Evening star., 1952-10-06
Pacific Coast Happy
Over Big Ten Wins,
But Fears Badgers
Dy the Assoeiasad Press

ball partisans are very happy.
thank you. about this falls con-
tests with Big Ten teams.
Stanford's thrilling 14-7 victory
over Michigan-with millions Of
viewers watching the Nationwide
telecast-and CaliforniaS 1918
trampling Of Minnesota Saturday
made 1t four straight for Coast
teams over the Big Ten boys. II
that sort Of thing keeps up, one
Of the Far West powers may snap
the Midwest winning streak in
the Rose Bowl at six games.
Bob Matthias. Stanford's two
time Olympic decathlon cham
pion. got his name In the head
lines again as he bulled over for
the winning touchdown from the
one-yard line. Big man for Cali
fornia, ranked fourth In the coun-
try In last weeks Associated Press
poll. was Halfback Don Johnson
with four touchdownS, one Of
them an S4-yard dash.
Badgers Are Impressive.
It looks now as though there'll|
be . horse stamping around
among the horses In the January
I classic, which should cause as|
much commotion as Q herd Of
cows In cornf1eld. The horse, Of
course. would be Alan Ameche.
WiSconSin'S hard-running full
back, who Stomped all over nli-
noiS in the Badgers 20-6 victory
Saturday. Now they're saying the
Wisconsin team will sweep
through the rest OF its Big Ten
schedule II it can get by Ohio
State this week without a let
down.
The Badgers. eighth in the last
Associated Press poll. should jump
much higher after downing the
Second-ranked Mimi.
They could vault all the way toI
the top spot held by MichiganI
State. which was thankful to es-
cape with . l7-l4 victory over
Oregon State. For the third
straight year Oregon State made
1t rough for the Spartans. who
won on q field goal by Eugene
Lekenta with two seconds to play.
He missed his first three-point|
try. but Oregon State was offside.
SO he got another chance. |
Texans Have Bad Day
Look for a movement by Texas
lawmakers to ban intersectionalI
football games. After four defeats
in five games Saturday, theI
Southwest Conference lads arel
down to their last few oil wells.
Notre Dame, looking like theI
Frank Leahy powerhouses Of old,
led the invasion Of the Lone Star
State with o Second-half surge |
that buried Texas. No. 5 in the |
poll, by 14-3 in an afternoon game.
The roof fell in at night, how
ever. when sixth-rated Georgia
Tech trounced Southern Method
tst. 20-7: Kentucky edged A6sM,
1o-7. and Louisiana State made
its first victory Of the season a
27-7 pasting Of Rice. Baylor
averted a shutout by whipping
Washington State, 31-7.
It was No. II in q row forI
Georgia Tech, class Of the South
eastern Conference, and IL now
appears that the Engineers clash
with Duke November ] will be for
the championship Of the South
land. Duke, Southern ConferenceI
kingpins and No. 10 In the poll,
conquered Tennessee BY holding
the Vols heretofore mighty ground |
attack to Is yards while punching
out TO victory.
The non-conference champion
ship Of the Southern ConferenceI
has been settled, by the way, byI
Maryland's thoroughgoing $50
shellacking Of Clemson. Maryland,
third-ranked, was suspended from
the conference. along with Glenn.
son, for playing In bowl games last
New Years Day. After Nays 31-7I
humping Of Cornell. however, the
Terrapins may have trouble win
ming the championship Of their
own State. They meet the Middies
October 1S.
Princeton Wins cath.
Princeton, preparing for its key
Ivy League clash with Penn next
Saturday. made Rutgers wish the
two schools hadn't started collegel
football back in 1869. The TigersI
rolled up q 61-19 victory, their
oath in a row, while Penn had tol,
struggle to down Dartmouth, 7-0,l
on a 56-yard pass from Walt Hy-|
noski to Bill Deuber.
Southern California, which
hopes to dispute the Pacific Coast
title with California and Stan
ford, solidified its eighth-place
poll ranking with q 22-0 victory
over outgunned Army. while KAN
Sas, No. 8, whipped Colorado, 81
IL. The Kansans have their bigI
one with Oklahoma October 18,
but Nebraska, a 1910 victor over
Iowa State, Is also in the Big
Seven League
II Wisconsin does falter in the
Big Ten race. Purdue win be
right on its heels. The Boiler
makers made q recovered tumble,
blocked kick and intercepted pass
pay on for q 21-14 victory over
Ohio State, stretching their string
OF conference victories to four.
They haven't lost . conference foe +
since 31-7 loss to Wisconsin last
year, but the two aren't scheduled
this year.
Three PreIims Signed |
For Turner Nat Show
nio DePaulo viii face Abe Stein
l.