Wednesday, December 10, 1969

THE MICHIGAN DAILY

Page Three-Section B


. .


RM

CHARIOT RACES CO-OPTED:
Rose Bowl ride from farce to fame

I

AUTO INSURANCE
FOR EVERYONE

By BILL ALTERMAN
In 1901 a couple of the boys in
Pasadena, California got together
and decided that what their New
Year's celebration needed was
some good wholesome violence.
So they invited Leland Stanford
Jr. College to play a bunch of
roughnecks from the University of
Michigan in a game occasionally
known as football.
Prestn! The first Rose Bowl Al-

Brown. Not being much of a pow-
er (then or now) the boys in Ivy
got stomped.
Even so, the Tournament of
Roses parade was the thing in
Pasadena on New Years day, and
football was secondary. The only
way to make a name for oneself
in Southern California was to
build a float made entirely of
flowers.
Then as now however, flowers

most the last too. do not make peace so in 1917 the
Seems like the newspapers con- boys in blue went off to war, tem-
sidered the action "slow and porarily scuttling once again the
tedious." So next year they really festivities.
livened things up by holding char- But lo! In 1920 mighty Harvard
iot races. Good old American in- (rhymes with football) came out
genuity. to the coast and across the nation,
Stilltfor action nothing can beat (meaning New York and Mas-
"three yards and a cloud of dust" sachusetts) the fame of the Rose
so in 1916 a second game was held Bowl was spread for all eternity.
on New Years day in Pasadena. To honor this momentous turn of
Wanting then to look good the events, the good people of Pasa-
'hometown b o y s" Washington dena in 1923 built a 52,000 seat
State, had as their opponent stadium. Thus was born the name

Figures don't lie: We're Number One!

FIRST DOWNS
Rushing
Passing
Penalty
TOTAL NO. RUSHES
Net Yds-Rushing
Net Yds-Passing
PASSES ATT'D
Completed
Intercepted By
Yds Int'cpt Ret'd
TOTAL PLAYS
Total Net Yds
PUNTS, NUMBER
Average Distance
KICKOFFS RET'D BY
YDS, KICKS RET'D
Punts
Kickoffs
F UMBLES
Ball Lost By
PENALTIES, NUMBER
RUSHING Att Gain

B. Taylor
Doughty
Moorhead
Craw
Betts
Gabler
Seheffler
Federico
Henry
Berutti
Harrison
Seyferthi
PASSING
Moorhead
Betts
Berutti
SCORING
Craw
Moorhead
B. Taylor
Titas
Doughty
Mandich
Killian
Betts
Harris
Pierson
Gabler
Elliott
Huff
Federico
Scheffler

123
149
13'2
111
32
23
10
3
10
1
4
Att
178
32
TD
13
9
8
0
4
4
0
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

812
762
737
329
157
97
60
20
29
15
6
3
Com
89
16
0
CK
0
0
35
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Mich.0
142
15
5
615 4
2776 1
1427 U
212
105
?4
337
8?8 E
4203 3
50
38.53
23
841 14
354
487 1
66
Loss Net
4 808
30 732
17? 565
0 329
27 130
5 92
0 60
0 ?0
5 17
0 15
0 6
1 2
pInt Yds'
6 1134
0 293
0 0
CPR FG
0 0
0 0
0 0)
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 6
0 0
1 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0

Opp.
169
86
70
13
436
636
372
?57
120
6
84
693
028
55
37.0
48
403
1148
3:3
18
37
SAv
6.6
4.9
3.7
3.0
4.0
4.0
6.0
6.7
1.7
15.0
6.0
.5
TD
t
3
0
TD
78
54
48
35
24
24
99
18
8
6
6
6
0
6
6

RECEIVING
Mandich
Harris
Hankwitz
Staroba
Gabler
C'rawv
Insland
Doughty
Henry
Oldham
13. Taylor
PUNT RET.
Pierson
huff
Curtis
Healy
KICKOFF RT.
Doughty
Henry
B. Taylor
Pier son
Craw
Hankwitz
Seyferth
Federico
TACKLES
Hill
Newell
Pierson
Buff
Moore
Keller
CuirtIis
D~ard en
Pryor
M. Taylor
Gramba .
Healy
Gusich
Carpenter
INTERCEPT'S
Curtis
Pierson
huff
Darden
Elliott
K. Taylor
Keller
Healy
PUNTING
Werner
Team

N
1

5o, Ids
0 292
1 31
9 17
1 0
No. Yds
10 199
6 88
4 84
3 63
2 6
? 19
1 17
1 9
Solo A
51
47
47
45
41
38
319
319
31
28
27
26
17
14
Number
8
3
1
1
1
Number
48 1
2

Number Yards TD1
42 583 4
14 290 1
12 148 0
12 141 0
6 67 1
6 55 1
5 60 0
3 17 0
? 31 0
2 14 0
1 8 1

