Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-28
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Finale Will Feature
Tennessee, Oklahoma
'Irish,' Texas Tech
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, Jr.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

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NEW YORK, Nov. 28.-Old Man
Pigskin. co-starred with Miss Upset
in the 1898 football drama, takes a
couple of curtain calls this week,
although the play itself ended with
last Saturdays climactic scene.
The curtain dropped on cast
that had only eight important men,
bers whose performances throughout
the two-month show was perfect.
Duke and Tennessee of the South.
Georgetown of the East, Notre Dame
and Oklahoma of the Midwest and
Texas Christian of the Southwest,
were the principal actors who suf-
fered neither a defeat nor tie. In
the main supporting roles were
Western Reserve and Texas Tech,
both with perfect records. Villa
nova was tied once, but unbeaten.
Ten other teams had unbeaten,
united seasons, but they took only
the walk-on roles in the big show.
Two which previously had been tied,
but undefeated, suffered their first
defeats during the last week. Utah,
Rocky Mountain Big Seven cham
pion, lost, 1910, to Idaho Thanksgiv-
ing Day, and Boston College took
a 1877 drubbing from Holy Cross
Saturday.
Big Battles This Week.
The main roles in this weeks cur
tain piece will be played by Notre
Dame, Tennessee, Oklahoma and
Texas Tech.
The fighting Irish" after week
off, 60 West to meet Southern Cali
fornia. co-champions of the Pacific
Coast Conference and likely choice
as Western team to play in the Rose
Bowl January g. Oklahoma. WIN
ner of the Big Six title, meets an
often-beaten Washington State
team at Norman, Okla.
Tennessee defends its Southeast
ern Conference crown against Mis-
sissippi. The Vols can't be beaten
automatically. but since the title
is unofficial Coach Bob Neyland
says he won't claim it unless the
Vols beat Ole Miss. Texas Tech,
2l-2 winner over Marquette, takes
on Centenary.
Other outstanding contests listed
this week are Miami Georgia Fri
day and on Saturday Florida
Temple. Rice Southern Methodist to
wind up the Southwest Conference
season. and North Carolina State
Citadel in the Southern Confer
ence finale.
Duke, T. c. U. Are Standouts.
The next task IS the selection of
performers for Rose, Cotton, Sugar
and other year-end bowl games.
The Pacific Coast Conference will
name its Rose Bowl representative
today That team then must choose
its Eastern rival
For that choice it appears diff
cult now to overlook either Duke or
Texas Christian, which completed
remarkable seasons last Saturday.
The Blue Devils showed their
might by taking over Pittsburgh,
TO, just as they had disposed of
eight other rivals. Texas Christian.
with an unusual display of ground
power for the air-minded South
west Conference. routed Southern
Methodist, 20-7, to take the confer
ence crown. The Horned Frogs i'm
mediately were invited to play in the
Cotton Bowl game, but delayed an
swering.
The powerful Duke defense
BANKED Pitts Panthers, while Eric
Tipton's great kicking pushed them
back until Willard Perdue could
break through to block kick and
recover the ball for the winning
touchdown. Thus the Blue Devils
became the first major team since
the 1882 Colgate outfit to complete
a season undefeated, united and I'M
scored on. 1t might be remembered
Colgate had to add UNLIMITED" to
that designation.
Notre Dame OFF Bowl" List.
Notre Dame, with definite policy
against post-season games, is off
the list of Bowl" possibilities. Okla
homa, which rang up its 18th con-
secutive victory Saturday by whip
ping Oklahoma A. and M, 1910,
hasn't made known its attitude.
Neither has Tennessee, concentrat-
ing on the Mississippi game after
routing its old hoodoo, Kentucky,
1870, last Thursday. Georgetown and
Western Reserve are being con-
sidered as possible rivals for New
Mexico in the Sun Bowl.
Other developments of the seasons
last busy week we're:
The Army Navy spectacle before
100000 fans at Philadelphia over
(See FULLERTON, Page A-14)