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V PAGE TEN The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon; Friday Morning, December 1,1933 22-0 The Tiger Snarls Again f WINS IN SOUTH Mom Men RbMed VpnnnrBBniiiiTn irM1- 1 '", by GR1S1T Innniin i nnm v I UUnlVtLL DtAld PEI, 20 T0 12 FINAL QUARTER fe l By BURNLEY x 1 nn Wi? q n n n n j&t r 'Oregon State Holds About Even, bui Intercepted Passes Disastrous LINCOLN, Neb.. Not. 30 (JPf Nebraska's lightweight Cornhus v kers oat-sped a great Oregon State football team today and catapulted themselves back into , the national gridiron spotlight vith a brilliant 22 to 0 victory. The Cornhuskers, outweighed 10 pounds to the man. grabbed a six point lead in the second quarter when little Jerry LaNoue. - a substitute back, swept around end for a touchdown from the one-yard line after the scarlet had carried the baR from mid- field in seven plays. The scarlet then staved off three Oregon State scoring - threats in the third quarter, hold ing the powerful Beavers once on the lH-yard line, and lashed to a scoring burst of 16 points in the final period. George Sauer, Nebraska's 195 pound triple threat fullback, and Norman "Red" Franklin, slippery ace of the Bearers, figured in the play which turned the tide of the game and sent Nebraska rushing to one of its most, con vincing triumphs of the season and the most 'crushing defeat of the team which beat Fordham and held Southern California to a scoreless tie. Late in the third quarter Franklin twisted his way back on u punt return to the Nebraska 38-yard line. In two plays, he raced to the scarlet 1 6-yard line and with Joslin punched to a first down i - the Nebraska five yard mark. There the little Ne braska line, backed by Sauer. stopped the drive lib yards from the goal as the quarter ended. Sauer punted from behind his own goal and the ball soared over Franklin's head. Fie raced back ward and leaped for the ball. It slid . through his hands and 'bounced to the 12-yard line. Franklin was downed after an eight ycrd return. Shortly - afterward Franklin went back to punt again but the I ball missed him several yards and he downed it in the end xone for a safety. The Beavers soon opened up with passes but Quarterback Ber nle Masterson snagged a long heave from Franklin on his 24 yard line and ran it back 19 yard3 with four minutes left in the game. The Beaver line which had forced the scarlet to take to the air suddenly crumbled. Williams made seven. Master son 12 and Sauer 10 yards. Then Sauer broke off the Beavers" light tackle and cut back through the secondary, shaking off two tacklers for a 28-yard touchdown gallop. He then caught Master son's pass for the extra point. DeBus, Nebraska guard, inter cepted a pass on the first play after the kickoff and Coach D. X. Bible sent in his substitutes, leav ing only Masterson in the game. Skewes hurled a long pass and Masterson ran to the three-yard line. On the first play Benson swooped around the Beavers' left end for the touchdown. The Cornhuskers showed a de cisive margin In statistics, romp- , Ing to 15 earned first downs to 9 for the Beavers. The scarlet also had a net gain from scrimmage of 158 yards to 124 for Oregon State and gained 93 yards by passes to 91 for Oregon. Starting lineups: Nebraska Oregon State Kilbourne , LE.4. Curtin Pflum ...LT..1. Field Bishop L.G., Tomscheck Meier, C Devine DeBus rg Weden O'Brien RT.. Schwammel Milne Masterson Bos well ., Miller Sauer RE : W .Joslin QB Pangle .LH. Franklin RH Bowman FB H. Joslin Score by periods: Oregon State ....0 0 0 0 0 "Nebraska 0 6 0 16 22 . Nebraska scoring: Touchdowns LaNoue, Sauer, Benson. Extra point Masterson , (place k ick ) : Sauer (pass from Masterson). Safety: Nebraska. Officials: Referee H. G. Hed ges, Dartmouth; umpire, Ira Car rithers, Illinois; linesman. Earl Johnson, Doane; field judge, Er nie Adams, Omaha U. gverett Captures " Washington Title In Whatcom Tilt EVERETT, Wash., Nov. 30. (ff) Crumpling the defense of the Whatcom high of Bellingham with .power drives, mixed up with passes, and seizing every "break" of the game, Everett high pound ed out a 24-to-7 win today to lay claim to the mythical state title. Neither had been defeated by state teams this year, although Everett had been tied by Wen atehee, and lost Its opening game to Astoria (Oregon) high. What com last week defeated Bremer ton, another strong "west side" team. 7 Commodores Bow To Crimson Tide ;th!"