Evening star., 1945-11-12
Bagarus Makes BID to Suppsnt Baugh as Cys Grid Here
Middies' I Clicking,
Title Seen Ringing
On Army Clash
BY MURRAY ROSE,
Associated Press Sports Writer

NSSo
NEW YORK, Nov. 12.-Now that
Navy's intricate "T' machine final
ly has begun to click. the Middies'
December / clash with all-conquer-
ing Army begins to shape up al
a first-rate championship contest.
The Midshipmen served notice on
the Cadets that they will be ready
to roll in the Philadelphia fracas
by the ease with which they bowled
over spunky Michigan club, 33-7,
at Baltimore Saturday.
The Nayy's harnessed power will
be unleashed Saturday against poor
little Wisconsin, beaten and bat
tered, 28-14, by Northwestern. This
Baltimore tilt is Navy's last prep
before the big game" and the Mid
dies first breather since the opener
against Villanova many weeks ago.
Comdr. Oscar Hagberg will be seek
ing to iron out any existing kinks
in his machine.
Meanwhile, the Army, looking big
Der and better than ever after its
awesome 48-0 walloping of Notre
Dame which made 1t the first Cadet
Corps in history to beat the Irish
two straight, journeys to Philadel-
phla to take on potent Pennsyl-
vanla. The Quakers, beaten only by
Navy, showed they were the class
OF the East, not counting the service
teams, Of course, by knocking CO.
lumbia's light Lions from the ranks
OF the unbeaten and united teams
by a 32-7 count.
Holy Cross Meets Temple.
A third important Eastern fray
pits Holy Cross, one of the six ma jor
elevens left with unmarried records,
against the Debated Temple Owls.
who were dropped from the all-con-
quering ranks, 27-0, by Penn State.
This is the last big obstacle in the
way Of bowl bid for Stanley Kos
lowski and his Holy Cross mates
who dumped the Coast Guard Acad-
emy, 1876, Sunday.
Penn State, now in line for a post
season invitation, travels to Mich
igan State to meet the Spartans,
27-7 losers to Great Lakes.
In other significant games this
week, st. Mary's Gaels, sole Pacific
Coast eleven with a perfect record.
Jousts with U. c. L. A., which is now
back in the running for the Rose
Bowl as result of Oregon States
7-6 upset of Washington; Notre
Dame, the service teams out of it's
way, collides with Northwestern:
Oklahoma plays Missouri for the
Big Six championship; Indiana, as
sured OF at least a tie for the Big
Ten title following it's 49-0 rout of
Minnesota, meets Pittsburgh, loser
by l4-o to Ohio State; the Buckeyes
go back into Big Ten competition
against Illinois, 4S-7 trouncers of
Iowa; Purdue opposes Michigan:
Oklahoma's Aggies, the Missouri
Valley crown all wrapped up since
their 1876 win over Tulsa, meet with
Texas U. and Texas A. and M. will
try and bring some order in the
Southwest Conference by meeting
T. c. U. and Rice, respectively.
lexas nlpped Baylor, 21-14 and
Texas A. and M. halted Southern
Methodist, 80.
Virginia Among Elite.
Along with Army, Oklahoma Ag-
g1es, Holy Cross and st. Mary's,
Alabama and Virginia remain the
only big-time teams left with un-
blemished records. Indiana and
Navy also are undefeated, but both
have been tied. Virginia scored its
sixth triumph of the campaign by
shellacking Richmond, 45-0, while
'Bama's bowl-bound gridders were
idle. Virginia takes on Camp Lee,
while Alabama will boost its South
eastern Conference record against
Vanderbilt, which lost to Chatta-
noOpa 1915