Evening star., 1938-11-11
Top-F|ighters Face
Week End Loaded
With Dynamite
'Irish,' Duke, Tennessee
Head Group PIuneine
Into Tough Tests

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Into Tough Tests
BY GRANTLAND RICE,
Special Correspondent Of The Star.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-THE in
coming Saturday is loaded to the
gunwales with important competi-
tions with a keen bearing on final
football rankings. At least six un-
beaten teams in the higher levels
are tangled up with f1rst-class COM
petition, and any one of the six
might easily stumble into a man
hole and vanish from the scene.
The games that head this list in
clude Dartmouth and Cornell at
Ithaca, Notre Dame and Minnesota
at South Bend, Oklahoma and Mis-
souri, at Norman, Tennessee against
Vanderbilt at Nashville, Duke
against Syracuse at Syracuse, Iowa
State against Kansas State at Man.
haitian, and T. G. U. against Texas
at Fort Worth. The flrst-named
teams in this group have so far
escaped the ak. Villanova, tied but
unbeaten, has Temple in the road.
From this group Dartmouth, Notre
Dame, Oklahoma and Tennessee
have more trouble to face, although
Duke will have no easy-going canter
at Syracuse against team good
enough to beat Cornell and Colgate.
The same goes for Iowa State
against rival strong enough to
beat Missouri. Marquette and In
diana. In this unbeaten group
Texas Christian and Villanova look
fairly safe.
Rough Road for Dartmouth.
What should be the hardest game
of the day? I should say that Dart
mouth and Notre Dame have the
tougher assignments against Cor
nell and Minnesota. Just back of
this pair Oklahoma and Tennessee
can wade into woe with anything
like an off day.
In the Big Ten the charge and
counter charge involving Michigan
and Northwestern will play big
part in this Conference race on the
day that Minnesota and Wisconsin
are playing outside the Big Ten
reservation.
Southern California heads the
West Coast parade against Wash
ington. The HuSkies at Seattle
can be something to beat with such
a tall target in the road.
uth-Cornell-If Holland
and Spang play to top form, the
Big Red has a line that can play
Dartmouth to standstill Cornell
has the edge in defensive strength,
but Dartmouth has Macleod, a
brilliant offensive and defensive
back, plus high-class aides. This
offensive edge gives the Hanover
phalanx just slight jump, barely
enough to see with the naked eye.
Notre Dame Given Nod.
Notre Dame-Minnesota-If Van
Every and Moore, two of Minnesota S
best backs, are ready to go, the fur
will be feet deep around South
Bend. AS the case now looks, Notre
Dame has too many star backs to
be stopped. A touchdown victory
for Notre Dame.
Oklahoma Missouri - Oklahoma
has one of her best teams, supplied
with all-around strength. Missouri
has been coming along like a run
away coyote with star sophomore
who can run, pass and kick. A
small margin for Oklahoma.
Tennessee e-Vanderbilt-Te
in Cafego, has one of the best backs
of the year The Vanderbilt line
still is bit green. A close, hard
game with Tennessee given the
call.
Duke-Syracuse-Duke will reach
Syracuse close to its peak form
with McAfee and Upton ready to
move. Duke has gathered in a
phenomenal defensive record this
fall and by tomorrow her attack
should be at its strongest. Sidat-
Singh's passes will give the Blue
Devils more than one knotty prob
lem, but Duke is picked.
Great Big Ten Tussle Looms.
Michigan Northwestern - Just
about a stand-of. Both are strong.
You can list this scramble as a tie.
Yale-Princeton-The big tradi-
tional encounter of the day. Both
teams have had hard, battering
campaigns. A close tussle with
Yale favored.
Columbia -Navy-If Sid Luckman
is ready to go the route, Columbia
should have faint blue shade, al
though there isn't much to choose
between two Well-matched teams.
Pittsburgh -Nebraska-Pittsburgh S
Panther will be far from peak form
in this game with Goldberg, Hoff-
man and Stebbins all in wobbly
condition. 1t would be no big up
set to see Nebraska win, but I'll
take chance with Pitt.
T. c. U.-Texas-Texas beating T.
G. U. would be the main upset of the
year. I don't think 1t will happen.
T. c. U. has too much all-around
stuff.
Iowa State-Kansas State-Iowa
State, still united and unbeaten, gets
the call over a first-class rival.
Hoyas Are Favored.
I like Fordham over North Caro-
lima, Villanova over Temple, Penn
over Penn State, Harvard above
Virginia, Colgate over N. Y. u,
Tulane over Georgia, Arkansas over
S. M. U. (close), U. c. L. A. and
Wisconsin about neck and neck,
Texas A. and M. over Rice.
Southern California; Washington
A good test for Howard Jones Tro-
jams on Seattle soil. Southern Cali
fornia has improved immensely in
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