| Show r a p y FOOTBALL L By Frank Leahy This is definitely showdown week in major college football circles The nations nation's two top teams team will face the severest tests of their remaining schedules and the outcomes of Saturdays Saturday's games may well determine who is to be Os O's national champion Once again Texas is the scene of a aery very ery crucial game Undefeated Undefeated Undefeated Unde Unde- Southern Methodist puts its title aspirations on the block as they oppose once beaten Texas When hen it is recalled that the Longhorn Longhorns Longhorn's Longhorns Longhorn's Long- Long horns horn's only loss was to undefeated untied Oklahoma by one point it adds to their stature Certainly the winner of this game will eventually e be the Southwestern conference c champion h ham a m p i ion o n and if ifS ifS ifS S M U wins they will receive strong backing for national championship championship championship cham cham- honors On the strength of r record e c cor o r d Army is the only o 0 other t the h e r team which winch can give S M U a good battle for top honors The West Vest Pointers meet their b big g test Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- as they oppose Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania Penn came very close li 14 lito to 13 last ye year yer r and they are the remaining obstacle in Army's Arms path this fall Bears vs Huskies Of equal interest to all is the Washington California tilt which should determine one of the Rose Bowl participants Neither team has dropped a conference contest and California is unbeaten against again t tall all comers It should be a great offensive battle Other showdown c cIa clashes l a s she h e s swithin within conferences should allow I for some sort of opinions to be formed as to whom the eventual title holders will be In the Bib Big Ten the Ohio State-Northwestern State game gets top b billing Each team has lost one close game but 0 O S SUI U Uis Uis is undefeated in the conference I The Buckeyes are aie the choice to repeat with Northwestern providing providing pro pro- pro pro-I vi viding ing a major hurdle Because I that conference seldom crowns a champion without at least one defeat the Michigan Illinois-Michigan and the Wisconsin Purdue games take on vital importance Any one of these four teams is in a position to cop the title should Ohio State waiver U UCLA C L A Threatens On the west coast the only team given a chance to push California California California Cali Cali- fornia and Washington is U C L A. A They must get by Oregon State on Saturday and remain in top condition to meet California one week hence When a ate t team e a m is undefeated I every I ry game is a big game as the opponent is gunning for them and peak performance must be maintained in order to keep the string alive For this reason additional additional additional addi addi- importance is placed on th the games played by Oklahoma Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Ken Ken- tucky Princeton and Miami Although Although Although Al Al- though their opponents Colorado Florida Colgate te and Georgetown respectively are not likely to defeat defeat defeat de de- de- de feat them u ups upsets p s e t s have been known to happen and during this present season Two other important games will take tale place in the south Georgia plays Alabama and Maryland opposes opposes opposes op op- op- op poses George Washington Both Georgia and Maryland must win to stay in the running lunning in their respective leagues With all of these crucial games coming up the experts will be begetting begetting begetting getting out their yardsticks to compare the various teams A word of advice to those who plan to apply the score difference-by-score method is Dont waste your time Notre Dame d de defeated e f e eat a t e d North Carolina which had beaten North Carolina State the conqueror conqueror conqueror con con- of Maryland Maryland beat Michigan State 34 to 7 On paper this made Notre Dame 45 43 points better than Michigan State It was quite apparent that last Saturdays Saturday's game was not played on paper Distributed by Syndicate Inc |
