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MEDFOKD "NrATTj TFMBUXI- MKDPOTMX 'OK'KCQX. lOXDAY. OC'I'OIIKI? 28, 1929. p:gkfive TROJANS SEEN AS BEST TEAM Seven to Nothing Defeat At Hands of U. S. C. No Disgrace for Stanford Is View Warner Men Lacked Punch Saturday. CURRENT YEAR SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28. (Special.) There Is no question wbout the best team on the coast1 this year. Southern California not only has the best team on the Pa-, cific coast, but probably in the country. At any rate we feel sure there isn't a team that could have beaten U. S. C. as she played Sat- uraay Notre Dame, Penn State, i or what have you. No team, in all' . probability, could have come as close to holding her as Stanford did. A 7-0 defeat at the hands of the Trojan machine, as it is now clicking, is a disgrace to no team. In fact. It would be a "moral vic tory1' for most. It was a "moral" victory for Stanford, for actually U. S. C. Is two or three touchdowns better than the Cardinals this year. Last year Stanford lost to the i Trojans. 10-0; this year only 7-0. Stanford's 1929 team can have the ' satisfaction of having done better than the '28 team. In fact, as far as comparative scores are concern ed, one might claim the Cardinals are .stronger this year than last. But not to anyone who saw Satur day's game. It only shows once more that comparative scores mean nothing. Last year U. S. C. wan lucky to win by the score it did. This year Stanford was lucky not to have been beaten 20-0. Last year 17. S. C. got the breaks; this year Stanford got the breaks all of them. Time mid again Stanford had a good break, which gave them a chance to score but every time she lacked the punch. Lucks Punch. In fact, Saturday Stanford was a good team, a hard fighting team, potentially a dangerous team, but from the first whistle to the last, essentially a punch) -Irs tcuni. It must have been a new and sad experience for Pop Warner. For heretofore the Stanford teams have always had the punch the ability to come up to the scratch, and when the break occurred, take full advantage of It. Not so on Satur day. Opportunity knocked a score of times, but not once could the L whijefrffhirted Cards open the dopty, , - Stanford Had Chances. Everyone anticipated Saturday's contest would be the big game of the year. It was, as far aH the size of the crowd and excitement C 1929, I.ioctrr & Mvim Tobacco wero concerned. Stanford always j had a chance until the last five! minutes to tie the score. And with i her well-earned reputation of strong finishes the Stanford tra dition of pulling the game out of; the fire in the last few minutes j at no time was there any confi-J dence in the stands that the game1 had been won by the Trojans. But Saturday's gamo was a complete reversal of that tradition. In the first quarter, instead of the last, did Stanford hit her stride. There she was inside the five-yard line with three downs to go a score seemed absolutely certainbut she might as well have tried to break a steel safe with a butter-ball as break that Trojan line. Just as Stanford never had the punch, S. C. never lacked It. Whether on offense or defense, when some thing had to be done, U. S. C. was there to do it. In fact, though the present writer happens to be an ardent Stanford supporter (still hoarse from vocal efforts In her behalf) the plain truth is the Tro jans outclassed the White-shirtjj in every department of the game in power and concentration of at tacks, tackling, forward passing, kicking in everything that goes to make up winning football except the aforementioned breaks. Plays Failed. "Nothing would work," explain ed a discouraged Stanford gradu ate, in his Sunday morning post mortem. "Think of completing only three forward passes out of 25. Never heard of such a think. Slmpkins simply blew up. What was the matter with him!" There was nothing the matter with him, except the U, S. C. team. Whenever there was a pass, every Stanford receiver had a Trojan at his elbow. That Is the answer. This man Jones had Pop Warner's passing game checked before it started. A tighter defense, both in checking an open game and outcharging the line on straight football could scarcely 'he lmag Jner. Wonder Team. If the "big game' is a lair ex ample, U. S. C. has this year a real "wonder team." And if this man Du-f field is not an ail-American back, we never saw one. Not only is ha one of the finest open-field runners we have ever seen, but he Is strong on the defense and un equalled on the coast, as a kicker. The accuracy of his punts, clipping over the sidelines, without a chance of a return, were nothing short of marvelous. And -that return of a punt In the last quarter, squirm ing, twisting and sidestepping through the entire Stanford team for a touchdown (which wasn't al lowed because of "roughing" the kicker) would have made Red Cagle envious. Defeat Viiltkely. Of course teams, like Individ uals, have their on and off