The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-02
ABLE STANFORD SQUAD BEAT s. N. AND BOWL 'JINX'
Paulman's Kicking an d Score Won 70 Game
 at Pasadena
RY RONALD WAGoNRR

United Press Stan COrrespOndent)
 Pasadena, Cal, Jan. 2s-(Up)- The ''laughlng boys" of stanford university, who vowed they would not drop three straight football games in the Rose bowl, were hailed today as the nations best football team after Q . to O victory over Southern Methodist.
 Approximately 06,000 holiday spectators watched tho greatest team in Stanford history generate Q power over the Texas team.
 Power in the line and Q booming alert backfield were the combina. ton the Cardinals needed to win c victory which erased from the minds o falumni the sad memories of defeats by Alabama and ColuHzi- biA In the same arena. |
 Score Early
 Stanford pushed over It's touch. down in the first quarter; then tenaciously held the margin, once the Methodists drove to the stan- ford five yard line, but . tumble spoiled their big opportunity to tie.
 The winning score came after Bill Paulnan, sophomore quarter back, booted Q quick kick 70 yards down the field. Big Jim Moscrip, All American end, grounded the ball on 8. M. U. 10 yard line.
 Bob Ftnley's return punt was cars ried back 17 yards by Jimmy Cof. fis,' sophomore halfback, and Stan. ford was In Mustang territory. On the next play, Robert (Hones) Hamilton, threw 8 20 yard pass to Coffis, who was downed on the g. M. D. 70 yard line.
 Bobby 0rayson, Stanford full. back, contributed Q nine yard circle of right end and then poked cen- ter to the one.yayd marx. pAulmaa skiddcd over the goal on the next play and Monk Moscrip made the place kick conversion.
 Southern Methodist's big disap- pointment came an the second quarter after Johnny eprague inter. cepted . pass by 0rayson. Finley passed to Bobby Wilson to enter Stanford territory. Another play in which Wilson lateraled to Harry ehuford, who lateraied to Finley, wound up on the Stanford five yard line. t
 As gabid Texans waved Sive-gal- lon hats and cried for Q touchdown, s. M. .. tried . reverse. ehuford was supposed to take the ball, but was hit by Yves Muller, star Stan. ford center. The football wound up under Muller's bulky body on the Stanford six. The Cardinals punted out of danger.
 Line Plays Fall
 Stanford struck again in the third quarter when Paulman intercepted Wilson's pass in tho s. M. .. ter. ritory and got to the Methodist 70 yard line before he was tackled. Three lino plays failed to gain and Moscrip, the Pacific coasts best place kicker, tried his speciality from c position on the eMthodiSt 24 yard line. He was short.
 Southern Methodist attempted to score through the air as the third quarter ended and the final guar. ter dwindled away. Wilson end Finley did most of the passing, but the Stanford backfield snagged or knocked them down. The final ten minutes saw g. M. '. throwing every time they got the ball, even when backed up against their own goal line. one interception near the end gave Stanford . chance to score, but the Texans held them on the 20 yard line.
 The 8. N. U. players, victori. GUS in i2 straight games during thee 1885 season and pronounced the best football aggregation in tho nation under the Dickinson rating system, were disappointed but praised their rivals.