The Omaha morning bee., 1923-12-31
Navy Grid Team
Arrives for Game
With Washington
Huskies to Outweigh Uncle
Sans Crew 10 Pounds to
Man-Lucky Break Will
Decide Game.

Pasadena, Cal, Dec. 30.-Thirty-
five stalwart sons Of Uncle Sans
fightin' flotilla alghted from a linn
tied train here this afternoon and
gave three rousing cheers for Cali
fornia. for Washington, for Pasa-
dena, for anything, everything and
for nothing.
They are the representatives of the
Annapolis Naval academy, come west
to uphold the football honor of that
section east of the Rockies in the
ninth annual east-west game under
the auspices Of the Tournament of
Roses Association of Pasadena.
Head Coach Bob F'olwell, two of
his ASSISTANTS and the navy mascot.
a very belligerent.looking animal
boasting a pronounced odor and
ferocious bleat, completed the party.
All stood patiently while a flock of
insistent cameramen put them
through the usual ordeals. Then they
gave out the usual glad to be there
and hope you'll like u.s. chatter and
ducked to their hotel. the Hunting
ton. Later they sneaked out for
little signal drill.
Men Full of Zip.
The trip took none of the zip out
of the squad Two stopovers, one at
Chicago and the other at Grand can
yon. enabled the men to keep their
land legs while en- route. The damned
climate" won't have chance TO
weaken the midshipmen, SO that alibi
Is out.
Tomorrow a light workout Is on the
cards and that will be all until they
take the field at o'clock Tuesday
afternoon under scenes which should
leave no doubt but that Navy over
whelmingly is a favorite-with the
public of Los Angeles. and particu-
larly with tho $500 sailors Of the
Pacific fleet who will be on hand with
250-piece band, a big roofing section
and their own mascot to cheer their
buddies from over the hill east TO vic
tory.
Navy 0utweighed.
Navy will be outweighed about 10
pounds to the man. Whether Navy
can offset this advantage with fleet
open field running and a hewldering
assortment of passes remains TO be
seen.
Bagshaw's Huskies are due here
| tomorrow morning. Like Navy they
viii take a light workout on the Rose
Bowl turf and rest until game time
They come imbued with a world Of
confidence in their ability TO turn
back Navy detected. The think we'll
of themselves and have a right TO.
Their only setback was at the hands
of the Golden Bears and they lost this
game to o but were fighting all the
way and once or twice threatened 10
score. Their most impressive perfor-
nance was their defeat of University
of Southern California by tho lop-
sided score Of % TO o.
Tesreau rates a powerful. plungng
chap on the type OF John Thomas of
Chicago. or Heston of other days.
Wilson is their most dangerous hack
and rated their best man. and will be
the outstanding man in Washington :
attack. Wilson runs I'm the open field
with a battling nicely. He sidesteps.
changes pace. lodges taeklers and
has speed. His one flaw. observers
report. is n weakness on defense.
Ziel Is kicker par excellence and
always dangerous when inside 45
yards. lie scored three field goals
against University of Southern Cali
fornia. which accounted for nine of
their points. But on offense. aside
from this he is an in.and.outer.
1t IN doped out to be n game that
lucky break win decide. \ tumble.
bad kick. blocked punt-any OF
these breaks may settle the question.
or. again. Washington may get the
jump on Navy and smother tho in
yaders.
The Rose Bowl capacity Of $4,000
will be taxed to it, utmost. The Off
elals picked are karnell as referee
lIIollenback "a head linesman; Crowell
as umpire. and Bartlett as field judge.