days. It is conceivable that U. S. C. will be beaten, hut to our mind, un likely. And it Is quite conceivable that Stanford will defeat both Call fornla and West Point, but this doesn't look as certain as It did before Saturday's contest. In fact, with California's second . string downing Morton Kaer and the Olympics In the final quarter, it looks as though the big "big game" would bo a real battle this year, after all. ft. W. It. a hat Co. j . Ace Renews Drive for Mickey's Title; Bout Set for Los Angeles, October 29 The wildcat or the ring .p middleweight chain phui. They will battle 18 months ago. LOS ANGELES. Oct. 28. P)- With the rigorous training grind left behind, Mickey Walker, the champion, nnd Aea Iludkins, the contender, today marked time as they waited impatiently the sound of the gong which tomorrow night will send them into the ten-round battle for the middleweight title of the world. The fight, to all intents and pur poses, probably will mark the de cline of the vanquished and the rise of the victor. Hy PAUL II. ZIM.MKKMAX (Associated Press Sports Writer) LOS ANGELAS (A1) The long road as a title contender from the lightweight division to the middle weight class, which Ace Hudins has., left strewn with the blasted hopes, of wonld-ho champions, has carried the Wildcat from the .Nebraska- plains to his second fight for Mickey Walker's crown. It wns a year ago last stimmei' that Hudkins stood toe-to-ton with it's Iludkins ot Nebraska is hack n light it out for the crown on th c the slugging Jersey battler, trad- i :ing his best efforts for what ! Walker could deliver In defense of his honors, and lost a decision. At Wriglcy field, on the night of October 2!). he hopes to attain his objective. Since the night in New York when he knocked out Ruby Gold stein, lightweight, nnd virtually thrust the pride of the East Side into oblivion, Iludkins has been camping on the trail of champions. Until the Walker bout he was forced to be content with warding off ndvanccs of other contenders. Following the defeat nt Chicago the Nebraskan has been a busy scrapper. His technical knockout victory over the stout-heitrted Kcn tuckian, Jog Anderson, resulted in the immediate signing- of papers for a return match with Walker.' Most significant of his other bouts was the decided defeated handed Armand Emanuel in a ven ture into the light, henvyweight SUCH POPULARITY MUST BE DESERVED Mie trail of Mickey Walker, the coast, the scene of their first division, after the fighCng" bar rister from San Francisco had th-opped a close decision to Tommy Lough ran, then the champion. Iludkins boasts that in his ca reer no fighter has emerged from a return bout with victory over him. He. points to Sammy Baker and Joe Anderson as examples of scrappers who paid dearly for pre vious fights which earned for them the nod over the Wildcat. Walker will lie no exception, says" the -Ace. MARJ0RIE KELLY ENTERS WOMEN'S TOURNEY AT 'U' - V,v.'ivi:nsrrv op on eg on, Kiy;jCNi;. .special.) . mi JuVju, Kelly, senior In physical eilu ctiliuij from Medfortl, itan entered the' wouiun'a weeund annual fall tournament. Fh-Ht round matche muBt ho played hy next Thursday. nreordlnK to officials in charge. T POHTLAM), Ore.. Oct. 2S. tf) The first of the nationally known golf professionals due in Portland this week for the Oregon open championship, which starts Thurs day at Columbia Country club, un packed his el nits here yesterday, and tnday Marry Cooper, some times known as 1,1k hi horse Char lie". Ituffaln, N. V was hitting hH stride on practice rounds. Cooper first caught the spotlight a few years ago when he won the Los Angeles fllt.Owo open. At that time he was just one of the many golf professionals and came to I.os Angeles from a club In Texas. The best performance of yester day's practice rounds was turned In by Neil Christian, Waveriy Country club professional nnd .Pa cific Nor I Invest open champion. Christian toured Columbia' in 70, two under par, wheih was consid ered real golf, considering the championship condition of the course. Dr. O. F. Willing, Waveriy ama teur and present holder of the Ore gon open tille, tried his skill over Columbia anil shot a 73. T CHICAGO, Oct. 28. (P) Lester Hell who played third hane for tho Boston Mrnves during the 11128 nnd l'JIill rousomh, hun been purchased by the Cubs tho first move by owner Wlllium Wriglcy, .lr., to repitlr tho weak spots In tho llruln niuchino that conquered the National league, but found the Athletics too good in tho recent world series. The price paid for noil, who was one of the Btnrs ot the St. Louis Cardinals In 1(12(1, was not an nounced, but tho guessing is placed at rrom :ir,000 to $rl),()U0. Jlell, who Is 2!) years old, will replace Norman McMillan, whose fielding was satisfactory to Man ager Joe Mcurthy, but whoso hit ting was considered too spotty by the Cub pilot. The purchase of Moll, Mr. Wig ley Indicated, will not bo tho only step In connection with his plans to build a