Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-11-20 | Page 17 | S. M. U. Still Boasts Gate Appeal

s s. s M. M U. U STILL BOASTS GATE TE APP APPEAL EAL 1 Texans Have Good Chance At Bowl Bid B By JOE WILLIAMS IS Special to The Telegram NEW EW YORK Nov No 20 Any 20 Any qualified quail quail- tied fied team is eligible to compete in inthe inthe inthe the Rose bowl game Professor Hugh Willett chairman of the pacific pa Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- Coast conference made this clear dear Wednesday The Tho conference officials select the combatants In theory the game is supposed to be a. a test Lest between the cast east and the thi west but It seldom is In Irs the last ten years ears It has been the south against the west The professors professor's statement clarifies clari clan tics fie the lie status of two t southwestern southwest southwest- cnn ern t teams the Southern Methodists Metho dl and the tho Texas Christians Christian both hoth undefeated to date There is nothing in the books against in inviting inviting in- in lUng either cither of them then The fact that they are nrc located somewhat closer to Pasadena than sa say says Ho- Ho N. N J. J is not considered a B handicap The rhe main requirement seems to tobe o obe be high a ability ty and this is as it iL should be A sufficient amount of c color lor and reputation to excite the customers' customers curiosity is also desirable desirable desirable desir desir- I able but these qualities usually accompany accompany ac ac- ac- ac com company pan a football team that starts winning games in September and doesn't stop sLop until the marines call a halt Minnesota l Best The Rose bowl game doesn't always always al at- ways bring the two best football teams together and this years year's game is not likely to prove an exception Minnesota is probably the greatest team in the country but because of Big Ten rules the Violent Vikings are not in a position to accept an invitation A ver very good Princeton team Is in inthe inthe inthe the same predicament And until the Fordham game g-ame unbeaten New NewYork NewYork NewYork York university must remain an unknown unknown unknown un un- un- un known quantity with reference to national potentialities It would be something of a precedent precedent prece prece- dent if the Methodists were to be invited to the game This Is presupposing presupposing pre pre- supposing of ot course that the old- old time religionists qualify by winning winning winning win win- ning their two remaining games The precedent would be in that the Methodists have already made a trip to the Pacific coast this season Defeat They Thy went out there a fortnight ago and kick kicked d the tho eyebrows off tho the Los J Angeles branch of University sHy city of ot California 21 The only possible reason for lor not inviting them to return if it they qualify would be on the theory that having sh shown out there once they might not be a good box office draw not draw not as good g possibly as a team that hadn't shown Naturally it is very nauseous for lor forme forme lorme me to mention such sordid things as gate receipts in connection with college football but it so happens these things seem to be important However the Methodists Methodist made such sucha a spectacular showing and dominated ed cd the game so completely that before before before be- be be be- fore the affair was over even the native sons from Iowa Kansas and Pennsylvania were cheering them A good show seldom has any trouble getting a repeat booking and 1 have a feeling if the Methodists Methodists Metho Metho- keep moving mo along against Baylor Dalor and Texas Christian they will get the call over tho the rest of tho the field fJeld On form they figure figuro to win these two games but you youcan youcan Ou can never ne tell A year ago the Methodists came up to the Baylor game game beaten only by Rice Baylor on the other hand had bad lost six out of at seven and was decidedly the P Patsy tsy of ot the Southwest Southwest South South- west vest conference But what does Baylor do but turn around and flatten flatten flatten flat flat- ten the Fundamentalists It was as incredible as the beating Princeton And incidentally incidental incIdental- ly Iy Baylor has a better ball club this year So a policy of oC watchful waiting waiting waiting wait wait- ing is suggested Maybe old Spearfish Spearfish Spearfish Spear- Spear fish Normal will wind up in the bowl after all