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By Bill Willard
Emerald Sports Writer
Scribes to the North and South are suddenly picking1 Cal for
the Rose Bowl instead of U. S. C. (needless to say why). It’s not
that we disagree with the other grid predictors, but the Big Bears
still have three tough contests to remain an undefeated eleven
again this year.
They still have to play a potent U.C.L.A., a power-packed
Oregon aggregation that wants nothing more than that vic
tory, and the scrappy, unpredictable Stanford eleven. We
wouldn’t like to have a bet to the effect that Cal will have an
undefeated season.
There are still four other teams that can go to the “sacred
land" undefeated in conference play. U.C.L.A., once beaten Ore
gon, Stanford, and U. S. C. The do-or-die contest this weekend
I will feature our Webfoots against U. S. C., a loss by either team
will put them out of the running.
Oh! My Aiken .... !
With an anti-climatical twist, the favored U. S. C. Horses will
meet the Webfoots at the Los Angeles Coliseum. An impressive
win for either would bolster their Bowl stock.
The Trojans have a powerful, well-rounded eleven with such
standout backs as Jim Powers, Art Battle, Jay Roundy, Pat Duff,'
Billy Martin, and Frank Pucci. In a strong forward wall Boyd
Hachten and Don Platfield are the backbones.
The central weaknesses displayed by the Men of Troy has
been in ball handling and poor blocking (which cost them the
Cal game). Again these are fundamentals and one can be sure
that is what Jeff Cravath has been practicing this week.
Somehow' we can’t help but feel that this Saturday will be a
battle of coaches. The two teams are “even steven.” Both elevens
are well seasoned by now with U. S. C. having met tougher com
petition.
Jim Aiken has been pointing for this contest since the U. C.
L. A. fracas. For the contest this Saturday can well decide
whether or not we will be in the Rose Parade. “Gentleman Jim”
and his men can do it if they play heads-up ball like they have
done only once this year, against St. Marys in the season open
er.
It is not school spirit that sends us to this limp climbing con
clusion that it will be a Webfootecl Victory a la Sanders, Lewis,
Bell, McKay, Stelle, Nevills, Gibson, Chrobot, Dotur, the Rob
inson’s, the reserves, and last, but far from least, Coach Jim
Aiken. Oregon 21, U. S. C. 13.
The P. C. C. Yankees
► .
A likely title for the Golden Bears of California, these boys
have had nothing but injuries all season, but like the Yankees,
they continue to roll to the tune of another injury another victory
although the forward wall is pretty well intact.
This Saturday, the Cal-men entertain the Washington
Huskies and obvious as the result seems, the game must be
played. Cal boasts the strongest defensive team on the coast,
Washington the weakest. Call will roll on. Cal 42, Washington
7.
Idaho plays Montana for the cellar spot of the Pacific Coast
Conference. (Providing Washington doesn’t take the title). This
should be a good game with Dixie Howell’s Boys finally win
ning a league game. Montana hasn’t looked good since the W. S.
C. contest. Idaho 27, Montana 13.
On the Farm
The big Indians from down Palo Alto way are on the war path
again. This week it is our rivals from Corn-Vallis that are in for
a mighty rough afternoon. The Stanford machine has started to
roll and it will take a top team to stop them now.
O. S. C. is at full strength for the first time in many weeks
so they will have no excuses this time. Coach Taylor has done
a good job with the material that he has this year while March
ie Swartz is on the well-known alumni black list. A reasonable
score would be Stanford 33, O. S. C. 7.
Still wondering “wot-happened,” the U. C, L. A. Bruins ven
ture to Pullman to play W. S. C. The Cougars are going to lick
a few more teams, but probably not Ernie Johnson and Co. The
Bruins won’t open up since they are being scouted by Cal for
their bitter contest the following weekend. However, it doesn't
figure to be a pushover. Xo one has really beaten \\ ashington
_i,State bad this year. U. C. L. A. 21, \\ . S. C. 0. •
Junior Ducks
Set to Quack
At Husky Pups
Playing on alien turf for the first
time this season, the Oregon Frosh
clash with the University of Wash
ington Pups in Seattle tomorrow
afternoon at 2 p. m.
The Ducklings leave Eugene
early this morning by hus for Se
attle but will not arrive there in
time for a workout before to
morrow’s encounter.
When the Husky Pups tangled
with the Ducklings last year, they
were edged out 25 to 24 by the Eu
gene eleven. Tomorrow’s tilt may be
a deciding game in the race for
Northern Division yearling grid
crown with the Pups eager to recti
fy the humbling defeat handed to
them by the Oregon lads last sea
son. Bill Bowerman’s rampaging
football crew have smacked the
Portland Frosh, 26 to 6, and the ri
val OSC Rooks, 33 to 6, for a pair
of convincing wins. Blasting two
teams also by scores of 20 to 7 and
43 to 0, Washington's freshmen
have shown a powerful offensive,
rolling up 400 yards in their last
contest.
Air-minded Oregon will probably
rely a great deal on the accurate
tossing of Hal Dunham and the
glue-finger receiving of end Jake
Williams. Ground-gainers Phil Tur
ner, Don Sloan, Carl Ervin, Jack
Cook, and Rod Lyman should stack
up points and yardage if the rug
ged forward wall of the Ducklings
opens holes in the opposing line as
they have in previous games. Way
ne Parsons will try for extra points
for the Frosh with his exacting
booting.
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SOUTH CAROLINA WINS OVER CLEMSON
COLUMBIA, S. C.,— (UP) —
Quarterback Bo Hagan, although
limping on a bad knee, fired South
Carolina to a 27 to 13 victory over
Clemson today and the bad blood
between the arch rivals was never
worse.
An over-capacity state fair j
crowd of 35,000 went crazy as
Carolina blasted through Clem
son's crumbling defenses in the
fourth quarter for its two winning
touchdowns.
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