| Show 1 I. I Sper pr Thinks Huskies Can Defeat Bears t By r Norman L. L Sper 1 a. LOS ANGELES Nov ov 1 Satur 1 Satur Saturdays Saturday's r 1 d days day's Ys Y's Washington California game same between the two top Pacific Coast 1 14 conference t teams ams could readily decide de de- de clde cide the west's choice for the Rose I bowl next January 1 And with a aI I break here and there it could i i 1 easily be a rematch of the Oct 21 Washington Illinois game The got the nod in that contest i b by y the score of 20 to 13 I If Washington can beat California Califor Califor- nia they will have overcome O their toughest obstacle of the remaining season After the Berkeley Bears L they tangle with Oregon Southern California and Washington State According to our reasoning the i 1 Huskies should be favored to take California for two very good rea rea- sons The most Important factor in Washington's ons on's favor or is California's California's Califor Califor- nias nia's definite pass-defense pass weak weak- ness That weakness matches up with the Huskies foremost asset Coach Howie Odell has the best passing passing- team on the Pacific coast if not one of the best in the coun coun- try Breaks rea Its Records s Don Heinrich his passing star w who lr quarterbacks quarterback's the club broke three Washington seasonal forward forward forward for for- ward passing passing- records last Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day against Stanford when he completed 19 out of 25 throws for yards Two of his passes went for touchdowns Heinrich who broke the record by his 1919 1949 pitching has bettered his last seasons season's seasons season's seasons season's sea sea- sons son's mark with 77 completions and yards and the season just lust half over California's six opponents to date have completed 64 54 forwards ards out of the 95 that were thrown against them for a 75 average A decided weakness in fact the Huskies are way down on the list listin in n that department nationally The second important point to Washington's advantage is that the he Golden Bears m must u s t go to Seattle to play In the past a just fair Huskies squad was feared eared most in its own lair by all the he teams from the state of Cal Cali ali ali- I fornia Now with a n team ranked among amonS' the thc first 10 nationally Coach Pappy Waldorf and his Berkeley Bears are arc stacked with worries Confused Situation The west's vests opponent in the Rose bowl owl could reasonably be either cither Illinois Wisconsin or Michigan Although Ohio State is the present present present pres pres- ent leader in the Western Vestern conference conference con- con ference neither th the Buckeyes nor northe he the Northwestern Wildcats another another another an an- other contender can accept the invitation b because c use of the Rose bowl pact signed a few years ago against Big Ten repeaters within two wo years The Badgers Badger with ith three wins and one conference Joss to its credit has the inside track as of this moment But ut they have three tough hurdles to overcome before they can consider Pasadena plans Next Saturday they meet Purdue I followed by scoring high Ohio State and on the final week weel an I improved Minnesota squad Penn Penn- sylvania syhania a strong eastern team is sandwiched in between the Buckeyes Buckeyes Buckeyes Buck Buck- eyes and the Gophers The outcome outcome out out- come come of the Penn game will have no bowl bearing Look Looh for at least two more losses before the season is over Michigan with one win and one tie in conference play encounters Illinois Indiana Northwestern and Ohio State in that order Saturdays Saturday's Saturdays Saturday's Saturdays Saturday's Satur Satur- days day's contest against the is most important to them if they are to stay in the Rose bowl run run- ning Tou Tough h Schedule If Coach Ray Eliot's boys from Champagne can squeeze a win over the Wolverines they will have to win at least two of their three additional conference contests for forthe forthe forthe the rights to a Pasadena passport It looks almost certain that the Western stern conferences conference's representative tive in the Bowl of Roses will be bea a twice squad and not the conference champion Should the he take Michigan they still have Iowa Ohio State and Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern North North- western to contend with With a little luck it could easily be a a. Washington vs Illinois for fora a repeat performance in the Rose Pose bowl come January 1 1 If my memory memory memory mem mem- ory is not faulty that would be a anew anew anew new first in the modern Pasadena picture The one thing that we are sure of is that the Rose bowl howl contest will have no bearing on this years year's national championship picture Maybe the Cotton Sugar or Orange Orange Orange Or Or- ange bowls will wiH give us games between between be be- tween undefeated and untied I I sq squads We Ve hope so 50 |
