The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-12

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football campaign moves into high
tomorrow with every section of the
country boasting a top-notch at
traction with important bearing on
the mythical national collegiate
championship.
Heading the impressive list is the
clash between Army's unbeaten
defending kings and the three-oeep
Wolverines Of Michigan at Ann
Arbor.
With the formidable Doc Blan-
chard slated to smash the middle
again after a tWo-game absence
because of injuries, the Cadets
are favored to make Fritz Crislers
skilltul Big Miners their z2nd con-
secutive victims.
Although Michigan is rated fourth
to Army's second in the national
rankings, a WoIVelne Liulmpn
wouldn't come under the heading
of an earth-shaking surprise since
it was youthful Ann Arbor band
which gave the Gray-Clads a teirl1-
ic battle last year. Mic IAN has
added plenty since then, M.---e army
has lost valuable hands who haven't
been replaced. The Cadets will be
hot as long as their first team is
in the ball game but the quality OF
their reserves may be the deciding
factor.
Another w%ell-heeled eleven-Okla-
homa's bulky Sooners-will put the
question to the .%country's No. l
team, the high-scoring Longhorns
Of Texas, at Dallas, in the second
best game on the program. The
Sooners made Army work all the
way before succumbing on a couple
of breaks at West Point, and Texas
true rating will be established at
ter this f~our-starred tilt is ove-.
The Longhorns, versatile and deep,
ran r%oughshod over Missouri and
Colorado before ending Oklahoma
A. & NC more than tWo-year
victory parade with a crushing 81
6 triumph last Saturday.
The Ivy League offers a couple
of redhots in the Columbia : Yale
and Dartmouth = Pennsylvania con-
tests. The Yale bowl at New Haven
is sold out to its 10000 capacity
for the first time since the days OF
Clint Frank in the late thirites to
see the Ellis, with a Negro star
levi Johnson-in their ranks for the
first time in Blue history, match
Their all-conquering record against
the tricky attack of Lou Little's
light Lions. The unbeaten Lions
roared to victory over Navy last
week.
Franklin field in Philadelphia
will be the seat of another sell-out
with both Pen and Dartmouth
boasting all-winning elevens. Penn,
another team gifted in depth, is
the choice to take the scrapping
Indians into camp.
Out on the Pacific Coast, the
Vests representative for the Rose
bowl may be up fo- decision in the
tilt between two powerful offensive
machines U. C. l.. A. and the
comebackIng Stanford Indians.
Besides these top--ated numbers,
Raccon Coat Charley and wife also
will find plenty OF other attractions
in his own backyard.
In the East a contest burdened
down with ivy features Harvard at
Princeton in a Big Three encoun-
ter; Colgate and Cornell, two 9TH
Ter ancient cuellists, collide at
Ithaca; Penn State is at Syracuse;
Duke at Navy; Penn State at SYRIA
cuse, Temple at Pittsburgh, Villa
nova at Hol yC-oss; Rutgers al
New York university; and Rhode
Island State at Brown.
The South also parades Mississippi
at Georgia Tech; Florida at Van.
derbilt; Southwest Louisiana at Ala
bama; Chattanooga at Tennessee;
St. Louis at Auburn; Maryland at
North Carolina; Clemson at Wake
Forest; Davidson at North Caro-
lima State; Virginia Tech at Will
liam and Mary; Virginia Military
at Virginia; Washington and Lee
at West Virginia, ana two South
western versus Southeastern con
ference games bringing Rice to
Tulane and Texas A. & M. to
Louisiana State in a Southwest
conference battle Baylor plays at
Arkansas.
In the Midwest. Notre Dame en-
t~ertains Purdue in what should be
a breather:. Illinois mercury-foot-
ed ball carriers journey to Indiana
for a joust with Bo McMllin's
rebounding Hoosie-s; Minnesota's
welEscarred Gophers travel to
Northwestern for what looks like
a couple or more scratches; Ohio
State plays at Wisconsin; Missouri
is at Kansas State; Kansas goes to