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The Tacoma Daily Ledger from Tacoma, Washington • 13

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Alma- 13- Mount pleasant 0 Bowiini Green 8 1 Mount- TJnlon 18- Wooster ft Carroll 0 Dayton 27- divert 82 Detroit' City coUege ft Heidelberg 7 Cincinnati 46 Hiram 8 Capital 18 Wabash' 0 Ohio Wesleyan 80 Wilmington 2 Ohio Northern 20 Marquette 21 Butler 0 Northwestern 0 Indiana 0 -Grinnell 0 Creighton 8 Crane college Chicago 6 Aurora colleges--' Drake '7 'Iowa State 6 Reserves 25 Akron 0 Marshall college 12 Wittenberg 27 Adraln 18 Findlay 25 Mushblngum 24 Ashland 0 Simpson 7 Columbia 0 Macomb 0 Ambrose 28 Knox 0 Coe 7 Superior Teachers 6 Lacrosse Teachers 0 Hanover 0 Depauw 02 Concordia 7 St Thomas 0 McAlester 6 Hamline 6 (Tie) -Wheaton college 0 DeKalb Teachers 20-' North Dakota State 18' South Dakota 0- Kansas 28' Washington 4 Culver A (Culver Ind) 19 St Johns' A (Delafield Wls) 0 Forest 7 Beloit i Carlton college 54 ftawrencey 0 Idaho 0' California 18 Montana 0 Southern California Arizona 7 New Mexico 7 (tie) Whitman 8 College ot Idaho 18 Utah Aggies 8 Colorado 0 Colorado University 0 University of Utah 32- Colorado college 9 -Denver university 2 i Pacific Lutheran 27-'Whitworth 0 California Aggies -13 San- Jose State 0 1 i' EAST -Notre Dame 20 Navy 0 Holy- Cross Harvard 7 Bowdoin 6 Tufts 13 Cornell 0 Dartmouth 14 Colgate 21 Sycracuse Geneva 0 Allegheny 0 Fordham 0 0 (Tie) Georgia Tech 12 Pennsylvania 12 Middlebury 13 Vernjont 12 'Drexel 21 St Joseph 0 and Jefferson -8 Buck-nell 10 Springfield 13 New Hampshlre 28 Buffalo 29 Hobart 6 Rochester 0 Clarkson 7 1 Manhattan '12 -Boston 0' Thiel 12 Niagara University ft Worcester-7 'Rensselaer' Pollytech-nlcLO Carnegie Tech 19r Temple lt Mount St Mary 0' Albright 28 Edlnboro 0n Westminster 13 Army 0 Pittsburgh 28 Wagner Upsala Lowell' Textiles ft Columbia 9 Brown 7 Penn State 0- Lafayette S3 Connecticut 0 Rhode Iisland14 'Grove City 48 Bethany 0 Haverford 0 City college of New York 14 Alfred 0 Long Island 84' Dickinson 7 and 28 North -Dakota 14 Morning-side' 4 Lehigh 12' Rutgers 28 -Amherst 7 Williams 2ft Andover IS Exeter 15 Union 0 Hamll ton 0 (Tie) 'Norwich ft Coast Guard fAead-emy 8 SOUTH -v r- Tulane 20 Georgia -7' North Carolina State 14 Duke 0 Washington 0 Susquehanna 25 Muhlenberg 0 Gettysburg 28 South Carolina 8 Florida 6 (Tie) West Virginia University 0 Georgetown 13 Baylor- 0 Southern-'Methodist- 8 Tennessee 2 1 Vanderbilt -7 Kentucky 20 12 Guilford 7 Langley field -21 I 0 Virginia 0 (Tie) Davidson 0 North Carolina 20 Haskell 8 Oklahoma City '28 Oklahoma Aggies 7 Tulsa 8 Randolph Macon 19 Roanoke 18 This is Andy DiVodi New York welterweight star and one of the heaviest punchers of his A weight in the i game who Thursday will meet Jimmy Britt of Tacoma in the six-round 1 main event of the Kay Street ring program' 'in the Greenwich a coliseum DiVodi is' rated a real test for -rugged Tacoman and if Britt should get over him he will' establish himself as a main- eventer in all the larger dubs of the coast Promoter Pepe is lining up a strong supporting card to back the i' main event i -f jV A 2- "1 )- -iuf a i -j -i i i 't -y -t-- r' FORMER LIONS STAR WITH SANTA CLARA a jl 1 i- Lou Spadefore and Joe Saiatino With Broncho Cojts and Paglia With'-Varsity Writing Football History in South Ail Formerly Played With Bellarmine High School Here TF TACOMA boxing promoters -were to ask which probably for a tip on how to build up their business' I think that I would suggest they -give this young fellow Neil Kilbane Tacoma middleweight a chajice to mako good' In a big way Here is a youngster who has survived as discouraging circumstances as could be imagined to-come ahead Improve enough to -rate main- event consideration And I believe that he hae the stuff to stay on top If given a reasonable- chance to show that he Is of main event caliber Kilbane a former Stadium high school student aome three ryears -ago returned to Tacoma 'from Michigan State -college i His mother was seriously ilL He thought it would be "good idea if he 'could pick up a'-little extra change boxing He had been member of the Mich Igan state boxing team an araa- teur and- he looked the part He 1 was vpry amateurish in fact' Added to this he appeared too nice almost apologetic 1 at -lor being around There was nothing of the cock-sure hard-boiled attitude about him usually associated with successful -rfng- men 4 He -went about hie work quietly earnestly He learn all