The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-01
RAMS SIGN FOR SUGAR BOWL 60
 WITH MISSOURI
Oregon State Selects Duke; Georgia in Orange
 Bowl Game
BY JACK 0UENTHER


 New York. Dec. 1.--(UP)-There were only two empty brackets on the New Years day football lineup today as rapid-fire developments boosted oregon State and Duke into Rose Bowl, Missouri and F'ordharn into the Sugar Bowl and Texas A. 8s M. and Georgia Into the Cotton and Orange games against oppon" ents not yet named.
 AS always, the selections stirred & few dissents but the general reaction was favorable. All the tapped teams had been regarded as logical choices for the past month and. the pairings produced no surprises. The vacan- cies ct Dallas and Miami are ex- pected to be filled by Duquesne, Texas U. or Mississippi State today or tomorrow.
 oregon State won the western in- vltation and the Nndisputed Pacific coast championship automatically by defeating oregon, i2-7, while Stan- ford was being eliminated by Cali- fornia in Q l6-0 upset. oregon State, which never has played in the Rose Bowl, chose Duke Sunday evening and the Blue Devils promptly acc eepted.
 Waited for Oregon
 The pairings for the Sugar Bowl contest in New Orleans were an- nounoed simultaneously by officials ct Fordham and Missouri. Like Duke. both teams have played in post-season games before. Ford- ham waited until late Saturday night for a feeler from oregon, then signed with the New orleans com- mittee before States choice of Duke was made public.
 Georgia was signed up for the Orange Bowl soon after the Bulldogs wound up their season with a trl- umph over Georgia Tech and the Cotton Bowl committee announced that the Texas Aggies would again represent the southwest conference In the Dallas extravaganza by virtue of their divisional championship. A. & M, had withheld acceptance perld- ing faculty approval.
 Here are the details of the games uAtA tAlC HtSSAQS VI tAlO tcdAtAos
 Rose Bowl --- oregon State, ale though beaten by Washington State and Southern California, won the Pacific coast title with seven vic. tories and ran up i23 points against 8 in nine games. Duke, which lost It's only previous Rose Bowl game to Southern California, 7-3, in 1899, won the Southern Conference title and finished undefeated and united in nine games with 3l points to 4l for the nations best scoring record.
 Sugar Bowl-Missiun wen the Big Six championship and eight of nine games, losing only to Ohio State by a touchdown in Its opener. The Tigers collected 226 points to 3l. They were beaten 2l-7, by Georgia Tech in their only pervious Bowl ap- appearance-ln Miami in l940. Ford- ham. although defeated by Pitt, is the casts leading independent with seven victories in eight tries and Q record of leo points to 67. The Rams lost to Texas 4. 6 M, l3-l2, in the Cotton Bowl last New Years day.
 Cotton Bowl-The Aggies, crushed by a 2S-0 count by Texas last Thurs day, have a record of eight triumphs in nine starts and 253 points to 46. Because Texas was beaten and tied, A. &S M. won the southwest title without dispute despite their loss to the Longhorns. The Aggies have one game left on their schedule that with Washington State at Pull man, Wash, next Saturday. It was the Aggies' third Bowl bid in three years.
 First for Bulldogs
 Orange Bowl-Georgia. once beaten and once tied, won eight of 10 games with an advantage of 219 points to 54 but finished no higher than q tie for second in the south eastern conference race won by Mississippi State. The invitation is the first the Bulldogs ever have re- ceiyed.
 officials of all but the Cotton Bowl already have announced probable sell-outS. The s. R. o. sign went up in New Orleans several weeks ago and the few tickets placed on pub- lic sale in Pasadena are gobbled up every year in matter of hours. Or- ange Bowl sponsors have indicated tht the Miami Stadium will be over flowing, too.
 The Bowl developments dominated the sports last full program. The years biggest crowd-almostA0 A09 ,000-- saw Navy wind up it's best season in many years by beating the Army, I4-6, in Philadelphia with two bursts of power in the third period after trsiling at the half.
 The victory of Mississippi State over Mississippi. 6-0, gave the Ma room the Southeastern Conference ,anWas4As.k