The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-01
R0USINC FINALE
FOR C0LLECIANS
Ten Major c Conference
Champions Involved In
Grid Battles
SEVEN ALL-AMERICANS
Offensive Battle Forecast
Between Georgia And
Carolina Teams

10 major conference champs or
co-champions and seven All-Amer-
lea players.
Although both Notre Dame and
Army, the No. l and No. 2 teams
of the nation, are stunning the Jan.
l excitement most of the other
sectional leaders will be involved
in the final furry of grid activity
to be witnessed by an estimated
500, 900 fans.
Never before in the history of
post-season football have so many
games been scheduled for New
Years day, ranging from the Rose
Bowl at Pasadena to such Johnny
come lately as the Will Rogers
Bowl at Oklahoma City, the Har-
Dor Bowl at San Diego, Calf, and
the Cattle Bowl at Fort Worth, Tex.
Florida and Texas each have five
ball games and California four
with the others scattered one each
among Louisiana, Oklahoma, Ala
bama. North Carolina and Hawaii.
Many thought the Rose Bowl
missed a bet in passing up Army
to sign a pact with the Western
Conference. However, the Pasa-
dena clash of UCLA. Pacafic Coast
winners with 10 straight victories
in an unbeaten, united season, and
Illinois, the Big Nine king, will
draw its customary 80. 900 fans.
The Illinii boast of an All-Amer-
lea in guard Alex Agase to counter
UCLA's end Burr Baldwin but
most of the fans will be watching
the backfield antics Of Illinois's
Buddy Young and the Bruins Err
ME Case.
Only one All-America will be
seen at the New Orleans Sugar
Bowl, Charlie Trip of the unbeat-
en-, united Georgia Bulldogs. North
Carolina has a standout back who
may give Trippi a run for the head
lines in Charlie Justice.
1t shapes up as a fine offensive
battle b e e Coach Carl
Snavely's Tar Heels, the Southern
Conference winners, and Coach
Wally Butts Georgians, co-champs
of the Southeastern Conference. A
crowd of 5000 has been assured.
Miami's Orange Bowl presents
another clash of league title-hold-
ers in Rice, cooking of the South
west. and Tennessee, which shar-
ed the Southeastern laurels with
Georgia.
The 38, 900 spectators will get an
eyeful of two All-Americas, tackle
Dick Huffman of Tennessee and
guard Weldon Humble of Rice.
San Francisco's Shrine game,
the only major contest played
purely for charity, boasts ALI
America end, Elmer Madar of
Michigan, in its East lineup for the
annual East-West all-star scrap.
All the $4,000 tickets for this one
were sold weeks ago.
Arkansas, holding a piece of the
Southwest Conference crown, takes
on the strong Louisiana State squad
before $1,000 in the Dallas Cotton
Bowl and All-America center Paul
Duke of Georgia Tech will be
seen at Houston, Tex, in the Oil
Bowl meeting of the Engineers
and St. Mary's. Herman Wede-
myer. an All-America of 1945. may
steal the show for the %galloping
gaels in a game to be witnessed by
80. 900. FANS
Florida's ambitious Gator Bowl
presents a fine pairing in Oklaho-
ma, co-champs of the Big Six.
against North Carolina State with
plans made to take care Of %, 900
spectators.
The Sun Bowl, a hardy perennial,
expects Is, 900 at Ell Paso, Tex. to
see Virginia Tech play Cincinnati
and the New Alamo Bowl at San
Antonio, Tex. has a Is, 900 draw
in Hardin-Simmons, unbeaten,
united power paced by little All
America fullback Rudy Mobley,
against Denver, c%o-holders of the
Big Seven championship.
Utah State, which holds the other
share of the Big Seven title, will
be in action at Fresno, Calf.
against San Jose State in a Raisin
Bowl game due to draw $4,000
customers.
The South gets a look at the I'M
beaten Delaware team, a power in
smaller college circles, in a Cigar
Bowl meeting with Rollins College,
due to attract 5000 at Tampa.
Fla.
Oklahoma City's new Will Roger
Bowl features Pepperdine against
Nebraska Wesleyan, the Tangerine
Bowl at Orlando, Fla, pits Mary
vile Tenn College, winners OF
nine straight, against Catawba and
the San Diego Harbor Bowl will
show Montana State and New Mex
lea.
In mid-Pacific the Honolulu
Bowl will consist of a clash be-
tween the university of Hawaii and
Utah University.
Florida Normal, which ran up a
1910 score against a regular sea-
son foe, opposes Delaware State
in the Flower Bowl at Jacksonville,
Lane College for Negroes meets
the powerful Arkansas A. and M.
in the Fort Worth Cattle Bowl, Ten
nessee State takes on Louisville
Municipal College at Birmingham,
Ala, in the Vulcan Bowl and the
Richmond Va.) Rams collide with
the Norfolk Wa.) Brown Bombers
in the Cotton-Tobacco Bowl at
Greensboro, N. c.