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Tribe Drubs Dons, 42 to 26; California to7 Stanford Flaws' Found By U.S.F. MulEieldlails To Halt Oregon Roblin, Mecham Break Through Cal's Stubborn Defense for Tallies Pass To Gordon Gives Bear a Lone Touchdown YOLCXXXV- OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1941 NO. Ill DONS' FIRST SCORE COMES ON JOHNSTON'S GALLOP 5 2,000 See Two Games for the Price One, Or Ten Touchdowns, Eight Conversions and Very Little Football iiikiiiiiiii ii mi miffi. jimiiiiiin. MMmwpippi0iMi iiBwmiaMMHBw njjwf" j.

mii iurnf I A r-- 1 Ttv "RTTRT TJFT.RnrJ By ART COHN Tribune Sports Editor STANFORD STADIUM, Oct. 18. Some 12,000 fortunate souls-today saw two games for the price of one here. To the Tribune Special Correspondent MULTNOMAH STADIUM, PORTLAND, Oct. 18.

Two California boys, wearing the lemon yellow and emerald utter amazement of nobody, btantord won the iirst, za to And, though the Fourth Dons of the University of San Fran green of Oregon, proved too much for the native sons on the University of California grid outfit as the Bears dropped their third straight encounter, losing to the Ducks 19 to 7 on cisco captured the second contest, 26 to 14, the home club gets official credit for winning me doubieneader, 4 to Hb. a mud covered iieia. And if that lead is complicated, it is primary exposition It was Tommy Roblin, whose home town of Pittsburg is compared to the mismatch itself, -which produced ten touchdowns, eight i I 4 I -vi" I 1 1 i Just 30 miles from the California campus, and Curtis Curly Meecham, who claims Bakersfield as his native habitat, that overcame a blue and gold superiority in yardage figures to win the game. conversions, a little. football that was good and a lot that was Daa.

Stanford's six touchdowns have little significance. Four of them were Were it not for the fleet footed antics of the two home State boys scored in the first 20 minutes of play, rolled up against an outclassed team that fully realized its own ineptitude, and as result was paralyzed with fright. Once over the jitters, the U.S.F. team made at least a pretense who had come here to Portland via Eugene and the University of Oregon, it might have been California that walked off the soaked field with of playing football. a conference victory, as 15,000 customers filed out of the gates The most significant point of today's otherwise pointless contest was But unlortunately for the Bears, Roblin and Meecham were playing for Oregon-i-anil a mighty fine job they did.

that feeble U.S.F,, weak as it was, exposed several fundamental flaws in Stanford's armor and, in.capitalizing oh those weaknesses for 28 points, The 20-year-old Pittsburg left half tallied twice while Meecham virtually blazed the trail lor Washington one week from today in beatue. made another six points to account for all but one of the Ducks' counters. All of U.S.F.'s four touchdowns were earned, each one aimed at a Showing the same stubborn defense that characterized the Santa Stanford weakness, per se: Clara game, plus and improved offense, the California aggregation forced the Oregon team to take advantage of every break to win the tilt. And witn tne line spot running oi Koonn ana Meecnam tne ijucks took ine 1 The Dons returned a second quarter kickoff, to their own 30, then drove 70 yards in six plays. The third play, a pass from Quarterback Hal Johnston to Right End Bill Moore, gained 49 yards and put the ball on Stanford's 28.

After two line plays, Johnston roared over his own right hreaks hanried them. maHp somp more themselvpR nnd conKeouentlv kent the Bears in the conference cellar. tackle for 18 yards and six points. No fluke there. Touchdowns Come Last 2 Vac Ramus, 19-year-old halfback, reversed his field on a clever cut back play and rambled 63 yards for a touchdown, without a Stanford All four of the game's touchdowns came swiftly.

