Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-10
Six Struggles Today
Give Line on Bowls
Sugar Bowlicout
Pulling for 'oIs
And Tech tile
BY the Associated rs

nents,
Tours to the Rosf Orange
Sugar and Cotton Hgls were
the plums as Georgiatech anc
Tennessee tangled ina battle
of uhbeatens, Minn0ta made
its pitch against low Stanford
played Oregon Stat Colorado
met Missouri. Marylsd opposed
Clemson, and TexaSASsM hao
it out with SoutherIMethodist
| Oklahoma, Michiga State and
Ohio State. barred rom bowl
play. had nothing lore of an
incentive than natiol rankings
|end conference It'll in their
games. The top-rani Sooners
of course, also hadhat elastic
winning record ra1y to be
stretched to 81 gsmtin a meet
ing with Iowa STAT Michigan
State met Purdueai. Ohio State
played Indiana.
The other THE members of
the top 10 in ills weeks Asso-
ciated Press pol hive a mixed
diet. Syracuse. Nc 8. carried
hopes of a bowl ID Cperhaps the
Gator againS Holy Cross.
Michigan playa Illinois and
hoped to stay irtosition for the
Big Tens Rose bwl assignment
should Iowa AMI Minnesota fall
ter. Miami CD, No. g. was
idle.
George Wastgton got the
week end starr with a 1915
victory over Rtmond.
Two TOphndidates
Win, lose o1raw in today's
battle Tennesl and Georgia
Tech should ptlnue to head
the candidate3n bowl scouts
lists.
One Bowl representative -
Fred Digby, gSral manager of
the Sugar Boz -said he hoped
the second linked Yellow
Jackets and lrd-ranked Vols
would wind utn a tie, just as
they did last +. He'd like to
stage a rematdin New Orleans
New Years Da
But neither TN Coach Bobby
IDodd nor Vohentor Bowden
Wyatt wanted tie. Each had
sights set on victory which
would give hisEam a strangle-
hold on the Stheastern Con-
ference chamtnship, barring
future upsets; unbeaten sea-
son; and a filing chance to
beat out OklaHa for the I'M
Official Nationaf football cham
pionship.
Tech was faved by a touch
down
Clear, cool wkher was fore
cast for the 2 h. kickoff and
the 40,000-capa9 stadium was
Ia sellout weeks b.
Held TIE
This was thdhird meeting
between teams cthed by Dodd
and Wyatt. Te4beat WAITS
Arkansas Razorbks in the 1855
Cotton Bowl. Vhtt then re-
turned to Tenn@e. his alma
mater. and his V4held favored
Tech to that a deadlock in
Knoxville last VI.
Techs victory hances took
an upswing with Iprd that its
home rum halick George
Volkert, was ready or the Vols.
Volkert lost his portunity to
bid for All-Americbonors when
a series of injuriesEpt him side
lined most of thekason. When
he is healthy he In run with
the best of themAnd he'll be
near top speed for lnnessee. The
Vols are counterinEith a deadly
all-the-way threaDf its own in
All-America hopej Johnny Ma
jors. The Volunfs opponents
this season can 1ch that Ma
jors is pure poisdon a run-or-
pass option play-om Tennes-
sees single wing
Stan Flowers. bother Tech
ace. who had be(in the ques-
tionable categoryhth an ankle
injury, also seenilikely to see
action against 1nessee Tech
also will have suclble backfield
men as Quartlacks Wade
Mitchell and Pop| Vann. Half
backs Paul Roteerry, Jimmy
Thompson and 1nny Meneer
and Fullbacks x Owen aud
Dick Gookin.
Both Are beedy
Aiding and aiding Majors
in the ball-movit department
will be his fine tback under.
study, AL Carter, bngback Bill
Anderson, Fullb4 Tom m y
Bronson and liking Back
Stockton Adkins.
Although both cams have
speedy, relativelHight lines,
Tech will hold q Aght weight
advantage up frortor the first
time since the ID ages. Big
reason is Tackle hrl Vereen,
who pushes $50. ackle John
Gordy at 210 is Taessees big
'gest lineman, his kaches rate
him second to non4 ability.
Minnesota, No. and Iowa.
No. Is. belted eacfeher in the
iTV game Of the y as each
tried TO nail an init trip 10 the
Rose Bowl. The phers we're
Iunbeaten. but onc4 bed: Iowa s
record is 3-l. 1ir records
likely win leave thdg Ten title
to Ohio State--trkg for an
unprecedented e" - but
the buckeyes are hned from
the Bowl by probsI j. Mich
igan State cant ROT because