team capable of bring ing n world championship to Chi cago. Another pitcher to fit In with M'al olio, . Hoot, Bush nnd lllake, also Is being sought In the Improvement campaign. .in a cigarette TASTE iOOK up"chic" and see how it fits Chesterfield "orig inality with taste I" Originality for the Chesterfield blend cannot be copied. And where else can you find such mildness coupled with such deeply satisfying character? Taste the sole reason for smoking, the sound basis of Chesterfield's popu larity fragrant spice of good tobaccos, delicate flavor, wholesome natural sweetness; in every sense of the word "TASTE above everything" Touchdown Aces ( lty the Associated! Pres.) "Special Delivery" Al Mtirstrr-i scored two touchdowns hi Dart mouth's rout of Harvard on Sat urday to boost his season's sctir Ing record ti 10- po.nts. by fa r the best in the country. Marsters, the east's scoring pa it setter, lias a margin of 24 points on his near est rival, lOugene MclOver of Ten nessee, according to figures com -1 piled by the Associated Press from the eight major gruuns or confer ences in the country. The leader in each of the eij-ht major groups follows: Kast Marsters, Dartmouth .... 102 Southern MoKver, Tennespee 7N Southwest MeKlrcath, lluylor Mi Pacific Schwartz, Washington Missouri Valley King, Drake Hig Ten Phnrmer, Minne sota Rocky Mountain Pomeruy. I'tah Mix Six Page, Kansas L E F Tho nfcdfovd high school foot ball SU.UU0, somewhat saddened by tho defeat at the hands of Cor vallls last Saturday, began practice this afternoon for the game next Saturday, with the Kiigene high school, coached hy Shy Hunting ton, former University of Oregon coach, and "Skoeter" Muuurud, , former Oregon star, and well known In this city, as a basketball and football official. It will he tho first appearance of a Kngeno high team in this city, and the second meeting of tho two schools 'on tho football field. Mod ford defeated Kugene, 111 to 0 in HHiti at Eugene, on a rainy day. The next year a game was sched uled, hut lCugone cancelled tho contest, on tho grounds ihero was danger of catching infantile par alysis, and lust year the game was cancelled owing to the proximity of The Dalles game. The ii gone team this year, is showing more life and class, than usual and nnd is n fast nnd strong aggregation. Tho Mod ford tonm came out of the CorvaiHs clash, with few in juries and a lot of experience. They out played the visitors for three quarters, only to weaken nt the finish, and let nil aerlul at tack seep through for two touch downs. The locals will go through a rigid course of sprouts this .week, in preparation for the snmo. Saturday Score LA OrtANOIJ, Ore., Oct. 28. (P) Knterprlse high school football team defeated 1'rairie City .13 to 0 at Knterprlne Saturday. in the dictionary, TROJAN-BEARS TO STAGE NEXT Undefeated Teams Meet Saturday At Los Angeles Oregon Plays California Oregon State Carded With Washington. lty KuskcII J. Nowlond, Associated Press Sports Writer. SAN KUANCISC. Oct. ;S. (A1) Football's main hattlifront shifts to the south next Saturday whoro Southern California's Trojans nnd California Hears, remaining un defeated elevens of the Pacific Coast conference, will fight It out for gridiron supremacy. Conquerors of Stanford, 7-0, last week and winner of four confer ence games, Southern California can practically clinch the cham pionship with a victory over Cali fornia's Hears. The true atrength of tho Hears, however, has not yet been revealed. Th their one con ference teat, they trounced Wash ington State, 14-0, and Inst week showed' to advantage with a 21-10 , triumph over the powerful Olympic club squudV. n , Com para 1 1 ve stores favor the Southern California-1 team, one of the most powerful ever to carry the Trojan banner, but California sup porters are reminded that football games are won on, 'not. off, the field. Those who hsvo followed . the fortunes of both teams, how ever, feel that tho Trojans will make short work of the Hears nnd continue on for easy wins over Ida ho and Washington Slate, remain ing .opponents on tho conference cnlendar. CaiMichy Crowd. The clash will be witnessed by a capacity throng of around 75,- ' 000 persons. Every seat of tho Los Angeius Coliseum wns sold out several days ago, despito the fact that Southern California had not yet matched strength with Stan ford's Cardinals. Two other conference contests next week end will pit Oregon against University of California ot Los Angeles, and Oregon Stnto agnlnst Washington State at Port land. Oregon crushed Washington, l'l-0, last Saturday; nnd Oregon State pounded out a 27-0 win over the previously undefeated Idaho Vandals. Washington State had an enHy practice game with Whltmnn, winning 58-0. In , non-conference - encounters, Stanford meats California Tech and Washington takes on College ot Puget Sound. Hood lilver Construction of round house enst of tho depot nenrinf? completion. ; its if" yes. and, yet' THEY SATISFy ; COAST CLASSIC