?vamf iD8U"ed Ita bid Sor , tbm Southeastern conference foot ball - championship today by de feating Vanderbllt 7 ?o 5 ; itt the Crimsons were hard pressed to squeeze a one-tonchdown margin over the bathing Commodores. I ii ii i i ri i i ii v i i UJU NTT rv I .f,-M I II I I I I I STVZT" I I KA J?T hE 3 I I I I I 1 CS sWHai I ir "roii! $m is: I r iiii i -raj fl v 1 i if) wJt?ger& vf j & I tfi VAAI-.srbst 1 lr ) J PZIHCZTOH HALFBACK, XS I W Pr Constable 1 '2 ' WK "HARD HlTTlAJG FULLBACK. HERBERT "FRITZ CRIS LER'S snarlitg Princeton Tigers wind up a trium phant season's play tomorrow, when the Orange and Black warriors clash with Yale in their traditional classic. This season the rejuvenated Tig ers have given Nassau rooters something to cheer about for the first time in many a long year. It is significant that just one year after Crisler took charge a gang of great sophomore players make their ap pearance. Apparently it didn't take Fritz very long to produce some Medford Looks for Tangle With Washington After 7-0 Win Over Bend Aggregation MEDFORD, Ore., Nov. 30 fi) Scoring a lone touchdown, Medford high school defeated Bend high, 7 to 0, in a hard fought Thanksgiving day football game here today. The Pearpickers marched from the Bend 30-yard line in the third period to the touchdown that won them the game. Gilin skl and Bates, outstanding Med ford backs, alternated in carry ing the ball in a series of spin ners and power plays. Bates, full back, going over for the score. Gilinskl kicked the extra point. A large crowd took advantage of the sunshiny weather and turned out tc see the contest. Medford drove to the Bend 10- yard line three times in the first half, but was halted each time by the unyielding Lava Bear line. The ball was in Medford's pos session most of the second half, largely through intercepted pass es. Medford completed 10 first downs for a total of 246 yards, mostly from line plays, while Bend made four first downs, three on passes and one on a penalty. Strom and Dreitan stood out Proving That Old A rmy Mule X-' loouj.'i y fnTSo joor!K.ronowOLei mumh jot-FrFmsv;A'- - w vSOCiM "jv1! iee 3 1 ' . 1 5?vi5Bllt,,lff PhfladelpWa, iron bj the Cadets 12 to 7, was bo tea party as witnen. .(. Jeavjng Army and Navy criddera atrewa ia hia wake. S&QQO witnessed the service clascT rRiMCETON PLAYS YALE SATURDAY! corking good football players up at Princeton. Most sensational of the Tiger sophs this year is the far-famed Garry LeVan, snake-hipped climax runner who has shown himself to be one of the shiftiest ball-carriers of the season. The crowd gets a great kick out of it, when LeVan starts pirouetting' around in the broken fields, but the opposing team doesn't see anything to cheer about The Princeton flash is a beautiful punter as well as a great ball-carrier. He can angle his kicks to suit the demands of any expert in plac for the Tlsitors. The victorious Pearpickers have already suggested that the winner of today's contest here play the victor of the Salem high Washington high game at Port land today, which Washington won, 14 to 0. Track Coach and Grid Trainer at Yale Quits Post NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 30. (JP) The resignation of George Connors, coach and trainer at Yale for 10 years, was announced in the alumni weekly tonight by the Yale athletic association. Connors, who was track coach at Exeter for 20 years, was brought to Yale in 1923 by Tad Jones, then head coach of foot ball. He coached the track team and was trainer for the football squad. Last year he gave up his posi tion as track coach to Frank Kan aly, and is ending his services as football trainer after the Prince ton game Saturdav. He will mak his home in San Diego, Calif. .