The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-31
ALABAMA 13 POINT CHOICE OVER TROJANS
Ny CARL LUNDoUIsT Limited Press Sports Writer

United Press Sports Writer
 New York. Dec. si tUP) - T'wenty-four college football teams and two ail-star squad went through their final paees today, ready to usher in what may be Americas greatest sports year in an assori- ment of i3 New Years Day bowl games expected to attract nearly half a million fans.
 Popularity Of post season classics has drawn a record field of partici- pants.
 Headllning the program are the old favorltes. the Rose Bowl game at Pasadena. Cal, the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans. the Cotton Bowl at Dallas, Tex. and the Orange Bowl at Miami. Fla.
 Rose to Draw Most
 The Rose Bowl, great-grand- dad Gy Of all the post-season events again will draw the largest crowd. with a capacity house of oo.O0o fans assured for the battle between Southern California, making it's ninth Pasadena appearance and Alabama. coming west for the sixth time. Alabama, highest scoring team in the school history, was l3-point favorite to ruin Southern Califor- nia's peri 4 record of eight straight triumphs in the Rose Bowl.
 Dixie's Sugar Bowl with a reputa- ton for sensationally close games at stake, was expected to have more exciting battle for the 72.00o fans who will pack Tulane Stadium at New Orleans for the game be- tween perfect record Oklahoma A. & M, and once-beaten St. Mary'S the kid club which became the pride of the West Coast by beating the Southern California Trojans, 26 to 0. The Aggies are touchdown fav- orite.
 Holy Cross, carrying the hopes of New England, was a slight under dog in its Orange Bowl assignment against home town Miami Univer- sity before 36,000 fans in the Florida Metropolis. Each team has suffered one defeat although Miami has a tie against its record.
 Texas Over Mules
 The Southwest Conference champions, the Texas LonghornS, weren't expected to have too much of tussle in defeating thrice beaten Missouri, ktng-pins of the Big Six Conference, in the Cotton Bowl sociable before a full house of 45 800. Texas was rated two touchdowns the better, although Missouri's failure to click in prac- tice led many to believe the once beaten LonghornS might stage runaway.
 The Oil Bowl game at Houston. Tex, abandoned last year because of the war, drew two evenly matched teams, Georgia of the Southeastern Conference with two defeats in 10 starts and Tulsa, 8 Missouri Valley independent, making its fifth straight goal game appearance with a record of seven wins and two losses. Georgia was 8 slight favor ite among the 27,00O fans expected to attend that battle.
 At San Francisco, host of crip- pled kids throughout the land will be the benefactors of the charity game between picked collegiate squads from the East and West be- fore 6OO00O fans. The West was bare one point favorite in a game many oddSmakers were rating as strict toss-up.
 Other Bowls Small
 The other bowl games drew lesser light teams but because of efforts to match opponents of equal strength, were expected to provide full quota of thrills for the fans attending them.
 In the Gator Bowl at Jackson vile, Fla, Wake Forest with three wins. three defeats and a tie on its record, meets South Carolina which won only two games, lost three and tied three. A crowd of 14,000 is expected.