Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-25
Michigan-Penn Clash
High Spot Of Drive
On Clean States
Cornell, Texas, Columbia,
Stanford, Southern Col
Records in Danger
BY SID FEEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NE" YUM, CcC. Zo.-Ine
pleasant prospect for this weeks
football festivities is that the list
Of unbeaten teams runs q very good
chance of shrinking like your guar
anteed all-wool" $40 suit.
At the moment, there are only
about two dozen or so outfits from
coast to coast which can conceivably
be placed In the major" class and
which have so far kept out of the
losing column.
But unless there's an epidemic Of
tie ball games on this week end
program, two of these must be wiped
out in the Michigan and
Stanford-Southern California tus-
sles and 10 or II more are going to
have anything but a clambake to
stay in the select set
Naturally, the Midwestern inva-
sion Of Pennsylvania Quakers to
tangle with Michigan is the hot-spot
of the afternoon. When brothers
Francis Xavier Reagan and terrific
these two clubs isn't going to be In
the daisy chain any more.
As for the Pacific Coast headliner,
Stanford has renewed Clark
Shaughnessy's faith in the game by
giving him a clean slate up to now
Southern CALIFORNIA; defending
coast champions started slowly
| with two ties, but seem to be rolling
now.
Beaten Teams Big Threats.
But those are the meetings be-
tween clubs showing no loss on
either side. Elsewhere, from coast
to coast. you have unbeaten out
fits tangling with previously whipped
elevens who very well can snap win
ming strings wherever they are.
For instance. there's Ohio States
Buckeyes. beaten twice and with
nothing more to lose in the way Of
prestige. They'll be going all out
at Cornell. and the mighty Big Red
Is in for busy afternoon, at best
And what about Rutgers, the only
unbeaten. united. unsecured on team
in the select set? All the boys who
die for dear old Rutgers have to do
Saturday is meet up with the
Princeton Tiger
Then there're Detroits Titans.
who toss their record Of four straight
victories on the line against Villa
nova, and Texas Longhorns, who
figure to run into anything but tea
party with Rice. and Lafayette. who
goes against Army. and George
towns Hoyas, with a two-year I'M
defeated reign, who tangle with New
York University, and Penn States
Nittany Lions, who meet an up
and-coming Temple team, and Mis-
sissippi, which can't hope for a
breeze with Arkansas, or Texas Ag-
gies with Baylor or Columbia with
Syracuse.
Some Records Appear Safe.
OF course, the all-victorious rec
ords of Tennessee. Franklin and
Marshall, Navy, Notre Dame, Boston
College, Northwestern. Fordham
and Minnesota aren't supposed to be
in too much danger against Florida.
Gettysburg. Yale's moaning Ellis,
Illinois. Little st. Anselm, Indiana,
St. Mary's of California or Iowa,
respectively. but there's always the
chance Of surprise
In fact, the only sure thing I'M
beaten team for the week is Glenn
son. because the fingers took care
Of that by knocking OF South Caro-
lima, 21-l3, yesterday. Kentucky, Mis-.
stssippi State and Texas Tech, tied,
but not whipped, meet Georgia,
North Carolina State and Marquette,
respectively.
On the beaten-teams' slate there
are such engagements as North
Caroline Tulane. Georgia Tech-Au-
burn, Louisiana State Vanderbilt,
Wake Forest-Duke in the South, Ne
braska-M Missouri, Purdue Wisconsin,
Iowa State Oklahoma, Kansas
State-Kansas in the Midwest, Har-
vard-Dartmouth, Duquesne- Man.
haitian and West Virginia George
Washington in the East, U. c. L. A.
Oregon State, Washington State
Oregon and Washington California
on the Pacific Coast, Texas Chris
tian-Tulsa in the Southwest, Dem
ver-Utah and Colorado-Wyoming in
the Rocky Mountain and, intersec-
tionally, Michigan State VS.. Santa
Clara.