Evening star., 1938-10-03
POWER DOMINANT
OVER AERIAL PLAY
Gophers, Pitt, Duke, Cornell
and Santa Clara Pound
Way to Victory.
BY DREW MIDDLETON,
Associated Press SPORTS Writer.


Associated Press Sports Writer,
NEW YORK, Oct. 3.-Power and
passing. twin genii Of offensive foot
ball, continue to make-and break
the gridiron powers as the season
launched by two clamorous Satur-
days, heads into a week end filled
with traditional, intersectional and
conference contests.
Power alone was the deciding factor
as Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Duke, Santa
Clara and Cornell swept forward last
Saturday at the head Of the national
parade. Resurgent Columbia, Ohio
State and North Carolina all gained
stature on the forward pass, which
however, failed signally for Rice
shaded 7-6 by Oklahoma in the days
major upset.
Sectional pictures began to take
form as results came in much as ex-
pected, with only Rice's defeat
Browns 20-l3 squelching of Harvard
and Idaho's 1912 tie with Washing
ton to shock the selectors.
DdtllCS ATmys
Here's how the situation looks In
various major sectional groups:
East: Columbia, off to a notable
start in the Ivy League" as Sid
Luckman bombed Yale for q 27-1A
win, takes on Army, victorious over
Virginia Tech, 800, in its second
Warm-up. Yale due to improve, faces
Penn, 34-6 winner over Lafayette
Cornell. under wraps as it beat Col
gate, 1876, plays Harvard, while
Princeton and Dartmouth, still un-
tested by real opposition, come to-
gether. Navy, $50 winner over Vir-
ginia Military, encounters Virginia.
Pittsburgh, still tops in the more
potent poison ivy" group after 28-t
triumph over Temple, meets its neigh
Dor, Duquesne Holy Cross tackles
Manhattan; Colgate takes on Duke
Southern Conference co-leader. at
Buffalo and Syracuse meets Maryland
beaten $50 by Penn State Temple
faces Texas Christian, George WASH
ington meets Butler and Catholic
plays at Detroit in Friday intersec-
tional tussles.
Big Ten: The oldest and most rugged
conference really swings into action
after seven extra-circuit and one con-
ference clash which saw Ohio State
take the early lead with 60 decision
over Indiana. The Buckeyes next take
on Southern California, TO winner
over Oregon State on the West Coast.
Minnesota, the powerhouse which con-
quered Nebraska, 1877, moves into
conference action against Purdue, 21-6
winner over Butler.
Iowa, after a week off, takes on
Wisconsin, which walloped Marquette
27-0. Michigan, 14-0 wiz ner over
Michigan State in the Wolverines first
game, faces Chicagos weak team. In
diana tries comeback at the expense
of Illinois, AIT winner. over De Paul.
Northwestern, after whipping Kansas
State, 2l-0, plays Drake -.
Irish" Marching Again.
Notre Dame, back in the picture as
national power after whipping
Kansas $40, goes south to play
Georgia Tech Marquette entertains
Southern Methodist in a Friday game
at Chicago. Oklahoma, which brought
the Big Six most of its glory with a
rs triumph over Rice, meets twice
beaten Texas. The Big Six conference
campaign opens with Nebraska en-
countering Iowa State and Kansas
State meeting Missouri, winner over
Colorado.
Southern Conference: Duke and
North Carolina, perennial paladins o.
this uneven group, whipped David
son, 27-0, and North Carolina State
2l-0, respectively, to share the lead
with two victories apiece. While the
Blue Devils visit Colgate this week
the Tar Heels take on Tulane, which
played its third straight scoreless til
with Auburn. South Carolina lost
rs to Georgia, and Clemson, 20
to Tennessee last week. So now they
return to their own loop against Wake
Forest and v. M. l., respectively.
Southeastern Conference: Alabama
although untested in the conference
remains the outstanding team in the
circuit. The Tidesmen eased off with
a $40 win over Howard and face N
c. State next Auburn Tennessee
Vanderbilt-Kentucky and Sewanee-
Florida are the main conference pair
ings. Louisiana State, 200 winner
over Texas, again invades the South
west to tackle Rice.
O'Brien Is Star Passer.
Southwest Conference: Davey
O'Brien pitched Texas Christian into
the conference lead when his aerial
acrobatics beat Arkansas, 21-14. The
Razorbacks have their chance to stage
a comeback when they meet Baylor
20-6 victor over Oklahoma Aggies Fri
day, in this weeks only circuit clash
Intersectional games still are in order
with S. M. u, after a 29-7 win over
Arizona, meeting Marquette, T. c. U
playing Temple and Texas A. and
M. going West to meet Santa Clara.
Pacific Coast: Oregon, rather sur
prisingly, heads the conference stand
ing after downing u C. L. A., 14-12
for its second triumph and has an open
date ahead. Meanwhile the rather
discredited favorites, Washington ano
Southern California, hit the comeback
road. Washington, tied by Idaho
plays U. c. L. A., and Southern Cali
fornia, hard pressed to beat Oregon
State, TO. visits Ohio State. STAN
ford, thumped by Santa Clara, takes
on Washington State, 27-3 victim o1
CALIFORNIA; Bears.
st. Mary's 300 winner over Gonzaga
Sunday, meets Loyola, another strong
independent, next Sunday.