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Show Rice Picked To Triumph JketSIMJJ:- By HERRFRT W. BAKKEK NEW YORK. Dee. 3 u? Call thia the awan song of an ugly duck-ling duck-ling or the farewell fol-de-rol of a gridiron guess', about to quit tha eight-ball for commodious winter quarters among the mothballa. To make a abort story even short , er, prospects for thia week's slander schedule appear about aa follows: Southern Methodist-Rice: Thia determines the Southwest confer once crown and a Cotton bowl opponent op-ponent for "Whits r White and . hia University of Colorado buddies. S. M. U.'s Mustangs hair bean picking up tremendous momentum in the stretch, but thia ballot goes to Rio In tb belief that Ernie Lain' pitching ami haa lost bom of Its power or cunning. Trajan Have Edge ""Bouihern Callfornia-U. C L A.: Maybe tha Trojans still will be tralnalck after that Jaunt to South Bt-ud. but Southern California must be given a big edge over UCLA, on of th biggest disappointments of the year. Tuba-Manhattan: Th New Yorkers' biggest vlctorlea thia year have been over paaalng teams- Detroit and Michigan State, for Instance. In-stance. Somehow er other thia corner cor-ner la willing to let that fact be forgotten long enough to cast an uncertain vote for Tulsa. Tsnneaaee Mississippi: Tennessee must get the nod. Mississippi State-Duquesne: Hard to figure in view of State's triumph over Mississippi and Duqueana'a upset of Detroit Out of th Bat, Duquesne. Miami Looks Baa Miami-South Carolina: Miami beat Catholic, Catholic beat South Carolina: therefore. Miami will boat South Carolina. Or will It? That gets ua nowhere ao, In th midst, of a diary tallsptn, Miami. Florida-Kentucky: Probably close. Florida. San Francisco-Texas A. M.I Coast teams haven't been baring any luck with tha southwest this season. Texas A. and M. Arttona -Oregon: Looks e 1 s s a enough to justify flier oa Art-one. Art-one. Centenary-Louisiana Tech.: Centenary. Cen-tenary. Loyola (Los Angalssl-Oonsaga: The coin says Loyola. P. 8.: Georgia, to beat Miami oa December 10. |