Evening star., 1953-11-02
-Four Major EIevens
Go Into Home Stretch
With Clean Records
sy the As.seiu,ee Pres,

four major college football
teams remained undefeated and
united today as the campaign
headed into the home stretch
and the crucial games that can
make or break many a teams
season.
Notre Dame, Maryland, Bay
lor and West Virginia are the
sole members of the select
circle-and at least two of them
would be just as happy if the
season were over now. Baylor
still has three rugged South
west Conference opponents to
play and West Virginia has a
date with a better-than-average
South Carolina outfit.
AS for Notre Dame and Mary
land, there isn't much to say
about them except that there
doesn't seem to be any one on
their schedules to challenge
them. Both seem to get stronger
as the season progresses. If
they keep up their present pace,
their first teams will begin to
rust from a lack of action.
Joe McArdle, who substituted
for Frank Leahy, emptied the
Irish bench Saturday in an effort
to hold down the score against
Navy. Leahy, who collapsed
during the Georgia Tech game
nine days ago, had his doctors
permission to rejoin the team
if he doesn't exert himself.
Scouts Left Breathless.
South Bend was swarming
with scouts for the Navy game
and they came away breathless.
One, shaking his head, said he
refused to believe Notre Dame
could be as good as advertised.
Now I know" he said sadly.
Maryland, too, used it's regu-
lars for only about half the
game with South Carolina, but
did win, 24-6. Jim Tatum's
Terps should win the Atlantic
Coast Conference title and go
on to the Orange Bowl against
Oklahoma, which seems certain
of taking the Big Seven title
again. especially after it's con-
vincing $40 triumph over Kan
sas State, its chief rival. The
Sooners play Missouri this week.
The chances of a Notre Dame
defeat are practically nil. For
the record they still meet Penn,
North Carolina, Iowa, Southern
California and Southern Meth
odist. All lost Saturday.
Maryland still has George
Washington. Mississippi and Ala
bama on its schedule. Ole Miss,
which has been beaten only once
by Auburn-stands the best
chance of making things rough
for the TerpS.
Illinois Headed for Title.
Illinois has one foot in the door
to high society. The Illini have
been tied but not beaten. If they
can get past Michigan Saturday,
they should have clear sailing to
the Big Ten title and a bid to the
Rose Bowl. After Michigan, they
meet only Wisconsin and North
western.
There was some worry in the
Illini camp that Purdue might
present a problem, especially
after the Boilermakers licked
Michigan State the previous
week. But Purdue couldn't stop
j. c. Caroline and Mickey Bates,
the talented Illini's sophomores.
Unless one of them suddenly de-
velops case of the gout. it looks
like no one else will. The final
was 21-0.
The Pacific Coasts Rose Bowl
nomination is wide open. At the
moment Stanford, winner of all
five of its league games, rules the
favorite. But it still must dispose
of Southern California and Cali
fornia.
UCLA has lost only one con-
ference game. that to Stanford,
and still has a chance if the
Trojans and Bears cooperate.
UCLA also plays Southern Cal on
November 21
Four Handed First Losses.
Southern Cal. Yale, Louisiana
State and Utah are the latest to
tumble from the unbeaten ranks,
although all had been tied. Ore
gon surprised by polishing off
Southern Cal. 1877, while Dart
mouth provided the form re-
versal of the Ivy League season
by crushing Yale, which had
hoped to walk off with the title,
32-0. Now the standings are in
confusion.
Mississippi beat Louisiana
State, 27-16, and Washington
stopped Utah. the leader of the
Skyline Conference, 21-14.
Michigan State and Georgia
Tech, both Of which had their
long undefeated streaks snapped
the week before. rebounded with
a vengeance. The Spartans
whipped Oregon State. 34-6, and
Tech swamped Vanderbilt. 43-0.
Both still have rocky rows to
hoe. The Spartans must play
Ohio State and Michigan and