Evening star., 1938-11-14
Sectional Titles
Only at Stake
In Big Ti|ts
Grown Decisions Due
In Big Six, Big Ten,
Maybe on Coast
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, Jr.,
Associated Press Sports Writer,

NEW YORK, Nov 14-Theres a
lull in the football storm this week.
just before the final Thanksgiving
Day blast, and the teams that re-
tanned their championship aspira-
tions over the past week end appear
in good positions to keep them an
other week.
Only Dartmouth. beaten, 14-7, by
Cornell; Iowa State, tied 1913, by
Kansas State. and Santa Clara,
nipped, TO, by St. Mary's, were re-
moved from the list of undefeated
and united major teams over the
week end.
The survivors were:
East-Georgetown, Villanova (tieO.
Boston College (tiedD.
MidWest-Notre Dame, Oklahoma,
Western Reserve, Iowa State (tie6.
South-Tennessee, Duke (also un-
scored on.
Southwest-Texas Christian, Texas
Tech.
Far West-Utah (tied twice..
Loop Titles Still at Stake.
All but Tennessee and Western
Reserve play next Saturday, but so
many of their beaten, but still
mighty opponents will be idle that
no clear picture of the national title
situation will emerge until after
Thanksgiving.
Up for definite decision, however.
are the Big Ten and Big Six con-
ference championships and the dead
locked Pacific Coast race may be
settled.
Surveying the present situation by
sections:
East.
Georgetown hasn't played as diff
cult schedules as teams like Pitt or
Fordham, so its title claims remain
clouded The Hoyas neatly knocked
off an old rival West Virginia, 14-0,
last Saturday and tackle Maryland.
the "pushover" of the Southern Con.
ference, next. Boston College didn't
gain much prestige in Fridays 21-14
victory over Boston u. and now
faces little St. Anselm unbeaten and
united in its class Villanova, 20-7
winner over Temple, plays Boston U.
Cornell went up fully as far as
Dartmouth went down when the Big
Red team triumphed and the vic
tory virtually clinched "Ivy League.
laurels for Cornell unless it slips
against Penn Thanksgiving.
Yale, Harvard Renew Old Feud.
The traditionally great Yale-Har-
ward game. which bears only upon
the Big Three title, is this weeks
Eastern headliner, although Yale
took 20-7 drubbing from Princeton,
while the Crimson was warming up
with a 40-l3 victory over Virginia.
Syracuse. walloped 21-0 by Dukes
great team. and Columbia. 14-9 VIC
tim of Navy, meet in another ira
ditional scrap, as do Lafayette and
Lehigh.
Pitts Panthers. who helped them
selves to 1870 decision over Ne
braska without Marshall Goldberg's
aid. took on an ancient enemy, Penn
State, which tied Penn. TT. Army.
after 34-13 win over Chattanooga,
returns to major action against
Princeton.
Carnegie, 21-0 winner over Du-
quesne, and Holy Cross, 14-12 victor
over Brown, are among the idle
teams. Fordham, held to a scoreless
tie by North Carolina, takes on South
Carolina.
Middle West.
From the national viewpoint,
NorthWestern-Notre Dame is the big
game, but the battle between Wis
consin and Minnesota is the Big
Ten headliner. With the confer
ence season closing. the winner will
get the title. If they tie, Ohio State.
victorious over Illinois. 32-14. can
take the crown by defeating Michi-
gan, which battled Northwestern to
a scoreless draw.
Oklahoma virtually sewed up the
Big Six title by whipping Missouri,
21-0, while Iowa State was being
tied by Kansas State. but the sit
uation can be altered suddenly if
Iowa State should win their wind
up game Saturday.
Michigan State, 20-14 winner over
Marquette, meets Temple, and De-
troit, TO victor over North Carolina
State, plays Tulsa in the best inter-
sectional tilts.
Southwest.
Texas Christian, which trimmed
Texas, 28-6, for its fourth straight
conference victory, and Rice, jolted
out of a contending position when
(See FULL LERTON. Page C-20