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Show McLemore Says Bowl Heads Should Get Vols Early By HENRY McLEMORE NEW YORK, Nov. 10 (UP) This is the first and last of a series of seven articles on the various bowl football games to be played on January 1. It is being written at the popular request of no one, particularly the sponsors of the -games, who for some unexplainable reason like to run their own shows themselves. This Is hardly cricket, as tht wntcrn tram hardly ever invites an opponent it hun't scored since the tint secret practice last spring. This wasn't true Bf Duke last year, because all the Blue Devils had was Coach Wallace Wade and Halfback Eric Tipton. Southern California knew both of them could kick, and they did. "But teams like Duke don't come along every year, much to the Trojans' Tro-jans' regret Ignoring for the moment this1 churlish refusal to cooperate with outside meddlers, let me brush by the figures at Pasadena, stride into the executive offices of the Rose bowl and tell the operators of that extravagansa what they should do. My first suggestion would be that the Invitation be extended to Tennessee. My second suggestion would be that the Invitation be extended ex-tended to Tennessee right now and not withheld until some time In December. De-cember. These late invitations work a hardship on a team. The players believe they are not going to be asked, so they dig contendedly Into their schoolbooks and begin to dream dreams of a happy vacation an slush and snow and sleet. TJawomfertable Laxiniea Then, all of a sudden, they are ranked away right In the middle of an exciting chapter in calculus, stowed on an uncomfortable private pri-vate train, and taken to Callfor-for Callfor-for a disheartening round of banquets, ban-quets, orange groves and movie studios. If they were Informed now that they were going, they could steel themselves against such a trying time. Then there is the Item of the tl 00.000 that goes to the school whose team Is Invited to the bowL Why, if the school that is going could count on that money right now. Its talent scouts could get a two-month Jump on their rivals in foraging for materials for next rear's team. To say nothing of the new hedges that could be planted on the campus, cam-pus, and the sidewalks that could be laid down In the quadrangle before be-fore the advent of winter. And the dean could go right ahead with plans to have new rollers installed on his chair. Then we must consider the coach. If tha Invitation doesn't come until un-til December, he hasn't time to beg, borrow or steal Information on the team he Is to play and must rely mi his own skill for an offense and s defense. |