The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-21
TODAY'S SPORT PARADE
BY HENRY McLEMORE United Press Staff Correspondent

DeS MomeS, Iowa, sNovember 2l. - (UP) - Each year about this time, I write story advising off cials of the various bowl games about the teams they should select to play in their own particular piles of concrete on New Years Day.
 This has become such a tre- mendously unpopular feature, both with the bowl authorities and the public, that I hesitate to abandon it. After all, when a writer develops a following, no matter if it is com posed of prominent poison penners and those who sign names other than their own, he should strive to hold it. It is better to have that postman bring a ti1ne-bomb than nothing at all.
 So, without further ado, let me plunge my nose into business that is not mine at all, and give you the proper bowl lineups for January l, 1941.
 The Rose Bowl should entertain Stanford and the Texas Aggies Stanford is already in and has the right to invite any team it chooses
 Too many times in the past, the west coast champion, knowing that the Bowl would be filled, no matter what team furnished the opposition, has selected the weakest team with a national ranking. Remember Duke in 1888? Texas has been especially sighted by the far western cham pions. Texas Christian should have been asked the year O'Brien was at his best. and the Texas Aggies should have been given consideration last year. This year there can be no ignoring the Aggies. They will have won 20 straight when they finish with Texas on Saturday, and come mighty close to winning the national championship two years in success sion.
 If Stanford wants to prove that Clark Shaughnessy really has wrought a miracle, and that its amazing comeback is not largely due to the weakest Pacific coast confer ence in years, it vii ltake a whack at the Aggies.
 Now, to straighten out matters for the Sugar Bowl. The logical pairing down there in the land of Pc Boy sandwiches, gumbo, and Creole mamaS, is Tennessee and Boston College. Tennessee wouldn't go too wei lin the Rose Bowl after the collapse of last year, but would do all right in the Sugar division. A game down there would give the Vols the distinction of having played in three different bowls on successive years
 Boston College has yet to beat Auburn, of course, and I'm not say ing it will. AS a matter of fact the best longshot of the season is tc take flier on the boys from Au- burn, the loveliest village of the Alabama plain, to upset the East erners.
 Now what does that leave for the Orange and Cotton Bowls? My heart is heavy for the Cotton Bowl and it's fine officials like Dan Rog- CTS of Dallas. Here is bowl that has been flop to date. Yet il would have been a tremendous suc- cess if only the champions of Texa! the native champions = hac played in it since its conception This year, I'm afraid the Texan. are going to take a kicking again and probably have to settle or s. M. U. and Fordham, a pair o1 beaten teams.
 The Orange Bowl can invite sev. eral unbeaten teams. There is Penr State, for one. Marshall for another St. Ambrose and Minnesota for tWt more. Or it could use a fine Ne. braska team and Georgetown club that lost to Boston c. by onl, one point.
 think Nebraska and Georgetown would be sound Attraction for Mi ami and its sunshine. After all the weather is so good down ther, it really doesn't matter who plays
 In the next installment I will set tie the problems of the Prune, Sun Finger, and all the other bowls. Also will quote from letters in answe to this story. calling me a busybody and ignoramus, and - well, every thing but what I anna fellow wh, has lost his draft number.