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Newspaper Page Text1)G1(SS hr"33 1 4 Wd I i .' Htmm UCLA Routs Troy in Fourth 102,548 Witness J By BOB MYERS , , LOS ANGELES UP -4 The Unbeat en Bruins of UCLA blasted South' era California out of the airlanes Saturday, defeating the Trojans by a 34-0 score before 102,548 fans to win the Pacific Coast Conference championship ; for the second Rounding out a . perfect nine game season before .the largest football turnout in the nation this year, the Bruins fired one touch down shot through the air that ac tually wonthe gameCin the first seven minutes. It was a "pass play for 4s yards from little halfback Primo Villanu eva to end Bob Heydenfeldt. 't J Despite the loss. Southern , Call fornia is due for the official selec tion to represent the PCC in the Rose Bowl against Ohio State, con auerors in the Big Ten conference The Trojans finished second in the PCC with a 6-1 conference rec ordi UCLA is ineligible for the coming bowl game, having played there last Jan. 1. " ':. Held scoreless the 'second Ind third quarters, UCLA buried the Trojans under a barrage of four touchdowns in the fourth to keep alive the Bruin bicf for the mythical national collegiate championship. s The. break, and the braking point for; the underdog Trojans, came late in the4hird period. The Trojans marched across the midfield stripe for the first time on a pass interception by center Mar Tin Goux and then moved from the UCLA 44 to the Bruin eight, first down with a touchdown opportunl But a pass by quarterback Jim Contralto was grabbed up by UCLA halfback Jim Decker and away, he went He .travelled 98 yards to cross the goal, but a clipping pen alty against a teammate set the ball back on the USC 23. The Bruins failed to cash in on Hiicihrsalr hiir th Trnianc serl dead. I Soon after UCLA back Johnny Hermann stepped in to field anoth er Contratto pass, raced 44 yards and JJCLA went on to pull in front 14-oV - . if The ' two middle quarters had been a desperate struggle between two great lines on a field where the temperature was reported 119 de grees at kickoff time. Slowly the giant Bruin line began to tase its toll, but only after a tremendous fight by the Trojan forwards, Bob Davenport, the Bruin's bread and butter fullback, crashed one yard for the second touchdown, and Villanueva fired a pass for 12 yards and six points to bis blocking back. , (Continued on Page 8.) lie foe tm aja' aja Ji M-4 Beaver Romps Six Yards in First Quarter TD. Drive recto - M-.. x--;-- r I - v-.- ! - ; . - -! ' '-''r II... . ' At." r a Shaw Keeps Nation's Offense j Lead in Guiding Oregon Win j CORVALLIS. Ore. UP) Versatile quarterback George Shaw nosed out California's Paul Larson in their total offense duel Sat- urday, and in so doing, conducted Oregon to its first victory in six years over traditional, rival Oregon State, 33-14. . - r Shaw, the nation's .leader in total offense, went into the game' 'i with a 40-yard edge over Larson. Shaw added 121 vards. while Larson was making 110 in the final game of the season for both players, f or tne season Shaw gaineff 1,536 yards. He not only passed to three of : . ir y: --J- a V . s V-' s 0 CORVALLIS Dick Mason, Oregon State halfback, hurdles two Oregon tacklers fori Fallback Jasper McGee (41) and End 'Hal Reeve (88). A three-touchdown second a gain oi six yarns in mis ixrsvquarter toucnaown arive ior usu several piays qoarier neipea tne isucks win, io ii. suic5inn rnows aj i nomas nngnt ana i . ii . j : . m l a - I I 1.1 isl. . t ! I , - later me ueavcrs scoreu. uregon men cio&ing n uu maava ire v. iu i. uuuu ivuu wkmcu. s Jack Patera (67), Guard Reanous Cochrane (66), Center Ron Pheister (50),! ' i . - ' ' f 1 Its Been Gr&at, Kip . . . 5- I1 A 4' Pioneers Win 8tli in Row PORTLAND Lewis and Clark, downed Eastern Washington Colleze of Education 38-13 Satur day to extend its .winning streak to eight games. Halfback Jim Smith and end Jim Quick scored five of the six touchdowns for the Pioneers co- champions of the Northwest Con ference. Tbe Evergreen Conference team, winner only once this season. icored in the first half on a 94- yard kickoff return by John Difaj. Dale LaPierre added the -final Eastern Washington touchdown, in the last quarter on a 12-yard run, Minutes later quarterback Jim my Johnson scored for; Lewis and daft. ; " ? 