Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-08
Acknowledgment Even Bet;
Middies Favored Over Pitt
Unbeoten Teams
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Ann Arbor Clush
By the Associated Pres.

The football spotlight was PIN
pointed on Ann Arbor. Mich.
today as the Black knights Of
West Point and mighty Michigan
laid their unbeaten records on
the line In the No. l game Of
the day. So evenly were they
matched that the odds were s
to 5 and pick 'em.
Neither pessimistic statements
of the rival coaches nor the
Michigan State Stanford game
at nearby East Lansing detracted
from the intense interest in the
duel between the second-ranking
Wolverines and sixth ranked
Army. The stadium's 1929 ca
pacity was sold out weeks ago.
Notre Danes display OF power
in grinding out a lao victory
over Miami last night put added
Importance on the game, with
both Michigan and Army press
ing for the Nations top rating.
The Irish were ranked fifth last
week.
Coaches Sing Blues
Both Coaches Benny Ooster-
baan Of Michigan and Earl Blaik
of Army we're singing the blues
before todayis kickoff. Oster-
baan was not sure until Thurs
day that he would have the
services Of a half dozen key
players. About the only player
he was sure Of was his speedy,
field-goal kicking end, Ron
Kramer. already tabled as an
All-American prospect.
Fullbacks Lou Baldacci and
David Hill, Centers Jim Bates
and Jerry Goebel. and Left Half
back Terry Barr would be only
half effective.
Blaik countered with a tale Of
woe involving the loss Of speed
ster Bob Kyasky and a slight
injury to Ralph Chesnauskas,
All-American tackle.
The fans, however, were pre-
pared for a bruising so minutes
OF football. Army crushed Fur
man, $40, and walloped Penn
State. 35-6. Michigan, which
never has beaten Army, defeated
Missouri. 42-7, and then squeezed
by Michigan State. lat.
UCLA Beats Oregon State
Notre Danes victory was just
one that figured to give pollsters
food for thought in compiling
next weeks ratings.
UCLA, striving to regain the
heights after it's TO upset by
Maryland. crushed previously UNI
beaten Oregon State, $50, with
Sam Brown and Bob Davenport
leading the attack.
Southern Methodist won its
first Of the season while handing
Missouri its fourth straight de-
feat. 1876; Houston beat Detroit
in a Missouri Valley Conference
contest, TO, on a third-period
quarterback sneak by Jim Dickey,
and The Citadel edged Richmond.
14-l2, for its first Southern Con-
ference victory since 1853 on
Conrad Tuza's two conversions.
Sophomore Charley johnson
hauled in a pass for one touch
down and scooted 40 yards for
the other as SMU choked off the
Tigers just short of the goal line
time and again.
Oklahoma figured in another
of this afternoons top attrac-
tions, going UP against Texas in
their additionally tough tussle in
the Cotton Bowl at Dallas.
Oklahoma carried a 21-game
winning streak, currently the
longest In college football, into a
game that Coach Bud Wilkinson
called "our hardest so far this
season" in spite of a compare
lively unimpressive Texas record.
The Sooners are rated No. 8 in
the AP poll.
Rice Battles Clemson
In other important games to-
day. eighth-ranked Texas Chris
tan took on Alabama, Navy
tackled Pittsburgh. Rice enter
tanned unbeaten Clemson, Me-
braska was host to Texas Ann,
Penn State met Virginia in
Richmond. and unbeaten Colo
RADIO invaded Oregon.
For the other ranking teams,
today's games were strictly fra
ternal strife. Top-rated Mary
land, after establishing its repu-
tation with tories over
UCLA and Baylor, en-
tertained Atlantic Coast con-
ference competition against
battered Wake Forest. Georgia
Tech, No. 4. met surprising
Louisiana State with both teams
seeking a victory to stay on top
IN the Southeastern Conference;
Wisconsin, No. 8. had 1t out with
Purdue for the temporary Big 10
lead and Southern California
oattled Washington for first
place in the Pacific Coast Con-
ference.
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