The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-23
GEORGIA TECH NEWEST BIDDER FOR GRID GROWN
ny CARL LUNDQUIeT Inlted Press Stan Correspondent

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 New York, oct. 2a--(Up)-The cream teams Of the nation retained their perfect records today after c weekend of football upSetS In which they miraculously were spared from defeat, but there was imminent trouble in prospect for Rt least Q dozen of them.
 The pretenders to national emf. hence had to admit c newcomer, the tested and proven Georgia Tech Engineers, who used Q gallant goal line stand to preserve 17 to 16 vlc. tory over Navys powerful but inefa- cient Middies, but otherwise the alignment remained the same Army, Pennsylvania and Yale still dominated the east, Notre Dame and Ohio Stese the midwest, 0eor- gia Tech, Wake Forest, Bainbridge Naval, Third Ar Force, and Missis. sippi State the south, Tulsa, Okla homa A. & M. and Randolph Field the southwest and Washington, California and Southern California on the Pacific coast.
 That triumvirate of Titans out west is due to be altered tonight when the Washington HuskIes come out of the north for their first mo. jor test of the season against the unbeaten but twice.tied Trojans of Southern California. They'll stay for Q meeting Saturday with Cali fornia and out of these games may come the sectional champ.
 The coming weekend offers two games between unheaten and untied teams and most of the other squads will have opposition of sterner cali. Der than they have faced to date The Third Air Force 0remlins of Morris Field, N. O., considered the mightiest service eleven in the southland, crash head-on with the Randolph Field Flyers of Texas. SO powerful that Southwest Conference teams have begged of against meet- Ing them in Q post-Season Cotton Bowl game. Tulsa's Golden Hurrl- cane, bowl-minded as usual, may get its toughest test against noighborinR Oklahoma A. & M., with the state, sectional and Missouri Valley Con. ference titles at stake.
 ArmyS Cadets. trying to live down Q powder puff schedule, should find the going tougher against Duke, while Penns Quakers are likely to catch Navy on the rebound, Yale should survive against oft.beaten Rochester, but Wake Forests dea- cons may find Inami more than they reckoned for in c Friday night Orange Bowl game.
 Notre Dame, not too impressive In winning from Wisconsin, 90 to i3. IS ripe for an upset and a fleet footed Illinois eleven might turn tho trick. Ohio State, which rose to top prominence in upsetting pre-. viouSly unbeaten Great Lakes Naval resumes It's big Ten title quest against Minnesota, stronger now that former Coach Bernie Herman iS back in an advisory capacity,
 Standout games will Do the order in every sector with Temple. Buck nell on Friday in the east followed by Dartmouth- Brown, Penn State. West Virginia, Columbia -Colga te, syraeuse.1oston College and New York, City College of New York on Saturday, and Holy Gross. Coast Guard on Sunday.
 Another Friday feature in the South Is Alabama. Kentucky with Arkaflsas-Mi MisSiGsdppi. Florida Mary. land, deorgia-LouiSiana State, Ten. nessee.C Clemson, Virginia Virginia Military and Tulane Southern Methodist, the highliehtS on satur. day.
 Purdue, also seeking big Ten hon. ors, goes against formidable Michi. gan, with WisconSin-d Great Lakes, Indiana-Iowa and Marquette-Iowa Pre-F9ight as Sub-features in the midwest.
 Two prospective conference king. pins, Oklahoma of the Big Six and Texas Christian Of the Southwest meet In an intersectional bout while Missouri plays Nebraska and Kan- saS State opposes Iowa State in league tits. In other southwestern games Rice meets Texas for confer- enee prestige. and Texas 4 & M takes on North Texas Aggies, on outside opponent.
 Southern Callforniab Saturday meeting with St. Marys in the west and Denver.Utah State and Neva. da.Utah in the Rockies complete tho roll call of major games,