1. It was the final game season for both teams. of I the i m.r r f M& Buckeye! Rally Wins, 21-7 FINAL BIG TEN STANDINGS W. I, T Ohio , SUte .7 Michigan Wisconsin , iS Minnesota .4 Iowa ; A Purdue . Indiana . Michigan State northwestern Ulinoia 0 O 0 0 O O 0 0 O 'O Pet. 1 000 .714 .71 .667 .571 .900 .333 .167 .167 .000 game o 6 (Sec. 1) Statesman, Salem, OreSnncUry, Not. 21. 19S4 Football Scores 7. Coach Kip Taylor of the Beavers shows his glum as he views the . shnrt end nf th srort in thf cim which saw the Docks win. 33 14, to end a five-year string in which Taylor had never lost to to climb back on (Ties count ',i game won. COLUMBUS, Ohio l Ohio State in-on the Big Ten champion ship, a trip to the Rose Bowl and a hefty claim to the national toot ball title Saturday ii a come-back 21-7 win over the University o Michigan. A crowd of 82,438, plus a national television audience saw the Bucks surge back in the final quarter aft er being stalled by ia poised Wol verine eleven during most of the game. 1 The win only the third in 12 seasons against the old rival Michi- . . . m 1 41 gan gave tnejStuDDorn bucks weir first unbeaten, untied season in ten ycars.- ... . ! And Ohio became omy me secona Western Conference team in history to win seven straight games in the rugged league. Only Chicago'a 1913 team had done it before. The Bucks came from nowhere tne football COLLEGE FOOTBALL FAR WESTiS ' j , Oregon 33, Oregon State 14. UCLA 34. Southern California Oi Washington SUte 28. Washington - I v California 28. Stanford 20. Oregon Tech 44, Southern Oregon 14. ... ! Idaho 7, Brigham Young 0. Clorado 38. Kansas SUte 14. Lewis and Clark 38, Eastern Wash ington 13. ' t Utah 41, Montana 30 EAST F Prinecton 49, Dartmouth 7. . Syracuse 20, Fordham 1. Rutgers 45. Columbia 12. Perm SUte 13. Pitt 0. Boston University 19, Temple 7. 'Harvard 13, Yale 9. i ' Holy Cross .46. Connecticut 26. Western Maryland 12, Johns Hop kins 7. i i Delaware 20. Bucknell 0. Penn Military 28, Albright 6. SOUTH : I ,! William 4c Mary 13. Wake Forest 9. West Virginia 28. North Carolina state 3. i North Carolina 26, Virginia 14. Kentucky 14. Tennessee 13. r WSC Thumps Huskies in Worst Defeat of Series History 26-7 Oregon. Good Work, George . . . 49ers Pitt Stealers PITTSBURGH San Fran4 Cisco's 49ers, using Joe ; Perry and John Henry Johnson for a pair of battering rams and quarterback Y, A. Tittle for a slingshot,: lambasted the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-3 Saturn day . night .in a. National Football League game. i ' j Tittle, nursing a broken left hand pitched two touchdowns Xo end Bill Jessup for 44 and 28 yards. Perryj the NFL leading ground gamer, plunged over from the 2, and Johrn son scampered 24 yards for the other tcore. J Gordy , Solatu kicked ' a 25-yard field goal and tacked on four con versions. Soltau missed; a 33-yard field: goal attempt in the second Quarter. The final 49ers tally in the fourth Quarter a 28-yard pass from Tittle to Jessup climaxed a 69-yard drive. Perry raced 30 yards to the Steelers' 30 to set up the score. WAKE FOREST FALLS 'WILLIAMSBURG, V. . (A Charlie .Sumner returned to full' time duty at quarterback where he gained fame a year ago and passed William tt Mary to a 13-9 football victory over Wake Forest Saturday in a see - saw battle that was in doubt right down! to the last play, is ' throne. Held to ' only four f irst downs in the first three periods. Ohio came to life 1 after holding Michigan on the six-inch line to take the ball just as the third ses sion ended. r With the score deadlocked at 7-7, the Wolverines had a first down on Ohio s four, out four! cracks at the line served only to jturn the ball over to the Bucks, woo promptly marched 99 yards, 2 feet and 6 inches in 12 plays, ! climaxed by Dave Leggett's 8-yard touchdown toss to end Dick Brubaker.i Late in the session, Howard (HoDalone) Cassady; Ohio's out standing star of the day, intercept ed a pass and ran it back to his own 38, and 11 plays later he ended the 62-yard drive with a one-yard plunge for the final score, Little Tad Weed. l5-pound, place-kiaking specialist, booted all three place ments for Ohio. Michigan marched 68 yards In 12 plays at the start of the game for its only toachdowp, an intricate back lateral play -sending left half back Dan Cline into