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PHILADELPHIA--Villanova College, chagrined because its undefeated but tied Wildeats were not offered any of the larger football "Bow" bids, today refused an invitation to meet Texas Tech in the Cotton Bow at Dallas...
Coach Clipper Smith, whose Wildeat teams have been tied but undefeated in 20 games since 1936, voiced the opinion that Texas Tech "was on the upgrade" but that Villanova had hoped for a crack at Texas Christian, Carnegie Tech "or a team of that calibre...
...that the Big Green is not one of the east's top teams today. A good early season team, and a flashy and "break" outfit, the Blaikmen of 1938 are not by any means in a class with Cornell (who beat them), Carnegie Tech, Pittsburgh, Holy Cross, or Villanova. Right here at home we have the obvious fact that now the Harvard which won its last four games and the earlier Harvard which lost only by a touchdown to Dartmouth are two very different elevens indeed...
Coach Jock Sutherland of Pittsburgh backed up this argument the other day when he was asked to name ten eastern teams which could win the majority of their games in the South. He called Carnegie Tech, Holy Cross, Pitt, Cornell, Dartmouth, Villanova, Harvard, Brown, Georgetown, and Army. Although he denied any special order, the order he named was by no means casual. Perhaps even at fifth, the Big Green was too high...
...announced. Last January Brazil rejoiced again: it was discovered that the Lamp Post had just died of tuberculosis in the State of Sergipe. Last week Brazil was happier still. The Department of National Telegraphs was able to report the Lamp Post's third death: near the town of Villanova, 230 miles north of Sao Salvador, Bahia, the police of Alagoas State aided by a posse of civilians caught up with the bandit and in a desperate gun fight killed him, eleven confederates, his mistress...