Evening star., 1960-01-01
Threato Of Rain
Faces Cotton,
Sugar Bowls
Two Top Comes
Of Day to Provide
Tests of Rankings
By the Associated Press

Inc Cotton Bowl and the
Sugar Bowl held the spotlight
on today's holiday football pro-
gram, with the chance that bad
weather might be a factor in
the two tests Of the ratings by
the Nations sports writer's and
oddsmakers.
/, Only the Orange Bowl at
Miami. where Georgia and
Missouri were to clash at / pm.
In q game attracting little ma
tional interest. appeared GER
tain to have q mild, sunny day.
Even at Pasadena, where the
Washington Huskies play host
to Wisconsin. the Big Ten
champion. before a crowd Of
100, 900. there is q possibility of
showers. However. forecasters
said the rain = and possibly
beads Of snow, would be con-
fined mostly to the mountains
around the Rose Bowl area. A
temperature of about So
crisp for California lis ex-
pected at the 5 o'clock kickoff.
Rain Hurts LOnghOrns
Syracuse's national cham
pions may get further support
from the weather as they tan
gle with fourth-rated Texas in
the Cotton Bowl in Dallas at
$3.50. Scattered showers are
predicted, with temperature in
the low Cos. A cold rain and
sleet struck Dallas yesterday.
Although the field was covered,
the critics predicted a heavy
field that would handicap the
Longhorns, who depend on
speed and passing.
In New Orleans. where sec
ond-ranked Mississippi is a Z
point pick over third-ranked
Louisiana State In the Sugar
Bowl, the forecast was for pos
sible light rain. with tempera-
ture in the sos.
All Of these four games,
which are expected to attract
some 335, 900 fans, viii be tele-
vised nationally, with CHS
handling the Orange and Cot
ton Bowls and NBC the Sugar
and Rose Bowls.
Upset In Sun Bowl
While the oddsmakers favor
Syracuse by Is points, Mis-
sissippi by 7, Wisconsin by 61a
and Georgia by IL, 1t is a rare
New Years Day when 10 upset
occurs. A tipoff on what might
happen came yesterday when
New Mexico State. . definite
underdog. exploded foI three
long distance touchdowns and
spilled North Texas State,
28-8. in the Sun Bowl at e
Paso.
In two choice games tomor-
frow. the East Is q 7-point pick
over the West in the Shrine
game at San Francisco, and
the Arkansas Georgia Tech
clash in the Gator Bowl al
Jacksonville is rated q tossup
Presbyterian (9-D meets
Middle Tennessee State (9-0-1)
in the Tangerine Bowl at Or
lando tonight.
Syracuse Seeks First Win
In the Cotton Bowl, Syra.
cuse has several things to prove
that 1t is the Nations best
and that 1t can win q bow
game. The Orangemen havI
failed in three previous efforts
Texas has more to prove thar
Syracuse. 1t wants TO show the
statistics mean nothing wher
the going gets tough. On the
basis of statistics, the Long
horns don't appear to havl
even the proverbtal OUTSIDE
chance.
But the Longhorns have beeI
quietly confident. They havI
come through in a turbulen
season against quite a few
teams they weren't supposed Il
beat. And they've come from
behind so often the crowd
always stuck around to th'
final gun.
Texas. co-champion Of tn,
Southwest Conference. vii
take a 9-l record into tn
ninth bowl try-it has woi
five, lost two and tied one II
post-season appearances. Tn
last one caused the Longhorn
. the most pain. They wer
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