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The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 29

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VTHE FRESNO Editorial Page In This Section VOLi5 FRESNO CAL SUNDAY MORNING OCTOBER 26-1924 NO 642 ''A j- MOVE FAST OR MAKE ROOM By Edgren Chicago Kicker ies GameWith Ohio Statey 3-3 CARDS BEAT VANDALS CALIFORNIA HAS HARD BATTLE I WWb-tbMM A iTThMCHiPPoC MB AU-THuy a 1M YU 'T By iieuIi it- noons tCilM Press Staff CMinpntnt) MULTNOMAH FIELD PORTLAND (Ore) Oct The big toe of Murray Cudde-backgave Stanford a 3 to 0 at football over the University of Idaho here this afternoon Cuddebaek came forth at the right 'moment iand booted a beautiful place kick from the eighteen yard line the fourth quarter after Stanford found itself unable to pierce the line i "A slippery rainsoaked field ilu 1A' league with the Stanford team and thwarted forward pan gam to prevent scoring from that route' Bob Mathewi Vandals however came very doee tobeing victorious It waa well Into the third quarter that the chance came While the bair wae in play on Stan-ford'e 21-yard line Cuddebaek fum bled and Kelaon of Idaho recovered Vandale Threaten Idaho- directed a forward paee attack at the Cardinals and Kleff-ner carrying the ball almost got away for a touchdown He was thrown on five-yard line Bucklin made -town-yards through the line- He made another try from the one-yard Una The Cardinals kicked to safety and the Vandale never' again threatened a touchdown Despite the fact that Coach Warner's team'- was supsrior In scrimmage Idaho kept but of trouble constantly because of the beau- tiful kicking or Vernon Stivers Idaho quarter Stivers made a good showing at kicking and passing and was one of the most- conspicuous players pu hie- team A-wet field did not'preyeht Idaho from attempting forward pass play however -The Vandali -in all at tempted twenty passes 1 of which only four were completed Stanford tried nine and completed three The ball was too slippery for much success in title line Stanford Powerful -In sdrlmmage Stanford smashed across six flret downe Idaho did not make a single first down by that route but did so twice via the forward pass method Each team tried three field goals Here too the wet ball prevented accuracy and this factor figured ja the luck when Stanford tsuc-ceeded and the Vandals did not Stanford's team waa sixteen pounds heavier to the man than Idaho On a wet 'field this handicap waa too much for Idaho to overcome Nevertheless victory cams only after the fiercest sort of struggle and the credit gained thereby for the Cardinals was full measured As a result Coach team now appears more favorable In the race for the coast conference title The lineup: Idaho Polities Veeeer 113 Hausen Terry LAI Stephens Tapper TLO Quinn KT Johnson Nelson ILK Lawson Stivers Solomon Kleffner LH Cleaveland Cameron KH Cuddebaek Bucklin FJ3 Bogus Subs: Stephens for Terry: Terry for Stephens: Stephens for Terry Davidson for Cameron Pearson for Kleffner: Owing for Bucklin Marker for Quinn Stanford Hey for Bogus Score by quarters Stanford 6 0 Idaho 6 0 0 0 0 Scoring Stanford field goal Cuddebaek from ll-yar dllne SELMA BABES WIN FROM SELMA (Fresno Co) Oct' Selma High School's lightweight football players stepped out and revenged themselves on Fresno High for the victory scored by tho Raisin City team yesterday by defeating th Fresno by a score of 14 to The game waa hard fought and Selma earned tlie victory although Fresno should have scored at least another touchdown Boa 1 la Danger Fresno came near scoring In ths first quarter bringing ths ball too eloso to the Selma lino to make It comfortable for the Selma rooters but here the Peach City line braced and held for downs Wong of Selma punted when ho got possession of tho ball and put tbs ball near the- middle of tbs field' Again the Selmans held and it seemed impossible to get more than a yard on a play Orlffln punted for Fresno but tbe kick was weak Fresno was completely fooled by the trick playa pulled by the Selmans Three trick -plays' placing ths ball within-striking distance of tho Fresno goal Pruitt tho Red and White halfback took the ball over the lino for tho first touchdown Nealson converted and the-' score stood for (ho rest of tho kalC- 7 to 0 Fresno Backs Bp Fresno came baek at the beginning of tho second half and played real football Line bucks and passes again brought tho ball near the Selma goal A pass Griffin to ing on the ground after he had been knocked down by a Selma baek gave Fresno her first snd only score McLaughlin failed to convert In the last period Pruitt again took the ball over the Fresno lino after McLaughlin had fumbled a punt