Evening star., 1940-01-04
From the
Press Box
Two Victories Restore
Experts Bowl Status
BY JOHN LARDNER,
Special Correspondent Of The Star.

BY JOHN LARDNER,
Special Correspondent Of The Star.
NEW YORK, Jan. 4. (N.AN.A).-
Taking the results OF the Bowl games
nonchalantly in our stride for did
not DR.. Jock Sutherland tell us Ten
nessee was the greatest team he ever
saw? Blame DR.. Sutherland, we
will now take up the problem Of
beating the horses at the winter race
tracks. Beating the horses is even
easier than beating the Bowl games,
and beating the Bowl games was
simplicity itself, or it would have
been, at least, but for a couple of in
consequential errors in our calcula-
tions. Looking back now, 1t is plain
to see everything happened accord
ing to form.
Look at it this way. For New Year
Day, we gave you;
Tennessee over Southern Califor-
mia.
Texas A. and M. over Tulane.
over AJe0TSld 1eCH.
Boston College over Clemson.
Catholic U. over Arizona State of
Tempe.
East over West.
Absence of Miomi Curfew
Confuses Our Expert.
For the Saturday preceding New
Year Day we also gave you the
South over the North. Nothing
wrong with that one, was there?
Then why all the complaints? Jove,
we've had hundreds of them! No.
body seems to remember about the
North and the South, where We hit
the nail right on the head against
fearful odds.
The Rose Bowl game, We repeat,
was DR.. Sutherland's fault, not ours.
The doctor ought to be more careful.
For the Orange Bowl game, we
gave you Missouri, and, sure enough,
Missouri went right out there in the
first quarter and grabbed the lead.
We had no idea they were going to
play those last three quarters. What
about the curfew law in Miami?
There must have been dirty politics
somewhere.
We handed you Boston College in
the Cotton Bowl, little suspecting
that some one had moved the Cotton
Bowl down to Dallas. The last time
we saw it. it was right outside Bos-
ton-in Quincy, think, or maybe
rr yryo Nf
Suffolk Downs? Anyway, you see
how the error crept in there.
Catholic U. got a tie in the Sun
Bowl, which shows that we were in
the right house, but on the wrong
floor. dat's all apologies to Bert
Williams.
Suspects Worst in Eost-West
Come, but Soys Nothing.
AS for the West beating the East
in the Shrine game, we make no
accusations at this time. Maybe we
won't ever make any accusations.
But we would just like the boys to
know that We suspect the worst.
Then here was that sensational
SeleCGlOIl III Lie SuSdr bOWl. Wlldt
could be more deadly accurate than
that? I mean, the right team, and
all that kind Of thing. We said
Texas A. and NJ, and Texas A. and
M. came through by the overwhelm-
Ing score of IA to 13. The customers
can hardly complain after that.
Just to be safe, however. Miss
Sweeney, If anybody calls this aft
ernoon, say we have gone to Calcutta
to referee pig sticking.
Now that our reputation as a seer
has been re-established (after a GER
tain amount of kicking arounO, we
will explain how to beat the horses.
Many people gamble these winter
afternoons, when there is nothing
else to do. Not that we encourage it.
On the contrary, we deprecate 1t.
We deplore 1t. 1t amt right.
But, II you're going to bet, you
might as well win. That's our policy.
Divide by Areoro. Then
PIoy Your Nag to Show.