Evening star., 1945-11-10
Bowl Promoters Look
Ito Today's 5 Clashes
|For Title Teams
BY MURRAY ROSE,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


NEW YORK, Nov. 10-The foot
ball world centered its interest to-
day on New York, where the all
conquering Army legions march
against the fighting Irish of Notre
Dame in a momentous match be-
tween the first two ranking teams
Of the Nation.
A crowd of 10000 lucky ticket
holders-the game was sold out in
cram Yankee Stadium to
see the Cadets, No. / team of the
country, strive to become the first
cadet corps in history to score two
straight triumphs over Notre Dame.
Coach Earl Blaik's ~men also will
be after their seventh successive
triumph of the season and their
18th over a two-year period.
Rated right behind Army with
fiYe victories and one tie to their
credit, the Irish will be seeking to
avenge the $50 pasting they suf-
fered at the Cadets hands last
year.
Along with the big New York tilt,
the East has flock of other con-
tests of championship calibre which
will draw huge throngs.
Big Game for Navy.
In Baltimore, some $1,000 fans are
expected to see the Navy clash with
Fritz Crisler's fast-improving Mich
igan Wolverines. About $4,000 more
of the football faithful will make
their way to Philadelphia Franklin
Field, where the offensive minded
Columbia Lions tangle with the
heavy Pennsylvania Quakers in an
Ivy League title-deciding fray.
In the comparative quietness of
State College, Pa, undefeated and
united Temple will put its bowl
hopes on the line against a power
full Penn State team that has been
beaten only by Navy.
The bowl boys also will be doing
plenty of looking in Saltwater, Okla,
where Bob Fenimore and his Okla
homa A. and M. mates will match
their unsullied record against once
beaten Tulsa. Like last years tilt,
which the Aggies won by 46-4O
score, this game will be for the
Missouri Valley title.
In still another game carrying
postseason implications, the Wash
ington Huskies, right now the Vests
top nominee for the Rose Bowl, will
try to make 1t two in a row over
Oregon State. The Huskies, boasting
a 81 Pacific Coast Conference slate,
beat State 1870 month ago. South
ern CALIFORNIA; Trojans, hoping for
a Washington upset, oppose the
California Bears who hold the only
triumph over Washington.
- Indiana Faces Minnesota.
Indiana's Hoosiers, battling for
their first Western Conference
crown, take on Minnesota's Gophers
in the Big Tens headline tussle.
Bo McMillin's warriors have won
three times and tied once in league
combat and need only a triumph
over Minnesota and win over Pur-
due November "a to come home first.
With invincible Alabama idle, the
Southeastern Conferences standout
setto pits Mississippi State against
Louisiana State. The Southern
Conferences main events sends
Duke against North Carolina State
and North Carolina against Will
liam and Mary.
The Big Six comes up with a nat
ural in the Iowa State-Oklahoma
pairing. The Sooners are tied with
Missouri for the circuits lead, each
having 80 records, while State has
won two, lost one and tied one.
The Southwest Conference has a
full slate Of circuit clashes on tap
with Texas, tied for the lead with
Texas A. and NJ, playing Baylor and
the Aggies opposing Southern Meth
odist. Arkansas meets Rice in the
other loop encounter while Texas
Christian jousts with an outsider
Texas Tech.
In the Rocky Mountains, Colo
RADIO, the Big Seven front-runner
engages Utah State, while Denver
the contender, plays Colorado A
and M.