Evening star., 1952-10-18
Pitt 10 Tell il. Cadets
Are Topflight Again;
vi|Ianoya Wins Fifth
BY tho Assoeiotsd prs..

NEW YORK, Oct. 18.-The ma
tional collegiate football program,
well studded with crucial games,
should answer at least two ques-
tions today. Both concern teams
fielded by the service academies.
Army, defeated only once in
three games. meets Pittsburgh,
surprise conqueror of Notre Dame,
at West Point in q game that
should answer the question
whether the Cadets have returned
to footballs top fight.
Navy. unbeaten in three games,
clashes at College Park with all
conquering Maryland (4-0). The
question here is whether the
Middies are strong enough to ex-
tend their longest winning streak
in seven years.
Pitt Slight Choice.
Of their three point win over,
Notre Dame. the Panthers are
rated a slight favorite to turn
back the Cadets. who thumped
Dartmouth a week ago to jump
back into the gridiron linrelight.
Maryland, ranked No. 2 ma
tionally and unbeaten in the last
19 games, is a solid choice over
the Middies. but stranger things
have happened.
In addition to the Navy-Mary-
land affair. three other major
pairings involved undefeatedI
teams.
The Big Seven conference has a
showdown with defending cham
pion Oklahoma (2-0-D tanglingl
with the No. contender, Kansas
(4-O at Lawrence, Kans. The
Sooners are given the edge despite
the fine work displayed in the
Kansas backfield by Gil Reich,
former Army ace.
Big Battle on Coast.
The first pivotal battle for the
Pacific Coast Conference title
and the Rose Bowl assignment
matches Stanford's T-geared In
dians (4-O and the single-winged
Uclans of UCLA, also with a 40
record.
Nebraska (4-O brings it's spot
less record, minus Bob Reynolds,
East to do battle at State College,
Pa, against the unbeaten but
once-tied Penn State.
Syracuse, another unbeaten
Eastern eleven in college competi-
ton, travels to East Lansing,
Mich, with hopes of swapping
the 18-game winning streak of
Michigan State, the Nations top
ranking team.
From television viewpoint, the
game of the week is Cornell-Yale
at New Haven. It will be televised
nationally. It was blacked out in
the Washington. D. c., area when
the NCAA granted permission for
local telecast of the Navy-Mary-
land game.
VillanOva Wins Again.
In last nights top games Villa
nova'S unbeaten team won its
fifth straight by beating Boston
College, 28-7; Miami FlaD
crushed Richmond, 41-6: Davidson
nipped Presbyterian. 1912, and
Furman and The Citadel played
"a TT tie.
Gene Filipski set up two of
Villanova'S four touchdowns.
Harry Mallio spanked the drive
of the twice-beaten Miami Hurri-
canes while little Jimmy Thacker
scored both of Davidson's touch
downs.
Outside of Navy-Maryland the
South top scrap today figures to
be the neighborhood battle be-
tween Alabama and Tennessee.
Georgia Tech, favorite to take the
Southeastern Conference title,
meets weak Auburn and Duke,
apparent powerhouse of the South
ern Conference. plays North Caro-
lima State. Virginia, ranking
Southern independent, shouldn't
be troubled by VMI.
Purdue, the Big Ten leader with
a Pol record, heads into trouble
with Notre Dame (1-1-D. Ohio
State takes on winless but threat
ening Washington State in an in
tersectional contest at Columbus.