Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 16

(6 RENO EVENING GAZETTE November 19, 1945 Sparks Vegas Waits Game National Football Title, Bowl Bids Still Undecided Gael, Holy Cross Upsets Confuse Grid Situation Wolves Defeat" Big Kansas AAF Eleven by 26-1 3 Count Pros fo Decide Football Titles In Sunday Play Rams, Redskins Within Grasp Of Championships rf-w Skit The western Nevada high school football crown already theirs, Tip Whitehead's Sparks Railroaders turned their eyes to the southland today, where the big Las Vegas Wildcats stood across Sparks' path to the state title. No direct negotiations between the two schools for a championship game are yet possible, since Las Vegas has one conference game left on its schedule, against the weak Basic eleven next Friday night. No one expects the Wild- A RUDE GOES FOR 22 Lloyd Rude, Nevada's great fullback, breaks out into the Great Bend serondary on one of his several long runs yesterday. Coming up to stop him are Kalins (77), Greaat Bend halfback, and Trip- gaining yaras. MARLIA PULLED DOWN Ted Marlia, Sparks fullback, is pulled down by an unidentified Reno man after picking up 10 yards In the first quarter of Saturday's Railroad-Huskies contest.

Coming up to assist if necessary is Ed Reed (42), Reno end. NEW YORK. Nov. 19. (jp)The national championship, several sectional races and the very confused bowl situation today remained to be cleared up as the collegiate football campaign neared its conclusion.

Army and Navy went into training for their championship clash in Philadelphia Dec. 1, but the Big Ten, Big Seven and Big Six chases were slated to be decided this Thursday and Saturday. The bowl picture, never a clear one at best because of the weekly batch of upsets, became cloudier than ever today following the surprise de feats of St. Marys, Holy Cross and Penn State Saturday. Heading the list of contenders for the post-season contests were the four remaining major unbeaten and untied elevens Army, Alabama, Oklahoma A.

and Virginia. Army, which rolled to its seventeenth victory in two years by trouncing Pennsylvania 61-0 Saturday, topped the field for the Rose Bowl bid. Whether the Cadets would accept an invitation still was debatable but Maj. Gan. Maxwell D.

Taylor, superintendent at West Point, said he was considering the matter although he emphasized that the Army has not received even a feeler for a New Year's day game. ALABAMA SECOND Alabama was rated the second choice for the Pasadena classic and the No. 1 nominee for any other bowl game in which it would like to play. The Red Elephants cap tured the southeastern title by walloping Vanderbilt 17-0. Oklahoma A.

M. became a much sought after club following its 46-6 whipping of a good Texas Tech squad. The Aggies wind up campaign Saturday against Oklahoma and shouldn't have too much difficulty in annexing the state title. Virginia, which was overlooked in the early hunt for bowl teams because of its weak schedule, also became a desirable attraction with its unblemished record. UCLA FAVORED UCLA's 13-7 last quarter win over M.

Mary made easier the problem of selecting a western representative for the Rose Bowl. The western choice is restricted to a member of the Pacific coast conference and the UCLANS now stand as the top contender. Although they suffered their first defeat in their finale against UCLA the Gaels of St. Mary's were considered to stand a firm chance of landing a bowl invite down south. Final Western Grid Standings Western Nevada high school football teams completed their regular season play over the weekend, the Sparks Railroaders on top with six wins and no losses.

Reno and Lovelock were tied for second with five wins and one loss each, and Hawthorne took fourth place with three wins, two losses and a tie. The final league standings: Team Won Lost Tied Pet. Sparks 6 0 0 1.000 Reno 5 1 0' .833 Lovelock 5 1 0 .833 Hawthorne 3 2 1 .600 Stewart 3 3 0 .500 Yerington 3 3 0 .500 Carson 1 4 1 .200 Fallon 0 6 0 .000 Douglas 0 6 0 .000 Buck With 35-Inch Antlers Bagged A 250-pound mule tail buck with aji antler spread of 35 inches was killed near Clear creek in Ormsby county yesterday by Frank Mon-golo, well-known Reno sportsman. The deer, which possessed the biggest spread of antlers reported so far this season, had seven points on one side and five on the other. NEVADA RADIO SERVICE W.

