Evening star., 1946-10-28
Army Irish Head Chaotic Grid Parade Into Stretc
Cadets Face West Va,
Noke Dame Meets
Middies Saturday
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By Joe RsiehIsr
A.seeiassd Prsss spsrss WrIssr

Army and Notre Dame, still Inn
mune to the upset epidemic" which
has taken its weekly toll with deadly
regularity, led the parade today Is
the college football campaign head
ed into its final and usually fatal
month.
The proud Cadets and fighting r.
ish stiu were riding high after their
weekend victories over Duke and
Iowa, respectively. And together
with UCI.A, Pennsylvania, Georgia
and Harvard they remained the only
undefeated, united major elevens.
Army made It ~ straight with q
100 win over . stubborn Duke team;
Notre Dame cracked its Iowa jinx
by blasting the Hawkeyes. M-6; pow
erful Penn rolled over Navy. x-19;
USLA's Bruins moved . step nearer
to the Rose Bowl with . 33-7 romp
over Santa Clara; Georgia pulver-
lied Furman, TOT, and Harvard
squeezed by Holy Cross, ISIS.
Three Fall by Wayside.
Three teams - Texas, Tennessee
and North Carolina State-boasting
untarnished records up to last Sat-
urday, fell by the wayside to join
the long list of upset victims. North
western. Oregon and North Carolina
q, each tied once, remained un-
beaten with impressive victories.
Unless they are bitten by the up
set bug this week, which would be
q major calamity, Army and Notre
Dame will present spotless states
when they meet head-on In their
epic clash at the Yankee Stadium
November 8. Each enjoys . COM
parative breather next Saturday, the
West Pointers tuning up with twice
beaten West Virginia and the Ram
blers engaging the below-standard
Navy Midshipmen, who have dropped
four in . row since their opening
game triumph. Army has won six
games and Notre Dame four.
The pigskin spotlight this week
will be centered on the South where
the Georgia Bulldogs take on Ala
bama. The Crimson Tide. Rose
Bowl champions. bounding back
from an unexpected defeat by Ten
nessee with q 21-7 win over Ken
lucky last Saturday, will provide the
sternest test yet encountered by
Georgia. which has Knocked OF i've
foes in row.
Ga. Tech Opposes Duke.
Southeastern fans also will be
treated to fine games in Durham.
N. c., where fast-rising Georgia
Tech tangles with the Duke team
which gave Army some anxious mo-
ments, and In Knoxville, Tenn,
where the once-beaten Tennessee
Vols attempt to hang the first de-
feat on North Carolina.
In the Southwest. Rice and Texas
A. and NJ, tied for the conference
lead. take on Texas Tech and Ar.
Kansas. respectively, In q pair of
games that may scramble the stand
ings. Texas, victim Of q stunning
1913 upset by Rice's Owls, tries to
regain some of its fading glory
against formidable Southern Meth
odist. Little Cincinnati, the David
Of the football Goliaths, seeks its
fifth win in six games ut the ex-
pense OF highly favored Tulsa.
Illinois to Meet Iowa.
The Big Nine dominates the Mid
western section. Illinois, aiming at
the conference championship after
q dismal start, takes on Iowa.
Michigan attempts to return to the
win column against Minnesota
Ohio State, finally looking like the
powerful team it had been cracked
up to be, meets Northwestern, with
only tie to mar its otherwise spot
less five-game record, and Wiscon-
sin plays Purdue. Indiana clashes
with Pittsburgh in an intersectional
game.
Unbeaten Penn tackles Princeton
in an Ivy Leage game in the East,
and Harvard hopes to remain in the
select class by knocking of stubborn
Rutgers.
The Far West presents three i'm
portant games, headed by the
U. C. L. A.-St. Mary's tussle Friday
night. On Saturday Southern Cali
fornia meets Oregon and Stanford
tackles Oregon State.