Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-27
Chance for Upset by Irish
Rests on Hornunq's Thumb
Sooners Amino
To Run Up Score
In Bottle on TV
By the Associated Press

N OLTe ~ y N long -SnoL
chances of an upset over power
full Oklahoma today at South
Bend, Ind, rested on just how
well Quarterback Paul Hornung
of the Irish can play with an
injured left thumb.
Terry Brennan, coach of
three-touchdoWn underdog Ndtre
Dame, says Hornung will start
today. Rumors coming out of
South Bend, early in the week.
had it that he would be at full
back or halfback instead of
Quarterback.
Hornung was hurt in last
weeks 47-l4 loss to Michigan
State as the Spartans moved
into first place in the Associated
Press poll and Oklahoma dropped
to second. The Sooners probably
will be aiming for an even more
one-sided victory today in hopes
of regaining top spot.
This will be the television
game of the week nationally
with WRC-4 the outlet in
Washington at 2:45 PM.
Oklahoma, with "a straight
wins, apparently has a lock on
the Big Seven title, but is in
eligible to return to the Orange
Bowl two years in a row. The
runnerup scramble might go to
Colorado. The Buffaloes have a
40 league record, and if they
get by Nebraska today will be
favored to make the trip TO
Miami.
Spartans Have Easy One
Michigan State appeared to
have a cinch assignment against
Illinois. but Georgia Tech, the
other member of the big three
of the Nation. had no such easy
one in Tulane, a team that has
been leaving a trail of upsets in
its wake all season. Mississippi,
the defending Southeastern Con-
ference champion, was the vic
tim last week.
Since Michigan State can't re-
turn to the Rose Bowl--the Big
Ten has the same skip-a-year
rule as the Big Seven-and Ohio
State is being penalized for
breaking subsidization rules,
Iowa or Michigan could get the
bid, with the latter favored.
The Hawkeyes clashed with Pur-
due while Michigan took on Min
nesota.
On the West Coast, the two
big games pit Oregon State
against UCLA and Southern
California against Stanford.
Southern California. UCLA and
Washington all are ineligible for
the Rose Bowl because of as
sorted rules infractions. so the
race for the Rose Bowl has de-
veloped into a Stanford Oregon
State battle.
In the Southwest Conference.
the headliner sends Baylor
against Texas AIM. Baylor
hasn't won the league race in
80 years and the Aggies have
been on the outside looking in
for IS. But this could be the
year for the winner.
Kansas Beats Ann
One Big Seven team played
yesterday as Kansas, the first
team to score on Oklahoma last
week, defeated the Missouri VAL
ley Conferences Oklahoma AIM,
2l-l3. with Bob Marshall going
80 yards on a touchdown run.
In other Friday games, George
Washington defeated William
and Mary. 1914. to go into the
Conference lead. and
Denver turned back New Mex
leo. 20-l4. in a Skyline Confer
ence tilt.
Other leading games today in
clude:
East--Army Columbia, Boston
U.-Syracuse. Cornell-Princeton,
Harvard Dartmouth, Lehigh-
Rutgers. Penn-Navy. Penn State
West Virginia. Pitt-Oregon. Yale
Colgate.
South - Albania Mississippi
State. Arkansas-Mississippi, Au-
burn-Houston. Duke-North Car
DINA State. Georgia Kentucky.
Louisiana State Florida, North
Carolina-Wake Forest, Tonnes
see-Maryland, Virginia Tech
Virginia.
Southwest--Rice-Texas, Texas
Christian Miami.
Far West-College Of the Pa
ciflc- Washington State, Utah
Idaho, Washington California.
Wyoming Kansas State.