Show Twelve Years Fail to Dim Glory Of California's 70 Yard 70 Yard Pass p s By ART KRENZ NEA Service Sports SpOtts Writer If you will look In the book you will wilt find that one of the longest successful suc sue forward passes on record Isa isa Is Isa a yard 70 heave thrown by Brick Muller to Brodie Stephens of California Call Cali fornia against Ohio State during d the annual Tournament o of Roses game New Years Year's day 1921 During the season of 1920 Ohio State had won the Western conference confer conler- ence enc championship through their ability to pull the game out of the fire in the last minutes of play Against Wisconsin Ohio had scored two wo touchdowns two minutes before the end of the game to win by 13 I I to 7 7 Against Illinois the gun had barked while white a forward pass Workman to Myers was still stitt In the air The hun safety man had slipped as he ed to bat the ball batt down the pass was good and the game ended 7 to 0 O. Early in the first quarter in In- Inthis this I l P i r- r r r i LJ 1 h f t MULlER Tournament of Roses game an exchange exchange ex ex- change of punts gave the ball to California Call CaB fornia on its own yard 40 line Two attempts at the line netted but three yards On the next play at a given signal Muller Mutter playing end started to run toward his own goal line The ball batt was snapped to Sprott a halfback As the defense rushed in to make mak the tackle Sprott passed backward to Muller Mutter then blocked the would would-be tackler tackier Muller Mutter then hurled the thc record heave to Stephens the other end who in the meantime had gone down the field past the secondary defense and Ohio's safety man Just as he reached the goal line he turned caught the ball bail and stepped over the last marker So completely was Ohio demoralized demoralized that victory Was easy for Call Cali fornia The Golden Bears trotted off the field victors by a score of 28 25 to 0 |