which was recovered by Selma Repeated line bucks spelled defeat for crew as line bucks by Pruitt and end runs by Wong took the ball up to the Fresno line A lino plunge by Pruitt took tho ball over for Selma Again Pruitt converted for Selma Pruitt Wong and Abby were the stars for the winners Their end runs and line bucks were responsible for the Victory of their team For Fresno Burge Nellmler and Griffin played the stellar roles while Kennedy and Wright who were sent' in later played well NOTRE DANE BEATS TIGERS By FALL WHITE (ratted Errs Staff Corrcapoadeat) PUIXCETON (N J) Oct A crowd of 50000 filled Palmer Stadium to-day to see Notre Dame add to Its long list of victories over eastern eleven The "fighting under Knute rockne took Princeton Into camp 12 to 0 Crowley and Layden were stars of the Notre Dame offensive Time and again the inteprid western backs broke through tho Princeton defense for long rune Only the most spectacular work on the defense of Slagle shifted to halfback to make room for Dlnemore at quarter kept down tho Notre Dame core During th first quarter the two elevens hammered harmlessly away at each other resorting mostly to a' kicking duel When the four star back field of Notre Dame assumed control of the situation In the second quarter however Princeton was no longer able to (top the' march of the Irish and Crowley with Slagle'e arms wrapped about his legs Just managed to roll over the line Burton blocked tbe Hoosler's attempt to odd another point Not until tho final period were Rockne's battlers able to score again Working the ball to tho Tigers' seven yard line with Lay-drn's wide end rune Notre Dame ran its total to twelve when Crow-icy again got going and deposited the oval between the goal porta Once again the try for another point waa blocked Cautaln Stout breaking through before Crowley had a chance to get off his kick Modesto Junior College Beats Cal Poly 19-3 Weight And Great Strength Mean Nothing Compared To Nerve Brawn And Quickness Of Movement Edgren Declares Days Of Beefy And Bulky Champions In Discard By ROBERT: EDGREN the old Greek nercules was on earth to-day find no place in athletic sports except among the weight throwers and the wrestlers Only in wrestling and weight throwing does bulk and sheer strength count and even in these sports speed must be combined with bulk to make championship form Weight lifting is tlie only test that requires strength and bulk and no speed at all Speed is Ibe gre-at requirement all athletic events Weight' and (Bn the United Preaaf OHIO fJ A IT Ac COLUMBUS Oct 25 For fifty minutes this afternoon 'Bob Curley a little Chi--eago youth eat -wrapped In a blanket on the bench 1 watching a wrinkled faced- old man for the word that gave him the chance for the glory that Is the dream of all oollego boys There was one minute to go and Ohio State was leading Chicago to 0 In a game that meant doom for Chicago's chancea to win the western conference championship Curley- had been in but was removed for a heavier man 1 but his chance came right get In there Curley and do some kicking the veteran Coach Alonso Stagg told the young ster Curley went In and with 10 seconds to go he booted a thirty-yard dropklck for the field goal that ended the game In a to I tie' PORTERVILLE WILL PLAY VISALIA Bee Bureau) PORTEfcVILLE (Tulare Co) Oct The Porterville Alumni football team will play their first horns gams since organising for the season when meets Visalia-hers the high school athletic field Sunday November -2nd Thera will be a number of all-star players and it Is expected that the game will initiate a aeries here in which the local 'boys will part that will furnish sporting events forMhe southern part of ths valley Erol Chrisman of Visalia was in Fresno yesterday and aunounoed that Visalia would have a crack gridiron aggregation ready for tho game next Sunday with Porterville Ernie Sparks Pet Lucas Medlin Uordonier Chrisman and Pruden -a former eastern college player with' a good record have already signed up he explained The Visailane will taekl an all star team from San Francisco on Armistice Day and another with a team from Loe Angeles is being organised by Charlie Dean on the next Sunday Earl Cooper Wins Inaugural Speedway Race At Charlotte (By ike United Pm a) SPEEDWAY CHARLOTTE (X C) Oct' 11 Earl Cooper won the 250-mile inaugural race on the Char lotte speedway' tliia afternoon His time was two hours nine minutes and (4-100 seconds His average speed for the race waa 1151 milea per hour Bennie Hill won second place and Peter De Paolo third Former Big League Pitcher Wants Umpire Job In Coast League (By Bee Bureau MODESTO (Stanislaus Co) Oct 25 Charley Schmidt former major league