The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-24
TTSBURGH IS
 .STANDOUT TEAM 'OF 1888 SEASON
Panthers Seem Assured of National T'itleCali.
 fOrnia Strong
Rx IIARRY FER0usON

New York, Oct. 24-(Up)-Tht football season crosses the halfway mark today and if there is one among you who still doubts that Pittsburgh is Nthe greatest college team in the country. speak now or forever hold your peace.
 Don't ask how good Pittsburgh Is, for the truth of the matter is that nobody knows, not even pr. Jock Sutherland who uncages the terrible Panther every Saturday afternoon Nobody knows because nobody has been able to give Pittsburgh on in- teresting afternoon. There have been plenty of heart-stopping mos ments for the others in the list of unbeaten, untied major teams Dartmouth, Duke, Tennessee. Min nesota, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, California, Santa Clara, Texas Christian and Iowa State-but the only thing Pittsburgh rooters have had to worry about is how big the score will be.
 Going Up
 Way back there on September 24, West Virginia held Pitt to io points. Nobody has done that well since. Pitt beat Temple, 28 to 6; Dequesne, 27 to 0: Wisconsin, % to G: and Southern Methodist, 34 to z.
 There's no use arguing that Pitt builds its reputation on Q soft schedule, for, in addition Go the tough ones the Partners already beaten, the following remain on the schedule: Fordham, Carnegie Tech, Nebraska, Penn State and Duke. Until last Saturday everybody agreed that Pitt was Q powerhouse along the ground and then added "but they can't pass" So Saturday against Southern Methodist that are gument was taken care of when the Partners completed nine passes for i20 yards. Now it develops that the only thing the Pitt team can't do Is run the scoreboard and sell pea nuts in the stadium while playing . game.
 It's possible that Pitt may lose one somewhere along that tough schedule still ahead, but until it does the Partners arc your national champions.
 Elsewhere in the country the sit. uation now can be sized up like this:
 south-Tennessee and Duke are the leaders now that Vanderbilt and Baylor have been knocked out of the ranks of the unbeaten and ufi- tied. Tennessee. dreaming of the Rose Bowl, gets stern test this week against Louisiana State. Duke, like q man condemned to torture, must play Pitt on November 26.
 Action Ahead
 Midwest Minnesota, Notre Dame, Oklahoma and Iowa State. Notre Dame and Minnesota will have Q chance to settle their argument on November 12. and on November 10, Oklahoma plays Iowa State in q game which may decide the Big Six championship.
 Southwest-Texas Christian, be- lieved by many to be the one team that could give Pittsburgh Q tussle, is head and shoulders above the field. The rumor was out Saturday that Marquette was loaded for TCU and was ready to provide the upset of the day. but the Texans rammed across three touchdowns and lived up to their reputation as Q great ball club. Baylor. Texas, Rice, Tul- So and Southern Methodist stand in TCU's path.
 Far California and Santa Clara. California's most impressive defeat over UCLA. use. Oregon performance SO far was 20-to-7 and Stanford remain to be played. santa Clara proved its class satur- day by defeating . strong Arkansas team.
 East-Pittsburgh first, of course. and then Dartmouth. Dartmouth, with plenty of backfield power, had scored 22 points or better in every game until it squeaked out 6 l3--7 win over Harvard Saturday.