Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-28
LiDe Sports NeDs and Comment

players grouped together for n final
! conference, Workman dropped back
to the punting position from which
any play is run by the Ohioans, and
4 another of the victory gaining lights
against time had started.
Every player had his appointed
work, every play was perfect. Foot
by foot the backfield plunged thru
! the Chicago line or else yard after
yard was gained on passes until the
touchdown was made and goal
kicked, making the score to .. a
kickoff followed and the whistle, end
ing the game blew. The offensive
again had come just In time.
The most sensational squirt, how
ever, came against Illinois In the
game which decided the conference
championship. The two tehms bat
tied evenly until finally Ohio, In
another of its great finishes, worked
thirty yard line with only ten sec
onds To play. Standing ten yards
back. Hoge Workman received the
ball and, perfectly protected. shot It
forty Yards TO Myers for a touchdown
and the championship. The whistle
{ blew while Workmans arm was
icing drawn back for the throw, but
the rule is that play must be com
pleted. so the touchdown counted.
Many persons termed Ohio State a
lucky team last season. The eleventh
hour victories took the heart out of
opponents and caused the students
OF other schools to boast that only
"lnck" defeated their team. Coach
Wilce. however, points out that his
team was not. particularly lucky, but
was able to take advantage OF every
break, to rise to every emergency
ana to always come thru with the
finishing punch.
Berkeley Best In West.
University OF CALIFORNIA; 1920
! football team. which is to play Ohio
State at Pasadena, New Years Day,
is considered as probably the best
college eleven developed in the west.
During the season Just closed the
Blue and Gold grtdiron Juggernaut
| not only was undefeated but ran up
season total OF 4s2 points to It's
opponents IA and won the Pacific
parently exerting its full strength.
Elevens from many parts Of the
west were defeated by California by
overwhelming scores. The University
OF Nevada, considered fighting
team. came to Berkeley and lost 10
to Z. Next the University OF Utah
was beaten So to o. Then Washing
ton State College. rating as the
strongest Pacific northwest team
came down expecting to give Cali
fornia It's first real test. The Cali
fornians stood the test and won 40 to
0. Later Washington State defeated
the University of Nebraska 81 to 90
Finally California defeated its old
rival. Stanford University, 3s to o.
Stanford previously had beaten the
University OF Oregon, which last year
at Pasadena, lost to Harvard Uni
vorsity by small margin
Records of many sorts were broken
by the California team. The season
point total Is the highest ever made
by any western college team and
comes close to the 500 point mark
made by Michigan's eleven OF 1902.
Another record smashed was in the
Stanford game when California won
by SO points. the largest score by the
Blue and Gold against Stanford since
1893. CALIFORNIA; score of 127 in the
st. Mary's College game was the
largest ever made on the California
field.
All but one OF California's games
have been played on the teams home
field and In the one game away from
home, that played at Corvallis, Ore
gon. against the Oregon Agricultural
College, the Blue and Gold team was
held to it's lowest score, II to 7. In
this game the Berkeley men for the
| first time played on a slippery muddy
field
California has a brainy, we'll oiled
football machine. made up, mostly Of
physical giants. Both the linemen
and backfield men are fast. They
have played together all season and
each knows Just what bis mate is
going to do. There are nN individual
stars unless they might be Brick"
Muller. crack right end or "Pesky"
! Sprott, left half, who did much of the
! running In the Stanford game.
| Duke" Morrison, fullback, does most
of the punting for the team and his
kicks generally go from forty to
sixty yards. Toomey is valuable as
a drop kickor. Erb. quarterback, is
considered a star field general and
natural leader