The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-30
SCORING SALvO 5 '' PREDICTED FOR
 BIG BOWL TILTS
High Scoring Teams in Action New Years Day;
 Oregon Accents Defense
Ny JACK oUENxHER

OAvlouS--and tho only-c conclusion Go b0 drawn after studying the rec 0rCS og the eiRhk teams which meet In the major bowl games on New Years Day is that the pending post season program contains more poe tentlal offensive fireworks than any other similar bill ever offered.
 From the TranSplanted Rose Bowl in Durham, S, O., to the Cot ton Bowl in Dallas, Tex, the games are crammea with teams which operate on the theory that vic- tories are won by out-Scoring the other fellow and not by trying to stop his drives, Only one of the eiRhk squads accents the deeence-- Oregon State.
 with that in mind, it is appar- ent that breaks will count heavily cnn0 the whistles call the teams to action, Possession of the ball will h0 tho biggest factor; the teams which manage to hold it probably will take 1t SQuarely downfield-- not just once, but tune and again.
 Here Is quick cheeck on the four games:
 Lach Big Threat
 Rose Bowl. Durham, N, 0.-ln Duke the customers will see the nations second highest scoring machine. The united and un6e~ teate6 Blue Devils ran up Sli points in nine games for an aver. age of S4,6, They also collected S,SSS yards and lA7 first down for individual game averages of S70,T and 10 in these departments, Tho Blue Devils are deep. and in Steve Laoh and Winston Siegfried, they have two llne offensive threats,
 Oregon tSate Is the least at. tack minded of the Bowl partici- pants, but played one of the tough. est of tho regular seNSon schedules, Against nlne foeS-Seven Of them usually rugged teaInS-the Beavers averaged lA points, 2Ae,8 yards and iS first downs, Don Durdan and Bob pethmar, Q left.handed. left haltoaek and . rlght-handed, left hAlfbaek, are the two chief per- formers on the offenSe.
 Favorlte and probable winner Duke. Unless tho Blue Devils schedule was even weaker than generally considered, Duke has too much power on the ground and in tho air.
 Tossup Game
 Sugar Bowl-ThlS should be the days banner attraction. Missouri has sprung loose It's touchdown tripletS, Harry Ice, Bob Steuber and Red Wade, for an amazing number ot long, hreakaway runs, Fordham,' meanwhile, leans to- wards passing and has at least three men who can throw, run and receive with equal Skill.
 Missouri hoaS,s one of the na. tons great ground attacks. The Tigers have gained S,l0S yards 277l of them on tho gTound-and have averaged asa points, SA6 yards and lS,0 first down per game. Eordham In nine games rolled up 2,e6A yards - many of them on long paSEes--for averages Of 226 points, SS2 yards and i4A first down. Missouri oldSterS say the present Tiger eleven Is the best In history.
 Favortte and probable winner Fordham Is favored but the game is Q tosSup.
 Texas Agglos Favored
 Cotton Howl-TexaS A, 6 M, Is tho most raSs-eonGcious of tho major teams Of loAl - having gained almost twice aS many yards 0.ebD In the air as on the ground (sSO. The AggieS averaged 25,S points, 26eA yards and li,2 first downs against 10 pretty solid rivals and lost only one game-that to mighty Texas, Deraee Moser, great paSHey, ls the star.
 Alabama, although twice beaten, also ran up an unusually high array of figures, The Tide aver. aged as points, 2A%s qards ane l09 hrst downs per game = ever while losing two. Jimmy Nelson and Holt Rast are the foremost offensive threats and Frank Thomas always comes up with c well.knittcd attack and Nelson Is an exception. ally versatile performer.
 ENvorite and probable winner Texas Aggies will he favored and on the record should win although they were far moro decisively do. feated by Texas than Alabama was in It's two losses, The Tide Is Q bit weak on pass defenSe-and on passing the Aggies are strongest, Sinkwtch che Difference
 Orange Bowl-In Frankie (Fire- balO Sinkwich, the GeorRia Hull- dogs have tho outstanding ground kaining back in the nation. sink wich averaged no yards per game rushing and completed 62 AsSses Tor n eouchdowns as extra meas ure. Hitched to his ability, the Bulldogs have rolled up 2Te points and S,600 yards--one of the best records to bo found anywhere. Texas Christian, while also an offensive team, has the poorest record on the program. The Horned Frogs collected is6 points and 2,A60 yards in 70 games, with Frank Medantch leading in rush. ing and Emery Nix sparkling the passes. but they have a weak de- fensave background. The Frogs have given up le2.4 yards per game and shouldn't give ssnkwich much trouble if he's it.
 Eavorite and probable winner Georgia. The Bulldogs have more all around strength but if sink- wtch were lost the Bulldogs would boz down. Against the guperloa record is the tradition that T.CU.