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PA0T3 TWO' HrEDFOft'T) WATL TRmTTKE. WEDFORT). OREOOX. THUHSDAY. NOVEMBER 11, 1937. a g e liiTl --' TILTS FEATURE SATURDAY LIST Potential Dynamite in Every Battle Easterners Fa vored in Most Combats Dope Seen Unreliable By Sid Feder. NEW YORK, Nov. 11. (P Mr. Ous H. (Football) Pan, that uncom plaining fellow who pays bla money and takes bis chances week alter week, cun sit hack this Saturday and enjoy hot lntersoctlonal warfare lea off bv the 34th anniversary of the claealo Notre Dame-Army rivalry In New York. There's potential dynamite In every battle, with tho underdog swinging from his heels and hoping he con' sects. And there's a swell chance for the mld-wcst and south to knock the esrs off the east's reputation as in tersectlonal giant-killer. Easterners Favored. In the majority of cases, except for such got-togethers as Notre Dame' Army affair and Mlchlgan-Pennsyl. vanla at Philadelphia, the easterners are favored. But In this dlisy foot ball season, where a team Is "champ one week and "chump" the next, tne odds are about as reliable as the weather. Perhapa the standout possibilities for an explosion that could inane every gridiron from the rockbound coast to the sun-klsscd shores are of fered at Pittsburgh where Pitt's power-packed Panthers, ourrently ranked No. 1 on the national list, entertain the unpredictable Cornhuskers from Nebraska. Notre Dame Favored. Notre Dame goes Into the Army tray a J to I favorite of Broadway bettors. , . Penn Just "hasn't got this year. Upset victims of Penn Btate In their latest trip to the post, tns Quakers are tangling with a Michigan team that'a riding a three-game winning streak. In the one other east-west battle, Carnegie Tech's Bklbos. who upset Sequcsne last week, meet up with MlchtRan tsate, who did the same to Temple the last tlmo out. Between the south and the east, there aro four red-hot ball games, topped off by the New Knglsnd In vasion by Kentucky, previous victor over Manhattan, to take on ull Doble a Boston college Eagles, and the rattlo of Maryland's surprising Torraplns against Penn Btate. Davidson stops off at Cambridge to hit Harvard, and North Carolina State meets Man hattan In Brooklyn. A southwest-south battle features the passing Razorbaclu from Arkan sas, who face Mississippi State. Otherwise, Saturday's card la head ed sectlonally by such traditional fusses aa the get-togother of the Tales and the Princetons In the east; the Big Ten struggles of Minnesota- Northwestern and Ohio State-Illinois In the mld-wesf, Alabama's battle with Georgia Tech In the southeast ern conference; the North Carollna Duke doings In the aouthom; Rice ts, Texas Aggies and Baylor against Southern Mothodlst In tho south west, and California vs. Oregon on the Paclflo coast. HE SPOILED A BEAR STORY circulated before this year's football season began that Baylor would not go far toward the southwest championship. Behind the brilliant passing; and strat egy of 19-year-old Billy Patterson, the Bears completed the first half if their schedule undefeated and untied. Armistice Celebrations Came Thick find Fast for Oregon Forces Overseas By PAUL W. HARVEY. JR. SALEM, Nov. 11. P) Three Armistice celebrations. Including the rlui Armistice of November S, were observed by Oregon's 30,000 World war troops, who served In every combat division and buddIv service of the army In Prance, Belgium, Italy and Siberia, Major-Oeneral Oeorge A. wiuiiiiiuuci ui mo un-nuji national guara, said today. mnuy muericuu aumiers aica in FEW GET ELK IN Open season on bull elk ended In Klenuith county yesterday, and the game Is still as plentiful sa ever. According to officers In the game division of the state police. 8Q hunt ers chocked. Into the tcrrltry last Monday throURh Port Klamath and at S a. m. yesterday 85 bad checked out, empty handed end disgusted. Probably about three times that number of would-be elk slayers had checked In through the Klamath Fulls station, state police said, with only one unverified report ststlng an elk had been killed. A possible explanation for the poor shooting was advanced by tate po lice. It being that the elk. driven back Into the hills last June by stockmen after the elk had destroyed crops, were still afraid to come out Into the open. VINES L0SES0UT IN PASADENA TOURNAMENT PASADENA, Calif.. Nov. 11. (API Ellsworth Vines' run of aub-par golf halted Jut ahnrt of the nml final matchea todny in the Paanttna amateur tournament. The protYiwIonal ten nil Ur, aftw ellmlntntnn two rivals, took tome of hi own medicine from Jim McHale and lnt l tip. notion after the Armistice of 19 years ego, while White also told how a German general nearly messed up the signing of the agreement to end war fare. He estimated 15,000 nore Oregon troops would have gone overseas had the war lasted through the winter. Oregon's war casualties were 3,130 men. First One Fnlae. "The fuise armistice," White, then a Uoutenant-colonel, said, "came on me on the Mouse liver when I was re turning November 0 from Dun flur Meuse, which the Americans captured that afternoon. Major Prod W. Led bettcr and Captain Cicero F. Hognn, both of Portland, had to get back to their organizations that