Evening star., 1939-12-31
Rip-RoaringW Welcome
Is Given Cardinals
By FL Paso Folk
Rule Heavy Fovorites
In Sun Bowl; Pitts
Foes Main Hope
BY WALTER McCALLUM,
Star Stan Correspondent.

Ell PASO, Tex, Dec. 30.-Their
lengthy train ride ended by typical
rip-roaring Texas welcome. Catholic
University's flying Cardinals got on
figurative Texas ponies today and
went to town in a long workout
that must have brought tears to
the eyes of the townsmen of El Paso
as they saw for the first time the
power and speed of the boys from
Washington who will meet Dixie
Howell's Arizona State Teachers
Bulldogs in the Sun Bowl game
here Monday.
Not all the receptions, the BAN
quets, and speeches, or even the
tedium of the 57-hour train jaunt
from the Nations Capital got the
boys down. They moved through
their drill under the watchful eyes
of Coaches Bergman, Cotton and
Millner at a mile-a- minute clip,
meanwhile casting longing eyes at
colorful Juarez, 2 minutes across
the border, where they've been told
things happen fast. But they won't
get there before the game, for any
whoopee. That. Is barred before
they face the sturdy bunch Of boys
from Arizona State Teachers at
Tempe, whose line-busting fullback,
Wayne Ripper" Pitts, was the CEN
ter of little celebration here today,
one of the many that marked odd
Timers Day" in this Texas town
of 100000 good people.
The Ripper is good-looking
chunk of football player, with a
great reputation in these parts, but
he and his lads will be up against
something pretty rugged in the boys
from Washington. Bergman told
them long ago that they weren't
going on any joyride, and that the
main idea of the trip was to win
ball game. So they are all set,
and looked to be today.
Will See Bull Fight.
Another practice session is on the
card tomorrow. and the coaches
won't prolong it too much. In the
first place it will be the last one be-
fore the game Monday, and in the
second the coaches and newspaper
men want to see bull fight in
Juarez. Two bulls are going to die
for dear old Mexico, and it promises
to be CORY party. Bergman him.
self will run interference for Cotton
If "Fod" gets any ideas of bull saw
ing. So Dutch promised tonight
Bergman, by the way. came down
with a banquet throat. He's been
so busy making speeches that
Trainer Lauritzen worked on him for
two hours to get his vocal chords in
shape for the next speech. But
Dutch is taking it in stride, he'll
need some workouts himself after
this party to keep that waist down.
Down here in the land of beautiful
cowgirls, husky cowhands and just
cows, some funny things happen.
Such things, for example, as serving
Virginia ham at the big luncheon
today. Gov. John Miles of New
Mexico, colorful old Indian fighter
and Texas Ranger, John Hughes;
bevy of Ell Paso's pulchritudinous
gals, and all the big men of the
town were there. And here in the
every second man is an old cow
hand, they served Virginia ham. It's
almost as funny as the Rio Grande,
which carries about as much water
as Rock Greek in August, and which
you could wade without getting your
ankles wet. But the folks are all
right.
Gosh said one husky cowhand
from Brookland, D. c., folks down
here speak without being introduced,
and they don't want anything
either. Back home if guy speaks
to you without being introduced you
wonder what his racket is, and how
much he will want" But that's the
way the folks are here, and they are
friendly, particularly with the visit
ing boys. Sportsmanship is more
than a catch-Word here.
Cards Queen Makes Hit.
Pretty Mary Louise Armstrong, S
petite feet of fetching feminity, a
native of Ell Paso, the designated
queen of the show for Catholic Uni
versity and a student at New Mex
leo A. and M. College, is the sweet
heart of the Washington gang.
Mary Lou did all right. Toting a
six-gun on her hip, she posed pref
tily for pictures with Bergman and
Co-Capt. Rocco Pirro, and laughed
her way through the arms that
longed to circle her slim waist. All
In fun, of course.
The game? That wasn't impor-
tant today. The greeting was the
important thing and Ell Paso did all
right. In fact, when bigger greet
ings are put on they'll be done right
here in the Southwest. Three hun
dred showed up at the station, and
470 sat down to breakfast at am,
which is a mite early for coffee in
tin cups.
The Cardinals have been installed
heavy favorites to lick Dixie How
ellis lads and no one yet has been
killed in the rush to get down at
those juicy odds.
Kickoff will be at o'clock, East
ern standard time. Probable line
ups:
Pos. Catholic o. Arizona State
l. E.----Shlne ------------. Andrews
T.----Son!en ------------ M9cConnell 9cCoalea
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