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PAGE THREE Gray's Brilliant Passing Gives Staters 1 2 to 12 Tie With Trojans rEDFORP MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14. m?.7 PHANTOM HEAVES 12 PASSES IN ROW FOR TOUCHDOWNS Final Half Rally By Corvallis Squad Matches Power Schindler Injured. MEMORIAL COLISEUM. LOS AN GELES, Nov. 13. (UP) The brilliint and almost uncanny forward passing of Joe Gray. Oregon State college left halfback, matched the powerhouse drives and aerial spurts of University of Southern California here today as the two football teams fought to a 12 to 12 tie before 35,000 spectators. Southern California rang up 12 points, a touchdown In both the first end second periods before Oregon State got started. Gray took cha'ge In the second period and pitched 12 complete passes for more than 140 yards and two touchdowns. USC lost much of Its early drive when Ambrose Schindler, star quar terback, who engineered the first score, injured his right knee and was removed from the game. Oregon State, however, suffered in the same man ner when Gray went out at the close of the second period with a similar Injury. Schindler and Gray returned to the field as the fourth period started, but the Trojan ace could remain but one minute. Minus their stars, neither team was able to score a?atn although USC got close enough to the Oregon goal Jn the fourth period to aliow Phil Ga&par. left tackle, to try for a fleKI goal from the 17 yard line. The ball sailed wide by several feet. Lineups: Hlbbs Stoecher ..LE....- uoons .. LT ..... Nihil . Romsey Orr Hutchins Watte Hanson .. McNeil .. Norton .. LO... C RO ... RT... George ,.n..(.m ......RE Wendllck Schindler B Dimm Hoffman LH - 0 Morgan RH - - Mercer GONZAGA BEATEN BY IDAHO 6 10 0 SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 13. (AP) Big Dick (Trucle) Trziiskowskl capi talised on his 315 pounds of plunging power today to lead the University o Idaho Vandals to a 6 to 0 football victory over Oonraga In rain and mud. ' . .... The ponderous fullback from Mil waukee. Wis., plunged over for the only score of the game from the two yard line after nine minute of play. Halfback Harold Rouse's placeklck try for the extra point with a slippery ball was wide Neither team ever threatened seri ously to score again. Although Idaho piled up an overwhelming yardage advantage In registering eight first do-rns to Oonzaga's two. Harvard Manages to Beat Davidson, 15-0 CAMBRIDGE. Mass.. Nov. 13 (AP) A hard fighting Davidson College football team today held Harvard to two touchdowns and a safety In the mud of soldiers field, the Crimson winning. 1S-0. A crowd of 4.000 raln . drenched spectators saw Frank Foley, substitute halfback, score both Harvard touchdowns. He scampered 63 yajds in the third period for the second tally. Place Kick Gives Indiana 3 to 0 Win IOWA CITY. lows. Nov. 13. (AP) George Miller's place kick from the 12-yard line in the final period gave Indiana a 3 to 0 victory over Iowa in a bitterly fought Big Ten football game today. Use Mail Tribune want ads. I haven't stopped admiring my wonderful showing of new fabrics since they came in I don't remember when I have been so ENTHUSIASTIC over my VALUES as I am this ea. ion. If every man around here KNEW what I am offering. I would have a MONOPOLY of the Fall clothing business of this town. UPSTAIRS Football Scores Coast California 26; Oregon 0. UCLA 0; Washington 26. Washington State Or Stanford 23. Idaho 6; Oonzaga 0. East Boston College 13; Kentucky 0. Holy Cross 7; Brown 0. Columbia-6; Syracuse 6 (tie). Cornell 6; Dartmouth 6 (tie). Franklin & Marshall 18; Geneva 6. Harvard 15; Davidson 0. George Washington 33; North Da kota State 0. La Fayette 6; Washington & Jeffer son 0. Manhattan 16; North Carolina State 0. Georgetown 6; New York U. 0. LaSalle 0; Penn Military 0. Penn State 21; Maryland 14. Michigan 7; Pennsylvania 0. Pittsburgh 13; Nebraska. Ohio U. 13; Rutgers 0. New Hampshire 14; Springfield 6. Swatthmore 13: St. John's (Anna polis) 0. Bowdoln 0; Tufts 