night. Our automobile was creeping through the black night without lights, when the whole country suddenly began sparkling with fires. "Hundreds of thousands of soldiers had como out of their mud holes to warm themselves when they heard through the grapevine that the arm istice had been signed. "It took several hours to get those fires out and let the army know there had been no armistice." The next day White went to Paris to straighten out the conflicting ru mors, and was informed the war would end at 11 a. m. the next day. Seen German Trick. White said the beat available theory of the false armistice was that It was "adroit German propaganda because the Germans had to have pea.e. "The theory was that once the Allied people had stated an armistice celebration they would not bo In a humor to resume the war, as romo military leaders wanted to do, on tho theory that an Allied drive on Ber lin was the proper prelude to the final peace." White was In Paris when the arm lAtlce was signed before dnybrenk. "Die German white flag that came over from Qerntevn headquarters was accompanied by a German general who had been an attache at Paris before the war and had once been given the French Legion of Honor. Foeh Fum.v. "Staff officers present aald there was a tense scene when the German emissary appeared, wearing hta dec oration, Marshal Foch stood staring at him, refusing to salute or speak. "Tho Oennan finally guessed what was wrong, unpinned his medal and put It In his pocket. Then Foci, shook hands with him and the arm istice parley wont on." Troops remained In position on most fronts until 11 a. m , soldiers trying to fire the last shot of the war. A celebration broke out at the fateful hour, except In the rone of the American second army, which at tacked that morning. The second army continued to fight until mid-afternoon before they learned the war had ended. Governor Martin, who spent to day's holiday on a train returning from the reunion of the ooth division. O. S. army. In Tulsa, Okla., told this one about Brlg.-Gen. J. P. O'Nell, re tired, of Portland: lg COLITIS tal lhln"' n,b, relief no matter wh.it tou I 2 ; jrt emirtrd with too owe it to rourseli to ue tho I X- t1l opportunity to renin four health Chan's herbs nsve .' ,i restored neaiib to thousands of people Why not roof r"!l ' ': "1 "a "avt Has. Conitlpaunn. "Ionise h Trouble. Hheo. 'J mailsiu. Hay rever. Pruslste Trouble. Ulcere, ( htldrent Urn netting, sinus Trouble. Asthma, inriuenra t'emsle Trouble, purs Chmnlr Couch. Htih Hlnod Presiure. Arthritis. Conns Nervousness. Appendicitis. Tuntllllls r.etema. Ilrart. .let. Illaddet kirmrs. Lunii. ulix.d. Urinary Disorders, hrrhs will (Ire roa rellel nhrn others fall Free consultation open 10 in x P. M file. Illitl in-ri A 1 CHAN A CHAN Rat till f P. M rlmrd Hun rhlnr.r Mrrt Cn MS T. Main "Before advancing upon Banthe vllle, O'Nell'a brigade occupied the position behind a bald hill exposed to enemy gunfire. General O'Nell ascertained that each day between S and 4 p. m. the Boche ceased firing. "Combat orders required night ad. vance aa protection to troops, but exorcising his sound Judgment and fine tactical sense. General O'Nell ordered the advance during the pe riod In which the Germans had censed their artillery fire. Generals Spat. "At this point, General Allen, dl vision commander, arrived and was amazed to find the men of the brig ade advancing In full view of the enemy, apparently Into certain de struction. There ensued a sharp and bitter exchange of words between Allen snd O'Nell, with O'Nell telling his division commsnder to 'get the hell out of here and let me run the show.' " O'Nell refused to countermsnd his order, and Allen Issued an order re moving him from his command. "Instead of being carried out." the governor continued, "the order was filed In the waste basket and General Pershing commended the division for the capture of Banthevllle with so little loss of life." TO E PHILADELPHIA. Ps., Nov. 11. (AP) Jimmy Caras of Wilmington. Del., ran t win the world's pocket billiard championship, but his play today will have a lot to do with who win. Tonight. Caras meets Wllllo Mos conl of Phlladelphls. who Jumped Into undisputed possession of first place last night when Irving Crane of Livonia. N. Y.. beat the dofendlng champion. Ralph Oreenleal, of New York. A victory for Caras would topple the diminutive Mosconl out of first snd put the J3-year-olel Crane and areenleaf In a tie for first place, provided, of course. Oreenleaf beats Andrew Ponsl of Phllsdelphla In the lsst of today's matches. Sport Graphs e Billy Hnlen 8ayi': Strange Incidents Plentiful Among Football Records Football, like baseball has a col orful history of strange Incidents tsklng place on the field of play, of mental and physical blunders committed In the beat of battle, and of occur rences so screwy as to provide hearty laughs for years afterwarda. Ranking equal ly with baseball's f a mous "Merkle mistake" Is foot- "nf r ft n ff- ' '1 r . -f way iui j Relgels who, play ing center for University of Cal ifornia against Georgia Tech In tne Rose Bowl in 1928, scooped up a fumble and dashed almost 80 yards toward his own goal line before being tackled by one of his own team