Evening star., 1939-10-23
Win Over 'banla
Puts Vols al
Grid Peak
Conference LuureIs,
Bowl Bid Now Seen
For Tennessee
BY KENNETH GREGORY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

ATLANTA, Oct. 23-Acclaimed as
one of the Nations standout football
machines, Tennessee's Volunteers
appeared headed today for their
second straight Southeastern Con-
ference championship and a choice
bowl" assignment on New Year
Day.
Alabama's Crimson Tide was listed
as perhaps the toughest hurdle for
Tennessee and the charges of Maj.
Bob Neyland took that one in stride
with display of power that re-
moved all doubt as to whether the
Volunteers deserved the role of
favorlte.
The 21-to-0 victory over Alabama
left Tennessee with four straight
victories and a defense that has not
been penetrated for a single point.
The conference has two other un-
defeated and united teams in Ken
lucky and Mississippi
The weeks gridiron slate found
Tennessee relaxing, with Mercer
University the opponent of the Vol
unteers, who will be training their
sights on the Tigers of Louisiana
State, whom they meet two weeks
hence. Kentucky also has breath
err in Xavier.
Four Big Loop Battles.
Four standout conference argu-
ments grace the final week of Octo-
berS campaign. The feature attrac-
ton is the skirmish at New Orleans
between Mississippis Rebels and
Tulane's Green Wave Like Missis-
sippi, Tulane is undefeated, but the
Wave was battled to a 14-to-14 tie
last week by North Carolina.
Georgia Techs Engineers, victori-
GUS over Vanderbilt in their con-
erence debut by 14-to-6 count. get
another test with the Auburn
Plalnsmen in Atlanta. Auburn
dropped OF intersectional verdict
to the Manhattan Jaspers.
Other conference duels find Ala
bama's Crimson xTide playing host
to the Mississippi State Maroons at
Tuscaloosa and Vanderbilt's thrice
defeated Commodores entertaining
Louisiana State at Nashville. Mis-
sissippi State trounced Southwest
ern of Memphis, 81 to 0. and Louis
lana State knocked off Loyola, 20
| to o.
The conference got an even break
IN lntersectional campaigning over
the week end, leaving the count at
eight wins and four reverses against
foreign foes While Auburn was
dropped by Manhattan, Mississippi
ran up a 42-to-0 victory over St.
Louis U.
Georgia Tackles n. Y. U.
Georgia S Bulldogs. beaten in their
conference debut by Kentucky in a
close 13-to-6 affair, shoulder the
/ lntersectional burden this week
against New York University at New
York. Florida, which had a tough,
time edging out Tampa, 7 to 0,
tackles Maryland of the Southern
Conference on the latters field.
The Purple Tigers of Sewanee,
surprise conquerors of Tennessee
Tech by 9 to 7, 60 to Memphis for a
Friday night encounter with South
western. 1t was Tennessee Tech
who tied Vanderbilt at 1913 in an
early season game.
Tennessee has three conference
engagements remaining after the
Louisiana State fray. The Volunteers
meet Vanderbilt, Kentucky and
Auburn and not one of that trio
has shown that it packs enough
wallop to halt a good Tennessee
team.
The victory of Tennessee over
Alabama was the 18th straight
triumph for the Volunteers. Ten
nessee won the conference cham
pionship last year and overwhelmed
Oklahoma undefeated team in the
Orange Bowl.