Evening star., 1938-10-31
Sharing Lead in East
With Mighty Pitt
And Dartmouth
Every Section Still
Hos at Least Two
Contenders
BY HERBERT w. BARKER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

BY HERBERT w. BARKER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-Football
enters the critical November phase
OF brilliant season with a dozen
teams still eligible for the national
championship sweepstakes.
Rank them as you choose at this
point, but the undefeated and un-
tied list of major outfits includes
Pitt, Dartmouth and Georgetown
in the East; Tennessee and Duke
in the South; California and Santa
Clara in the Far West; Texas Chris
tian and Texas Tech in the South
west; Notre Dame, Iowa State and
Oklahoma in the Midwest.
Western Reserve, high-powered
scoring array from Cleveland, like
wise boast a perfect record along
with others in the so-called smaller
college class, but lack of a repre-
sentative schedule operates against
them.
National championship specula-
ton also must include Northwest
ern's Wildcats, conquerors of Min
nesota, but held to a scoreless draw
by Ohio State. Boston College, Vii.
lanova and Utah likewise have es.
capped defeat, but have been tied.
After last Saturdays extraordi-
nary list of gridiron "naturals,"
never hitherto equaled in October,
there is a noticeable falling off in
the class of this weeks program.
High spots of the slate include:
Pitt Must Fight Let-downs.
Pitt, the unquestioned leader after
its 2l-point fourth-period rally that
trounced Fordham, 24-13, will need
to fight of a natural let-down in
its annual clash with tough Car
negie Tech. Dartmouth, whose
high-geared offensive brushed aside
Yale. 24-6, has a breather in little
Dickinson, while Georgetown. con-
queror of Temple, 1870, plays Buck
nell. OF the other unbeaten East
ern outfits Boston College and Viii
lanova both will need to tread
warily against intersectional rivals.
The Eagles play Indiana, which
held Wisconsin to 60 count. while
Villanova, surprised by a 6-6 tie
with South Carolina, takes on
Auburn.
Topping the intersectional list.
however, is Notre Danes meeting
with Navy at Baltimore. The Irish
spotted Army TOUCHDOWN in the
first few minutes of play and then
won out on fourth-period drive,
1877. Navy, sluggish for three periods,
was held to a scoreless tie by Penn
despite strong finish. Harvard,
led to 26-7 victory over Prince
ton by Torbie Macdonald, plays
Chicago; battered Fordham tackles
st. Mary's Gaels; Manhattan faces
North Carolina State, and Columbia,
we'll shellacked by Cornell, 23-7,
meets an improving Virginia team.
After absorbing a terrific 1876
beating from Penn State, Syracuse
squares away against its greatest
rival, Colgate, stopped cold by Holy
Cross, 21-0. Holy Cross, meanwhile,
plays Temple. Rutgers and Prince
ton, who began all this football bus
mess. renew their ancient rivalry in
Rutgers new stadium in New Bruns-
wick. Yale takes on Brown. while
Army eases off against Franklin and
Marshall.
Tie for Big Ten Lead.
Northwesterns stunning 6-3 upset
OF Minnesota left the Wildcats tied
for the Big Ten lead with Ohio State.
whose Buckeyes leisurely mopped up
New York University, 800. North
western plays Wisconsin next while
Ohio State takes on Purdue, held to
an amazing scoreless tie by Iowa's
Hawkeyes. Iowa may be the inno-
cent victim of Minnesota fury in
the remaining Big Ten game of the
week. Michigan plays host to Penn
after wading through Illinois, 14-o.
Western Reserve will meet West
Virginia.
In the Big Six, Oklahoma. easy
1916 victor over Tulsa, plays Kansas
State and will have a chance to tie
Iowa State for the lead. Kansas,
engineer of a tremendous upset in
27-7 beating to Kansas State,
meets Nebraska, stopped 1910 by
Paul Christman and the Missouri
Tigers. Missouri may be overpow-
cred by Michigan State. which sur
rendered to Santa Clara by a single
point, 7-6. Iowa State. after edging
out Marquette, TO, plays its Iowa
rival, Drake.
T. C. U. in "Outside" Game.
Three Southwest Conference games
are on the slate, but Texas Christian,
the leader, does not figure in any of
them. The Horned Frogs, possibly
the greatest team in the sector and
a strong contender for national
honors, meets Tulsa after routing
Baylor, 1877. Southern Methodist
and Rice, unbeaten within the con-
ference, will aim at their second
successive victories against Texas
A. and M. and Arkansas, respective
ly. S. M. U. nipped Texas, 7-s, and
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