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Vols Badly Beaten by Superior Team, Says Neyland After Trojan Triumph
Win. Lose or Draw
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By FRANCIS E. STAN.
A Few Bowl Notes That Weren't Aired
Southern California, 14; Tennessee, 0—There was a fellow in Chicago
who must have spent a tough New Year Day in front of his radio. We
mean Coach Ernie Nevers of the professional Chicago Cardinals. Mr.
Nevers drafted Tennessee's George Cafego to team up with Marshall Gold
berg. Frank Patrick. Ki Aldrich and all of the Cards’ other All-Americas
and credence yesterday was given the theory that Cafego was doomed the
day he had to wear a steel brace on his bad knee.
Cafego played, of course, but intermittently and not so well, and it
follows that Tennessee's cause was hurt. Of it may have been that during
the regular season the Vols' made too many rural stops in Dixie . . .
Mercer, Sewanee, North Carolina State, The Citadel and Chattanooga.
Anyway, over the air waves it never sounded like Tennessee's game.
Kimbrough Played Without a brace
Texts Aggies. 14; Tulane, 13—There was another suspicion partially
confirmed in this Sugar Bowl affair. During the year a lot of football peo
ple went around and called the Texans the best football team out of the
National League, although there also is a recollection of Dr. Jock Suther
land calling Tennessee the best, pro, semipro, or amateur. The Aggies
carried no unscored-upon record into the Sugar Bowl, but they were un
beaten and they skipped the soft spots. And, of course, there was nothing
wrong with the knee of big John Kimbrough.
From the way the fellow at the microphone put it, one gathered the
impression that Mr Kimbrough must have come pretty close to being the
prize All-Bowl back. He was terrific on defense and better than a green
hand at carrying the ball and holding his team together against a Tulane
outfit whose 14-14 tie with North Carolina had been the only blot on the
record. Kimbrough also has been drafted for next year ... by the Aggies
again.
The Clemsons Broke In a New Back
Clemson, 6; Boston College, 3 —The Tigers from Carolina started the
New Year by breaking in a new back named Charley Timmons. This
Cotton Bowl battle marked the last college game for Banks McFadden,
the Clemson Thin Man, and what Timmons did (gain 127 yards on 27
rushes and score the touchdown i must have warmed the cockles of the
hearts of the boys with the big, thick drawls.
McFadden played, all right, but outside of averaging 42 6 yards per
punt, gaining 44 yards on four rushes of his own and directing the
Clemson defense he didn't distinguish himself.
The Clemsons further added to the general post-season confusion in
the South. Until this year Tennessee supposedly was the class of Dixie. '
nut ruianes i-o win over oiemson eariy in me season ana 115 ganje
against Texas A. and M yesterday are strong claims. Then. too. there
Is Georgia Tech. And you can't laugh off Duke, which showed admirable
restraint and kept its football fellows home.
East-West Game Makes Redskins Look Good
Georgia Tech, 21; Missouri, 7. Two pretty good football teams which,
next to the Texas Aggies and Tulane, must have put on the best show.
This was the Orange Bowl program. It didn't mean anything much
because the Engineers had the poor taste to drop a 14-17 decision to
Notre Dame in the season opener and a 6-7 tilt to Duke while the
Missouris, in an unguarded early moment, blew a game to Ohio State.
Still as we said, it sounded like good entertainment over the air and
here were two pretty good teams. Between them they had won 11 straight
games. including decisions over Alabama, Oklahoma and Nebraska.
West All-Stars, 28; East All-Stars, 11.—This didn't prove anything.1
either, as far as football is concerned nationally. But here, reailv. was
the most worthwhile of all of the New Year grid shows. The do-re-mi
contributed by the 45,000 customers, you see, didn't wind up in any col- !
lege treasuries for the purpose of paying off a stadium trust and replacing i
graduating halfbacks. It went, lock, stock and barrel above expenses, to
charity.
It must have made sweet listening for the Redskins, by the way. A
fellow named Leroy Zimmerman from San Jose State seemed to be just
about the best back on the Western squad and Ed Boell of New York
University seemed to do all right for the East. In the draft last month
the Redskins claimed both of them.