pitcher and last year an umpire In the Western Association is seeking a berth in the Pacific Coast League a an umpire it h' came known to-day Schmidt at the meeting of the Pacific Coast League director at Seattle next month will submit his application Schmidt owps a home in Modesto boys a hand Tbe Selma ilclega-tion looked much the larger When Fresno 'State played the California Christian College here last Saturday a mere hundful were in the stands and it Is doubtful if the gate receipts were enough to pay the expenses of the visitors With worth while games every week-end and with good coaches striving hard to turn out teams that will reflect much glory upon the fair name of Fresno it would seem that the fans and the students and their mothers fathers sisters and brothers could act aside a couple of hour on the day of the games to watch tho school teams fight for county valley and state championships Inspire Cnafidrare The confidence that a loyal and well filled stand gives a team when it bursts forth with a mighty cheer as tbe players come trotting on the field Is a hard thing to breakdown and couches are as anxious for a well filled stand a the producer of a play is for a full house on tho first night 1 Fresno folks can well offer their support to their teams and It surely will bo a boost to the boys who are trying mighty hard to put Fresno on th athletic map IMtO TRACT (Ualtrd Press Blsft CerrespeadeatT CALIFORNIA MEMORIAL STADIUM BERKELEY Oct 25 Golden Bear' once more paraded in triumph over the cougar of Washington State on the football field to-day' The final score every point of which came as the result of hard fighting and taking advantage of the breaks was California 20 Washington State 7 i Admittedly the' Bear was faced with its hardest fight of the season to date not barring Hi Olympic Club game of a week ago when lha score was smhller The game was played under s' sticky cloudy sky which began dripping rain Just as the final gun sounded Break Cenes All during the first quarter both teams went scoreless yet it wae evident from the fiery- play that a break waa due at any moment- Tbe- moment came lata in the second quarter' With the ball on Washing- -ton's thirty yard line Sweet of Washington fumbled a pass in attempting a reverse around left end Young California's fullback scooped It up and whirled and squirmed free running ths thirty-five yards to a touchdown Dixon failed to convert a field goal for the extra point California's main effensiva however did not got any headway until well Into th third quarter Tho ball had been eve-sawing back and forth with frequent -ex- changes of 'kicks until a sudden series of California lino plays put it within sixteen yards of Wash-' ington's goal Then Brown plunged twice at left guard Imlay gained four In a terrific 1 smash at tackle-and Young went through' right guard to within a foot of tho line It was easy for Imlay to ahov over tbe touchdown and Carlson added th extra point with a perfect kick straight football bad brought the score Pass Intercepted final score started' when Nlswander Intercepted Wal- dorf forward pass In midfield and Imlay on tho next play ran to twenty-threo yard line when ho shook himself 1 free around right end After line drives put th ball fifteen yards from th goal Brown leaped through a big hoi made for him at left taekle and crossed for tho score Carlson -again kicking tho goal 1 From then on California waa' -largely playing defensively Ci(in Near Washington opened tbs last period with a touchdown On tho second play of th quarter Griffin of California fumbled a pass from center -on his twenty yard line Sweet of Washington had the ball Jn a second and had dashed across with ths touchdown almost before California knew what bad happened Washington then took th offensive When pressed she kicked te safe territory and when not pressod -he tried her aerial gam Later California solved the play and knocked down pass after pass-Both teams played better football than expected The difference tn the score appeared an accurate timat of the difference in the teams Lineup: Washington California realties State CMelL LER Derwln 1 Sargent LTR Kramer Nlswander kLGB Ahisror Couper iiRGi Btnith White RTL Cady Carlson Martin Imlay LHR Sweet Brown RHL- Krswtr Young Waldurf Summary: Touchdowns for Washington Sweet for California Imlay and Brown Conversions for Washington Hales: for California Cnrlson 2 Substitutlona for Hales for Kramer Scbroedsr for Ahlsag Timmons for Crowe Young for Smith Slater for Waldorf Mitcholl for' Young Substitutions for Mill for Carlton Dixon for Brown Huber for Thar- cher Carlson for Mills Tatcher for Huber Huber for Thatcher Brows for Dixon Mills for