there was to know in a week or so but he picked up pointers here and there and his boxing form began to improve! sough Breaks on Matches Then he was matched and if ever a kid got a' series of tough breaks on matches It was he Substitutes in particular Jinxed him Faired against someone against whom he should have shown his- -real ability time after time when ring' time came some mug" was the opposite corner who or wouldn't fight and even knocked-them over' -he otlin looked bad -Mixed in with this -they got the benefit of the doubt decisions through no of his oWnand many fans jturned ri him He ran into 'a streak of injuries Both -hands were Injured He punch as he should couldn't level for the chin for fear of further -hurting his hands by hitting some hardhead- So" he learned 'to body punch- Today with tbe exception of Wesley KetcheL and tbe possible exception of Fete Cerkan there a harder more accurate or more effective body puncher In (he Northwest than Kilbane That Is something- Then his nose was broken' That-gave him time-to figure out that bad policy to get beak In the way of "punches He went -about to improve his boxing skilL He did improve although he Is yet a puncher rather than a boxer -Showed Beal Ability Through: all) this series of bad matches and Injuries there- were bright spots however He did' have -two or three matches in which his true and improving ability showed There' weref lashes noticeably when he was hurt crippled that his true fighting fire blazed These were the times that his main eyent-? possibilities- showed' He was -at bis best Under fire- Then -v were more- tough breaks injuries and bad matches Substitutions But through it all Neil Improved He' earned to lead more effectively He learned to shoot punches straighter rather than to as had been his tendency in earlier bouts He was boxing better' The fans began to notice his improvement They began to realise that here- was quite a fighter They began to pull for him There are now few if any more person- ally popular fighters campaigning here than Kilbane--Ha lacks the flash and the color thaf Immediately attracts the fans but he is effective end that counts over the long pulL Given the right kind of oppo- nents foe men of ability who -would fight with him and extend -him I believe' that he would show considerable flash '-He' is at bis best when the going gets tough opponents Lacking it -has' been unfortunate that there hate been few-opponents of his Weight' around here to enable -Kilbane to prove himself but I be-lleve that be has the stuff to make undoubted- courage rugged- nesa of chin and body 1 punching ability fair boxing skill1-the ability to leajn -'Add to those quail- ties conscientious train- ing-and you have quite a fighting Neil -is always in won i derful shape He takes care of himself-' --l-- understand -that' I am not say-' lngthat this time-is near-champion vThere ig plenty of room for- improvement but- I' do maintain that -against tha Tight kind of and such oppo- nents -could be that he would fight his way to the top and stay there r- And tor you tfell take work to the ring '-quite? seriously Boxing to the fan a gameK a sport Don't be quite- eo deadly In earnest In the that 4 mean for you to get careless smile In fact say ftOCK AND LAUGH AT what On opponent-would do to if he could iK CLARKSTON BEATS 4 7 Near Riots Among Spectators Mark Encounter Greenies May Get (Bid for PaJsadena Contest SANFORD STADIUM Athens GaM Nov The mighty green wave of Tulane engulfed gallant football forces today in a turbulent climax to one of the most -spectacular -gridiron spectacles The final score was 20 to 7 as Tulane achieVed- a decisive conquest before a crowd xf 36Q00 spectators that packed Sanford stadium" overflowing to the-field and delayed the game's finish repeatedly-as' Incipient rioting and fist fights were waged along the side lines Except for a few dazzling moments of the third period when the red-shirked Georgians flashed thqir one scoring thrust the battle of Athens Was turned largely Into a rout by the powerful aggregation that carried banner another big stride along the championship trial of 1931 victory not-only kept the green wave In a commanding position in -the race for southern conference honors alongside Tennessee but kept the Greenies very much in the race for national title honors forces have cleared the main barrier in their dash toward the goal of playing Southern California in the Rose bowl New Year's day at Pasadena The battle of Athena