Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-23
Georgia Tech Seeks
Southern Honors
In Georgia Tilt
B. c.-HoIy Cross Shores
Attention in East With
Army-Novy Struggle
BY AUSTIN BEALMEAR,


NEW YORK, Nov. 23-With the
Big Ten championship tucked away
by Ohio State and the Georgia
Bulldogs tucked away by Auburn,
this dizzy footballs season wobbles
toward the close this week but
whatever happens will be strictly
ti-climactic.
Conference championships still
are to be decided in many Of the
major loops. however, and some Of
them will be at stake in this weeks
double-barreled program. Then. too,
there is that little matter of filling
the New Year Day bowl games with
teams that will fill the bowls with
customers.
In spite Of what happened last
Saturday, lot of folks are going
to be interested more than slightly
In the Southern headliner between
unbeaten, united Georgia Tech and
a Georgia team that had its dreams
of perfect season and a Rose
Bowl bid turned into a 27-l3 night
mare by Auburn.
The two teams meet at Athens
Saturday and Georgia Tech, win
ner of eight straight games, could
wrap up the Southeastern Confer
ence title as well as a bowl engage
ment by winning.
Tennessee Meets Vandy.
Tennessee, which blanked Ken
lucky. 26-0, meets Vanderbilt, a 27-7
loser to Alabama, in another South
eastern Conference game while Ala
bama tackles Georgia Pre-Flight,
fresh from its TO conquest of Tu-
lane. Auburn battles Clemson and
Duke tangles with Jacksonville
Naval in other Saturday games in
the South.
The Thanksgiving Day card finds
Tulane engaging L. S. u, he team
that lost to Auburn. 25-7, its last
time out; South Carolina meeting
Wake Forest, and william and Mary,
beaten for the first time by the
North Carolina Fighters. l4-O.
bidding for the Southern Confer
ence title against Richmond.
The season ended for the Big Ten
last, week, SO far as championships
are concerned, when Ohio State
toppled Michigan, alt, but one loop
Tilt remains to be played this week
and other teams have dates with
service clubs. Michigan and Iowa
ring down the conference curtain
Saturday.
At the same time Ohio State will
tangle with the Iowa Pre- Fighters
who walloped Nebraska, 46-0: In
diana will meet Fort Knox and
Illinois will play Camp Grant. North
western, 27-20 loser to Notre Dame.
plays Great Lakes Naval Thursday
ana Purdue closes against Camp
Shelby. Notre Dame journeys to
southern California for their an
nual intersectional joust Saturday
Wisconsins 20-6 triumph over Min
nesota Saturday was the finale for
both.
b. c. Seeks Perfect Season.
In the East, where many of the
teams already have called it Quits
Tor the year, powerful Boston College
bids for perfect season Saturday
against Holy Cross in a game that
must share the spotlight with the
annual Army Navy clash.
Army warmed up to the task last
week by humbling Princeton. 4O-7
as Navy rested. Another Eastern
headlinder, also Saturday, will find
Jim Crowley bringing his North
Carolina Pre-Flight squad back to
Fordham, which he formerly coach
ed. The Rams stopped Missouri.
2o-l2, last week. Thursday games
send Cornell against Penn and
Brown against Colgate.
Things will be rather quiet in the
Pacific Coast loop, although one i'm
portant struggle Saturday will be
between Washington State, which
still holds the upper hand, and a
Washington team that nearly
Knocked U. c. l.. A. out of the title
picture, but lost, 14-10 Oregon State
travels to Michigan State and STAN
ford, 26-7 winner over California.
meets st. Mary's Pre-Flight.
Rice. which knocked Texas Chris
tion out Of the Southwest title race.
$50, tries Baylor Saturday and T.
C. U. meets Southern Methodist,
which played Baylor a 6-6 draw.
Texas and Texas A. and M. meet
Thursday.
Tulsa, unbeaten, united and win
ner of the Missouri Valley crown
after beating Creighton, 1919, will
be bidding for bowl trip in its
finale with Arkansas Thursday.
Missouri can repeat as Big Six
champion by beating Kansas Thurs
day, while Nebraska and Kansas
State clash in another Big Six affair
on Saturday.