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NCAA regulations prohibited teecas Of the key Michigan
Ohio State game especially after the biggest campus
coliseum the country had been sold out to its 1882
capacity It Just well, perhaps that fewer than
100000 instead Of millions witnessed the affair The con-
duct especially Of Mcgan wolverines not precisely
exemplary and uplifting.
In the fnal moments the battle deteriorated into
stupidity vicious dangerous spectacle all out Of propor
tion to what at stake which happened to be the
Rose Bowl bid for Michigan II never played In such
dirty game in my four years at Ohio State Howard
Hopalong) Cassidy the star fulback said afterWard
with less than minutes left ofcials called IL
penalties mostly all for unsportsmanlike conduct and
practically in succession Six were against the redeyed
Mchgans two against State and four more against oon
sides simultaneously wasn't football it was nexcusanle
wal.
MICHIGAN NEEDING ONLY to win to be assured Of
automatic bid to the Tournament Of Roses never was
in the game The scoreboard lied all day even when u
blinked out showing Ohio State II; Michigan Never
wolverines the contest and except for Michigan
fans probably most Mdwesterners felt the Big Ten was
getting break For, although Michigan lat victory
Michigan State in the second game Of the season. the
Spartans generally rated the better team.
Michigan State was the only team to defeat Notre
Dame and wasn't involved In really close game after the
first two shakedowns Stanford Notre Dame Illinois Wis
consn Purdue Minnesota and~ Marquette were handled
easily.
In sharp contrast Michigan didn't 1t easy except
against subpar Missouri and perhaps overrated Army In
wolverines 0tner games
times coming behind beat Michigan State, North
western Minnesota and Iowa. The law Of averages caught
up with them in the last three weeks when they we're upset
by Illinois and by Ohio State.
AS THE MAJOR BOWL games picture stands it will
make for interesting radio listening and TV watching on
January O. The big maybe win be Oklahoma Maryland
Miami and, three hours later Michigan State
These four teams just about the cream Of the crop
Another definite bowl team as dusk curtaned the heated
dongs OF cold Saturday Texas Christian which will
be host the Cotton extravaganza But there is no party
Of the second part yet and probably none Will be CHOSEN
until after the Arny-Navy game this week
It IS no secret that when this started both the
Sugar and Cotton Bowls keeny interested in Army
which expected to be better OUTFIT than one which
would lose to Michigan Syracuse and Yale The idea was to
get west Point into the bowl act policy having been
established last year service academies when Navy went
to New Orleans and made national hit by licking Mss
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CHANCES ARE THE Cotton Bowl fathers won't roofing
for Army but for Navy This because unofciay re-
ported that the Andshipmen make appear
ance it viii be elsewhere than IN the Sugar Bowl Oh they
like the New Orleans show well enough Along With the Rose
Bowl folks those In New Orleans know best how to put on
But Navy out to spread the gospel and Texas is virgin
territory
Nayy-TCU would make nice dish too II the Mddes
lick Army they will have been beaten only BY Notre Dame
and tied by Duke You make for Duke by citing
its win over Ohio State which In turn beat Michigan which
had downed Michigan State, etc. You kncwthe kind Of
reasoning that gets nowhere As for Texas Christian
only loss the and that was as closely con-
tested as possible Byants hotshot Texas Ages beat
the TCUs by 1915.
Thus il would seem the only serious questions concerning
the major bowls the outcome Of and what
the Sugar Bowers going offer from the eligible eav
ngs Both Georgia Tech and Auburn normally exciting
teams and get the nod as the traditional Deep South
representative Since rematch Of the after Auburn
412 Tech wouldn't be considered good bait in the
Of tourist trap that bowl games bacal the Sugar
daddies might do worse than invite Pittsburgh,
The Partners are winding up real good team any
threetme loser ITO Oklahoma Navy and Mami) makes It a
hrst-rate bowl it may well be Pitt on what the Panhers
showed in the last three weeks team apt to be going out
Of It's way to call for showdown with Pitt