Evening star., 1947-01-01
Half Million 10 See
Ten Title Teams and
Top Stars in Action
By the A,soeio,sd Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-Collegs
football halls the new year today
by ringing down the curtain on the
1916 grid season with a record num-
Der of l9 bowl games, ranging from
the original Rose Bowl to five brand
new chamber of commerce promo
tions.
Somewhat overshadowed by thu
year-end excitement caused by the
Army -Notre Dame break, the 1947
program nevertheless offers some
top grid fare for an estimated hall
million fans from coast to coast
The main national interest still
centers on such major established
postseason attractions as the Pasa-
dena spectacle, where U. C. L. A. IL
a slight favorite over Illinois; the
Sugar Bowl, where Georgia is rated
over North Carolina; the Orange
Bowl, with Rice conceded the edge
over Tennessee; the Cotton Bowl
where Louisiana State ranks Ar
kansas, and the Shrine East West
game, a toSsup any way you look at
it.
Title Teams, Top Stars.
The overall bowl picture includes
10 major conference champions OF
co-champions and seven all-Amer-
lea players.
Particularly significa; t this year Is
the consummation of the Big Nine
Pacific Coast Conference marriage
in the Rose Bowl, where 10000 are
expected to see' the Illini and the
Bruins inaugrate the fve-year tie
up between the two leagues.
All-America Charlie Trippi is the
big attraction at the Sugar Bowl in
New Orleans, where the unbeaten,
united Georgia Bulldogs meet North
Carolina, the Southern Conference
titlist. The Tar Heels have a
Charlie, too-Justice-who may give
Trippi a run for the headlines. A
crowd of $4,000 is assured.
The Orange Bowl in Miami pre-
sents another clash Of champions in
Rice, co-owner of the Southwest
title, and Tennessee, which shared
the Southeastern laurels with Geor-
gia. A crowd of $4,000 is anticipated.
The Vols Dick Huffman and the
Owls Weldon Humble are the two
all-Americas on display here.
San Francisco's Shrine game, old
est of the postseason melees next
to the Rose Bowl and only major
contest played purely for charity,
boasts All-America End Elmer
Madar of Michigan in its East line
up for the battle of the Eastern and
Western all-stars. This one is a
go 900 sellout.
Louisiana State meets Arkansas,
of the Southwest Con-
ference crown, before $4,000 in the
Cotton Bowl at Dallas-one of 5
January / games in the Lone Star
State. Georgia Tech and st. Mary's
meet in the Oil Bowl at Houston,
Virginia Tech and Cincinnati are
in the Sun Bowl at Ell Paso. The
Alamo at San Antonio has Hardin
Simmons and Denver and new
conner, the Cattle Bowl at Fort
Worth, shows Lane and Arkansas
A. NJ. & N.
1 Florida Has Five Games.
Florida likewise presents five
bowls. Besides the Orange, there
are the Gator at Jacksonville, with
North Carolina State and Oklahoma /;
the Tangerine at Orlando with
and Catawba; the Cigar
Bowl at Tampa with Delaware and
Rollins, and the Flower Bowl, also
at Jacksonville, with Delaware State
and Florida Normal.
Five of this years games are
Besides the Cigar, Cattle
and Alamo, the added starters are
the Will Rogers at Oklahoma city,
where Pepperdine meets Nebraska
and the Harbor at San
Diego, with Montana State and New
Mexico.
. Fresno, California, has its Raisin
Bowl, with San Jose State meeting
Utah State. In the Vulcan Bowl at
Birmingham, Ala, Tennessee State
takes on Louisville Municipal Col
lege, while the Richmond Rams
collide with the Norfolk Brown
Bombers in the Cotton Tobacco
Bowl at Greensboro, N. G.