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THE TIIE 'THE THE ' college football campaign of ofL L 1940 1946 is so picked p.cked pcked . or studded studdedwith studdedwith studdedwith with 10 in inportant portant dates that millJons millions millionsof of football followers are left in ina ina ina ! a somewhat some\\hat some hat \ bewildered state Manyrequests Many Manyrequests Manyrequests requests have come to tlus thJs this also be bewJldered bewildered bewildcrcd wJldered wildered department aiding a-Icing a Icing asking - us to topIck topick topick pIck the major games from a d zzy zzyschedule zzyschedule zzyschedule schedule that 1 1 I as more class than thanany thanany thanany any football program we have haveknown haveknown haveknown haveknownWe known knownWe We hestitate to P ck up this as assignment assignment assignment signment since smce it means denunci denunciahon denunciation denuncialion ahon ation from a few fewcolleges fewcolleges fewcolleges colleges and many manychambers manychambers manychambers chambers of com con commerce cornmerce k kmerce merce who mSlstthcJr insist insisttheir insist mSlst vs their thcJr home towngames town f * uMtW . Vgames r , ' "w w "wranking " " " I Iranking games deserve highrankIng high l \ranking ranking \ rankIng Complamts Corn Com ! sl ? ' plaints plamts from the thecolleges thecolleges v vcolleges colleges are rare rareThe rareThe > The chambers of o1 ofcommerce o1commerce ofcommerce commerce are themore themore the themore more embitteredsouls embittered US- US USdsouls ? - ' ' dsouls yM W yMsouls / souls soulsAnyway GrantlandRice GrantlandRtce GrantlandRIceour GrantlandRtceour IsGrantlandRice IsGrantlandRtce Anyway here li Is our ranking rankmg of the more Importantcontests important importantcontests importantcontests contests There are so many vItal vItalgames vitalgames vitalgames games that one can only hit a . few fewof fewof fewof of the high spots On October 12 we weha wehave wehave ha have ve Army meeting meetmg \ Michigan l\Ilchlgan l Ilchlgan as asthe asthe asthe the top game of that date a . com corn complete cornplete cornpicte plete sell-out sell out scll-out scll - - bach back in June87 June 87 000 at Ann Arbor Indiana VB vs VBllIinolS vsIllinois vsIllinois llIinolS Illinois is close behind For old oldtime oldtimes oldtimes time times ! > sake Pnnceton Princeton and Harvard Harvardmust Harvardmust Harvardmust must be considered then Navy and andDuke andDuke andDuke Duke And among the better bctter games gamesof gamesof gamesof of this daye day \ we \\e e \ find Columbia and andYale andYale andYale Yale two of the best teams in tbe the tbeIvy theIvy ( beIvy Ivy leagur-also leagur also league - also the countryTwo country countryTIK TIK T1W Two ) Southern Headliners Headlmers HeadlinersThe The big game on October 19 willbe wJ1l will wJ1lbe willbe be Georgia vs Oklahoma A . A . andM andM and M : ( at Athens Ga not Greece ) This will be one of the season s 5 hIgh hIghspots highspots spots A game of almost equal hIghI unportance un tin : tinportance I portance will be Alabama and Tennessee Ten Tennessee ' nessee - Bob Neyland vs FrankThomas FrankThomas Frank FrankThomas TenI I Thomas On this date Army facesColumbIa facesColumbia faces Columbia m 1n in a tossup toss up A possIbleI possIblethrJller possiblethriller possible I thrillerThe thriller thrJller I IThe The schedjie schedJle schedule now carries carnes us to toOctober October 26 when Army meets Duke Du1.e Du1e Dukeand Du1.eand Dukeand . and Ohio Oroo State meets MmnesotaJust MinnesotaJust Minnesota Mmnesota Just a moment - Michigan meetsIllJl10 meets meetsIlliro Illiro IllJl10 Intro sma s in a game that might easIlydecIde easilydecide easily easilydecide decide the Big Nine Nme championship champJonshlp champJonshlpAnd championshipAnd championshipAnd And Pennsylvania Pennsylvama meets Navy in 10 a atrad trad tional bonal nvalryThe rivalryThe rivalry nvalry The big game of November 2 IS ISGeorgJa isGeorgia Georgia GeorgJa and Alabama ThJS This ThJSgame game is fragrant with WJth a Rose Bowlodor Bowl odor a . Sugar or an Orange Bowltaste Bowl Bow 1 taste Tnppi Trippf vs Gilmer Gllmer Here HereIs Her Heris e Is one of the most vital vJtal or JJIlportantgames importangames important JJIlportant importan t games of the year it l if ! you have thefeelmg the thefeeling feeling feelmg that football games are vital vitalor vita 1 : or important unportant . . Probably they arenot arenot are arenot not Anyway this thJS is the game of ofthat