The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-23
Football News From Bowl Camps
(By United Press)

final week of heavy workouts to- day before the Tennessee game in the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans. Coach Frank Leahy has scheduled daily drill, including Christmas, through next Saturday. Tonight he will reshow the movies of the Bos- ton-Georgetown game for analysis of plays. Leahy is encouraged by the improvement of Gene Goodreault, all-America end, who is slowed by a knee. Wearing brace, Goodreault has been able to sprint the length of the field and probably will start against the Vols.
 Starkyille, Miss, Dec. 9 = (U.
 P) = The Mississippi State
 Maroons' five day vacation is over
 and today they begin their final
 drills in preparation for meeting
 Georgetown in the Orange Bowl.
 With all the players in excellent
 condition, Coach Allyn McKeen
 followed five days practice with
 the final day of rest to prevent
 his men from becoming stale.
 New York, Dec. g = (U.P.) = Fordham football players reassem-
 bled today after a weekend vaca- tion granted by Coach Jim Crowley before leaving for Dallas to engage the Texas Aggies in the Cotton Bowl January 1. Heavy workouts scheduled fo rtolay and tomorrow wereto be followed bya light ses- sion Wednesday before the team leaves Christmas night.
 Washington, Dec. 9 - (U.P0 Coach Jack Hagerty put his Georgetown fotball players through a special blackboard ses- sion today in preparation for meeting Mississippi State in the Miami Orange Bowl Passing and putting drills are scheduled for to-
 day and tomorrow. The team will start southward Chrsimts Day.
 Knoxville, Ten, Dec. g (U. P0 = Tennessee's third and fourth string elevens will be tried against Boston Colleges plays this morning and the first and second teams will stand on the sidelines to examine the offense they will have to stop in the Sugar Bowl next week. Head Coach Bob Neyland has been on vacation and the Vols have been taking only limbering up exercises since they closed the season against Vanderbilt three weeks ago. Ten nesse will work here until Christmas then finish their practice sessions in Edgewater Park, Miss.
 College Station, Tex, Dec. 23
 -(UP.) - Texas Aggie Coach
 Homer Norton indicated today
 that he might try the two team
 system against Fordham in the
 Cotton Bowl. Norton chung to the
 one team system, injecting substi-
 tutes one or two at time in
 guiding the Aggies to 19 straight victories before they were beaten
 by Texas in their final game of
 the season. Norton pointed out
 that Tulane beat Fordham in 1889
 with the two-team system, land
 I believe they can be taken in the
 Cotton Bowl the same way"
 Phoetnix, Ariz. Dec. 23 - (UP) University of Nebraska's football team got back to work today in preparation for the Rose Bowl game against Stanford after Sunday in- terlude that took them to Wicken- burg, Ariz., to see a rodeo and en- joy cowboy Chuck Wagon" sup per. Coach Biff Jones let them of with light signal drill b efore loading them into bus yesterday.
 Tempe, Ariz., Dec. 8 - (U.P.) - The Tempe Bulldogs began two-a- day scrimmageS today and will con- tinue through Christmas to New Years day when they meet Vest ern Reserves football team in the Sun Bowl at Fl Paso. Coach Divie Howell let his boys rest yesterday.