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PAGE TWO WEDTORD MAIL TRIBUNE. 1TEDPOKO. OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1941. Luck and Substitutes Give Trojans 1 3 to 7 Triumph Over State, TROJAN AERIAL - ATTACK WINS ; GAIMAR END Staters Unable To Hold Early. LeadRoughing ' Penalty Hurts. ' Lot Angeles, Sept. 27. (JPh Luck and two substitute bock field players give the Univer sity of Southern California vic tory over the Oregon State Beavers today a triumph reg istered In the final 17 seconds of a bitterly contested Pacific coast conference game. The two unsuntf substitutes, quarterback Ray Woods and halfback Doug Essick, com pleted a pass In the waning seconds that gave the Trojans a 13 to 7 win over the Oregon Staters in the season's opener for both elevens. . Forty-five thousand fans walked out of Memorial coli seum limp from the spine ting ling last minute win. The winning pass climaxed a spectacular aerial attack launch ed by Bobby Robertson, first string quarterback who suc ceeded in making himself a hero instead of a goat In the game. The Trojans traveled swiftly from mtdfleld to reach .the Oregon State six-yard line, end then two substitutes took over and completed the job .before the clock stopped them. - Oregon State got off to a 7-0 lead In the first period, due chiefly because Robertson fum bled punt inside the five yard tripe. The Beavers fumbled the chance away momentarily, .but deadly passing pair, Bob 'Detham and Don Durdan, blazed away and soon the seven points were on the scoreboard. Southern California, playing for the first time for their new head coach, Sam Barry, partial ly blocked an ( regon State punt In the seco i period in Beaver terrltny. and soon evened the score on pass from Robertson to this same Doug Essick, rangy, glue-fingered lad who can either play half or end. He played halfback and starred at the end of the game today. : The game rocked on Into the fourth quarter. Robertson un corked a 80-yard run to the enemy 20, but It went for naught. The visitors had a real line. Oregon State twice was topped In the last quarter when they hit scoring territory once they were stopped on the Tro jan three-yard line. It looked like a deadlock un til Robertson caught fire in the last two minutes. He passed to Ralph Hey wood for 21 yards, to his other regular end. Bob Jones, for IS. He picked up three yards while flirting with Die clock, and when the Ore gon Staters were set back to the aix for roughing things up a bit, in came little Ray Woods. Ha lofted a pass to the tow ering Essick, who leaped and grabbed it out of the hungry reach of two defensive men and came down with his feet Just barely Inside the end rone line. STANFORD BEATS OREGON 19 T0 15 IN THRILL GAME (Continued truta rat oca ) Roblin passed to Krish, a substi tute end, cn the scoring play. It was completed over the head of Kmetovic, assigned to protect that end of the field. Soon after Kmetovic fumbled after taking a pass from Albert and Oregon stopped a scoring threat on its own 19-yard marker, Roblin again recovering the fumble. Late In the same quarter, Stanford took advantage of a break, a weak Oregon punt out of bounds, to put the ball In play 20 yards from the visitors' goal. Milt Vuclnich, fullback, went over from the four-yard line for the touchdown and this time. Albert toed the ball through for the extra point. Oregon Shephard ...LE.. Moshofsky ...LT.. Segale Wilson Culwell Aslicom Regner ., Iverson Roblin j.n ..RG RT RE QB LB Stanford Meiners Stamm . Robcsky Lindskog . Laprade Banducci Meyer ... Albert Kmetovic ST. 31-0 WALL BY GOLDEN BEARS Mecham R B.. Armstron Newqulst ....... FB Vuclnich Oregon 7 0 0 2 13 Stanford 8 6 7 019 Oregon scoring: Touchdowns, Roblin, Crish (for Regner). Point after touchdown, Newquist (placeklck). Safety on Stanford, (Fawcett for Armstrong). Stanford scoring: Touchdowns, Albert 2, Vuclnich. Point after touchdown, Albert (place kick). Substitutions: Oregon, ends, Borcher, Krish, Nowlin; tackles, Elliott, Kuflerman; guards, Rhea, Bodner; center, Patton: halfbacks,' Oxman, Oliphant; quarterbacks, Surles; fullbacks, Dunlap, Koch. MINNESOTA EKES OUT SUM 14 TO 6 Berkeley, Calif., Sept. 27. I UPI A halfback named Jim Jur kovlch gave 03,000 football fans a foretaste of California's power today by leading the Golden Bears to a 31 to 0 victory over a hopelessly outclassed St Mary's team. The score could just as well have been SO to 0 but Coach Stub Allison started pulling out his veteran first stringers at the end of the first period, after the speedy Jurkovich had run and passed the Bears to three touch downs and clearly demonstrated that the Gaels didn't have what it takes to cope with the mighty California line. The game was scarcely three minutes old when California, getting the ball on the Gaels' 34 on the first of a series of disas trous St. Mary's fumbles, cut loose with a line smashing at tack that brought a score on two plays. McQuary placeklcked the extra point. . Five minutes later St. Mary's again fumbled and the Golden Bears' right tackle, George Her rero, recovered on the Gaels' 32 Jurkovich passed seven yards to Dunn, then picked himself a hole between his left end and tackle and drove through It for a first down on St. Mary's 20. Jurkovich made eight over his own right guard, went to first down on the five and then turn ed the (coring Job over to Mc Quary, who lunged over right