Northwestern at Wisconsin

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 21, 1940, page 20 (results column)

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  Football Continued From Page A-l6) Continued From Page A-l6) pair of really fine teams that looked better than ever in their conqueStS of Syracuse by 1876 and Princeton by 1923 respectively, invade the national field for the first time when they meet two of the Big Tens big gest teams. Cornell plays Ohio State, the team that gave the Big Red its first big push toward national recognition year ago. The Bucks, beaten twice, most recently. 1871. by Minnesota, don’t look quite as strong this season, but they’ll certainly be out for doubly sweet revenge. Penn tackles Michigan’S high-scoring team which swept up Illinois, $50, for its fourth straight win. Other Big Eastern Games. Boston College. after a 900 walk over against Idaho, faces little St. Anselm: Georgetown. 46–⁠4 winner over Virginia Tech Friday, meets New York University. 1877 victim of Holy Cross. and Fordham. 24–⁠12 conquerer of Pitt, meets its favorite Pacific Coast enemy, St. Mary’s, which beat Loyola of Los Angeles, 1877, yesterday. Other important games match Columbia, 1913 winner over Georgia, and Syracuse; Princeton and Rutgers, which beat Marietta, $50; Penn State, $40 winner over Lehigh, and Temple; Yale, which recovered from its Penn beating to whip Dartmouth, 1871 and Navy, a 1870 winner over Drake: Harvard. which tied Army, 6–⁠6, and Dartmouth. and Colgate, beaten. 1870, by Duke in its 50th anniversary game, against Mississippi College. Midwest-Mlnnesota S triumph over highly rated Ohio State put. the Gophers on par with Michigan and Northwestern, which walloped Wis consin, 27–⁠7. in the Big Ten race Indiana, triumphant. 1916, over Iowa in its first conference game, likely will 60 out of the running Saturday when it meets Northwestern. Min nesota plays Iowa and Purdue faces Wisconsin this week Notre Dame which just couldn’t stop rolling against Carnegie Tech, winning 6l-0, plays Illinois. Nebraska Looks Good. In the Big Six. Nebraska continued to loom as the No. l team as it overwhelmed Kansas, $50, but Missouri’s Tigers also shone in a 30–⁠14 triumph over Iowa State. They meet in a decisive game Saturday while Oklahoma. 14-O winner over Kansas State. plays Iowa State. The two Kansas teams play a con- ISOLATION game Leading independents play intersectional games as unbeaten Detroit faces Villanova at Philadelphia Marquette plays Texas Tech and Michigan State encounters Santa Clara. South-Some of Tennessee’S sup porters are looking for Rose Bowl invitation now that the Vols have beaten Alabama by decisive Pip but Tennessee hasn’t won the South eastern Conference crown yet Florida, 1910 winner over weak Maryland, is next in line. Mississippi still tops the standing. The Rebels, 14–⁠6 winners over Duquesne. play Arkansas in another eXtra-circuit clash. Georgia Tech, 100 winner over Vanderbilt, meets Auburn, which yielded to Southern Methodist, 20-l3. Louisiana State, 900 winner over Little Mercer. faces Vanderbilt and Kentucky, $40 victor over George Washington. plays Georgia in otheconference games. Clemson Resumes Play. Clemson. out of action in the Southern Conference for a week returns to action Thursday against South Carolina and on Saturday Duke encounters Wake Forest. 3119 winner over Marshall of West Virginia and the sole conqueror of the still dangerous North Carolina team Washington and Lee, which beat Richmond. 80, faces Virginia Tech and Virginia Military, which sur prised Virginia, TO, meets Rich mOnd. SouthWeSt-The conference race at present is a tWo-club affair between the 1889 champion Texas Aggies, who trimmed Texas Christian 21–⁠7, last Saturday, and Texas, 2l-C winner over Arkansas. The Aggies may find a touch customer in Bay lor, TO winner over Villanova, but the Longhorns shouldn’t have much trouble with the Rice Owls, who lost 15–⁠7 to Tulane. Big Seven-Utah States TO up. set triumph over Utah left Colo radios Buffaloes and Denver at the top of the standing. The Bluffs whipped Colorado State, 1914, while Denver swamped Wyoming, 4l-9. Stanford Tackles Trojans. Colorado gets crack at Wyoming this week while Denver plays the Utes, who may be very dangerous on the rebound. In non-conference games, Utah State meets Idaho ano Colorado State plays New Mexico Colorado College, after taking the

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Wisconsin leads 62–⁠37–⁠4 in 103 meetings, counting the 78 since this game.