Evening star., 1941-12-01
Duke, Georgia, Texas,
Fordham, Missouri
All Point-Crazy
Oregon State Lone Bowl
Team to Be CIussed
As Defensive Unit
BY HAROLD CLAASSEN,

Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK. Dec. Touchdown
conscious elevens predominate the
selections made for the various New
Years Day bowl games with only
Oregon State. Rose Bowl host,
classed as a defensive unit. although
Missouris No. l Sugar Bowl line
hasn't yielded a touchdown all sea
son.
The West Coast school needed 20
hours of discussion before select
ing Duke, unbeaten and powerful
enough to collect 311 points in nine
games. as its January guest at
Pasadena. The Duke touchdown
collection is record for the Blue
Devils.
Simultaneous with the Missouri
acceptance, Sugar Bowl officials
named Fordham as the Tiger foe
In the New Orleans classic In con-
trast to previous years, it was bevy
of high-scoring backs rather than
a yielding line that brought the
New York Rams to the heights.
Even before Frankie Sinkwich and
his Georgia mates had left the show
ers Saturday after blanking Georgia
Tech, 81 to 0, the orange Bowl
Committee in Miami selected the
Bulldogs as their Southern choice
The equally point-crazy Texas Long
horns have been chosen, unofficially
as the opponent.
Texas Votes Today on Bid.
The Texas players meet this aft
Groom to vote an answer to the in
pitation.
Texas A. d M, first Southwest
Conference school to share in three
consecutive loop titles, and a l3-
to-l2 victor in the Dallas Cotton
Bowl a year ago, returns there. Un-
beaten Duquesne. Mississippi State
and Penn State are among the pos
sible foes.
Even though Oregon State is listed
as the lone defensive bowl partici-
pant, it ran up scores of 27 and 33
against Montana and Idaho, re-
spectively, and finished the season
with l23 points scored to SO per-
mitted.
Halfback Don Durdan is its chief
touchdown delight. while Center
Quentin Greenough bulwarks the
line against which Steve Lach, the
Duke destroyer. will operate.
Lach was the fulcrum for the
Blue Devil offensive that brought
Coach Wallace Wade his sixth un-
beaten and united team, exclusive
OF post-season contests, since he be-
gan coaching in 1919. 1t also will
be his sixth Rose Bowl visit.
Five Of those trips have been as
a coach and one was as guard of
the Brown University eleven in 1916.
Fordham, Missouri Backs Fast.
Fordham, famed as the home of
the seven blocks of granite a few
years ago. counters this season
with Steve Filipowicz, a throw
ing fullback: Jim Blumenstock, a
broken-fleld speedster; a horde Of
loose-hipped sophomores and Jim
Lansing, an outstanding end.
The T-ninded MisSourians three
times have ploved to more than 400
yards gained in single game and
the terrible touchdown trio" of
Harry Ice, Bob Steuber and Maurice
Wade has averaged 6.45 yards every
time 1t touched the ball. Like Ford
ham, 1t was defeated once
The Tigers were spilled by Ohio
State in their opener, with Capt.
Darold Jenkins, their great center,
sidelined. Fordham was dumped by
Pittsburgh in midseason.
Sinkwich, tough enough to gnaw
q steak with broken jaw, guided
the Georgia eleven to eight victories
and a tie in l0-game program.
Alabama was their only conoueror
as the Bulldogs made the adding
machines creak with total of 279
points to SO.
LOnEhorns Still Powerful.
Texas, their probable foe, was re-
earded as the country's top team
early in the season as it crushed
each Of its October rivals by more
than four touchdowns. 1t begged
down midway, however, but re-
covered in time to send Jack Grain
and Pete Layden against the Texas
Aggies for a 23-to-0 win.
The Aggies, with only two starters
left from their great team Of a year
ago, managed to remain undefeated
until Thanksgiving Day, primarily
because of their halfback, Derace
Moser, and rugged end, James
Sterling.
During the campaign to date
each Of the Texas clubs has another
scheduled game remaining-the
Aggies collected 253 points with 46
against, to 267 for and 4s against
as the Longhorn record.