- ing a football in coffin corners. "Pepper" Constable is also a great back, though he hasn't re ceived quite the attention that his more spectacular running mate has attracted. And Capt, Art Lane is one of the country's best linemen, as is Ceppi, a brilliant tackle. Crisler has certainly done him self proud but he'd better watch out for those Yale Bulldogs tomor row. The Eli gridders have a habit of upsetting favored Princeton teams. CapjTlcM. 1133. King rwturu BrndlaU. la. CHI FELLED BY ,19 TOO WOODBURN, Nov. 30. Wood burn high's football stars of for mer years "came back" in great style today to defeat a lighter team of the Chemawa Indians, 19 to 0, in a game whose outcome was never in doubt after the first ten minutes of play. Gaining 70 yards on six consecutive plays, the Woodburn gridders put the ball in position for Oberst to carry it over the line. Nehl's try for point went wide. A swift kick by the Indians In the second period placed the ball deep in Woodburn'B territory and held the locals scoreless for the quarter. The touchdown in the third quarter was made by School er. A freak occurrence saved the final score when the ball, which fairly flew from Schooler's tense fingers as he stumbled to cross the goal line, was caught by Oberst who took It over. Nehl, whose showing on the Columbia univer sity gridiron has made his name well-known, kicked the ball be tween the posts. TURKEY PROVES FATAL CRANSTON R. I.. Nor. 3 0. (OA Mrs. John Pappa, 61, choked to death tonight while eating her Thanksgiving dinner. Has Kick V Mi Alabama Unbeaten; Utah's Indians Crowned Again In Rockies League (By the Associated Press) T h e clinching by Alabama's crimson tide of at least a tie for the southeastern conference title; the re-crowning of Utah's Indians as Rocky Mountain champions, and Nebraska's stunning 22 to 0 conquest of Oregon State were the high spots of the annual Thanks giving day charge of the nation's football elevens. 1 . Outpointing Vanderbllfs com modores. 7 to 0 in a srame that was unexnectedlv close. Alabama wound ud its conference camDaiKn unbeaten although tied by Missis sippi. Louisiana State can gain a share In the crown if the Tigers succeed in marchin? nast Tulane on Saturday and Tennessee next week, a tough program for any outfit. Utah, although beaten hv Den ver, slipped Into the Rocky Moun tain title again by beating the pre viously undefeated Colorado Ag gies. 13 to 0. while Denver like wise previously undefeated in the conierence, t o w e d to Colorado university, 14 to 7. The final standings thus showed Utah with five victories and one defeat with Denver and the Colorado Aggies having Identical records of five victories, one defeat and one tie. In the far west. Oresron ram back from its rout by Southern California to turn back the St. Mary's Gaels, 13 to 7, while U. C. L. A. hung up its first Pacific Coast conference triumph, beat ing Washington State, 7 to 0. Cornell emerged victorious over Penn. 20 to 12. in their annual turkey day battle, marked by some of the most sensational passing of the year while Colgate over powered Brown, 25 to 0. Pitt had too much strength for its bitter Pittsburgh rival, Carnegie Tech, nu won 16 to u. west Virginia earned a 7 to 2 victorv over Wash ington and Jefferson. Kansas closed the Biz Six Rea son with a convincing 27 to 0 vic tory over Frank Carideo's Mis souri Tigers who won only one game, and that over a minor op ponent, all year. Oklahoma A. and M., Missouri Taller ronferpneo champions, spilled Oklahoma of the Big Six 13 to 0 while Tulsa upset Arkansas' Razorbacks. 