Evening star., 1933-12-24
LIONS STOP-0VER
RETARDS INTEREST
Fans Are Chagrined Because
They Fail to Train in
California.
By FRANCIS J. POWERS.
OS ANGELES, December 23.-

Los Angeles foot ball fans,
IL who are the most rabid in
the country, are showing
only a moderate amount Of in
terest in the annual tournament
of roses game that will be played
over in Pasadena January /.
Southern California as q sector has
no immediate interest in the game
Columbia, one Of the participants, is
an Eastern team and your Los Angeles
fan has no great respect for foot ball
teams from the East. The long sue
cesses of Southern California University
have warped his prospective, and any
how, Notre Dame is the only Eastern
team that really interests q Trojan
rooter and the Irish have fallen three
successive times before Ell Trojan.
Stanford, the other Rose Bowl con-
testant, is the Trojan's heartiest rival
Southern California would rather beat
the Cardinals than almost any team it
plays. This year Stanford walloped the
Trojars, although every one in this city
will tell you the Indians could not do
it again If the game were played to-
morrow. But that's beside the question.
With two foreign teams playing in the
Rose Bowl game the customary interest
found when Southern California en-
cages In the New Year game is lacking.
Talk of Warburton. j.
TINE boys hereabouts would rather
talk about Cotton Warburtcn, the
Trojan quarterback who made
the all-America team by a unanimous
vote. Or if-the subject of warburton
is exhausted they will turn on Aaron
Rosenberg, the Trojan guard who made
nearly all of the all-AmericaS. Run
ming out Of conversation on Warburton
and Rosenberg, the local fellows will go
back to Ernie Smith, Tay Brown, Gaius
Shaver or even Morlery Drury. But
there's no talk about Columbia and
Stanford
OF course, there will be many thou
sands in the Rose Bowl when the game
starts. It will be New Year day and
nothing much else to do and 1t is
rather the thing to show up in Pasa-
dena's arroyo as a matter Of social
prestige.
Columbia did not endear itself to the
Los Angeles foot ball crowd when it de-
cided to finish off training in Tucson
what the heck has Arizona got to do
with the Rose Bowl and why don't the
Lions come on to Pasadena for their
training?" is the question the man on
the corner asks. It does seem Lou Lit
tie would have done better If he had
brought Columbia here a week before
the game. Sometimes it SHOWS in Tue
son and whatever else may happen in
Pasadena it won't snow. Not this week
at any rate. It's really hot out here.
VIII Back Stanford,
90 THE local people will be out there
y roofing for Stanford Not that
they like dear old Stanford. but
after ell the Cardinals did come to Los
Angeles in advance to get accustomed
to the climate and all that. And If it
comes to a showdown any resident of
California will be roofing for a Califor-
mia team against the world, even If the
team is hated rival of the Trojans.
Stanford brought fine squad here
and Coach Tiny Thornhill has trained
his men to a fine point. All of STAN
ford's backs will be in shape for the
game and when the Lions get look at
Grayson, Afflerbaugh, Sim, Hillman.
Alustiza, Maenz Hamilton and Reis-
ner they probably win wonder Just what
ford will out-man Columbia with backs
anu IL dlSO has b Lille COlIcCIlOu VI lulC-
men. I previously have announced my
self as favoring Stanford in this game
and so far see no reason to change that
opinion.
Stanford may not be a great team,
but it is darned good one and should
win from Columbia in easy fashion un-
less Lou Little is capable of some mira
working not yet attributed to his
genius. Still the Columbia boys get
f-iv &c ,,f
who can spend New Year out here
where the roses are blooming and the
blondes are budding. So what If STAN
ford dneS win hY several tOuchdoMnS,