Carlson Griffith for Imlay Bass for Cock for Sargent Jabs for Young Mull for Mull Falk umpire Moyer referee Mucombcr head linesman Georg Vsmelt Spokane Ken Bartlett Seattle Southern California Conference Football Teams All Tied Up By the Vetted Prcea J- LOS ANGELES OcL Three teams are still tied for first pImcw In the Southern California conference as the result of victories by 1 Pomona and Occidental to-dav The sage hena defeated Redlands University by a score of 27 to In a ragged game on the Claremont Field while Occidental downed the University of California southern branch In a 29 to 7 game played on the latter teams field here -Whittier did not play to-uay and as a result cottlnufe with leng per cent etardinq along with and Occidental Cx! Tech defraud t-oyel 29 te 13 In a non-conference game on the Catholics' field tbe Lorota eleven showing unexpected during tbs' game 1 ANGLERS WILL MAKE LAST STAND The last stand of the hundreds of week-end -anglers who' have sought oCrifil ffififfEiafiT'llKk'ta ad tell as the populated boles along the- Ran Joaquin Hlver during the paat few months in order that tlielr friend could be wall -aupplfed with fish are making their lapt stand to-day iftl Ontthe Kings River and along th Ban Joaquin from Newman to Men-dota a great gathering of fishermen will cast In their hooks and attempt to clean up ths season with limits in order to make up for tho scarcity of fishing during the early parr of ths season Friday will bs the last day for the' fishermen And while a few may be able to go during the week tho biggest crowd of Freauo anglers arc the week-enders who do their fishing on Baiurday and Bundey Hslmon arc starting th fall run on the Ban Joaquin near Newman and tbe following salmon hunters left yesterday for that point: Emory Ladd Nick tipangler George Popp Fred Lowe Person and Mrs Imogens Him peon Tho Kings River delegation of seekers after trout includes: Lssvltt Ouy Bsrrlck A Pesry It Mlnkle IL Lindsey IL Tyler James Dlx Roy Crawford Robert Do Prisma lakes Trldls Georg Glass A Htevens A Waller Hare Mack Potter A Rogers A Johnson Johnson and William TROJANS BEAT NEVADA 21-7 (By the United Presa) LOB ANGELES OcL 25 Swept off their feet at ths start when they underestimated the ability of th foemen before them' the University of Southern California squad XXTTT4T from behind on th Coliseum Field here this afternoon end defeated ths Nevada University team by a 21 to 7 score Henderson mads tbe mistake of starting his second string men against Charlie Erb's team Realising his error snd with the bell on University of Southern California's eleven yard line Henderson sent nine of his regulars into th fray tbre minutes before the first quarter ended But Nevada vfaild not he stopped A drive through tackle and forward pass when a smash was anticipated put the ball across and gave the visitors the first score That was all they obtained The men of Troy led by Captain John Ilawkina scored a touchdown in the second quarter and two more In tho third Th game was a kicking battle between Hawkins and Allen of Nevada with thel ocal teams leader-bucking across ths line to give spirit to hia men Farnsworth Nevada center who had caught th pass that gaie his team its touchdown waa a thorn In the aide of the Trojans smearing pass after pass thtuughout the '-game Porterville High Wins From Tatars 10 To 0 (By Bee Bureau) TULARE (Tulare Co) OcL A field goal drop kicked from the 90-yard line and a lone touchdown gave the Porterville High School football team a 10 to 0 victory over the local high school griddera in a battle staged -her to-day Tulare worked the ball the length of tbe field twice during the first quarter but lost the ball before making score The Porterville lightweights romped away with a 35 to win over the Tular lightweights Nebraska Defeats Kansas 14 To 7 LAWRENCE (Kan) A fumbled punt that Hobertsop scooped up and ran for a touchdowft gave Nebraska th break necessary to defeat Kansas 14 to here thi afternoon TIGERS BEAT GIANTS 6-4 Bunching hltfc In' the and fifth Inning th Fresno Tigers scored nix runs snd no'sod out the Pierce Colored Giants of Oakland I to' 4 in the first of a two-game aeries Jftthe Firemen's and Park yesterday afternoon before a small turnout Tho Tigers pounded Bandera hard in the first four innings and drove him to the showers in the fifth Ha was relieved by Center: Fielder Meadows -who held -the Tigers to three hits and ono -run during tho remainder of the game Braadoa Starts Brandon a young twilight leaguer war given the mound assignment for the home plub and after hurling effective ball for six Innings gave way to Pete Shepherd Brandon yielded but -five -hits and three rune during his