7 to 0. In the southwest. Toxaa nnd Texas A. and M., battled to a 10 to 10 draw while Texas Tech eked out a somewhat surprising 6 to 0 verdict over Kansas State. STAYTON, Nov. 30 The Stayton high school cross-country team placed ninth in the third annual Washington Hill cross country run on Rocky Butte In Portland. There were 15 teams entered, Stayton being the small est school to be represented. Lewis McRae was the first Stayton runner to cross the fin nish line closely followed by Ker ber, Dillard, Dale and Roo Crab tree, Lucas and Malsel. Ninety-eight 1 runners started the two-mile run. The first ten schools to finish were Milwaukie, Benson, Washington. Franklin, Jefferson, Seaside, Hill Military, Grant, Stayton and West Linn. Cthers entered were St. Helens, Camas, McMInnville, Oregon City and Roosevelt. Cross-country, as a fall sport, has made rapid progress at Stay ton high school. Also as an Inter class activity. Utes Knotted for Loop Lead; Batter Colorado Aggies SALT LAKE CITY. Nor. 30 iw Playng their finest football of the fieason, the University of Utah Redskins, champions of the Rocky Mountain conferenrn for five years, retained a portion of tnelr crown by downing the Col- oraao Agricultural college eleven today. The score was 13 to to. The triumph today gave the utes rive victories and one de feat In conference play, a feat equalled by the Aggies and Den ver university. The Pioneers and Farmers dared a soorplpsn tf early in the season. Denver de feated Utah and In turn was beaten by Colorado university, a team which lost to the Utes. The aggies only setback was at the hands of the Indians. Texas, Aggies in 10 to 10 Battle as Matty Bell Quits COLLEGE STATION. Tor Nov. 30 (n The university of Texas Longhorna and Texan a and M. Aggies Jerked the strings off their football thrill bags to day and while an CHttmnteri crowd of 25,000 thundered ap plause, battled to a 10 to 10 deadlock. It was the last same for Coach Matty Bell of the Aggies and when he walked off the rrirflmn be knew his boys and those of coacn" Clyde LIttlefield of Texas, had contributed their supreme ef forts, and that the two teams were so evenly matched that it was football justice for them to end the gaue in a tie Homer Norton will replace Bell as the Aggies' coach. SMI IS ITU in cross con Magician Frankoyich Pulls One Out of Hat as Uclans Win Fir&t Conference Game By PAUL ZIMMERMAN LOS ANGELES," Nov. 30. (AP) -Mike Frankovich, a sleight-of-hand performer, pulled one out of the hat here against Washington State today, to give the. University of California at Los Angeles its first Pacific coast conference victory in the final football game of the season. Thirty thousand persons saw the Bruin quarterback in- CM A lot has been said and written this football season about "iron men" in general and the 11 iron men of Orezon State in particular but not one of them can equal the record of five iron men of Salem high. Here they are: DOUGLAS DRAG Kit GLENN MOODY ANDY HALVORSEN STANLEY KNIGHT OOBCRN GRABEXHOR.ST Those five tonch. willing rnnn; men, If you don't know it, have played every minute of the nine football games Salem high has en gaged in this fall. And that prob ably sets a record; there have been gridmen who played through an entire season without a niihsH- tution, but we doubt if there ever were five on one team. Tlie rest of the Salem high players are Iron enough to suit most anybody; in the Washing ton high game yesterday there were only two substitutions and only three, as we recall It, in the Corvallis game. Substitu tions have been few in all of Salem's games. It serves to point out a number of things. The Salem high boys can take It; Coach Hollia Huntington is to be complimented on going through the season with only one defeat, with few reserves capable of keeping up the pace the regulars set; , and the team is not to be blamed if It didn't make its best showing in that last game. The spirit was still willing, but the flesh had weak ened. We are not so sure that Wash ington high could have beaten Sa lem high three weeks weks ago. Giving all due credit to Eldon Jenne who has built up a remarkable team in his first year with the present Colonials, It is evident that they gained smooth ness and drive right up to the Salem game and were at their best then. Salem high passed Its peak at least two weeks ago, and you can't blame those boys, who were carrying a tremendous load. Nich olson's injury was Just the last straw. - It is appropriate, we think, and not invidious comparison, to remark that if the contest Thursday had been between brass bands instead of football teams, Salem high would have won. The Salem band looked and sounded mighty good