At Least the Cards Escaped Some Ice
narholir Tlnivprsitv. 0: Arizona State Teachers. 0.—Back in Sentember
Dutch Bergman was talking about his Flying Cardinals and saying that
he had everything except a passer. It wasn t apparent until yesterday.
Indeed, it was even a bad case against Mr. Bergman.
But now his name is cleared. The Cards couldn't run and neither ,
could the team from Tempe. And when it came to passing, goodness!
Catholic tried 15 aerials, completed three. Arizona failed on each of its
aeven passes.
So the Sun Bowl was just a nice ride for the Cards. They had to
go 2,100 miles, but they escaped some of this weather.
Caledonia, 30; Central Prison, 0.—This drew the smallest crowd 1
and the gate inot the one with the lock on iti was negligible. When the
fun was over only 300 of the crowd of 800 were allowed to go home. The
other 500 who were gathered for the Jug Bowl marched back to await
next year's game. It was reported that neither side used a subsidized
player
Sports Program for Local Fans
1HUHSUAI.
Basket Ball.
Maryland vs. Rutgers, New
Brunswick, N. J.
Wilson High vs. Maryland
Frosh. College Park, 4.
FRIDAY.
Basket Ball.
Georgetown vs. Temple, Phil
adelphia.
Maryland vs. Rhode Island
State, Elizabeth, N. J.
Tech High vs. American Uni
versity Jayvees, A. U. gym, 3:30.
Western High vs. Montgomery
Blair, Western gym, 3:30.
Washington and Lee High vs.
Mount Rainier, Ballston, Va., 8.
St. John’s vs. Bethesda-Chevy
Chase, Tech High gym, 7:30.
Gonzaga vs. Durham, N. C.,
High, Tech High gym, 8:30.
Ice Hockey.
Washington Eagles vs. New
York Rovers, Riverside Stadium,
8:30.
Texas Ags Plan
Trojan Game
To Aid Finns
Face Fight to Keep
Coach Norton After
Seating Tulane
Bv felix r. Mcknight,
Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 2—Rulers
of college football after its bold
Sugar Bowl triumph over Tulane,
mighty Texas A. and M. today pon
dered the thought of playing South
ern California, Rose Bowl kings, in
a post-season game for the Finnish
relief fund.
Over a banquet table celebration
of the 14-13 defeat of Tulane's Green
Wave, Coach Homer Norton, a mild
man threatened only a season age
with dismissal in the middle of a
disappointing year, shook oft the
back slaps admitted he had heard
talk of a post-season game with the
Rose Bowl winners and commented:
"What do we think nf it? WpII
we love to play football!”
Willing to Consider It.
Officials of A. and M.. members of
the Athletic Council and others were
sounded out, and all concurred in
the belief that such a game was a
rather remote possibility, but indi
cated that it would be considered
Reports in this football-mad city
were that the game would be played
in Los Angeles "about January 15,”
with an expected million-dollar gate
to go to Finland for relief purposes.
To Norton, however, the most im
portant thing was a meeting with
the Athletic Council of Texas A and
M , scheduled in a few days. Then
the man who was destined for the
junk heap only a few months back
is expected to demand a five-year
contract with certain changes in the
athletic setup.
Kimbrough Displays Greatness.
Yesterday the Aggies great full
back, John Alec Kimbrough, 210
pound all-America performer, storm
ed the Sugar Bowl with a classic
running exhibition before 73,000 fans
—largest sports crowd in the his
tory nf the Southland—to crush a
great Tulane team that couldn't
hold the Haskell (Tex.) hurricane.
Twice he scored and all afternoon
he thundered up and down field In
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show ever staged in this Dart of the
country. On 26 carries he crashed
through for 152 yards, or a 5.7-yard
average.
Deep in the fourth period, after
Tulane had hurried across two rapid
touchdowns that put the Aggies be
hind, 13-7, Kimbrough got his tiring
mates together and put across the
winning score on the seventh play of
a dramatic 70-yard drive.
