The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-11
DOTH'TO MAKE
 TESTS TODAY;
 TEXAS IS HOT
Georgia Tech Said to Be Good Enough to Upset
 Notre Dame 5
By JACK GUENTHER Limited Press stan Correspondent

United Press Stan Correspondent
 New York, oct. l1--(VPJ-Seven of the nation's pace-setting football squads risk shining records against front rank opponents today in q crowded program which accents the resumption of round-rohln rivalries on the Pacific coast and in the Ivy league and is liherally spiced with sparkling intersectiollal en- agreements.
 With brisk weather forecast gem erally for the first time this sea- son, name teams from coast to coast come to grips in more than score of major games which match elevens of almost equal ability. The days glamor contests, which will provide the initial lines on sectional strengths, include
 At Corvallis, Ore.--Stanford heads the parade towards sectional pen nanty and possible bowl invitations by invading oregon State In quest of third straight Pacific cenfer- ence triumph.
 At Minneapolis--A widely hailed Minnegota varsity goes into action after Q week of rest, engaging un- derdog Illinois in one of two big 10 conference games scheduled. At Houston, Tex-Tulane, rolling again after @ lapse of several sea- sons, meets the Rice Owls.
 At Chapel Hill, s. C.--Fordham's Rams, after Q Shaky start, carry their bowl hopes into Dixie against a North Carolina eleven vastly un- der.rated after an early setback.
 At Dallag, Tex.-The Texas U. squad which Dana Bible has been building for three long years gets It's chance to make good againgi the Boomers of Oklahoma.
 At Atlanta, Ga,--Frank Leahyi first Notre Dame team, unmarked in two starts, moves against a Georgia Tech eleven which may be just good enough to skim through to an upset.
 At Annapolis, Md. -- Navy'e tre- mendous fnan-power takes another step in the natiAnal "offense" pro- gram at the expense of haplesS Locks GoOd
 Lafayette.
 They are the most important games but there are many other big ones. The Ivy loop swings into action on all fronts. Penn goes against Yaie while Cornell engages Harvard. Princeton meets Colum- bia,
 Syracuse tackles Holy Gross, N. sY. D., plays host to rough, tough Texas A. & M. and Clemson storms New England, hoping to square matters with Boston College.
 villanova moves south Florida and Alabama, Duke and Tenneseee spar with luckleSs Howard, Dayton and Maryland. Mississippi State pairs of with L. s. U., Vanderbilt meets unbeaten Kentucky and South Carolina opposes Wake Forest. In the middle west, Northwestern takes on Wisconsin in another Big 10 game while Michigan and Tn. diana 90 out of the conference to meet Pitt ard TCU. Tn the Big Six, Kansas meets Nebraska, Missouri goes against Kansas State. Michi- gan State tackles IEdependent Marquette. The only southwest con. ference game matches Baylor anc Arkansas. g. M. U. faces Collegeso the Pacific.
 In the far west. where stanforo Is the only unbeaten conference team, Southern California attemrl. rebound against oregon af,c Washington meets Washington State in the northwest. U. c. LA draws q conference orphan in Mon. taIla while to the east and the soilth itS Utah vs. Wyoming, Arizona vg, Nevada and Colorado against Utah State.