Evening star., 1946-10-26
Major EIevens Clash
Before SeIIouts in
Every Section
By the Associated. Press

Inc country CeleDTdIcu NAVY udy
today, but the eyes of football fol-
lowers were on the Army as the
Nations No. team sought its oath
straight victory with the 1916 col
lege grid season at the halfway
mark.
Topped by the Army-Duke clash
at the Polo Grounds in New York
big games and sellout crowds were
the rule in virtually every sector
And like Army, the rest of the un-
beaten elevens faced some formid-
able competition.
Despite losses to Tennessee and
North Carolina State, Wallace
Wade's Blue Devils were expected
to present an imposing challenge
to the Cadets. A powerful Duke
line averaging 205 pounds was the
obstacle Cadets Blanchard and Da-
Wis and their teammates had to
hurdle.
Notre Dame went to Iowa City
for a real test with Iowa's Hawk
eyes, noted on two occasions in the
past for toppling the Irish on Iowa
soil. The Hawkeyes did it in 1921
when they ended Knute Rockne
2O-game winning streak and again
in 1899 when Elmer Layden took
another unbeaten team to Iowa
City.
A record crowd of $4,000 was ex-
pected for the Irish-Hawkeye en-
counter.
Texas, Rice in Big Battle.
Another of the current Big Three
risked it's record when Texas met
Rice in Houston in game that
could just about settle the South
west Conference campaign.
The South was loaded with big
games, too. Tennessee, ranking No
4, faced Tartar in Wake Forest at
Knoxville. Georgia, voted seventh
strongest in the Nation, played al
Furman and North Carolina rateo
No. 10, entertained Florida.
In the Midwest, Michigan ano
Illinois clashed in an important Big
Nine contest before an expected
$4,000. Minnesota went to Columbus
for a meeting with Ohio State ano
$4,000 were expected. In non
conference competition, Indiana
travelled to Nebraska, Northwestern
entertained College of Pacific anc
Purdu, invaded Pittsburgh.
University of California at Los
Angeles, the leader on the West
Coast and currently ranking No.
in the Nation, dropped out OF con-
ference competition to meet Santa
Clara. Southern California visited
Stanford in the biggest sectional at
traction.
East Has Smart Card.
In the East, Navy had to take
second billing to Army as the head
liner, although the Middies were tc
draw a bigger crowd simply because
Franklin Field, in Philadelphia
where the Middies met Penn, could
hold the anticipated $4,000. And
Penn was favored to spoil the Navy's
own day.
Other Eastern standouts included
Columbia at Dartmouth, Holy Cros:
at Harvard, Cornell at Princeton
Boston U. at Brown, Syracuse a
West Virginia and George Wash
ington at Rutgers.
In the Southeastern Conference
Alabama entertained Kentucky, Au.
burn played at Georgia Tech, Louis
lana State at Vanderbilt and Mis-
sissippi state at Tulane. Southern
Conference features were Nortf
Carolina State Virginia Tech, Rich
mond- Washington and Lee and Will
liam and Mary-V. M. I.
OvershadoWed by the Texas-Rlct
duel, a big Southwest Conference
game sent Texas Aggies agains
Baylor. Arkansas played Mississip
ri in a nonconference tilt. Okla
homa at Iowa State was the only
Big Six contest. Southern Meth
odist played at Missouri and Gin
cinnati met Michigan State, while
Kansas visited Tulsa.
In the Rocky Mountain area
Wyoming played Utah and New
Mexico visited Colorado. Denver
meets Texas Tech in a night game
In the renewal of an old rivalry
Boston College edged Villanova, IA
IL, before 10000 at Boston last night
In another leading contest last
night, Detroit whipped Drake, 1876