Evening star., 1937-12-28
TIDE EBACKSFAST,
BUT NOT ELUSIVE
Dixie Teams Hope of Win
Seen in Checking Bears
in First Half.
BY GRANTLAND RICE,

~ ASADENA, Calf, Dec. 28.-
u The early gold rush to Cali
fornia had nothing whatsoever
L on the Alabama Rose Bowl rush
o the same State. Largely as a re-
ult of four previous invasions Of
'asadena's rose-bordered turf, Ala
,ama's financial athletic situation l.
lose to the Nations record.
Alabama doesn't owe a dime on hel
Tuscaloosa Stadium or anything else
nd Alabama on tbs side has $500,0
aved up And this doesn't include
ne heavy bullion Alabama again will
AXE home from the biggest crowd that
YER saw a Rose Bowl battle. BY
Jew Year night the Alabama football
'ank account will be in the neighbor-
lood of 100000.
So Alabama is quite willing to lei
,thers seek for California gold in the
aw as the Crimson Tide inhales the
fragrant incense of rose bushes sur.
founding Pasadena's football field.
That Missing Link.
Drank THOMAS, Alabama's heae
man, will tell you he needs only
one vital ingredient to have another
tar Alabama team. The missing in
-redient is a broken field runner Of
he Dixie Howell or Joe Riley type
dangerous in the open-hard to sur
ound and capture beyond the line
IF scrimmage.
Kilgrow, Zivich and Holm are rug
ed, hard-running ball carriers, and
hey are not slow in any sense. But
y hey are not as elusive as they might
e with a scoring chance at hand
here is no one to go to town on
I, so or 60 yard spin. an important
actor in the foot ball Of today.
Coaches Thomas and Hank Crisp
lgure they must find some way TO
sop California's first-half assault.
;alifornia's main strength rests in
er first string-a powerful outfit
tut the Golden Bear hasn't been SO
empowering in the last two periods
ue to lack of reserves. Stub Allison
ant bank on the help Frank Thomas
an call in when the first string begins
tire and fade.
IF we can get by the first two
oeriods without trailing too far, We'll
ave a good chance" Thomas says.
We've been at our best down the
F.. tretch. We have been better Sec
1nd-half team than a first-half team.
against California, we'll have to be
4 four period team to have chance
:. defense that can hold on in the
1rst two periods, plus an attack that
can get moving down the stretch u
Four Barriers.
THE four Californians now bother
ing Alabama's outlook are Chap
nan, Meek, Herwig and Schwartz.
The defensive play of the first three
will be hard to break down. All are
Dig and active-and all are expert
enced stars
Dolman is just as good a defensive
end as Schwartz-possibly shade
oetter-but Schwartz's offensive play
has been one of California's high
spots. He will give Alabamas passing
and running attack q number Of
,hings to think about in the course
If the afternoon.
Alabama has no such defensive sup
port as Meek, Chapman and Herwig
can offer. Few teams have. They are
tough on running game
on the hard-running type Alabama
uses.
This means that large part of the
Tuscaloosa attack must depend on
passing. saw Kilgrow
against Vanderbilt, where only bril-
liant defense, led by Carl Hinkle, pre-
vented more than one touchdown
For Kilgrow was mailing the receiver
on pass after pass with a touchdown
threat in every heave.
s Kilgrow is a good passer. He isn't
q Dixie Howell or a Sammy Baugh.
But he can feed the ball quickly and
accurately to his receivers. Cali
fornia's pass defense can't afford any
mistakes.
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