Evening star., 1954-11-27
Bowl Fever Low
As Duke Meets
Carolina
Followers Believe
Blue Devils Will GET
Bid if They Win
By MerreII Whittlesey
stor Staff Correspondent

CHAPEL HILL, N. c., Nov. ~.
There was not enough Orange
Bowl fever here today to fill
Kenan Stadium as Duke and
North Carolina met before what
was expected to be the smallest
crowd to see this game since
World War u-about $4,000.
Almost everybody who follows
football in this section believes
Duke will get the Orange Bowl
bid If it beats the Tar Heels
today, but those same people do
not seem too excited about the
prospects of the Blue Devils 60.
ing to Miami.
A Duke victory will give it a
7-2-1 record for the season and
40 in the Atlantic Coast Con-
ference, to 7-2-1 for Maryland
and 4-0-1 in the conference.
However, conference games are
not supposed to count more than
any others in picking the most
representative" team for the
Orange Bowl. Nebraska already
has been named to represent the
Big Seven Conference against
the ACC choice.
Terps' Bowl Trip Cited.
The thinking here seems to
be that If Duke wins and ties
Maryland's season record. Duke
should go because Maryland
played in the Orange Bowl last
year. and because Maryland al
ready has played a regular
season game in Miami this year.
However, that thinking should
not influence the faculty athletic
chairmen Of the ACC schools,
who supposedly will confer with
the coaches and athletic direc-
tors after today's game and
wire votes to Dr.. James T. Pen
ney, conference president, at the
University of South Carolina.
Commissioner Jim Weaver will
announce the results.
Maryland's televised 74-13
rout Of Missouri Thanksgiving
Day unquestionably had its af-
feet through this State. One
columnist said yesterday that
Maryland appeared to be five
times better than the team that
was tied by Wake Forest.
Tar Heels Keyed Up.
Dukes football followers have
not been talking too much about
the Orange Bowl because they've
had troubles of their own. Last
week the Blue Devils played q
dangerous South Carolina team
and today it's their old rival,
North Carolina, which will not
roll over and play dead even
though It's an underdog by II
to 13 points,
North Carolina is keyed up
by the hope Of knocking Duke
out Of Q bowl bid and also the
chance of posting its first win
ming season in five years by beat
ing the Blue Devils. The Tar
Heels haven't defeated Duke
since 1949.
The teams will play to fewer
than 10000 fans for the first
time since 1914, because the alb
sence of winning team is tell
ing on the turnstiles at North
Carolina.
Reports that Duke students
were chanting, "We want the
Orange Bowl" last week are
said to be greatly exaggerated.
That's the same group that was
yelling "Bill must go' when Duke
was losing to Army. Meaning
Bill Murray, the coach.
Duke Turns to Passing.
Duke suddenly has blossomed
as a passing team for the first
time since Murray took over as
coach here. Five Of their eight
touchdowns in the last two
games have been through the air,
with Jerry Barger, senior quar-
terback. doing most Of the
throwing.
Carolina Is looking to It's soph-
omore fullback, Don Klochak, for
help. After bench-warming most
of the season he gained las yards
when the Tar Heels upset South
Carolina. Notre Dame held him
to 5 yards, but he came back
with 100 in the first half against
Virginia last week.
Maryland defeated North Car
olina, $50. and on top of the
Terps' rout Of Missouri Duke
figures to be gambling for a high