out there. Salem as a community Is also to be complimented on Its turnout at the game. There were close to 11, 000 people in the stadium and we estimate that anyway 1100 were Salem people. The special train carried nearly 300 and far the greater number motored to Port land. We rather guess Salem will be invited again, next time it has an undefeated team. And by the way, Salem high ought to have a good team next year, a better one than this year, whether it goes through the season unbeaten or not. For the first time we wit nessed the actual uprooting and removal of a set of goal posts. A stirring sight, mates. And that's about enough Salem high football at this time. It has been the greatest season in more than a decade. But there's a bas ketball season coming; Hunting- Parley on Recogntiion 4. --.:i..: Mxim Litrfnoff, Soviet Commissar for Fore lira Affairs, eonfera w?t" ;ftBJ ' State William Fbmit)mSStSSi- reemeuU between the two countries as well as auesUonaof propaganda ' -- - ud damage claims. iciiciik. vvugar jrosB 111 me sec ond period and run 40 yards to a touchdown, carrying with him a 7 to 0 victory. The lone - touchdown of the tough encounter came with start ling suddenness after Coach Bill Spaulding'g team had been kept on the defensive through the first period due to the triple threat work of Phil Sorboe. It was the irony of fate that Sorboe, with all his brilliance, should have been J.he one who contributed 1 n d i r e c 1 1 y to his team's defeat. Spurred by two successful pass es in the first period which had moved the ball just past mid field, Sorboe faded back to his 20-yard line and rifled the ball In the . general direction of Ted Chrlstoffersen, a g 1 u e-fingered halfback. Then Frankovich struck with his black magic. Coming In . full speed, Mike, the magician, grab bed the ball on the 40-yard line, and went tor town. Sensine th quick turn of events. Captain Lee uoais ana a couple or unidenti fied Uclans rallied to the cause, mowing down would-be tacklers to pave a wide lane down the side lines for the speeding Franko vich. Not a Washington State man was within reaching distance of the Bruin. Then Mike showed he knew a few tricks with his feet as well as his hands, by booting the ball straight between the goal posts. Satisfied with the advantage, the Uclan eleven packed its own passes away for most of the after noon passes primed all week for these same Cougars and stood off every Washington State effort to tie or win the ball game. UIGIEIECH, 16-0 PITTSBURGH. Nov. SO. (Jpi The Panthers of Pitt closed an im pressive season today with a 16-to-0 victory over a Carnegie Tech eleven that stubbornly refused to be overwhelmed by a vastly su perior team. A crowd of 42,000 attended. Pitt's triumph came in one swift forward passing sortie, a non-stop plunge by big Izzy Weinstock, the all-Eastern fullback, and a safety that was a tribute to the virility of the Panthers' fast-charging linemen, with the emphasis on Tiger Walton, a 200-pound right tackle. It was Pitt's 16th triumph In the 20-game series with the Plaid, a rivalry that had its inception in 1906. It gave the Panthers undis puted possession of the champion ship and a fairly strong grasp on the Eastern gridiron title. ton will invite the boys out for initial practice Monday. He'll find only one of last year's regulars on hand, Ira Wintermute. Maybe Brownell, who was hurt last sea son, will be ready to play. That about completes the list of exper ienced men. It's a tough outlook, but not much tougher than faced Holly a year ago and look what he and the boys accomplished. Surprised at the Walla Walla outcome? Not us. Wo men tioned that very si-ore to some body the other day, but of course he has forgotten it. The boys clicked, just a little better than ever before, flio main rea son being a week's layoff aft all of them regained top condi tion. In the same condition, Uey would hare done it in any game you can mention not such a big score, but compar able. - - .' X PANTHERS OVERCOME v. U t - m w i : Ithacans Triumph Before Big Thanksgiving Day Crowd Of 50,000 Fans By ALAN GOULD PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 80. (A. Cornell outscored Pennsylvania teday in a sensational aerial race for touchdowns,- emerging with a well-earned 20 to 12 triumph ovrr the Quakers In the 40th anniver sary game of one of the most col orful Thanksgiving football classics-before a crowd of 50,000. Gil Dobie's red -clad Ithaca pa capitalized all their big scoring; opportunities with an attack smartly directed by Walt Switzer of Williamsport, Pa., and piled up a lead that was too much for Penn's aerial circus to overcome. Four of the five touchdowns tal lied by both teams were the direct result of passes, with Switzer ri valling Pennsylvania's versatile Don Kellett on the snapshooting end of one of the most exciting aerial shows these old rivals have ever staged. The victory was Cornell's third In four years over the Quakers but the Ithacans desisted from any attempt to haul down the home team's goal posts. It marked the big red's second straight conquest over a major rival, Dartmouth be ing the previous victim, as the team from up state New York completed a strong comeback in an otherwise disappointing sea son For Pennsylvania, the out come climaxed a disastrous cam paign in which the red and blue won only two out of seven games. Cornell outrushed and, for the most part, out-played Penn with an alert offense that was quick to seize the "breaks." Penn had t the edge in first downs, due most ly to the Quakers' passing efforts, which showed the completion of 11 out of 25 aerial; for aggre gate gains of 164 yards. Cornell completed only three out of sevn passes for 64 yards but two of Switzer's tosses led to touch downs.' The Ithacans tallied in each of the first three periods with well executed drives following oppor tunities that gave them the ball in opposing territory, advancing 39, 41 and 42 yards in successive scoring drives. SPOKANE, Wash.. Nov. SO. jp Led by wee Willis Smith, a bandy-legged little phantom play ing his last intercolleelate foot ball, the University of Idaho Van dals , defeated Gonzaga's Bulldogs. 20 to 12, In their non-conference game here today. Although Smith toted the ball 282 yards to be the highest ground gainer. It was Ike Peter son, fleet-footed Gonzaga half, who turned on the most sensa tional performance a 90 yard run from kickoff to a touchdown. The score was tied at 6 at the end of the first half. Moser, Ida ho center, kicked off for the third period. Peterson took the ball on his own three yard line, and, sidestepping a half dozen tack lers. tore down the west side lines to the goal. Idaho opened the scoring a few minutes after the start of the game. Taul Berg, Idaho half, re covered a Gonzaga punt after the receiver fumbled it on the 16 yard line. Russ Hansowetz, full back, rifled a , flat pass to Iver son, end, who vas stepped on the two-yard line. Inman, quarter back, plunged over left tackle for the touchdown. The try for point, a place kick, failed. Referees Chosen For Polk League Basket Tourney INDEPENDENTS v- a The referppR frr tha j .. basketball leagues of Polk county have been chnsdn Thn i. league, Art Chrlstenson of Perrydale, Sherman Foster of Falls City and Elmer Beach of In dependence. The "B" league con sists of Falls City. Bethel. Perry dale, Grand Ronde, Alrlle and Rickreall. The referee for the "A" league Is Max Allen of Monmouth. This league is composed of Dallas, In dependence and Monmouth. Play starts in the "B'. league December 8, in the "A" league January. 19. Pacific Passes Way to Win, 8-0 FRESNO. Cal.. K'n 9 t - - V V , n f ' Li a SOect&cnlai. muln, iv. - b , ,u lug College of Pacific eleven from Stockton defeated Fresno State college 12 to here today before 8000 fans. Pacific, coached bv the venerable A scored its first touchdown in the iirsi two minutes of play after re covering a Fresno fumble. triple Tie Ends Mountain Slate DENVEIT. Nn n rv. university of Colorado tossed the Rockv Mono tain nail championship race into a triple tie between Utah. Denver. nd Colorado Aggies by scoring a btilllant 14-IA.7 nnuf Mnmnh OTer Denver's Pioneers here today. SMITH IS IDAHO to upset eon