Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-09
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COntlnueo from rage C-l
tenders push most members Of
the top 10 into unaccustomed
roles as lesser lights. Oklahoma,
No. l, casts the shadow of q
I36-game winning streak over
Iinept Iowa State. Michigan
State. No. 5, plays Purdue: Ohio
State, No.. Z, meets Indiana:
Syracuse, No. 9. tries Holy Cross,
and Michigan, No. 10, plays Illi-
Inois. Miami (Fla.), No. 8, is
idle.
Other leading attractions to-
morrow include Navy at Duke,
Notre Dame at Pittsburgh, Har-
ward at Princeton, Penn at Yale,
Georgia at Florida, Rice at Ar
kansas. Wyoming at Montana,
|UCLA at Washington and Cali
fornia at Southern California.
In games tonight, it's Rich
|mond at George Washington in
IA Southern Conference game
and Southern Oregon College at
Hawaii.
Georgia Tech. with a 12-game
|unbeaten streak that includes
last years TT tie with Tennes-
see. definitely will have George
Volkert running at right half
back against the Vols. After
missing last weeks TO chiller
against Duke because of leg
Injury, Volkert impressed Coach
Bobby Dodd so much in yester-
days drill he may even start"
Tailback Johnny Majors is
Tennessee's big man, a 5-foot-1O
ball Of fire who plays as though
The invented the pass-run option.
With Ohio State and Michi-
gan State ineligible for the Rose
Bowl, Minnesota could virtually
nail its first trip to the Pasa-
ldena classic by defeating Iowa.
The Gophers are unbeaten but
once-tied coo by Northwestern
while Iowa. still in on the bowl
battle, has lost only to Michigan.
It's Minnesota's Bobby Cox
against Hawkeye Kenny Ploen,
a pair Of dandy quarterbacks.
Break for Oregon State
Oregon State got its foot in
the Rose Bowl door when UCLA
upset Stanford last week, but
the Beavers will have to dam up
passer John Brodie to make 1t
pay of.
Colorado, with only one victory
in the last II trips to Columbia,
throws John (The Beast) Bayuk
lat Missouri, which rides with
Jimmy Hunter. whose passes
beat the Bluffs. 20-12, last year.
The winner should be the Big
Seven runnerup, going to the
Orange Bowl as a replacement
for the ineligible Sooners.
Clemson, unbeaten but tied by
Florida (20-20), hasn't beaten
Maryland in the last four tries.
But Maryland l1-6) amt what
1T used to be.
Texas Ann, with one tie (l4-
IA by Houston) and six victories,
ranks with Southern Methodist
Jas the lone unbeatens in the con-
ference. SMU has passer Char.
ley Arnold. while the Aggies have
the second best overall defense
among major teams and stable
Iof horses. Texas Christian. d
7-6 loser to the Aggies and still
ahead for SMU, still has q
chance to repeat as champion.
The Frogs play Texas Tech.
Hitting the others lightly:
Oklahoma hasn't lost to Iowa
State since 1881, and hasn't been
scored upon by the Cyclones
since 1851. 1t was $40 last time.
-. Michigan State is a three
touchdown favorite, with Pur-
dues passing Len Dawson and
End Bob Khoenle doubtful start
ers because Of injuries. /.
Hoosier Coach Bernie Crimmins
said Indiana looked Every UNI
satisfactory" in drills for Ohio
State. The Buckeyes have won
16 in a row in the Big Ten. +.
Holy Cross has a passing attack
that could give Syracuse trouble,
but the Crusaders lost to Penn
State. 1870. Syracuse defeated
Penn State. 1879, last week.