Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-07
a Big Games Today Hold
Football Fans Attention
Titles Hanging
On Outcome of
Vital Contests
~ the Associated Press

~ the Associated Press
Four big games today hold
the spotlight for football fans.
with perhaps q national title
hanging on one. the Eastern
championship on another. the
Big Ten crown on the third and
the Southwest Conference race
on the fourth.
The battle which could de-
eide the mythical national
championship brings together
unbeaten Louisiana State Uni
versity and once-beaten and
once-tied Tennessee at Knox
vile. All $1,000 seats to this
one have been sold out for
weeks
At University Park, Pa, the
mighty forces Of Syracuse come
down to fight it out with Penn
State for Eastern honors and
both teams are unbeaten.
In the Midwest, two Big Ten
giants, Northwestern and Wis
consin meet at Evanston, H.,
with Northwestern unbeaten
and Wisconsin holding a Al
record. A win by the Badgers
would pull them even with the
Wildcats in the conference title
race.
Miami Beats Tar Heels
Down in Austin, the Uni
versity of Texas is trying to
take one step further toward
the Southwest Conference
championship by betting Bay
lor. The Bears are seeking an
upset but they have lost three
games this season, while Texas
has gone undefeated in seven
and is a 17-point favorite.
The week end football COM
petition opened last night with
the University of Miami bounc-
ing back after two straight
losses to whip North Carolina,
lat, in the Orange Bowl.
Fran Curci, Miami's amazing
little 152-pound quarterback,
spanked the winners. He scored
one touchdown and figured in
the other with a pitchout as
well as breaking up two North
Carolina drives.
In another Friday game the
undefeated College of Emporia
team cinched the Kansas
Conference championship by
trouncing Ottawa (Kans.) 28-9,
for its eighth straight victory.
The Tennessee game appears
to be Louisiana States last
major hurdle before wrapping
up the National title. The
Tigers currently are rated No.
l in the Associated Press poll
and are trying to make the
Vols their Goth consecutive
victim. LSU hasn't lost a
game since late in 1857 when
Mississippi State edged them.
14-7.
Vols Are Fast
The Volunteers will be SEEK
ing to pull their second big
upset of the season. They
stunned mighty Auburn, 80.
in the season opener, snap
ping at "a Auburn's string Of
unbeaten games.
Tennessee is a fast, agrees
sive outfit, especially adept in
capitalizing on an opponents
errors.
Both teams boast dangerous
offenseS. but the game stacks
up as a defensive battle with
each playing for the breaks.
The big question is: can the
Vols stop all-America Billy
Cannon? The 210-pound Sc
nior halfback has been the
heartbeat of LSU's winged-T
attack for three years.
To Offset Cannon and the
passing of Quarterback War;
rem Rabb, Tennessee will rely
on the running and passing Of
three fine tailbacks - Gene
Etter. Billy Majors and Glenn
Glass.
LSU hasn't yielded a touch
down this fall in compiling its
TO record. Rice. Miami and
Mississippi each kicked a field
goal against the Bayou Bengals
Spot For Upset
There's a spot for what might
be considered a mild upset at
Evanston. Wisconsin is rated as
a 7-point underdog and even
should the Badgers win, North
western still would be ia
games ahead in the conference
standings with only two games
left to play. The Badgers. how
ever, have rolled since losing to
Purdue, 21-0, in their first con-
ference start, and while North
western has beaten all corners.
it got its victories with long
gaining plays and the breaks.
Northwestern, ranked No. 2
in the APP Poll, has lost star
guard Joe Abbatiello and No. 2
center. Larry Onasti, for this
crucial contest.
However, the Wildcats were
rocked by earlier injuries to
two potential All-America stars.
Quarterback Dick Thornton and
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