The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-21
FIVE FOOTBALL
TEAMS MAY Get
CLEAN RECORDS
Dartmouth and Pitt Can
Finish Unbeaten and
United
BY HENRY SUPER
United Press staff Correspondent

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
New York, Oct. 21-CUP) Figures
never lie and today they say it will
be miracle If more than eight
major football teams finish the sea-
son unbeaten or united.
And, splicing mathematics with
gridiron logic, 1t seems more likely
that no more than five win come
through unscathed, which will be
just about enough to 60 around the
various New Years day bowls.
Nineteen major teams are unbeat-
en- and united and three are in the
llndefeated but tied class. Seventeen
Of them encounter at least one team
on the perfect list before the season
ends. Six of them play two and
even three. Out Of that hodge-podge,
the figures say, can come only three
with perfect records. Throw in q
coupl ties and there's no saying what
might happen.
Five Of the class A elevens have
as their remaining opposition teams
that have been beaten. ALI these
five can make 1t and, looking at It
purify from a Mathematical stand
point, this quintet plus the above
trio makes eight.
The law Of averages, however, steps
In here and says that at least three
Of the eight must be licked, which
leaves five possibilities and, II you
care for our opinion, that quintet
will be Pittsburgh, California, Santa
Clara, Texas Christian and Dart
month.
The others on the perfect record
list are Boston College, Carnegie
Tech, Georgetown, Syracuse, Villa
nova, Iowa State, Minnesota, Notre
Dame, Oklahoma, Baylor, Duke,
Georgia, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, and
on the tied list are Fordham, Boston
University and Northwestern.
Those In the list who do not meet
any more perfect record teams are
Dartmouth, California, Santa Clara,
Georgetown and Georgia.
Here's how the schedules for these
leaders shape up:
Boston College has Boston UNI
versity on Its list among others and
Boston University In turn has Villa
nova. None Of these seems likely to
come through undefeated.
Carnegie has Notre Dame this
week and Pittsburgh on Nov. 5. Pitt
also has Fordham and Duke to con-
tend with and there doesn't seem to
be too much there for the Panthers
to handle.
Syracuse must encounter luke,
among others, while Iowa State has
Oklahoma which In turn has q
couple oother tough ones who, al
though they've already bit the dust,
still are strong. Minnesota must 60
to the mat with Northwestern and
Notre Dame while the Irish have
Carnegie, Army, Navy, Minnesota
Northwestern and U. 8. G., none Of
which are pushovers.
Baylor and Texas Christian tackle
each other on Oct. 20, and who wants
to bet against T. @. u? Dukes got
syracuse and Pitt and that last one
probably will cap a perfect season
for the Partners. Tennessee and
Vanderbilt will settle the issue on
Nov. - and both OF them are likely
to 60 into the game with sullied rec
ords because each still has to play
L. s. U. Fordham has Pittsburgh
along with Oregon, ST. Mary's and
North Carolina and the dope Is that
the Rams going to take II on the
chin long before this season becomes
history.
Northwestern, last on the list has
Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Mich
igan and and Notre Dame and the
Wildcats will be lucky II they get
through the season with at Ohio
State tie as their only black mark.
Dartmouth has easy shedding, II
you eliminate Cornell, until Its last
game Of the season on the coast
against Stanford; Georgetown ought
to be bumped of by either Manhat-
tan. Temple or Bucknell; Holy Cross,
Tulane. Auburn or Georgia Tech
ought to take care Of Georgia: CAL
ifornia looks like 1t can't be stopped
and Santa Clara should wing away
to another perfect season II II gets
by Arkansas this week.
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