Price Also in Limelight.
Walemon (Cotton) Price, Aggie
quarterback, booted both extra
points, blocked in astounding fash
ion. shared in Kimbrough's running
sprees and passed the Tulanians
silly. On the honor roll also was lit
tle Herbie Smith. 160-pound end.
who blocked the Tulane try for point
that would have tied the game.
Denied once after reaching the 1
foot line, the Aggies scored in the
first period from the Tulane 32 on
four plays.
Not until the third period did Tu
lane come out from under a thorough
beating the Aggies were handing out.
Kellogg took a quick kick on his own
25 and sprinted 75 yards down the
sidelines for a touchdown behind
marvelous blocking.
Soon after, Tulane recovered an
Aggie fumble and moved right on to
a touchdown.
The Aggies took the kickoff and,
led by Kimbrough, surged back for
the winning score.
Rules Prohibit Charity
Contest by Trojans
By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 2.—The
University of Southern California is
bound by a ruling prohibiting char
ity games. Athletic Director Willis
O. Hunter said today, discussing a
proposed “national championship”
game between the Trojans and
Texas Aggies.
“A Pacific Coast Conference rule
prohibits division of gate receipts
with any third party," he declared.
“Worthy as the Finnish relief cause
might be, it would be necessary to
obtain conference approval before
we could act on such a proposal.”
Hunter expressed the opinion the
university’s attitude “would be that
the season is ended,” but he said
any formal bid would be submitted
to the athletic council.
Athletic Probe Seen
As Bringing Ruler
To Coast Loop
19 Members Are Using
Report as Guide in
Secret Sessions
Bn the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 2—The vo
luminous Atherton report was due to
figure in the proceedings as ihe Pa
cific Coast Conference went into its
annual midwinter meeting today.
Compiled by Edwin N. Atherton,
skilled investigator, at a cost of many
thousands of dollars, the report deals
with the recruiting and subsidiza
j tion of athletes in the 10 member
schools of the conference.
Behind closed doors, faculty ad
visers were expected to use the report
as a foundation for discussion of fu
j ture policies and practices in the
conference.
Sessions were scheduled for three
days, with the managers’ group of
the conference slated to meet con
currently the last two days.
This division is to draw up sched
uiio lui vaituuo to willing uit
session.
Atherton visited every school in
the conference, interviewing ath
letes on phases of their participa
tion in all sports. Details of his
findings have not been revealed be
cause the schools agreed from the
outset it would be confidential. Out
of the affair may come the appoint
ment of a commissioner of athletics,
who will be vested with authority to
govern practices in the universities.
Prof. William B. Owens of Stan
ford University is president of the
conference. He is also president of
the National Collegiate Athletic As
sociation, which last week adopted
a code compelling members to hew
strictly to amateur ethics.
Giants Get Fast Rookie
ATLANTA uP).—Johnny Rucker,
New York Giants’ recruit outfielder,
and nephew of Nap Rucker, old
time pitching star, can run the 100
in 9.9.
Georgia Tech's Razzle-Dazzle
Subduers of Missouri Rated
Among School's Greatest
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Associated Vres* Sporta Writer.
MIAMI, Fla.. Jan. 2.—Coach Bil
Alexander ranked his 1940 Orangi
Bowl victors today with the grea
teams in Georgia Tech football his^
tory atfer watching the Engineer:
bewilder Missouri, 21 to 7.
"This Tech team hasn't as mud
power as our 1928 Rose Bowl squad
but it can do more things with thi
ball." the grizzled coach grinned.
That famous Rose Bowl tean
beat California 8-7 in a game neve
to be forgotten because of Ro;
Riegels' wrong-way run.
Missouri, really, never had i
chance after the Tech magician;
warmed up yesterday.
Spurred by Rivals’ Score.
A crow’d of 36,500 saw the En
gineers, far from discouraged by at
early Missouri touchdown fashionet
by Paul Christman's passing arm
sweep straight back after the kick
off to tie the score and then adt
two more touchdowns on lightnini
plays.
