The Washington times., 1935-12-27
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By FRANK 'BUCK" O'NEILL

One more Whoop de doodle
drill at the Riding and Hunt
Club, and the Flying Cardinals
of Catholic University entrain for
their great adventure at Miami
on New Years Day in the Orange
Bowl festival. They tackle the
host of Ole Miss in a game that
will write history in football in
the Nations Capital. Never be-
fore has a team from this city
been honored in selection for par.
ticipation in a post-season game.
The Cardinals have been handi-
capped by weather for the past
few days. The record cold that
gripped the city sent the boys
scurrying indoors. They worked
at the Catholic University GYM
nasium in basketball shoes. 1t
was interesting and a bit of
lark, but it lacked football values.
The boys could not dig in and
develop that leg drive which is
SO essential to winning football.
Dutch Bergman. coach of the
Cardinals, negotiated for the use
of the riding ring at the Hunt
Club, and there, behind locked
doors, he drove the teams
through the best drill it has had
since winter gripped the city.
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''This snow and cold certainly
came at the worst time for u.s."
Bergman said. Here we are
with overcoats and mufflers.
high snow boots and all that sort
of thing. Well get on a train
tomorrow and after an overnight
ride we will find ourselves in
midsummer. The change is apt
to affect these boys. Just turn
the thing around. Suppose Ole
Miss. had to come up here for
the game.
'No, it's not a bear story"
Bergman said. Just look at
conditions for yourself. These
boys have so minutes of Cruel
ling football before them with
a team that is accustomed to
the heat. That same team Is
one of the high-scOring outfits
of the country. Ole Miss is
strong and tough, and will take
a lot of beating"
If you ask the players about
the thing, Ole Miss is going to
take lot of beating. The
Cards know that they're going
to meet a rugged outfit, but snow
or freeze, sun or roast they're
confident of their ability to win.
PRAISE FOR THORP
'We1l be all right down there"
Captain Ed Karpowich said this
morning. "Well work out on
Monday, do some kicking and
passing on Tuesday and we'll
start 1886 off in the right way"
The boys were glad to learn that
Tom Thorp, one of Americas fore
most officials has been assigned
to the game. Thorp is acting as
steward at the race meeting at
Tropical Park in Miami, but will
forsake his pets for the day to
return to the gridiron.
The Cardinals are greatly in.
terested in Tex Nelson, center of
Ole Miss. This young man not
only is one of the great defensive
players of the South, but is an &C.
credited matador.
Nelson was playing in prep
school at Brownsville when he was
selected to represent the Texas
city in an amateur bull fight at
MatamoraS, across the border. He
trained under the direction Of re-
tired matadorS and rapidly mas.
tered the technique of the Arena
los Toros. He made his kill before
an applauding public and was in
Vited to perform several times.
Football Easy" Says Tex
1t was not long before Nelson
returned to the gridiron and
there won greater laurels. Tex
says that after you've faced a
lunging bull which is doing it's
best to gore you, a four-man
phalanX of interference is the
easiest thing in the world to face.
ITS easy to think in foot
ball." Nelson said. "If you
miss a tackle the worst that
can happen is a touchdown.
But if you miss against the
bull it means you're life. There's
no compromise with those
babies"
Bob Makofske hopes to make
Nelson have a few unhappy mo.
mentS on next Wednesday by
giving a more or less realistic
imitation of an Andulasian in full