I the end zone for the score. Ron Kramer,' Michi gan's great sophomore end. Who played a fine game on both offense and defense, booted the extra point The Wolverines, who piled up six first downs to .Ohio's one in the opening . period for their 7-0 lead. marched from their own .14 to Ohio's eight in the second session Quarterback Lou Baldacci - tried two futile- passes and a line play after whica Kramer missed a tieia goal from the 14. Ohio's Erst offensive gesture came just after that; Jack Gibbs. third string fullback who bad played only IS minutes this year. intercepted a pass by Michigan's Quarterback sensation George Shaw and Oregon Coach Leo. Casanova I Jim Maddock and raced it 45 yards walk triumphantly from tne Farter Stadium field as ther discuss to the Wolverine 11 nappuy tne game inai enoea tne use. jinx. . . . . .. . : v 1 a penalty movea ymo oacx u ue 16, but Leggett passed to sopno more end Fred Kriss in the end rone for the touchdown which tied it lust before halftime. Cassady. whose big effort was a - , .w . , -i -.i ; r j, J m ; I 1 Persley KO Victim Of Bud Smith in 9th "MIAMI. Fla. W- Wallace "Bud Smith, a 9-5 underdog, knocked out Arthur Persley with smashing right hand to the heart Saturday night in 1:18 of the ninth round in a battle .between lightweight title contenders at tht Bayfront Park Auditorium. j The sudden blow crumpled Pers- J 53 - yard break over tackle in ley,; me no. s agntweignt contend-1 Ohio s second touchdown splurge er, Smith drove home a left tolled the Buck eround earners with the jaw as Persley went down but 94 yards in 14 plays. Fullback Fred it fvas obvious that the right Hand Baer 'paced : Michigan with 75 puncn ua oone t&t job. ' yards in U tries. Maryland 48, George Washington Duke 26, South Carolina 7. LSU 7. Arkansas 8. Auburn 27. Clemson 8. Vanderbilt 34. ViUanova M. : - v MIDWEST j Wyoming 28, Tulsa 27. 1 Missouri 41. Kansas. 18. . Oklahoma 55, Nebraska 7. : Michigan SUte 40. Marquette 10. Ohio Stat 21. Michigan T. Northweatern 30. Illinois 7. ' Wiaconmai 27. Minnesota 0. Notre Dame 34. Iowa 18. Purdue 13, Indiana 7. . -' Dayton 13, Xavier 0. SOUTHWEST Rice C. TCU 0. Baylor 33. SMU 21. New Mexico 39, New Mexico A M 27. ' Texas Tech 81, University of Hous ton 14 New Mexico 39, New Mexico A&M 27 1 CANADIAN Montreal 24. Hamilton 19. Oregon Prep Football Playoffs Six-Man Chajnptonsnlp Glide 39. Culver 14. , Class B Semi-rinaU ' Union 14. Mora 8. Bears Topple Tribe, 28-20 Late Stanford Rally Nearly Stops Gil i ' ' By JtUSS NEWLAND BERKEtEY, Calif. fl - Cali fornia's fayored Bears after rolling up a tremendous lead going - into the third period, had to fight with everything they had to stave off an inspired Stanford team Saturday to win their 57th annual "big game 28-20. r - , A capacity crowd of 81,490' saw the Bears hold a commanding lead of 28-0 just after the third period opened. Stanford, fighting for every ncn, scored two touchdowns in that quarter and another in the final period. - . -. . The Indians were knocking for another touchdown -later in the quarter, but a fourth-down pass was batted down in the end zone, and they lost the ball on Califor nia's 17. :? California went into the game favored by 14 or more points. The Bears were lucky to soueeze through in the final minutes. Paul Larson, California's great quarterback, scored one touchdown and passed to another, but he was bottled up and thrown for losses in the latter stages of the colorful contest" bjh the rushing Stanford players. !: ' The Bears score! ' three touch downs in a wild second period that accounted .for the victory. Another i California . touchdown early in the third gave the Bears a commanding 28-0 lead. The first three California touchdowns came after two Stanford fumbles and a pass interception, : Stanford s . 0 013 720 California j 0 21 7 028 Young. Brodie, Dorn. Conversions, Atkinson; Tarr. , California scoring: Touchdowns. Larson; Williams, Drew, Hamfan. Conversions, Larson 4)s VANDERBILT WINS . NASHVILLE, tenn. m Van derbilt combined an effective pass ing and running game Saturday to defeat ViHanova m Oregon's .five touchdowns, but also came up with the game's key play, , changing the course of the game in the second quarter. - His teammates took a bad maul ing from the fired-up' Staters in the first period and still were deep in trouble in the second quarter until Shaw intercepted a pass and ran it First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Passes alt em pled Passes completed Passed intercepted runts Punting average Fumoies lost Yards penalized qrernn OSC - U 17 , 18W 149 123 15f IS 20 ... 