Evening star., 1938-11-19
Crimson and Ell
Mediocre But
Draw $4,000
Iish'- h'-WiIdcot Dope
Made Uncertoin by
Upset Of Gophers
BY HUGH s. FULLERTON, Jr,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


NEW YORK, Nov. 19.-The Bis
Ten and the Big Six, the major
Middle Western conferences and
two Of the strongest football
leagues" in the Nation, wind up
their championship affairs today.
while the schedule in other sections
shows a ust-before- -the-end lull.
The Big Six battle strictly is a
two-team affair with unbeaten and
united Oklahoma and undefeated
but tied Iowa State meeting at
Ames, Iowa, to fight it out for the
title. The Sooners have won four
straight conference games; Iowa
State has won three and tied one
and no other team is within shout-
ing distance of them. It's simple
matter, even though few of their
rivals play on for another week.
The Western Conference presents
another problem, however. Min
nesota and Wisconsin come to-
gether at Madison, Wis. in the
major game. Each has won three
games and lost one within the cir
cult. They can't settle the cham
pionship between them, however un-
less Michigan can dispose of Ohio
States claims. The Buckeyes have
three victories, tie and defeat
on their record, and ties aren't
counted in the standings. Both
games are considered toss-ups with
Minnesota and Michigan, perhaps.
as slight favorites.
Irish" Dope Uncertain.
Then Notre Danes great team,
now rated about the best in the
country. takes on Northwestern
sharp -clawed Wildcats. The records
favor the Irish until it is remem-
bered Northwestern upset Minne-
sofa when the Gophers looked just
as unbeatable as Notre Dame does
now.
Other wind-up games in the Big
Ten include the Purdue Indiana
scrap for the Old Oaken Bucket and
Chicago VS.. Illinois. Iowa plays
Nebraska of the Big Six. Two
other Big Six members take on out
side competition rs Kansas State
faces Washburn and Missouri meets
St. Louis.
Elsewhere games backed by time
honored traditions rate the top
billing, although the championship
hopes of such teams as Texas
Christian, Utah and California may
be affected
The most venerable of the
classics is the East's 57th Yale
Harvard game, which probably will
draw $4,000 spectators. although
neither team has an impressive rec
ord. The East also offers Column
bia-Syracuse. Pitts-Penn State. La
fayette-Lehigh and Princeton Army.
the last resumption of a series that
was broken off 80 years ago.
Headliners in the South are
Georgia Auburn, one of Dixie's old
est rivalries, and unbeaten. united,
unscored-on Duke against North
Carolina State. In the Southwest
a mighty Texas Christian outfit
seeks to take another step toward
the Conference title and a perfect
record as it plays Rices crippled
outfit while Southern Methodist,
the runner-up, takes on Baylor.
Cinch for Unbeaten Utah.
Utah, unbeaten in the Rocky
Mountain Big Seven, looks like
cinch against last-place Wyoming.
while California, co-leader of the
Dorifip rnoct
very unsuccessful Stanford team.
Other interesting tussles include.
Boston College against unbeaten, un-
tied little st. Anselm, Manhattan
West Virginia, Fordham-South
Carolina and Bucknell- George
Washington and Georgetown-M Mary
land in the East: Georgia Tech
Florida and Tulane-Sewanee in the
Southeastern Conference: such
widespread intersectional affairs as
Centenary-De Paul. Michigan State
Temple, Detroit Tulsa, Arizona
Marquette and Loyola uos An
geles) Hardin Simmons. Oregon
and Washington meet In the Coast
Conference.
Last nights biggest dolngs saw
the University of Miami overpower
Duquesne, 21-7, and Rollins down
Ohio Wesleyan. 1913, in intersec-
tional games. Tampa whipped the
University of Havana, $50, in an
international affair. The Citadel
Of the Southern Conference trim
med Erskine, 1913, while Maryville
(Mo) Teachers, one Of the remain
ing undefeated and united outfits,
routed Sioux Falls, $50, for its ninth
straight victory. Fresno State Col
lege defeated University of Hawaii,
1913, at Fresno, Calf. Texas A, and
I. won from Trinity University,
1919.