Show I Pacific Ocean 1 Formation Impress Invading Huskers By HENRY McLEMORE PASADENA Ca Gal Cal Dec 30 UP Nebraska's landlocked saw the Pacific ocean and the T formation on their first day in California and its it's a up toss-up which impressed them the more They saw the ocean after a luncheon in Santa Monica and due to a local and unusual storm the Pacific was making a joke of the man who named it name on request Only five of the 43 Nebraska players had ever seen the ocean before and even they were unable to be blase in the face of the mammoth rollers Also Watch atch Bears From luncheon the ers with Major Biff Jones le leading leading lead lead- dIng d- d ing them in brave army style filed into Gilmore stadium in I Los Angeles to watch the Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago Bears play the stars all-stars of the National Professional league The major arranged this stop in order that the boys could see for themselves what the T formation formation formation for for- mation that Stanford will employ employ employ em em- ploy in the Rose bowl looks like As you know the Bears are masters masters masters mas mas- of the T style of offense and the were taught it by a Bears' Bears quarterback Bernie Bernie Ber- Ber nie Masterson who is now a avery avery avery very unhappy man he having been a star Nebraska player in inthe inthe inthe the early i Well if the ocean was rough the Bears and their T formation were rougher The Bears generated generated generated gen gen- almost as much power as did the long rollers of the Pacific and they tore apart a squad composed of the super players of the other teams in the National league From the T formation the Bears threw short passes long passes and laterals all allover over the place They sent backs cracking cracking cracking crack crack- ing through the line for touchdown touchdown touch touch- down runs and they swept the ends Gift Touchdowns The stars all-stars tried more de defenses defenses de- de tenses than a gangsters gangster's lawyer lawyer lawyer law law- yer but to no avail The Bears were irresistible winning 28 to 14 and both of the star all-star touchdowns touchdowns touchdowns touch touch- downs were in the nature of gifts one coming on a forward pass interference ruling and the theother theother theother other on a or do-or-die pass by Sammy Baugh with but a second to go in the second period jeriod The saw sawall all of this from choice seats on the yard 50 line Not a detail could have escaped them They didn't have the luck to be placed in poor seats behind the goal line or back of posts For 60 minutes they were treated to the offensive offensive offensive offen offen- sive powers of the T formation in all its scoring fury Im I'm wondering whether or not v- v the fact that they were able to study the T formation and learn some of its mysteries offsets the dent that must have been made in the morale Having the midwesterners watch the Bears is something like asking asking ask ask- ing lag a fellow who is afraid of the dark to spend Halloween with Boris Karloff or taking a man who is about to start a journey into the Indian jungle to the zoo to watch the cobras at play Still Major Jones knows his boys better than I do Perhaps he worked on the theory that after watching the damage the theT theT theT T formation can do the Corn Corn- huskers will play their best game to be certain that they get back to Lincoln hale and hearty Too he can always bolster th the boys by reminding them that the theT theT theT T formation they saw was operated operated oper oper- by such gents as Luckman Nolting Famiglietti Turner Musso and others of like caliber and that Stanford fine as it might be hasn't that sort of players passing passing pass pass- ing lag running and kicking Well Vell well we'll know the answer Wednesday afternoon Before that as a matter of fact be bt because because be- be cause of my super pre predictions predictions pre pre-i dictions on all on-all all the bowl games game will be released tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow-by by carrier pigeon So if you see a pigeon on your porch let Jet him In He brings glad tidings tidings for for the bookmaker |