period on the hill When Shepherd took tbe box the colored boys socked out a triple -and a1 double and chased one run in in the aeventh It looked like a stormy- finish for Shepherd but he buckled up and forced hie opponents to -either line or-ground out to tho Infield In the ninth the visitors had th Fresno ehuekor in a bad way Lumpkins and Meadows tbe first two men up' cracked out singles Hansen took Davis' fly and Martin hit to Santos who cut Lumpkins off at third In attempting to nail Martin at first Martin made a bad peg and the ball rolled into right field Meadows tried to steal home on tho play but Blewett pegged him out at th plate ending the rally Blewett Hits Three Jim Blewett was the hitting star Hs cracked out two singles and a doublet while Leyva Ha mage Hansen and Jacobsen secured two hlte each Davis and Martin were the visitors' leading swatsmltha The Oeklanders have a fast fielding aggregation and also a heavy hitting club but they appear to bo weak In the ptttrhliig department The club will hook up this afternoon at tho park In the second game Ty Lawson will start for tho Tigers The Fos AS PO A S3 1 3 I 4 I Leyva ib 4 1 Muphcrd Bir mm i rf itMiiiei 4 Klev-rtt RtuniUCtt HkinH'd if Santo a Jarobiifn So 1141 4 4 4t4il I it LsHoux lb Bra irauduu P-lf Total Colored Ulaat -AU If PO A is ii lb AMr uisite changed the Ideas about weight throwing He uses speed When Jack Johnson th heavyweight title fighting there was a rush to hunt np the biggest wblte men In the country as "whit hope" People forgot that Bob Flisslramons six feet tall and a middleweight had been' tho hardest hitter and on of th greatest of heavyweight champions Jim Jeffries was a giantrnf course but he waa an exception to th rule among big men being extremely fast on his feet and with his hands lie could box lik a lightweight Among tbe "white were AI Falser and Jesa Willard Falser weighed 235 pounds and was six feet three Willard went to the top and won th title because he was six feet seven and weighed 243 pounds stripped when trained to the lowest possible point Hie natural fighting weight in ordinarily good condition waa twenty pounds over that In time as champion It was thought that nobody but a giant could have any chance to be-uomo heavyweight champion Big men were brought out from th lumber camps and from western farms and tried out to get into the big money as Willard challengers but they were all clumsy and (low and they get out of the sticks Then along cams Jack Dempsey six feet one and a half and trained down to II! pounds stripped and knocked Wll-lurd out In the shortest heavyweight championship fight on record Dempsey has put ring giants out of fashion again Dempsey gpceg Marvel Dempsey la the fastest big man I ve ever seen in a ring His speed enable him to hit while the other puneh Is on the way and that wins the fight Nothing else I boxer as much as stepping Into a puneh while hitting Dempsey often lets his man start a perfectly directed punch and steps Inside to bent It with a faster one Eves golf takes speed Charlie Fadilock the sprinting champion la one of the longest drivers I ever raw on a golf course Paddock is strongly built but be uses apeed In everything he does Bobby Jones Jess Sweet Her Walter Hagen and au tbe other golf champions are built for speed There Is a lot of change of pace In golf Driving and long iron shots take speed although ths smoothness of the effort disguises speed and short approaches snd putting require a (oft and controlled' action what makes golf so tough You can't putt from the tee or drive on the greens Maurice McLaughlin the California comst of a- few years ago didn't need to develop ths selencs (Continued on Fag I C) Fans Fail To Support Fresno Football Teams bulk are but of fashion For that matter tbe ancient Greeks -who were th greatest athletes in their time must have regarded speed -ae th most Important thing In- athletics for the old Greek statue of discus throwers runners boxers and warriors show men who were developed for speed Hercules was the exception the one Ideal of tremendous strength combined with bulk Big Tale Guard Coach Rockno of Notre Dam picks his iter football players for their speed He care anything about weight and bulk Hia light teams have shown that a heavy line necessary They have beaten bigger and heavier teams easily through speed and dash and a playing system calculated to uee speed and endurance rather than force Bob Zupke of Illinois has a huge team average weight 115 pounds which compares with some of the old teams of football giants There are real giants in the Illinois buneh Center weighs 213 pounds Right guard Mllli-r weighs 203 Right tocklo flail scales 313 In the backflrld