The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-21
SATURDAY CROWNS
SEE GRID UPSETS
By HAROLD CLAASrN

NEW YORK, Oct, 20 jp-r
was the Saturday of mid-terms and
all through the land ma1v a COL
lege football team flunked.
Ohio State, unbeaten in u nrs.
vious starts, was slaughtered br
Purdue, IS to ID. The Boilernat.
e-rs moved to the head of the Biz
Ten class by their triumph.
Georgia, bolstered this week h,
the much discussed halfback
Charlie Trippi who recently wa,
discharged from the Army. was
blanked by Louisiana State 81 ia
o. Trippi was held to q net Of 81
yards gained.
Maryland, unbeaten and bolster.
ed by players from the defunct
North Carolina pre-flight squad.
was defeated by Virginia Tech
81 to 10. The VPI team hadn't
scored until today.
Harvard was spilled by the New
London sub base, 10 to Z, in an up.
set that was only mild compared
to the setbacks suffered by Ohio
State, Georgia and Maryland.
And then there were such hest.
tant starts as Army trailing Mel.
vile, r. l., motor boat training
center, Is to 0, before the nations
No. l outfit righted itself to win,
SIS to 10. Columbia also had slow
beginning but got into high gear
in the final period to down Col.
gate, 81 to 7, and remain in the
unbeaten classification.
Notre Dame also had a hard
time getting started, leading Pitts.
burgh by only 6 to 2 in the second
quarter. By the end of the game,
however, it was Notre Dame 80,
Pittsburgh 9.
Ohio States defeat, it's first
league loss since 1943, was the
lshocker of the Big Ten where
Minnesota romped over North,
western, 80 to 7, Indiana crushed
Iowa. So to 20, and Wisconsin and
Illinois battled to Z to 7 dead.
lock.
Scores all were lopsided in the
Big Six with Iowa State heading
Nebraska, q to Z; Oklahoma
breezing by Kansas, 80 to 7, and
Missouri stunning Kansas State,
Al to 7.
Georgia's setback moved Au.
burn, Vanderbilt and Alabama
into the southeast conference lime
light along with LSU. Auburn
eked out a 20 to IA verdict over
Tulane, Alabama trampled Ten
nessee, Is to 7, and Vanderbilt won
it's second straight loop tilt by
trimming Kentucky, 10 to 6. Mis-
sissippi State, one of the dark
horses, defeated the Eastern
Training Command outfit, l6 to g.
Rain couldn't halt the razzle,
dazzle of all America Bob Fini'
more and his Oklahoma A & M
mates in their invasion of Utah,
where the Oklahomans t.iumphed
As to 6. Nevada visited Tulsa and
was repulsed, 40 to 0.
The remaining Rocky Mountain
teams played among themselves,
with Utah State shutting out Colo
RADIO A & M, 10 to 0, and Colorado
University pasting Colorado Col
lege, 81 to 0.
A trio of missed conversions
sent Rice into the southwest CON
ference discard, Southern Metho
dist winning, 81 to IS; Texas Chris
n tan bested Texas A & M, Is tc
2 in another mild surprise ano
Texas, still without Ralph ELS
worth, rocked Arkansas, "a to Z.
II William & Mary got all Its
points in the final period Of Its
Southern conference game with
Virginia Military to win, ID to g.
North Carolina knocked off the
Cherry Point Marines, 20 to Il.
Virtually all the eastern schools
were idle because of eXamlna
but on the west coast Southern
California pounded Pacific, 81 to
I0. Washington blanked Oregon
State, 10 to 0, but Oregon retalA'
ated by beating Washington State,
26 to 10.