Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-27
Southwest Win
Puts Texas in
Cotton Bowl
Victories Get TuIso,
Missouri, W. & M. in
Line for Classics
BY HAROLD CLAASSEN,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-Athletie
directors and football coaches, whose
players have received all the bumps
and bruises while building gltterina
records, will get the pushing and
showing themselves this week as bowl
prom oters seek January / COM
batants.
Only on the campus of Texas
University will everything be serene.
The Longhorn players voted to COM
pete in the Cotton Bowl yesterday
even before taking their showers
after polishing off Texas A. & NJ,
IL to g. on q touchdown by Jackie
Fields just As seconds before the
games end.
But at Tulsa University the
athletes hurried right out after their
40-to-7 victory over Arkansas-their
10th of the year without tie or
defeat-to post markers which would
direct the mailman, telegraph mes
senger or personal bowl emissary to
the home of Coach Henry Frnka.
w. & NJ. Has Bowl Hopes.
They were hopeful of staging
bowl promoters convention at Will
liam and Mary College, too, the
Indians downing Richmond yester-
day, 10 to 0. to replace Duke as the
Southern Conference champion,
OF course, much of the actual bowl
business must be delayed until after
tomorrow games in which I'M
beaten Georgia Tech has an i'm
portant engagement with Georgia
and all-winning Boston College
mixes with Holy Cross eleven that
| doesn't believe the Eagles have been
voted the best team in the country.
That doesn't include tomorrow's
meeting between Army and Navy.
which annually would fill the largest
, bowl, bat this year has been cut
down to finger bowl size by Presi-
dent Roosevelt's orders.
Texas faculty still must approve
the schools participation in the
Dallas Bowl, but the Southwest
Conference champions in the past
have had no difficulty getting such
permission and none is expected
this year.
Tulsa Looks to Orange Bowl.
No announcement was made of q
possible Longhorn opponent, al
though Missouri, which yesterday
trimmed Kansas, AZ to 10, to retain
the Big Six title; Tennessee, Ala
bama and possibly Georgia have
been mentioned.
One of the latter trio also might
furnish the opposition for Boston
College in the Sugar Bowl. The
Eagles haven't been formally an
nounced as New Orleans visitors
during the holiday season, but have
been linked with the game since
early this month.
Tulsa is another Sugar Bowl pos
sibility and along with William and
Mary and Penn State also has re-
ceived unofficial consideration for
! the Miami Orange Bowl affair.
| Georgia Tech. if it downs Georgia
Saturday, is supposed to have the
inside track to the Rose Bowl, where
the host team may not be decided
until December H. However. If
Washington State downs Washing
ton Saturday it will take a lot Of
blocking and tackling to remove tbs
! Cougars from the front rank.
| V. P. 1. Overwhelms v. MI.
In other games yesterday LOUISE
ana State spurted in the final pc:
riod for an 18-to-6 verdict over Tu-
lane; Virginia Tech won its first
game in five years from Virginia
Military, 20 to 6 and Penn wal.
loped Cornell, 81 to 7.
The Great Lakes Sailors. un.
scored upon since October "A, Of
f1cially closed Northwestern's sea.
son, 48 to 0, with Bruce Smith.
once of Minnesota, getting % points,
and Colgate ruined Browns appe.
tie for the 18th straight year, 10 to O,
Out in the Rocky Mountain sec.
tor, Colorado moved alongside Utah
on the Big Seven throne BY down.
ing Denver, 81 to 6, for its fifth
loop win. The Utes stepped outside
their own circuit for a 13-to-6 vir.
dict over Idaho.