was marred by close to a record crop of -penalties as well as- disturbances along tbe side lines that threatened to develop free-for-all fist fighting in the closing period but was decided by a combination of smarter play and sensational passing Engineered by the flashy Don Zimmerman aerial attack accounted for the first two touchdowns tallied by tbe green wave and put- Georgia in a hole from which it threatened only once to escape For perhaps five minutes -of the third period as Georgia played Its one Mg hand the -crowd of Bulldog cheer tlm tt the overhaul spirit of their comeback With the ball on 50-yard line Homwe Key faded back and tossed a long pass down the middle alley Ruster Mott hero of tbe victory a week ago? over New York university grabbed the ball over his shoulder as he stepped into the clear and outraced his would-be tacklers to the corner of -the field Catfish Smith added the extra point on perfect place kick STANFORD EASILY DEFEATS NEVADA IN PIGSKIN FRAY STANFORD UNIVERSITY Cal Nov -a 14 UPy Coach -Glenn Warner's Indians breezed through the Nevada' Wolf this afternoon with the second and third string teams galloping to an easy 26 to 9 victory on a muddy field before 8000 fans while the Stanford verity rested for California next Saturday Only once did the Nevadans become dangerous in the fourth period when Towle began throwing passes all over the lot for long-gains Priest Griff eh and Bloedell starred In this long range aerial -attack by the Wolves- which ended on- the- Stanford four-yard line when Jlevada failed by Inches on downs -Except for this one thrust it was all Stanford Stanford scored twice In the second period after a scoreless fint quarter and twice again In the final quarter 1 Stanford made 21 first downs to three Stanford attempted 14 passes -completing six for a- total of -111 yards while Nevada tried nine passes and completed three for total of 48 yards Afflerbaugh was chief ground gainer driving 98 yards during the first half and Griff en led the Nevada team" gaining 15 yards in the two times he carried the balL DARTMOUTH WINS FROM CORNELL IN rr FOOTBALL BATTLE HANOVERf Nor Dartmouth tumbled Cornell from the list of undefeated elevens today Upsetting the big red eleven 14 to 0 by means of Bill amazln passing Morton passed to McCal for both touchdowns COLORADO COLLEGE DEFEATS DENVER DENVER Nov -CSV-Colorado fighting Tigers smacked down a favored Denver university football team today 9 to 3: Van de Graaffs Bengal outsmarted the Pioneers on the first play after the kickoff and 'had a touchdown when the game was only three minutes old The Colorado coUege Une packed too many guns for the heralded Denver attack and stopped tfie Pioneer backs cold' especially Inside 20-yard line courageous 1 their rivals by the cheer Georgians might cates that hunting will be Intense throughout The bag limit Is et 15 a day and 20 for tbe week Hunters however may come borne untn 1 0 over tbe week end as Saturday midnight is the beginning of a new Although astern Washington Ja reported short on water fowl this year Puget Sound sportsmen ported ty be in for an unusually fine Msson Game wardens along the Sound have reported an abundant of gam along the flats as wellgs powntown "sporting goods Don Fraser and Freddie Goldstein Paired for Six- Round Semi-Final Engage- ment on Ring Card Promoter Johnny Pepe of the Kay Street club has his boxing program for Thursday night at the Greenwich Coliseum completed he announced last iight' 1 Don Fraser Spokane Scot will meet Freddie Goldstein New York welterweight In the six-round semi-final engagement Fraser -le well known here -He Is rated the smartest and cleverest boxer of his weight or-any other weight In the Northwest Goldstein will be making his first appearance here He boxed in Seattle several weeks ago- and made -a fine showing against Tony Portillo despite lack of proper training time Neil Kilbane Tacoma middleweight will-meet Barbour a tough willing fellow from Seattle- in the four-round special event on the program Johnny Leonard clever Tacoma lightweight and Johnny red Sumner youngster are to meet the four-round second event For the four-round opener Pepe has signed Jimmy McLeod -promising Tacoma feather to meet Russ McCoy a clever Seattle kid Several of the performers will be working this afternoon at the Northwest club Andy DiVodi New York welter who is to meet Jimmy Britt of Tacoma in the six-round main event was originally scheduled to work here today but there seems some