Evening star., 1951-11-03
Rugged Weather Due
Al Most Big Games;
Underdogs Happy
BY The Associated Press

most of their gridiron sport this
fall in balmy weather, donned
woolies, raincoats and other bad
weather clothing today for a Ma
tion-wide card headed by six in
tersectional contests.
The weatherman predicted most
of today's games would be played
in poor weather. ranging from
chilly temperatures in usually
warm climates to rain and snow.
The snow forecast was not con-
fined to the northern areas. tt
also reached down into the South
land.
The underdogs liked the
weather prospects. They figured
poor playing conditions would en-
hance their chances of making
the football season a little more
topsy-turyy than it has been this
fan.
Army Battles, Trojans.
The most traditional of the in
tersectional games. matching win
less Navy against Notre Dame at
Baltimore. faced prospects of q
cold rain.
Army. not much better of than
their service brethren with only
one victory to show for five
games, faced the Rose Bowl
bound Trojans Of Southern Cali
fornia in New York's Yankee Sta
dium, where an all-night rain
pelted the gridiron.
Pittsburgh journeyed to Texas
to meet Rice, Missouri brought its
much-talked about spread forma-
ton East for a test against un-
beaten Maryland, William and
Mary visited Philadelphia for a.
clash against Pennsylvania. and
Penn State met an injury-riddled
Purdue eleven at Lafayette in the
other top intersectional affairs.
Michigan Faces Illinois.
Although it's usually the inter-
sectional games that take the
spotlight there was enough going
on within the various conference
circles to furnish plenty Of inter
esting football.
No. l among the family squab-
bles was the game between unde-
feated Illinois and Michigan, the
Big Ten champion which hasn't
been beaten inside the circuit.
Some 1000 fans were expected
at Champaign to see If the VOLS
verines could stop the Illini's
Johnny Karras from equaling the
Immortal Red Oranges record of
13 touchdowns in one season.
Karras needed three to do so.
Other big ten contests matched
IWisoonsin's potent defense against
Indiana, Ohio State against once
beaten Northwestern and Mime
sofa against Iowa.
The South offered two inter-
conference games as its chief at
fractions with Tennessee, the Ma
tons No. l team, from the
Southeastern loop, at North Caro-
lima, and Duke of the Southern
circuit at Georgia Tech, also un-
defeated.
Southwest Games Unpredictable.
The Southwest again presented
an unpredictable lineup. Texas
Christian, loser of three nom
conference tilts but unbeaten in
the circuit, took on once-tied Bay
lor. Texas and Southern Meth
lodist clashed in another contest
and the Texas Aggies were at
Arkansas.
While Southern California was
in the East attempting to uphold
the prestige of the Pacific Coast
Conference. other members of
the league battled away in neigh
borhood games. Stanford, with an
untarnished record, entertained
Washington State. California
played UCLA, and Oregon State
met Washington.
In the East. Princeton, seeking
its 10 successive win, sent ALL
America Dick Kazmaier against
battered Brown, with Columbia
at Cornell, Dartmouth at. Yale.
Colgate at Holy Cross and Ford
ham at Rutgers in other major
contests.