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Collins whipped a pass to Reed on the Sparks one and on the next play sneaked over for the touchdown. Oliveri's first conversion was no good, but Sparks was offside, and on his second try, the big Reno fullback got the extra point that made it Reno 7, Sparks 0. Sparks started from its own 89-yard line following the kick-off, and with no one but Shelly, the center, and Peroddy and Marlia touching the ball, drove straight to a touchdown on power plays off tackle. Marlia went over from the one-yard line for the score, and Peroddy carried it across on an off-tackle slant for the conversion, making it 7-7. The Railroaders went out in front early in the fourth quarter.

Peroddy had been dumped for a three-yard loss on the Sparks 21, but on the next play, the versatile halfback faded back, eluded a horde of Reno tacklers and pitched a perfect pass on the dead run. Gilardi was waiting for it in the end zone for the touchdown. Peroddy again ran the conversion across to make it Sparks 14, Reno 7. Neither team threatened after than, and Sparks in particular looked dead tired. FINAL TW IST The game got its final thrilling twist when both teams misunderstood the timekeeper's signal and began to leave the field.

Fans were streaming out onto the turf when the referee recalled both elevens and gave Reno one more play. Marfisi for Collins, picked up 19 yards through tackle on this last chance, but that ended it with Sparks still in front. For the Railroaders, Peroddy and Marlia stood head and shoulders above the field. Peroddy carried the ball SO times for a total of 145 yards and a 4.8 average. Marlia packed the IS PATRIOTIC ii mort and patriotic We'll that your tiret tea you thru if Distributors for WILLARD FISK STATES BATTERIES 'cfc: tJ CHICAGO, Nov.

19. (JP) This is showdown week In the dynamite-filled National football leagu race, with the surprising Cleveland Rams and the rollicking Washington Redskins within grasp of the western and eastern division titles respectively. The Rams can make Thanksgivw ing day really worth celebrating when they risk their 7-1 record against the second-place Detroit Lions at Detroit. A Ram victory would clinch the western diadem for Cleveland in the 10-gam championship race. REDSKINS ON TOP The Redskins (6-1) can assure themselves of at least a tie for eastern laurels by whipping the Philadelphia Eagles (5-2) in their crucial skirmish at Philadelphia next Sunday.

Once past the Eagles, Washington meets the hapless Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Giants. The Ram, behind the brilliant passing of rookie Bob Water-field, squelched the Chicago Cardinals, 35-21, at Chicago yesterday to grab the undisputed western leadership, as the Lions stumbled 83-14 before the pass-minded Giants at New York. The tail-end Chicago Roars un'fh Sid Luckman passing to three loucnaowns, gave the Redskins a healthy scare before Washington reverted to a classy running attack to finally triumph, 28-21, after trailing at 7-0. 14-7 and 21-14 Luckman completed 19 out of 36 passes to outclass Sammy Baugh in the aerial department. EAGLES CHALLENGE The Eagles kept right on Washington's heels by walloping the Steelers, with Steve Van Buren, the league-leading ground-gainer, ramming to a pair of Philadelphia touchdowns.

The Green Bay Packers kept their mathematical chances of tying for the western title alive by trouncing the Yanks, 28-0. Don Hutson snagged one touchdown pass and five of eight tosses to him, while Lou Brock paced Greea Bay's slashing ground attack. mall 21 time and got 80 yarde for a 8.8 average. Frank Gilardi was the only other Railroader bark to make an offensive effort, carrying one and being dumped for a two-yard lone. In the Sparks line.

Eneman. Shelly and Gori turned in top games. COLLINS STARS Reno was led by Al Collins in the backfield, the little quarter carrying 11 times and picking up 66 yards for a six-yard average. Atkinson. Smith and Oliveri alnn turned in good performances, and in the line, Reed and Hanlon wer outstanding.

