The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-23
MINNESOTA TO MAKE FINAL BID
 FOR GRID GROWN
National Championship to Be Settled Probably To-
 day Other Games
By LESLIE AVERY

Western Conference and the Ivy league close up shop today, leaving scattered eastern teams, southern sections and the far west to ring down the curtain on the football sea- son next week.
 In the Western Conference's cl- max game, Minnesota makes it's final bid for the mythical national cham pionship against Wisconsin, an im- proved team but still not figured good enough to upset the unbeate united Gophers who clinched the conference title by beating Purdue last week.
 The traditional Yale Harvard game and the Cornell-Penn tussle feature the Ivy league windup.
 Four of the six remaining un- beaten and united teams risk their perfect records today, only Stanford and Texas Aggies remaining idle. Boston colleges Eagles, with Sugar Bowl bid almost in their grasp are not expected to let down against Auburn's in and out Plainsmeh, who will be trying to bounce back from the L. s. U. upset last week.
 The casts other perfect record team, Lafayette, seems in no danger in its seasons finale against Lehigh today, and Tennessee, last undefeat- ed, united club in the south is the choice over a good Kentucky eleven. Stanford, with tie for the Pacific flfIn QlrpQdU O IL of in preparation for California next Saturday. The Texas Aggies will wind up against Texas on Thanks giving No. 2 Thursday.
 Today'S program by sections:
 East
 Boston college e-Auburn; Brown D artm mouth; Columbia Colgatel Georgetown George Washington; Holy Cross-Manhattan: Penn-Cor- nell; Pitt-Penn State; Princeton Army; Villanova- -Dequesne; Yale Harvard; Maryland Rutgers.
 South
 Alabama Vanderbilt: Duke-North Carolina State; Furman- Clemson: Georgia Tech-Florida; Mississippi State Mississippi; Tennessee Ken lucky; Tulane-Louisiana Normal; Virginia North Carolina.
 Middle West
 Detroit-Marquette: Illinois; Michigan State-West Virginia: Ne braska- Iowa State; Northwestern- Notre Dame; Ohio Michigan; Oklahoma Temple; Purdue Indiana; Tulsa Oklahoma Aggies; Wisconsin Minnesota.
 Southwest
 Baylor-S Southern Methodist, and Rice-TeXaS Ch~is iers.
 Far West
 U. c. H. Washing on; Washing ton State -Gonzaga; Santa Clara Loyola Sunday.
 Pitt-Pen State
 Pittsburgh, Nov. 23-CUP)-Unde- feated Penn State meets the Pitt Partners today in She 40th renewal of their gridiron rivalry. The Pan- thers, final obstacle to an undefeated season for State, have been made slight favorites. A crowd of 10000 was expected
 Princeton Army
 Princeton, N. J.. Nov. 23-CUP)- An Army football team which has not scored major victory since 1888 faced favored Princeton eleven in Palmer stadium today.
 It will be the last game for the Cadets until they face Navy next Saturday and Princetons final game of the year.
 Brown n-Dartm0uth
 Providence, R. l., Nov. 23-CUP)-- Brown sought it's seventh triumph of the season today as it met Dart mouth, upset victor oyer Cornell, at Brown stadium in one of the oldest New England football riyalries.
 Holy Cross Manhattan
 Worcester, Mass. Nov. 23-tUP)--- Strengthened by the return of sey- eral injured linemen and improve ment of sophomore players, Holy Cross football team hopes to main tain a recor dof never having lost to Manhattan in the final game of the season here today.
 Okies-Temple
 Norman, Okla, Nov. 23-(Up)- Oklahoma university plays it's last home football game of the season to- day against Temple university of Philadelphia. It is the first game between the two schools. Approxi- mately 25,000 fanse are expected.
 COrnell-Penn
 Philadelphia, Nov. 23-CUP)-Cor- nell. its 18-game victory streak snapped by a conceded lose to Dart mouth, met Pennsylvania for the Ivy league title today in Franklin fields first sellout since 193O.
 The 78,205 available seats were sold last week but newspapermen, pho tographers and others boosted the crowd to 80,000. It was the 46th meeting between the teams since 1893
 Northwestern- -NOtre Dame
 Evanston, H., Nov. 23--CUP)-In one of footballs most intense feuds, Northwestern today meets Notre Dame before a sellout crowd of 48,000 in the 20th renewal of their traditional rivalry.
 B. c. vs. Auburn
 Boston. Nov 23- -(UP) )-Undefeat cd Boston college, pacing the east ern football race with eight straight triumphs, continues It's quest for bowl bid against dangerous Auburn today in an intersectional clash be- fore an expected 35, ,000 fans.
 The Eagles. highest-scoring eleven in the nation, ruled a 3-1 favorite, but thrice-beaten Auburn received considerable attention from longshot players.