The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-24
Bowl Contenders Risk
Grid Records Today
BY AUSTIN BEALMEAR

BY AUSTIN BEALMEAR
NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-R- An
unusual number of college football
teams will be shooting for confer
ence championships and post-sea.
son bowl invitations in tomorrow s
last full card of 1915, while others
merely play out the string and hope
for better breaks in 1916.
Unlike seasons of the past, when
many of the various league titles
| were decided by Thanksgiving Day,
this post-War campaign has pro.
duced more battling situations than
movie mystery and none of them
has yet been completely solved.
But while the majority of the
leading clubs take to the chalk.
lines tomorroW-most of them for
the last time this year-the two
top teams of the land, Army and
Navy. will be taking it easy in
Testful preparation for their super.
special extravaganza the following
week.
In the Pacific Coast conference,
the interest of the fans will be
divided among three games-any
one of which could produce the 1945
champion and host in the Rose
Fowl at Pasadena on New Year s
day.
U. c. L. A., favored to cop both
honors by virtue of its upset over
previously unbeaten st. Mary's last
week, hauls its record of two
league victories and one defeat
into Berkeley to meet California,
a team it already has beaten once
this year.
Southern Cal, leading the confer.
ence with three wins and one loss.
entertains Oregon State, while
Washington and Washington State
ranked second and third between
U. S. c. and U. c. L. A. despite two
losses each-get together at Pull
man. Barring another upset, how
ever, the title won't be awarded
until Southern Cal and U. C. L. A.
collide Dec. l.
Indiana can sew up its first Big
len title by turning back invading
Purdue IN the most important game
on the closing day of Western Con.
ference play.
But Ohio State and Michigan will
battle at Ann Arbor, with the win
ner ready to grab the crown if
the Hoosiers should falter.-
Illinois will be at Northwestern
and Wisconsin at Minnesota for
tussles that have no bearing on the
title chase.
Missouri, already assured of no
worse than tie for the Big Six
championship, meets Kansas in the
conference finale at Kansas City.
Iowa goes to Nebraska for a non.
conference tilt and unbeaten. I'm.
!leo Oklahoma A. and M. makes
us flna1 bid for a perfect season
and a New Years day invitation
against Oklahoma,
An-victorious Alabama plays host
10 PENSACOLA Naval while looking
ahead to next weeks important
struggle with Mississippi State
which entertains Mississippi to.
MORROW In an effort to keep alive
us hopes OF beating 'Bama.
Duke can clinch the Southern
conference flag by turning back
Nortn Carolina in its finale at Dur.
nam New Orleans will be the scene
VI an lntersectional struggle be.
tween Notre Dame and Tulane
~nile other top contests in the
south find Clemson at Georg;s
aech' Louisiana Tech at Auburn
tennessee at Kentucky and V;r'
GINA at Maryland.
iexas, now all alone at the head
VI the Southwest Conference M.
iaoe, will rest in preparation for
i's game next week with Texas A
ana M, also idle tomorrow bui
ice can tie the Longhorns tor
tne lead by beating Texas Chris.
ian at Fort Worth. Southern Meth
o oaast VIII be at Baylor in the onlv
o'ner conference game of the day
texas Tech will be at New Mexi.
GO and Colorado A. and M at 81
oiaao college in games that wind
ny the season for all four.
a slim eastern schedule that al
uut concludes grid activities a,ono
tae Atlantic-save for next weeL,s
Army-Navy classic and the wv
oraped Harvard-Yale clash-send.
cornell to Pennsylvania, Yale r.
princeton, Colgate to Brown Pew
State to Pittsburgh, Dartmouth IT,
to Harvard. ~
PColumbia vand Boston Universal,