Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-21
SPOTLIGHT
ON
SPORTS

BY MERRILL WHlTTLEssY


second-dvision team in the Big Ten when it is con-
sdered patsy for of the conferences big shots?
Michigan State and Minnesota, both proudly unbeaten
and ranked No and in the Nation this time last week.
would have say after what happened to them Satur
day. Michigan State joed from the top by Purdue,
team that hadn't won a game. by 2O-l3 And Mime
sofa, which beginning to inquire about transporta
ton to Pasadena in late December. shocked. NlS.
by Illinois, team you just can't trust.
Those were the outstanding developments in what
generally an uncomfortable afternoon for the top
20 in the AP poll There were eight losers one was tied
and there's going to be major reshufflng this week
with -know-who back top.
The latter would be Oklahoma, which beat Kansas,
0 for its 44th consecutive victory and this week plays
Colorado team that Kansas beat two weeks ago. Bud
Wilkinson has only two selling jobs this year. when
the Sooners play Notre Dame November Is at Norman.
and when they play Duke January in the Orange Bowl
NORTH CAROLINA WAS the only team with prayer
Of preventing Duke from making the Miami trip and
Q magnificent performance by Tommy Monts Maryland
team was the uppercut to the Tar Heels Atlantic Coast
Conference hopes North Carolina State Dukes opponent
this week. is ineligible for the Orange Bowl because Of
NCAA suspension and every other team but South Caro-
lima has lost at least two games. Duke beat South Caro-
Ina which would give the Blue Devils the nod even II
they're upset somewhere along the line something that
Is highly unlikely.
For the frst time since 1884, 1t looks like theren
be bowl game for Georgia Tech this year. the
Engineers already have lost two and tied With
Tech out OF the picture there's merry chase Tor the
Southeastern title between defense conscious Auburn.
another good Mississippi team, and q surprise conten-
der Louisiana State.
Two Saturdays ago Auburn beat Kentucky, 60. Last
Saturday the Tigers cut their point production in half
by beating Georgia Tech so They just can't have that
this week against Houston but could draw 1t bit finer
by winning 40 Auburn, incidentally, has given up only
one touchdown, that to Chattanooga when the Tigers
were winning, 4O-7 They've also BANKED Tennessee.
Texas A&M still is winning skmpily 10 TCU
after being outganed 262 yards 70 &c. but until somebody
beats them the Aggies still the favorites for the
Southwest Conference title and Cotton Bowl berth.
This week the Aggies meet Baylor, which obviously
Is not good the Baylor of year. Arkansas fell
than expected after brief spell top, losing
to Texas, ITO The other Southwest Conference coaches
hardly could be fond of the job Darrell Royal is doing
in his nrst year on the job at Texas.
WHILE CoLGATEs VICTORY Princeton might
not compare with the Big Ten upsets in national magni
tude the Red Raiders certainly came from farther back
TO shock the Tigers
When Colgate lost 400 to Illinois two weeks ago.
that wasn't surprising but the following 486 setback
by Rutgers must have been jolt The Red Raiders
went Il minutes against Princeton without first down.
and then the ball game, 1910. How about that?
So Dartmouth remains the only unbeaten Ivy
League team in all games and should remain this
week against Harvard. Then Dartmouth Princeton and
Yale start playing each other and, any Ivy League
fan tell you, past performances go out the window
The complicated situation the West Coast
made after the Washington State quarter
back took upon himself to attempt the potential tying
extra point against Oregon after the coach had sent
In player Just for that purpose The quarterback missed
Oregon won 1913, and is the leading contender
for the Rose Bowl in conference where fve Of the
nine teams ineligible
LAST TUESDAY NIGHT, a national television
show that for is called ITO Tell the Truth"
q panel failed to pick out Jim Bakhtar as virgnias
football captain He and two other fellows in foot
ball uniforms and three Of the panel members decided
nof tha0 thars cd tlra thaTV ala
Bakhtiar acted very much like In Richmond
Saturday. He scored four touchdowns and added an
extra point against VPI II he could score half that
many against Army this Saturday in Charlottesville Army
could be in for trouble.
couple Of coaches who used to diagram their
plays in this had big days Saturday Art Guepes
Vanderbilt team, not his best there from two
touchdowns behind TO upset once-beaten Penn State,
1920 And Washingtons Eddie league late Of the Mary
land stan, his Citadel team tie for the Southern
Conference lead with 80 mark, more games than
the Tigers have in conference since they
Joined in 1895. Nice goin, Eddie \,