Evening star., 1947-11-21
Trojans, Uc|ans
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Battles for Big Six
Honors, YuIe-Hurvord
TussIe Spice Card
By Goyle Talbot
Associated Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-Except for
couple of instances, tomorrow s
college football will do little more
than set the stage for next weeks
grand climax to the annual open
air hysteria.
The two points where the campus
heroes will be playing for keeps are
out on the Pacific Coast and in the
Big Six Conference. where sectional
championships and invitations to
bowl games hang in a delicate bal
ance.
Fraught with the greatest interest
will be the collision at Los Angeles
between undefeated Southern Cali
fornia and U. C. L. A., in which
the Trojans either will clinch the
coveted Rose Bowl berth against
Michigan or the coast race will be
thrown into a monumental mess.
If the Trojans win, they are "in, .
regardless of how they fare against
Notre Dame in their intersectional
classic next week. But should U. c.
L. A. take it and California; Golden
Bears at the same time knock of
Stanford, there would be a three
way tie among the three big teams,
each with five wins and one defeat
within the conference.
Double Blowoff in Big Six.
The Big Six is set for a double
bloWoff, with Missouri meeting
Kansas at Lawrence and Oklahoma
clashing with the Nebraska Corn
huskers at Lincoln. Kansas and
Oklahoma are tied for the confer
ence lead, each with three wins and
a tie, while Missouri is a croWding
second with three victories and one
loss. Almost anything can happen
there.
In the Nations other major grid
iron groups, tomorroW's action will
decide little, if anything. Michigan,
already having copied the Big Nine
title, is expected to rack up Ohio
State as it's ninth straight victim.
Other Midwest pairings pit Wiscon-
sin VS.. Minnesota at Minneapolis;
Purdue VS.. Indiana at Bloomington;
Northwestern VS.. Illinois at Cham
paign, and Notre Dame VS.. Tulane
at South Bend.
Alabama, which upset Georgia
Techs applicant last week, tackles
Louisiana State at Tuscaloosa in the
South's top engagement. The big
game, so far as the Southeastern
conference title is concerned, will
not come until next week, when
Mississippi, leading the parade with
five wins and one loss, tangles with
Mississippi State, which has two
one record. Neither team plays a
conference for this week.
Duke, N. C. in Big Game.
Georgia Tech, now in second place
with three wins, one loss, plays Fur
man at Atlanta in nonconference
title. Tennessee and Kentucky, both
far down in the conference standing,
play at Lexington.
Duke, which holds a narrow lead
in the large and unwieldy Southern
Conference, entertains North Car
olina at Durham in a game which
might decide the conference crown.
William and Mary, ensconced in
second place with a fine siX-one
record, has a nontitle bout with
little Bowling Green. North Carolina
State plays Virginia at Charlottes-
vile.
Over in the strong and tightly
strung Southwest Conference, the
Southern Methodist Mustangs look
a shoo-in for their fifth straight
conference victory over the Baylor
Bears at Waco. Texas Christian ard
Rice, both out of the title conten-
ton, clash at Forth Worth.
Should S. M. U. win tomorrow,
the worst the Mustangs then could
expect would be a tie with Texas
for conference honors. The once
beaten Longhorns will be resting up
for their traditional grapple with
the Texas Aggies on Thanksgiving
Day, while the Mustangs close a
week from tomorrow against Texas
Christian.
Yale-Harvard Top in East.
About all the East will have on
display tomorrow is the large stack
of tradition surrounding the annual
tussle between Yale and Harvard at
New Haven. This time the two Ole
aristocrats of the turf will not have
even the Big Three" title to argue
over. Princeton grabbed it last week.
Pennsylvania, already champion
of the Ivy League, has an off week,
while Army and Navy prepare for
an appearance before President Tru-
man next Saturday at Philadelphia
Unbeaten Penn State will try to
clinch its claim to Eastern honors
by subduing Pittsburgh. 1t was re-
called that the Panthers upended the
Nittany Lions in their finale last
season.