Evening star., 1937-01-01

NhSAOENA Salu., JhuuhIy L.
- The New Year and the Rose
Bowl offered q new record to-
day either to the foot hall
Panthers of Pittsburgh or the Huskie,
Of Washington. Neither has won q
game in the historic arena and each
went on the field Of combat believing
today is the day.
Not in many years have two team,
50 evenly matched clashed In thu
classic.
The railbirds had to give Washing.
ton an advantage in the fine arts. but
conceded distinct edge to Pittsburgh
In power and the ability to rock EN-
and sock EN-"
Pittsburgh cannot match the tower.
ing punts of Elmer Losg, Washington
quarterback. It may be Washington
has three or four passers better thar
any Pitt can uncover. But the East
erners have a sturdy line and back
who either can smash or carry th'
mail. Washington has an eieht-pount
advantage in weight.
Final workouts were held in goot
Eastern foot all weather. with colt
wind blowing from the snow-coveret
mountains behind the big bowl. Th'
last few foot ball gestures were mad,
on a fast drying field and game time
with little co-opers ton from the sun
should bring fast track. The taste
the better. say both coaches and S7.l9'
persons who bought all the seats ther'
are in the stands and some extras.
DR.. Jock Sutherland. veteran coach
said he considered the mental an,
physical condition Of his team good.
Washington's lads seemed in mucl
more cheerful frame OF mind. Til,
huskies went through q much lonRe
workout than that of their rivals
kicking and passing for a good hal
hour.
Louisiana Is Fav0rite.
NEW ORLEANS, January l CP.-
4 Foot ballers from Santa Clara AM
Louisiana State prepared to do thei
part in ushering in the 1887 sport
season today by scuffling before
record Sugar Bowl crowd of $4,000.
Iouisiana's undefeated Southeaster;
Conference champions were rated 2
to-l favorites over the once-beatei
Broncos from the Coast on the rain
sCftened turf Of Tulane Stadium.
At Baton Rouge last night, Coac
Bernie Moore sent his Louisiana GRID
ders to a movie and then said:
we are ready. We have no injurie
and will have no alibis We are soin
to do our best and If We lose SAINT
Clara will be the better team"
Lawrence Buck Shaw, head ma
of the Broncos. similarly was candi
and said:
We're going to let it be know
we've been in the ball game. W
dislike the idea of a soft field. bu
think our team will give creditabl
performance"
It will be the third Sugar Bow
game. Tulane beat Temple in tn
first and T. C. U. nosed out L. Q. U
81, last year.
East and West Battle.
GAN FRANCISCO. January l R.-
- College foot ball stars. represent
ing the gridiron greatness OF neari
every section Of the Nation, lined u
here today in . classic founded an
fought for charity since 1925.
The game pitted East against West
squads of ~ players from each hal
of the Continent. They came from
80 colleges and universities and rep
resented Al cities.
Proceeds 60 toward upkeep Of tn
shriners' Hospital for Crippled Chill
dren.
The Eastern team, coached by And
Kerr of Colgate and Dick Hanley
formerly of Northwestern. listed min
men who won all-America recognition
during the last season.
Western forces, drilled by orI
Hollingbery of Washington Stat
! College and Percy Locey, former coacl
OF Denver University, included tw'
stars ranked As of all-America cali
Der.
Mainly because of the many stars il
its lineup, the East was the l0-to-'
favorite. In every other department
the two teams shaped up on close Il
even terms.
Last years game went to the East
10 to 3. Over the years. the Wes
holds . decided advantage - sever
victories against four.
Preparations were made for q GROVE
of 10000 or more. Rain was pre-
dicted.