Rose Bowl. What! You've never'
seen a horse-shoe shaped bowl!
Through the years thus, the
granddaddy of all bowl games, has
never been equalled for prestigeJ
or importance. Many of the games
played are forever embedded in
the minds of men everywhere. One
of the first, in 1926, has been call-
ed the greatest ever.
Washington was playing Ala-
bama and led by All-American
George Wilson, the Huskies held a
12-0 halftime lead. Unfortunately,
the Knight of the triple K, were
using no-no tactics and knocked
Wilson out cold. Without their star
performer, Washington couldn't
score and were losing 20-12 when
who should appear but George
Wilson! Immediately taking the
field, the gallant Wilson led his
team on a quick 88 yard scoring
narch to make the score 20-19.
Poof, that's how it ended. Oh,
twell it sounded nice.
until 1947, the contest usual-
ly featured the best in the west
versus some other top ranked
team. In 1947 however, the Big
Ten signed an agreement calling
for the two conference champions
to meet each New Year's day.
In the ensuing years since the
first Rose Bowl, there have beenj
many attempts to match it. Jan-
uary 1st, now has three other
major turf battles and spread out
in the remaining months of the
year are some thirty-odd other
games including the Astro Bowl,
the Camellia Bowl, the Mineral
Water Bowl, the El Toro Bowl and
the Stagg Bowl.
Still, the fair people of Pasadena
should not laugh. In 1918 the
Mare Island Marines upset the
highly touted Camp Lewis Army
group but were upset the following
tear by a mighty group from. Great
Lakes Navy Base.
The Rose Bowl itself it built on
an old rubbish dump affectionally
known as Arroyo Seco. (That's
spanish for dry wash.) Except for
in 1942 when the war forced the
gallant football teams to go at it
in Durham, North Carolina, all
games have since been played in
Pasadena.
ih
Pulle
We need used b
SELL us yours-w
STUDCNT9eC

Ave
14.6
31.0
1.9
0.0
Ave
19.9
14.7
28.0
21.7
3.0
9.5
17.0
9.0
Assists
23
19
16
18
19
1 :t
11
14
16
10
6
4
5
Yards
156
84
30
15
40
23
10
0
Yards
1926
0

(continued from Page 1)
MICHIGAN's opponent in the
1965 Rose Bowl had a little
tougher time getting there. Ore-
gon State and Southern Cal
tied for the Pacific Coast Con-
ference title when the Trojans
beat UCLA 34-13 and the Beav-
ers downed Oregon 7-6, scoring
with 54 seconds to play.
The conference vote on its
Rose Bowl representative w a s
held up a week until USC met
No. 1 ranked Notre Dame. Be-
hind at halftime; the Trojans
came back to win it, 20-17. But,
Oregon State got the bowl bid
because Southern Cal had last
gone in 1963 while the Beavers'
last appearance was in 1957.
Not surprisingly, there was a
huge uproar over this decision,
and the results of the Rose Bowl
did little to quiet the furor.
OREGON STATE did draw
first blood in the game as quar-
terback Paul Brothers threw a
touchdown pass to make it 7-0
in the second quarter. Six min-
utes later, however, fullback Mel
Anthony made the game-break-
ing play.
From his own 16. he took a
pitchout from Timberlake,
skirted right end, cut back to
the center of the field, a n d
raced untouched into the e n d
zone.
Michigan scored once more
before the half when halfback
Carl Ward rambled 43 yards.
The two-point conversion at-
tempt was unsuccessful, but the
Wolverines still led, 12-7.
IN THE SECOND half, Mich-
igan came out and ran over the
Beavers for two touchdowns
while displaying a rushing at-
tack that netted 332 yards. An-
thony scored them both on two
esells
ooks like crazy
e give lop dollar
)OK SGRVICC-

e e Cancelled
Michigan carries perfecta
bowl record to Pasadena,

9

Rejected

We also write motorcycle and motorscooter insurance.
~EASY BUDGET TERMS"

short runs, to give him a day's
total of three.
Michigan completed its de-
vastation of the Oregon State
defense when Bob Timberlake
rolled 24 yards into the end zone
for a fourth quarter touch-
down.
As the offense was piling up
points, the Wolverine defense
completely obliterated any hint
of Beaver offensive firepower.
The bigegst plays were a block-
ed punt in the third quarter
that led to a score, and the con-
tinual harassment of signal call-
er Brothers.
Brothers was thrown for a
total of 33 yards in losses dur-
ing the course of the game. Af-
ter the contest, he commented,
"I hope I never have to go
through another afternoon like
that."
~-
4
i

482-9533

234
Yp

W. Michigan Ave.
silanti

665-3
2465 W
Ann

I

Declined
3789
V. Stadium Blvd.
Arbor

...

"know the way homeWA
with my eyes closed."

DOWN-FILLED
SKI PARKAS
VESTS
SHIRTS
HUNTING VESTS
-for men and women
Downtown Honda
310 E. Washington
Ann Arbor, Mich.

Then you know the way too well.
Because driving an old familiar route can make you
drowsy, even if you've had plenty of sleep.
If that happens on your way home
for Christmas, pull over, take a break
and take two NoDoz. It'll help you drive home
with your eyes open.
NoDoz. No car should be without it.

0190 Bri tol"t" ers Ca.


I

INE