The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-31
Crosby Swimming Squad Most Promising
(Reg. .. 6. Pat. off.) RY JACK QUENTMER

(Unltsd Preas stan CorFospOndent)
 Durham, N. O., Dec. sl-(uPl - When the little men in the shredded wheat overcoats start pacing your ceiling tomorrow morning shouting that John E. LewiD has approved the open shop, the Duchess of Wlnd~ sor hes just out-polnked Billy Conn and Christopher Columbus has been spotted sailing Into New York Har- Dor, don't call for another aspiEin ala lce beg.
 Tor. no matter how you have celebrated New Years Ive, your uns invited guests may bo speaking the truth. I know, for teddy I exper. fenced something which has cured me of skepticlssia forever. heard and saw q football coach complain that his team was uHader-Tated, that 1t should he favored and that 1t would win the Rose Bowl game with something to spare.
 Ordinarily I'd be inclined Co at- tribute such statements to sheer dellrlum or call In any psychiatrist who would give me commission for my tip. But I've felt Lon Stlner's pulse, checked his blood pressure and watched him pass the standard chalk line test. The big fellow with the recoding halrline wasn't suffer. ing from c thing. fe meant ell hO said.
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 Tt Is perfectly ridiculous that Ore. gon State, Q team which won the championship Of the Pacific Coast Conference, should be quoted as Q S.1 under-dog to Duke or to any club you can name" Stlner expound- cd, slowing gathering steam. "Why, the way I see it, my Beavers should be favored. After all, Sney are going to win"
 Specifically, the husky young man who led oregon state to It's first coast title since the citizens around Corvallis greeted each other by says ing "64sAO, or fight" meant that his Beavers will defeat Q team charae. teri4ed by such seasoned Durham sports experts As Hugo dermino and D. V. Mitchell as the finest the mage niflcent local campus has produced.
 "Of course Duke is on outstanding football eleven" Stiner agreed. "it must be. Wallace Wade has quito c record ln bowl games and he is right ct the top of the nAtion in winning games of every sort. But we aren't exactly creagn.pufss up ct State, either, and we whipped some pretty rugged football outfits our- selves.
 "Why, we had a tough game every week, For instance, we played South ern California in our opener end lost only in the last 10 seconds. Then we defeated Washington the next week and stanford the next. Every Saturday there waa c tough game and although they were close, win them we uld. There were two upsets for every expected victory on the coast this year-and we grabbed our share"
 First Bowl Game
 Gtlner admitted that every coach must be part Santa Claus, part Hou- dini and part diplomat to appease the alumni, but he says that only players make or break . team in the final analysis. The boys he has this year, he says, are pretty adept DOT. formers and they have c precedent to set because oregon State never has played In any bowl before-Hlot even in Pasadena.
 'They don't like what they have heard and seen about the quality of coast football this year." he said firmly. "They don't believe they are misfltS or lucky, or that they are champions because other teams were bad. They think they are c team of destiny, or roughly like that. Many of them will 60 Into the army soon and they'll be playing their last game. They want to win 1t.
 "We'Ve had 6 tough row to hoe getting here. and the long trip hasn't done Us much good but I'm saying we will win, and that by no means should we Do SO under.TAtad. And I'm not Saying that to boost the gate, either, because the game al- ready is sold out. Just remember that they call us Beavers, and Bea~ VerS, by and large, are pretty busy Nkkl0 aV,iAtaFa U