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n7 roi Jto la mi Tribe 9s In Feller Goes Today, Win, Bears Spree, 40-14, To Halt Big 9 Surge dPnePass Record 81,897 See Cleveland Win, 2to I iMl' nauxmon. ZRonnrch, of tly Smwure! cccc SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1948 23 Montagne Star, KO's Himself on Tally AAIJfkJ line Sain Fails as Braves Lose 3rd Straight; Doby, Rickert Hit First Series Homers By Bob Consldlne Staff Corrmmnilrnt Int'l Newi Servlca CLEVELAND, Oct. 9. (INS) The greatest mob In the history as YYaiaonivienniT reason reak By Prescott Sullivan MEMORIAL STADIUM, BERKELEY. Oct.

9 fornia's Golden Bears got Pacific Coast football out of the poor house nere today. of that bizarre American ritual known as the World Series bellowed madly today as their treasured Cleveland Indians beat Johnny Sain and the Boston Braves, 2-1, in the fourth and most spirited game ot The Far West's last hope after Washington, Oregon, USC and UCLA had impoverished the Pacific sloDe bv suc the championship. cessive failures against bullying Big Nine opposition, the The mob amounted to 81,897, flinging into limbo the old record Bears came tnrougn with a thunderous 40-14 victory over the congregation of 74,065 which witnessed the sixth game of the 194T series between the Yankees and the Dodgers. University or Wisconsin's cardinal clad Badgers this misty after noon. Today's receipts of $370,775.03 soared easily past the "old" mark of $345,614, also established last year.

Today's was, in fact, the It was a telling blow in behalf of the dignity of coast football and it was delivered in a manner that must have convinced most of the 65,000 persons who witnessed the rout that California really has what It takes to make this a Rose Bowl year for the old Blue and Gold. greatest crowd ever to pay to see a single ball The teeming thousands who filled Cleveland's massive Municipal Stadium ruptured and rent the pall of silence which settled over the series from the start, and here's the cause of their hysterics: Until today, the Coast had not scored a single point in four losing engagements with Big Nine teams. It took California but five minutes to remedy that situation and the Bears went on from there to make it a complete walkaway. Wisconsin scored only after California had piled up a six- 'V Of Km mlW liilJPllliliiKK. Jm ym, iiiil iiiiiiiif iiiiiP prfiimwpA4 (mmm wum ilOP lilt touchdown lead.

Then, aided by a break, the Badgers salvaged a little something out of the wreck by reaching pay dirt twice in the final three minutes of play. It was far and away the most impressive effort of the year for Pappy Waldorf's unbeaten crew. In rolling up their fourth straight victory, the Bears showed overpowering line charge, a hard running offensive and even some forward passing, for a change. Jackie Jensen, the Coast's All-America fullback candidate Steve Gromek, a solemn Pole from the Hamtranck section of Detroit, bested the great Sain by about the excruciating margin indicated by the score. Larry Doby, the Jersey Negro rookie who will certainly be come one of the game's all-time outfielders, blasted the series' first home run over the centerfield fence.

Lou Boudreau, who could be elected mayor easily, doubled home the other run. The game was played in one hour, 31 minutes only six minutes slower than the fastest World Series game of them all, between the Cubs and Tigers 'way back in 1908. Dramatic Spot For Bob Feller And so tonight, in what has become the baseball capital of tha world, a whole city and for that matter State, tensely awaited tomorrow's ultimate killing. The Indians' semi-immortal Bobby Feller will be the pitcher, and he has a chance not only to give the Indians the game that will make them champions of all baseball but also atone for his loss In the opener. The man, the time and the place seem to have melded dramati cally for Feller, as they did in the past for such legendary figures as Walter Johnson, Grover Cleveland Alexander and Babe Ruth.

