The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-02
STANFORD GIVES A RELATED BID. TOCORNHUSKERS
New Orleans Sugar Bowl Has Only Teams With
 Perfect Records
BY JAMES A. SULLIVAN United Press Staff Correspondent

01 SAOE0 A SOAkAVAN
 United Press Staff Correspondent
 San Francisco, Dec. 2.-(UP)- Stanford University's football team, which couldn't win a Pacific coast conference game last season, will play the University of Nebraska in the Rose Bowl at Pasadena Jan. 1.
 Nebraska was invited last night by Al Masters, Stanford graduate manager.
 Maj. Lawrence T. (Biff Jones, athletic director for the cornhuskers, grateful and delighted" conferred with Dr. H. D. Bergman of Iowa State, head of the big six faculty committee, who contacted the other members. Within short time, they agreed to waive the conference rule against post-season games.
 Stanford became the Rose Bowl host by defeating California 13 to 2 on Saturday, its ninth of the season and tenth in a row. Stanford's only victory in 1899 was over Dartmouth in the final game.
 Stanford's choice left only two berths in the five New Years day bowl games to be filled.
 Boston College, the nations high est scoring outfit, and Tennessee, Southeastern champion, collide at the New Orleans Sugar Bowl. This will be the only one involving per- fect-record teams.
 Arizona State and Western Re- serve of Cleveland will battle in the Sun Bowl at Fl Paso, Tex.
 Mississippi State, unbeaten but tied, has accepted an invitation to the Miami Orange Bowl. They prob- ably will meet the Texas Aggies, Georgetown or perfect-record Lafay- cite.
 Procedure
 After the Pacific coast conference faculty representatives went through the formality of making the Indians the conferences bowl team Stan- lords three-man committee sat down to pick an opponent.
 Boston College, Tennessee, and Mississippi State had made their arrangements. Pennsylvania had de- clined a "feeler", Cornell, Michigan and Minnesota couldn't accept be- cause of conference rules which couldn't be waived.
 Texas A. & M. and Nebraska both with imperfect records, remained. It was reported that there had been pressure from Los Angeles against southern team again, so Nebraska was invited.
 The choice was made by fullback Norman Standlee, representing the team; Prof. William B. Owens, fac- ulty representative, and masters.
 Nebraska, defeated only once--by Minnesota--will be the first repre- sentative of the big six conference in the Rose Bowl.
 The Cornhuskers, after their ini- tial setback by Minnesota, defeated Indiana, Kansas. Missouri, Okla homa, Iowa, Pittsburgh, Iowa State and Kansas State, rolling up ITO points to thelr opponents GA.
 Stanford, with new coach at the helm--Clark D. Shaughnessy, who came from the University of Chi cago when it re-emphasized football 4-had an inspired season. With com- parative ease, it turned back Uni versity of San Francisco, University of Oregon, Santa Clara, Washington State, Southern California, Univer- sity of California at Los Angeles, Washington, Oregon State and Cali fornia.
 Shock To Fans
 The team "wowed" the customers who had picked them to finish far down in, the conference standings The Indians totaled 175 points dur ing the season against 72 for their opponents.
 Stanford's achievement was triumph for Shaughnessy, who took the team that won only one game last season and made it the Pacific coast champion.
 It was announced that Stanford would give its alumni first chance to buy Rose Bowl tickets at $40 each. An allotment will be set aside for Nebraska and its supporters, and 5000 general admission tickets Will be placed on sale at PaSedena.
 In the last Pasadena classic, Southern California turned back Tennessee 14-0.