Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-21
Records Of Bowl.
Teams Put Hiqh
Hat on Shelf
All but Vols, Texas
Ags Show at Least
Slight BIotch
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. Dec. 21.-Just in
case the schools chosen to play in
the larger bowl football games New
Year Day are tempted to don top
hat and tails over the honor, it
might be pointed out that as class
they are about as exclusive as DO
litical party.
twenty-five teams which are not
preparing for bowl games either
have beaten or tied a bowl team, or
have beaten or tied a team which
has beaten or tied bowl team.
Just to complete the vicious cir
Gle, it might be said that the list
Of teams which have beaten or tied
the teams which have beaten or tied
the teams which have beaten or tied
the bowl teams would reach into the
middle of February. with Slippery
Rock and Sub Normal down in there
some place.
Vols and Texas Ags Unique.
Only Tennessee and Texas A. e.
M. are going into their bowl games
with clear states, and they won't be
playing each other.
U. S. c., which meets Tennessee
in the Rose Bowl, was tied by Ore
gon and u C. L. A. oregon subse-
quently lost everything but faith. its
list Of conquerors including Con-
zaga, U. c. L. A., Oregon State and
Washington.
u. c. L. A. never lost. but it was fit
to be tied by Stanford, Santa Clara
and Oregon State.
Tulane, which meets Texas A. g.
M. in the Sugar Bowl, was tied by
North Carolina. which in turn was
defeated by Duke. which lost to Pitt.
Missouri. which meets Georgia
Tech in the Orange Bowl. took a
healthy spanking from Ohio State,
victim of Cornell and Michigan,
and Georgia Tech lost to both Notre
Dame and Duke Notre Dame kept
up this chain letter idea by losing to
Iowa and U. S. C.
Boston College and Clemson meet
in the Cotton Bowl. Clemson lost
only to Tulane. but things really
start to get complicated when Bos-
tons lone defeat is considered
Boston lost to Florida and Flor
ida's record is little scratchy, t.
say the least. 1t lost to Texas, Mis-
sissippi State. South Carolina,
Georgia and Georgia Tech and tied
| Auburn.
All Of which gives an idea why
many fan will look upon a bowl
game with jaundiced eye and say:
Sure, I know that team. We beat
the team that beat it."
1t also gives an idea of just how
tough it is nowadays for team to
60 through heavy schedule with
out at some time or other hitting a
bump
OF the eight bowl teams. Texas A.
g. M. has the most impressive rec
ord, with 10 victories against schools
supposedly of its own class. Ten
nessee, of course. is unsecured upon.
but it had virtual open dates on four
Saturdays.
Closely Matched Defensively.
Boston College. although it lost to
team which lost to practically
everybody else. has the best offensive
record with ZIG points in nine games.
From a defensive standpoint the
Orange and the Cotton Bowl games
would appear to present the best
matched teams. Georgia Tech has
| yielded so points to Missouris SIS,
and Boston had 40 points scored
against it to AZ for Clemson
| However, the teams matched in
the four games did not meet COM
mon rivals, so scoring and defensive
records can be tossed out of the
window when trying to figure pos
sible winners. Tennessee, for .x-
ample, was second only to Boston
College In points scored with 205,
but Sewanee, Chattanooga, Mercer
and the Citadel were just adding
machines for the Vols.