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HALFBACK-END JIM STEFFEN
Steffen, UC LA's captain, is one of the Bruins' most
va luable performers. A fin e runner a nd pass re-
ceiver J im is also a good punter, fie ld g oa l and
kickoff man. Steffen, a 6' I 96-pound Senior earned
his first Varsity letter last year playing end. Jim
now plays either right e nd or tailback.

TACKLE PAUL OGLESBY
O glesby, a rangy st rong tackle, is one of the stand-
outs in the Bruin line. A Junior Paul is a 6'4"
228-pound letterman with a promising future at
UCLA.

l111proving Bruins

Try for an Ups.et -and, of course, the Brums have fallen before five pretty

good football teams m Pitt, Oregon State, Florida, Stanford
By FRANK STEWAR,T and Washington State.
Assistant Director ASUCLA News Bureau From Actmg Head Coach Bill Barnes and Captam Jim
Steffen down to the sophomore student managers, the Bruins
A couple of angry and aroused football teams will do feel they are ready for an all-out effort this afternoon, cer-
battle here m Strawberry Canyon this afternoon m the 29th tamly an improved performance over last week when they
renewal of this senes between the Umversity of Cahforma gave away three quick and easy touchdowns to Washington
giants. State to lose a 3 8-20 ball game.
The favored Bears, rudely knocked off by Oregon State Early m the third quarter, the Brums TWICE climbed to
last week, hope to keep their Rose Bowl fire from dymg out withm one TD of WSC, 8 14 and 14-22, only to have the
completely-and also to break a seven-game losmg streak Cougars explode for quick tallies, one on a 66-yard pass
to their Westwood brothers. play and the other on a 83-yard kickoff return. A short
The underdog Bruins, the loser in five out of seven starts 31-yard UCLA punt to its own 3 3 set up the Cougar clmch-
this fall, hope to spnng a maJOr upset-and that is exactly er in the wild five-teedee third penod-and that was that.
what it would be, a big fat, JUICY upset! If they can sur- But there was one bnght side to the WSC defeat-the
prise their Berkeley brothers, the Brums will not only even emergence of a new tailback star by the name of Nathan
this senes at 14-14-1 but also will post their fourth straight "Skip" Smith, a converted 193-pound fullback who showed
wm here m Memorial Stadium, a feat never before accom he can really pack the pigskm. He rambled for 13 5 net yards
phshed. m 22 carries for a solid 6 3 average and a TD. Pretty im-
UCLA, accustomed to wmnmg with regularity under the pressive stats for a gndder who had only earned the ball
late and great Red Sanders, has been havmg its troubles this ONCE pnor to last Saturday!
season for a number of obv10us reasons, the loss of the Single Skip, a Junior from Torrance, has the speed and drive to
Wing Master himself two short weeks before fall practice be a star if he can improve his passmg-and Coach Barnes
opened, the illness of his successor George Dickerson, the loss say he believes this Mr Smith can do Just that. After all, he
at midseason of seven first strmgers the penalized seniors was only moved to tailback the Monday before the WSC

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