Evening star., 1941-10-20
Big Ten 1uss|e
Tops Imposing
Football Gard
Leading Teams in All
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Sectors Scheduled =,
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For Rugged Tests
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By HERB BARKER.


NEW YORK. Oct 20-Natlonaf
as well as sectional, football cham
pionship hopes will be at stake ~
Ann Arbor this week. There tao
powerful Western Conference ma
chimes, Minnesota's Gophers am
Michigan's Wolverines, will collide
in the most important test OF the
season to date
Michigans fourth successive vlc-
tory. thrilling l4-7 conquest Of
Northwestern last Saturday, fourd
the Wolverine defense thoroughly
tested, especially IN the later stages
when Northwestern hammered aVav
INCREASINGLY in quest of an equallziHg
touchdown. Sophomore Tom Zuzrr1,
like his predecessor, All-Amerlca
Tom Harmon, a product Of GARY,
Ind. vas Michlgans offensive Star,
tossing passes for both touchdoVns.
Gophers' Star Back Hurt. RI
Mlchigans defense was adequate
for Northwestern, but whether. u
can halt Minnesota ls q duestlon
that remains 10 be answered The
Gophers. beating Pitt in routine
fashion, 800, scored their third sue
ceSsive victory this season and
stretched their winning streak 70 II
games in row, spread over three
campaigns.
Minnesota hasn't been beaten
since the next to last game on the
Gophers' 1899 schedule. when Iowa
turned the trick, 1879. The victory
over Pitt was costly enough. how
ever. for Bruce Smith. star halfbacK,
was hurt and had 10 leave the game
to ioin a Minnesota casualty list that
includes Urban Odson. great tackle.
and Bob Sveiger. blocking back.
Northwestern's defeat blasted me
Wildcats of the undefeated list
along with Columbia. Cornell and
Dartmouth Of the Eastern ivy
League: Rice. Baylor and Texas
Christian Of the Southwest Con-
ference: Nebraska Of the Big siT.
and Colorado State Of the Rocky
Mountain Big Seven.
% Majors Still Unbeaten,
These casualties left the roll Of
major unbeaten teams al %. three
Of which have been tied Here's how
they are spread geographically:
Esst-Armv. Navy Penn. Du1uesfe
Fordham, Villanova, Temple ard
Rutgers.
Middle West Michigan Mia
nesota. Ohio State, Notre Dame and
Detroit \
South-Duke. Clemson. Vanderbilt,
Georgia (tied and Mississippi State
tied.
Southwest Texas and Texas
Ageies
Far West-Santa Clara.
Rocky Mountain-Utah ttied).-
Most Of this weeks action viii be
concentrated in the Central States,
as this brief outline, by sections,
demonstrates:
Middle West.
Minnesota Michigan clash tops the
list. but Ohio State. also factor in
the conference race. plays North
western in another important test.
The Buckeyes tripped Purdue, 1914,
last week. but found sound reason
for concern in the fact that the
BoilermakerS came so close to over
coming a 1910 deficit. Wisconsin
and Indiana. both surprise winners
last week. meet in another confer
ence game. as do Iowa and Purdne.
Iowa never was able to get starred
against Wisconsin and the Badgers
earned a decisive 23-0 victory. IN
diana. with its running and passing
attack finally clicking after three
successive defeats. stopped Nebraska,
2l-13 -s-t
Notre Dame. Disappointing "dn
whipping weak Carnegie Tech. lS40,
tackles Illinois Marquette, after
convincing 53-7 triumph over
Kansas, entertains hard-bitten
Duquesne Detroit which had. a
close 2O-l4 call with Oklahoma A.
and M. meets Arkansas next
The Big Six title probably will be
decided at Columbia. where Missouri,
1918 conqueror OF Iowa State,
tackles Nebraska. defending title
holder; Kansas plays Iowa Stats in
another conference tilt. while
Oklahoma, after a 1910 victory over
Kansas State. must face tough Santa
Clara, which topped Michigan State,
10. ST.
Southwest.
Texas, which may we'll be the team
of the year. and Texas A. and NJ.
are the lone unbeaten survivors. in
this section. Texas, after a 1914
rout of Arkansas, now has rolled up
156 points in four games against
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