The Washington times., 1937-12-30
Injuries At Left End
Seen Bears Handicap
Subs MAY
Start on
Saturday
BY DAVIS J. WALSH

International News Service Sports Editor
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30.-The
University of Alabama football
team, which never has lost Rose
Bowl game and possibly isn't 60
ing to, suddenly rose in repute
today for it's New Year Day meet
ing with California as stories be-
gan being branded" very freely,
as Ring Lardner used to say,
about the physical condition Of
the California varsity lineup.
Notably, these concerned them
selves with the parlouS state Of
affairs at left end, the idea being
that Mr.. "SGub" Allison, the head
coach, may be in there with Man
Mountain Dean before the close
Of the encounter.
AS a result, the lavishly quoted
odds Of 8 to 5 on California prob
ably will recede to around even
money, where indubitably they
belong in connection with any
two unbeaten teams that have no
line on each other through COM
mon foe.
Those odds, in fact, probably
never were more than the Pigment
of the local Imagination any more
than tall stories of speculatorS'
prices on the 20.yard line were to
be strictly supported by fact. II
you are interested in fact, indeed.
you can have a $3.50 ticket for
five dollars on any street corner
right now and no questions asked.
WHY CALLED BEARS
I would like to be so completely
cynical about everything and
point out that the reason Califor-
mia is called the Bears is because
Of the kind Of stories that are
circulated in its behalf, 43 hours
before it's biggest game of the
year. But all I know is that Mr..
Allison states that Willard Dol
man will start the game at left
end. Who will finish, none can
say; but it probably won't be Dol
man. His ankle injury doesn't
figure to stand up that long.
Moreover, the squad seems to
have been overtaken by an cpl.
demic of cleft enditis." Henry
Sparks, the No. 2 man, is declared
out altogether. So is Jack Hay,
approximately the No. 8. Cur.
rently, they are talking Of Louis
Smith, a sophomore, and Jud Cal
laghan, an ex-scrub, as Dolman's
understudy.
Either way, this doesn't sound
so humid in connection with an
Alabama opponent which undoubt-
edly will reverse back toward any
weakness the Bears may happen to
inherit overnight. AS I under
stand it, Alabama has averaged
4 yards per play this year, indi-
eating it can't quite be so inept
as its detractors have tried to
show, and besides California's ad-
mitted Second-half vulnerability
will hardly be benefited If Dolman
doesn't last.
MUST SCORE OFTEN
All along it has been said that
the Bears must run up something
of an early score and there prob
ably is something in that, mas
much as it plays a power game,
supplemented by greatly superior
weight, and even its admirers
don't deny it's an awful chump
for a passing attack, which doubt
less Alabama will resort to, once
it falls behind.
AS a matter of fact, it mightn't
even wait that long, since q pass
by Joe Kilgrow. All,America back.
shouldn't be any less effective in
the first period than in the last.
Kilgrow, in addition, is certain to
do most Of the running, particu.
larly toward his right. Anyhow,
the chances are the Tide will wave
Schwartz, California's All-America
right end, severely alone.
Both teams are to work out to-
day in the Bowl, using the an.
nounced lineups with which Ala.
bama faced Vanderbilt and Cali.
fornia played its finale with Stan.
ford.