Meecham tallied hand on him. No fluke there. with -nine minutes gone by in the first quarter on a 35-yard run from scrimmage. Then a California kick was blocked and Roblin boomed over 3 Little Pete Franceschi took a lateral pass from Johnston and scooted 74 yards down the sidelines for a score. No fluke there.

the center of the line for six points less than three minutes later. Walt Gordon tallied for the Bears on a pass from Hank' Zacharias the second period shortly after end Jack Leidholt had recovered a Web-foot fumble on the Oregon 10. Final score of the encounter came early 4 Climaxing a 39-yard march in six plays, Johnston hurled a pass to Rus Kynoch, left end, that went for 12 yards and a touchdown, No fluke there. And that is the most important story of today's affair, the story of the fourth canto when Meecham returned a punt 62 yards to pay dirt Hal Johnston (42) mads the U.S.F. fans delirious with joy Aside xrom the climax running of Mecham and Roblin the Ore- while Lee Bickenbach (34), Jim Cox (37) and Tony Medved (30), all of Stanford, try to get in the play.

Stanford won by a score of 42 to 26. Tribune photo. gonians showed little in the way of offense. They made but three first downs on the ground and failed to connect with one of four attempted forwards. yesterday as he galloped 18 yards for a touchdown against Stanford.

Bill Sheller (39) Tribe fullback. Is on th lurf. California, on the other hand, moved the required 10 yards fouf times on the ground and twice through the air. thus making the first Stanford's poor pass defense and worse open field tackling. Stanford Great For 20 Minutes The fact that U.S.F.

scored 26 points on Starfford doesn't mean that It was a good game, a close game or that the Dons threatened at any lime. The truth is that U.S.F. was awful but, bad as it was, it could analyze and capitalize on Stanford's elementary weaknesses. It was a loose, desultory game because Stanford made it that way. For which the boys cannot be blamed.

After'all, "the manner In which they crucified the Dons in those first 20 minutes of play to score 28" points with ridiculous ease was convincing proof that they could have made the down count 6 to 3, if penalties, of which there were many, are ndt to be counted. luckv' Broncs Defeat Spartans, 7 to 0 Trojans Take CASANEGA'S PASS TO BEALS Huskies Defeat score 100 to 0 if had desired so naturally, the pressure was turned off. It. was no contest. Those first 20 minutes were brutal.

In them, Stanford looked like the Rose Bowl champions that they were last New Year's, but, in all honesty, if was th p. tissue-paper defense of the Dons that niade them appear invincible. The carnage was terrific, as you can see: 4tece'ivTng "the opening kickoff, Stanford thundered 74 yards in GOOD FOR LONE TOUCHDOWN Bruins, 147 A steady rain, which began falling three hours before game time, hampered the offensive efforts of both elevens. It continued to pour throughout the contest with nary a letup and by the end of the first quarter it was difficult to recognize the players, Despite the condition of the field, which was somewhat soggy when the 37 California players arrived Friday afternoon, the players experienced little difficulty In keeping their feet, as witness, the long runs of Meecham and Roblin. Kicking, too, suffered little from the damp Conditions as Meecham kept the Bears well back with a nifty 40-yard average.

Bob Reinhard turned in a fine punting job but a two-yard out-of-bound effort by Zacharias knocked the California average down to 33.8. Oregon Line Play Better Line play was about even with Oregon holding whatever edge thera might, have been. Bear blocking, while not as crisp or exact as In the St. Mary's game, was a welcome improvement over the pitiful effort against Santa Clara Saturday. In the final analysis it was the combination of MeechanV and; Roblin spelled the difference between defeat and victory.

After Bill Regner, Oregon right end, and George Herrcro, California taCRle, had conferred in the center of the field as came captains. Brunei 10 film's- bins one 'five-yard penalty 10 plays of which nine were hurled' INSIDE the tackles. Milt Vucinich, the 208-pound halfback, went Cougars, 7-6 Robertson, Taylor, Musick Show Power Running in Victory By RONALD WAGONER LOS ANGELES. Oct. 18.U.R Santa Clara Shows Little Offense In Keeping Victory Record Intact By BILL TOn ITT Washington, Tribe Lead Conference After Seattle Win (Picture On Page 12-D) over from the three-yard line.

