Evening star., 1953-12-23
Ground.Air Battle
Expected in Miami's S
North-South Game
BY the Assoeieted Press


prospect for the $4,000 fans ex-
pected to turn out Christmas
night for the North-South college
all-star game-the first of the big
post-season football classics.
Stu Holcomb of Purdue, North
coach, predicted a score of 1921,
without picking a winner. Andy
Gustafson, South coach, forecast
an even higher score and declared
the South will win on Zeke Brat
kowski's passes.
The teams battled to a 21-21
tie last year The South scored
in the last minute on an 80-yard
pass play from Jack Scarbath of
Maryland to Jim Hook of Mis-
souri,. Previously, the South had
won three games, the North one.
BratkOwski to Start.
Gustafson named Bratkowski
Of Georgia yesterday as his
starting quarterback and it's a
good bet the Rebels will pass
two plays out of three. 1.-THE
Brat" has been. worked almost
exclusively in pass formations
from the split T.
Starting at ends will be two
OF the Nations top aerial re-
ceivers-Bratkowski's teammate,
John Carson. and Wayne Hop
kins of Baylor.
Roy Evans Of Purdue will
quarterback the North team.
With him in the starting back
field will be three other Big Ten
players. all noted for their rum
ming ability-Dusty Rice, Iowa;
Harland Carl, Wisconsin, and
Ken Miller, Illinois.
Loaded With Fast Runners.
Were loaded with fast run
ners." Holcomb said, "and nat
urally we'll use them. Well do
some passing, too, but we can't
hope to match the South
throwers."
Gustafson said the South
would pass at least so per cent
Of the time and added that his
main hope for victory rests in
Bratkowski. "one of the greatest
passers I've ever Seen."
Joining Bratkowski in the
South's No. offensive backfleld
will be halfbacks Harol Lotion
of Mississippi and Bob Bowman
of William & Mary, and Full
back Byrd Looper of Duke. The
teams will use the old two
platoon system.
These will be the starting Of
fenSive lines:
South: Ends, Carson and
Hopkins: tackles, Jack Perkins.
Navy. and Julian Boyd, Missouri;
guards. Steve Eisenhauer. Navy,
and Crawford Minis, Mississippi;
center. Ed Beatty, Mississippi.
North: Ends, Don Penza, Notre
Dame. and Ken Buck, College
of Pacific; tackles, Dave Whit
aker, Purdue, and Jim Balog,
Michigan; guards, Earl Meyer,
Kansas State, and Menil Nav
araides, Notre Dame; center, Jim
Schrader, Notre Dame.
The North squad elected Rice,
Carl and Penza as co-captains.
East and West Teams Start
Double Daily Workouts
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. % (F1.
The talent-loaded East and
West football teams today start
double daily workouts for the
January Shrine charity game.
Both head coaches. Ray Eliot
of Illinois for the East and
Chuck Taylor of Stanford for
the West. announced morning
practices would be secret and
afternoon sessions open.
The two 24-man squads COM
bined picture-taking with light
drill and get-acquainted session
yesterday-the West at STAN
ford and the East at nearby
Santa Clara.
Eliot had planned a short
briefing but it turned into a long,
animated discussion of the best
ways of stopping the West.
I'VE may not have our start
ing quarterback all picked out
this early" Eliot said, "but that
doesn't mean we haven't good
passers."
He said the East, like the West.
would use the T formation and
mentioned as leading starting
quarterback candidates, Pete
Stark of Syracuse and Dick
Thomas of Northwestern.
The East coaches were con-
sidering a starting backfield OF
Stark, Steve Meilinger of Ken
lucky and Johnny Lattner OF
Notre Dame at halfback and Neil
Worden of Notre Dame at full
back. /
The West coaches indicated
they may start Jerry Coody OF
Baylor or Harold Han Of South
ern California at fullback, Bill
Bredde of Oklahoma A61M and
Veryl Switzer of Kansas State
at halfback and Bob Garrett OF
Stanford at quarterback.
Squads Round Into Shape
For BIue-Groy Game