doubt that he will arrive -in time Goldstein is coming north from San Francisco with him NOTRE DAME BEA TS NA VY SQUAD 20-0 1 4 South Bend Raiders Easily Scuttle Football Craft in Game BALTIMORE Nov 14 CPI The Navy's ship tossed about uncertainly In its campaign so far this season ran afoul the -Notre Dame hurricane here today and floundered on the rocks' of a 20 to 0 defeat The green shirted raiders of South Bend smashed over -the Navy goal three times In the second period After that ap stubborn Middy defense halted the fast-running backs tp stop every scoring threat The Middies in holding the high-scoring outfit to1 three touchdowns surprised those who had expected the gold helmeted steam roller to smother them -'The-20 points scored by the Ramblers was not a criterion of the dif ference between the two teams everything but stubbornness of defense Not one first down did the Navy register- while tbe South Bend ers counted 14 Although the- Notre Dame first string backs ripped the Navy line almost at will in the first period when the threat entered the scoring sone the-Tars held Not until the second period did Notre Dame get the scoring range Schwarts started it An exchange of kicks gave Notre Dame possession of the ball on the Navy 33-yard line Tbe- one and only Marchmont shot a lateral pass to Banas who raced 10 yards and then he shot through left tackle to the Navy 15-yard line With perfect interference opening the entire left side of the Middy line Schwarts dished through and over the goal standing-up -The second touchdown was the re-sullt of a -sustained 66-yard drive that started after Devore returned the Navy kickoff to his own 34-yard line Banas Schwartz and Murphy ripped the Navy tackles to shreds for two straight first downs Marchy a long pass to Murphy who raced to the Navy 84-yard Schwarts' poked through the Tsr left tackle to -the 15-yard line and then tossed a lateral to Banas who was- thrown on the one' yard strl He -plunged over kick the extra point was -blocked i Tbe final counter came ag direct result of a 15-yard -penalty "Navyanda beautiful pass fro Millheam to Murphy Four smashes at the line put-Notre Dame in- position on the Navy 28-yard line There Millheam dropped back and Yaded to his right Sidestepping ttyree would-be tacklers and PMed 45-yards diagonally across the field to Murphy who raced the remaining seven yards to the Navy nverr flat wins 'BALTIMORE Nov 14 UP) Play today won the $25000 handicap for three-year-olds feature of the final day of racing this fall at thq Pimlico track Plucky Play led Sidney Grant across the finish line with Clock Tower third Named Mat Referee house Tacoma heavy Conway is aid to have an impressive record against star heavies in the East Joe Parelli ex-middleweight champion who made quite 'a hit on the last card is to meet Nick Volis Tacoma In the other half of tho main event Iota Shima 1 Japanese sensation who is on his way to his native land to take up hts duties as physical Instructor in the Japanese army is to meet Bud Carney of Tacoma in -what expected to be a beetle struggle An' opening -bout of five six-minute rounds will complete the pro £ow: rtii get vifitr way 1 :80 TT Despite Results Oregon State Expected to Be Chosen as Opponent for Utah in Charity Encounter EUGENE Ore Nov 14 AVlth the state football championship at stake Oregon State college and the University of Oregon fought each other to a scoreless tie In the annual home-coming game here today Throughout the first half both teams resorted to punts to advance the ball and in the second half they too kto the air in an effort to score More thanonce the ball was driven to within dangerously short distance fthe goal line but each time the opposing team gathered its full strength and smothered the assault The game also was to have been the means of choosing an opponent for the University of Utah in a postseason charity game at Portland Dej cember5 It had previously been -decided that in case of a -tie sports writers were to select opponent and Oregon State college was chosen at a meeting of the- writers after the game The vote was unanimous Oregon statistics revealed ud a slight edge on first downs and yardage gaining five first downs and 11S yards from scrimmage to Oregon three first downs and 60 yards from scrimmage Oregon State was superior in punting however Mostly the game was just hard battering football in the mud The line play on both sides -stood out It was so good neither team could get Its running