Evening star., 1945-10-27
Navy-Penn Game Tops
Outstanding Slate
|0f Grid Season
BY MURRAY ROSE,
Associated Press Sports Editor


The collegiate football frolics
moves into the final half today with
a flock of outstanding games that
will have great bearing on Bow
selections, conference titles and the
mythical national championship.
Heading the best program of the
season to date is the Navy-Pennsyl-
vania clash at Philadelphia. The
big Penn Quakers, whose goal line
has yet to be crossed, are ranked
seventh nationally to Navy's third
and will furnish a true test as tc
whether the Middies are all they're
cracked up to be.
Army, the No. ! power, meets Duke
at the Polo Grounds and the Cadets
will be shooting for the 21-0 "par'
set up by Navy's victory over the
Blue Devils. The Cadets, remem-
bering the TO half-time lead the
Blue Devils held over them last
season, are taking no chances and
will start the first team headed by
the redoubtable Doc Blanchard ano
speedy Glenn Davis.
Big Games in Midwest.
Out in the Midwest, three games
share top billing. Ohio States
Buckeyes, knocked over by Purdue
last week, will be aiming to do the
same to the, Minnesota Gophers in
a Big Ten fracas. The unbeaten
Tulsa Hurricanes of the Missouri
Valley will cross into Big Ten lines
to tangle with the equally unde-
feated, but once-tied Indiana
Hoosiers. Purdue, off last weeks
performance, is favored to make
its perfect record 60 at North
Westerns expense.
Notre Dame, the No. 2 team ot
the country, probably will clear tht
bench against Iowa. A third Biz
Ten game matches Illinois at Mich.
igsn.
Alabama's gridders, with the Rost
Bowl in mind, won't be takins
Georgia's rebounding team lightly
The Bulldogs and Charley Tripp
were surprised by Louisiana State
Tigers last Saturday, but Trippi hal
had an added week in which to worl
into Georgia's plays.
| Unbeaten Texas will be out to in
crease its Southwest Conferenc,
holdings against Rice, but the fea
ture game in that part of the coun
try pits Bob Fenimore and tn,
Missouri Valley Oklahoma Aggie
against Texas Christian. Anothe
conference tilt matches Baylor ant
| Texas A. and M.
In the Rockies all-conquering
Utah State puts its perfect recort
on the line against Denver ans
Utah faces Colorado A. and M.
A New Year Day trip to Pasa
dena's Rose Bowl may be at stak,
at Seattle. where the once-beatel
Southern California Trojans collid,
with Washington's Huskies, loser
only to California. U. C. L. A. KEEP
III tae running for the Pasaden,
prize by stopping Oregon, 1910, las
night.
Rare Scrapping in East.
In the East, Temple, Holy Cros
and Columbia will be risking thei
unblemished records against under
dog foes. Temple plays at Pitts
burgh, Holy Cross entertains Col
gate and Columbia hopes to prov,
| inhoSpitable to Brown.
=, Other games around the country
match Cornell VS.. Yale, Dartmouth
VS.. Syracuse, Coast Guard VS.. Har.
ward, Rutgers VS.. Princeton, Buck.
nell VS.. Lafayette, Boston College
VS.. the United States Merchant
Marine Academy, Auburn at Georgia
Tech, Arkansas VS.. Mississippi
Southern Methodist VS.. Tulane
Vanderbilt VS.. Louisiana State ir
a night game, Villanova VS.. Tennes.
see, Maryland VS.. West Virginia
Virginia VS.. Virginia Poly, Nebraska
VS.. Missouri, Oklahoma VS.. Kansas
State, Marquette VS.. Michigan State
Nevada VS.. California and Idaho VS.
Washington State.
Held to a 90 halftime deadlock
U. c. L. A., led by Cal Rossi, bounced
back with a touchdown in each OF
the last two periods to beat Oregon
Rossi, who is being transferred by
the Navy to Harvard, made his last
start for the Uclans a memorable
one by scoring once and gaining 16e
yards in 81 carries.
Florida won the championship OF
the Mianlis as the Miami, Fla.
eleven rallied for three last period
touchdowns to topple Miami of Ohio
from the list of unbeaten teams
27-13.
In other games last night, North
Carolina State defeated William anc
Mary, 20-6; Detroit nipped Drake
1914, and st. Louis edged out
Olathe Naval Air Station, 1913.