Sparks got 13 first downs on the ground and two in the air for a total of 15, against Reno's four on the ground, two in the air and a total of six. Sparks rolled up 223 yards rushing and 32 through the air for a total of 255, and the Huskies picked up 118 on the ground and 23 through the air for a total of 141. (fit 'MFwMelif Teah, I'm butter a peperhanger the days -btj eattomn 'roMinfT i ID Ts Yd! Juft gfv a break PHONE FOR AN APPOINTMENT and I'll hare ovr trained mechanics save time to kp your ear or truck 'on the job?" Prompt, dependable if vice factory engineered partj rea aooabla price fam ft all these at tOO So. Virginia Phone 4101 Lloyd Rude Leads Pack To Victory The University of Nevada Wolfpack scored two touchdowns in the first quarter, one in the second and one in the fourth to defeat a big but slow Great Bend, army air field team 26-13 before a scant crowd in Mackay stadium yesterday. The Pack almost came a cropper when it punched over its first three touchdowns with almost ridiculous ease and then sat back to take things easy, for the soldiers came to life with a bang, and midway in the fourth quarter had a lot of people worried as they pulled up within a touchdown of Nevada, 19-13.

The Great Bend outfit was the kind of a football team that ran make the opposition look bad, even In winning, and they did just about that against the Park yesterday. For the Wolves, despite an impressive statistical edge and their two-touchdown margin, did not play the ball of which they are capable. Their tackling and blocking were ragged, and had the visiting backs possessed more speed, there probably would have been plenty of anxious moments before Nevada could have claimed a win. It was perhaps inevitable, however, that the Pack should slip a little from the peak it reached for the San Diego State game the week before, and all in all yester-j day's was an interesting contest to watch. SCORE EARLY Nevada started the scoring midway through the first quarter, Lloyd Rude barreling through right tackle from the two-yard line into the promised land.

Three minutes later, the Pack was down knocking at the soldiers' gate again, and Matt Klemaszew-ski, hustling little halfback, did the honors with a 10-yard sprint into the end zone, shedding two would-be tacklers enroute. TAYLOR SCORES The second quarter was only four minutes gone when the Wolves got their third touchdown. Jim Taylor, who had played a big part in this third march into Great Bend territory, shot off tackle from the 12 yard line, shook off one tackier and sidestepped his way across the goal line. The crowd sat bark then, waiting for the Park to go on and roll up a 78-0 score, and the Park sat bark right with it. The soldiers weren't long in taking advantage of the situation, either.

Seven minutes later, Laf-fey, a halfback who was not even listed on the visiting squad's roster, climaxed a sustained Great Bend march by rounding left end for five yards and the touchdown that made it 19-6. The half ended that way, and the third quarter was scoreless. The fourth quarter had rolled past its midway point, and the soldiers had not collapsed in the way they were expected to. SOLDIERS THREATEN As a matter of fact, with but six minutes left to go in the game, Batchelor, Great Bend end, took a pass on the Nevada 26, looked around for someone to lateral the ball to, and finding no one, ran to a touchdown instead. Kalin converted, and with the score Nevada 19, Great Bend 13, there was many a nervous fan in the stands.

Rude sewed the ball game up three minutes later, however, when he plowed through right tackle, cut wide and raced untouched into the end zone. Mc-Clure converted for the game's final point. RUDE OUTSTANDING It's easy to pick a back over a lineman as any game's outstanding performer, of course, but there is little doubt that Lloyd Rude was the top man on Mackay field yesterday. Just for the record, here are a few highlights from Rude's performance: 1. Carried the ball 18 times for a total of 166 yards, an average of 9.2 yards per crack.