attack under way The longest run a 21-yard dash was made by Johnny Biacone Beaver quarterback At the opening of the second quarter the Web fools hammered their way 4to the Oregon State four-yard line only to lose the-ball on downs the -Beavers allowing them to advance the ball only 18 inches Oregon advanced to the Beaver five-yard line again just as the half ended Fumbles proved costly for Oregon State in critical moments when safe handling of the ball might have meant a touchdown Oregon State never advanced beyond the Webfoot 19-yard line Golden Bears Splash to Victory Over Plucky Vandal Team in Coast Fray MEMORIAL STADIUM BERKELEY1 Cal Nov 14 (AT In muck and mud that formed the floor qf this bowl today Bear crushed a light but plucky Idaho eleven 18 to 0 Some 15000 fans who' braved fncle-ment weather saw the Bears- put over their first touchdown after drive of 72 yards and then play heads-up football to turn two Idaho fumbles into scores Outclassed and outpassed the Vandals nevertheless were threats from start to finish -From their own 28-yard line the Bears rushed the ball down the field for a touchdown early In the first period Valianos left halfback broke away for a 28-yard gain and plunges and a five-yard penalty put the ball on Idaho's 27-yard mark Valianos shot a pass to Stone left end which the latter caught over the goal California's second touchdown came In the next period when Wilson who -started at quarterback fumbled on his own 38-yard line- Th Bears advanced to the 15-yard line lrom where Shaldach In the lefU halfback position crashed over The third quarter was scoreless with each side kicking frequently' In the fourth period Smith fumbled to mar an otherwise perfect performance The ball was recovered by California 15 yards front the goat' On the third play Kirwan quarterback dashed through for nine yards and a score None of the tries for point after touchdown was good Smith was the leading ground gainer of the day chalking up a total of 116 yards meanwhile losinr 20 For California Valianos totaled 63 yards and lost three yards California chalked -up 12 first downs to nine for Idaho-- The Bears were penalised a total of 65 yards -to 20 yards for the Vandals California -tried six passes and completed -three for a total of 41 yards Idaho passed six times and completed two for total gain of 14 yards EISENHOWER WINS LOW GROSS PRIZE AT COUNTRY CLUB Eisenhower captured the low gross prize of the Tacoma Country and Golf club turkey shoot yesterday with a 77 while Griggs turned in the low net of the day an 84-16 68 Paul Graff took the second position in the net competition with an 82-12 70 while Ross Sutherland fcnd Andrews were tied for the final turkey prize with nets of 72 They wilt have to play out the match Flip a coin or divide the bird as only one turkey was left for the third place wlnnera Another turkey event on a match play basis will be staged today EASILY DEFEAT MONTANA OLYMPIC STADIUM Los Angeles No Using every available player on his squad Coach Howard Jones of Southern California sent hta Trojans' to a 69 Jtur 0 'victbry -ipver Montana' here- today -before 2(7006 ana victory' injures' the' Tro-i at least a tie for the Pacific Coast conference championship can bis proud of three of Its 'former football heroes now tak ing up their grid duties in the southland Lciu Spadafore Joe Paglia and Joe Saiatino three Italian gamesters who formerly played under the Bellarmine high colors have caused Santa Clara freshman and varsity opponents plenty of agony Considerable has been heard about Paglia but the other two playing guard and halfback for the Bronco Colts have seldom if at all been heard of in their home town this season The frosh have three games scheduled and spend their time scrimmaging with the varsity During these scrimmages Freshman Coach scrimmages Freshman Coacr Millersivlle 6' Sblppenbutg 1ft Valparaisa 12 Mancheater 13 Milllkin 26 Elmhurat (Chicago) 0 McKendrea college 7 Illinoia Wes leyan 8 Indiana Central1 0 Earlhajn 32 SLATED TODAY 1 Mankirtzto Meet Hegstad for Parkland Team Captain Cup 8 Ghs Mankirts and Pete Hegstad will clash 'over the 32-hole route today to decide the winner of the team captain trophy of the Parkland Goif course The winner will receive clock donated by Art Swindland Fred Sylvester will' meet Orval Dahl for the first flight' title The match will go holes also Ted Burke won this second division crown last Sunday defeating Oliver Grod-vig 0 and 5 In the final LAKE GOLFERS DEFEAT VASHON