0 (tie), Notre Dame 7; Army 0. Middlebury 7; Vermont 0. ' West Virginia 34: Toledo 0. Amherst 13; Williams 6. Yale 26; Princeton 0 South Alabama 7; Georgia Tech 0. Vanderbilt 13: Tenessee 7. Clemson 10; Florida 9. North Carolina 14: Duke 6. Virginia Military 27- The Citadel 0. Virginia Tech 14: Virginia 7. Georgia 7; Tulane 6. Washington to Lee 14; William & Mary 12. Mississippi State 12: Sewanee 0. Midwest Ohio State 19; Illinois 0. Purdue 7: Wisconsin 7 (tie). Indiana 3; Iowa 0. Michigan State 13; Carnegie Tech 6. Detroit 40; North Dakota 0. Iowb State 3; Marquette 0. Case 43; Oberlln 0. Detroit Tech 9; Hiram 3. Michigan Normal 33: Indiana State Tearhere 7. Minnesota 7; Northwestern . Chicago 26; Belolt 9. Oklahoma 7; Missouri 0. Kansas State 7: Kansas 0. St. Louts 7; Crelghton 6. TIGERS CLOSE TO Southern Oregon Conference W L T PCT. Medford 10 1 1.000 Klamath Falls 1 0 2 1.000 Ashland ' . 1 . 1 1 .500 Grants Pass 0 2 0 .000 Only one 1B37 Southern Oregon conference game remains to be play ed that between Medford's roaring Tigers and the Grants Pass Cave men at Grants Pass next Friday night and upon the outcome of that battle hinges tne championship. A victory for Coach Bill Bower man's Black Tornado will clinch the title. In case the two teams struggle to a tie, Medford and Klamath Falls will wind up the season deadlocked for the pennant. If Grants Pass up sets the favored locals, the champ ionship will go to Klamath Falls, which has not been defeated. By their spectacular win over Ash land here Armistice day, the Tigers became heavy favorites to complete their season without a loss. Grants Pass, an In and out ball club all season, was held to a 6-6 tie by a Roseburg team that Medford defeat ed, 39-7. However, Medford coaches have pointed out to their squad that Grants Pass, previous to the Roseburg tie, defeated Ashland, 13-7. in a non -conference squabble, and held the powerful Eureka outfit scoreless until the last four minutes of play. Junior Hi Wins Over Pass 14 to 0 With 40 players seeing action, Medford Junior high hammered out a smashing 14-0 victory over Grants Pass Junior high Friday afternoon at Grants Pass. Fullback Louie Thurman scored the first touchdown, going over from the five-yard line In the 'opening quarter following a drive of 06 yards. It took Coach George Har rington's team just seven plays to move that distance. The locals scored again in tne third quarter when Thurman shot a forward pass to Halfback Eugene Hayes, standing In the end eone Thurman and Ray Jotthson added the extra points after both touch downs. Outstanding in the Medford line were Curt Hopkins, end: Claude Jones, center, and Jack Flore j, tackle. Medford Juniors will end their season next Thursday afternoon at VsnScoyoc field In a return battle with the Orants Pass aggregation The game starts at 8 o'clock. Field Goal Gives Indiana a Victory IOWA CITT, la., Nov. IS. (API George Miller. Indiana's burly cen ter whose greatest delight u 11 drop into the backflcid to kick ; field (roal. thoroughly enjoyed him elf today aa he did hu tevom act from the 73-yard line to glv the Hooalera a 3 to 0 Tlctory off a fighting Iowa team. Somewhat lew than 10.000 ihlvei lng apecutora aat In iuapenae a' Miller Hepped hack early In tne fourth quarter from hi cu.tomarj pivot petition and booted the bill directly between the goal pnata. Oliver Goldsmith waa locked in by hit landlady when Dr. Johnaon called on him. asked htm If B didn't have a manuscript he could vll for him. and waa narmeo m" Vicar of Wakefield." one of the moat i delliatful booka ever published. I T BY BEARS 26 TO 0 IN DREARY California Scores Thrice In Second Period Webfeet Crushed By California Power In Mud. PORTLAND, Ore.. Nov. 13. ( AP) The California football cruiser Rose Bowl bound fired touchdowns across the Oregon goal line today slmost as rapidly aa dreary rain dripped from leaden north we, skies. The Golden Bears, cutting through the slippery, slimy, sloppy, mud waves on Multnomah field with Navy-like precision, scored a direct 26-0 