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'V 1 cry r-' Li Ivy Leaguers-No -Match Fbt Tough Indian Tribe laiys Team Shows Flashes i in Defeat VOL CL! B-l OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 194? ccccc NO. 87 i -SEIpf -c pin i i ...,:..7 V-Ov' riliril II .11 I 1 I i i i 1 i 1 I I VI If MI II MP I 1 I i i i i mi w- 1 'r I- 11 ii il i 3 at 49 4 1 'vTi 4 Moragans Provo fo 5(000 Thcrc No Pushover; Xlicrlcy Sarvcr Stars for Winners; Subs Temper Cal's Attack By ENDJONS BYRNE i -i i' i First Trip West Since 1 920 Rose Dew! Disastrous for Easterners; Cardinal Coach Calls Reserves to Curb Slaughter; jy Y.y 1. i--M. y- 4 yy, I By ALAN WARD i I Tribune Sports Editor STANFORD STADIUM, Sept. 24.

Harvard came to Call MEMORIAL- STADimi, Sept ts x4 r.V ornia fcr the first time in almost 30 years 'with, a reputation for scholastic excellence and football The scholastic record no doubt still exists, but the foot- so 0 I if reputation has been shot full of holes. The Indians of Stanford today: trounced the Harvards by a score of 4 to- 0 before -crowd estimated at ,40 tQQ0. HarvardTs most recent rorma roUed over SL Mary's this afternooa before 50GG0 sun drenched spectators, 23 to but it wasn't as easy as the prognosticators earpected. The Gaels, who did everything "wrong against Oregon a week ago, were doing a ot of things right today. In ifict, the Bears, lacking the sheer power of last year's champion-ship team, had to resort to guile to baffla- the hard charging and harder 1 fighting; men from Moraga 1 i It must admitted, however, that Pappy Waldorf, lie sagei ef Strawberry CanyQntempered Califbrcia attack a host ef tub stitutes in the closing minifies, sweeping the bench dean.

Had he wanted to pour it on. he might have gotten another touchdown. 1 And then again maybe not St Mary's played valiantly against superior manpower. 'y The Bears scored four touchdown in aH, converted three of them and trapped Dick Jarvia St Mary's quarterback, in the end zone for 1 if' 4 BRONCOS GET i SCARE, DEFEAT SPARTANS, 14-13 f- 3 a safety. It waa noteworthy that all but one of these touchdowns; were 5 vuit to tins state was lor a Rose Bowl game with Oregon cn January 1, 1920.

Harvard won -that game by the narrow margin of 7 to 6. Their margin el loss today could i have been extended substantially had Coach Marc hie Schwartz of the Indians been fat a mood rub, in Ceaek Schwmrta was satisfied esse vp when it was frvions Harvard didn't belong In the same I jv i league with the Pale Alt la; the la fe minutes at the fame Schwartz dug deep into his reserves lor" players who' may not get an- i Cther chance the balance ef this Kids; trotted onto the' field namea were unfamiliar even to the most ardent old grads. Had Schwartz kept hi? first, second and scored from 14 yards or furthef, and that Charley Sarver, the 152 pound speedster from Bakersfield, participated brilliantly sin all three of the By JACK MEVGES SPARTAN STADIUM, San Jose, 24. Santa Clara's Bronco received the scare of their lives as they barely subdued a battling San Jose State eleven, 14-13. in a bone-crushing game here tonight.

The Spartans were alive tonight and shewed no effects from the. pasting- they took st the hands ef Stanford last week. It looked like another team on the field. I i i i long --V' -i Charley. -scored twice, and! surprise, passed to Pete Schabaum.in a brand new play that had been thought up by Waldorf only a few days.

It caught the Gael defease completely off balance, for never before, has Sarver throws the ball He's been' known as a running; back, which' he certainly j- Penally Nullifies 79-Yard Gallop Reversing the Sarver to Schabarum bombshell, Charley scored another touchdown a few minutes after, the half-time intermission in which the Calif ornia rooting; section, loutdid rtself wuh. glittering: card stunts. Server took a 3T-yard pass frm Schabarum on the St Marys 42-yard line and outran, hia play netted 73 yards, but it diaat count The Bears were fined1 five yards for backs in motion. Actually the peaalry eUdnt cost the Bears any points, for a few mnntes later they had their touchdowni with Sarver reeling off a clever I A th4 stnn2ers in for the duration toe Broncos. Marty For-! the score been 72 to OL argas' valuable extra! argas i ieast.

it was mai easy. XJTTLE TO OFFER point added ntung climax to a contest that lacked little of the drama, of a game between two, arch The Crimson of Harvard today had Lttle cr nothing; to offer, whereas the Indians had about everything. 4 final quarter was halfway completed and the Broncos chances looked mighty slim when- Hall tackled sharply, blocked ihM 13 Intended fcr. Norm Ingebrictseni (74), Gael who If Being Ht by California's Pa4 Baldwin (34). Note ths official on ihe ground at lie left Tribune photo.

