Race for the Roses

Stanford's football squad, in a premature straw vote last fortnight, selected the University of Texas for its opponent in the Rose Bowl New Year's Day. Last week both Stanford and Texas were embarrassed rose-red. Stanford, standout team in the Pacific Coast Conference, was tripped by Washington State, 14-0-13, for its second defeat of the season. The Texas Longhorns, who had crushed most of this year's opponents by five or six touchdowns, were rudely bounced out of the undefeated ranks by Texas Christian, 14-to-7.

Who Will Play in the Rose Bowl? Stanford, with one more game to go, still has a fighting chance to represent the West. But even if the Indians beat California next week to finish the season with five victories and two defeats, they can win the Conference championship only if both Oregon State and the University of Washington lose one of their two remaining games. Oregon State's opponents: Montana and Oregon. Washington's opponents: Oregon and Southern California.

Though the University of Texas is out of the running, the Lone Star State, which raises bumper crops of footballers, has still another candidate for the Rose Bowl: Texas Agricultural & Mechanical College.Last week the Aggies, in trampling Rice 19-to-6 strung up their eighthvictory in a row, raised their season's scoring total to 253 points (to 23 for their opponents). Next week the Aggies meet Texas in the big game of the Southwest.

Another Rose Bowl candidate is Dixie's Duke, which has rolled up the highest scoring total (256 points) of any major college team in the U.S. Last week Duke mowed down this season's eighth foe in a row: North Carolina, 20-to-0. This week the Blue Devils play the last game on their schedule--against North Carolina State, a likely pushover.

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