hit against the, hapless Web foots. The Ducks who should have felt at home on the gridiron marsh, fluttered wanly and collapsed before the California broadside. The Bear regulars punched over three quick touchdowns In the sec ond period. A second team scored another soon after the second halt opened. Oregon couldn't make head way against a third eleven In the final quarter. California ball carriers marched 224 yards from rushing against 63 for Oregon. D. Anderson, California fullback, crashed to a touchdown from tne two-yard line on the second play of the second quarter. The Bears carried the march through the Web foot defenders from their own 48 yard line. Bottarl ran a punt to the Oregon 23-yard line to touch off the second drive. Dale LasSelle, Web foot half back, had been forced to kick from the end zone after his mates held off the eBars on the two-yard line. Anderson splashed through tackle to the 15-yard line. Sam Chapman, right halfback, made it first down on the three and then circled the Oregon left side for the touchdown. Bill Soil, California tackle, set up the third score when he recovered a slippery ball on the Webfoot 34. John Meek, the quarterback, com pleted two of Bottarl s passes and reached the Or e g o n five. The straight shooting halfback's third throw was snapped in for a touch down by Hank Sparks, substitute end. Oregon had its only moment ot glory at the start of the third per iod. Jimmy Nicholson, halfback, ran the klckoff 40 yards to the Oregon 48. The Webfoots marched tnrougn the third string Bears to the 30 and then LasSelle punted out or bounds on the eight. Wilbur Ingram, substitute hair back, traveled 24 and 19 yards on successive runs to place the Bears on the Oregon 18-yard line In the third period. F. Anderson and Ferry Thomas plunged to the three-yard line where "Tiomas bounced over for the score. Bayl or Beaten 13-7 By So. Methodists DALLAS. Texas. Nov. 13. (AP) Two aerial touchdowns, engineered by Sophomore Ewlng, gave Southern Methodist a stunning 13-7 victory over a favored Baylor team here today. The Methodists scored In the first and fourth periods while Bay lor's score came one minute before the half on Patterson's long shot to Huessner. Holy Cross Triumphs Over Brown By 7 - 0 PROVIDENCE, R. I, JJov. 13. (ff) Holy Cross remained among the nation's undefeated football teams by defeating Brown, 1-0, today In a driving rainstorm which forced ooth teams to play straight football. Fhe Crusaders protected a lead they ac quired in the first period, when they drove 37 yards for a touchdown In five plays, rhe march was climaxed with Bill Dsmanskl scoring from the 22-yard line. Sports Writer Passes DENVER. Nov. 13. (AP) Patrick R. (Reddy) Gallagher. 73, a sports columnist for the Denver Post and a familiar figure In Denvor boxing and wrestling circlet for nearly 60 years, died today after a short illness of pneumonia. Closing time for Too Lata to Clas sify Ada ts 1 :30 p. m. WEESTLHKfG MEDFORD ARMORY MONDAY NIGHT Bobby Chick VS. Jimmy Lott Joe Smolinski vs. Steve Strellch Ole Olson vs. Bic Jarbo eats on wit at MOWVS. fhona 101 VirTINF-. Tan. rtlnne " BY STANFORD, 23-0 PALO ALTO. Calif.. Nov. IS (AP) Stanford's Indiana, reaching peak form after early season defeats and disappointments, crushed Washington State's Cougars under a 33 to 0 score here today. The smallest football crowd or the local season, some 79.000 fans, was rewarded with a hammer and tongs contest In which the superiority of Coach C. K. Thornhlll's red Jerseyed warriors loomed out Uke a beacon atop a mountain peak. After a scoreless flrat period, with each team held to yardage gains In Its own half of the field, the Stan ford attack began clicking. It reached scoring proportions mld- wsy of the second quarter, when Carl Llttlefleld, W. 8. C. fullback, fumbled twice In succession to give Stanford the ball 11 yards from scoring turf. Pete ray. 6hlfty left halfback, sped around end for the touchdown to give his team a lead which turned to a landslide by the time the final gun barked. The