Show Columbia's Choice for Rose Bowl Was Joke but It Was On Stanford Yeah Yea and How About Us Critics Asks McLemore 1 in Reflecting on His Own Comments By HENRY McLEMORE United Press Sports Writer NEW V YORK Jan 3 The 3 The following paragraphs appeared in my story of at December 5 the day following the Columbia's selection to play Stanford Stanford stanford Stan stan- ford in the Rose bowl I still dont don't believe it That Columbia's going to the Rose bowl I mean Columbia in the Rose bowl bow Hal Ha Hal Hal I The limping Lion picked from all the he outfits of the country to do batIc battie battle bat- bat tie tle Ic with one of those thase super super-super r man- man killers tillers of or the mighty west vest And inthe in inthe the he biggest game of or them all too No pard it cant can't be true Its It's a joke The fellows Allows who thought it up just jumped the gun on repeal got a little too ossIfied ossified ossi- ossi fied and tried to be cute Remarkable Foresight Thus did I hit the nail squarely on the he head almost a month before the two wo teams met What acumen What judgment What superb marshaling of facts To a casual reader the above two wo paragraphs might convey the impression that I considered Columbia's Columbia's Colum Colum- bias bia's cause a hopeless one But to o a I. I diligent reader reader to to one who digs deeper than t the printed print print- ed word word the the entire game is there Just as played Monday Read those words again and see If between the tho lines line you ou dont don't get a picture of the mud of Barra- Barra has bas going over for a touchdown of or Columbia's gallant goal oal line stand and the overconfidence of the big Stanford team learn I dont don't like to brag for after nil all selecting winners Is my business but read tho the following excerpts also from my December 5 essay and wonder along with me rae how anybody could so definitely see into the future Why man mM Columbia's ColumbIa not a football football football foot foot- ball school Columbia has 33 players but like a lot of registered Tammany voters th they y ex exist in name only In so far as football ability is concerned They've got ot uniforms and they make the Lion bench look a lot cosier coster but but that's all the good they are areS Xo No Surprise At All AH The sheer wisdom of ot it It takes your our away It smacks of ol international international in in- intrigue The game was Wa I practically charted for my ray readers weeks in advance It was no surprise sur stir prise to me and them when Columbia took all Stanford had without yielding yielding yield yield- ing for we knew that Columbia was fast smart courageous and would win by a touchdown I actually wish I had missed the tho turn on the game and picked Stanford to win for this success followed so closely on the heels S of my sensational picking of over Baer Sharkey over Camera Carnera and Mrs l Moody MoodyS S over Miss Jacobs as to embarrass me rue People are stopping to look at me nie in tho the street and several of my friends now call me Sure Suro Shot McLemore Theres There's one blessing in being a aborn aborn aborn born prophetic genius however One creates happiness One brings joy oy and gladness 3 to those who make wagers wagers wag wag- ers on au ones one's predictions Only the theother theother theother other day dllY a man who had made bets betson l on my l last st six picks came in with witha a present for or me Fos author tics opened it under water They said it was one of the finest Infernal machines the infernal revenue d de department de- de had ever handled Wh Why the they even said that if iC it was touched off oU it il would milk would milk rn ilk every cow between here and Rochester v I |