o that particular date closely fol followed followed followed lowed by Notre Dame and Navy Army Notrc Notre Dame Clash The outstand ng melee of Novem November Novembar Novemher ber bar 9 is Army and Notre Dame DameThIS DameThis DameThis ThIS is the game that could easily easJly easJlydraw draw 500000 500 000 fans Biff Bill Bail Jones says say s ; 1 1000 000 000 tickets could be soldthere sold l it ! i : there were only room enough ThIS ThISwill Thiswill Thiwill ! will be the feature game of the thej thyear th < iear year j ear considering consldermg the Army Armywrecking s a swreckmg ; wrecking wreckmg assault on Notre Dam Dame Dame Damem Damein < m in 1944 and 1945 plus Frank Leahytrek Leahy s strek ! trek of vengeanceLater vengeance Later on we the have Penn and andArmy anc Army Harvard and Yale Ohn OhJO Ohi OhJOState OhiState OhnState p State and M ill chigan Also Southern Souther SouthernCal SoutherCalifornia n Cal California orma and UCLA Army and andNavy an anNavy amNavy d Navy The schedul0 schedul schedules " makers thIS thISseason thisseason ! season have given the country the tin thetop tintop thitop top menu in m football history hlstory WJth Will WJthfew Willfew Witlfew few except ons ens they have all p cked ckedthe cke ckethe ckecthe the strongest opponents they could couldfind coolfind coul cool coulfind d < find You might mJght add a few sprigs spngs of oflaurel o olaurel olaurel laurel blossoms to Tulane and andSouthern an d ! Southern Cal California orma ormaho \ who \\ho ho have done donethe don donthe the widest wJdest ranging rangmg m lD in the tiger tige tigeyungle I ; I IJungle jungle yungle battling battllng eveiyone eveJyone everyone in 10 SJght sigh SJghtuntll sighuntil t until untll December 21 Both play pla : I Notre Dame and both play each eachother eac eacother eaci eaciother h other as well as such teams as Ala I barn bama bona a Ohio Oroo State L S U andfew and a afew ; few moreThJS moreThis more This ThJS fall campaign of 1946 w 11 II be bethe b bthe e the high spot of campus play s nee neePrmceton nc ncPrinceton nci e Prmceton Princeton met Butgers Rutgers over 7 a ; ) : years ago The schedule we have haveoutl havoutl hav havouti e < outi outl ned is on y a small part of the tin thebIg tinbig th thbig e < big show-a show a show - a mere fragrnei fragmet t But Butthere Bu Buthere Buthere there isn Jsn t space enough to cover coverall cove coveall coveiall r all the turmoil . . . Batting Battmg Croivns CrOlVllS Crowns The Nabonalleague National league pennant fight fightbetween flgh I between the Cardinals Cardmals and thi tin the theDodgers tinDodgers thiDodgers Dodgers has been baseball s lead leadll1g ing ll1g feature this thJS season and will re to remam main mam the year years s h gh spotThe spot The Red So Soi Sox " ! : runa runs vay yay victory vJctory and andthe an d the Yankee collapse have been the theAmerican th American league leagues s contr but on to tothe t tthe the busytongues comment of many busy bus y ) ; tongues tonguesBut But the individual lDdlVJdual side has mon more nor morethan than its share of public pUbl1c interest mterest mterestwlueh interestwhich interestwhich which wlueh has overwhelmed all past pastrecords pas pasrecords t records in m the way of o1 attendance attendanceOne One of the main mam morn entries In this thisfield thi s ; field Is Ted Williams star of o1 the Red RedSO Re d < SO Sox " < Ted Tcd a gloat gteat gicat natural hItterstarted hitterstarted hitter started out to lead both leagues at atbat a abat bat in home runs and runs batte batted battedmthe < m-the m the in-the in m - the triple tnple batting batt111g cro IIn vn IInror vnTor For ror Tor a while it looked loolted bolted as if 1f rt tie tiewaUopmg t + e walloping waUopmg " { Milliam "lIham lIham tilliama . ; > " would "ould ould run aw.y awy aw.ywIth awes aweswith aw . ; with All three marks Ue De Ile befxi beir"n beirn beg'e bege beir"nblastmg beg'eblasting ' " n : blasting blastmg home runs rugs at an early date data dateas as bis his batting batling average hO\luLd hO luLd hOluLdarouud hovers hoversaround \ d around arouud 380 386 But towiru tow-1ru tow 1ru towlru - ' the tile closi .lost lost ciai < . closiof dd . of the season he lIe found Inmselt lumselt himself tic tie bed bedinto tiefaro d da < ioto into faro a number of knots Seriou Serlou Serloucompetition a " : competition eompehtlon was cominc coming tron from from'lSlal fro tronlliisial ix ixthe m \ lliisial \'lSlal 'lSlal lSlal { ' the N L battine batting star |