Evening star., 1939-11-27
use. Regarded
Coast Pick for
Rose Bowl
Army-Novy Tops Fine
Games Remaining on
DwindIing Card
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, Jr.,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-Cornell,
Missouri, Ohio State and Texas A.
and M. sported shiny new football
crowns today, while Southern Cali
fornia, still shy the headpiece, wore
all the other trappings of royalty.
The Trojans still have to win two
more games before they officially
become Pacific Coast Conference
champions. But no one expects
them to lose. After seeing what they
did to Notre Dame in that 20-12 rout
at South Bend Saturday. the fans
are beginning to wonder why U. S.
c. got into that tie with Oregon.
With the season about at an end,
Southern California is figured a
cinch for the Rose Bowl assignment
next January, and the line is form
ing for the teams that would like to
be there, too. or at least break into
some sort of post-season game.
Principal candidates now are Tens
nessee and the Texas Aggies, stand
outs in the small undefeated-and-
united brigade, with Tennessee the
first choice, if it can get past Ken
lucky and Auburn.
Duquesne Still in Picture.
Cornell walked off with the East's
unofficial award by whipping its
ancient rival, Pennsylvania, $50,
Saturday. That eighth straight tri-
umph gave the big Red team first
place in the Ivy League" and in
the entire Eastern sector. Duquesne,
also unbeaten and united, may dis
pute the second title. if it does as
we'll against Detroit Saturday as it
did in licking Carnegie Tech, 22-7,
for the Pittsburgh city title.
Missouris Tigers walked away
with Blk Six laurels. and Ohio State
backed into its first Big Ten title
since 1920 as the season ended for
those two circuits Saturday. Mis-
souri, clinched the championship
with 300 win over Kansas. Ohio's
Buckeyes lost. 21-14, to Michigan in
their climax game. but finished on
top when Northwestern tied Iowa,
TT.
Southern Methodist's unexpected
21-0 triumph over Baylor eliminated
the Bears as a last threat to the
Aggies' Southwest Conference su-
premacy
| The Southern Conference race
also rearhed the windup stage. with
Duke shading Clemson in claiming
the unofficial title. The Blue Devils
won five straight conference games
and Clemson four.
Hoyas on Honor Role.
Along with these champions, the
seasons honor roll, subject to
change in the few remaining games,
includes Colorado Mines and San
Jose (Calif) State in the unbeaten-
and-untied group and Tulane,
Georgetown, Rutgers and U. c. L. A.
in the tied-but-updefeated division.
Surveying the remainder of the
seasons program by sections, what's
left is something like this:
East-Tossing the records aside,
Army Navy is the game of the week.
Nevertheless, Boston College and
Holy Cross probably will play lot
more football in their Saturday
meeting.
Tradition and color make this
years Army-Navy scrap at Phila-
delphia more than contest for the
championship of Kankakee, ILL.,,
home town of the rival captains.
Other windup games include
Fordham-New York u, Stanford
Dartmouth at New York and George
Washington-W West Virginia. OF
these, only George Washington
played Saturday, beating Bucknell,
7-6.
Valley Loop Race Still On.
Midwest: The windup of the Big
Ten season with the two leaders on
the wrong side was a fitting climax
| for a season full of surprises.
Nebraska captured second place in
the Big Six by downing Oklahoma,
1877.
Oklahoma Aggies moved into a tie
with Washington University for
the Missouri Valley Conference lead
by beating Creighton, 20-9, but the
race won't be decided until WASH
ington and ST. Louis U. meet Sat-
urday.
Southwest: Although the South
west Conference race is settled,
Texas University's Sophomores have
great chance to cover themselves
with glory when they meet the
Texas Aggies Thursday. They are
| tied for second now with Baylor,
which meets Rice Saturday. ),
Pacific Coast: Southern Califor-
mia, which displayed enough power
for a couple of teams against Notre
Dame, returns to the conference
(See FULLERTON, Page Aid