Evening star., 1942-11-09
Standoufs Left
On Only Three
Big Fronts
Boston College Hos
Easy Path, but TuIso,
exus Face Tests
BY AUSTIN BEALMEAR,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

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Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.-You could
put your finger on a front runner
in Eastern, Southwest and Missouri
Valley grid sectors today, but after
what happened Saturday it may
take the rest of the season to pick
champions in such major confer
ences as the Big Ten, Southeastern
and Pacific Coast.
In the East, Bowl-bound Boston
College STOOD out like a sheet in a
breeze following its $50 victory over
Temple Saturday and has only three
lightly regarded opponents between
it and an all-victorious season.
The Eagles will go to work on the
first of that trio Saturday when they
tangle with Fordham, 26-13 loser
to Louisiana State. Only major
Eastern team with an unblemished
record, B. c virtually is assured Of
a bowl bid if it can keep its slate
reasonably clean.
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A couple of big little Eastern
teams, Williams and Amherst, both
unbeaten and united, meet Saturday
and one of them will drop out of
the select circle. Navy, a surprise
TO winner over Pennsylvania, meets
Columbia in an Eastern headliner
this week, while Princeton faces
Yale in an Ivy game, Brown bumps
into Harvard and Penn tackles Penn
State.
Army, blanked, 1870, by Notre
Dame, will attempt to halt a two
game losing streak against Virginia
Tech, Cornell plays Dartmouth and
Colgate meets Syracuse.
Georgia and Georgia Tech, both
unbeaten and united, share the
Southeastern spotlight and may
have to wait until their tussle, No
vember %, to settle the conference
title and few other questions about
bowl invitations and national rank
ings.
Georgia Tech, which blasted Ken
lucky, Att, faces a tough opponent
in Alabama this week, while Georgia,
$50 victor over Florida, goes after
more of the same against Chat
tanooga.
L. S. U. Returns to Loop Fight.
L. S. U. returns to the loop for
a fling at Auburn, AHA loser to
Georgia Pre- Flight, which moves in
against Tulane. Tennessee and
Mississippi meet in conference
game.
William and Mary, the Southern
Conference leader. takes on v. M. l..
and Duke meets North Carolina in
another loop tilt. =.
In the Big Ten, where all is con-
fusion after Wisconsin's 60 upset
by Iowa, some clarification may be
accomplished this week when Ohio
State and Illinois collide. Illinois,
14-7 winner over Northwestern, and
Ohio State share the lead with
Iowa, each with three wins in four
conference starts.
Iowa bangs into Minnesota, which
was upset by Indiana, TO. while
Wisconsin tries comeback against
Northwestern. Michigan, inteHec-
tional winner over Harvard, 35-7,
meets Notre Dame.
In the Southwest, Texas took over
the lead with 300 triumph over
Baylor, but runs into TCU team
smarting under two straight de-
feats. Texas A. & NJ, 27-20 winner
over Southern Methodist, meets
Rice, which smcthered Arkansas,
40-9, and Arkansas goes against
SMU.
Coast Circuit Topsy- -Turvy.
The Pacific Coast Conference,
even more topsy-turvy than the Big
Ten, finds Washington State back
In the lead after Oregon upset UCLA,
14-7. Southern California, which
surprised California, 21-7, plays
Oregon this week, while Stanford,
upset victor over Washington, 20-7,
meets Oregon State. California
entertains Montana and Washing
ton State goes to Idaho.
Missouri, the Big Six leader by
virtue of a 26-6 win over Nebraska,
faces its last tough hurdle in Okla
homa, which crushed Kansas State,
76-0. Kansas meets Iowa State in
another loop tilt, while Nebraska
has non-conference date with
Pittsburgh and Kansas State limps
to Indiana.
After mopping up on everything
in sight in the Missouri Valley loop,
unbeaten-untied Tulsa takes on
Baylor of the Southwest for its
toughest test of the season. Con-
ference games will send st. Louis
to Oklahoma A. & M. and Drake
to Washington.