The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-02
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ROSE TOURNAMENT
Southern California Wins
Over Tennessee With
Sheer Weight
BY WILLIAM G.. PAYETTE
United Press Staff Correspondent

Southern CALIFORNIA; Trojans
the latest in a long line of grea
and powerful football teams, wor
their eighth straight Rose Bow
game today. defeating green
Tennessee eleven by sheer weight
Of superior manpower, % to 0 be
fore $4,000 football fans.
The odd-makers who rated Ten.
nessee a 10 point underdog woi,
their bets with something to spare
but there was no gauge for the
valor which kept the Volunteers
fighting to the final gun despite
a smashing setback only four plays
after the kickoff.
Jim Callahan, the Trojans' great
end, blocked Bus Stephens punt
before the game was fairly under
way, snatched it up on the II.
yard line. and drove over for the
first touchdown of the day. But
the fans who figured this was to
keynote the game came up or
the edge of their seats as Tennes
see dug in and fought back.
The Trojans scored again in the
second period when their captain
Jim Hardy tossed 22-yard pass
to Paul Salata, waiting with out
stretched arms in the end zone
Then, when it really didn't mat
ter and sheer WEAKNESS had over
come the valiant Volunteers in the
fourth period the Trojans drove
indomitably for two more scores
A sensational 73-yard drive ir
10 plays took Southern California
from Tennessee's 27-yard line to {
touchdown as the fourth perioe
opened, and then the Trojans cap
ped the period with a final drive
that carried over the goal as the
gun sounded to end the game.
Stephens, the 'heart" of the Ten
nessee team carried the hod al
afternoon and was out OF the game
for only three plays.
His great 32-yard run in the
first period brought the stands te
their feet as he stitched and wove
through half the Trojan team and
made it to the Trojan 40.
Two sets of downs later, Ste
phens whipped a long pass to AL
len Law, substitute halfback,
from the Tennessee 40 to the Tro-
jan 49,, but saw it called back on
an offside penalty.
The crowd saw the best punting
exhibition of the year, with Hardy
dropping one out on the Tennessee
five yard line, another on the
eight, and another on the seven.
Casey Stephens booted the Tennes-
seeans out of the hole four times
during the afternoon, slanting one
out on the Trojan five and drop
ping the rest of them close.
Southern California had one
great play up its sleeve but useo
it without scoring. Snatching
punt on his own 13-yard line, Har
dy lateraled all the way across the
field to Don Burnside, who dartec
back to the Trojan 48. Tennessee
lost yard on the kick and re
turn.
Southern California's big drive
in the fourth period payed of
when Hardy lugged the ball ovel
from the 11-yard line on an old
time end around play and Pa
West made the only conversion
of the day.
Driving for one first down aftel
another from midfield, and finally
laying the ball on the one-foo
line, where a ground play failee
to gain, the Trojans made theil
final score when Hardy heaved {
short flat pass to Doug MacLach
Ian. The ball was in the air a:
the gun went off.
Southern California outclasseo
the southeastern champs in thu
statistics, making Is first down:
to eight. and keeping the Volun
teers back into their own terri
tory most of the day.
The Trojans missed another
chance to score as the first hal
ended, when they were on the Vol
unteers' seven-yard line and heav
ing passes. One, from Hardy tt
Salata, was completed outside the
end zone and discounted, and an
other was incomplete as the hal
ended.