The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-20
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FOR GREAT
BOWL GAMES
(Bv the Associated Press)

Texas is in the Cotton Bowl.
Illinois and California are near
enough to Pasadena to smell the
roses.
A dozen other teams are afraid
to stray too far from the telephone
lest they miss a ring from one OF
the big post-season promoters.
The pluck 'em" season is here
for college football and the mad
scramble is on to fill the massive
stadia in the warm weather climes
with the most glamorous eievens
available.
Right now he list Of unpicked
eligibles is headed by Oklahoma ana
Kentucky. with Tennessee, Miami
fFla0 and Clemson l;st a shade
behind.
Other prospects include Wyoming,
Loyola of Los Angeles, Alabama,
Southern Methodist, Nebraska and
Tulsa - their desirability hinging
largely on the outcome of the re
naming few games.
The bowl picture at the moment
shapes up approximately like this
Rosa at Pasadena - Illinois VS.
California.
Sugar at New Orleans-KentucKy
VS. Oklahoma or SMU.
-
Oklahoma or Tennessee.
Orange at Miami = Miami VS.
Tennessee, Clemson or Wyoming.
Important Games
The game with the most import
ant bowl bearing Saturday is et
Knoxville, Tenn, where unbeatei.
and united Kentucky takes on once
defeated Tennessee, a team thai
perenially gives the Wildcats
trouble.
It's reported Sugar Bowl bid
is hanging in the balance.
Oklahoma, owning modern foot
balls longest winning streak CT "
games, will go against Nebraska at
Norman and probably can step
right into any bowl it chooses, with
the exception of the grandpappy OF
them all at Pasadena.
Sooners May Sit Out
The Sooners, Sugar Bowl victors
the last two years, may decide.
however, to sit this one out.
Dallas is almost certain to make
a strong bid for a return game be-
tween Texas and Oklahoma. The
Sooners handed the Longhorns their
only defeat this year, 14-13.
Texas clinched the Southwest
Championship and Cotton Bowl
role Saturday by beating Texas
Christian, 21-7 while Rice was
cooling off the only remaining chal-
lenger, Texas A. and M, bib.
Illinois can clinch the Rose Bowl
assignment by turning back North
western, three times beaten, at
Evanston, III. Failure to do this
could toss the trip to Wisconsin or
Michigan. Wisconsin closes with
Minnesota and Michigan with Ohio
State.
Knocks Over Ohio
Illinois earned it's favorable posi-
ton by the not-so-simple expedient
of knocking over the country's No.
l team, Ohio State, which still can
win the conference championship.
The fighting Illini stabbed for two
touchdowns through the air to pre-
vail, 14-7, and thereby shock ma
jority of the experts.
Oklahoma, No. 2 behind Ohio
State last week, made it's bid for the
main berth by overwhelming Mis-
souri,, At.
Babe Parilli, throwing five touch
downs, passed Kentucky to an $50
rout of North Dakota. Princeton
added to its growing prestige by
humbling Yale, 47-12.
Army was unable to unleash its
full striking power at Palo Alto
because of driving rainstorm and
had to be content with a hard
earned TO victory over Stanford.
Oklahoma, Army, California, Ken
lucky and Princeton thus kept their
records clean, making seven major
teams still unbeaten and united.
wyoming and Ioyola were idle.