Although cnly hiz fingers cars risible (arrow), California' Pete Sdictbansa intercepted this SL Mary's pass In the first cruarter of yesterday's ccm In Berkeley, The pass was and showed a fine scorn for the I v7l i Ivy League representatives who had hfpBMICO TALLIES been picked to lose although; by After twos'running plays failed. no more than 14 points. In snmej Fullback Harry Beck kicked out to ouafters the Indians were onlyiSaa Jose's Tormico gathered in 49-yard dash in which, feinting and faking wonld-be faeklen off their feet, he charged thrsagh the St Mary! secondary without a hand being laid en -i For that matter, the Gaels had a touchdown called back, too so everything waa even in that department Bill Sherman, hard running halfback from Yreka, took Bob Celeri's punt only nine yards from; hia own goal and raced 91 yards the left side Ene for pay dirt Trouble was, the officials ruled. Bill jnepped cut of bounds en, the St Mary's 23-yard stripe, This came in: 'the second ttuarter when the Bears were holding a somewhat precarious at the time-4ead of 7 to and! the groan that went up from the Bed and Blue rooting section waa terrible i- -1 NOTRE DAmE SWEEPS seven voint favorites. i the and, with beautiful Vha ka rfMi blocking, went down.

the sidelines! Oklahoma Beats A all the way to pay dirt, knocking eothinz exactly right 1 although Oregon Wrecks Vandals, 0 OVEPv INDIANA, 49-6 Eagles, .6 fp 0 24. (JP Ckla- Hope waa nmninghighT en the St. Mary's side of the field at i Continued Page 5-B, Cetjl the score at 13-13. With the jpres-sure on, Vargas split the uprights for the game-winning point' "iBiifc W-nW Raiders failed to call it quits until the final gun. With Gene Menges passing and Harry Johnson ranning, the Spartans staged two seorlnr threats that fell short ef their gnat three of Crimson's Jim Koonan, Paul Shafer and Charlie 1 Roche tried their valiant best.

So did Captain Houston' Jthe tackle picked by sennae the Eastern-pundits as an AUAmerican Kthis Terhaps after today's debacle i Boestena All-American eandidaey 1 will be withdrawn. After aXL a 44 to lacing Is difficult to ex- homaa i Sugar Bowl champions SOUTH IgcL, Sept. 21 It was the same old lGEJTE, Ore, Sept3 21 Notre Dame, plus' some. frisky' new' hands, fesl111 Umversrty of Idaho's hopes of the fightin off bid for, a fourth straight un-l- TS launched their 1343 grid campaign tonight by walloping Bdston- Col Deaueji'seaioa wun a uuumg uu rmidrit uuuiuuixieusoregons; hard-ruahing: backs, 41-41. Hoosiers todav.

i I i For three minutes Idaho claim It was Menges and Johnson who From a modest 15-6 half tinie-advantage, the'Irish rolled fc teJ Jf i in. 4tt a rHnr? artrT mnr ir. FeIed. The viators, who 20 points in a devastating rthird period and .13 more in pilUt IWJ, -i Ir-ar-riaA th tv-iint nf San Jnse'B. at.

up crushed Willamette, 79-0, last week. Stanford racked Up tiie first of its; tack and the latter was also a stand- lege. 48-0, before a crowd of 3,241 at Braves Field. The visitors, operating out of the spectacular Bpnt-T behind a line that seemed te explode every time the ball was snapped, plated aa If they meant to atone for the. licking- their coach.

End Wflkln-son, took In the Chicago All-ftar tix touchdowns a saiety iaier was. ut defense. the final quarter for their Z9th straight jgame without defeat ctookl the opening Mckeff their pointers here's how the Irish scored: owm 25i and drove to the Oregon 2i Sophomore Tackle Bob Toneff of There.the bubble burst ricked un somewhere along the way EOCGH GA3IE An inaugural crowd of 53, m'f Oregon linemen stopped the The rough encounter bad the onrtheir feet and the 844 watched the Hoosier start tiu. Hoosier 7 for a safety. oaKT? when thefirst was only minutesalongi.

