Salt Lake Telegram | 1946-12-04 | Page 14 | Process of Elimination Puts Aggies in Raisin Bowl

I Process tf UliniinatfoEi IPtife; ' .... Aggies dob dsdod 1uI Dr. King Hendrlcka of the Utah Stoto athletic board announced an-nounced Wedneaday afternoon that the Aggie had accepted bid to play la th Raisin bowl In Freano Jan. 1 By JOHN MOONET Telegram 8 porta Editor LOGAN Within the next few hours the athletic board at Utah State Agricultural college will announce an-nounce it acceptance of the Freano Frea-no (Cal) bid to meet San Joae SUte in the Ralaln bowl there Jan. 1, a source close to the board revealed Wedneaday afternoon. The decision to accept the soma what leas attractive Raisin bowl bid In preference to the Dixie bowl in Birmingham, Ala, will be reached as soon as the athletic board officially la notified of the cancelation of the Dixie bowl game, which was announced on Wedneaday afternoon. The board had been waiting and analyzing the three bowl bids (the other feeler was received from the 8un Bowl in El Paso, Tex.) for two daya It was believed that the (20,000 offer from the Dixie bowl would be the turning point in the negotiations, but the acceptance, ac-ceptance, was held up, pending the deposition of the 320,000 in the bank by the Birmingham promoters. pro-moters. Instead of the money receipt, the Aggies were Informed unofficially by The Telegram's special Associated Asso-ciated sports wire Wednesday that the game was "off." Promoters of the Dixie bowl blamed the coal strike, transportation transpor-tation difficulties and the failure to land a suitable opponent for Vlllanova for the cancelation. Meanwhile, aa soon as the Aggies Ag-gies were notified, they reopened negotiations with the Raisin bowl sponsors, and an announcement from Dr. King Hendricks of the athletic board was expected any moment. Now that the bowl business has been concluded, the Aggies can go back to their preparations for Denver U. Saturday at Denver.