The Bismarck Tribune

THREE GAMES IN CONFERENCE HOLD CENTER OF STAGE

Indiana, Northwestern and Iowa Will Test Strength in Warm Tilts

NOTRE DAME TO PLAY MERRY STRUGGLE BETWEEN TRADITIONAL RIVALS

Chicago, Sept. 28.-(AP)-Football will take on an extremely serious aspect for three Western Conference elevens, Indiana, Northwestern and Iowa, this week, and the other members of the league, with the exception of Chicago, will engage in warmup contests.

Indiana, victorious over Ohio university of Athens, O., by the margin of a point after touchdown last Saturday, will be the opening opponent of Notre Dame's 1931 offering, and the Hoosiers are likely to take a sound walloping. Northwestern will tackle Nebraska at Evanston, and Iowa will inaugurate the midwest intersectional season with a battle against Pittsburgh's Panthers who crushed Miami, 61 to 0, Saturday at Iowa City.

Michigan, co-champion with Northwestern last season, will engage in one of those double-header affairs, meeting Central State Teachers of Mt. Pleasant, Mich., and Michigan Normal of Ypsilanti. Purdue, ranked as a good bet for the Big Ten title, also will work out on two minor teams, taking on Coe college and Western Reserve in the same afternoon.

Illinois will make its initial appearance against St. Louis university, and Ohio State will open its season with the University of Cincinnati at Columbus. Wisconsin's inaugural opponent will be Bradley college of Peoria, Ill.

Minnesota, which barely managed to subdue the North Dakota Aggies, 13 to 7 and wallop Ripon, 30 to 0, will meet Oklahoma A. & M., at Minneapolis, leaving Chicago as the only idle member.

Chicago had enough power to overcome Cornell of Mt. Vernon, Ia., 12 to 0, but the same lineup could not cope with Hillsdale, Mich., college and was defeated, 7 to 0.

The national slate for the second big Saturday of the 1931 season reveals a score of games that promise close competition.

Once again the Pacific coast scores with Oregon State coming to battle Southern California, upset last Saturday by St. Mary's college of Oakland, Calif. St. Mary's tackles California, which barely beat Santa Clara, 6-2 in its first test. Santa Clara in turn will encounter Stanford, held to a scoreless tie by the Olympic club last week.

In the mid-west, two outstanding clashes pit Nebraska's Cornhuskers against the Northwestern Wildcats and Pittsburgh's powerful array travels west to meet Iowa at Iowa City. Notre Dame will make its first start of the year against Indiana. Minneapolis may have trouble with Oklahoma A. and M.

The south offers three or four big-time battles with the Texas Aggies meeting Tulane at New Orleans. South Carolina, which upset Duke on Saturday, must face Georgia Tech next and Vanderbilt will clash with North Carolina.

In the east, most major colleges have scheduled only warm-up opponents but fur should fly in the meetings between Washington & Jefferson and Carnegie, West Virginia and Fordham, and Western Maryland and Georgetown.