Harry Hugasian; sophomore left halfback, dived over the goal stripe from the- four yard line, after' the thrust and Idaho was almost help- nlavr itretched" out ori the erid-l gamely, ana. men couapse; sxags TD pass less before their charges after that under the rapier thruats ox.wotre iron muca ox tne uuaay xx uwy i giauuaieu ix3 BCtl Gay snagged a 23-yard Through, big: holes, Oregon, backs "i-J ii hart marched from the mid- thei Spartans' shifty half-; who led them to the jiig seven title ing pass from Williams to give Notre 'failqped to one touchdown Dame its. 16-6" halftime marsin- ifirst period, another the second ifl th TA without a aeiGur. oac waa, maae Kvenu 'last year and" a post-season triumph over North they didn't Dame backs and bludgeoning defensive play of Irish forwards. New Quarterback Bob Williams did a commendable quarter backing runs and scored the; first in the third.

Reserves show it two more in the final 'i Halfback Coutre -sprinted luun 14 yards or a 4hird-period touch- Euarer AH the ball toting directed toward that first score was done; by Huga-aian, Bill Young and Bob and it you're looking for Stanford- heroes of the. afternoon take these three lads with Gary down, suffered a broken collar-' bone when he and Haynea collided at full speed. 4 1 The close streggle is reflected ao.l:,.: Maho did not develop but it wasr "old timer Ernil Sitka who. wielded the heavy shillelagh for the Irish. 1 NOW FULLBACK SitkOi making -his first fullback Darrell "Royal, a 170-pound Jack of -all-trades, i- ran Jhe club like an expert teaming with George Thomas, Leon HeatJt' and Lindell Pearson? to form a backfield that will score bushels of points: this season, ji -Thomas seored three of the seven Kerkorian added, BXXKOK1AX STARS JCerkorian, like Hugasian a gophomore.

an -excellent job of bail. handling at Quarterback, but across from the JE-foot line. End B51 Wlghtkin grabbed Ma-xnr'a 17-yard flip for the seventh and ftoa Netre Dame touchdown. Place-kicker Steve Oracko booted five -of his seven conversion tries. Indiana" sole -touchdown i came midway in the second period a Oregon's fleet backfield trio cf Fullback Bob Sanders and Halfbacks Woody Lewis and George Bell ran wild.

Sanders set the pace, scoring "three touchdowns and fuming in several long mid-field I More surprising to observers was Qregona effective air punch. start after three halfbackmg seasons, punched i- across three of Notre an even more impressive task of kicking extra -points. He booted the Wi A I il.i A ft Oklahoma one of on a'SS-yardfretunvoC the opening kkkoff-i He gathered in the boot: at his 5 and went all the way behind perfect blocking, without a soul touching him. 5 i 17-yard jaunt by Halfback Milan ta the statistics aa well as fey the sere. The nartans eeHeeted If firnt downs to the Brroe lS and picked up 111 yards- on the froand 208 by.

Santa CUra. Jin the passing department it was all San Jose, i The Spartans gained 127 yards through the air lanes compared to a measly '27 for their opponents. Menges completed 10 passes- in 18 tries and would have had a better average ad bis receivers hung on to the strikes. PUNTS LONG Once again Haynes' puntin was outstanding. He averaged 4SJ2 yards on five kicks, spotting two cf them ball squarely and accurately over the cross bar six, times.

Iretty neat 5 I i ii Sellenc. 'Arnie Huggetfs point try was for a sophomore, I Ind. i Stanford mad e- its second touch- irst -down Dame's seven touchdowns. The pudgy veteran, labeled "Six Yard" Sitko last season, upped it 1 to. an eight yard average in- today's game with 64 yards in eight tries.

When the valuable yardage had to be made, it was Sitka who bulled his way through. Coach Frank Leahy aaed 43 players, obviously trying to held down the score after- the third period. Indiana employed 31. In addition to Sitko's three six- HOW THEY STAND Pacific Coast League et yards C3fced rushlnaT down early in the second quarter, and that tally broke the back and the spirit; of the Harvard team. 12 71 17 a 89 231 13! i forward passes attempted Forward passes completed Yards forward, pimnf Whitman Beets B.C.

i VancouverriB.Ci Sept 24. U.tT The Whitman College Missionaries won their opening, game of the season by squeezing past a hapless University of Columbia 5-0 before fans this'afteEcoen. Forwards intercepted py 2 From that time the Indians scored' almost at will and some ebservers in the audience were con- an -amfrt. run-c autereepxwjM Printing rage 31 Total belts returned. St Opponent tumbles 1 Yards lost bjr penalties IS jj? Holi3wood 103 2 OAKLAND.

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IhOWTHE SOUES STAND i Sacramento 5, San Francisco 0. IB OAKLAND 4, Partland L-llollyweed 4, Seattle 1. 4, San Diego GAMES TODAY -(All davbleheaders) Francisco at Sacramento. Seattle at Henyweed. Lost Angeles at San Diego.

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