The Washington times., 1937-12-17
BY HARRY COSTELLO

meet IN the Rose BOWL AZ F6SA-
dena on New Year Day.l
BY HARRY COSTELLO
In the New Year Day game in
the Rose Bowl at Pasadena, De-
tween Alabama's Crimson Tide
and California's Golden Bears, the
Southerners will offer q quarter
back who has received little or
no acclaim through the season OF
1887 but who is a stellar per-
former and actually is the key
man of the Tides offense.
He is Victor Bradford. At Tus-
caloosa, it is said of him that he
has not called a bad play all
season long. That's boost enough
for any field general. AS mat
ter of fact, Bradford is accepted
by fans of the South as well as
coaches at Tuscaloosa as worthy
successor to a long line Of top
grade Alabama quarterbacks, and
that line includes Riley Smith.
present star field general Of the
Washington Redskins.
PLUGGER TYPE
Bradford Is smart enough to
know that his outstanding back
field performer is Joe Kilgrow,
the plugger type Of back, yet one
who rises to an occasion like all
truly great gridderS do. With xii
grow, back of Bradford, is another
great performer, one who is flasher
than Kilgrow and one who,
9 out of 10 times, especially #
there be mud, will outshine them
all.
This back Is Charlie Holm,
fullback of great natural ability
and one who, like Kilgrow, reaches
great heights in the pinches.
Kilgrow and Holm are what
older athletes call money" players
meaning that in the big games,
the hard games, the games which
count, they are at their best.
The all-round play Of Kilgrow
and Holm has attracted wide
spread attention all through the
1887 season.
The other back is one of those
players whose light always is hid
den under a bushel. He is George
zivich, right halfback.
Zivich is an important cog in
the Tide machine. He fits in
snugly and aptly with Bradford,
Kilgrow and Holm. The four con.
stitute a backfield which has every
thing a great backfield should
have, with the exception Of field
goal kicking.
ENDS PLAY VITAL PART
The ends play a vital part in
Alabama's offense and are called
upon to cooperate with the back
field much more than is the case
under other systems of football.
Warren and Shoemaker are ideal
flankers for Alabama, and for a
backfield such as the Tides. This
sextet, since it lacks great power,
such as that possessed by CORE
spending units of the Golden
Bears, must depend upon speed,
cleverness, deception and drive.
Alabama's attack is nowhere
near as powerful as California's.
The two attacks easily might be
compared with those of the Wash
ington Redskins and the Chicago
Bears-Alabama's being similar to
that of the Redskins, California'S
being similar to that of the Bears.
Alabama must strike quickly-in-
deed, with startling suddennesS,
just as the Redskins against the
Bears were forced to strike with
startling suddenness. The Tides
plays must be executed with great
deception, and all players must CO.
ordinate their efforts almost to
perfection before Tide plays will
function. Further, the Alabama
players must show great drive on
every play, and great speed-the
speed being adjusted to the de-
mands of deception.
PLAIN POWER
California's attack is Just plain
power-loads Of it, just as the
Bears attack was sheer power.
A1abama's attack, against big,
powerful players, must be we'll
night perfect, to click. It is on
this phase of Alabama play that
Coach frankie Thomas and his
chief assistant, Hank Crisp, now
are working.
Alabama knows what it is up
against. This Rose Bowl game
looms as hard for Alabama as did
the game of 1927, when the Tide
tackled probably the best Stan
ford team ever developed. In that
game, Stanford scored seven
points and Alaoama had a ter
rible time tying the score in the
second half. The game, you will
recall, ended 7 to 7.