Evening star., 1953-11-09
Bids for Bowls
May Depend on
Pass Defenses
Formula Furnished
For Terps, UCLA
And Georgia Tech
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 9.-The
bowl candidates who will face
tough opposition Saturday would
do well to take the pass-defense
page from Notre Danes book.
All-America's Johnny Lattner'S
outstanding performance enabl-
ed the Irish to remain unbeaten
after a 1920 battle with surpris-
ingly tough Penn. Lattner re-
turned a kickoff 80 yards for one
touchdown and set up two more.
But it was his end-zone inter-
ception in the final quarter, kill
ing a Quaker drive, that assured
victory.
It's an old story for the coun-
try's No. l team, which uses a
skilled pass defense as a major
weapon in it's campaign for the
national championship.
Irish Quarterback Ralph Gug-
lielmi threw a scoring pass on
the first play after intercepting
an Oklahoma aerial to put Notre
Dame safely ahead in a game it
won, 1921. Guglielmi's 49-yard
scoring runback of an intercept
ton against Navy broke open the
contest with the MiddieS.
Prescription for Trio.
And good pass defense is just
what the doctor orders this week
for UCLA against Washington,
Georgia Tech against Alabama
aand Maryland against Mississ-
ippi as the three teams battle
for bowl assignments.
Ninth-ranked UCLA, idle last
week, fights for a chance to tie
Stanford's Pacific Coast Confer
ence leaders in the race for the
Rose Bowl. The Indians go out
side the league to play San Jose
State. The Bruin problem is to
stop Washington's sophomore
paSSer. Sandy Lederman. UCLA
has yielded six touchdowns so
far this year-four via the air
lanes.
Georgia Tech, No. 6 prior to
its 20-7 victory over Clemson, is
being mentioned frequently for
the Sugar or Cotton Bowl. It
draws Alabama, which has come
up with a fine passer in Quar-
terback Bart Starr, while Tech
may be without the services of
Leon Hardeman, injured half
back.
Ole Miss Tests Terps.
Second-place Maryland, fresh
from 27-6 conquest of George
Washington and almost a cinch
for the Orange Bowl under the
recent Atlantic Coast-Big Seven
Conference tieup, bumps into an
improving Mississippi team. Ole
Miss mixes effective passing ny
Lea Paslay and Houston Patton
with it's strong running game
The Terrapins have given UP
just five touchdowns to date
two by passes.
Oklahoma Halfback Larry
Grigg batted away a pass at the
Sooners' 16 to stop a Missouri
threat and from there the Ma
tlon's No. 8 team marched to the
touchdown that gave it 14-7
triumph. Oklahoma, Big Seven
favorite for the Orange Bowl,
can assure a conference title tie
by defeating Iowa State Satur-
day.
Stanford finds its Coast SUI
premacy challenged by UCLA
because of a late-awakening
Southern California pass de-
fense. use, ineligible for the
Rose Bowl this year, ran back
an intercepted pass to set up
sam 1SagalaKlS' neld goal ChaC
meant a 1920 victory with IA
seconds left in the game. Ear
lier, Stanford's Bob Garrett had
completed 20 passes for 324
yards and three toucndowns.
Ironically, it was the only inter-
ception of 81 Garrett tosses.
Fourth-ranked Illinois, gain
ing momentum in drive for the
Big Ten championship and a
Pasadena visit with Sophomores
J. C. Caroline and Mickey Bates
as the prime movers, meets Wis
conSin. The ulini turned back
Michigan, 1873, as Caroline
gained 1874 yards.
SpartanS in TV Game.
Michigan State, No. S before
its 1913 defeat of Ohio State
for second position in the Big
(See College Football, Page C-3.)