Evening star., 1948-11-26
Bowl Promoters
Eye Torriid Dixie
TiIfs Tomorrow
Five Southern Teams
Bidding for Berths
On New Years Day
BY the Associated Press

College football unfolds its most
colorful spectacle-the Army-Navy
game-at Philadelphia tomorrow
but the bowl sponsors will be look
ing the other way.
They'll be focusing attention on
the South, which is expected to fill
most of the remaining open spots
in the postseason fixtures.
The present list of leading bowl
eligibles includes five Dixie teams
Clemson, North Carolina, Georgia
Tulane and Mississippi-plus Okla
homa, the Big Seven champion, and
Oregon, the team that California
beat out for the Rose Bowl bid.
OF these, all but Oregon, which
has closed its schedule, will be in
action on the last full Saturday OF
the 1948 campaign.
The Cotton Bowl at Dallas still
is looking for an opponent for
Southern Methodist. The Sugar
Bowl at New Orleans and the
Orange at Miami must complete
their entire lineup.
But even with the keen bowl in
terest, there is no stealing the spot
light from the annual battle of the
service elevens at Philadelphia S
Municipal Stadium.
100000 to See Army, Navy.
A crowd of 100000, including
President Truman, is expected to
watch Army bid for a perfect sea-
son against Navy outfit that has
lost all eight of its starts.
Odds-makers have established the
Cadets three-touchdown favorites.
At South Bend, Notre Dame will
be seeking to extend its unbeater
string to 27 games against WASH
ington and wipe out a university
record set by Knute Rockne's great
1929 9-1930-31 teams.
Clemson, one of the five unblem-
ished powers, will try to raise its
bowl stock by beating Auburn at
Mobile, Ala. Once tied North Caro-
lima will take on Virginia at Char
lottesville.
Traditional conflicts face the three
Southeastern Conference hopefuls-
Tulane, Mississippi and Georgia
Each beaten once, they are striving
for both the conference champion
ship and a bowl date.
Georgia is host to Georgia Tech
at Athens. Mississippi meets Mis-
sissippi State at Oxford. Tulane
battles Louisiana State at Baton
Rouge. Vanderbilt, which has come
along fast since losing a pair OF
season openers, NETS Tennessee in
another Dixie headliner.
Cornell Gets Ivy Title.
Ok1ailon1a's Big Seven champions
close their campaigns against Okla
home A. and M. at Saltwater.
Southern Methodist, winner Of the
Southwest Conference title, engages
Texas Christian at Dallas. Two in
tersectional trays find Michigan
State at Santa Clara and Penn
State at Tacoma against Washing
ton State.
Cornell clinched its first Ivy
League title in nine years yesterday
by upsetting favored Pennsylvania
team, % to IA, in the feature game
of lean Turkey Day menu.
Led by Bob Dean, who scored one
touchdown, set up another and
kicked a 20-yard field goal, the Big
Red outclassed the Quakers before
$4,000 at Philadelphias Franklin
Field.
Texas A. e. M. Broke nine-game
losing streak to tie Texas. 14-14, and
knock the Longhorns out of a chance
to share the Southwest crown.
Missouri won second place In the
Big Seven standings by humbline
Kansas, 21-7. Wake Forest, headed
for the Dixie Bowl at Birmingham
triumphed over South Carolina, $50
Minor Bowl Games Decided.
Three of the minor bowl games
were decided. West Chester Pa.)
Teachers edged Appalachian, To, ir
the Burley Bowl at johnson City
Tenn. Illinois Wesleyan topped
Illinois Teachers, 60, in the Corr
Bowl at Bloomington, ILL.,, and Col.
lege of Idaho outscored Southern
Oregon, 27-20, in the Pearl Bowl al
Medford, Greg.
Utah captured the Big Six crown
by humbling Utah State, Alt
Nevada and its star passer, Star
Heath, set three new collegiate often.
sive records in toppling Wichita
I42-11 Heath no Good for fwo fo,icb
downs, making his seasons total an
all-high %. Nevada increased It's
passing touchdown total to q and
its aerial yardage to 2,295, both new
records.
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