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Show Nebraska Team Sets Pace As Newcomers Hold Stage In Chase for Grid Title " By HENRY gUFEsv' United Trtm Sport Writer NKW YORK. Oct. 4 A wide-open battle for the mythical na. Itional gridiron championship seemed probable today followlrig the defeat of Minnesota, last year's titseholder. by Nebraska. At tha new aeaaoa moved toward Ita third big week-end el competition, compe-tition, four achoola California, Cornell, Cor-nell, Ohie State end Nebraska, howad eigne of recapturing the glory of former years. ' California, with twe Victoria, at. ready la being ballad aa a greater eleven than tha "wonder team" which Andy Smith turned out back In tha early lWOe. Cornell kopee for a return te tha goldea daya af Oil Doble. Ohie Bute, touted aa the coming national champion before be-fore the but twe Masons, boaata a team that may be the national title-holder title-holder In November. And aa for Nebraaka Ita 14-1 victory ever Min-neeota Min-neeota tall the atory. Bill la aUee Mlnnaaota, despite Ita defeat, cant be counted out of the race, for the licking might provide the a park which will start tha Ooldea Gopher off en another winning atraak. Harvard, Fordham, Navy, Pittsburgh, Pitts-burgh, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Duke, Tenneaaee, Alabama, Loulai-ana Loulai-ana State, Oeorgla, VanderbilL Teaaa A. M. and Santa Clara all are definitely In the running. With the exception of Louisiana State, however, all muat first survive sur-vive a strong teet before they eaa "rata. The coming week-end will provide taste for moat. In the eaat, six a-amea pair undefeated, untied oppo- nenta Army-Columbia, Yale-Pennsylvania, Harvard-Brown, Prlnee-ton Prlnee-ton -Cornell, Holy Croae-Oeorge-town and Plttaburgh-Duquaane. Three Cesvf ereawe TUte In th midwest, where Ohle State leads the Big Tan conference with on victory end ne defeats, three conference games are echeduled . Indiana Minneaota, Mlfelga-Northwestern Mlfelga-Northwestern and Wisconsin-Chicago. Outside the conference, Notre Dame gets lu first big teat agalnat Illlnola, which lost a one casta by being held te a scoreleaa tl by DePaul Saturday. Big Bix conference com petition start with Nebraaka playing town Bute and Missouri meeting Kansas State. The big game In the south bring together unbeaten Duke and undefeated un-defeated Tenneaaee, In the Southwest conference, where Texaa Christian and Arkansas Arkan-sas hold the lead with a tie game each, Arkansas meets Baylor. On the Pacific coaat, where U. C L. A, Washington and California are tied for th lead with a victory each, three conference gamae are acheduled California-Washington Bute, Stanford-U. C L. A. and Washington-Oregon Stale. |