Evening star., 1934-12-10
STANFORD CALLED
PERFECT" ELEVEN.
Reserves See Little Duty,
as Only Three Regulars
Miss Full Games.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
- TANFORD, December 10.-Term-
ed by West Coast foot ball critics
= "the team without q weakness"
the original Stanford men
named by Coach Tiny Thornhin as
his first string three and q half
months ago will line up against Ala
bama in the Rose Bowl game New
Year day.
During the 10-game schedule, from
September 20 to the end Of coast con-
ference play, the only regulars to miss
full games were Fullback Bobby Gray
son, Yves Muller, giant center, and
Monk" MoScrip, end.
Grayson was slightly incapacitated
and was kept out of two minor games.
Muller enrolled late and injured a
shoulder in practice. which kept him
out Of the seasons opener.
Going Seldom Tough.
Their ron-men feats have passed
unnoticed, due mainly to the fact that
Stanford crushed most of its opposi-
ton by one-Sided scores. Only three
times was the going found tough. The
Santa Clara game resulted in 7-to-7
tie, with Stanford team Of only one
weeks practice meeting better con-
ditioned eleven.
In midseason the Indians ran up
against foe in the University Of San
Francisco, coached by Spud Lewis, ex-
Stanford quarterback, and Coach
Thornhill's expectations Of a terrific
struggle materialized. The game was
won by the narrow margin Of three
points when Monk" Moscrip kicked
field goal. And, Of course, the Cali
fornia game was as difficult as the
81 score indicates.
Still They Moan.
The coaching staff at Stanford
doesn't share In the prevalent belief
that the 1884 squad is one without
weakness. Lack Of reserve tackles,
Thornhil says, is a cause for worry.
But Thornhill, without qualification,
proclaims his two hrst-string tackles,
Bob Reynolds and Claude Galloway,
as the finest in the Far West.
Aside from these positions, the
Stanford team is three or four deep
on both the line and in the backheld,
with the substitutes generally regarded
as capable enough to make any or
dinary major squad.
One of his choicest backfield re-
serves is Stanley Anderson, q 18o-
pound, 5-foot-11 speedster, who is an
all-round performer. Anderson's spe-
cialty is punting. Two years ago.
against California, he booted the
ball 10 yards, a feat credited with
saving the game for Stanford. An
derson substitutes for either Frank
Alustiza, quarterback. or Grayson,
| fullback.
Have Everything.
No dire need has developed so far
this season for halfback substitutes.
Bob Bones" Hamilton, right half,
has played in every game and, in one,
served as fullback in place of Gray
son. Bob Maentz and Buck Van Del
len have alternated at left half
throughout the year. Behind these
first-stringers, however. are Gordon
Head, John Reisner. Charles White
and Joe Digna. Earl HooS under
studies at quarterback. Most Of
these, Stanford supporters claim,
would be welcomed on almost any
varsity. Their names have been kept
out Of the headlines by the alright
combination which has functioned
as a unit to bring Stanford to the
Rose Bowl twice consecutively.
In support of the contention that
Stanford Is a team without a weak
ness, followers of the big Red ma
chine point to the fact its goal line
was not crossed on the ground in
nine games. The seven points scored
by Santa Clara came from the air.
Offensively Stanford has shown
consistent strength in running plays
and better than fair passing at
tack with an average of better than
~ points per game. Little has been
revealed of Stanford's passing at
tack. as the Indians have not had to
resort to the air.