Indians . came back alter tne halftlme rest to post another touch down and a field goal Into the records during the third period while the most one-sided victory of the secson was climaxed by another touchdown In the final quarter. Alert to every opportunity. Stan ford's pigskin heroes blocked a punt on Halfback Bayne to score their third period touchdown. Nell Ras muasen, left end, acooped up the ball on the three-yard line and stepped across the goal line. Soon after. Quarterback BUI Paul- man demonstrated new found place kicking ability by booting a 11-yard field goal and three more points. ON MUDDY FIELD NEW YORK. Nov. 13. (AP) Dis playing no particular algns of wear and tear from one of the country'a most formidable football schedules. down a muddy, rain swept gridiron today to give wotrc uiiiuo h utn" victory over Army. The final score was 7 to 0 but the Soldiers were bsck on their heels from start to finish and outclassed In everything but the bravery of their goal line stands. . H. na Mil un the Irlun capitalize a first period "break", to register tne game s only wuttiuu-.. and then miss five additional chances to score. Pour times the Irish lacked a scoring punch, twice inside Army's five-yard line, but the game was nevertheless a rout from a ground -gaining standpoint. YALE OVERWHELMS 26-0 NEW HAVEN. Conn., Nov. 13. (AP) Yale's great Clint Frank tor the second straight Saturday scored all his team's touchdowns as the DtiiMnn tmiinr(ri thiMr traditional rival, Princeton. 26 to 0, In raln- wrjtn Vala hnwl. To his three scoring runs agHuisv Brown a ween ago. me snuty. ...nini. in i i sartor Added four more today, two of them on spectacular trips from past mmneia m. brought the sodden crowd of 40.OU0 it tt. He didn't Play the fourth quarter, or the damage might have been worse. Mahoney Honored BOSTON. Nov. 13. (AP) Defeated by a vast fusion majority in his re .un amniLTn in become mavor of New Tork, Jeremiah T. Mahoney may be re-elected president or the nation al Amateur Athletic union without campaigning at all by another fusion majority tnat practically amounts to popular acclaim. Tax Aids Hchools EL PASO. Tex. (UP) El PSO public school teschers who attempt to instruct their pupils on the evils of strong drink snd the harmful ef fects of clgerettea are In a somewhat embarrassing position this year Taxes on liquor and cigarettes provide a aubstantlnl part of state school funds. 71' SEATTLE. Nov. 13 (AP) Proving their great scoreless tie against the mighty California Bears last week was no fluke, the Washington Huskies lambasted the University of Califor nia at Los Angeles Bruins 26 to 0 In the Washington stadium today. Some 10.000 fans braved rain, wind and a second-half -snowstorm to see the slippery, skidding mud battle. The turf field was more of a marsh than a gridiron and the spectators were amazed when the Huskies worked beautifully -executed passes with the soggy ball for two of their four touchdowns. The Callfornlans must have thought they were playing In Alaska when big flakes of snow .fell throughout the last half, making It difficult to follow the ball. The fans weren't surprised at the downpour, but It was the first snow at a football game in Seattle in years. The Bruins kept their scoreless record against the Huskies clean as a whistle. They never seriously threatened the Washington goal line. The closest they got was to the Husky 30-yard line In the flrat period. In the four games played between UCLA and Washington, the Bruins have failed to make a single point. Washington scored a touchdown In the second and third quarters and piled up two moro In the final period. Halfback Merle Miller plunged for one and caught a pass for another; Jimmy Johnston romped 36 yards for the third; Dan Yarr grabbed an serial shot for the last one. Just before the final gun. Line plunges by Fritz Washowlt? and Al Cruver, and a clever lateral pass by the same pair, put the Huskies In position for the first touchdown. With the ball on the UCLA 26-yard line. Washowttz let fly