Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-11-15 | Page 20 | Notre Dame Now Leads Grid Parade

Notre Dame Now Leads Grid Parade By HUGH HUG S. S FULLERTON JR NEW YO YORK YOC K Nov 15 UP The PJ-The The way ay things have been going lately almost any team that hasn't had t the e tar licked out of it is good forat forat for at 1 least a vote or two in the weekly I Associated Press football ranking p p- p oll Il Right now however Notre D Dame e is on top lop of a heap that Includes Includes includes in In- 31 colleges Come Along Fast Where the Irish will be in another another another an an- other week or two is another ques ques- tion They were hardly in hi sight ight a afew afew afew few weeks ago Then they whipped Army Navy and Minnes Minnesota Minnesta ta on successive suc sue c Saturdays and earned the No 1 ranking by a comfortable margin over Texas Christian last Weeks Week's leader They play Northwestern first conqueror of Minnesota next Saturday then go on to tackle Southern California December 3 Notre Dame drew 60 first place votes from 92 sports writers who participated in the fifth poll of the season The total was points against for T. T C. C U. U which was picked No 1 by 19 writers Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern North North- western drew 23 points for sixteenth sixteenth sixteenth six six- place and that combination easily makes the tussle of the Irish and the Wildcats this weeks week's foremost foremost fore fore- most ost gridiron attraction T. T C. C U. U which didn't meet such tough opposition when it bowled over Texas apparently dropped tom om the lead for that reason and the Horned Fro Frogs s. s will find it hard to go ahead if Notre Dame keeps on winning T. T C. C U. U plays plas outer in of the Rice Rice an am Southwest conference Saturday Other major contests listed for forthe forthe the leaders are Duke No 4 against North Carolina State Pittsburgh No 5 n against Penn State Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Okla Okla- homa No 7 against Iowa State in ina ina a a. game which will decide the exciting exciting ex ex- citing Big Six title race and California California California Cali Cali- fornia No 9 against Stanford This Weeks Week's Rankings The complete ranking first place votes in brackets points scored on 9 8 basis follows Team Points Notre Dame 60 Texas Christian 19 Tennessee 5 Duke 5 Pittsburgh 2 Carnegie Tech j. j Oklahoma 1 Cornell CorneIl California Holy Cross Second ten ten Santa Santa Clara 79 Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin Wis Wis- 52 Southern California 40 Dartmouth 38 Villanova 26 Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern North North- western 23 Michigan 19 Fordham 18 Texas Tech 17 Alabama 16 Others mentioned mentioned Boston Boston college 12 Georgetown 10 Minnesota 9 Iowa State and Ohio State 4 each Georgia Tech and St. St Marys Mary's 3 each Auburn 2 North Carolina Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Vander- Vander bilt and Clemson 1 each Biggest changes in the standings since ince last week sent Duke from seventh place to fourth on the strength of its decisive victory over Syracuse Oklahoma tenth to seventh and Cornell triumphant over ver Dartmouth from twentieth to eighth