Four minutes gone and the score was 7-0. 2- This one required nine plays to make 44 yards. Willard Shelter. 1 lie fullback, engineered it, finally booming over from the one-foot line. Thice minutes to play ill the first quarter and the score was 14-0, '3--After Randall Fawcett intercepted Billy Russo's pass in the iinin-: moments of the opening period.

Stanford went 34 yards in five Mitchell, reserve halfback, broke U.S.F.'s back on the last play of li quarter by sweeping his own left end for 17 yards before he ivil'tl six yards from the Don goal line. On the first play of the sfCond ler. Shelter catapulted over his own left tackle for the tou'-hd'i that made the score 21 to 4 the understudy of Frankie Albert: Stanford's All- CPATTI IT rni id mm KEZAR STADIUM, Oft. 18. Dame is a benign in-and-out football team venerated Old "gal.

'When she picks Out a favorite she Sticks to him, re- smashing downfield drives in the Chrislensen kicked off for the Bears and the game was on. Playing cautiouslv. the teams felt each other nut. hpfnrp a xppnnif enough sheer power before 35.000 jgardiess of how he treats her. 1 hanks to this bigness of heart, I first half today enabled the Uni exchange of -punts gave Oregon the ball'on the Bears' 47.

fanshere today to beat the Wash- Santa Clara's Broncos are still this coast's only major unde- versity of Washington to turn back an outmanned but fighting squad Running from a Notre Dame box after a shift from a T-formation. i-rli'i bark, the master well. The Stockton boy Aim "'sluu' leated and untied lootball team -passer Billy Sewell, by the slim rp, 0 ij' In Bob Crane, second string iuudhck. ana. mai wormy Kepi th Ducks moved to a on the 37 with fullback Bill Dunlap and Roblin carrying the ball.

of U.C.L.A. Bruins, 14-7, in the! 4uc juiuiiviw, wiiu vi; uu nidi 111c iui iwu wifii un margin of 7 to 6. ilh it for 67 yards until he was forced out of bounds on end now, were out-played, out-downed, out-spectaculared by Pacific Coast Conference struggle before 18,000 rain-soaked Bickenbach made two of 'em and Hammett did louch- All afternoon it was the slinging James Newquist entered the game in place of Roblin and his first lU'iwn .1 toncl effort was a beautiful long pass which Meecham was unable to hold on fans. oil second down. So.

with only five minutes gone in the lt, ibe score stood 28-0. the end of the first game. The purple-clad Huskies, on" the Continued Page 14-A, Col. I Th; t. comeback trail after two early spa- the Michigan State Spartans here today but they weren't Broncs retained their enviable but outscored evidently shaky status as.

this Those' figures in that big Zfltrt of foot" 'Jibiill society. Ihcy rang up white signboard at the end oi; their eighth straight victory, of If the referee had been Arthur Donovan instead of Jim Blewett.hc son defeats, set the stage for next would have stopped it then. arm of Sewell against the power running of Bobby Robertson. Paul Taylor and Bob Musick of the Southern California Trojans and Sewell finally dropped the close decision. Washington Slale scored first when the ball game was 12 minutes old.

The touchdown followed a Saturday's game with Stanford, th defending champion, by going into Last 'Two-Thirds of Game a Joke the field chow-Santa Clara with 7 points, Michigan State with none a tie for the conference lead. BRUINS COME TO LIFE SPEGIAL TERMS DURING KAY'S ANNIVERSARY SALE Out-weighed and out maneuvered a 7 to 0 victory for an outfit which fumble by end Ralph Hcywood of which four are a hangover' from last, year. And consecutive wins are important now that Stanford has only one. There must be a' seven-point ceiling on these Michigan State-Santa Clara feuds which is as low as most of the way, the Bruins spar Wha.t folJowrd in thfv lst 40 minutes of play bore no closer resemblance to the action of the first 20 minutes than the Stanford team that did a Jekyll-Hyde. True, the Indians poured their second and third teams into the game after a rout became' inevitable, but even the circumstances hardly condones Stanford's, woeful deficiencies, flaws that enabled U.S.F.

to melt the Trojans, who dropped back to should have been beaten but kled in the third period when they punt deep in bis own territory. A Bet Washington on its heels through wasn't. A week ago today Santa Clara out and scored their only touch down. i ----m from center slithered out of Heywood's hands and Dale Gentry, veteran Washington State end, covered the ball on the Trojan 12-yard -line. sat in Dame Fortune's lap, thumbed its nose at California and beat the the fog which hung over the 18,000 customers here today.