5 10 by 3 2 1 1 . 38 5 48 1 3 : 35 40 . back 33 yards to the Oregon State 43 to get Oregon out of its own territory for the first time. - Oregon State was leading 7-0 at the time. From there Shaw guided the team to a touchdown, and. in the next few minutes added a 150-yard touchdown pass and then a six-yard scoring pass to put his team ahead at the half, 19-7. In the final half he added a 52- yard touchdown pass and a 66-yard runback of a kickoff. In addition. Shaw kicked three conversions, but he was not the only Oregon standout. Halfback Dick James, Oregon's darting half back, added two more touchdowns to tie UCLA's fullback Bob Daven port for the Coast Conference scor ing championship with 08 points each. r Both came on passes,' one for six yards, and the other a 52-yard play in which he caught . Shaw's toss on the State IS, eluded one tackier and went over standing up. - For the first time in 10 games this season, Capt. Ron Pheister of Oregon lost on the coin clip u that started the game, and f .thing looked dark for Oregon when the Staters took the kickoff and drove 59 yards to a touchdown with quar terback Jim Withrow passing It yards to end Wes Ediger for th-. score. . - But Shaw rallied his' team in th seoond period, and the Staters could not score again until late in the fourth quarter, when an Ore gon fumble gave them the ball on the Oregon 14. The touchdown came six plays later with, halfback Dick Mason plunging over from a yard out . Shaw lost four yards in four rush- a wiid-sconne I football game 34-19 and end the longest losing streak in Comrno- ing plays, but completed five of J6 ' uore nisiory. v i iconunuea on next page) Ores Whip oh Tech sSOCE, Pet PT PA .730 ISO' 63 .750 94 39 .500 77 99 .500 99 110 .000 38 14S By, JACK HEWINS ' PULLMAN: "Washi (JP) Frank Sarno targeted Jim Haeertv on a 47-yard pass play to break a second quarter stalemate Saturday ana irom mere tne cougars or Washington SUte chopped out a 26-7 Pacific Coast Conference football triumph, over Washington. .was uie worst aeteai every administered by the Staters in 47 meetings with their j traditional cross - state enemy. I The burly line i and bruising backs of the massive Cougars, who had swapped fumbles with the un dermanned Huskies through a dull first quarter, cut loose in the third quarter with a 19-point scoring splurge. i .1 Most of the yardage was chewed out on the ground, with fullback Duke Washington and halfback Jim Hagerty ripping the Washing ton line to ribbons. i - I With a minute and 104 seconds eft in the game Washington avert ed a shutout, aided by a pass in terference ruling.' The decision came on a fourth down gamble and gave the ball to the Huskies on the Cougar 6. On third down Sobby Cox pibAed again. Corky Lewis gathering in the ball for the tally, i .. . ; . !. j .Sophomores and. juniors carried most of the lead for the two teams. but the game was a farewell ap pearance for several standout players on both clubs. , j The cf owd of 17,500 Well under the stadium capacity of , 25,000 said goodbye to the Cougars' alter nating fullbacks,, Chuck Beckel and The Duke. Purnell also was wind ing up his college career, as was Tackle Ted Brose. i . I Washington State 0 7 19 0 2 Washington ' 0 9 0 717 Washington State scoring Touchdowns Hagerty 3, Purnell. Conversions Sarno, Keith Washington scoring:; Touchdowns Lewis. Conversion Derby. Oregon Collegiate Conference Pinal Standings W L, Oregon Tech . .3 1 OCE i, 3 I Portland SUte' J Southern Oregon 3 . 3 Eastern Oregon 0 4 - t ASHLAND m j. Oregon Tech's ootball team defeated Southern Oregon 44-14' Saturday to win the co-championship of the Oregon Collegiate Conference. Oregon College , of Education won a share of the title last week when it defeated Oregon Tech. ; Odie Canada scored twice for (he winners with Doug Crippen. Cal Smith, Willie Stinson and Bill Fleetwood adding touchdowns Jim Wright and Chuck Crandall had touchdowns fori the losers. Glide Tips Culver j For Six-Man Title GLIDE, Ore. 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