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pair of really fine teams that looked
better than ever in their conqueStS
of Syracuse by 1876 and Princeton
by 1923 respectively, invade the
national field for the first time when
they meet two of the Big Tens big
gest teams. Cornell plays Ohio
State, the team that gave the Big
Red its first big push toward national
recognition year ago. The Bucks,
beaten twice, most recently. 1871. by
Minnesota, don't look quite as strong
this season, but they'll certainly be
out for doubly sweet revenge. Penn
tackles Michigan'S high-scoring team
which swept up Illinois, $50, for its
fourth straight win.
Other Big Eastern Games.
Boston College. after a 900 walk
over against Idaho, faces little St.
Anselm: Georgetown. 46-4 winner
over Virginia Tech Friday, meets
New York University. 1877 victim of
Holy Cross. and Fordham. 24-12
conquerer of Pitt, meets its favorite
Pacific Coast enemy, St. Mary's,
which beat Loyola of Los Angeles,
1877, yesterday.
Other important games match
Columbia, 1913 winner over Georgia,
and Syracuse; Princeton and Rut-
gers, which beat Marietta, $50;
Penn State, $40 winner over Lehigh,
and Temple; Yale, which recovered
from its Penn beating to whip
Dartmouth, 1871 and Navy, a 1870
winner over Drake: Harvard. which
tied Army, 6-6, and Dartmouth. and
Colgate, beaten. 1870, by Duke in its
50th anniversary game, against
Mississippi College.
Midwest-Mlnnesota S triumph over
highly rated Ohio State put. the
Gophers on par with Michigan and
Northwestern, which walloped Wis
consin, 27-7. in the Big Ten race
Indiana, triumphant. 1916, over Iowa
in its first conference game, likely
will 60 out of the running Saturday
when it meets Northwestern. Min
nesota plays Iowa and Purdue faces
Wisconsin this week Notre Dame
which just couldn't stop rolling
against Carnegie Tech, winning
6l-0, plays Illinois.
Nebraska Looks Good.
In the Big Six. Nebraska con-
tinued to loom as the No. l team as
it overwhelmed Kansas, $50, but
Missouri's Tigers also shone in a
30-14 triumph over Iowa State. They
meet in a decisive game Saturday
while Oklahoma. 14-O winner over
Kansas State. plays Iowa State.
The two Kansas teams play a con-
ISOLATION game
Leading independents play inter-
sectional games as unbeaten Detroit
faces Villanova at Philadelphia
Marquette plays Texas Tech and
Michigan State encounters Santa
Clara.
South-Some of Tennessee'S sup
porters are looking for Rose Bowl
invitation now that the Vols have
beaten Alabama by decisive Pip
but Tennessee hasn't won the South
eastern Conference crown yet
Florida, 1910 winner over weak
Maryland, is next in line. Mississippi
still tops the standing. The Rebels,
14-6 winners over Duquesne. play
Arkansas in another eXtra-circuit
clash. Georgia Tech, 100 winner
over Vanderbilt, meets Auburn, which
yielded to Southern Methodist, 20-l3.
Louisiana State, 900 winner over
Little Mercer. faces Vanderbilt and
Kentucky, $40 victor over George
Washington. plays Georgia in othe-
conference games.
Clemson Resumes Play.
Clemson. out of action in the
Southern Conference for a week
returns to action Thursday against
South Carolina and on Saturday
Duke encounters Wake Forest. 3119
winner over Marshall of West Vir-
ginia and the sole conqueror of the
still dangerous North Carolina team
Washington and Lee, which beat
Richmond. 80, faces Virginia Tech
and Virginia Military, which sur
prised Virginia, TO, meets Rich
mOnd.
SouthWeSt-The conference race
at present is a tWo-club affair be-
tween the 1889 champion Texas Ag-
gies, who trimmed Texas Christian
21-7, last Saturday, and Texas, 2l-C
winner over Arkansas. The Aggies
may find a touch customer in Bay
lor, TO winner over Villanova, but
the Longhorns shouldn't have much
trouble with the Rice Owls, who lost
15-7 to Tulane.
Big Seven-Utah States TO up.
set triumph over Utah left Colo
radios Buffaloes and Denver at the
top of the standing. The Bluffs
whipped Colorado State, 1914, while
Denver swamped Wyoming, 4l-9.
Stanford Tackles Trojans.
Colorado gets crack at Wyoming
this week while Denver plays the
Utes, who may be very dangerous
on the rebound. In non-conference
games, Utah State meets Idaho ano
Colorado State plays New Mexico
Colorado College, after taking the