The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-22
IIlini, UCLA, Michigan 6-7 F0Vorites
ny STEVE SNYDER United press Sports Wrleer

tAWOrNU Uy one NoNCuUUWM U8CN to~ day Co sweep thelr tltle games sat- nrday and ron into the Rose Bowl New Yeare day la the first engage. ment of the controversial poet be tween the Big Nine and Pacific Coast conferences.
 Illinois Se.2) was quoted as e seven point favorite Co win its first Big Nine championship since 1928 by downing Northwestern ga-S-l at Evanston, m, but the odds on u.cL.A. te-0l dropped Co six and one-half points over Southern Cali. fornla tS-aD As their payoaR game approached ct Los Angelea
 Close Race
 On the third leg of the Rose Bowl scramble, Michigan (s-2.D also was handed a seven point margin over Ohio state Ca-2-2D and can win the Biz Nine championship lf Illinois stumbles. The fiiini, of to a poor start rebounded stfs flciently Co win i've against one dee feat in the conference while Michi- gan has won four Big Nine games, lost one and tied one.
 If Southern California knocks oaf previously unbeaten U.CL.A, the Coast championship would wind up In e tie between them at Gel but the Troians were confident the Confer. ence poll to select Q western bowl rpresentative would fail to them in the event of 6 victory Saturday.
 While 0 storm of commencement of it expressing disappointment that Army had been shut out the Rose Bowl-suTrouneed the Big Nine- Pacific Coast agreement, the race for the remaining bowls hit a vital stage in the South and the South- west.
 Georgia (e-0), only other major unbeaten team in the nation, was a prohibitive favorite to smother Chattanooga (3-l) but both Tennes- see and Rice have a fight on their hands.
 Paired with deorgia as the only other team with a perfect record in Southeastern Conference conn., petition, Tennessee (7-l risks its share of the conference lead and the bowl bid the title will carry with it against Kentucky (7-O at Knox vile. Tenn. Tennessee was c seven point favorite.
 T.C.U. Tougher
 Rice C6-2), moving up . steep grade to catch Arkansas which ale ready has ciinched at least a share of the Southwest Conference cham pionship, plays Texas Christian (2-5-D at Houston and rated a l3 l.2 point favorite. On its l4 to 0 victory over Texas last week, Texas Christian should be a tougher foe than either the record or the odds indicated.
 With most major teams involved in conference windups-and both Army and Navy idle before their traditional struggle next week--the intersectional schedule has little to offer. In the headliners, Notre Dame (6-O-D was a g point favor ite to defeat Tulane (s-D at New Orleans and Alabama (e-0 was six and one-hah point favorite over Boston College C5-0 at Boston.
 Oklahoma and Nebraska, each 3-i along with Missouri and Kansas in the Big Six, collide at Norman, Okla, in a game that will help clarify the muddled conference pie ture. Oklahoma, whose rock-ribbed line gave both Army and Texas anxious moments, was a IA point favorite.
 North Carolina (e-l-i), only team unheaten in Southern Conference play, was Q two and one-half point favorite to dump Duke (4-D and sew up the conference champion ship.
 Others in the East: Yale (6-i-D was favored over Harvard (7-i) by 10 points in their Ivy league classic: Columbia l53) was l2 l-2 points over Syracuse (4-4); Penn State (6-D one point over Pittsburgh (2.5-D: Princeton (3-4) six points over Dartmouth (2-6) and Holy Gross (3-D five and one-haif points over Temple (2-3-2).