New Britain herald., 1922-01-03
W. & ]. ELEVEN
SPRING SURPRISE
DespiSed Fasteners Hold Calilor'
mans to a SCOreleSS Tie

I'aSauenh, iHl, JHh' D. INV
nearly 10000 persons banked about
the Tournament of Roses stadium look
ed on in ama2emcnt yesterday after
noon, little Washington and Jefferson
despised so far as football is concern
ed on the coast, called "A sctup and
held tightly by their opponents, fought
the mighty University Of California
warriors to a scorcless tie The ia
nous sixty yard passes of Brick
Muller failed to materialize and the
terrific speed OF Don Nichols and Grip
Toomey could not produce victory
IL was not the Caliiornians who re
ceived the plaudits of the holiday
throng, but the red and black ierseyed
wall which shifted into the Bears Of
tense in an uncanny manner, time
after time to cut plays down before
they had got under way
The opportunities to score were few,
but the Presidents had three, while
the Western champions looked dam
gerous but once. In the first quarter
Halfback Brenkert broke away al Cal
ifornia's left end, darted to the side
line and the cut back and crossed
the goal line, only to be called back
because Field Judge Eckersall had de-
tected Red and Blue line man out
side. w. and j. made seven first
downs and California two. This tels
the story of the battle.
Twice Captain Stein the President
magnificent All-American tackle, at
1T,
went over the goal line, the other was
blocked Both came in the fourth
quarter. STEMS first attempt was
made while standing on the 45-yard
line. 1t was accurately placed, but
lacked the distance and rolled harm
lessly undef the goal posts. The sec
ond was blocked and the Bears re
covered on their own 32-yard mark
Bears Single Chance.
CALIFORNIA; lone chance to turn tn,
tide bobbed up when the game ha(
but four minutes to go. Nsbets pun
grounded and Brenkert fell back tc
punt on his own 1o-yard line. lie
was hurried, and the resultant boot
travelled but six yards ahead of thu
line of scrimmage before it dribbled
out of bounds.
The coast rooters implored theil
team to cover the % yards that sep
arated them from the W. and j. goal
and Coach Andy Smith rushed hi.
husky line plunger. Morrison. into III
lineup, while Dean replaced Barnes at
tackle. Morrisons first drive throug
center was good for two yards
Toomey added three more at righ
end
Then Dunn. who had taken Mich
OILS position at halfback, drove th'
Red and Black back for another thre>
yards. Fourth down and two yard
to go on the w. and Us l3-yard line
1t was when Quarterback t,rb blum
dered calling for a forward pass
Erickson darted through, snatched tn,
ball out OF the air and ran it back 4
his own 21-yard line before he wa
downed. That was the last straw
The Bears were done. An exchang
OF punts and another Intercepted pass
by Brenkert found the teams battling
in midfled, where the final whist,
found them,
Instead of an aerial contest. the
game soon resolved itself into a con
test of end running and line bucking
In fact the one forward pass that wa
good for gain came in the third
quarter when Brenkert shot the ovai
to Kopf for a gain of 23 yards.
1t was the ability of the Red al,
BLACK line to outcharge their oppon-
ents which really accounted for The
California inability to gain. The
Bears had not been up against such
fierce charging line before. The,
found their backs stopped in iher
tracks, while there was never .
chance for any of the long forward
passes for which the team is noted. SO
well was the passcr and would be re
ceiver covered.
only in puntinG were the Prcs-
dents outclassed. Nishcts toe WAS IT,
fine fettle, while Brenkert did not
seem to get his boots accurately placed
despite the fact that they generally
had ample time.
r ,jxP 4 'RSlG-Cr3nra'
kopf OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, BCrkcy
Left End.
hohNo'lnkl ...,,,,......,,,. Barnes
Left Tackle.
Neal OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Clark
Left Guard.
Crook ..,......... Latham (capt. }
Center.
vince ...................., Crampr
Right Guard
"lederqnlst .'t,........,.... MCMillin
Right Tackle.
Stein (capt) .,............ Stenhcns
Right End