Feller, beaten In his last two starts, will be opposed by Nelson Potter, who has batted around baseball since 1932 and, in addition, has been frequently batted around. The tobacco-chewing Sain gave the Indians only five hits to turned in his usual solid performance for California, but it was a substitute right halfback, Billy Montagne by name, who provided the game two most dramatic touches and who is properly entitled to recognition as the star of the day's show. Montagne Scores and KO's Himself Turning in a rugged job on defense, Montagne, 180-pound jun ior from the-little northern California community of Forestville, day, while the Braves, emerging as if from a knock-out drop, rapped out seven against Gromek Including young Marvin Rick-ert's baleful home run into the stands in distant right field. But he wasn't quite the Sain who scalped the Indians and Feller in the first game of the series. To prove this contention, (Continued on Page 26, Col.

8.) I I OPEN-MOUTHED AND EMPTY-HANDED! Ellery Williams (80), Santa Clam end, had his hands outstretched to catch a forward pass at Palo Alto yesterday, but three white-helmeted Stanford defenders saw to it that the ball (arrow) never reached him. They batted it down. But Williams got even by scoring two touchdowns, Photo by San Francisco Examiner SasniUa OiOiriD Tops CatsRepell scored twice for the Bears. He counted once on a pass interception and again when he caught a long pass in the end zone, even while knocking himself out against one of the goal posts. Montagne's great catch typified the flaming spirit with which the Bears went about the business of restoring Coast football's self-respect.

With crusading zeal, they tackled savagely, blocked hard and, for the first time this fall, combined a good passing attack with their always effective ground game. California threw thirteen passes and completed eight for 181 yards almost as much as they had gained through the air in three previous contests combined. Another pass one thrown by Jensen missed gaining thirty-three yards and a cinch touchdown only because Paul Keckley, big game hero of last year, dropped the ball when in a clear field. How much more one-sided the affair might have been had not Waldorf turned long stretches of the contest over to the humblest of his reserves, is anybody's guess. California threw forty-nine men into the contest, which just about takes in the entire bench.

Jensen, who seemed not to be bothered by a leg injury, which had kept him out of practice much of the week, was used sparingly after Cal had acquired a safe lead. Even so, his seventy-six yards in ten plays for a 7.6 average established him as the game's top ground gainer. Jack Swaner, apparently favoring injuries which had threatened to keep him out of it altogether, ran for forty-seven yards in eleven tries. Bears Roll 71 Yards In First Series Cal's superiority, especially in the line, was evident from the outset as the Bears ripped and zipped through and over the Badgers for seventy-one yards the first time they came into possession of the ball. Ten plays went into the march.

Jensen started it by galloping eighteen yards around left end. Dick Erickson then fired the sharpest pass he had thrown all season and Frank Van Deren grabbed it for a profit of twenty yards. Jensen and Swaner con-(Continued on Page 24, Col. 1) Cardinals. 27 -14 Henpecker Zips Home By Abe Kemp Minnesota By Harry Borba STANFORD STADIUM, Oct.

9. Going down to their By Charles Einstein Henpecker first the rest no EVANSTON Oct. 9. where! (INS) Northwestern's unbeaten third straight defeat with the statistics in their favor again, the poor Stanford Red Indians today discovered that enthusiasm is not a true substitute for poise. football Wildcats couldn't do any Rolling along as smoothly as a purling brook, the 3 year old daughter of Reigh Count made thing right for nine minutes to Marchie Schwartz's men, equipped with new plays that day.

But they couldn't do any mockery of her field in captur were dazzlers in practice and spectacular in the last half thing wrong for the remaining ing the $20,000 Golden Gate today, succumbed manfully, 27-14, to hard-smashing, confident Santa fifty-one as they ripped from be Derby at Golden Gate Fields yes Clara before 35,000 persons. hind to take burley Minnesota, terday and in doing so raced 19-16. within one fifth of a second of Indian Broom's world record for A wildly partisan crowd of 47,000 saw the Wilcats spot the unbeaten Gophers a safety and a mile and one eighth. Her time for the easily con Santa Clara piled up 27 points in thirty-three minutes while Stanford fumbled eight times. Then the Indians, calling upon all of their new resources and some of their old, got back 14 digits before the big white clock on the south rim got back to zero for the last time this afternoon.

