The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
|UPSETS FEATURE
WEEK END GAMES
Northwestern, Minnesota,
Michigan, Notre Dame
Among Mid West Leaders
BY BILL BoN1

0ASA
a football weekend that had more
Merriwells finishes than the widest
movie script and more surprises
than your Aunt Emma's Christmas
box, the Middle West emerged to-
day with a hat full of teams clam
oring for more than sectional recog-
milton.
In the Western conference alone
are three clubs that must figure
in anyone's national ranking. Each
has won a major intersectional VIC
tory-Northwestern over Syracuse,
Minnesota over Washington, and
Michigan over California and yes
terday over Penn-and each in ad-
dition has cleaned up in its own
territory.
Besides these the midwest has
Notre Dame, still looking for some
team to give its first-stringers a
Commute workout and hardly like
ly to find it in next Saturdays
meeting with inept Army, and De-
troit, which stayed in the alvin
ming ranks by downing V'illanova
today, 100.
Drop From List
While the east was losing Ford
ham and Columbia from it's un-
beaten-untied list, Mississippi was
knocked off in the south and Tex
as in the southwest, the midwest
foursome came through impress
sively on all counts.
Michigan's meeting with Penn
had been headlined in advance as
a duel of brilliant individuals. It
turned out to be another great show
by the Wolverines Tommy Har-
mon, who ran 10 yards and passed
IS yards for the two touchdowns,
kicked the extra points and got
valuable assists from Bucking
Back Bob Westfall and Blocking
Back Forest Evashevski as Mich
igan smothered Frank Reagan to
win, $40.
Minnesota and Northwestern, ri
walls in next Saturdays major at
traction, both came from behind.
The Gophers. with George Franck
racing to four touchdowns, whipped
Iowa, 34-6. Northwestern, with Bill
DeCorrevont on the sidelines, in
tercepted an Indian pass and
blocker a punt in the last quarter
to top the Hoosiers, POT. Notre
Danes reserves again got a big
play in a 26-0 whipping of Illinois.
Cornell And Stanford
Sectionally the days other stand
out performances were delivered
by Cornell in the east and Stanford
on the Pacific coast. The Ithacans,
battered and buffaloed by an 49,
yard Ohio State scoring drive early
in the first quarter, picked them
selves up off the floor to clear their
biggest mid-season obstacle with a
21-7 victory, biggest score ever run
up on any Francis Schmidt-coach-
ed Ohio State team. Stanford,
spanked for a change by Quarter
back Frank Albert, put over two
touchdowns in the last four min
utes for a similar count against
Southern California, which had won
last year by 800.
Five other major eastern elevens
stayed in the winning column.
Navy, which next tackles Penn,
rolled Up II first downs to one in
wallof Dig Yale, 30, for the first
time. Army, on the other hand,
dropped a 1910 decision to all-win-
ming Lafayette, which sent Jimmy
Farrell over for two TALES in little
more than a minute.
Georgetown ran its unbeaten
streak to 81, five more than Cor
nell, with an easi1y-won 26-0 con-
quest of New York U. Penn States
Pepper Petrella was the big
noise in an 1870 defeat of Temple.
Boston college, in it's second sue
cessive breather, crushed St. An
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Tennessee and Clemson, clean
slate standard bearers of the South
eastern and Southern conferences. t
had their troubles. The Vols were
held scoreless for the first half and i
look too good in the second ;
as they beat Florida, 40, and t
Clemson. on Thursday, was held (
to 21-13 by South Carolina. y
The Texas Aggies, southwest pace {
makers, also had their work cut S
out for them. Up against a power a
Jul Baylor line the Aggies had to i
put on full pressure all the way to t
hose out the Bears, 14-7. S
Right up with the best of them, a
beaten only by Minnesota. is Neb- t
,aska. The Huskers, with Harry f
1opp bucking, running wide, punt
ng, as well Is passing for one c
touchdown, stopped Missouri, 20 4
y TO stay on top if the Big Six. T
Kicking played a vital part in five t
u the days big surprises. Joe t
Agulrre's 40-yard field goal in the b
quarter gave St. Mary's a 60 t
WIN over Fordham, the Rams first F
le1eat; ~145-pound Bunky Morris. a. a
llppery sophomore, drop.kicked q Fl
'@-varder with 40 seconds to go as
'yracuse topped Columbia, 80; Cap "
am Lou Young's extra point gave S
its first triumph, by rs S
'Ver harvard; Ernie Savingano's %. /,
'aru oropk1ck brought Brown home q
mead of Holy Cross, 60, and Bob Y