Evening star., 1940-11-29
The
SPoRTLIGHT
It's BowIu-BowIo Day
For Grid Leaders
By GRANTLAND RICE,
ansr,s5 rorrex,opdent of The Star.

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By GRANTLAND RICE.
Special Correspondent Of The Star.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20 CN.AN.Ao.--
The centerpiece on tomorrow's foot
ball table is a large bowl which car
ries a Rose bloom, Sugar plant, an
Orange blossom and q Cotton boil
1t happens to be centerpiece for
which some 250,000 spectators will
pay out more than 100000 few
weeks away, during the hangover
following New Year Eve.
Most of the major bowl parties
will be concerned with Saturdays
nsesults. A few of the leading par
ties Of the first and second parts
are Stanford, facing California;
Tennessee, meeting Vanderbilt; Bos-
ton College, lined up against Holy
Cross. Texas A. and NJ, another
major bowl participant, ended her
season on Thursday.
There still is another bowl party
involving Alabama and Mississippi
State at Tuscaloosa Alabama has
dropped only one game, to Tennes-
see. Mississippi State has suffered
only one tie, against Auburn.
The strong Nebraska team is an
other bowl entry that has come to
the end of the trail. And Fordham,
to beat before blossoming into some
form of bowl bloom, Orange or
Cotton.
So Saturday will be Bowla -Bowla
day, with Army and Navy drawing
more money and more people than
any one else by a margin wider than
the outposts of a Siberian frontier.
Army and Navy Records
Neon Little Tomorrow
Army Navy at Philadelphia.
Slightly more than 10o, 900 spectators
will pay out some 100000 to see
these two service teams play their
hearts out. Army hasn't won a
major game. Navy has been beaten
by Pennsylvania and Notre Dame,
With a Columbia draw. Who cares?
1t is still Army and Navy, and any
thing can happen. Navy distinctly
Is the better team. Both are green
timber. Navy.
Stanford California at Berkeley
Stanford has won eight straight
games. California has been beaten
four times. But California is an
improving team, playing at home
against a shining target. Here is the
Harvard-Yale game of the Far West.
Stanford should win with something
to spare, but an upset wouldn't be
shocking.
Boston College Holy Cross at Bos-
ton-Boston College has one of the
best teams of many years-big, fast,
powerful and experienced. Holy
Cross has been whipped four times.
On copy paper Holy Cross is not
even in B. C.'s class. But again a
traditional game can make big diff
ference. Holy Cross is far better
than her record shows. The pick
still is Boston College, at least three
touchdowns better on form.
r nessee-vanderbilt at Nash
ville-Another one of those tradi-
tional puzzlers. Tennessee has won
nine straight. Vanderbilt has drop
ped five games, plus tie. Tennes-
see on form is as far in front as
Cornell was over Dartmouth, or
Duke over North Carolina. The pick
is Tennessee in a much closer game
than the past performance chart can
show. almost can hear the block
ing and tacking this far away. And
that's still football.
Bono Mississippi Stote
One Of Hardest to Pick
Alabama Mississippi State at Tus-
ealoosa-One of the most rasplng
selections of the day. Back in Sep
tember I was tipped to keep an eye
on Mississippi State. Answer to
date-eight victories and one tie.
Only Tennessee has beaten Alabama.
The winner is an almost certain bowl
nominee. I like Alabama's of1ense.
Fordham-N. Y. u. at New York
Only q miracle can give N. Y. U.
chance. Fordham, with lone de-
feat, has too much speed and expe-
rience. In fact, too many good
football players.
Duke-Pittsburgh at Durham-A
f4ne game between two good teams.
Pitt battled Nebraska to the finish
and beat Penn State. Duke fell be-
fore Tennessee and North Caro-
lima. I like Duke.
Tulane-L. s. U. at Baton Rouge
Another one of those doghghts. Tu-
lane has the call in tough game.
Georgia Georgia Tech at Athens
Here is the big snarl, depending
largely on physical fitness. Georgia
has the material-Georgia Tech the
smartness. Florida whipped both.
A nod to Georgia in q whale OF 8
game. No quarter.
OkIohomo and Sonto Cloro
In One Of Days Best
Oklahoma-Santa Clara at San
Francisco-One of the best games
of the day. The edge to Santa Clara,
with a lone defeat. Only an edge.