Evening star., 1938-11-30
Dew Meons CIoudburst
In Coost Diolect

This confused the boys all the
more. because they do not pay
much attention to Latin out there
and speak nothing but Southern
Californian, variety of Danish in
which dew" means heavy down.
pour with intermittent cloudbursts.
Thus, we find the Rose Bowl pro-
-moters in somewhat restless state
of mind.
Victory for Notre Dame will also
embarrass your correspondent, who
bet 500 to $40 before the season
started that the South Bend Celts
would be beaten or tied at least once
this year. They haven't been beaten
or tied yet, and this is their last
chance. Your correspondent men
toned his predicament to Mr.. Elmer
Layden, the Notre Dame coach, ex-
pecting friendly cooperation.
mo doubt your boys are glutted
with victory" I said. mo doubt
you will take it easy against South
ern California"
mo doubt we will try to bend
their ears back barked Mr.. Lay
den. The milk of human kindness
seems to have missed this hard
bitten character completely. I guess
the Laydens did not live on a milk
route.
All the synthetic and genuine
Notre Dame alumni around the
country are positive that their ball
club will go through unlocked. At
Q recent Yale game I ran into Mr..
doe Madden, tavern keeper and au-
thor of 'The Back Room" and
'What'll You Have, Boys?" Mr..
Madden has been combined Yale
Notre Dame alumnus ever since he
finished his trick in the Navy and
hung his diploma on the wall, a
good many years ago.
1.-THE Notre Danes are un-vinci-
ble," roarded Mr.. Madden, twisting
the knife in your correspondents
back. I'VE will lash those Southern
CALIFORNIA; to the mast"
Rival Bowls Threatening
Rose Bowls Prestige
. Mr.. Madden was accompanied by
the Rev. A. j. Hyland, chaplain Of
Clinton Prison, who agreed with a
bit more dignity that Notre Dame
was in. Father Hyland's prison
never produced football player like
Alabama Pitts or Jumbo Morano of
Sing Sing, but, still he knows his
football.
Coast operatives tell me that
Southern California has harnessed
her power and struck her stride,
after an early-season licking by
Alabama and another more re-
Gently by Washington. Still they
are frankly uneasy about the Notre
Dame game. It will not look any too
good for a thrice-beaten team to
represent the West, and the Rose
Bowl people like to look as good as
the next bowl, If not a whole lot
better.
The Cotton Bowl at least can field
an unbeaten defender. So can the
Sugar Bowl. This is important, be-
cause the two saucers in question,
In Dallas and New Orleans, respec-
lively, will spar for top ranking
and top prestige among the Ma
tion's open bowls next year If the
Rose Bowl becomes a closed bowl.
The Big Ten is almost ready to
okay the suggestion that her cham
pion meet the Pacific Coast cham
pion each year in the Rose Bowl.
That will solve the Rose Bowls
problem and make a fine ball game,
but 1t will leave the Cotton and
Sugar Bowls free to grab any free
lancing, extra conference team
which may have perfect record
and a claim to the national cham
pionship.
Meanwhile, those nonchalant No.
ire Danes are plotting to embar-
rass the Pacific Coast and your cor
respondent simultaneously. I don't
know how the Pacific Coast feels
about 1t, but your correspondent is
scared.
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