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Show 3 . e . Passes Carry Southern California to Victory In Great Finish, 7 to 3 By HENRY McLEMORE United Press SporU Writer PASADENA, Cal., Jin. 3 Anything, from a new baby buggy to a filling itation opening U stupendous and colossal In' California, but for once the citizens used those words rightfully today in describing de-scribing the Rose bowl football game. In fact, a few new ones must be coined to adequately describe the) situation that developed yesterday w h n Southern California licked Duke 7-3 In the f greatest game of a series begun in 181. Other postseason postsea-son games had threatened to take some of the luster from the daddy of 'em all; Duke had been belittled as a foe unworthy of facing the mighty , Trojans, and the boys around the country were say- the last 40 seconds of play. The only consolation for Duks, which hadn't even been scored upon before yesterday, wae that it got more gold than U. 8. C. The gate also broke all previous records and of the some 1310,000 cut up, the boys from Durham, N. C, left for home with 1110.000, or 20.000 more than was collected by the Trojans, who shouldered the Hinma Tlm" as penses. But Duke, already richly endowed, caught its special train in a mood as blue as its playing jerseys. Leading Lead-ing by three points the result of a field goal by Tony Ruffa on the second play of the last period the Dukes thought they were in. Then, out of a sky that wasn't blue; out of a sky, in (act, that was heavy with rain clouds, Southern California Califor-nia rained passes. With an obscure fourth etring quarterback throwing them, and a substitute end catching them. Southern California's passes moved to a touchdown. lng the Roee bowl Howard Jones was paase. But many, many more football games will be played In this land befors they put on snother like this. Because, with the largest crowd In history, 3,000, looking on, the Trojans Tro-jans won on a touchdown pass in Utah Aggies Meet Bear Caging Five SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1 HI One intersections! tilt is Included in the three collegiate basketball geunea scheduled In northern California Cali-fornia tonight. At Berkeley the University of California entertains the Utah State Aggies, while the barnstorming Nebraska Ne-braska Cornhusksrs Invade the Stanford court at Palo Alto. The St. Mary's Gaele clash with the Cal Aggies at Moraga. |