Evening star., 1938-10-20
0NLYFOUR Of TOP
10TEAMS ON SPOT
California, Syracuse, Notre
Dame and Santa Clara
Face Hard Games.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20.-The struggle
for the mythical national football
championship, a prize as hard to nail
~ Red Grange in an open field, eases
OF bit Saturday. OF the ten teams
leading the Associated Press poll, only
four head into heavy weather.
II things are less hectic for the lead
ers. there is no peace in the second ten
where the schedule promises plenty Of
action and consequent changes in the
rankings.
California. third; Notre Dame. fifth;
Santa Clara, sixth. and Syracuse.
tenth, are the leaders facing the
sternest opposition.
The Golden Bears oppose Washing
ton. due to bust out and win big one ;
Notre Dame meets Carnegie Tech. al
ways tough for the Irish" and
tougher than ever after smearing HOLY
Cross unblemished record; Santa
Clara takes on Arkansas, a team that
can and will pass at every opportunity,
and Syracuse must battle not only
the inevitable let down following the
Cornell game but a rough, tough
Michigan State team.
The others have what looks to be
easy sailing. Minnesota is in. The
Gophers don't play. Pitt meets South
ern Methodist and, despite Jock
sutherland's yearly crack about in
augurating passing attack, probably
Will rely on its smashing overland
onense. The Panthers are ranked
hrst in the poll, having a wide margin
over Minnesota.
Dartmouth Faces Harvard.
Dartmouth, voted fourth place plays
Harvard in an 1vy-entwined encounter.
Inc Harvards possess no tailback who
can feint, spin and run and haven't
approached last years form. They'll
nave to watch that last half Indian
war party.
Marquette faces stiff assignment
against seventh-place Texas Christian.
whose three musketeers-Tackle I. B.
Hale, Center Ki Aidrich and Back
DaVey OBrlen-are as good as any
trio on the gridiron. Tennessee and
Duke. eighth and ninth, face, respec-
lively the Citadel and Wake Forest.
The intersectional angle, already
well stressed In the top 10. is Just as
prevalent in games in which second
10 teams figure
Fordham. which rolled up terrific
ysrdage but only one touchdown
against Purdue, meets an Oregon
team anxious to make up for its failure
against Stanford, and Michigan plsys
Yale In two Of the best intersectional
games.
Wolverines May BE Weary.
Michigan may be tired after a
gruelling battle with Minnesota, while
Yale is beginning to find out what it's
all about after nipping Navy. Ford
ham ranks llth. Michigan 18th.
One Of the days toughest stra,g-
giles is the Nebraska Oklahoma ssme,
In which the Cornhuskers hope is
come back against the Sooners, placed
IN the 14th slot by the Nation wide
poll OF writer's. Another come ebacker,
Alabama, plays Sewanee and hopes
to improve on its 18th position, while
Vanderbilt, ranked 18th, meets Louisi-
ana State, an in-and-out football
team
Bullet Bill Patterson OF Baylor car
riss the Bears of1ense against Texas
A. and Ms forces in one of those
Southwest Conference games that
drive football selectors to nursing
homes. Northwestern, ranked 18th be-
hind Baylor. has no set-up in Illinois,
but North Carolina expects to rest up
against Davidson. Vislanova, the goth
club, has plenty to handle in Detroit
Sunday.