The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-01
MIDWEST GRID
GAMES APPEAR
BEST FOR TODAY
Ohio State and Indiana
TOss.Up--MinnesOta,
Nebraska TangIe
ny HENRY SUPER
United Press stan Correspondent

UNITED Press stan Correspondent
New York, Oct, l--(uP)-Theyll
oil be present today for the first
big Saturday Of the 1888 football
season.
Important battles are on In all
sections Of the land and, with many
major teams facing their first OPP
position OF the year, the scoreboards
may be rocked by so many upsets
that last weeks surprises will fade
by comparison.
The midwest takes the spotlight
with @ pair OF games that feature
early-season contenders FOR the
mythical national title--Minnesota-
Nebraska and Ohio State-1ndiana.
Minnesota, fresh from Its victory
over Washington, Is favored TO
avenge last seasons 1919 upset at
the hands Of the Cornhuskers.
Ohio State-rndiana Is q toss-up
and the winner may 60 on TO
become o strong contender for the
Big Ten title.
Down In the southwest Rice, the
conference champions, open against
q strong Oklahoma eleven at Hous-
ton. Rice Is supposed TO be poten-
TALLY one OF the great teams ana
today should reveal how correct
these early-season reports are
East
In the east, Yale, expected sorely
TO miss Clint Frank, opens against
Columbia while Cornell's veteran
eleven, o failure last year, tackles On
inexperienced Colgate team In the
big games Of the day,
Here's how the rest OF the cotin.
try shapes up:
East - Harvard opens against
Brown. Princeton tackles williams;
Fordham opens against Upsala;
NYU plays Maine; Lafayette, UNI
defeated last year, faces Pennsyi.
vania. Pittsburgh's Panthers travel
10 philadelphia 10 meet Temple.
Dartmouth plays 81. Lawrence;
Army tackles Virginia Poly; and
Navy meets Virginia Military Acad-
envy.
Midwest - Ohio state and In.
diana open big ten competition.
NotrO Dame begins its season
against o strong Kansas team.
Other midwest pairings are: North
tsrn-Kansas State: Wisconsin,
Marquette; urdue-Butler; Chi
cago- Bradley; Iilinois-D epaul and
Michigan Michigan state.
None Of the big six teams see &C.
ton against each other.
South
Two games are slated each for the
southern. and southeastern confer
ences. In the southern, North Car
DINA tackles North Carolina state
and Duke meets Davidson. Tulane
tries O comeback against Auburn
after losing to Clemson and Flor.
ida engages Mississippi State In the
southeastern brawis. Other south.
ern games: Alabama Howard; Ten.
nessee- Clemson: Georgia Tech.
Mercer: Kentucky Ogiethorpe: Mis-
sissippi- Louisiana Tech; South Car
DINA and Vanderbilt Bowling Green
Teachers.
Southwest - Arkansas and Texas
Christian open conference competi-
ton against each other at Fort
Worth. In addition TO the Rice
Oklahoma game, the southwest has:
8. M. U.-Arizona; Texas-Louisiana
State; Baylor Oklahoma A. and NJ,
and Texas A. and M.-Tulsa.
Rocky Mountain Colorado, cham
pion Of the conference, travels east
TO play Missouri. The conference
season opened last night In the new
big seven with Brigham Young bat
ting Dencver. Colorado State and
Wyoming continue tohe competition
today.
Pacific Coast - -Four conference
games California Washington
State; Southern California Oregon
State; Oregon-U. @. L. A. and
Washington Idaho. Outside the con-
ference, Stanford meets Santa Clara
and st. Mary's plays Gonzaga.