The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-27
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(Reg. U. g. Pat. oR) By JACK GUENTHER

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 New York, Doc. T-(UP)-When you set out to record the last words Of c man popAarly believed to be broken in health, ruled iri mind and crighed in spirit, t comes as gome- thing cf q shock to And your party fat, saucy and full Of indignation ct the odds which have established oregon State c 3--i ufderdog iii the exiied Rose Bowl football game.
 That's exactly how I found Justin Mccarthy Barry when l arrived ct his hotel today, bearing gift of lliieg and the address of my favorite Iilorticiail (40 per cent of to the right people,. Considering what the man had been through these last four months, 1 wasn't merely gur- prised to find Mr. Barry in excellent health; was stunned.
 You see, Justin Mccarthy Barry iS just aii alias for the Sam Barry who debuted this season aS coach of the Southern California football team. Since the TrojanS lost six games, the worst tragedy to strike Los Angeles since Shirley Temple first entered the gawky age, the alias was quite in order even if l wasn't. But my host soon put me ct ease.
 Pay no heed to the wIShiul think. Ing you've heard" he boomed, slap. ping my back with on arm that cer. tainly wasnb wasting away. Every time I lost q game l was reported heading for suicide bridge or visit. ing gunSmitli. But, shuckg, we didn't have . bed team. We lost boys to the army, through injuries md through influenza. The only time they were oil together they won and beat oregon State, the conference champ"
 Under-FRted
 Since Barry was cae Of the two coaches who did defeat the western Rose Bowl team, ] asked him to furnish q thuinb.nail sketch Of this squad 50 lightly dismissed ag ar op. poneI1t for high h.sccring Duke. He dld, aB follows, but first hc warned that the Beavers have been terribly, terribly under-rated and that the odds certainly shouldn't Do any 3--i,
 T can't pick OsC to win the game becauGe haven't seen Duke" he said. but Lon stlner has two big, rugged lines, When I saw biz ard rugged, 1 mean just that. We didn't beat them until ti;e last 10 secoiids end by that time they'd burned ID half Of my players, in. cludilg both fulibackg. Both Of those lines work two pretty good offensive combinations, and don't think that they can't score. They can tiid have.
 "The state backhCldg toss paRscs in oil directions, not naShily but effectively. The duo of left-handed | Don Durdafi at right half and right. handed Bob Dethinan 0t left half | gave ue plenty Of misery all after. noon. They threaten every tin,c they handle the ball they have the dsfenge crcsg.eyed trying to de- | teTmiile which way they will throw"
 Classy Giant
 Barry particularly pralged Guar. terback George Peters and Guard Ell Helvergon, the latter 22O- poliiider who opetfs holes faster than 2 trip-hamfiler punch. But he Saye the big thing which will make or 1 break Oregon is mental attitude 8 problem which seriously compli- cated the tasks of all Pacific coast | coaches during the past season,
 "The experts say conference starl- 1 darcg were below par and that is why all the teams were beaten twice." he said. T don't believe 1 that don't know how things | were In the east. but our boys didn't ! follow the 'btisineas as ilgual theory, [ They were frankly excited by the | war and 1t was almost impossible 1 70 Keep them Up mentally for every game. Hence, the many upgets."
 Barry, here was the Southern California basketball team = he coaches that, too-sAys he will have good team next year because he won't loose many of his boyg. who Ire unusually young. But he is nore concerned with keeping foot ,all going than he Is in winning ltlee, to wit:
 wen play football just as long ls We have boys in schools. Maybe [ won't be as good e brand of foot 'an as in the past and maybe We VIII iise fref1lmsn in varsity play. aut the aama IA an olA AmnFinnn