Ole Miss at LSU

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  The Washington times, September 26, 1938, page 17 (results column)

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  BUMPER CROP OF. TITLE GRID TILTS. HOLD SPOTLIGHT. you’re due to find bumper crop of championship collegiate foot ball games this Saturday as the nation at large swings into its Sec ond round of battles. Selecting the tops” in grid warfare amid the college set was hard enough a test last week, but this Saturday is the limit-and believe it or not, the limit will be reached each corresponding Saturday from now until early December. Looking over the Eastern division, we find the Ivy League presenting its inaugural tests with Harvard stacking up against Brown: Columbia and Yale tan Cling in a spotlighted encounter of high caliber; Colgate mixing with powerful Cornell; Penn, under its new coach, George Munger, playing Lafayette, undefeated last season; and the mighty Pitt Panthers, conquerors of West Virginia last Saturday, battling Temple. Locally, and it must be con- Sidered Eastern territory, George Washington University prizes off the lid under its new regime Friday night in Griffith Stadium against Furman. Saturday, Georgetown opens its season against Hampden- Sydney in the Griff orchard, while Maryland, jolted by Richmond, travels to State College, Pa, for a joust with Penn State. Navy entertains Virginia Military Institute at Annapolis Saturday in a tilt that has this section talking. Catholic University, the last of the Districts major institutions to open up, takes on st. Bonaventure’s at Olean, N. Y. Sunday afternoon. The Bonnies sprang an upset over hte week end when they nosed out Manhattan, Z to 6, in a battle billed as a “breather” for the JaSpers. AUBURN VS.. TULANE Dipping into the South, we find Auburn and Tulane headlining the Saturday card, with such close arguments as Florida Mississippi State, Texas–LouiSiana State, North Carolina North Carolina State, South Carolina Georgia, Tennessee Clemson and Virginia-WaShington and Lee bound to control consider able interest in all sections Of the country. Eyes turn to Notre Dame Saturday as she makes ready for an other football campaign, tackling a tartar in Kansas, conqueror Of Texas, at South Bend. The West ern Conference swings into line and heading the loops schedule is the Indiana Ohio State set-to, which may result in the confer ence championship for the win ner. Other Big Ten elevens booked to encounter severe major tests are Michigan, battling Michigan State; Wisconsin, playing Mar quette; Minnesota, vieing with Nebraska, its conqueror last year; and Northwestern, tackling Kansas State. Oklahoma takes on Rice, and Missouri schedules Colorado, minus the great “Whizzer,” in other Al fracases. AS usual, the Southwest Is not without its crack Saturday bat ties. L. s. U. and Texas stack up against each other, after opening game losses last Saturday; Arkansas and Texas Christian stage their typical battle of the airways; Texas A. and M. plays Tulsa and Southern Methodist tackles Arizona. The big-time parade continues On the Pacific with its second successive menu Of choice games. These include Santa Clara+Stanford, Oregon State-Southern Cali fornia, Washington State Cali fornia, and Oregon-U. c. L. A. MANY SURPRISES Footballs opening g collegiate blast last week end had its sur priseS, just as the coming week is bound to turn tables topsy-turvy. Clemson’S victory proved . sur prise in many quarters, when it shellacked Tulane, 1910, but even greater was Ole Miss Spectacular rout Of Louisiana State, 20–⁠7. Alabama proved it was eyeing another Rose Bowl invitation by bowling over Southern California, 19–⁠7, while Minnesota demon strated she was as good as ever by defeating Washington, one of the top-ranking elevenS Of the Pa cific Coast, 15-O. In other head liners Of the past week, Purdue toppled Detroit, 19–⁠6; California defeated st. Mary’S and Ohio U. again noSed out Illinois. Dartmouth gave its highly touted eleven a good workout at the expense of Bates, 40, and the Army and the Navy easily out pointed their “tuneup” foes. with the Cadets turning Wichita, go, and the MiddieS sinking William

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Officially, LSU leads 64–⁠44–⁠4; as played, 64–⁠42–⁠4 in the 110 games on file; the official count covers all 115 meetings, counting the 87 since this game.