The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-10-24
NATIONS MOI
GRID MACHINE
CONTROVERSY
Tornotchers Matter Of
Geography But Ten
nessee Unbeaten
By GEORGE KIRKSEY
limited Press Staff Correspondent

united ETces StaAA Correspondents
NEW YORK, Oct. "a. (UP).-
The answer to "who has the best
football team in the land?" today
was a matter of geography.
Around Pittsburgh and vicinity
the Pitt Panthers are regarded as
the greatest college football club
ever put together but Pitt ad-
herents can't convince a fellow
from the far west that Pitts any
better than California's Golden
Bears. Down In the cotton and
COW country Of the Southwest
Texas Christian is hailed as un-
boata5le. Another Dixie team
which has It's legion of supporters
is Tennessee, con4ueror Of mighty
Alabama. The midwest offers two
teams, Minnesota, and Notre
Dame, to dispute Pitts right to
ranking as the nations No. l
football team.
That leaves Dartmouth, Duke,
Iowa State, Oklahoma and Santa
Clara, all unbeaten and united,
still uncountcd for but they'll
have to put on more pressure 70
pet I'D in the brackets with the
"Big Six'-Pitt, California, TIC.
l. Tennessee. Minnesota and
Notre Dame.
All members of the select "Big
Six" have their work cut out for
them this week if they are to stay
at the head of the nations grid
iron parade. Pitt renews its Chat
tie of the zeroes" with Fordham,
unbeaten but tied, in one of the
country's most important games at
Pittsburgh Saturday. In their
last three games the two teams
have played string of scoreless
ties $50 minutes of football
without tally. %. .s
California sends its powerhouse
against a tough little Oregon
state team. Notre Dame comes
east to engage the Army, with
only two-point loss to Columbia
to mar its record. Minnesota,
after a weeks rest, takes on an
improving northwestern team, IN
beaten but tied by Ohio State.
Tennessee meets the challenge of
Louisiana State, now starting to
roll after an early season setback
by Mississippi. Texas Christian d.
reefs it's dazzling attack at Bay
lor ,unbeaten but tied by Texas
A. & NJ.
Pittsburgh answered the critics
who claim that no football team is
great unless it has passing at
tack by going to the skies to pile
up a 34-7 triumph over Southern
Methodist: The Panthers. still
employing their slashing running
attack, completed 9 out of IS
passes for 120 yards in showing
the Mustangs how to handle their
favorite weapon.
After being held scoreless for
the first half California battered
down Washington's stout defense
with two-third period touchdowns
to triumph over the Huskies, IA
Z. With little Davey O'Brien
threading needles eye with his
passes, Texas Christian easily
conquered Marquette, 21-0. Ten
nessee took it easy in overwhelm- |
ing the Citadel, 44-O. Notre
Dame took advantage of a ref
eree's "boner" to start a touch
down drive in the final period and |
hand Carnegie Tech it's first loss, |
TO. The referee told the Car
nege Tech quarterback it was
third down when he should have |
said it was fourth. The error |
caused Carnegie to lose the ball in |
mldfleld on a fourth down plunge. !
Minnesota had an open date. !
Those folks, including some
football players, who forgot that
the fourth period is still part of |
football game had plenty to re-
mind them of that fact after Sat-
urday's game. Michigan, trailing
1873, put on an S0-yard march in /
the final period to lick Yale, Is
IL. Princeton came from behind |
IN the fourth quarter to tie Navy,
1913. Dartmouth nudged over |
what proved to be its winning
touchdown in the final period in |
beating Harvard, 1877.
Fordham put on .slashing fin
lSh to score 10 points in the final
period of it's 800. victory over
Oregon. Mike Byelene, Purdue
Sophomore, broke away in the
fourth quarter for 73-yard dash
which gave the Boilermakers a 13-
7 victory over Wisconsin! Loulsl-
ana State staged touchdown
march in the final minutes to hand
Vanderbilt its first defeat, ~;
Oregon States fourth period
touchdown and conversion gave
the Beavers a 7-6 win over WASH
ington State. A touchdown in the
last 2 1-2 minutes of play enabled
Rice to trim Texas, 1856. Notre
win resulted from a last
period score.
In addition to Carnegie Teen
and Vanderbilt, other teams which
from the unbeaten' un-
tied class were Syracuse, Georgia,
and Idaho. = c.,
Duke, an. unbeaten Southern
team, had to hustle to exc out
TO win over Wake Forest. Iowa
State showed its class again by
outscoring Kansas, I'll. Okla
homa maintained It's unoeaten
record with a i4-o victory over
Nebraska, which was yet to win
a game. Santa Clara won its 14th
Straight victory by topping Ar