Today's seven-point victory-margin was the The Huskies' lightning was slow out it struck with deadly precision Bears without an offense worthy of in the fading moments of the first Sewell failed to gain at center, fa. ir i no i. the name. Hero afternoon period. Taking the ball on their then made four yards around his left end, to set the stage for the own 44, they checked off four firs downs in eight plays and reached fattest in- the four games played, keeping the Broncos' record inviolate with three wins and a nothing to zero tie.

While we have been harsh on the Broncos for their lack of offensive sparkle, we mustn't forget to pat 'cm on the back for their third plav of the series. This time these same Broncos hid behind the old gal's apron, made little more than nasty faces at the enemy and still came out a winner likewise, without much of an offense. that 28-0 lead to 28-13 before the first half ended, weaknesses that allowed thre Dons to draw tip to 35-20 in the last quarter. Oh, yes. there are a couple of Stapford touchdowns still unaccounted for, aren't there? Pardon rne, Alter.

Master Crane fumbled away what seemed 'a cinch Stanford touchdown on the 3-yard line in the third quarter alert Pete Fran-rheschi recovering at that critical point the latter punted out to his own 26. It took the astonishing Albert six plays to engineer a touchdown. The big play of this sequeVice was Sheller's 10-yard smash over h' own right tackle to. the 7-yard line. Crane picked up three at righ' guard and then Albert southpawed a strike to Sheller in the end zone.

Less than four minutes remained in the quarter when Albert nudged the conversion to make the score 35-13. And, in Stanford's only other touchdown during the second half, Buck Fawcett raced 20 yards on a clever cutback play for the final score. It was a Albert pass to Hoot Armstrong for 25 yards that U.C.L.A. three-yard line. Sophomore halfback Bob Barrett and fullback Jack Stackpool, who carried the brunt of the attack it was Billy the passer, faded back to toss to halfback Felix Fletcher, who stepped into the Trojan end zone without molestation.

Sewell tried to placekick for the extra point, but his effort fizzled. It was this, bobble, which later was to cost Washington State the foot- gallant goal-line stands. Yep stalled momentarily as the period ended. Gh the first play of the stands, plural. '-'Three times the Spartans were breathing fire into the.

Santa Clara end zone and three second -period, crossed A I IIC ARE GOOD BOYS It's a cinch Buck Shaw's Prune Valley boys are leading upright lives the way they've been graced with good fortune. Up to the time they made their touchdown late in the U.C.L.A. goal line, standing up. Less than eight minutes after bf" -me. U.S.C., uncovering Paul Taylor, started the last touchdown.

Frankie 1hen slipped the ball to Sheller oh consecutive line plays for gains of 3. 10, 2. 5 and 3, then last making it a first down on the Don 20, Fawcett's signal came up next and he went all the way. times, the Broncs managed to put out the blaze. But it was hot work while they were at it, LHNTYOFDAVIS Before things came to such a the first quarter they had run Up the Huskies marched again from their own 22.

Barrett and Stack-pool, wiip ped-of ge-. Wtfrjllet. wM 1th' buyaf i a e.r atT an insignificant total ol but UNK yardage and in seven plays Wash nianinra aprmmtvwpnr in wnrK i 71 was nr rss 11 rnr ington. had made four first downs a and running quarterback, to spell the hard-hitting Bobby Robertson, rolled and rattled all over the field, but couldn't score irfilil the second period was 10 mijites under way. The Trojansgot the ball on-the light of the Dons' miserable recordthis year, it' is being freely predicted that U.S.F.

