Evening star., 1938-12-31
Bowl TeanlsA||
Approach Ti|ts
In Fine Fett|e
Osmunski of Eastern
Eleven Only Star
Likely to Idle
BY the Associated Press.

oy the ASSOClhleu eTeSS.
Fourteen football teams and per-
haps 100000 spectators will open the
1889 gridiron season-or close the
1888 season-Monday, and now that
the ballyhoo has died down, it ap-
pears that all the teams involved
are unusually we'll matched.
The bear" stories of illness and
injuries nearly have been forgotten
and from all indications none of
the teams will be hampered seri-
ously Monday by the absence OF
stars.
Although there still remains some
doubt as to the condition of XII
Aldrich of Texas Christian and Dan
Hill of Duke. the only star who
really seems likely to be kept idle
is Bill Osmanski, Holy Cross full
back, who was due to perform In
the East-West game at San Fran
cisco. And since the Eastern team
has Wisconsin's Howie Weiss, it
should get along all right.
Coaches Bob Neyland of Ten
nessee and Tom Stidham of Okla
homa, who have been giving" each
other the Miami Orange Bowl game
summed up the whole situation in
yesterdays statements.
Said Neyland of his Vols: "They
looked fairly good"
Said Stldham of his Sooners. "The
boys will play their hearts out"
Same Goes for All.
The same words might be applied
to any of the teams in the other
bowl games as we'll as those In
the two all-star contests.
In brief. here are the highlights
Rose Bowl. Pasadena, Calf: Duke
VS.. Southern California. Probable
attendance. 10000. Favorite. South.
ern California. Criticism of Dukes
choice because of the Blue Devils
weak opposition in compiling un-
beaten-untied -unscored on record
has died down. but "scalper" sales
are tagging because of prospect of
defensive struggle.
Sugar Bowl. New Orleans: Texas
Christian VS.. Carnegie Tech. Prob
able attendance, $4,000, a Southern
record. Favorite, T. C. U. Plenty
OF scoring expected, with the un-
certainty concerning only Carnegies
ability to stop or match the Horned
Frogs famous passing and running
attack, featuring Davey O'Brien.
Orange Bowl, Miami, Fla: Ten
nessee VS.. Oklahoma. Probable at
tendance, 10000 Favorite. Ten
nessee. Aerial fireworks expected
from both teams and little to choose
between them.
Cotton Bowl Game a Tossup.
Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Tex: Texas
Tech VS.. st. Mary's. Probable at
tendance, 10000. Teams rated even.
Pete Cawthon has commented force
fully on how bad" Tech has looked,
which should put the Red Raiders
on edge. st. Mary's faced much
stronger opposition during the regu-
lar season, with fair results.
Sun Bowl. Ell Paso, Tex: New
Mexico VS.. Utah. Probable attend
ance, 1880. Teams rated even
Utah may be affected adversely by
a recent trip to Hawaii, but plans to
start shock troops" including only
one regular. Bill Dwyer, New Mex
lco ace, may not be effective after
a long lay-off.
East-West, San Francisco: Prob
able attendance, $4,000. No favorite
IN clash of all-star teams. A ball
carrying duel between Marshall
Goldberg of Pitt and Vic Bottari of
California is predicted.
Blue VS.. Gray, Montgomery, Ala
Probable attendance, $4,000. An
other no-choice clash of stars. Both
teams have been stressing offense
IN practice and using passes freely
Blues scrimmaged so hard yesterday
coaches cut it short for fear of in
juries.