The Key West citizen., 1952-09-30
Crucial Grid
Games Set
For Saturday
BY Ed coRRIcAN

NEW YORK Up - The college
football picture, which has been
hazy since the campaign got under
way two weeks ago, should come
into sharper focus when the smoke
of battle clears Saturday.
Michigan State, for example,
was accorded the No. l spot in the
preseason Associated Press poll
to finish operations as the top
ranked team in the country. But
the Spartans had to come from
behind to whip Michigan, have
not of the Big Ten these days,
27-13, Saturday.
But don't sell State snort. Biggie
Munn'S lads have a habit of letting
the opposition get away a-running
only to come along at the end to
pull the victory out of the fire.
Michigan State plays Oregon
State in its second game at Port
land, Ore, and should experience
no such difficulty.
Then whoever would have
thought that mighty Maryland, the
stepchild of the Southern Confer
ence, would be battered and
bruised two weeks in a row and
emerge with hairline decisions.
After barely squeaking by Mis-
souri, in its opener, the TerpS took
a narrow 1877 decision from Au-
burn Saturday.
Now they play Clemson, which
also is in the process Of atOning
for its sins by not being permitted
; to play Southern Conference teams.
Maryland also should win this ham
dily.
Pessimists already are predict
ing an end to the longest winning
streak in college football-Prince-
toms % games. But they're kindly
waiting until two weeks hence
when Charlie Caldwell's Ivy
League champions battle Penn.
The reason for the doleful out
look is Princeton'S unimpressive
40 victory over Columbia, and
| Penn's well-played II tie with
Notre Dame.
In the Big Ten Conference. the
title may be decided this Saturday
strange as it seems-when IL
linoiS visits Wisconsin. Illinois is
the defending champion, but some
have ranked Wisconsin as strong
choice to dethrone the Illini.
In the Southwest Conference, the
chances are very good that there
will be a new champion. Texas
Christian, the defending champion,
not only has lost both its starts
but hasn't even been able to find
the goal-line.
With the demise of the Horned
Frogs, Texas jumped into the fav
orite'S :ole. The LonghOrnS must
tangle with Notre Dame this week
after walloping North Carolina,
2S-7, over the week end. UCLA
stopped the Horned Frogs, 14-O,
Saturday.
The Pacific Coast Conference is
running iretty much according to
form with California the team to
beat-just as it always is. The
Golden Bears, with Johnny OlSzew-
ski handling the main offensive
chores, looked good turning back
Missouri, 2S-14. They journey to
Minnesota this week.
It's beginning to look as though
someone might upset Oklahoma,
the defending champion in the Big
Seven. Kansas and Nebraska both
have been impressive, while the
Sooners were held to 2121 tie
by Colorado.
Georgia Tech, which was ranked
the No. 3 team in the country be-
fore festivities got under way, will
have to produce against Southern
Methodist to keep its lofty spot
after eking out a l7-l4 triumph
over Florida. Tennessee. which
may give the Engineers a figt for
the Southeastern Conference It'll,
has tough opponent in Duke.
Tn Rocky Mountain race may
be decided when the two favoriteS
Idaho State and Colorado College
play at Colorado Springs, while in
the Missouri Valley. last years
winner Tulsa looks stronger and
stronger.