Evening star., 1951-11-12
Cotton Bowl Chief Here for Convention But Top Teps Are Absent
Visiting Executive
Expected 10 Contact
Maryland Officials
By MerreII WhittIesey

By MerreII WhittIesey
University of Maryland's foot
ball followers are jealous today
of soft drink.
It seems that Leonard M. Green
of Dallas, president of the Cotton
Bowl Athletic Association. also is
president of the DR.. Pepper Co.
Green some time ago had res
ervations here to attend the con-
vention of the American Bottlers
of Carbonated Beverages. The
convention started this afternoon
at the Armory.
But the Terps hoped he was
coming here solely to invite them
to the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on
New Years Day to meet the
Southwest Conference champion,
still to be determined.
Official Bid Unlikely Now.
1t is likely that Green will con-
tact College Park on his visit. but
it's not likely that an official bid
will be made at this time.
Today Jim Tatum. Maryland
football coach and athletic direc-
tor. is in New York for a television
show with Ted Husing. and the
weekly luncheon of the Football
Writers Association.
Tatum said in New York he had
not heard from Green and had
no idea he was coming to WASH
ington. nor did he have an ap-
pointment for latre in the week.
DR.. H. C. Byrd, Maryland presi-
dent, is in Houston. Tex. for the
annual meeting of the Association
of Land Grant Colleges and Uni
versities. Nothing can be. done
officially until his return Wednes-
day morning, even if Green has
the invitation in his pocket. along
with data on the latest develop
ments in soft drinks.
Green is chairman of the Selec-
tion Committee for the Cotton
Bowl that includes Howard
Grubbs. executive secretary of the
Southwest Conference; Jimmy
Stewart. executive vice president
of the Texas State Fair. and Joe
Thompson. Dallas businessman.
Terps Favor Cotton Bowl.
AS reported here yesterday,
Maryland is leaning toward the
Cotton Bowl over the Sugar Bowl.
After the Terps routed LSU, 27-0,
just 81 miles from the Sugar
Bowl site. and with Sugar Bowl
committeeman in the stands. it
was taken for granted the TerpsI
were New Orleans-bound if they
remained unbeaten and united.
But the players have been talk
ing slyly about preferring the Cot
ton Bowl. and at the victory party
Saturday night in Baltimore after
the Navy game. the Cotton Bowl
and not the Sugar Bowl was the
subject of conversation.
Among the major unbeaten and
united teams, Maryland is the
logical choice of both bowls. The
Sugar Bowl would like a Mary
land-Tennessee game, while the
Cotton Bowl had Tennessee last
year and would prefer new faces.
Both the Sugar and Cotton
Bowls pay about S125 900 to each
team, with only about $4,000 diff
ference.
Tieup Seems Remote.
A reported tieup between the
Southwest and Southern Confer
ence champions for permanent
competition in the Cotton Bowl is
remote. In the first place, Mary
land will have to share the South
ern title this year with VMI if
the Terps beat North Carolina
State and West Virginia and if
the Keydets win as expected over
The Citadel and VPI. Both have
80 records at present. Last year
Washington and Lee was the
Southern Conference champion,
but never was considered for the
Cotton Bowl. and played in the
Gator Bowl in Jacksonville.
Irwin Poche, incoming Sugar
Bowl president, had reservations
to see Maryland play Navy Satur-
day in Baltimore, but Cancelled
them by wire.
With Tatum away. Maryland's s
first and second teams were given
a day off today. The reserves met
with Emmett Cheek, who secuted
North Carolina State in the Wolf
packs 31-0 victory over Davidson
last Saturday. Maryland meets
N. c. State this Saturday at Col
lege Park.