It was a courageous comeback, this drive from 27 points under, and the Indians can find some solace in the fact that they could score if they didn't fumble. But it was too late. Poor pass defense and fumbles were the cause of the Indian two d-o s. But North- western's devastating pass plays summated six-length victory over Smoke Tree, with Grandpere third and Mas-Miget fourth, was produced three touchdowns be fore the first half ended. Fractions were: Quarter After that, it was merely a Cal, Mslhi Says (Giridl Expert By Bob Brachman MEMORIAL STADIUM, BERKELEY, Oct.

9. While "Pappy" Waldorf was saying, "I hope we have come of age," and Harry Stuhldreher was reacting like a man who was caught under a ten- in half in :46 2-5; three quarters in mile in question of holding Minnesota, and this the Wildcats managed to do. downfall. Extreme confidence, poise, superior line charge and smarter quarterbacking sent the Broncos on their third successive stride along the glory trail since they were swamped in the opener by California, 41-19. If the never-say-die Indians can get any satisfaction in the statistics and that has been their unsubstantial fare for three Indian Broom's world mark of Frank Aschenbrenner tallied was established at Tan-foran track on April 11, 1936, the first Northwestern touch down from one yard out after under 94 pounds.

weeks they had them all today. But Santa Clara had the points, Northwestern had marched 63 Henpecker, a filly, packed 117 ton truck with no way to get out Greatest Line 0f the year!" i i now has two straight wins over Stanford and a deadly aim on Southern Methodist University, pride of the Southwest, two weeks pounds yesterday in her wire to yards down the field in thirteen plays. Jim Farrar converted. hence in Dallas, Texas. STANFORD'S LOOKS LIKE A SINGLE WING.

Burson passed to Chuck Hag- wire sizzler. RECORD FALLS TWICE. Oddly, it was the second time mann 26 yards and the second Had Clark Daniel Shaughnessy, the man who made the score. Then he tossed another formation famous for collegians, been here today, he would have during the day that the track touchdown pass to Tom Worth- BRAND 500 been very angry with his foremost disciple, Marchmont H. Schwartz.

record for a mile and one eighth ington in the end zone, two minutes before the half ended. was broken. Marchie did things to the that made it look like a single wing back, a delight to old Glenn Scobey Warner, who lives right across Minnesota scored first when Early in the program, Ladevo cracked the track mark by nego the tracks from here. tiating the distance in 1:49 to big San Francisco tackle, asked: "Think we picked up a little?" CAL DANDER UP. Not knowing quite how to answer that one we got off a not too clever "Nice game, and moved to Jim Turner, the other tackle "What did Pappy tell you before the game that made you react like this?" we queried.

"Pappy told us we represented the coast," big Jim replied, "but we already knew about that. I think what got under our skin was when he said, Tm afraid to send you guys out there after the way you have been horsing around all In the background you could hear time and again, "It's about beat Newsbeat's previous record them to mishandle the ball to the quarterbacks, who turned out the of 1:49. Aschenbrenner fumbled a punt behind his own goal line. Worthing recovered for a safety. Aschenbrenner bobbled again in the first period, and Minnesota took the ball on downs.

Faunce then passed to Warner in the end zone At no stage did the Derby bear goats. Matching Santa Clara's bril The trouble was that quarterbacks Don Campbell and Tom Shaw were loath to call the new evolutions, and until Aubrey De-vine took charge in the closing moments, hardly anybody knew that Schwartz had diverged from the sacred teachings. Once the new plays were pro any relation to a contest. -i; For Men and Young Men liant Sterling (mention. Tom Alert, as per usual, Johnny Longden took the filly that is Payne, too, as an outstanding lineman) was Stanford's Mitchell for a 9-0 Gophers lead.

owned by Concessionaire Harry A third fumble on the North Son of a former Stanford center Curland to the front and rated western 27 set up Beiersdorfs score from the 2-yard line. Soltau fielder of twenty-eight years ago, jected constantly, with direct her with superb skill throughout. Fullback Mitchell was a horse to passes going to Emery Mitchell, Four times, Johnny Gilbert on converted for the second time. day as he carried the ball four the best back on the field today, from under, an ace reporter from the midwest gave what we believe the best evaluation of California's tremendous display of power in its 4014 larruping of Wisconsin's Badgers today. Stuhldrecher, the Wisconsin coach, couldn't compare the Rears with the best in the Midwest, because he hadn't seen them, hadn't even had scout reports on them.

