The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-02
ROSE BOWLERS MAY NOT HAVE
 UNIFIED MARK
Only Nine "P erfec [" Teams NOw-SOme Will
 Not Accept Bid
BY HENRY SUPER limited Press staff CorrespOndent)


 New York, Nov. 2--(UP)-Tradi. ton used to say team had to pe unbeaten and united to land a spot in any of the New Years day bowl games, but this year, like many oth- CTS in the last four or five, 1t looks as if tradition will be thrown for Q loss.
 Tn the last set of bowl games, only five of the eight performers had perfect records and only one game the Orange Bowl between Okla homa and Tennessee-paired elev- ems that had neither been beaten nor tied.
 And with the season hitting the halfway mark this Saturday, it ap- pears bowl promoters will have slim picking if they want perfect-record teams because only nine teams have clean slates and seven are unbeaten but tied.
 Big Game
 Out in Portland, Ore, this Satur- day two of those elevens clash-uln- beaten and united Oregon State against tied but unbeaten Southern california, which represented the West in the last Rose Bowl.
 The state team is the coasts last hope of sending an unbeaten and united team into the Pasadena clas- sic. If the Trojans, who already have been tied, win this one, then the team which will represent the coast won't be able to carry per- feet record into the Pasadena sauc. CT.
 The big question-and one which will get bigger and bigger as the season goes on--is: who will rep- resent the so-called east at Pasa- dena They say that Tennessee has the inside track, but they said that last year and Duke went to the coast.
 Of the unbeaten and united teams Tennessee and Texas A. & M., are about the only elevens which could go west, and the word from the southwest is that If the Aggies are unbeaten they'd rather play in the New Orleans Sugar Bowl because it's closer to home. Others who are un. beaten and united are Cornell, Kens lucky, Georgetown, Michigan, Notre Dame and Duquesne. Cornell, Mi- chigan and Notre Dame can't go to a bowl game. Kentucky might be candidate if 1t goes unbeaten while Georgetown or Duquesne would be considered too small' for Pasadena.
 Outside Chance
 Tn the unbeaten but tied ranks. U. c. L. A. still has mathematical chance of getting the West Coast Rose Bowl bid. Tulane and North Carolina are in the running for the eastern job; along perhaps with Nebraska, whose Bowl" status ia presently unknown. Tulane, how ever. probably would land in the Sugar Bowl if it's unbeaten.
 Oklahoma, if 1t continues unbeat- en, probably will land in one of the bowls while Dartmouth is another school that frowns on post-season games.
 But before we put any of them in bowl games at this early date, re- member they all have some pretty tough games left. None of the un- beaten elevens have cinches this week and If you don't think 50 cast an eye over these pairings which list the perfect record team first: Cornell Columbia, Tennessee. Louisiana, Kentucky Alabama, Georgetown-W Virginia; Michi. gan-Illinois; Notre Dame-Army; Texas Aggies-Arkansas; Oregon State-Southern California, (both unbeaten); Duquesne Marquette; North Carolina North Carolina State; Nebraska Missouri; Oklaho- ma-Iowa State; U. c. L. A.-Califor. mia and Dartmouth
 That leaves only Tulane-and we'll lay 100000 to l the Green wave Is still unbeaten Saturday night.
 Tulane has day off.