Evening star., 1938-10-08
BIGGEST .GR|D|RON
SATURDAY IS HERE
Notre Dame and Duke Most
Favored in Struggles
Between Sections.
BY DREW MIDDLETON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK. Oct. s.-The Lions
are ready to roar, the Scarlet Scourge
is ready to scourge, and the Gophers
are ready to do whatever Gophers do
when they get agitated. In other
words, the biggest Saturday OF the
football season is of and running.
There is a strong ivy tinge in the
East, where players meet the same
teams their grandfathers fought. In
the Midwest and on the Pacific Coast
conference rivalries which make or
break q football team are on tap.
The South features tussles between
representatives Of its two major cir
cults, while intersectional contests Of
considerable importance are on tap
everywhere.
Chief intersectional battles are
Ohio State-Southern California, Santa
Calara-Texas A. and NJ, Notre Dame
Georgia Tech, Colgate-Duke and
Louisiana State Rice. They're all
bound to be tough, but Notre Dame
and Duke are pronounced favorites.
Trojans and Buckeyes Draw.
The days biggest crowd, $4,000, Is
expected at Columbus as Southern
California's Trojans, after sorry start,
seek to rewin some of their national
prestige at Ohio States expense.
Standout of four Western Confer
ence games is Minnesota Purdue,
which Gopher fans are prone to re-
gard as Just another test for their
heroes. Other pairings are Wisconsin,
Iowa, Illinois Indiana and Michigan
Chicago.
The Ivy League and its associates
supply most of the Eastern action.
Columbia throws Sid Luckman and
little else against a powerful Army
eleven; Penn meets Yale, which
should be improved; Cornell's mighty
legions invade Cambridge for bout
with Harvard, and Dartmouth, the
preseason Ivy League favorite, plays
Princeton.
Might Pittsburgh tackles Duquesne
an always dangerous local rival. Navy
faces Virginia and Syracuse meets
Maryland.
In the South, Tennessee Auburn
and Kentucky Vanderbilt are the tor
Southeastern Conference billings
Clemson-V. M. I. and South Carolina.
Wake Forest hold the stage In thu
Southern loop. The action should b
hot and heavy in interconferenc'
clashes between North Carolina anc
Tulane and Alabama and North Caro-.
lima State.
One Game In Southwest.
Arkansas and Baylor promise dizz,
aerial doings in the only Southwes
Conference tilt.
On the coast Washington starts {
comeback against U. G. L. A. after twt
poor games and Stanford and Wash
ington State both try to repair theil
fallen fortunes.
Southwestern teams produced {
smashing victory and an unexpected
defeat in last nights principal con-
tests: Texas Christian, with Dave!
O'Briens passes hitting the bulls
eye. smothered Temple, 1856, whil'
Southern Methodist was beaten, TO
by Marquette on blocked kick in tn
last quarter Detroit swamped Cath
olic University, 27-0; George Wash
ington defeated Butler, 26-0, ant
Loyola of New Orleans turned bAcl
st. Mary's of Texas, 14-12, in othe
intersectional games.
Georgia whipped Furman, 3S-7, ant
The Citadel beat Presbyterian in lead
ing Southern contests. Farther West
Denver, one-time Rocky Mountain
power, played . scoreless tie with Col
orado State in its first big Seven
tussle, while New Mexico wallopet
Colorado College, $50.