Tuesday, December 3 1940
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By June Bierbower
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(Ed' note: June Bierbower was the boss gal on this page last year and
this is her guest column. June had to leave her father's Giltner paper to come
back to the campus to get In on all the excitement. The following Is a typical
example of what June knows about her world of sport. Thanks a lot, June,
and we'll see you In Pasadena.)
Life is just a platitudinous Bowl of Roses, though we upon
coining back to the campus to renew acquaintances and bask in
the Pasadena-like atmosphere around here which, very defi
nitely 3s not to be mixed up with the Pasadena weather.
But upon having been inviegled into speaking on Ralph
Worden's very impromptu ballroom rally program, and into
writing a post-grad column for the White Rag (we understand
it's Rosy Tuesday), sometimes we wonder.
However, there couldn't be a much better time for an alum
to conic back to the campus than at Kosc Bowl bid time. Then,
too, there was ;i wire awaiting us from an old rival Dick
"Dutch" Kelly, urging us to be sure to see the game. Kelly,
with whom we had editorial tiffs galore when he sports edited
for the Daily Californian, is now with the San Francisco Daily
Chronicle.
'Cinderella man'
Stanford's "Cinderella" coach and team are getting the press
raves, but when you think of 1938 and then 1940, you have to hand
it to the Huskers. Without taking a thing from the marvelous show
ing Clark Shaughnessy and his team made this year, it was just two
years ago that more than a few people were almost willing to sell Biff
and the Huskers down the river after that nightmarish season.
But Biffer, the players, and a great majority of Huskerland knew
that Jones ' had something" in a crew of sophomores, who, although
they lost five . games in 1938, have lost only twice since then. And,
remember the last time Nebraska failed to score in a game? It was
back in 1938, when Sutherland's Panthers won 19-0 here. The Huskers
have scored at least one touchdown, usually more, in each of the
twenty games since then.
Hail, D. X. Bible
There are more than a few interesting sidelights on the bowl
game this year, one of course, being the fact that it was the Huskers
old mentor, D. X. Bible, who gave the Nebraskans their big boost into
the Rose Bowl when his Texans practically lifted Texas A. & M. out
of the Pasadena- classic. . .and on the other side of the ledger, it was
Bernie Masterson, himself, a former Nebraska "great," who went out
to Stanford last spring to help Shaughnessy install that Chicago Bear
offensive, based on a "T" formation, which the Indians have used with
great success this year. . .backfield coach at Stanford is none other
than the reformed Louisianan, Marchie Schwartz, who coached at
Creighton last year., .and line coach out there is Phil Bentson, former
Minnesota all-American, and line coach at Missouri later.
George Abel of 'California'
Another little 1939 tid-bit. . .George Abel, Husker guard, played
prep school football at Point Loma high in San Diego, although he's
a resident of Lincoln. When Abel quite naturally came to Nebraska
for his college work, some of his high school teammates chided him for
going to a "hick school." How about it now, boys?
Abel never played on a team which had suffered defeat until the
Missouri debacle in 1939; Point Loma never lost a game while he
played there. The 1938 season came when Abel was a frosh, and while
that year might have made the Husker lonesome for the coast again,
Abel said he'd not think of going elsewhere than Nebraska to school,
even thoug'.i he'd have been welcome at Stanford or any other Cali
fornia school where his mates did their collegiate playing.
Movie people, basketballers reunion
And, what with Robert Taylor and countless other lesser-lights in
Hollywood, and with the "Miss Bishop" premiere coming here January
7, the movie people and Nebraska seem to have a tie-in somewhere.
Another reunion out in Cal will come when the Husker basketball
team sees the Bowl game. They play Stanford Dec. 27, while their
last game on the coast is at Corvallis, Oregon Dec. 30 against Oregon
State, and back they'll have to scoot to Pasadena.
Shauglmessy
stands out as
f coach of year'
Indian's mentor came
from dc-emphasizetl
grid school Chicago
By Mick Bierbower.
Clark Shaughnessy, after six
years of coaching football teams
at Chicago, went to Stanford this
year to extract from supposedly
poor material a team that went
through an undefeated season.
Under the tutorship of Shaugh
nessy, Jay Berwanger rose to All
America fame with Chicago.
Typical of thrilling Berwanger
runs should be those in this year's
Rose Bowl game. With each team
relying on speed to a certain de
gree, the game should provide
many thrilling plays for the
crowd.
Shaughnessy came to Chicago
from Loyola in 1933 and remained
until 1939, when Chicago decided
to discontinue the gridiron sport
in the Big Ten. Previously to Loy
ola, Shaughnessy had been an as
sistant at Minnesota, and head
coach at Tulane.
Praise for Stanford.
Pacific coast coaches have noth
ing but praise for the 1940 Stan
ford football squad. They are in
a position to know what the Stan
ford Indians have in the line of
power and when they put an o. k
on a team, it means just that.
Stanford hit Santa Clara early
in the season, and until then the
experts had glanced at their rec
ord with a thought of luck that
wouldn't hold out. But when they
nipped Santa Clara, said experts
started to recognize the abilities
of the team. Last Saturday Santa
Clara romped over Oklahoma 33
13. The "miracle men" of Stanford
went on to finish an undefeated
season to get the coveted Rose
Bowl bid.
Norm Standlee heads the Indian
backfield, boasting 220 pounds to
back up an average gain of over
five yards a try. Stanford has sev
eral reserves in the backfield plus
a strong line from end to end, and
supremacy of the Indians on the
coast shone through Saturday
when they whipped the Golden
Bears of California 13-7.
Speed to burn.
One characteristic of the Stan
ford team is speed and plenty of
it. In each game this year, the In
dians have come through with
more than their share of swift
plays. Clyde Jeffrey, one of the
greatest sprinters ever developed
in the U. S., is a reserve halfback
on the Stanford roster. Swift-
starting halfbacks are Kmetovic
and Gallarneau, high rankers in
the speed column.
Shaughnessy's ability as a
coach is undisputed since he came
through this season. He has a
great team, and the Stanford In
dians have improved with every
game. It s a far cry from a loss
of 80-0 to Michigan last year at
Chicago, to a perfect season on
the Pacific coast this year. If any
one deserves the ' Coach of the
Year" award, Clark Shaughnessy
does. And he 11 probably get it.
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Klotel Lincoln
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