2. Blocked to perfection when other backs carried the ball. On one play when Taylor was doing the running. Rude knocked one would-be tackier off his feet by running into him, ed another out of the play passed and ended up by a third one fiat with a ipen-field block. off like a howitzer, kts sailing 75 yards ir and coming going through goal posts.

nty of deceptive- usual running lhan with as much fpower as this 18- 'ck has, he possesses of pace and 'em a leg and then LXDOUTS Rude, Jim Taylor Klemaszewski looked Nevada backfield. In iuster McClure, it goes fthout saying, turned in a though the American tackle was moved several plays by the Great cats, unbeaten and scored on but once in two years, to stumble over that one, however. If the game does materialize, it should be played here, since it was run off in the southern Nevada city last fall. The Railroaders grabbed off their own zone championship when they clawed their way to a 14-7 win over Reno on Mackay field Saturday. It probably was as hard a fought game as was played in the university stadium this fall.

CLOSE GAME The score favored Sparks, and the statistics were overwhelmingly on the side of the Railroaders, but as they so often do, those two factors utterly fail to tell how close the game really was. For the Huskies, sparked by fiery little Al Collins, scored first, threatened once before that and once after it, and were very much in the ball game all the way. That's taking no credit from a very fine Sparks team, for the Railroaders deserved their win, but the Huskies were dangerous every minute of play. The first quarter was scoreless, both teams kicking away excellent scoring opportunities. SPARKS MARCHES Sparks marched to the Reno two-yard line midway in the quarter, largely on the strength of Peroddy's 23-yard breakaway run.

The husky Sparks halfback, who singlehandedly gained 27 more yards on running plays tfian the entire Reno team, was bumped out of bounds just one step from the Husky goal line. On the next play, Marlia, Sparks fullback and the other workhorse for the Railroaders, fumbled, and Oliveri, Reno fullback, picked it up and ran it out to the Reno nine. Just three plays later, thanks to Oliveri's 51-yard punt, another Coast Elevens Gun for Title UCLA Plays Cal, USC vs. Beavers SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19.

(JP) Pacific coast conference standings will be tossed into the football whirlpool again this weekend. Among the six teams involved in the three league games is the one which will represent the west in the annual Rose Bowl classic. The game may go to either UCLA or USC. They are the top teams of the circuit, each defeated once in conference play. Their second meeting of the season, Dec.

1 in Las Angeles, should determine the Rose Bowl choice. Southern California, incidentally, won from UCLA 13-6 last September. ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN Anything can happen, of course, between now and the end of the schedule. But UCLA rates strongly over California in their clash at Berkeley, Saturday. In the first of their home and home series UCLA won 13-0 and from all indications is the most improved club of the lot.

The Bruins gave themselves a trenmendous lift by toppling St. Mary's college from the nation's unbeaten, untied ranks last week. Meanwhile, Southern California, the conference co-leader, comes to grips with Oregon State college in Los Angeles. The Trojans were idle last week and should come up strong for Oregon State, just defeated 13-6 by Washington State college. The third conference encounter pits Washington against Washington State on the latter's Pullman field.

This figures to be a close one, Washington having won the first o'f their two engagements, 6-0. This weekend's contests shape up as follows: UCLA over California by 13 points; Southern California over Oregon State by 12 and i Washington State over Washing ton by six. EL TORO WINS SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19. (JP) Outplayed and outgained for 57 minutes, the El Toro Marines broke Fullback Ernie Lewis loose for a 58-yard touchdown run late in the fourth period to defeat the powerful St.

Mary's Pre-Flight Air Devils 7-0 before 35,000 spectators at Kezar stadium Sunday. DINETTE SETS Large Selection $16.00 to $125.00 WESTERN MERCANTILE CO. FURNITURE APPLIANCES 1440 'B' Sparks PHONE 2808 was in me tnira quarter, ituae GAZETTE A. D. WELTY WINS "TURKEY SHOOT" A.

D. Welty, turning in a net 78, won his Thanksgiving turkey in the Reno golf club's annual "turkey shoot" at the Washoe county golf course yesterday. Bart Glenn also did well by the family table, winning a goose with a net of 71. Other winners were Walter Shew, who was awarded a durk for his net of 71, and O. A.

Bass, who took home two wild mallards after turning in a similar score. Yerington Beats Churchill, 21-7 YERINGTON, Nov. 19. Yerington high school's late-developing Lions hit their stride here Saturday as they wound up their season with a 21-7 win over the Fallon Green Wave. The victory gave Yerington a season record of three wins and three losses.