with the slippery pigskin and Miller speared It over his shoulder, out of the grasp of the Bruins' Kenny Wash ington, and then Miller stepped over the goal line for a touchdown. Michigan Wallops Penn Via Air, 7-0 PHILADELPHIA. Nv. 13. (AP) Michigan took to the air with a slip pery ball today to score a second period touchdown and defeat Penn sylvania 7 to 0 In an Intersections! football game played In rain and mud. A penalty on Pennsylvania of half the distance to the goal line for slugging gave Michigan the ball on Penn'a 33, and Stark Ritchie pas sed to Norman Purucker for the score. Alabama Scores 7-0 Win, Georgia Tech, BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Nov. .3. (Jp) Alabama's Crimson -Tide continued along the undefeated and untied football trail today by scoring a fourth period touchdown to defeat Georgia Tech 7 to 0 after the At lanta biiglneers had waged an In spiring battle that threatened to up set the Red Regiment. Illinois Outclassed By Ohio State, 19-0 COLUMBUS. O., NOV. .3. () Ohio State defeated Illinois, 10 to 0. today in a Big Ten grid contest before a crowd of 41,921. Illinois made only three flrat downs, all on passes. Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads is 1 :30 p. m. 1 WwIttakttJlfW mitt. The Newest Hats For Young Men The Toggery offers the TYROLIAN You'll like this exceptionally smart Tyrolian which is sweep ing the country . , . you have a choice, too, of four of the season's finest shades! $400 The TOGGERY LAST HALF SURGE GIVES PIT! WIN PITTSBURGH, Nov. IS. ;p) In a last period surge that lifted 7100 stunned spectators off their scats, Pittsburgh's Panthers of football broke loose again to blast surprising Nebraska from the ranks of the un defeated, 13 to 7. The clock showed nine minutes and 55 seconds left to play and Nebraska ahead. 7-0, when the Panthers claw ed out of their cage with a relentless attack and a choice bit of luck to come Irom behind to a thrilling con quest for the third time In as many weeks. First, they marched 80 yards on 13 plAys. missed on a placement to tie the score, snd then grasped a Ne braska fumble to push over the win ning score with less than five min utes to go. This was the sequence of events in the dramatic struggle that was billed to be Just another Pittsburgh runaway: Third period Cautious Nebraska out-slicked the city slickers as Harris Andrews took BUI Sta pulls punt on his 40. made three steps to his right and then latersted to Jack Dodd. who cut down the left side of the field for a beautifully blocked run of 60 yards for a touchdown Lowell Eng lish placeklcked perfectly for the ex tra point and Nebraska led, 7-0. Fourth period Pitt took the ball to Nebraska's nine. Fullback Frank Patrick and Stebblna smashed through to the two and Patrick lunged over for the score. Frank Scuchak jumped off the bench to kick the extra point but the ball hit the right upright and skidded off the wrong side and It looked like Pitt was licked. 6-7. Nebraska took the next klckoff nd lost the ball to Pitt, who ran It to Nebrasa'b two and Sta pulls lunged over for the winning touchdown. This time Souchak did not miss the kick and that was the finish Favored Duke Loses 14-6 to Tar Heels DURHAM. N. C. Nov 13. (p) The University of North Carolina upset the favored Duke university eleven today to give the Blue Devils their first defeat of the season. The score was 14 to 6. An estimated 43.000 spec tators, believed to be a record attend ance In the south, saw the Tar Heels come from behind with touchdowns in the second and fourth quarters af ter Duke had scored in the first Minnesota Triumphs Over Northwestern MINNEAPOLIS. Nov. 13. ,7P) Min nesota's Golden Gophers maintained their perfect standing In the western conference by defeating a stubborn Northwestern university team here today before a 63,000 homecoming crowd Captain Ray King Intercepted a Northwestern pass ind ran It back 53 yards to put the ball In scoring position and then counted the game's winning touchdown on an aerial In the first quarter, , Michigan