| Show c Notre N Dame Holds Lead OverT C. C CU U By DREW DREV MIDDLETON NEW NEW YORK Nov 22 Iff Notre P-Notre Notre Dame unchecked in eight major starts this season holds its place at atthe atthe atthe the top of the Associated Press football football football foot foot- ball ranking poll for the second straight week Close behind is Texas Christian istian with Duke Tenn Teni Tennessee Ten Ten- n i see ee and Pittsburgh within striking In ing distance The writers Titers gave ga Notre Dame 48 votes Totes for first place and points while T. T C. C U. U had haI 28 first place ballots and points Duke was third with points and Tennessee Tenness Tennes Tennes- s fi see e and Pitt tied for fourth with 23 points Each of the leaders has terrific opposition apposition ahead Texas Christian playing Southern Methodist Duke undergoing the acid test against Pitt on Saturday and Tennessee meeting Kentucky an old rival Thursday while Notre Dame faces Southern California on December 3 The rankings as cast by 84 sports sportswriters sportswriters sportswriters writers first place votes in brackets brackets brackets brack brack- ets points scored on 9 8 9 8 7 6 2 2 1 1 basis Points 1 Notre Dame 48 2 Texas Christian 28 5 S. Duke 3 4 Tennessee 3 6 5 Pittsburgh 2 6 Oklahoma ssi I 7 1 Carnegie 8 8 Minnesota l 9 9 California 1 10 Cornell Second ten Holy Cross 79 MichIgan Michigan Michigan Mich Mich- igan 52 Dartmouth 38 Southern California 36 Northwestern 35 Vilanova Villanova Villanova Vil- Vil lanova anova 33 Texas Tech 25 Fordham 21 Santa Clara 13 Georgetown 11 Others mentioned Boston college college college col col- col- col lege 2 Iowa State Alabama and Harvard 1 each 11 Leaders Hold Position Last Saturdays Saturday's engagements had little effect on the ranking of the first ten Notre Dame and T. T C. C U. U both loth winners although the Irish were were hard pressed by Northwestern Northwest Northwest- st- st em ern ern are in the same spots they occupied a week ago Duke again lapsed into offensive spottiness but managed to beat tough North Carolina Carolina Carolina Caro Caro- lina State and as a result the Blue Devils took over third place from Tennessee which which dropped to fourth Pittsburgh held fifth position by tinn annihilating Penn State a tough customer in its own league and Oklahoma moved from seventh to sixth by taming Iowa owa State previously previously unbeaten Carnegie dropped to fo sev seventh and Minnesota which h socked cocked Wisconsin and won the Big Ten title jumped from twenty-third twenty to eighth California victor ov over r Stanford continued to hold ld ninth and Cornell preparing for its Thanksgiving day clash with Penn fell to tenth Duke Pla Plays s 's Pitt The happenings shrink in comparison comparison com corn parison with the importance of coming struggles for power Duke Southern conference champion and the only unbeaten untied and un- un scored upon major eleven has golden against Pitt On the other hand the Panthers presumably presumably presumably pre pre- again hale and hearty can can make up for that defeat by Carnegie Tech and end their season in the proverbial blaze of glory Texas Texas' Christian renews a traditional traditional traditional enmity with Southern Metho Metho- dist The old adage No team can play through a Southwest conference conference conference confer confer- ence schedule unbeaten gets gets' its final chance against the Horned Frogs in this imbroglio but the three musketeers Davey OBrien O'Brien the unbelievably great passer Ki Aldrich the center and I. I B. B Hale the mammoth tackle should be able t to take ake care of it Nor or can the importance of the duel between Notre Dame and Southern California be underestimated mated The Trojans Trojan have many manyan an old score to settle with the Irish from a rivalry that goes back bach to the great da days s 's of Frank Franl Carideo and Gaius Galus Shaver If the men of Troy win this one and end nd the conquering all-conquering progress of the Irish the account will be balanced bal bal- bal bal- |