Fallon, a freshman team, went winless during the season. The Churchill squad opened the scoring here Saturday when Hicks carried the ball over from the five-yard line after a 70-yard sustained march. Hicks passed to Souza for the conversion. Early in the second quarter, Warren Em, Yerington quarter, heaved a long pass to Frade, end, for the first Lion score. Hugo Giorgi carried the ball across for the conversion.

The Lions went out in front in the same quarter when Basil Quilici went around end for a touchdown, Giorgi again converting via a line buck. In the last quarter, the Lions got their final score on Quilici's off-tackle plunge into pay dirt. Quilici then place kicked the conversion. Hawthorne Whips Douglas, 25-0 HAWTHORNE, Nov. 19.

The Hawthorne Serpents clinched fourth place in the western Nevada high school football conference here Saturday by whipping Douglas Tigers, 25-0. The Serpents clearly showed the loss of McGowan, star passing back, who was injured in the game against Bishop the week before. Hawthorne got its first score when Walker ran the opening kickoff 75 yards to a touchdown. Before the period ended, Kessler had plunged over for another score, Walker converting to make 13-0. Hawthorne scored once more in third and once in the fourth, Walker and Olson chalking up the six-pointers.

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Their smashing, last-minute, 13- 7 victory over St. Mary's Gaels Saturday while not a Pacific Coast conference win established the Bruins as the west's favorite for the Rose Bowl. What the loss did to St. Mary's: Prevented the Gaels from becoming St. Mary's first undefeated, untied team.

Knocked Jimmy Phelan out of the running for coarh-of-the-year honors. May have cost the Gaels a bid to the Sugar Bowl, although they may wind up somewhere else New Year's day. Just about broke the hearts of the fighting 'teen-age kids whose spectacular play in seven previous games had been the delight of coast fans. But most of the 87,000 spectators in the Coliseum were agreed that UCLA's victory was deserved. The Bruins did it the hard way, marching 84 yards in 11 plays in the last five minutes, culminating in Ernie Case's 20-yard touchdown pass to Skip Rowland.

When Case kicked goal there were only 50 seconds to play. Having accomplished the No. 1 upset of the coast grid season, La Brucherie now has the problem of keeping Bruin noses to the grindstone. Before the Bruins can buy that Rose Bowl dream, they must beat California and Southern California. GAME COMMISSION IN NEW OFFICES The Lyon building fire last week caused the removal of the Nevada state fish and game commission's offices from that structure to room In the agriculture building on the University of Nevada campus, it was announced today.

"The fire caught us in the middle of a very busy hunting season, but thanks to the eo-operation of university officials, we're already bark in a regular business routine," S. S. "Buck" Wheeler of the commission said. A telephone will be installed at the new office today. HOLLYWOOD PROS WIN SAN JOSE, Nov.

19. (JPt 'Scoring in every period, the Holly wood Bears, led by Kenny Washington, romped over the San Jose Mustangs 38-13, in a Pacific coast league professional football game at Spartan stadium before 4500 fans. Bend linemen, something that doesn't happen in every game McClure plays. John Kentera, subbing for Dieringer at left tackle, also turned in a good game, as did Joe Stolfi and fiery little Bill Morris. The visiting firemen were led by Kalins, a halfback Time magazine would undoubtedly describe as balding.

Kalins exhibited his thinning locks to the crowd when, angered by his own fumble, he threw his helmet some 20 yards up the field. In the line, Vicchio, who played frosh ball for Nevada four years ago, looked good, along with Dieg, tackle, and Petrie, end. STATISTICS GIVEN Statistically, the Pack was further out in front than the score would indicate. Aiken's men ran up a net of 309 yards on the ground, failed to complete any of five attempted passes and counted 12 first downs. Great Bend had six first downs, a net of 88 yards on the ground and 162 ia the air for a total of 25a the it the There Are Dozens of Service Stripes on mm Those "fighting tires'" overseas are really your tires drafted to do the more important job.

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