The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-28
PICKS DUKE
TO DEFEAT PITT
Citadel Over Davidson, Army
Over Navy Among Other
Last Ditch Selections
BY BILL BONI

BY BILL BONI
NEW YORK, Nov. 27-R-The
free-scoring, f%un-for-all l94O COL
lege football season comes to a NJ
ting end this week with a double
feature program of games on the
old Thanksgiving Day and on Sat-
turday.
When the statisticians get around
to figuring things out, this may
prove to be the greatest season
ever for high scoring, with such
notable examples as PENIS 1878
win over Princeton, Manhattan's
45-41 score yer Marquette, and
Alabama's 1921 thriller over Van
derbilt.
Five games overshadow all the
rest on this climatic card. Tomor-
rows headliner is Texas A. and
MS invasion of Austin to meet
Texas. Saturday it will be Stanford
against California on the Pac1hc
coast, Tennessee against Wander
bilt in the south, Boston college
against Holy Cross in New Eng
land, and Army against Navy at
Philadelphia-the game that once
again will bring 100000 fans into
Municipal stadium, ever though
the Soldiers haven't won a major
game since they beat Navy in 1888.
This corner goes into its one-man
huddle for the last time, and comes
out of it with these last-of-the-sea-
son predictions (home teams first,
probable attendances in paren-
theses:
Thursday, Nov. %.
Texas-Texas A. and M. 4 $1,000
the Aggies have to whip a double
jinx-playing at Austin and need
ing this one to be the southwest
champions. Despite an injury to
Ace Quarterback Marion Pugh, a
vote for the form chart and the
Aggies.
Brown-C Columbia GO, 00O) - Co.
lumbia on alertness and versatile
ty.
Kansas-C Colorado State GO, 0O0)-
a gamble on State.
South Carolina-Wake Forest Q0,-
O00)-with Red Mayberry back,
Wake Forest.
Tulsa-Arkansas 100000 Tulsa,
which has been more consistent.
Saturday, Nov. 80
Navy-Army (102, 00O - Never
mind the past performances, ia
son, this is one game where they
really don't mean a thing. Navy
all season has had power without
punch. Army at best has had little
more than fight and a fine spoho-
more back in Hank Mazur. This
vote for Army is largely on a
bunch.
California : Stanford $50, OOO) -
both have primed for two weeks.
Despite the rest, the Indians don't
count on much help from their in
jured fullback, Norman Standlee.
A great spot for an upset, but the
pick is Stanford to win the con-
ference title and Rose Bowl NOM
nation outright.
Vanderbilt-Tennesse (22, 00O) -
despite the 56-minute scare the
Commodores threw into Alabama,
Tennis the choice.
Boston College-Holy Cross (35,-
OOO-another traditional where the
records are best disregarded, but
Boston should win.
Nebraska-Kansas State co, OOO)
Nebraska.
Alabama-Mississipp State (22,-
O0O-with an Orange Bowl bid re-
putedly in the balance, a shaky
vote for State.
Duke-Pitt GO, ooW-Duke.
Southern Methodist-Texas Chris
tain GA, 0OO)-S. M. U.
U. c. L. A.-Southern California
(5O ,00O-Southern Cal. in the bat
tie of the disappointing and disap-
pointed.
Fordham-New York U. $40, 00O)-
Fordham convincingly.
Georgia Tech-G Georgia GA, 00O)-
Georgia by a shade.
Duquesne : Carnegie Tech Co.,
OOO-the once-beaten Dukes.
Rice-Baylor Q7, OOO)-Rice.
Washington : Washington State
l25,0OO) - Dean McAdams and
Washington.
Louisiana State-Tulane (4O, OOO)-
Tulane, a ~late-season conner.
Oregon State-Oregon (18, OO0)-
State.
Santa Clara Oklahoma GO, OOo)-
oanta Clara in a battle.
Florida : Auburn az, OO0)- Au-
burns back from a long and los
ing trip. Florida
Maryland : Washington and Lee
e, OOC-Maryland.
The Citadel : Davidson sheer
guesswork, The Citadel.
Through a telescope Saturday,
Dec. ~
Southern Methodist over Rice,
Notre Dame over Southern Cali
fornia, Texas over Florida, Viii
lanova over Auburn, South Caro-
lima over The Citadel.