El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-28

COLUMBUS. Ohio. Dec. 2s-Wheu
- the University Of California foot
pa4 eleven meets the Ohio State
Team az me tournament Of Roses in
Easaaena- Calf, New Years day. the
Facltic coast champions viii play
against an aggregation which has
SHOWN Itself as probably the greatest
llnlsher- in modern football history.
watch the clock Is SLOGAN
alcn developed among Ohio States
opponents as the western conferences
season progressed for the onposftfon
coaches soon learned that while their
proteEes might hold Ohio State al bzv
through nine tenths Of the game. the
conference champions could moi ~
stopped In the last few minutes Of
lWuteh the Clock
Followers OF big ten" football.
Hnen Watching Ohio State play, gen
that for at least three quarters the
Buckeyes would play a disanDofntfna
game, ful Of poor football but that
IS ne time for the final whistle ap-
4roaensl, they would gradually be-
come super football machine which
always managed to get in its vic
L1l--ls YORK Just a Few seconds be-
Lqre me clock hands reached the tirae
wen the game must end. Thus the
watch the clock" slogan came INTO
being
The reputation Of being rreaf
Ainlshers was borne ont by the
record @ the past seas0n- Ohio
state played five Conferences
teams and in four Of the nnmeH I
1aeed de1eur until the final min
uteas or seconds Of play. bur each
zlme came through with n squirt Z
Of perfect football which brought 4
victory and the Conference cham
riunEhip TO the representative Of
the presidential state.
Ero1a1ly the greatest feat OF the
ONO state eleFen-althouEh not Its /
most ational-was the victory
over Wisconsin Wisconsin came ~ /
So-lI-Dls re faTorites for the Con
ference title.
Kept Ohio on Defence.
me Badgers with a powerful
slasling attack that cut through the
tackles and around ends, kept Ohio
On the oe1euciVe most OF the game
EAn4liE, BY sheer. crushing strength.
y iacQlalu sent over touchdown /
ana goal was kicked, MAXIM the
score % g Wisconsin maintained
llis margin until Two minutes before
the game ended Then HOre Work. J
man, Ohio states forward passing
quarter hack dropped back into punt
formation Stluchcomh. the an vest
ern nalr1aclz, started around end to
receive me forward pass and Ohio 4
state opened the first Of its last min-
NE oL1enslfeE --oLtensire which were
g bring u national fame and the
end OF the season From then on
every play went through perfectly.
Forward passes brought tremendous
arqaEe AID there was never a slfD.
a touchdown was showed over. but
goal was missed. leaving Wisconsin
anead BY one noint-and less than q
minute to play.
The Ohio offensive. however.
vas not found wanting. Just be-
fore the unal whistle another
touchdown WAS put across. xiv
ing Ohio state The victory
through the seemingly Impossible
fell o. scoring two fuuchduTTuE
en- TWO minutes against q team
which had proved vastly superior
for So minutes.
Wisconsin rooters went back To
; l;-dlso1 bemo1nInE what they called
me tluke" which cost their team the
-a-aL Llese cf1euslTeE In the final sec
ends Of play were not exactly fukes.
week later Michigan, playing It's
-irsl conference game Of the season.
plrted Its strength against the
Jhioa1s and smashed through a
.ouchdoWn early tn the game Ohio
STATE however, took advantage OF
lTery break, and finally there we're
7niy 1eW minutes 70 play with the
score a 2 70 tie. the Buckeyes hav-
ING -orWar1 passed their way 20 &
-ouchooEn- Then Michigan. near its
2Wn goal line, punted and captain Z
thurman dashed through the VOL l
zerine line. blocked the kick and ]
scored the winning touchdown.
Chicago Also Tries. NJ
me next week Chicago tried its 4
lnd had them stopped untn the hands /