Evening star., 1943-10-18
Georgia a Tech, Pacific,
Michigan Will Make
Foes Prove Class
BY TED MEIER,
ArSan;ataL nxase C. yrr..A

AoSoSldteu freSS SpOTIb writer.
NEW YORK, Oct. 18-Just how
good are Navy, Minnesota and
Southern California? Their games
this week against Georgia Tech,
Michigan and College of the Pa
cific should give the answer and
help clarity the college football pic
ture.
The Midshipmen, Gophers and
Trojans are among the Nations l6
unbeaten and united teams, but
whether they rank with such rec
cGnlzed JuggernautS as Notre Dame
Army, Purdue and Pennsylvania
still is debated in some quarters.
Their games shape up as the best
three in the country since the Irish.
Cadets, BoilermakerS and QuakerS
again take the field against oppo-
nents who do rot rate in their class.
Navy, with Notre Dame lurking
around the corner on October 30.
faces a real test in Georgia Tech.
Notre Dame is the only team that
has beaten the Engineers. That
was 55-l3 Walloping. If the Navy.
after taking Duke and Penn State
on successive Saturdays. duplicates
the Irish feat. the Middies will be
deserving OF the most flowery ad-
jectiveS.
Minnesota Is on Spot.
Minnesota. too, is on the SPOT in
Its battle with Michigan for the lit
tie brown jug. Like Georgia Tech
Michigan has lost only one game
that to Notre Dame, 35-12. Idle last
week, the Wolverines will be out TO
redeem themselves as we'll as end
their Gopher jinX. Minnesota has
beaten Michigan nine years in row.
Southern California hasn't Welded
a point in four games, but the Tro-
JAMS tangle with an inspired College
OF the Pacific outfit that may shat
ter their dreams of perfect season.
1t will be battle of unbeaten teams
since Pacific. coached by 81-year-old
A. A. Stagg, ST., upset the Del Monte
Preflght eleven, 1917. last SATURDAY..
Otherwise Saturdays games went
pretty much as expected although
Penn State battled Navy even for
three quarters before losing. 1916,
and Ohio State threw a scare into
Purdue by holding a 10 lead for
more than 30 minutes. Final score:
Purdue, 30: Ohio State. 7. Okla
homa and Missouri also scared Tulsa
and the Iowa SeahaWks. but each
yielded two touchdowns in the last
quarter and lost, 20-6 and 21-6, re-
spectively.
Workouts for Top Teams.
Most Of the other leading teams
merely had a good workout. Notre
Dame crushed Wisconsin. 500:
Army, held to 1870 at half time.
went on to wallop Columbia. $40;
Pennsylvania rolled up its biggest
score in years in trouncing Lake
hurst Naval. 74-6. and Southern
California smashed San Francisco,
$40.
Duke, on the rebound from its
one-point Navy setback. defeated
North Carolina. l4-7. while the
Texas Aggies beat Texas Christian,
1870, in a game that was expected
to produce the eventual winner of
the Southwest Conference.
Cornell. beaten only by Navy, af-
forded mild surprise by whipping
Holy Cross by two touchdownS, 2O-7:
while Minnesota doWned Camp
Grant, 1877; Northwestern beat
Great Lakes, 1870: California de-
feated U. C. L. A, 1870. and Illinois
outscored Pitt in furry of touch
downs. 1926. In other games,
Texas beat Arkansas, $40: South
ern Methodist took Rice, 1910:
Rochester humbled Colgate, l4-6,
and Villanova rushed over a last
period siX-pointer to defeat Buck
nell, 1913.
Other Games This Week.
Games carded this week, other
than NavyGeorgia Tech. Mime
sofa Michigan and U. S. C.-Pacific.
include:
East: Colgate Cornell. Penn-Co-
lumbia, Army and Penn State
Maryland.
Midwest: Notre Damc-Illinois,
Wisconsin Indiana, Iowa Purdue.
Notwithstanding State, Camp
Grant-Fort Riley and Kansas-Ne-
braska.
Southwest: Southern Methodist
Tulane, Texas Christian Oklahoma
Aggies, Southwestern louisiana
Southwestern Texas, Utah-Tulsa.
Texas Aggies-North Texas Aggics.
South: Louisiana State Georgia
Georgia North Carolina
Prefllght, Wake Forest Virginia
Military.
Pacific Coast: Washington March
Field, California-St. Marys Pre-
fight.