Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-20
Sports Parade
BY HENRY McLEMORE-

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20. (UP)-
Nebraska is going to play the bull
to Stanford's matador in the Rose
Bowl arena on New Years day.
At least, that's the way you
have to size up the game after
listening to the sunkist citizens of
this section discuss the coming
clash between the id-westerners
and the men from H. Hoover S
town of Palo Alto.
The Cornhuskers, they tell you,
just as emphatically as if they had
been on the bench for all of Nebras-
ka's games this year, are tremen-
dously big, tremendously strong,
and with tremendous hearts of oak.
They don't say so, but the insin-
uation is there that the Nebras-
kans have heads to match those
oak hearts, too.
They picture the Cornhuskers,
with wisps of hay. grain and seeds
clinging to their uniforms. as roar
ing into the Rose Bowl after the
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ring. Let your imagination off its
tether as they talk and you can
almost picture the Nebraskans
snorting and paving the turf
around the 50-yard line and then,
with a below of rage, charging
gloriously and madly in the direc-
ton of the Stanford team.
The Stanford team-if the scores
of football filberts have talked to
since reaching here are correct in
their estimates-the Stanford team
Will await the thunderous charge
of the invaders like eleven Bel
monts or Sidney Franklins, not at
all afraid of death in the after
noon, or even contuSionS or abras-
ions in the afternoon.
Light, fast, graceful, airy and
poised the Stanford team-so I'm
told-Will dip, dart, elude and con-
fuse the Nebraska bull It's sprint
ing halfbacks, operating behind the
red cape of the T formation, Will
draw the bull out of position. Mat.
| ador frankie Albert will harras'
the clumsy monster with his sting
Ing passes, and prepare him fol
the kill as twilight gathers in the
Arroyo Seco.
Such is the picture of the RoSt
Bowl game that Californians have
conJured up, and SO vivid is it tina
l am fully expecting to have t.
put my hands over my eyes at Ger.
tain paris of the game. I am goinl
TO be dreadtully disappointed i
the Stanford players don't wea
caps and carry swords, and if tn
sponsors of the team don't wea
black lace mantillaS, wear rose
and combs in their hair, and hay'
their duennas with them.
Speaking as man who has seer
the Nebraska bull in action, l fee
that the Californians may well b.
in for a surprise. 1t is an amaz
lngly smart bull. II is very fas
for such big bull, TO start with
1t can move around with Wha
amounts TO grace, and there is NJ
clumslneSs about it. It's one o
the few bulls that knows how u
throw. catch and intercept passes
and it has a little trick of it
own called the reverse which
does so well that even a Californi;
Matador might be excused for be
ing fooled by it.
There have been cases of Mata
dors losing the fight (see state o
New York VS.. Fred A. Little an,
If 1t should happen in this instanc
the Californlans would at leas
have this consolation: They coult
get a prize beef from a bull. In
not predicting that the matado
will lose-my predictions are ne
yer made except on bank holiday
which protects the poor workin
man and all others from losin
their shirts-but l will say this
Don't be too sure that it will b
Nebraska's ear which is cut of
and thrown TO the crowd. 1t ma
! be the ear Of somebody else.