The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-11
BIG THREE BESTS
STIFFEST TESTS
Richmond's Win Over Caro-
lima Biggest Upset In South;
Dixie Gets Attention
BY BILL BONI

due apology to Yale, Harvard and
Princeton, the charter members,
the big Three" in today's college
football. picture are the teams de.
veloped by B ernie Bierman al
Minnesota, Clark Shaughnessy at
Stanford and Homer N ort n at
Texas A. and M.
Facing their stiffest test of the
season yesterday, all came
through to handsome victories
Minnesota by IS over Michigan
on a soggy field; Stanford by 20
10 over Washington after trailing,
0-10, in the third quarter, and
the Texas Aggies by 1877 over
Southern Methodist as the Aggie
linemen shared the days honors
with fullback John Kimbrough and
halfback Bill Conatser.
Minnesota's Golden Gophers de-
serve a very special niche all their
own. Michigan, Northwestern and
Nebraska each has been beaten
only once, each by the Gophers;
until Stanford came from behind,
Minnesota also was the only team
to have whipped Washington, and
from here in, with only Purdue
and Wisconsin left, the Gophers,
shouldn't have any difficulty roll
ing on to the Western conference
title.
First to Hold Harmon
Not only were they the first
team to stop Michigan, but they
also were the first to shut out the
Wolverines Tommy Harmon.
Outside of the scoring playa
short Harmon-Forest Evashevski,
forward pass for Michigan, an 80
yard dash by Bruce Smith and
extra-point kick by Joe Mernik for
Minnesota-it was stout defensive
play by the Gophers' big line that
decided the day. 1t held Michigan
on the one before a tumble led to
the Wolverine score, and in the
hnal stages checked a 75-yard-
march on the five and another on
the 26.
Stanford, operating for most Of
the game without its star full.
back. Norm Standlee, achieved a
near-miracle in putting a virtual
half-Nelson on the coast champion
ship and Rose Bowl invitation. The
Indians stormed II yards for
their first score, on a pass from
frankie Albert to Pete Kmetovic:
went Al for the n that put them
IN the lead, and got the clincher
as kmetovic sprinted IS yards with
an intercepted Washington all-or.
nothing pass.
Like Stanford, which has onlv
oregon State and California left,
lexas A. and M. should 60 on to
the Southwest crown and thus beat
the J1nx that has kept all defend
ing champs from repeating in this
conference. The Aggies, in gain
ing 18th straight over an S.
M. U. team that threw 80 passes.
rad Kimbrough to make 1O3 ward
n 20 trips, 80 yard
IN eight for the second score; Con-
atser to crack through for the
llrst touchdown and do some fine
puntlng with a slippery ball. and
Jim !homason to crash through
ana block an end-zone punt for the
11nal six points. Only Rice and
Iexas stand between the Aggies
and another perfect season .
With Michigan removed fir O m
inc "l-winning ranks, the rest Of
TINS group was less impressive
man the pace-setters. Cornell had
us tlrst bad day against a defen-
slVely-lnsplred Yale team which
throttled the Big Reds passino
put fell before it's ground attack
zl-o; embattled Boston u. surnris,
lngly held Boston college to the
same score, and it took a 78-yard
drlve in the last quarter, with Roh
oaggau going the last seven. for
Notre Dame to nose out Navv
1877. NAVY
Saturday Bruiser
Only Georgetown, 41-O winner
over Maryland, performed up to
expectations in getting ready for
what should be a bruiser with Ros.
ton college Saturday, while Ten.
nessee romped over Southwestern
400.
Once-beaten Or tied, but still in
there pitching, r such teams as
Mississippi State, Duke, Alabama.
northwestern and Nebraska.
States Billy Jefferson was or the
passing end of scoring plays that
covered 80, 81 and 20 yards to
top Louisiana State, 22-7. Duke,
held to 1918 at the half by a
95-yard run and a 45-yard pass
play, got rolling in the last two
periods to rout Davidson, 46-13.
Bama's Jimmy Nelson, a Comm
ute man, kicked two punts, n
which a Tulane man touched on
ms 8 and another which pushed
the Greenies back to their S, to
set up the tallies for a 1876 Ala
bama victory.
northwestern, trailing 1914 at
tne start of the last quarter, cut
loose with three quick touchdowns
70 whip Illinois, 1914. A Toward
quick kick by Hermie Rohrig and
d 3o-yard pass by Harry Hopp en-
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