Britton weighs 211 pounds being one of the biggest backfleld men in the country and Orange and Leonard weigh 170 and 112 HllnolF championship team in 1014 averaged fourteen pound less per man that this year's team But Zupke Is training his Mg men entirely for speed He has a theory that a big team trained exclusively for speed should bent thn lighter fast teams and trying it out Coaches used to' like their lines -A few years ago' before the modern open play was adopted in football college coaches combed their territories to find big bulky men for the line I remember one year when Yale had two tremendously fat men each weighing about 260 pounds in the line They couldn't step out of their own tracks but they were hard to push over and were considered wonderfully effective Tt was supposed that fast backs behind the line like stenm roller formed au Invincible combination Now Roekne and all other coaches wont a fast line Jess Tfc Clast Even among weight throwers the 300-pound giants arc out of style Bud Houser weighing only 134 pounds won ihs shot and the discus throw at the Olympic games Bud is a buneh of muscle but hs big or beery Before time the greatest shot putters were Ralph Rose who stood six feet six and welshed from 2S3 to 32A pounds during his championship career and Pat McDonald also over '389 pounds In weight These giants could toes a shot Ilk an orange The sixteen-pound ball was nothtwg in their bands Gut little Houser baa By VORB DESPITE the fact that Fresno is a city of nearly 75000 inhabitants and boasts a college and two high schools all of which have good ootball teams in the field tbe fans have so far failed to respond or react or whatever it is to the games staged here this year Qn Friday at Bakersfield the Fresno State College' played a fine from the local on hand to give the (By Bee Bureau) MODESTO (Stanislaus Co) Oct The Modesto Junior College football taam won Its first conference game of the season against California Polytechnic College here this afternoon by a 15 to score The Han Luis Obispo eleven made Its only score in the second quarter as a result of a drop kick from the twenty yard line Against the gorilla line California bucks could make no yardage After the visitors had scored the gorilla offense shoved th ball to within ten yard line where the- ball lost a noli fullback dropped baek to kick Corson'' Modesto captain blocked the ball and Colson fell on it In back of the line McCabe added the extra point by a place kick In the third quarter Modesto scored after burking the ball down the field on straight line charges From the six yard line Rat aril carried the Imil over on a erlsa crocs After Coach McCart had put in practically the entire second string to- start the last period Karp scored EUGENE (Ore) Oct 25 A another touchdown after Ratxell I smooth working Oregon team placed the bull on five crashed and passed Its way to a 4t yard line following a fifty yard run to 5 victory over the Whitman Goldson McCabe and Captain Cor- Missionaries here Saturday after-eon starred for the Junior college 'noon Lumpkin MrKilovr p-ct Davis bfurtin Ib In 2b rf KoM rt Rlmpmn If Richards panders la by" SEX 1 1 I 4 Kuiiimary: Martin unOSan-TllrSi-ba hlle-Sanlers Tan via Two-bane hit SimpnnB t'ru Marlin Shepherd- Hamsge snd Blewri None Siolea Jucnb-" Meadows fro and hfnipeun bv Bnrpnera 4 II 24 14 struck out Hy Brandon 2 bv I r2v fandrrit 1 He are oh balta-Off Brandon 3 off San-lerr off lladnw 2 Doubt jjiiri Santo to La Rou to Jarobmn Hit by Piluhod Tim of game Oregon University Beats Whitman 40-6 game against Bakersfield Junior College winning by a score of 5 to Bakersfield has developed state champion high school football teams for several years and has always supported' the Drillers as the high school players are designated and has paid little attention to the Junior "College teams which have In past years never attained championship caliber However the big stadium waa well filled Friday and the Junior College rooting section fit as Jammed with a well trained rooting section wearing blossoms and carrying streamers symbolic of ths college -A liberal estimate of ths Fresno 8tate students who attended the game would be twenty and scarcely a cheer was sent up for the Fresno boys except from tbe Bakersfield rooting section -Last year when Bakersfield came here to play it required three large busses to transport the students who followed the squad and cheered the grid heroes on High ditMten hesut "Fresno High played Selma Friday in one of the best and tightest games df The year Fresno by mak- ing a desperate stand won the rame! and there was probably 255 students I re1'.

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