State Wins EAST LANSING, Mich., Nov. 13. (AP) Two touchdown passes tossed by Johnny Plngel In the second per iod gave Michigan StAte a 13 to 6 triumph over Carnegie Tech In a football game before a homecoming crowd of 20,000 here today. SALEM, Nov. 13. (p The Willam ette Bearcats walloped through a sea of mud Friday night and defeated Pacific university 6 to 0. Young Men Prefer The Smart, New POLO STYLE OVERCOATS These comfortable, roomy, polo-type coats are definitely "in" this winter as far as young men are concerned .' . . full cut with wrap around belt, these smart coats are sure to "click" with young men of southern Oregon! $27.00 and $35.00 Other Overcoats from $20.00 An Exceptionally Fine Array of MEN'S SUITS At A Wide Range of Popular Prices $225to$S000 IAD POLE MEETS LEG MASTER IN A capacity crowd is expected to turn out tomorrow night at the Med ford armory for the return to local grappling ware of Joe Smoltnskl, Pol ish Palooka, and Jimmy Lott, former gridiron flash of the University of Alabama's Crimson ride. Promoter Mack Llltard revealed yesterday that advance ticket sates were the best In several weeks. Lott. a clean wrestler most of the time, tangles with Bobby Chick in the main event while Smolinskl, one of the meanest brutos to ever gouge an eye. faces Steve Strellch of Holly wood In the middle squabble. Opening the card will be Sailor Ole Olson and Bic Jarbo. the pair that went fivo sensational rounds last Monday with Olson, by virtue ol a surprisingly dirty attack, winning In two out of three falls. The t horoug hi y ha ted Smol 1 nsk I will be facing a gent who has proved many times that he knows all the answers, orthodox and otherwise. Al though Strellch Is himself & clean grappler. depending almost entirely on a pair of amazingly educated iegs, he Is tough aa they come, and Smo linskl Is expected to find himself hard put to make his homecoming successful. Syracuse-Columbia Tie NEW YORK, Nov. 13. P) Svra cuse and Columbia fought to a 6 to 6 tie on a muddy field before 12 000 fans at Baker field today. Rain and a muddy field tied up each eleven's attack and neither could score in the second half after each had tallied In the first. Columbia In the first per tod and the Orango in the second. Dartmouth Tied HANOVER, N H., Nov. 13. Undefeated Dartmouth had to 'come from behind In the closing minutes of play today to get a 6-6 draw with Cornell's crack football array. WEBB & THE HOUSE To Make. Room for Our 1938 Line We Offer You Thesa Wonderful Savings Your Choice of 1937 Wall Paper Patterns at 35 REDUCTION Celinite, 5 Also real savings on Paints, Enamels and Varnishes Buy Now and Save Phone 270 Medford, Oregon 223 W. 6th St. Rain or shine the Newspaper-Radio Turkey shot at the Medford Gun Club will be hot on schedule at noon today. The Mall-Tribune and Radio station KM ED., have announced teams and individual shooters for the content and other Vallev newa agencies will have representatives en tered. The prize will be a large tur key end guns, ammunition end tar gets will be furnished without charge to all the publicity people In appre ciation by the Gun Club of the assistance rendered during the past -year by publicizing trap shoots. Turkeys, chickens, ducka and bas kets of groceries will be shot for by the public as well as the club mem bers and the events will be arranged with handicaps, according to the shooters ability In order that the Inexperienced shooter will have an equal chance with the more expert. The public Is Invited. Lunch and refreshments will be served on the ground and a large well heated club house will accomodate a big crowd. Shooting will start at 10:30 o'clock, Padre Boss Travels SAN DIEGO, Calif.. Nov. 13. (AF) Bill Lane, 77 -year-old owner of San Diego's Coast league Padres, left to day on a "horse trading" trip for new players. A PHONE 115 for Electrical Service OLSON ELECTRIC 3 N. Barttett ELECTRIC MOTORS All makes and eliea rewound and repaired Gage Motor Service pnone ws CARLON OF COLOR lb. pkg. 37c STYLE HEADQUARTERS FOR MEN
