Evening star., 1947-11-08
Traditional Grid Clashes Today Overf|owStadum
All Eight Of Unbeaten.
United Major Teams
Risk Their Records.
BY the Assoeioied Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-Wnlle co.'s
Iege footballs greatest attraction
Army VS.. Notre Dame-is ending its
34-year run in the glare of the
national spotlight at South Bend
today. there are any number OF
other f1ve-star grid shows scheduled
to play before sellout houses.
The country's eight major un-
beaten and united elevens all are
due for action and the program also
presents an imposing list of tradi-
ton backed classics which always
overflow the home stadiums.
Penn Virginia Draw $4,000.
Topping the Irish-Cadet clash at
the gate is the meeting of Penn and
Virginia, both unbeaten. before an
expected $4,000 at Franklin Field in
Philadelphia. Cartier Stadium at
South Bend is sold out at $1,000
largest in its 17-year history but
small by comparison to the 10000
crowds before which Army and Notre
Dame have played in New York's
Yankee Stadium.
| Another undefeated record goes
on the line at Baltimore, where
Georgia Tech, boasting six straight,
tangles with a never-say-die Navy
team. Penn State, leading team in
the land both extensively and de-
fensively, risks it's unbeaten slate OF
six up against Temples Owls at
Philadelphia.
Notre Danes principal headline
competitor in the Midwest as we'll
as in the Nation, Michigan-they've
been running one-tWo in the weekly
poll of sports writers-is favored
over Indiana in an Ann Arbor en-
gagement that likely will send the
victorious Wolverines to the Big
Nine championship and the Rose
Bowl.
In the Southwest, Doak Walker
and his Southern Methodist Mus
tangs were favored to gain their
seventh triumph in as many starts
by taking over Texas A. apd M. on
the coast, Southern CALIFORNIA;
once-tied Trojans figured to move
closer to the Rose Bowl with a vic
tory over staggering Stanford.
Utah's String at Stake.
Another unbeaten and united,
Utah, was favored to continue its
string by taking Colorado A. & M.
Top attraction in the South Is
Missouris invasion of Durham to
face Duke Mississippi-Tennessee,
Auburn Mississippi State and Flor
ida-Georgia are on the Southeastern
Conference agenda, while the an
nual struggle between North Car
olina and North Carolina State at
Chapel Hill is the standout of the
Southern Conference program.
In the Big Nine, Wisconsin, re-
sarded as the most difficult remain
ing obstacle on Michigan's path to
Pasadena, meets Iowa at Madison;
Purdue plays at Minnesota and Ohio
State engages Northwestern. Ne
braska Kansas and Kansas State
Oklahoma are the Big Six pairings.
Harvard and Princeton open the
Big Three round robin at Cam
bridge, and the East's other major
attractions see Wake Forest at Bos-
ton College. Colgate at Holy Cross,
Brown at Yale, Kentucky at West
Virginia, Rutgers at Lafayette,
Maryland at Duquesne and Dart
mouth at Columbia.
Besides the S. M. U.-Texas A. and
M. clash, the Southwest offers Texas
against Baylor and Rice versus Ar
kansas.
On the Coast, in addition to the
Southern Cal-Stanford engagement,
Washington is at California, U. C.
L. A. at Oregon State and Oregon
at Washington State.
Detroit Smothers Nevada.
In Friday night game little Mis-
souri Valley marked its 9th con-
secutive victory in the Nations long
est winning streak by trampling
Tarkio College, 600. Montana beat
Idaho, 21-0, in an afternoon game
marred by constant fumbles in a
steady rain Unbeaten Cameron A.
and M. rolled to its eighth straight,
beating Eastern Oklahoma A. and
NJ, 56-13.
At Detroit the University of De-
troit's Titans smothered a favored
Nevada Wolfpack, 1876, before 15,34o
chilled fans. Kansas Wesleyan de-
feated Hamline, 1876, in homecom-
ing game at Salina, Kans. Un-
beaten and united West Chester
PaD Teachers walloped City Col
lege of New York. 47-0.