But Wilfrid Smith of the Chicago Tribune didn't hesitate. "I rate them even with Notre Dame," he said tersely. "The Irish might have a little edge on defense but California might make it ud on offense!" OT FAR I ROM TOP. Smith's opinion was based only on one Notre Dame game, the 28-27 win over Purdue, which has Mnce gone to "seed." But. that flay, he pointed out the Boilermakers were a terrific club.

Smith was busy sending his story so we didn't press any further. But you don't need much wore after getting a rating alongside the Nation's No. 1 team. Besides, there was the excitement of the dressing rooms to attend to. The first we visited was the Bears'.

There, for the first time this year, you lea mod quickly that 'he Bears felt they finally had 1'Ut both feet solid on the road that leads to 'home" Pasadena and the Rose Bowl. Modestly. Gene Frassctto, the urandpere drove at the pace maker and each forceful thrust teen times for an average of 6.3, the Indians dominated 27 minutes time. We're beginning to look like Columbia Survives New Fall Models, Colors and Patterns NOW at threw long accurate passes to of the second half. The Broncs a ball club.

We ought to go from here." didn't have all of their regulars in keep alive Stanford's two touch' down drives, and made innumer Yale Rally, 34-28 Quarterback Dick Erickson only found Henpecker drawing away. It was a foregone conslusion at the head of the stretch that the smooth running filly was the during those 27 minutes. They used thirty-seven men while the able tackles in the backf ield that said: "Wasn't that line beautiful!" Sine 1875 saved the Indians deeper danv Indians, thinner up front, used age. thirty. Eight times the Stanfords fum The tone of the game was set in the Cards' first drive, when NEW HAVEN Oct.

9. (AP) Columbia halted a closing-minutes Yale attack to beat the Elis, 34-28, in a thrilling, free-scoring battle in the bowl today before 55,000. Lou Kus-serow tallied three touchdowns to send the Blue down to its first defeat in three starts. bled. Two of these were turned directly into Bronco touchdowns they fumbled three times, one being recovered and a second nulli when Billy Sheridan threw passes We asked Dick why his passing suddenly seemed to take on some unusual accuracy.

He replied: "Well, up to now, I've always had my arm taped to protect against recurrence of the ligament injuries I got bark in 1945 when I was In V-12 at Michigan. I decided to take it off today and I was loose, fied by a Santa Clara offside winner and that the Curlands were $16,650 in the bank. Longden merely patted the filly with his whip all during the stretch run. PRAISE FOR FILLY. After the race, Longden said, "she is certainly one of the best fillies I have ever ridden.

In all her races, she only does what she has to do. She just galloped into the end zone that baffled after the Broncos had recovered, The Indians had traveled 43 yards KEARNY AT SUTTER STREET Stanford's defenders by their sim plicity and directness. STERLING STANDOUT. on five plays, when Campbell fumbled on the Bronco 18 and Jim Dowling recovered for Santa What made Stanford fumble? brother, loose, Who, not what! Vera Sterling, un Cornell Triumphs 1 ITHACA (N. Oct.

9. (AP) The big Red of Cornell uncorked a touchdown parade today to humble a slightly favored Harvard eleven, 40-6. Clara. Jack Swaner, who was on the all the way and I think she would doubtedly the Coast's outstand Santa Clara nearly scored lm- ing guard, was belting the Indian doubtful side before the game have won just as easily with as (Continued on Pasc 21. Col.

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