IN TEAM EVENT Steilacoom Lake men defeated the Vashon golf team lift to 10 Vi Wednesday in a 10-man match-at the lake course Anderson and Low-man made clean sweeps for the locals while Slenner and Williams were the nnlv invading divot-diggers to make a sweep of points Summary: Vsshoa Hason Stanley Dacchus Towns a Clark Coutts Slenner Lundstrom Williams Total- gtsllscoom Canale Anderson Foley Tlngley 2 Enochs A 8 LowmanS Carlson 0 Williams Detes 0 10 Tptal i liM SIMMONS SOCKS LONG HOME RUN TOSH3YASU OGAWA japan Nov 14 homer by Al Simmons ol the Phildelphia Athletics which pierced the umbrell bleacher in center field' the hlfh POt baseball game between the United States all-stars and an all-Japan team today played in a drizzle before 40 00o fins and won by the Americans 0 to 2 United States Japan Batteries: Cunningham and Cochrane Sabro Miyatake and Maaao Duck Duck hunters throughout many states Including Washington4 will begin a one-month siege on water fowl Monday at' noon- and Tacoma and vicinity will keep up with not ahead of the rest ottM United States in producing game and sport for those after tbe The occasional squalls of the past week have been ideal for hunting ducks and if the weather continues to set in the way it has been doing game should be more? than plentiful Western Washington The flurries of rain and wind that havemeea prominent during'the1- past 'week tend to Keep the birds on the move which all plays in the hunters favor- Australian Wonder Is Nominated for Agua Cali-' ente Handicap AGUA CAL1EXTE Baja California Mexico -Nov 14 Lap "wonder of Australia the Man-o-War -of the country has been nominated for the third renewal of the $140000 Agua Caliento handicap to be run March 20 next The nomination of this great thoroughbred for the richest has been received by James Crofton president of the Agua Caliente Jockey club in the following cable from Melbourne Australia Phar Lap for Agua Caliente handicap -Breeding Night Raid-Entreaty Owners Davis and Telford Will advise later date of sailing (Signed) If Phar Lap should win the big race and pull down the $100000 that is guaranteed the winner he will eclipse Son record of $378744 the greatest money winner of all time He has won to date $288675 Out of 46 races -he has won 22 been second three times and third -twice But nine times has he failed to be in the money and on practically every occasion when beaten carried the proverbial 150 pounds Phar Lap won the 1920 running of the Cup with 150 pounds on his back He was first home by three lengths Fully a half million' dollars were wagered- on him in this event and the morning of the race a in ambush attempted to assassinate him firing several shots None of the shots touched either horse or uQ6Ti Phar now five -will be six ears old -when he faces the barrier the Agua Caliente handicap He was bred and reared in New Zealand by A Roberts He Is a chestnut gelding yof 'colossal size'- by Night Raid (son1 of Radium) from Entreaty by Winkee (ton of William the Third and Conjure) Prayer Wheel by Pilgrims Progress (son of Isonomy and Pilgrimage) out of Catherine Wheel by Maxim The great horse was- purchased as a yearling at a sale by his present owners for 160 guineas about $800 His pedigree appealed to Telford a Sydney trainer who being out of funds Induced Davis to buy him When Davis was at Agua Caliente during the cummer race meeting he stated that he would ship probably half a -dozen other horses-to this country if he decided to send the "wonder As indicated In the above' cable front Davis the exact date of sailing has not yet been determined but it will probably be early in December Davis and' Telford will bring their own feed for Phar Lap from Australia Jockey Pike who is the leading rider of Australia will come to America with tbe Davls-Telford table and of course ride Phar In the rich! handicap UTAH GRID ELEVEN DEFEATS COLORADO LAKE- biov 1 4 tab hurlded the second to the last obstacle in its march to a fourth consecutive Rock' Mountain conference football title by piling up a total of 32 points in the first half of its game against the University of Colorado here this afternoon The final 88 8ft ft 3-T- be carried off the field 'and with the same grin on hls lips-when bls captain Joe Morey squeezed his hand and Said Diamond Alf sorts- of praise -has coma way during his football career but perhaps the greatest he will enjoy Is when Glen Warner foxy coach named him the greatest punter seen on the coa since' the time of Ernie