Evening star., 1938-10-01
TEMPLE HAS BEST
CHANCE FOR UPSET
Notre Dame Battles Kansas.
Tempo on Coast and in
South Quickens.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. Oct. Even the
ultra-conservatives of the football
world-the "1vy Leaguers," the be-
lated starters Of the Big Ten, Big Six
and Mountain States Conferences, and
Notre Dame, Santa Clara and Rice
admit that the gridiron season is here
today.
While the rest Of the pigskin-
minded collegians swing into even big
ger battles than those of late Septem-
Der, these late starters Join in with
their curtain-raiserS.
The late starters are not going about
1t in any half-hearted way. Opening
games for the old-line Eastern COL
leges include Yale-Columbia, Cornell
Colgate, Harvard Brown and Pennsyl-
vanla-Lafayette-no soft touches there
Then Pitt, which began by walloping
West Virginia, takes on Pop Warmers
Iemple Owls in game that looks to be
the best prospect for an upset. Army
meets Virginia Tech, Navy plays Vir-
ginia Military and Penn State faces
Maryland.
NOtre Dame Meets Kansas,
Notre Dame swings into action in
the Midwest against Kansas: Ohio
State and Indiana come together in
the first Western Conference tussle:
Minnesota, victorious over Washington,
takes on Nebraska, which upset the
Gophers last season. Such games as
Mlchlgan-Michigan State, Northwest
ern-Kansas State, Wisconsin, Mar
quette and Colorado Missouri round
out the major part of the Western
slate.
Rice's mighty team tees off against
Oklahoma, while Santa Clara opens
against Stanford and is favored to
whip the Indians.
DoWn South and on the West Coast
the conference battles begin in earnest.
Inc Southern and Southeastern title
races already have begun and they'll
De carried on today by such games as
lulane-Auburn, Mississippi State-Flor-
IDA, North Carolina North Carolina
state and puke-Davidson. Clemson
seeks another victory over a Southeast
ern rival when it tackles Tennessee.
ON the Pacific Coast, Southern Cali
1ornla, soundly beaten by Alamaba.
seeks to take it out on a conference
rival, Oregon State. California runs
into Washington State, and U.CL.A
plays Oregon in other conference
clashes.
open Southwest Struggle.
Arkansas and Texas Christian lift
the lid from the boiling Southwest
Conference competition, while their
rivals meet outside enemies. Texas
takes on Louisiana State from the
southeastern loop: Texas A. and M
plays Tulsa, and Southern Methodist
plays Arizona. Colorado State and
Wyoming help get things started in
the Mountain States circuit.
Brigham Young scored the first VIC
tory in the Mountain States Big
Seven" loop last night, trimming Den
YER. 200. Baylors Bears whipped
Oklahoma Aggies, 2O-6, in the South
west. The University of Detroit con-
quered Western (Mich) State Teach
ers, TO; North Dakota beat Morning.
side. 27-l2, and Ohio University
turned back Xavier 14-12, in leading
Midwestern clashes.
Texas Tech defeated Duquesne, rs.
IN an intersectional game played at
Buffalo, and George Washington beat
Furman, 10, on the Eastern seaboard,
While in the South Wake Forest wal
Ioped The Citadel. 31-O, in a South
ern Conference clash, and an amazing
running exhibition by Gaylon Smith
gave Southwestern of Memphis a 40
triumph over Sewanee, member of
the Southeastern Conference.
Montana and San Francisco played
scoreless tie in the principal West
Coast game.