Evening star., 1953-10-09
California Next Test
For Penn; Oklahoma ,
Texas in HeadIiner
sx the As.oeioted Pres.

was when the Ivy League would
trembfe if one of its members
scheduled a game with a Pacific
Coast Conference team.
But tomorrow the University
of Pennsylvania entertains Cali
fornia in Philadelphia and it
would be considered far from an
upset. if the QuakerS win the
big interSectional contest.
Penn has a murderous sched-
ule. with only one Ivy League
school on it, and the experts are
figuring that George Munger's
team may not hold up. But
Penn won its first game in Is
years from Penn State last week,
and = defeated Vanderbilt the
week before and is not disposed
to play dead.
California. is subpar this year,
but Pappy Waldorf has come
up with a nifty quarterback in
Paul larson 1t is his good arm
that the Quarkers will have to
stop if they are to continue un-
defeated.
UCLA Meeting Wisconsin.
There's another top interSec-
tional clash in Los Angeles
where UCLA plays host to Wis
consin tonight. This UCLA elev-
en- is rated one of the favorites
for the Pacific Coast Conference
title and should have enough to
hold the Badgers in check.
Notre Dame, the No. team in
the Associated Press poll, has a
day off, but Michigan State, its
closest pursuer, has what looks
like breeze. The SpartanS will
be at home to Texas Christian
and figure to coast to their 9th
straight triumph.
Ohio State, chief threat to the
Spartans' Big Ten lead, plays
Illinois. conference rival. This
one. too. should be soft touch
for the Buckeyes. Michigan, the
third member of the conferences
Big Three, tangles with Iowa,
which has looked fairly i'm
preSSive.
In the Southwest, Oklahoma is
on the spot. The Sooners, rated
one of the top teams in the
country before the season, lost
to Notre Dame two weeks ago,
and were tied by Pitt last week.
Tomorrow they visit the Uni
versity of Texas for a key game.
Buddy Leake and his cohorts
should win. although Texas is an
outfit that has shown it can
score. 1t will be the nationally
televised game of the week.
Georgia Tech, unbeaten in %
gameS-the longest string in the
land-also must prove that it
is as strong as it has been the
last two years. The Ramblin'
Wrecks, with a tie and a two
point victory to show in their
last two efforts, take on Tulane.
They'll have to win this one en-
phatically if they are to go above
their No. 10 AP poll ranking.
Maryland, which could turn
out to be the power of the South
even without Jack Scarbath, has
a date withspass-minded Georgia.
If Zeke RratkoWSki can get some
of his filings off, it might be
close. Otherwise, the Terps have
an easy assignment.
O-her majer games include:
:: EAST. "
Columbia at Yale, Cornell
Navy at Baltimore, Dartmouth at
Army. Colgate at Harvard, Rut-
gers at Princeton, Bucknell at
Holy Cross, Villanova at Boston
College. Nebraska at Pitt. Ford
ham at Syracuse, Penn State at
Boston U.
SOUTH.
Tulsa at Alabama, Purdue at
Duke, Kentucky at Louisiana
State. Vanderbilt at Mississippi,
Chattanooga at Tennessee, North
Carolina at Wake Forest, Vir-
ginia at George Washington.
MIDWEST.
Marquette at Indiana, Mime
sofa at Northwestern, Kansas at
Colorado, Kansas State at Iowa
State.
SOUTHWEST.
Texas A8EM at Texas Tech,
Arkansas at Baylor, Hardin Sim
mons at Rice.
FAR WEST.
Southern California at Wash
ington, Stanford at oregon State.
Oregon at Washington State,
New Mexico at Arizona.