Evening star., 1941-11-10
-Four Unbeaten
Major Teams
Face Snares
Gophers, Texas Ags,
Duke, Duquesne on
Spot This Week
Bv HAROLD CLAASEN,


NEW YORK, Nov. 10.-Football
fans. still groggy from last Satur-
day's extended list of surprises, are
sticking pins into this week end S
program in hopes of finding where
the lightning will strike next.
The Saturday gridiron upheaval
left only four major united and un-
beaten elevens-M Minnesota. Duke,
Duuuesne and Texas A. & M.-each
has worthy foe ahead.
Minnesota. the club voted No. 2
behind the erstWhile unblemished
University of Texas last week in the
Associated Press poll. goes against
reiuvenated Iowa machine in a
Big Ten tuSsle The HaWkeyes, with
Nile Kinnick in command. handed
the Gophers their last defeat in
1899
Duouesne hurries home from the
West Coast and a o-to-0 verdict over
S.. Marv's for an engagement with
once-tied Mississippi State.
Texas A. & NJ, 21-to-10 last
period victor over Southern Meth
odist. opposes Rice, a club that was
good enough to defiate powerful Tu-
lane a few Saturdays ago.
Duke, the tough part Of its sched-
ule behind it, has North Carolina
and possible confidence to
fear. The Dukes trimmed Davidson,
81 to 0, while North Carolina
whipped the same club, 20 to 0.
earlier in the year.
Big Six Title at Stake.
Other points Of interest this week
end are: Notre Danes engagement
with Northwestern. Missouri's clash
with Oklahoma for the Big Six title,
Texas battle against Texas Chris
tian. Stanford VS.. Washington State,
Michigan VS.. Columbia Yale VS..
Princeton. Army VS.. Penn, and Ten
nessee at Boston College.
The program by sections:
Far West-Stanford safely past
Southern California by 13 to 0,
meets Washington State, which
clipped Idaho. 26 to 0. for the Sec
ond year in a row The Trojans
are idle. awaiting Notre Dame a
week later. but California enter
tains Oregon State, l9-to-0 winner
over U. c. L. A. Santa Clara is a.
! Oregon tomorrow in sR Armistice
Day battle, and the Broncos see
action again next Sunday against
/ St. Marys.
SouthWest-TeXas, with a clean
slate until its 7-to-7 deadlock with
/ Baylor. hopes to right itself against
| Texas Christian. 37-to-7 victor over
Centenary. Texas A. and NJ. con-
. tinues blithely on its gay. with Rice.
2l-to-12 master of Arkansas, as the
fee. The Razorbacks mix with
Southern Methodist and Baylor
hopes to keep its edge for the meet
ing with Tulsa.
Irish in Another Big One.
MidWest-For the third straight
week Notre Dame coIlides with a
ajor power. this time with tn.
sophomore laden Northwestern crew
that tripped Indiana, 20 to IA. The
Irish had their aerials clicking in
downing Navy, 20 to l3 while North
western subdued the HoosierS with
a diversified attack.
Iowa. 21-to-0 winner over Illinois.
entertains the Gophers. Ohio State.
victor in 46-to-34 touchdown
spree with Wisconsin. plays the
Zuppkemen The Badgers oppose
Purdue. held to a O-to-0 deadlock
by Michigan State. Michigan comes
east to tackle Columbia, l6-to-l9
loser to Penn.
In the Big Six. the Oklahoma IN
vasion of Missouri for the league
title tops the bill The Missouians
prepped for the affair by blanking
New York University. 26 to 0. and
the Sooners massacred Iowa State,
55 to 0, in their last workout.
Open Big Three Scrap.
East-Yale and Princeton, each
with five consecutive defeats, open
the tradition -shrouded Big Three
competition. The Tigers lost, l3 to
20, to Dartmouth. whose next foe is
Cornell. Yale continued its losing
string at Ithaca, q to 7.
Fordham has weeks vacation to
study its 0-to-13 loss to Pittsburgh.
and the Panthers move out to Ne
braska. MinneSotas 9-to-0 victim
Tennessee and Boston College COL
lde in the Beantown in a repeat
performance of their 194l Sugar
Bowl contest which the Eagles an
nexed, 10 to 13 The Vols whipped
Howard. % to 6. while Boston Col
lege doWned Wake Forest, 26 to 6.
Army, bumped by Harvard in a
20-6 game, plays Penn while the
Maroon machine meets Brown. New
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