Two bullet passes from Christmar
to Blaine Currence set up the Mis
souri touchdown in a 45-yard drivi
after a Tech fumble. Christmar
smashed over from the 1-yard lim
and Fullback Bill Cunningharr
kicked the extra point.
Then Tech sent midget Johnn;
Bosch into action, the 147-pounc
halfback shooting two effectiv<
McFadden and Rookie Timmons
Lead Clemson to 6-3 Win
Over Boston College
TUliAl.
Basket Ball.
George Washington vs. Clem
§on, Tech High gym, 8:30.
Ice Hockey.
Washington Eagles vs. Atlantic
City Sea Gulls, Riverside Stadium,
8:30.
Boxing.
Amateur card, Gonzaga High
auditorium, 8:30.
TOMORROW.
Basket Ball.
Maryland vs. Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia.
Central High vs. St. John’s,
Central gym, 3:30.
Tech High vs. Montgomery
Blair, Silver Spring, Md„ 8.
Gonzaga High vs. Washington
Lee High, Ballston, Va.; 3:30.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High
▼s. Maryland Frosh, College
Park, 4.
By EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Snorts Writer.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2,—Greet
ings, ladies and gents, and what's
been going on around here?
Those stories about Dick Chap
man, the blue-blood golfer, were
strictly on the level. His night
spotting has been reduced to an
absolute minimum and he's really
concentrating on getting ready
for the summer golf wars. Lou
Nova, who went to ‘Arizona to
shake off a cold, now is in a coast
hospital with a kidney ailment.
The bowl aircasts were way
over par with old Red Barber at
New Orleans setting a wicked
pace for the other spielers. Any
minute we thought this big guy
Kimbrough was going to charge
through and trample the specta
tors in the end-zone seats. What
a football player!
Today’s guest star: Bob Stedler,
Buffalo Evening News: “Cincin
nati is quite apt to have trouble
signing the next ball player
Frank McCormick’s contract was
No. 12. The next to affix his
signature will be No. 13 and we’ll
see how many try to avoid this
jinx number.”
And now for a quick hop
around Broadway: Lou Sehrig
is getting to be a regular at the
hockey matches. First thing
those Colorado basket ball play
ers wanted to do when they hit
town was go ttf one of those
whirley, girley burlesque shows.
Lew Jenkins, the Texas light
weight. and his tonsils have part
ed company. The glamorous
Sonja Henie, who skates into the
Garden on the 15th, will have 65
American, European and Cana
dian ice stars in her supporting
cast.
Up at Beacon, N. Y„ they’re
threatening to go straight to
Washington about the N. B. A
and Ring Magazine rating Melio
Bettina behind Gus Lesnevich in
the light-heavyweight division.
Most of the sports crowd which
had New Year Eve reservations
m
Oklahoma Sets Pro Draft Mark With 9 Gridmen Nabbed
Kidney Ailment Sends Nova to Hospital; $50,000 Legacy May Get Landis New Hat
in the night spots stayed right on
through to listen to the bowl
broadcasts.
Another first ten. Still the
open season for "first tens,” it
seems. Fight Maestro Mike Jacobs
has joined in the fun. Based en
tirely on box office values, Mike
gives you these first tenners, with
the amount each drew from him
last year: Joe Louis, $820,000;
Tony Galento, $352,000; Bob Pas
tor, $348,000; Billy Conn, $285,000;
Henry Armstrong, $165,000; Lou
Ambers, $155,000; Lou Nova,
$151,000; Melio Bettina, $137,000;
A1 Davis, $112,000; Fred Apostoli,
$110,000.
You had better shoot a wire to
Miami now if you want a hotel
room for the Hialeah racing sea
son. Niftiest Christmas card to hit
this corner was Leo Durocher’s.
Judge Landis, who has just in
herited $50,000 (almost a week’s
pay), may spend part of the
dough for a new lid. Earl Mack, i
assistant manager of the Ath
letics, Is vacationing in North
Carolina and telling the boys
around the drug store the club
will climb several notches next
season.