Nevers HARVARDBEATS HOLY CROSS BY 7 TO 0 SCORE CAMBRIDGE MaBS (SI The vigilant Harvard eleven ended its preliminary season undefeated today by overcoming -Holy famed passing -attack and one of its two scoring chances to pin 7 to 0 decision on the Crusaders before a capacity 'crowd of 58000 The Crimson touchdown came early in 'the opening session when Jack Crickard ended a 72-yard march with a five-yard- scoring smash inside his right tackle Captain Barry Wood dropklcked the extra point but he was unable to repeat' in the closlnj session when he attempted a field goal after only other lonj -march was checked on Holy Cross eight-yard mark Plunging Jack Schereschewsky gave Crickard valiant assistance during the successful drive and Wood helped out by reserving his usual role and receiving an aerial from Crickard for a 35-yard gain A holding penalty on Holy Cross put new life into the Harvard drivs as it faltered in midfield The Harvard ball carriers were able to pile up 21 first downs to seven and outrushed Holy Cross 220 yards to 143 chiefly because Captain Phil OConnell- wasted most of his time in -the first half on unsuccessful passes Holy Cross was to complete only two of its 15 passes for a total of 25 yards V- STXCK 70GZTXEB Hughes Holley and Cochrane outstanding backs at Alabama played football together in1 high school As Ireland well-known Taco-referee will be the third man in the ring Monday night when the Vete present their wrestling show at Fellowship hall Masonic temple Connie himself a disabled Vet has been sojourning in California for some time Ireland Is rated a colorful and capable referee and has much experience Joe Schiedeman who has been refereeing for the Vets with considerable success' -ilU alternate on tbe cards with Ireland it- is announced A double main event 'will feature the program Monday with Jack Conway a newcomer to tbe Northwest meeting Ray the rough- Connie ma mat A1 Ruffo another Tacoma product has -uncovered one of the most promising running guards seen in Santa Clara freshman football in Spadafore Spadafore it will be remembered was an unanimous selection for all-city tackle and fullback positions in his four years of prep football Ruffo stated that Spadafore Is a tough fast youngster willing to learn and with more guts than all the violin strings in the two hemispheres Maurice Smith varsity coach voiced the same opinion about Spadafore Three days previous to the Colt game with the San Francisco university frosh Spadafore tore two ligaments under bis arm muscles but with a grim determination backed with a fighting heart the lasted for 50 minutes InwL wild battle Spadafore was by far- the brightest spot In the Colt contln-tingent Next season- Santa Clara can expect great things with Spadafore playing- for tbe varsity Joe carried the ball over the Gray goal line for the only score of 'the game Saiatino is the lanky youngster who used to shine in all three sports at Bellarmine 'His work on Johnny Hein-rick's memorable team of last year will live long in the memories of Lion sport follower Paglia will never be forgotten for his work in tbe St Mary's game 1 Paglia hails from Black Diamond hence 1 thfc name He Is expected to leave the hospital this week' steadily recovering from a broken vertebrae in bis spine and a broken ankle but will be unable to return to the grid game this season His injuries will also keep him off the basketball and baseball squads The entire south la still praising work' 'and courage on the gridiron Ernie Smith sports announcer for the Columbia Broadcasting company and sports writer for-tbe San Francisco Examiner wrote in his column of a week ago: A youngster of stem stuff this Paglia for he carried on long after any man would have quit He fought until his' spirit was overwhelmed by oblivion- I do not know what kind of school Inspired such an exalted display- of raw red courage but I know that a boy became man on Kezar turf Sunday and that boy was JoeT Paglia" Herb Dana Pacific coast grid off I cial has a world of praise for Paglia in one of bis few' attempts at writing Dana 'writes: -T can see his face mingled with pain buried under the pile on St goal line He had battled bis way through the Gael forward wall to put his team in the At sd li-7 A -little later lie bad tp ENDICOTT ELEVEH 7 a 4 f-f1 CLARKSTON Wash SforJ llri 7 Clarkston High-" team chosenta meet of Tacoma ui i(h aUta easi-wesife game at Zaattl of yesterday defeated! 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