Evening star., 1938-09-26
THREE BIG TESTS
ON IN IVY LEAGUE
v. N. |. Is Next for Middies.
Indiana and Ohio State
Cross Title Paths.
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, Jr.
Associated Press Sports Writer.


NEW YORK. Sept. 26.-Taking a
deep breath after last Saturdays
widespread but not very numerous up
sets and narrow escapes, college foot
ball team this week plunge into October
and the business OF deciding confer
ence and sectional championships.
There are, of course. a good many
which haven't opened their seasons
yet. But even the conservative East
and Midwest are getting away from
the old idea of starting with push
oyers" and are plunging right into big
games. There's nothing on next Sat-
urdays schedule quite as surprising
as the Alabama-Southern California
and Washington Minnesota openers.
but there are plenty of games that
are tough for the early part of the
campaign.
After one week of serious early-sea-
son competition, here's how the sit
uation shapes up by sections
East-Pitt, off to a flying start
toward the mythical Eastern cham
pionship with 1870 victory over West
Virginia. takes on Pop Warmers
Temple Owls, who beat Albright, 60,
Friday. Three major contests usher
in the ivy League" season. Yale
meets promising Columbia team at
New Haven; Cornell tackles Colgate,
its powerful upstate rival, and Har-
ward opens against Brown. which looks
stronger than usual. More in the
usual line, Dartmouth. 46-0 victor over
Bates, meets st. Lawrence; Princeton
opens against williams and Penn
against Lafayette, which was unbeaten
last season.
Navy Meets v. NJ I.
Army. which walloped Wichita. 800.
meets Virginia Polytechnic, beaten
1870 by Duke. and Navy. $50 winner
over William and Mary, plays Virginia
Military. Penn State takes on one of
the Souths leading upset victims,
Maryland. which lost 1876 to Rich
mond. On Friday Duquesne meets
Texas Techs strong outfit at Buffalo
and George Washington plays Furman.
Midwest: Indiana and Ohio State,
two tophight candidates for the Big
Ten title. clash In the opener at Co.
lumbus; Minnesota. 1870 winner over
washington. faces the Nebraska Corn
huskers, who beat the Gophers last
year; Michigan State VS.. Michigan.
Marquette VS.. Wisconsin and Kansas
State VS.. Nebraska make trio of tough
openers" Illinois. upset 60 by Ohio
University. plays De Paul; Purdue. 1876
winner over Detroit, meets Butler, and
Chicago opens against Bradley. Iowa
remains Idle after Fridays 27-3 loss
to q. c. L. A.
Kansas, which outlasted Texas, 1918
Saturday. meets Notre Dame in the
first game for the Irish Missouri
faces Colorado and Iowa State plays
Luther IN other games for Big Six
members. Oklahoma invades the
Southwest to play Rice, 1887 champion
In that district.
Tennessee Faces Clemson.
South Tennessee, which beat
6ewanee. 1858 to open the Southeast.
ern Conference campaign. faces Glenn
son OF the Southern Conference, 1910
victor over Tulsne's title candidates.
Mississippi, upset victor over Louisiana
State. 20-7, tapers of against Louisiana
Tech. Tulane plays Auburn, and
Mississippi State, 1910 winner over
Howard, meets Florida in other con-
ference contests.
North Carolina and North Carolina
state, old rivals and both hopeful of
winning the Southern Conference title
heao that circuit with their clash At
Raleigh. The Tar Heels beat Wake
Forest. l4-6, and State downed David
son. 1871 last Saturday. Georgia and
south Carolina meet in another inter-
loop game.
southwest: Arkansas and Texas
Christian pry of the lid in the South.
west Conference after beating Okla
noma Aggies. 27-7. and Centenary
13-o, respectively. Texas and Louisiana
State meet in a clash of already
beaten teams. Baylor Oklahoma Agsies
Flce-Oklahoma, Southern Methodist
ARIZONA and Texas Aggies-Tulsa are
other games for conference members,
Trojans Seek to Recoup.
Far West: Southern California sets
out to recover from the Alabama beat
Ing by opening its Pacific Coast Con-
terence season against Oregon State
which suffered a 1870 setback from
ldaho's Vandals. California. which
barely pulled out 1877 decision over
st. Mary's in the last quarter, meets
Washington State. Oregon. at the
head OF the standing after a 1912
triumph over Washington State, takes
on U. c. L. A. Stanford opens it's
campaign against powerful nom
conference rival. Santa Clara, while
Washington meets Idaho.
Rocky Mountain; Brigham Young
and Denver pry off the lid for the
newly-formed Big Seven circuit
Friday night. Colorado State. 1870
winner over Colorado Mines, meets
Wyoming, which took 800 drubbing
from Texas Tech, in the other con-
terence game. Utah and Utah State
open against Montana State and the
College Of Idaho, respectively.