Those smart pro coaches
drafted nine guys off the Okla
homa City squad, and if any
school can beat that we’re will
ing to learn. Classified depart
ment: Joe Hutton, coach at
Hamline University, St. Paul, has
lost his Phi Beta Kappa key.
Anybody know which girl bas
ket ball team has the longest
winning streak? The Biltmore
(N. C.) High pretties have 52 in
a row.
Today’s true story: Those foot
ball-mad Texans can’t be both
ered with the game outside their
own red-hot Southwest Confer
ence. So, when the Clemson
(S. C.) Tigers were invited to
the Cotton Bowl you must ex
cuse the chairman of the wel
coming committee for starting to
wire them at “Crimson, N. C.”
By the-way department:
What happened to the brothers
, Knolle
Down yonder In the Sugar Bowl?
HOLIDAY STUFFING —By JIM BERRYMAN '
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Rich stuff did it—uh
HUH ! -AN' you THINK HE ^
OUGHTA HAVE BASKETBALL
AN' HOCKEy TWICE A WEEK!
WHAT? OH! GIVE HIM A GOOD
DOSE OF FLORIDA GOLF
^AN'RACING TOO — OKAV\J:
West's Great Kicking
And Passing in Rain
Beat East, 28-11
Two Scores in Second
Period Decide Game
Seen by 45,000
By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2 —A 28
to-11 West victory over the East
went into the books today, and the
boys who played in the fifteenth an
nual Shrine charity football contest |
were still digging the mud out of
, their ears.
A downpour, starting midway in
the second period, turned the Kezar
Stadium gridiron into a sea of mud,
and by the final quarter the New
Year Day crowd of 45.000 couldn’t
tell one player from another. Every
body on the field was coated with
mud from head to foot.
But despite the adverse condi
tions, the ninth Western victory in
the fifteen-year history of the
classic was an amazing display of
brilliant kicking and passing.
Each Gets Early Score.
The teams, hand picked from all
sections of the country, each scored
in the opening period. The West
tallied when Bill Anahu. Santa
Clara end, grabbed a 50-yard pass
from Halfback Kay Eakin of Ar
kansas and ran 25 yards to the goal
line. Thea the East evened the
coufit with a touchdown by George i
Stirnweiss, North Carolina halfback,
who took a short pass from Ed
Boell, New York University quarter
back, and eluded five Westerners en ]
route to scoring ground. Each team i
converted. *
In the second period the West i
tallied twice. Herb McCarthy, Den- :
ver fullback, tossed a short one to
Olie Cordill, Rice Institute half- :
back, who skirted end for the second 1
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Fullback Howard Ector scoring on
a line plunge. Roy Goree, who
kicked all three of Tech's points
after touchdown, converted.
The Atlantans let Missouri look
at their razzle-dazzle for almost an
other quarter before breaking loose
again. Tech surprised the Big Six
champions completely with an in
tricate end-around. Bob Iscn gallop
ing 59 yards to a touchdown.
In the third period Earl Whebv.
substitute halfback, whirled around
end for 34 yards to payoff ground.
Alexander Praises Christman.
Alexander praised Christman as a
passer of all-America caliber, but,
as a matter of fact, Bosch actually
was more effective than the heralded
big blond. Christman completed 7
of 22 passes for 69 yards, Bosch
clicking with 5 of 10 for 57 yards.
‘‘Georgia Tech was just too good
a ball club for us that particular
day,” Coach Don Faurot of Missouri
remarked.
“I think we scored too quickly for
our own good,” said Capt. Buddy
Haas, Missouri's big tackle. “We
had a natural letdown and before
we recovered Tech had us on our
heels.”
Christman, however, seemed >o
sum it up best with his wry com
ment :
“Tech had too much deception
for us. Several times we didn’t see
the ball at all.”
i>v nnnuLU v. n.iiurr,
Assnciated Press Sports Writer.
DALLAS. Jan. 2.—Clemson's coun
try gentlemen rolled back to South
Carolina today with the Cotton
Bowl Trophy in their possession and
with prospects of another great all
America the next two years to re
place the great Bangs McFadden.
