The Washington times., 1938-10-03
HEADLINE TILTS
STUD GRID SLATE.
THIS WEEKEND
BY CHICK KENNY

college football throughout the
Nation continues its menu of ira
ditional and intersectional battles
with the ndea of toppling the
country's best from the ranks of
the undefeated.
Conference games break out in
full blast the coming week, but
must share interest with the likes
Of the Southern California Ohio
State battle at Columbus; the
Georgia Tech-Notre Dame affair
at Atlanti; and the Colgate-Duke
f1aSco at Buffalo, N. Y. Friday
night, too lists two stellar inter.
sectional attractions with Texas
Christian at Temple and Southern
Methodist playing Marquette at
Chicago. No less than three local
elevenS indulge in interSectional
battles with Cathoic U. playing
Detroit at Detroit and George
Washington host here to Butler
University Of Indianapolis on Fri.
day evening. On Saturday, Mary.
land travels to Syracuse for a
game in Archibald Stadium.
Headlining the East'S football
parade Saturday is the Princeton.
Dartmouth, the Penn-Yale and
the Harvard Cornell Ivy League
encounters. Pitt tackles DuqueSne
in the Pitt Stadium, with the dis
appointed baseball fandom of the
Smoky City, expected to turn out
$4,000 strong for this home grown
attraction. Navy entertains sur
prising Virginia, and the Army
clashes with strong Columbia in
other featured games of the
East.
SPECTACULAR GAMES
Down south and into the South
west a number of spectacular
games have been carded. Wander
bilt meets Kentucky at Lexington; !;
Tennessee plays Auburn at Knox.
vile; North Carolina entertains
Tulane's Green wave and v. P. I.
plays William and Mary in the
Old Dominion State headliner.
Texas battles Oklahoma and L.
S. U. plays Rice in important as
SignmentS.
Big Ten and Blk Six tilts feature
the play in the Midwest. Illinois
Indiana, Iowa-WisconSin, Michi-
gam Chicago, and Minnesota-Pur
due is the western Conference
slate for Saturday. Kansas State
Missouri, and Nebra a-Iowa
State features Blk Six competi-
ton.
California plays two "breather''
opponents next Saturday, enter
taining College of the Pacific and
California Aggies. In Pacific
Coast Conference play, Stanford
opposes Washington State and
u C. L. A. meets a dissappoint.
ing Washington eleven. The Su'
gar Bowl champion, Santa Clara
eleven, takes on Texas A. and M
At the close of the second ween
end of warfare along the college
grid front, Minnesota, Pittsburgh
Santa Clara, Columbia, Notre
Dame, Ohio State, Tennessee
Southern Methodist, Texas Chris
tian, and Brown assumed the lead
in the quest for the national
mythical championship.
IMPRESSIVE VICTORIES
All these teams won impressive
victories over stern opposition,
with Brown turning in the out.
standing surprise of the day, trim.
ming Harvard, 20-13.
Minnesota gained revenge OF
its 1887 defeat by Nebraska
pounding out a 1877 victory. Ohio
State did likewise by defeating
Indiana with pass for tally in
the fourth period, 60.
Santa Clara sounded to the ma.
ton that she was ready TO rthe
best of 'em by Soundly thrashing
Stanford, 90, and Pittsburgh,
with its dream backfield," ,"
smothered Temple, 27-6 before
the largest crowd ever assembled
in the Owls lair. Columbia again
captured the hearts of the
Gotham Scribes by whipping a
young but energetic Yale machine,
27-14, and Notre Dame, using "a
players, ran over Kansas, con-
queror Of Texas, SO.
Tennessee turned back the as
pirationS of a powerful Clemson
team, 20-7 with a last quarter
touchdown surge, and Southern
Methodist trimmed Arizona in an
interSectional fray, 27-7 that was
impressive. Texas Christian, in
quest of the Southwest title top
pied Arkansas, ALA.
CRISLER'S DEBUT
In big state encounters, Michi-
gan, starting out under Fritz
Crisler, upset Michigan State,
40, while wisconsin schellaced
Marquette 27-0 in easy fashion.
Old Penn inaugurated the Num-
ger regime. by stopping Lafayette,
undefeated last year, 346. and
Navy won its second in a row,
bowling over v. M. l., 26-O. Army
swamped v. P. l., 80, and Vir.
ginia defeated washington and
Lee for the first time in seven
years, 13-0. Auburn and Tulane
battled to a scorelesS tie for the
third time in as many years.
Locally, Georgetown swamped
a highly-regarded Hampden-Syo-
ney eleven, So, but Maryland,
with its passing star. Charley
Weidenger out of the lineup, was
druhksd by Penn State, $50.
George Washington made its first
| start of the wear noSing ollt FIJI.