Allison foresaw the farewell parade of his six stars long before last season began, and he built accordingly during the 1937 campaign when the Bears marched undefeated through Pacific Coast conference opposition and stunned Alabama into defeat the Pasadena classic.
Each Saturday afternoon Allison worked his regulars only half a game, not as the fans thought, to save the opposition from an unmerciful beating, but to give the juniors and sop-homeres some game experience.
The system worked well The regulars, led by Chapman, Meek and Herwig, smacked the enemy into submission, usually in the second quarter. and left them soft pickings for the subs in the second half.
So this year, as he scans his list of prospects, Allison can point to 20 men who either were regulars or who saw almost as much action as the regulars through 1937.
That and the presence of left halfback Vie Botfari, the vicious Venetian Also ran:—White Birthday (C. Gram), Stonylight (E. B. Moller), Man O'Zest (J. Pote-Hunt), Port Bradda late Leaping Morn (E. Kermode), Little
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