Thunder and Lightning

Pasadena was flooded with sunshine. Businessmen swelled with pride, policemen with importance. Through the streets it was raining roses--white ones, red ones, pink ones, yellow ones, in bunches and basketfuls, automobiles full, motor trucks full. To the gay Rose Bowl went Pasadena, 300 gorgeous floats and a hilarious walking multitude, for the 37th annual Tournament of Roses on New Year's Day.

Out upon the chalk-lined sward trotted the eleven purple-banded "Huskies" of the University of Washington. They slapped their padded thighs, they pranced their cleated feet. Came the slighter, nimbler Dixie boys of the University of Alabama, flitting through signal practice, twitching their pigskin this way, that way.

It was the old, old contrast, the thunder and the lightning. Great Quarterback Guttormson kicked off for Washington and in a spurting run, a twinkling pass, the ball was back on his 17-yard line with agile Quarterback Pooley Hubert calling a new Alabama signal. The thunder awoke. Alabama's next pass was intercepted and Guttormson, Tesreau, Patton and Wilson plunged the ball back to a touchdown. In the second period they got another, in the fourth another.

But two of Guttormson's three kicks-for-point sailed askew; his running mate Wilson was injured; and all through the game the Alabama lightning flickered dangerously. In the third period it gathered its fury and struck thrice: Pooley Hubert through the line for a touchdown; Grant Gillis through the air to Johnny Mack Brown, a deadly arrowing pass of 65 yards,* for a touchdown; a second pass, Pooley Hubert to Johnny Mack Brown, for a third touchdown. And Left Guard Buckler of the Alabama boys kicked goal just often enough. Score: Alabama 20, Washington 19.

*A world's record. Previous record: John Levi of Haskell Indians to George Kipp, 62 yards (1924).