The big hunt for the missing Stanford Axe moved into its sixth month this week with less than a week to go before it is needed for presentation at the annual Big Game Nov. 21 between University of California and Stanford.

The Axe was stolen from a showcase on the UC Berkeley campus last June. An investigation has been in progress since then.

John Kirbey-Miller, head of UC's senior Axe-finding committee, said yesterday that no new clues have been directed his way.

"Our committee is no detective agency," he added. "We can't do much until we get more clues."

Meanwhile, there have been abounding rumors on the campus here that the Axe is in the possession of a Stanford fraternity.

Gene Dils, president of the Inter-fraternity Council, said he has made an investigation of several fraternity houses and that the investigations showed there was no truth to the rumors.

Representatives of Stanford and UC reported they believed that if the Axe does not show up prior to the Big Game it could show up in one of the rooting sections during the game.

Ralph Vetterlein, president of the Associated Students of UC, said that if the Axe was not found by Big Game time, a facsimile of it may be made for presentation to the winners of the Big Game.

"But," he added, "that would be a poor substitute, and we'd hate to have to do it."