Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-31
BY the Associated Press.

everything points TO an ALABAMA
victory over Southern California
in the Rose Bowl tomorrow, but
the Trojans might start the New
Year with one of the upsets for
which they are noted in Pasadena.
Odds-makers say it's Alabama by
Is points. They're the fellows who
look at the seasons records, COM
pare the competition, get out the
slide rule, and presto, give you the
favorite
In this case, Alabama is unbeaten
with eight victories. Southern Cali
fornia dropped three games out of
10. Further, Alabama has the best
passer in college football, Harry
Gilmer. The Trojans are nothing
extra at throwing passes or break
ing them up, the records disclose.
TrOjans on Upgrade.
In some games, Coach jeff Cra-
vath's boys looked slow and cum
bersome, especially against 81.
Mary's, when the Gaels gave them
$50 FASTING. But the Trojans
have been improving, they have a
rough and rugged line, three good
halfbacks, and they may give the
lighter Alabama forwards consid-
cradle trouble.
1t may turn out to be free
scoring game, especially if Gilmer
starts clicking, or the payoff may
be in the line, where so often it
is. If the lighter Alabamans have
possession of the ball most of the
time the Trojan bulk may not count
for much.
In any event, the weather man
says the game will be played under
clear skies and a warm sun.
Ags, Gaels Arrive Early.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 31.-Con-
fdent Sugar Bowl coaches from
Oklahoma A. and M. and st. Mary's
brought their football teams to town
today, preferring the din of a New
Orleans New Year eve to a three
hour bus trip on game day.
Their Mississippi Gulf Coast
training camps were closed. Only
brief workout at the bowl stadium
today remained on the schedule be-
fore the opening whistle tomorrow
when about $4,000 will watch duel
between two all-AmericaS, Herman
Wedemeyer of the Gaels, and the
Aggies' Bob Fenimore. Jim Phelan
and Jim Lookabaugh, rival coaches,
agreed that the game should be "a
slam-bang affair"
Backfield VS.. Line.
MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 81 (P).-With
blond Stan Koslowski as a starter
for Holy Cross, the Orange Bowl
football game here tomorrow is ex-
pected to be test of the Crusaders
backfield against Miami's line.
Sparkplugs of Miamis eight vic
tories and one tie in 10 starts the la =.
season were the seven men who
bore the brunt of the punishment
up front"
The line includes such Standouts
as Center Bill Levitt and Guard
Red Cameron who were named to
the Associated Press Little ALL
America.
Holy Cross has the backfeld to
turn the tide against the Miamians
if the latter's front wall can be
! pierced. Besides KoslowSki, there
are such luminaries as Joe Byers
Steve Conroy and Louis Lomay.
While Fullback Harry Ghaul led
the Miamians to victory with his
great punting and extra point kick
ing, it was the consistent line which
kept the team on the top side OF
/ the score.
Texas Prepared for T.
DALLAS, Dec. 81 (P.-Misscuris
splitline T will offer nothing new in
tomorrow's Cotton Bowl, although
the Longhorns haven't yet played
against a school using that system.
/ Coach D. x. Bible has been using
( his third and fourth stringers as a
ct" team all season since six of the
10 opponents of the Longhorn
schedule employed the formation.
/ Both squads wind up training this
afternoon. The Texas team arrived
yesterday.
May Switch Tactics.
HOUSTON, Tex, Dec. 81 (P.-
There's considerable speculation
af1oat that there will be complete
about-face in tactics of Georgia and
Tulsa in the second annual Oil Bowl
game tomorrow.
Georgia won 8 of their 10 games
the last season mainly on aerial
efforts of Charley (The Nam Trip
pi, who got out of the Army in time
to play six games.
Tulsa, which has been poppin' up
in bowls for five successive years
now, likewise won eight and lost
two, but with a streamlined ground
attack
But rival Coaches Wally Butts of
Georgia and Henry Frnka of Tulsa
haven't overlooked the alternate
side of approach to touchdowns and
both have the assets for the pur-
pose.
New Mexico Battles Jinx.
Ell PASO, Tex, Dec. 81 (P).-New
Mexico Lobos take the Sun Bowl
gridiron tomorrow not only against
fast Denver University eleven but
against a jinX-border Conference
teams never have won this New
Year classic in its 10-year history
AS the teams finish training to-
day, the Lobos were rated in some
books as 7-point favorites to beat
the jinx in their third Sun Bowl
appearance.
New Mexico finished the season
with five victories, one tie and one
loss. Denver won four, lost four
and tied one.
A sell-out crowd of $4,000 is ex.
pected.
Pit Speed and Trickery.
FRESNO, Calf, Dec. 81 (P.-
Speed and trickery are expected tt
be the decisive factors in the frs
annual Raisin Bowl game here to.
morrow between Drake University
of Des Moines, Iowa, and Fresno
State College.
Coach Wee Green's Bulldogs, with
a speedy backfield averaging only
1856 pounds, holds slight edge ovel
Fresno since the lines of the two
teams are pretty evenly matched