Sport: Titanic Gophers

Last week Cornell's Big Red was still the No. 1 football team of the U. S.—according to the American Football Statistical Bureau, which is slowly gaining recognition as an appraiser of college teams. But the nation's sportswriters, polled weekly by Associated Press, rated Minnesota first.

Minnesota is accustomed to good football teams. The State is full of husky farm boys who make powerful linemen, powerful backs. When Minnesota gets a smart quarterback, to boot, it invariably has a great team. This year Minnesota has such a quarterback: Bobby Paffrath.

Though not as super-colossal as...

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