Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-11-23 | Page 13 | Coast-Big Ten Tie-up Would Take Lots of Prestige from Rose Bowl

Coast Big Ten Up Tie-Up Would Take Lots of Prestige From Rose Bowl By HENRY McLEMORE 1 United Press Sports Writer PHOENIX Ariz Nov 23 The 23 The Sugar bowl and Cotton bowl promoters promoters pro pro- promoters are hoping and praying that the Pacific Coast and Big Ten conference agree to make the Rose bowl game a closed affair affair affair af af- fair between their respective champions They figure such sucha a move would kill the Rose bowls bowl's national prestige and leave them free to book the rest of the country coun boun- coun try There is no denying that right now the Rose bowl isto is isto isto to bowl games what the Kentucky derby is to horse races and that there isn't a football club in the nation that wouldn't rather play in Pasadena than anywhere else This is why the directors of the other bowl games have so much trouble booking top teams No one wants to play to-play play second fiddle