Evening star., 1941-11-17
Yale-Harvard Clash
Heads Old Feuds
To Flare Again
Perfect Minnesota, Duke
Add Spice to Slate
With FinuI Comes
Ry HAROLD CLAASEN.
Associated Press E,nnrtN Writer

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Associated Press sports Writer.
NEW YORK. Nov 17-Football
rivalries that Grandpa helped in
augurate back in the days of quilted
uniforms and handlebar mustaches
present their l94l editions this week
end, which is stretched t6 three days
by the first of this years Thanks
giving days.
Top honors in prestige and age
probably 60 to the Yale-Harvard
meeting Saturday at Cambridge
Other series to be extended are
Southern Cahfornia-Notr Dame
ST. Marys- s-Fordham, Ohio State
Michigan. Kansas Missouri, Ala
bama-Vanderbilt and Oregon Wash
ington.
Duke Is Bowl Standout.
OF that lot, not team is unbeaten
and united although Notre Dame
has only a 0-to-0 deadlock with
Army against it. The list of per
feet" teams was cut to Is last week
with four major Minnesota,
Duke, Texas A. & M. and Duquesne
still among those present.
Only Wisconsin stands between
Minnesota and second straight
unbeaten season and retention of the
Big Ten title. Duke, hopeful of a
bowl bid, must surmount North Car
olina State, while Duquesne finished
its season with terrific 16-to-0
triumph over Mississippi State.
Texas A. & M has vet to play de-
fiated Texas. November 27. and also
has meeting December 6 with
Washington State.
This weeks program. by sections
East.
Yale sends one of the weakest
Blue teams in history to Cambridge
to oppose Club Peabody and his
Harvard mates. Yale lost its sixth
straight to Princeton Saturday. 20
to 6, while Harvard trounced Brown.
% to 7. Still 1t is Yale VS.. Harvard
and that almost Is enough to fill
any stadium.
Army, 14-to-7 loser to Penn. takes
on West Virginia while Navy goes
against an improving Princeton ma
chine. Columbia. tired out holding
Michigan to 28-to-0 win. closes its
year against Colgate. held to a 49,
tolls. deadlock by Syracuse. Boston
College, spilled by Tennessee, IA to
7. mixes with Boston University.
Fordham entertains ST. Mary's.
whipped IS to l3 by Santa Clara yes
terday. Pennsylvania tangles with
Cornell, 33-to-l9 winner over Dart
mouth and the New Hampshire In
dians are the guests of Georgia.
Mid West.
Northwestern. beaten 7 to 6 bv
Notre Dame. looks too strong for
Illinois. Ohio State. 12-to-7 victor
over the Zuppkemen, tackles once
beaten MICHIGAN. Iowa. after losing
to the Gophers 34-13, goes to Lin
coin in hope of giving the Huskers
their sixth straight setback. Ne
braska was l4-to-7 victim of Ed
gar Especial Delivery Jones OF
Pittsburgh, who for the second
straight week stamped himhelf as a
great back.
Missouri boss of Oklahoma by a
surprising 28-to-0 margin. hopes to
attract further bowl attention in its
meeting with Kansas. while the
Sooners tangle with Marquette,
coached this year for the first time
bv Tom Stidham. Stidham left Ok
lahoma last fall.
uTien1,,ci,, y,,,,,iclaI u ~
q, In getting ready for Minnesota.
The Boilermakers tangle with In
diana in the Hoosier State classic.
South.
Alabama needs a victory Saturday
over Vanderbilt to remain in the
mated by Mississippi. The latter
two meet November 90. Tennessee
collides with Kentucky.
Dukes game dominates in the
Southern circuit, although North
Carolina State isn't too strong.
Wake Forest plays George Washing
ton Thursday Virginia Poly meets
Virginia Military.
Clemson. proud Of its 29-to-0 ver-
dict over Wake Forest, is at Furman
Saturday,
Southwest.
Both Texas and Texas A. & M.
are idle until their meeting week
from Thursday and turn the spot
light over to Baylor VS.. Southern
Methodist and Rice VS.. Texas Chris
tan. The T.1C. U. team still is in
the title picture. after dumping
Texas, IA to 7. The Horned Frogs
could share the Southwest crown by
winning their remaining two games
and If Texas repeats its 1910 win
over the Aggies.
Far West.
Except for the Oregon Washing
ton feud, little will be done to
straighten out the scrambled Pacific
Coast Conference standings. STAN
ford, up-ended second time this
season, goes against California No
vember % after losing to Washing
ton State, IA to 13. Oregon State,
6-to-O master of California. meets
Montana. U. G. l.. A. takes on
Santa Clara. Washington State has
Gonzaga as its foe.