The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-12
MINNESOTABOGS
 DOWN WITHOUT BERNIE HERMAN
Many Candidates for Ma tiOnaI Title Now Bob
 Up; Penn Powerful
By OSCAR FRALEY

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 United Press Stan COrrespondent)
 New York, Oct. 12.-(UP)-The hunt was on today for a new colle- giate football king after mighty Minnesota's second straight defeat.
 The Golden Gophers lost little of their simon pure prestige after a defeat by Bernie Biermans power packed Iowa pre-flight eleven. But the bubble burst Saturday when H. linois-convinced by the Seahawk example-mauled Minnesota, 20-13. Every section of the nation imme- diately came up with candidates for the myothical title and the south seemed to hol dthe edg on all-round power and polish. Heading the list below the Mason-Dixon line Is Alabama's Crimson Tide, followed by Georgia, Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech and TCU. The midwest banked on Ohio State and Illinois while the far west had Washington State and Santa Clara. In the east it was Colgate, Army, Brown, Georgetown and Boston College.
 No matter which team takes the mythical crown, the real king of the college gridiron" apparently will be Bierman's Seahawks. They con- tinued their crushing advance with 26-14 win over Michigan after previous triumphs over two other Big 10 teams, Northwestern and Minnesota.
 Double Surprise
 Illinois, by downing Minnesota, shared upset honors with Purdue, the Boilermakers edged out North western, 7-6, in another conference battle. Other surprises included Princeton's 1O-0 win over Navy; Corpus Christi Naval Stations 18-7 victory or the Texas Aggies and UCLA's 30-7 pounding of Oregon States defending Pacific coast con- ference champions.
 Top intersectional tilts saw Notre Dame, previously tied and beaten, smother Stanford, 27-0, while Ohio State romped over Southern Cali fornia'S haplesS TrojanS, 28-12. Mid- western service team games included Iowa's 33-16 defeat of Camp Grant and Great Lakes 7-6 victory over Pitt. Meanwhile Indiana shut out Nebraska, 1920, and Wisconsin stopped Missouri, 17-9..
 Washington State rolled to its third straight victory, 68-f6, over Montana, and in another conference clash, Washington whipped Oregon, l5-7. Santa Clara scored over Cali fornia, 7-6.
 In the Southeastern Conference Georgia topped Mississippi, 48-13; Vanderbilt won over Kentucky, 7-6, and LSU beat Mississippi State, 16-6. VMI defeated Virginia, 38-18, in the Southern Conference. Tulane halt ed Rice, 18-7, and Georgia Tech and Tennessee won breathers.
 Duke Defeated
 Alabama amazed by the ease with which it halted favored Pensacola Navy, 27-O; Georgia Pre-Flight hum bled Duke, 26-12, ond North Caro- lima Pre-F1ight stopped North Carolina State, 1927. In the soutl.- west, Texas passed to a TO win over Oklahoma and TCU waltzed over Kansas, 41-6.
 In the east Brown. outscored Co., lumbia. 28-21; Army overpowered Cornell, 28-8, and Penn rolled. over Yale, 35-6; in Ivy League battles. Colgate continued unbeaten with a 27-19 victory that knocked Dart mouth out of the select class, Har- yard tied William and Mary, .+7-7, and Georgetown defeated Manhat- tan 9-7. Intersectional tits saw Fordham and North Carolina play a scoreless tie: Boston College defeat Clemson 14-7 and West. Virginia scored 13-0 win over South Caro- lima.