Evening star., 1947-01-02
Illinois Great Display Headlines 20 Bowl Battles
Overwhelming Upset
OF Unbeafen Uclans
Is Tops in Thrills
By Joe Reiehler
Asseeioted Press Sports Writer

Echoes of the greatest bowling
clatter. in football history still were
resounding today with most Of the
talk centered around Illinois almost
incredible feat of knocking of a
hitherto unbeaten U. G. L. A. eleven,
45-14, before $4,000 stunned on
lockers at Pasadena,s Rose Bowl.
It was by far the largest single
game turnout of 20 bowl battles
the largest number ever - which
treated a total turnout OF AZ, 1000
fans to II touchdown runs and
passes.
The victorious Georgia, Rice,
Georgia Tech, Oklahoma, Hawaii
and Delaware teams all contributed
to this New Year display Of gridiron
fireworks, but the game that will be
remembered longer than any of the
others is the 33d edition of the
Tournament Of Roses.
Near-Rec0rd Point Total.
Inaugurating the Big Nine-Pacific
Coast Conference f1ve-year plan, the
underdog nlini scored in every
period except the third to register
as many points against bewildered
Bruins as previously unbeaten U. G.
L. AS last seven opponents COM
bined.
In only two other Rose Bowl games
have teams scored more points.
Michigan, in the classics inaugural
in 1902, scored 40 points in banking
Stanford, and Southern California
registered Al points against Pitts
burgh in 1890.
The Big Nine champions one
sided victory gave the visiting elev-
ems two straight, the first time this
has happened since Columbia and
Alabama collaborated to defeat the
Pacific Coast teams in 1884 and '35.
Alabama whipped U. S. G. last year,
34-14.
Coach Ray Eliot's "little boys"
rolled up 245 yards via land and air.
with Buddy Young, speed Negro star,
scoring two touchdDwns, and Julie
Rykovich, Paul Patterson, Perry
Moss, Russ Steger and Stan Green
tallying the others.
The big thrill, however, was pro-
vided by U. C. L. AS 143-pound
tailback, AL Hoisch, who raced a
kickoff back 103 yards for touch
down, the longest and only one from
a kickoff in Rose Bowl competition.
$4,000 See Georgia Win.
A capacity crowd Of $4,000, which
came to watch q scoring duel be-
tween Georgia's all-America Charley
Trippi and North Carolina's fresh
man Charley Justice, saw the un-
defeated Bulldogs come from be-
hind to hand the Tar Heels a 20-10
lacing. Georgia scored all its points
in the second half.
The duel between Trippi and
Justice never materialized as Trippi
gained but 54 yards in IA rushes
and Justice only 81 in II attempts.
Trippi completed two passes in
seven attempts, netting 10 yards.
One Of his tosses brought a score,
but another was intercepted to set
up Carolina's score. Justice threw
only one pass, completing 1t behind
the line for 5-yard loss.
p An 83-yard drive, clinaxed by
Halfback Carl Russ 25-yard run and
lateral to Hugh Keeney, who ran
another Is yards for a touchdown,
and a safety, all in the first period
enabled Rice to blank a rugged
Tennessee team, 80, before $4,000
Orange Bowl spectators at Miami.
Arkansas, outgained 271 yards to
81, baked three drives inside its
own 1O-yard line to gain scoreless
tie with Louisiana State in the 18th
annual Cotton Bowl game at Dallas
before $4,000 fans. The Razor
backs once halted the Tigers on the
2-yard line: another time they
threw Louisiana back from the
4, and still another time they wrig-
gled out after being pushed back to
the 8.
Oklahoma Beats N. C. State.
With Fullback Edds Davis scoring
three touchdowns and Bill Wallace
one, Oklahoma overwhelmed North
Carolina State, 34-13, before 1900
in the second annual Gator Bowl
game at Jacksonville, Fla.
Clyde Leforce, quarterback from
Tulsa University, threw two touch
down passes and placekicked an ex-
ira point to give the Western Col
lege All-Stars a 1879 victory over
their Eastern rivals in the 22d an
nual East-West charity game, played
in San Francisco for the benefit of
the Shriners' Crippled Children's
Hospital. An overfiowing crowd of
81, 900 saw the game.