They beat Boston College’s bruis
ing Eagles 6-3 in a nerve-racking
game of long runs and sensational
passes before 20.000 yesterday with
McFadden forced to share the hon
ors with a sophomore with pile
driving proclivities.
Charley Timmons, who beat out a
senior for a place in the starting
backfield, led the offense of Clem
son's fighting Tigers. Timmons car
ried the ball 27 times for a gain of
127 yards and his mighty plunges
gave the gentlemen their touchdown
in the second period.
McFadden Is Able Leader.
McFadden stood out, however, as
the mainspring of the team, his
great punting, generalship, running
and defense telling the experts the
6 foot 3, 180-pound young man was
not overrated in the least.
Chunkin’ Charley O’Rourke gave
Clemson heart failure more than
once with his sensational passing
and it was nis slithering return of a
punt to Clemson’s 15 that paved the
way for a field goal. Alex Lukachik,
a substitute end, kicked it from the
25-yard line.
Shad Bryant, Clemson halfback,
batted down one pass labeled
“touchdown” and McFadden took
care of another as Boston College
made its final bids in the last min
ute*. McFadden then loomed a
punt to the Clemson 48 and when
Boston came surging back he turned
up to bat down O’Rourke’s pass over
the goal line to end the Eagles’
threat.
New Deal for 1941.
It was the last Cotton Bowl game
to be promoted individually by J.
Curtis Sanford, young Dallas oil
man who started the classic in 1936
and carried it through alone. He is
stepping aside next season and
handing the bowl to a group of
Dallas business men and civic lead
ers who are seeking an agreement
with Southwest Conference schools
to place their champion in the game
each year. Sanford remains as a
director of the association.
Daniels Will Depend
On Punch, Not Skill,
In Brescia Bout
Free-swinging Maynard Daniels,
the fighting marine, will rely on
power rather than polish to dust oft
Georges Brescia next Monday night
at Turner’s Arena. Their 10-round
bout features the initial offering of
the 1940 season.
"I know I’ve got a punch,” Daniels
said today, doubling up his rock
like fist for emphasis, "but I don’t
know how much of a boxer I am.
When I was punching and forgetting
the fancy stuff I won regularly, but
Just as soon as I tried to mix it with
boxing Z got my sars pinned back.
t.
merman, smooth-passing halfback
from San Jose (Calif.) State, passed
three times for 36 yards to the East
1-yard line, from where Frank Em
mons, Oregon fullback, plunged over.
East Benefits by Safeties.
The East picked up 2 points on a
safety in the third period. Eakin’s
punt from behind his own goal was
blocked and grounded in the end
zone. The Easterners got two more
in the next period. The West was
backed to its 1-yard line after a
15-yard clipping penalty, and Zim
merman grounded the ball in the
end zone rather than risk a weak
kick.
The West scored its fourth touch
down in the final period when Lee
Artoe, California tackle, grabbed a
bad Eastern pass from center which
sailed over the head of Dick Cas
siano, Pittsburgh half, and plopped
into the end zone.
Rain kept away some 15,000 fans
would would have seen one of the
most exciting and amusing East
West contests in years. The 60.000
seat stadium was virtually a sellout.
Proceeds go to the Shrine Hospital
for Crippled Children.
From now on I’m gonna be strictly
a puncher.”
Maynard will have his hands full
with Brescia, for the big Argentine
has a decided edge in experience,
and while not a terrifying puncher
can bruise an opponent rather pain
fully. He’s fought most of the top
notchers and met with fair to
twiddling success.
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Schindler Hero
Of 6th U. S. C.
Win in Bowl
His Generalship Cuts
Tennessee's Great
23-Game String
By RUSSELL NEWLAND.
Associated Press Sports Writer.
PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 2.—Foot
ball’s Gibraltar was a mass of
crumbled ruins today—the team
that couldn’t be beaten met up yes
terday with the team that wouldn’t
be beaten.