mates. That mistake cost California the ball game, 8-7. However, not alt football's strange Incidents are so costly and sad. In 1004. Oklahoma University beat Oklahoma A. and M., 79-0, and scored one touchdown In a creek. An Aggie punted, but wind blew the ball back Into Cottonwood creek. Both teama dove In. A Sooner bait- back got the ball, touched It down on the bank. It counted In those daya. i -r'ta Vtllr Unit. s team scored on the Beavers and lined up for the try-ror-polnt, Oregon state's tackles - boosted their six foot six Inch center Into the air to blot-k the , kick. The unusual move proved successful twice In that season. Manning Smith, Centenary couege quarterback, lost bla pants wnen playing against Texas A. and M. Smith charged from the three -yara line. An Aggie tackier grabbed his pants at the waistline. They came off, but Smith got the touchdown. BEAVERS EN ROUTE TO CLASH WITH TROJANS CORVALUS, Ore,, Nov, 11. (AP) With all flrst-strtngera In shane to play, the Oregon State college footv oau squad was en route1 to Loo An geles today to meet the Trojans of Southern California In a conference tiff Saturday. Tha team left behind a rain-flooded field that forced practice to the dirt floor of a campus armory. Halfback Joe Oray, and Don Coons and Joe Wendllck, ends, had recov ered from Injuries. Gray confined most of hla drill to passing, putting little strain on his damaged legs. ROSEBURG REINSTATES FIVE FIRST-STRINGERS ROSEBURO. Ore.. Nov. 11. (AP) Plve first-string players of the Rose burg htgb school football squad who were given a three-day suspension last Friday as the result of a class- cutting escapade wn. may in the annual Arm title Day game this after noon against Grants Pass. Principal Clyde Beard reported that all five of the players made up the grade defi ciencies resulting from the suspen sion in class periods Wednesday and will be eligible for play. Keats, when dating, requested for bis epitaph, "Here lies one whose name was writ In water." MEET STRELICH Joe Smollnskl, the pugnacious Pol ish Palooka, and Jimmy Lo'tt. popular ex-Unlverslty of Alabama football star, return to the Medford armory next Monday night fo feature Pro moter Mack LtUard's weekly presenta tion of pain and punishment. Smollnskl. one of the meanest grapptera In the game, will meet Steve Strelich in the middle event. Since his last appearance here, Smo llnskl has been working the south western part- of the V. 8., and, ac cording to reports, is more villainous than ever, if possible. Lott, inclined to be a little rough when the going gets too torrid, will face Bobby Chick In the main event. Lott's last local showing was about one year ago. In the opener. Sailor Ole Olson snd Bio Jarbo will meet In a rematch . from last week. The activities' flf missionaries tn China were aanctloned by the Tien tsin treaties of 1868. Jk insist on UeltctuDS tirade LOST RIVER BUTTER & MILK Manufactured id Uedfurd A It takes good quality to give good service Daily's Auto Painting 92 South Bartlett Notre Dame played " Southern California In Jfnute Bockne'e last year as coach of the Irish. Marshall Duffleld, Trojan punt er, got a had pass from center. The Notre name line rushed In. nuffleld, facing the stands, punted sideways. The hall went 60 yards for a touehhack. In Texas In 1938, Weslaco Junior high defeated Raymondvllle high, 66-0. At one time, with the ball on Weslaco'a 15-yard line, Halfback Tor res ran 85 yards to cross Raymond vllle's goal line. The plsy was called back. Mattar ran 85 yards on the next maneuver. Weslaco waa ' offside. Halfback Porter next carried the ball I yards. Touchdown waa allowed. In the 1027 Texas t'lirlil Ian Texas Tech game, the final gun went off with a punt In the air. An alert TCU safety caught the hall. Both teams retired from the field, leaving hi in alone, but a drunk rame from the sidelines unci tarkled him. The referee found no quarrel because TCU had won, hut said that If the game had been tied he would have given TCU a touchdown. In 1035. Arkansas was playing Southern Methodist; both were grest lateral-paising teams, auarterbacs Fred Robblns forward passed to End Ike Poole, who lateraled to Fullback Choice Kucker, who lateraled to Tacklo" Cliff Van Sickle, who lateral ed to Poole. The play gained 11 yerda. In 1031, Wlnton Kyle, Arkan sss halfback, lost his shoe and tum bled at the same time. He recovered his shoe Instead of tho bsll. In 1018, Navy played the Great Lakes Naval Training station. Navy led, 6-0, when a Great Lakes player recovered a fumble and got away. A Navy aubatttute dashed from tne bench and made the tackle. In the hullabaloo that followed, Ellson, the Great Lakes player, walked down the field and touched the ball down. Oreat Lakes got the touchdown and won, 7-fl. In 1933, OrcRon Slate origi nated the "pyramid play." When RADIO SERVICE On All .Makes 00 days guarantee on all repair work . t'j ST. g laiXTKIC SHOP Next to Koxy Phone 1737 LINCOLN HIGH GAINS SIXTH PLACE IN LOOP PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 11. (AP) Lincoln high school gslned sixth plsoe In the Portland InlerscholssUc football league yesterdsy by defeat ing Commerce. 13 t a. 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