Show Four Undefeated V Teams T earns Remain in Big Ten Race Northwestern Favored to March l to Loop Pinnacle Pin Pin- nacle uncle By William Weekes Associated Press Correspondent CHICAGO Oct 26 20 The AV-The Western Western West West- ern errs conference gridiron championship champion champion- ship situation has been ben whittled down downto to four undefeated teams and next Saturday probably will see the select group reduced to two The They f most interesting engagement on the weeks week's schedule both as a battle battle battle bat bat- tle and as asit it concerns the championship championship champion champlon- ship race will be the traditional Wis Vis Minnesota racer game at oils olis Neither has been defeated in conference conte competition and they ap appear appear ap ap- pear as evenly matched as any pair pairIn In the th league Other strictly Ten contests will bring Illinois and Northwestern together to together together to- to gether at Evanston Purdue will meet Chicago's hapless Maroons at Chicago Chi cago and Ohio State will meet Indiana which has not been beaten on the Hoosiers Hoosiers' field Michigan will go east to play Princeton and Iowa will be host t to George Washington university of Washington D. D C. C In Sn intersectional games About the only olly surprises registered last week were the sizes of scores No Northwestern did just about as cx- cx ex expected I in removing remo the Ohio State menace 10 to 0 scoring on a yard 50 run by Pug r and anda a a yard 33 33 ard dropkick by Ollie Olson sophomore fullback Michigan however surpassed all aU expectations by crushing Illinois 35 to 0 Inflicting the thel greatest beating beatin a a. coached team ever has hast hasI I t taken ken Indiana accorded a mild edge over over Chicago battered the Maroons Into a state of helplessness and made o off f with a 32 to 6 victory It was Indiana's first football triumph over Chicago since 1910 and from the size of the he score w was worth waiting for GOPHERS SURPRISED Minnesota was favored to take care of Iowa but not by such margin as 34 to 0 O. The Gophers produced an ef effective I ef-I fecU e running attack and In the third period completed five consecutive consecutive tive passes The have played four games without scoring Purdue Invaded Purdue-Invaded invaded the east to defeat Carnegie Tech 13 to 6 G but Wisconsin Wiscon sin which had arisen to notable heights in defeating the Boilermakers two weeks ago was brought crashing back to earth by Pennsylvania losing a 27 to 13 decision at Philadelphia Notre Notre- Dame solved the question of what to do with Pittsburgh's powerful powerful power power- ful line by throwing the football for lor enough touchdowns to defeat the Panthers 25 to 12 at South Bend Pitts Pitt's chief consolation was In becoming becomIng becom becom- ing the first team to score on the Irish this thIs' year FEW HURDLES Northwestern's path to the championship championship cham cham- or a share Bhare thereof does not appear beset with difficulties Illinois Illinois' Illinois Illinois' Illi Illi- nois' nois green grcen team should offer little in the way of resistance Saturday and unless Minnesota defeats Wisconsin Wis Wis- decisively this week the Gophers Gophers ers ers' will not rate as a real teal threat Neither Indiana In spite of its margin margin margin mar mar- gin over Chicago nor Iowa appears to have what it will take to halt the Wildcats Ohio will be he favored t to list list- Indiana Indiana In In- diana dlana among the defeated Saturday and Chicago's chances against Purdue Purdue Purdue Pur Pur- due are so small as to be invisible The Wisconsin Minnesota game appears to be a first class tossup The same Mme applies to Iowa's game with George Washington and Michigan apparently apparently in stride has the edge over Princeton ton which has been mauled about in the cast east almost as as badly badly- as Chicago has hes I in Jn the midwest |