Southern California was the toast
of the Rose Bowl; Tennessee a new
jucniuci ui me xusxxxg team uxxgauc
and shorn of distinction that began
accumulating back in the season of
1937
The 14-to-0 score deciding the
25th Rose Bowl classic, witnessed by
a jammed-in crowd of 92,000, was
the most conclusive since Pittsburgh
won from Washington here in 1937,
21 to 0.
Tennessee staked one of the Na
tion's greatest gridiron reputations
in the game. Defeat called a halt
to a consecutive victory record of 23
hooked together through two full
seasons and part of a third. Until
the Southern California Trojan
power machine rolled to touchdown
in the second period. Tennessee's
goal line had not been crossed in 15
encounters—10 last vear and 5 in
1933.
Trojans Great, Neyland Says.
The best backfield man in the
Tennessee string played parts of the
game handicapped by a knee injury.
Whether a George “Bad News”
Cafego in top physical condition
would have staved off the Trojan
yard-gaining landslide was a matter
Df debate among grandstand master
minds
A prepared statement issued by
Maj. Bob Neyland. Tennessee coach,
seemed to express the sentiments of
most of the experts.
It said: “We were badly beaten
by a superior team. I want to con
gratulate Howard Jones and his
staff for the fine team they have
turned out.”
Prom start to finish Southern Cal
ifornia left little doubt as to which
side was superior.
It outdowned and outgainea Ten
nessee on the ground and when
checked there took to the air.
Tennessee came to the West Coast
for the first time heralded as a de
fensive threat. When the Trojan
bff-tackie plays began clicking the
volunteer line Durst Delore tne roll
ing flood.
Schindler Game's Star.
Ambrose Schindler, high-stepping
quarterback who has run the gamut
of playing from first string to third
and back again, was the firebrand
in the latest Southern California
Rose Bowl victory, of which there
have been six in as many appear
ances.
It was Schindler who sparked the
two scoring drives, late in the sec
ond quarter and again toward the
tail end of the fourth.
The first touchdown march
opened on the Tennessee 47-yard
line. Schindler had returned a punt
10 yards to set the stage. He car
ried the ball in five of the six
ground plays and tossed an 11-yard
pass to a teammate in one of the
other two gainers. He finally went
over from the 1-foot line.
The last-period touchdown gave
the assembled thousands a true pic
ture of Trojan power. The team
passed and smashed 85 yards after
recovering a Tennessee fumble.
Fred Newman, Volunteer fullback,
had dropped the ball, and U. S. C.
Sub Halfback Joe Engle had snaked
It into his own arms on his 15.
Schindler was in the role of field
marshal. He directed an attack
;hat brought ready praise from hia
iuucu. neauraan Jones is noi re
nowned for lavishness in this respect.
Fumble Stops Tennessee.
Twice in the thrust, line battering
or skirting failed. Schindler turned
to the air. The second such sortie *
brought the second score. The ball
was on the 1-yard line. Tennessee
players tightened for another plunge.
Schindler passed over the goal line
to his left to A1 Krueger, sub left
end. The Volunteers were caught
flat-footed.
When Tennessee's Newman
fumbled it ended the only scoring
bid of the team from the Old South
—the only time it had been able to
advance the oval past midfield.
Had Newman held onto the leather,
the game might have ended in a
tie. Tennessee, taking the ball on
its 1-yard line after a punt out of
bounds, had driven exactly 80 yards
to Southern California's 19. The
charge opened late in the third and
ended early in the fourth quarter.
A 36-yard pass from Right Half Bob
Foxx to End Jim Coleman was the
high light of the Vols lone long
yardage parade.
Pittsburgh's Grid Pros
To Change Nickname
Pittsburgh’s National Football
League team will not be known as
the Pirates next season, Owner Art
Rooney announced.
Pans have been invited to recom
mend a new nickname and several
already are being considered. Among
them are the Shamrocks, Pioneers,
Blues, Vikings, Ironmen and Steel
men.
Decision to change the name of
the team was prompted because of
its frequent confusion with the city’s
baseball club.
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