Evening star., 1939-11-04
Army and Irish
Expect Crowd
Of $4,000
Tennessee vs.. L.. S. u.
Among Tits Beoring
On Championships
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, Jr.,

Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK, Nov. 4.-You can
count on the fingers of two hands
the topmost attractions on today's
national football schedule: that is.
the games which really count In
deciding sectional championships or
the national title. But there's no
counting those almost equally i'm
portant games where the main at
traction is nothing more than a
duel between a couple of great backs
or just fine football game.
The outstanding games are Army
Notre Dame in the East-just an
old-time crowd pleaser that's sure
to fill the Yankee Stadium to its
$4,000 capacity regardless of the
teams records; Tennessee-Louisiana
State in the South, Michigan-Illi-
nois in the Big Ten, Nebraska Mis-
souri, In the Big Six, Texas A. and
M.-Arkansas in the Southwest, Col
orado-Utah in the Rocky Mountain
Big Seven and Oregon State-South-
ern California on the Pacific Coast.
Michigan Turns Loose Harmon.
Like Army -Notre Dame, only one
team really has much at stake in
the Michigan Illinois contest. Mich
lgan's Wolverines rank with Notre
Danes Irish" as the only unbeaten
and united teams of major impor-
tance in the Midwest. There's
always a chance of an upset in
these traditional battles, but the
main question at Champaign seems
to be whether Michigan and Tom
Harmon can wipe out the memory
OF that 1924 game when Red Grange
scored five touchdowns and the H.
lini won. 1914.
The Northwestern Minnesota, In
diana-Ohio State and Iowa-Purdue
games all will have some bearing
upon the Big Ten title, but they
don't have that touch of added in
terest. In the Big Six, undefeated
Oklahoma against Iowa State would
be about even with undefeated Ne
braska against Missouri except for
the question of what Pitchin' Paul
Christman's passes can do against
the Huskers.
South Presents Ace Natural.
That Tennessee-L. S. U. game is a
natural in every way. They're the
South's prime bidders for national
honors as well as rivals for the
Southwest Conference crown. Ten
nessee has great ball carrier in
George bad News Cafego and
l.. S. U. boasts a remarkable air.
scoring team in Leo Bird and Ken
Kavanaugh. A close second in the
matter of deciding the conference
race is unbeaten and united Ken
lucky against Alabama. Duke, No
l team of the Southern Conference
even though it hasn't caught up with
North Carolina in the games that
count, takes on strong Georgia
Tech outfit.
Texas A. and NJ, undefeated and
united pacesetters of the Southwest
Conference, takes a big chance when
1t invades Fayetteville to play a
dangerous Arkansas outfit. But
there's almost as much interest in
the Texas-Southern Methodist tilt.
Texas has Jack Grain, who likes to
!ope 80 yards or so for touchdowns,
while S. M. u, untested in con-
ference competition, offers Preston
Johnson.
Unbeaten Team Meets Favorite.
There's not likely to be so much
individual stardom when Oregon
State meets Southern Cal, but it's a
game between the only unbeaten
and united team in the Coast Con-
ference and the team that's favored
to win the title. Colorado, a disap-
polntment so far, figures to be big
barrier in Utah's road to the Big
Seven title. especially since Denver
held the Utes to a tie last week.
Fridays outstanding triumphs
were credited to Kansas State and
Clemson. K-State walloped Kansas,
276, in their traditional scrap, while
Clemson, which upset Navy last
week, whipped another Eastern op-
ponent, George Washington, 1876.
Georgia beat little Mercer for the
21st successive time, 1879, and Miami
of Florida upset the touring Texas
Tech team, 1910. brakes Bulldogs
moved into second place in the Mis-
souri, Valley Conference with a 20-7
triI1mnh over Wa shh,,rr