The Key West citizen., 1953-10-03
'Notre Dame
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NEW YORK 6-The second big
Saturday of the football season al
ways Is noted by two things:
/. It conflicts with the World
Series.
2. II provides what should be q
good line on some Of the teams
that looked either surprisingly good
or surprisingly bad the first week.
Today is no exception. Il does
conflict with the World Series and
liz will provide somewhat Of q test
/ to some Of the top teams in
the country. For example. Notre
Dame, Michigan State and Georgia
Tech all had their troubles last
week.
This time, the Irish, rated No. /
lin the first Associated Press poll
of the season, faces Purdue Of the
Big 10, the defending co-champion,
and a team that has no fewer thar
80 holdovers from last year. Still,
Notre Dame is rated a two-touch.
down favorite because Purdue
can't find backs to match the
speed of Johnny Lattner and Ralph
Guglielmi.
Michigan State, nursing q Is
game winning streak, tangles with
Minnesota In the only Big 10 game
of the day. State beat Iowa, 21-7,
in its opener, but the experts are
fearful of Paul Giel and Co., and
have installed Biggie Munn's op-
eratives as only one.touchdown
lfavorites.
If the Spartans get by this one,
their streak seems to be in no
danger until Nov. Z when they col
Ilide with Ohio State. The Buckeyes
Iplay California in the NCAA's
coast-to-coast television game of
the day. Howard (Hopalong) Cas-
sadly won't be in the lineup for
Ohio State because of a shoulder
injury, but quarterback Johnny
Borton figures to lead the club to
victory over the Bears.
Georgia Tech, unbeaten in %
games - the longest undefeated
Fskein in the country-.got a scare
Iof major proportions last Saturday
when Florida tied the Ramblin'
Wrecks. Now they 60 against
Southern Methodist, regarded as
a major threat for the Southwest
Conference title.
The weekend action got started
last night with several major
|games-three Of them intersection
|al affairs.
Baylor scored two touchdowns in
the first half, then held out forI
a 21-13 victory over Miami. Ford
ham defeated Detroit, 21-7, with
Roger Fraz and Winnie Drake each
pitching for touchdown, and un-
|derdog Boston University battled
Syracuse to a 14-l4 tie.
Rice, another strong southwest
team, plays Cornell at Ithaca, NY.
This is the first time Rice ever
has played an Ivy League team
and the first time Cornell ever
has gone up against a SWC foe.
Rice is favored.
Illinois entertains Stanford in a
|replay of the Rose Bowl game Of
Jan. l and the Iliini viii be out
TO gain a measure d revenge for
the 40-7 defeat they suffered at
the hands of the Indians.
Northwestern, another Big 10 out
fit. meets its first major test of
the campaign in Army, while Okla
homa, beaten by Notre Dame in
its opener, figures to rebound
against Pitt. Michigan, rated No.
4 in the AP poll, plays Tulane.
Princeton, the tavorite to win the
Ivy League title, plays host to Co.
lumbia and Penn, which never
has beaten Penn State since
George Munger has been leading
the Quakers the past Is years, I
takes another try at the Nittany \
Lions.
Other leading games include:
East
Colgate-Holy Cross, Navy-Dart-
mouth, Rutgers-vPI, Yale-Brown,
Harvard Ohio u. Bucknell- Mullen
berg, Maine Vermont, Rode Island
New Hampshire.
Iowa-Washington State, Cincin-
nati-William and Mary, Kansas
State-Nebraska, Kansas.Iowa State 4
Wisconsin-M Marquette.
South
Auburn Mississippi, Clemson
Maryland, George Washington II
North Carolina State, Louisiana I
State-Boston College, Mississippi
State-North Texas State, Tennes- \
see.Duke, North Cardinal Washing \
ton and Lee.
Southwest
ArkansasTexas Christian, Ken
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