The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-26
CORNELL and
PITTSBURGH !.
UNDERDOGS
Several Unbeaten Teams
Paired 80 Michigan
Meets Bull Dogs
BY HENRY SUPER
Ii AAL1NAV1 I'LL N1AE !
United Press Staff Correspondent

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
New York, October 26. - (UP) =
The ranks of footballs unbeaten
teams are thinking out and by the
end of the season it's q safe bet
you'll be able to write the list of per-
fect-record elevens on the head Of
a pin.
Only II major teams - those who
are on the so-called gridiron big
Time" - have yet to suffer defeat.
And eight teams in this same class
- including some Of the best In the
land ARE undefeated but tied.
But come shutdown Saturday -
you can safely wager all the family
jewels on this one - the list is go
ing to be smaller, just as it has every
week since the season started.
All but three teams which now
lead the parade face formidable OPP
position and the law of averages says
some must fail, because three games
pair teams with perfect records.
Top Game
The No. / fray of the day viii be
staged in Gridiron- Goofy Columbus,
Ohio, where unbeaten Ohio State
takes on unbeaten Cornell. The bet
ting favors Ohio State and, unless
all the advance information is
wrong, the Cornell boys will be lucky
to get back to Ithaca with their
helmets and shoulder pads.
In New Orleans, llnbeaten Missis-
sippi, whose only major victim has
been Louisiana State, faces a Tu-
lane team that has been toughtened
by many hard scraps and which has
a clean record except for a 14-14
tie with North Carolina.
And in Philadelphia that same
North Carolina, with only a tie
against it, will test unbeaten Penn
sylvania, which decisions over Yale
and Harvard.
Tennessee, No. ! team of the
country now, has an easy day against
Mercer. Kentucky, still to be tested
under heavy fire, has a breather
against Xavier Of Cincinnati and
Georgetown, unbeaten but tied by
Syracuse, shouldn't be in trouble
against George Washington.
But the rest of the unbeaten bri-
gade won't find this weekend one
for relaxing. Michigan, Notre Dame,
Texas A. and NJ, Oregon State and
DuqQesne, the remaining five of
that unbeaten and united club, all
have tough opponents.
Surprises? 9h'-'.
Michigan goes against Yale, still
a mystery" team. Michigan
shouldn't have any trouble, but
those are the kind of games that
usually go haywire. Notre Dame
takes on Carnegie Tech, which is
smarting under its first defeat Of
the year by N. Y. U. last week and
still remembers the lapse of an Off
cial last year which gave Notre
Dame break and victory.
Texas A. and M. plays Baylor in
a southwest conference game, and
contests in that sector are as unpre-
dictable as deck of cards. Oregon
State tackles Washington State in
one Of the Pacific Northwest clas-
sizes of the year and Duquesne, which
knocked off Pittsburgh last week,
plays tough Texas Tech team to-
morrow night in Pittsburgh.
The remaining five teams in the
unbeaten but tied class also have
tough assignments this weekend.
Dartmouth, held to a scoreless tie
by Navy, takes on Harvard, South
ern California, still the Pacific
coasts No. eleven despite an
early-season tie by Oregon faces
California in an annual battle that
frequently turns out to be one of
those upsets. Nebraska plays Kan
sas State in big six battle. Okla
homa, unbeaten last year and tied in
its opener by Southern Methodist,
plays Oklahoma A. and M. in one Of
the hottest games In the Sooner
State. And U. G. L. A., with week
of rest, faces an Oregon team which
was knocked over by Gonzaga.