Will dron football next vear. to the U.C.L.A. 27. Stackpool left yard not against "a charging, smothering Spartan line. They hadn't made a first down nor" did they make a first down for 43 minutes out of the 60.

But they won, which is what counts. In turning the trick the 4Iie game with an ankle injury but GUARANTEE tiiff wtlth told to fivo you 100 tirvic halfback Ernie Steele passed to From all appearances, U.S.F. did it this year. It was a field day for the if not the customers. No fewer Continued Page 15A.

Col. 7 pass Santa Clara had scored what later proved enough points to beat the boys from East Lansing despite the Spartans' horde of Davis boys, three of 'em. There was Wy for Wyman Davis and his twin brother, Wil for Wilford both of em halfbacks and both of 'em end Bill Sloan for 22 yards and 8 nd titftin. Conliued Pace 15-A, Col. 2 touchdown.

Substitute quarter back Elmer Berg kicked both Wash ington's extra points. ARMSTRONG'S RUN HELPS SET UP TRIBE TOUCHDOWN DESPERATE CHALEEN( fyX'Mg A good. There also was Hugh Davis, but he was ho relation. He was too dark for that. He also was good sensationally xo.

of which more Will be written later. As mentioned before, Santa Clara had made no first downs and netted only one yard of advance i iy yy U.C.L.A. challenged repeatedly in the third, and onco lost the ball on quarterback Bub Watcrfield's fumble on the Washington one-yard line. A few plays later, however, Waierficld made it up by passing to left end Herb Wiener on me yyysA: against the Spartans when it came time to ring up the touchdown. Right there was when Dame For Washington three.

Halfback "Leo Cantor scored over guard, and fullback-Ken 'knelling converted. Otherwise both clubs found it hard going in the steady drizzle and tune's ample bosom heaved a sigh for the darling little scamps she fumbles and interceptions were chosen as her own. She decided to help 'em out of their pickle. frequent. Dick "Skippy" Kicppe, over worked Spartan halfback, flubbed Conference Standings a punt from his own end zone.

He had to get back there; a holding penalty had shoved his pals back 1 I vJ "Tt A I It -A, to their own ten following a Bronco punt. But Kieppe didn i 1 get his kick away. The ball made a net advance of only 13 vards. going across the sidelines just 23 yards away from the Michigan State cashier's, window. CASANEGA CLICKS ONE W.

L. T. Pet. 3 1 0 .750 Washington 2 1 0 Oregon State 2 I 0 fifi7 Stmiford 2 1 0 607 USC. 2 10 U.C.L.A-.

2 2 0 .500 1 Washington Stat 13 0 .2 i0 California 0 2 0 2 10 Montana 0 10 Idaho 0 10 .000 VESltKDAY'S SfOItKS Washington 14. U.C.L.A. 7. Oitkoii alifoi nia 7. SC.

7. Wa-hiiiclon St' C.AMI'S NEXT SMIKDAV (. v.s. at Un kelcy. Stanford vs.

VS ashinutuii I A. vs. Hi nn Ht l. An. The non-funclionmg Santa Clara running attark netted a mmus-onr yard on two playx before Ken Casa- noga upheld his prc-giirne billing by throwing the touchdown fwsa.

Kenny, for one of the frw Iiiik i i 1 3 0 8 0 AD WAY -it otanlord lust four minutes to tcort against U.S.F. be.ng given good protection, took plenty of tine, m.tkmt; Mire 'hat Kttct Al ai on tu wav tn the spot hh Miaikeo with an en one of tue liii'ium, Continued fl U-A. IttL 4 cor tackUd by an unidntiiid Don. Bust Kynoch (81) U.S.F. snd is bting blocked out as Phil Xsarnty (12) charges Irom leh.Trlbun photo.

Also, 110 Sf'tet, Sjcrjmento yMttrday at Palo Alto. Htrt Hoot Armstrong (8) making 10 yard run fa Unit quarter that klpd Mi up tht On linn St ii hU' Vuilnuu..