The Washington times., 1938-09-26
BUMPER CROP OF.
TITLE GRID TILTS.
HOLD SPOTLIGHT.
BY CHICK KENNY

you're due to find bumper crop
of championship collegiate foot
ball games this Saturday as the
nation at large swings into its Sec
ond round of battles.
Selecting the tops" in grid
warfare amid the college set was
hard enough a test last week, but
this Saturday is the limit-and be-
lieve it or not, the limit will be
reached each corresponding Satur-
day from now until early
December.
Looking over the Eastern di-
vision, we find the Ivy League
presenting its inaugural tests with
Harvard stacking up against
Brown: Columbia and Yale tan
Cling in a spotlighted encounter
of high caliber; Colgate mixing
with powerful Cornell; Penn,
under its new coach, George
Munger, playing Lafayette, un-
defeated last season; and the
mighty Pitt Panthers, conquerors
of West Virginia last Saturday,
battling Temple.
Locally, and it must be con-
Sidered Eastern territory, George
Washington University prizes off
the lid under its new regime Friday
night in Griffith Stadium against
Furman. Saturday, Georgetown
opens its season against Hampden-
Sydney in the Griff orchard, while
Maryland, jolted by Richmond,
travels to State College, Pa, for
a joust with Penn State. Navy
entertains Virginia Military Insti-
tute at Annapolis Saturday in a
tilt that has this section talking.
Catholic University, the last of
the Districts major institutions to
open up, takes on st. Bonaven-
ture's at Olean, N. Y. Sunday
afternoon. The Bonnies sprang an
upset over hte week end when they
nosed out Manhattan, Z to 6, in
a battle billed as a "breather" for
the JaSpers.
AUBURN VS.. TULANE
Dipping into the South, we find
Auburn and Tulane headlining the
Saturday card, with such close
arguments as Florida Mississippi
State, Texas-LouiSiana State, North
Carolina North Carolina State,
South Carolina Georgia, Tennessee
Clemson and Virginia-WaShington
and Lee bound to control consider
able interest in all sections Of the
country.
Eyes turn to Notre Dame Satur-
day as she makes ready for an
other football campaign, tackling
a tartar in Kansas, conqueror Of
Texas, at South Bend. The West
ern Conference swings into line
and heading the loops schedule
is the Indiana Ohio State set-to,
which may result in the confer
ence championship for the win
ner.
Other Big Ten elevens booked
to encounter severe major tests
are Michigan, battling Michigan
State; Wisconsin, playing Mar
quette; Minnesota, vieing with
Nebraska, its conqueror last year;
and Northwestern, tackling Kansas
State. Oklahoma takes on Rice,
and Missouri schedules Colorado,
minus the great "Whizzer," in
other Al fracases.
AS usual, the Southwest Is not
without its crack Saturday bat
ties. L. s. U. and Texas stack up
against each other, after opening
game losses last Saturday; Arkan-
sas and Texas Christian stage
their typical battle of the airways;
Texas A. and M. plays Tulsa and
Southern Methodist tackles Ari-
zona.
The big-time parade continues
On the Pacific with its second
successive menu Of choice games.
These include Santa Clara+Stan-
ford, Oregon State-Southern Cali
fornia, Washington State Cali
fornia, and Oregon-U. c. L. A.
MANY SURPRISES
Footballs opening g collegiate
blast last week end had its sur
priseS, just as the coming week is
bound to turn tables topsy-turvy.
Clemson'S victory proved . sur
prise in many quarters, when it
shellacked Tulane, 1910, but
even greater was Ole Miss Spectac-
ular rout Of Louisiana State,
20-7.
Alabama proved it was eyeing
another Rose Bowl invitation by
bowling over Southern California,
19-7, while Minnesota demon
strated she was as good as ever
by defeating Washington, one of
the top-ranking elevenS Of the Pa
cific Coast, 15-O. In other head
liners Of the past week, Purdue
toppled Detroit, 19-6; California
defeated st. Mary'S and Ohio U.
again noSed out Illinois.
Dartmouth gave its highly
touted eleven a good workout at
the expense of Bates, 40, and
the Army and the Navy easily out
pointed their "tuneup" foes. with
the Cadets turning Wichita, go,
and the MiddieS sinking William