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BY PAUL ZIMMERMAN,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Associated Press Sports Writer. rst
PASADENA, Calf, Jan. 3.-The
shadows had all but swallowed the
Rose Bowl. ~
For So minutes great Duke foot.
ball team had kept its goal line un.
crossed-as 1t had done all season.
Southern California was on the
verge of its first defeat in four Rose
games. =
Then, out of the shadows raced a
slender youth, Doyle Nave, who
hadn't enough playing time in two
seasons with Troy to win his letter.
Nave was coming in and the
score 3 to against him. From the
4O-yard line Doyle rifled the ball to
Al Kruger, glue-fingered end. Tho
ball reached the 26. To AL he fired
another and the ball was on the l3.
Once more he threw and the big
farm boy from Lancaster, Calf,
who developed strong hands milking
COWS, caught the ball for no gain.
Forty-fiye seconds remained and the
dusk was deep. Eas
NaveS Aim Is True. .---
Nave faded far back to his IS,
Trojan blockers knocked down the
Duke rushers. Doyle stood there
and waited. Suddenly Krueger
broke to the left, over the goal line,
He was alone among 81 900 wit.
nesses. Doyle fired the ball. Al
took it and the game was won, 7 to
3, with Phil Gaspar booting the
conversion. "a
Duke valnly tried to come back in
the dying seconds, but the die was
cast and soon that record Rose Bowl
crowd swept on the field, carrying
177-pound Nave off on it's shoul-
ders-splintering the goal posts into
match sticks.
The crowd already was moving
out when the touchdown came.
For Troy had muffed a scoring
chance few minutes before when
Bob Spangler Of Duke fumbled q
towering kick on his 9-yard lins
and Gaspar recovered.
Three plays netted Troy nothing,
and Gaspar's attempted field goal
for much-wanted tie was wide.
Yesterdays game had been a
rather dull affair up to the fourth
quarter, with two great defensive
elevens battling it out mostly in
the center of the field. -ss
Ruffa Gives Duke Lead.
Then trouble broke loose for
Coach Howard Jones men. Eric
Upton, whose great punting pulled
the Blue Devils out of many hole,
fired high, arching pass to George
McAfee and the ball was on
Troy's "a.
Roger Robertson and Upton
punched their way to the 16. Tony
Ruffa, third-string guard, stepped
back to Troy's "a and booted a
perfect field goal there.
Silk panties-feminine variety
waved in the Duke stands and rebel
yells rent the air. AS the fourth
period slipped away, Dukes three
points loomed ever larger
Troy, with the great Granny"
Lansdell and his helpers, could not
muster a scoring drive, even from
the 9-yard line. s.z
Then Nave, who had warmed the
bench more minutes by far than
he played in two varsity years,
came dashing in.
Out went Dukes great record
Of no defeats, no ties and no points
scored against it. :
Today the Duke team and hun.
dreds of rooters started back for
North Carolina, sad but shouting
a promise to return for the 1910
Rose Bowl conflict. "a
Figures Favor Trojans.
Statistically, Troy earned the vic
tory. Southern California made 13
first downs to 8, gained 1876 yards to
86 on running plays and "a to SO on
passes. The great Upton saved for
Duke the kicking honors, with, q
40.5-yard average against 80 for the
parade of Trojan quarterbacks,
Lansdell. Mickey Anderson and Oil
yer Day. 80
1T took four teams to beat u.s."
said Wallace Wade, the Duke men
tor. who suffered his first Rose
Bowl defeat in four tries. He had
a record of two victories and tie
at Alabama. w..
Their reserve strength was too
much +'.s
Coach Jones choked up as the
alumni, some of whom sought his
scalp last fall, swarmed in to wiring
his hand and slap his back.
you've got to hand it to Doyle
and AL" he said. IS
Doyle said you had to hand it to,
Al, and Al passed the palm right
back to Doyle.
Onethings certain. Southern Cali
ifornia's Athletic Board is going to-
give Nave his letter, although he,