Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-16
Bv JACK GTENTHER


is true that revenge lS sweet.
hope for the sake OF the Oreeoa
State football team, the TOURNAMENTS
OF Roses committee ana the sports
writing brotherhood o, Los Angeles
that Wallace Wade ISM afflicted
With a sweet tooth.
II he Is. notice IS hereby aiven
that all Cahfornian> haG better
plan to spend Jan. /, 1912. III Cal
itornia-not Carolina.
For If ever a man had chance
TO deal from the bottom. 10 rL the
wheel with wire and TO cock Tn"
dice on at least three sides, the
Duke football coach Is tAat man.
After 10 Years OF having 10 prove
that he could take IT, Wade has
been gwen an excellent opportunity
to dish Il out 10 HE same parties
Nho 50 diligently dlShed L out u
HIM
In one tell SWoop the Rose Bowl
eamp-Or Is il the Tobacco Bow.
game noN?-ha, come home 10
Durham. y. c. L has come home
10 rooSt right III Wade's back yard
and with i come many lingering
memories that Wade left behind
EIn in the big saucer in the Arroyo
Seco on more occasions than He
cares 10 remember.
Obviously. however Wade won't
take advantage OF this chance for
eve for an eye and a tooth for Il
toothache. He wouldn't have time,
even if lie were 50 inclined. For
TO be the sort Of host he has found
the Rose Bowl to BE- in years past.
hel have 10 refuse Oregon per
mission 10 practice ii the stadium
plant spies in every tree Top and
camOuflage every cameraman i'll
Durham With pine cones and turn
en- all loose on the Beaver players.
He'd have 10 Go even more to
square the count or petty annoy
ances and minor humiliationS, but
there isn't ,!me for that Whether
tie Rose Bowl was wrong OF Wade
should be blamed Tor his Own alCO1-
ness in public relations makes no
difference now. The only thing to
remember Is that this gam" should
prove an epic in Rose Bow! history
For WAGE already had repaid evll
with good. He alone has kept The
1912 Rose Bowl game alive when its
abandonment appeared inevitable
After what he has done, there
should never agaln be a voice raised
against him in southern California
not even if he should take to
smoking opium, dancing in Conga
lines or writing publicity for the
Miami chamber of commerce.
In one fine gesture, the Blue
Devil coach has torn several very
spotted pages from the Rose Bowl
BOOK. He has come up with q stad-
Iam which will seat $4,000 with
temporary bleachers and lie has
saiG. IN effect; It's all Yours, Juat
TAXI il o.er and manage il as EoA
sce fit TOu can handle the cat"
receipts. and everything ela2. jus
move in
This IS the first really genuine
friendly move in good many play
.NeS OF the Pasadena game, one
whlcn mas produced notably little
OF he good VIII and peace on
ea!th" spirit which il is supposed
. promote. The truth is, more feuds
have come out OF Pasadena than
friendships. Every game has given
the parties concerned their second
headache of the holidays.
What Wade will Go now is try
70 make his visitors feel at home.
OF course. he won't be able TO make
them feel completely at home unless
ne declares open season on himself,
100. II would be a nice party, be
cause the Duke people were Rose
Bowl guests themselves once and
cidnt Ike the treatment. Now they
can correct what they diSlIkcd