Show rNA NATIONAL NATIO NAL CHAMPION IS IS' PU PUZZLE HUNS PITT tiN IN BEST SPOTS iFOR FOR TOP HONOR J t Ct- Ct Scoreless Ties With Ohio instate Nebraska Hurt I L Claims of Panthers i f NEW iw EW YORK Nov 14 The IP-The P The national football crown may mayd find d no nohead head to o fit it comfortably this ar for or the first time In n many a 1 Seldom has there been n a campaign at where br her there were so few teams this late date with clear cut claims to lo consideration when the balloting nations nation's champion gan for the rj re nr are plenty of contenders of of them be co Murse but many can eliminated Whatever the actual fair fair- ness on the ground that thal their sch schedules schedules sched sched- d- d ules have hae not been comprehensive enough to warrant serious consideration tion on for them DIVISION DIVISIO 1 bost Most critics have abandoned their efforts to select three or four out out- standing landing machines and lumped Southern South South- ern em California Pittsburgh Michigan Auburn Brown Colgate Arm Army Purdue Pursue Pur Pur- sue due ue Tennessee Vanderbilt and Christian and perhaps one or orto two to others together in inthe the top bracket and let it go at that For a time it appeared that Pitt playing a suicide schedule might earn almost general recognition but the Panthers' Panthers two scoreless ties with Ohio State and Nebraska have done their claims no DO particular good However should the Pittsburgh outfit come back to de defeat eat Carnegie Tech and nd Stanford in its last two regularly scheduled games carnes they can retrieve most of the ground they have lost In that even cven they would be the most arnst likely eastern team am to receive a abad ad bad d t to compete in the Rose bowl game at it Pasadena New Years Year's da day probably proba bly bh against Southern California Should the Trojans as seems probable proba proba- bl ble enter enter- the game came undefeated then die the winner might well vell be generally as national champion I MASON ASON TAPERS OFF the season begins to taper off oft this k as many teams will be idle un un- ill Thanksgiving t day Most of the deceive decisive de de- de c ive action is to be fought in ut the Big Ten which closes its season Sat urda Here are the prospects lor for this weeks week's games t Big Ten Ten MichIgan Michigan can clinch the conference title by beating Minne Minne- iota Purdue an almost certain winner winner win win- nt ner over Indiana can slip sUp into the championship i if Michigan should J ls lose sc The remainder of the conference conference confer conter- ence program sends Illinois against Ohio State Northwestern against Iowa owa and Chicago against Wisconsin Other leading middle middle- western contests contests contests' con con- tests tests' involve Navy and Notre Dame at Cleveland Michigan State and Detroit Detroit Detroit De De- De- De troit Marquette and Washington and Jefferson efferson and Creighton and W Wyo Wyo- ming East East Brown and unbeaten Brown Colgate and untied will rest until their Thanksgiving day battle but Pitt plays Carnegie Tech and Temple another another an m. mother other unbeaten outfit faces Villa Villa- nova lova Yale and Harvard clash lash in the theo o outstanding game from a traditional angle while Columbia plays plaS Syracuse Syracuse Syra Syra- cuse ruse and Lafayette meets Lehigh Army Array tuning up for the Notre Dame and aM Navy games encounters a well coached West Virginia Wesleyan eleven Fordham clashes with Oregon Oregon Oreon Ore Ore- gon on State in the only big l game South South Auburn Auburn which with Louisiana Lou Iou u- u State is the thc only unbeaten and untied team in the Southern conference confer conier- ence enee plays Georgia in the only game involving in the leaders If the Plainsmen Plainsmen Plains men get by Georgia and South Carolina Carolina Caro Care lina Irna on December 3 they probably w will wUI UI win general recognition as champions champions cham cham- whatever the outcome of Louisiana Lou Lou- States State's game Jame with Tulane December Dc De ember cember 26 Meanwhile some observers ers rs are pointing with pride to Centenary's Centenary's Cen Cen- gentlemen who have won eight successive games three from Southwest conference and two from Southern conference rivals 4 Southwest Texas Southwest Texas Christian fa a. a for fort the title battles Rice which bas been beaten both b by Texas and Texas A. A M. M Texas plays Arkansas and ad nd Baylor meets Southern Meth Meth- O odist US t. t EARS BEARS FACE STANFORD Pacific California pl plays s 's Stanford fa xi the big gam game U U. C. C CL L. L A. A seeking a share with Southern California Inthe in the Ithe title should beat Montana Big Six Six Nebraska Nebraska faces Okla Okia- homa ioma a in the most important contest With Nebraska favored ored Kansas and Kansas State complete the weeks week's schedule Rocky Mountain Utah Mountain Utah can ean close closen n It undefeated conference campaign fey y iy whipping the Colorado Aggi S. S Young man clinch second Klace in its us game with the bc Utah Jah s. s |