"

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New York, Oct. 8-tUP)--Army
meets Columbia today In the ma
tion's standout football game.
Four Of the five contenders for
national honors faced "pushovers."
The Army Columbia game had
the experts" guessing. They bal
anced Arlny'S easy victories over
Wichita and v. p. I. against the
Lions triumph over Yale last week,
Columbia was slightly favored but
those who have seen Army In &C.
ton, figure that the Cadets great.
or reserve strength would more than
offset the potentialities Of Sid Duck
man, the handspring OF Columbia'E
"one man team"
Santa Clara Is the only national
Titans facing o close game. Their
set Is with the Texas AggieS In the
outstanding International.
The other four great grid aggre-
cations do not appear In danger.
Pitt VI. Duquesne
Pitts Partners. already victorious
over West Virginia and Temple
meets DuqueSne In their ome.town
brawl.
Alabamas mighty Crimson tide
should have easy going against
North Carolina State, and MinneSo-
IN triumphant over Washington
and Nebraska, looks like O sure vim
iier over Purdue.
Notre Danes mystery man"
which blanked Kansas $40, is ex.
pected to do 0 sherman" through
George Tech.
Dartmouth, q highly touted team
OF the east, gets itS first real test
against Princeton. Two other which
might be considered later for na.
tional laurels face easy opposition,
Fordham plays little Waynesburg
and California has d double- header
against college OF the Pacific and
California AggieS.
Other good" games are:--
East-Duke W. Colgate, Cornell
Va. Harvard, Holy Cross w. Nam
haitian, Navy W.. Virginia, Syracuse
w. Maryland, Pennsylvania w. Yale
N. Y. y. vs. Rutgers and Penn
State w. Bucknell.
Middle West--Four big ten con.
ference games. Minnesota clasheI
with Purdue, Michigan tackles Chi
cago. Iowa engages Wisconsin ant
Illinois meets Indiana. Two big sis
games will DO played, Nebraska COL
liding with Iowa State and Nilsson.
RI meeting Kansas State. OtheI
hoadliners include Southern Calf.
ornia vs. Ohio State, Montana Va
DePaul, Michigan State VI. Illinois
Wesleyan, Northwestern W. Drake
and Kansas Va, Washburn.
Auburn W. Tennessee
South -- The Auburn-Tenn
conflict highlights three games In
tho southeastern conference, Fiori-
Observance and Kentucky.Vander.
bilt are the others. Three conflicts
IN the southern conference mattel,
Clemson against Virginia Military,
South Carolina against Wake For.
est and v. p. !. against william and
Mary. Others include Rice.Louisia.
ma State. North Carolina Tulane,
Mississippi Hattiesburg Teachers
and Mississippi State Louisiana
Tech.
Pacific CoaSt-In conference tits
Stanford meets Washington State
and Washington meets U. @. L. A.
Other games send Oregon state
against Portland, and North Dako.
"a State against Idaho. The North
Dakota. Qonzaga game was can.
celed.
eouthwest-Bylor tangles with
Arkansas IN the lone conference
game, while Oklahoma, conqueror
OF Rice, will play Texas.
Rocky Mountains-Two confer.
ence games are OF the program,
Utah state meeting Colorado and
Wyoming tackiing Brigham Young.