tackle for the touchdown. Mc Quary missed his try for place ment The Golden Bears quickly grabbed the offensive again Just before the period ended. Taking the ball on St. Mary s 41, Jurko vich passed a long one to Left End Stu Lewis, who caught it on the 10 and was dropped on the St. Mary's eight. The Gaels were penalized for offside, and, after a couple drives Into the line failed to gain, Jurkovich took it around his left end for the third touchdown. McQuary again missed the try for place ment. Tl OLD TIME SPIRIT, BEATS CORVALLIS Cato Wray's Run Ignites Spree Blocking, Tack ling Improved. Blocking and tackling like madmen and displaying all the fire and spirit that were missing in their opening game against Weed last week, Medford's Black Tornado roared to a 41 to 0 triumph over the gigantic Cor vallls high Spartans at the stadium Friday night as some 2.500,trectators watched their incredibly-Improved eleven send six different players into the end zone for touchdowns and out play their heavier opponents by 10 city blocks in every depart ment of the game. The flame of victory was Ig nited midway through the first period when Cato Wray, on a beautifully-executed play, shot off his own right tackle, cut back and raced 68 yards to the goal line. From that moment on the Tigers were In complete command of the contest, ringing the bell twice more in the sec ond quarter, once in the third and two more times In the final heat. Coach Bill Bowerman sent 32 players into the battle, but it mattered little whither it was the first team, the seconds or the thirds troddlng the turf. It was simply a parade of touch downs, an exhibition of savage downfield and line blocking and equally effective defensive, work that the Tornado threw I against the team that was ex-1 petted to give them one of their hardest tussles. So tough was Medford's for ward wall, not only the regulars but the hordes of reserves as well, that the Spartans were able to gain only 46 yards from scrimmage. And so alert was the Tigers' defence against aerials that of 18 passes the Spartans attempted, only six were completed and four were intercepted, two of the latter be ing boomeranged into Tornado touchdowns. On the other band Medford's smootn-working offense, operat ing mostly from the Notre Dame box but with an occasional T formation maneuver keeping the opposition guessing, produced ivi yards from scrimmage and 105 yards from passes. Cliff Jones tallied Medford's second touchdown toon after the second period opened, bitting over the Corvaui left guara from three yards out after a 16 yara pass from Wray to Ike Orr, a 14-yard aerial shot txoru Wray to Big Bill Wall, and nice gains by Wray and Orr had moveu the locals from the Corvailis 42-yard line. 'ibat made it 14 to 0, and It wasn't three minutes later until Curt Hopkins, intercepting Mc Donald's forward pass on the l&rvallis 34-yard stripe, eludea two would-be tackiers ana sprinted aown the north side lines to pay dirt. The 1 igers went Into the third period with a 21 to 0 bulge. wmcn was increased to 2d-u in ihe late moments of the quarter when Wray fired an Its-yard pass to Ike Orr, who ran 20 more yards Into the end zone. It was mainly a team of sec ond and third stringers who operated for the Tigers in the tourth quarter, and they did themselves proud by striking tor two more touchdowns. The tirsi came when Jimmy Glenn, who was shifted to fullback after starting the game at guard, ex ploded through a quick-opening hole at center on a "T" play (Oregon State) Zellick Wickett Halverson Greenough Chaves Czech N. Peters , G. Peters . Detham Din-dan (U.S.C.) Heywood Wilier Thomas Daneha Verry Crowther Jones Robertson ... Bunriy RUB W. Bledsoe LE.. IT LG . RG RT. RE QB... LIIB... Dy ..FB Taylor -regon state .7 0 0 0 7 U. S. C 0 7 0 8 IS Scoring: Oregon State, touch down, Durdan; point from try after touchdown, Simas (O. Peters). U. S. C, touchdowns, Essick (Bundy) 2; two points from try after touchdown. Jones (placement). REISERTNfRES M, IS Brooklyn, Sept. 27 (P Pete Reiser, star rookie of the Brook lyn Dodgers and the new Na tional league batting champion, suffered a slight injury to his right arm while throwing before today's game with the Phillies and was not allowed to start. Dr. Frank Glenn of the New York hospital was summoned Immediately to treat the player in the dressing room. Reiser fielded a fly In center field during practice and said later that when he threw the ball back to the Infield he felt something snap In the region of his right elbow. Clowns urn ft ciwairied A4a a. bl Too Uve to Claeeiri U-M p Seattle. Sent. 27 IJPiTh boy they've been talking up as an all-American candidate, 193 pound halfback Bruce ' Smith, lived up to all the advanco notices today before 43,000 im pressed spectators as he led the mighty Minnesota Gophers to a 14-8 victory over the Univer sity of Washington. The lntersectional vrlHIrnn opener, witnessed by Seattle's recora crowd, saw Smith virt ually alone carry on his team's offensive to score touchdowns in the second and tourth quar ters. And It was the toe of Bill Corneas. Dlavins hii flrat season, that made victory doubly sure, because the Goph ers were only leading 7-8 up to the last two minutes of play Washington had made a ball game of it In the third quarter aided by a break deep In Min nesota territory. From the 14 yard line, Washington halfback Ernie Steele ran back to his right to pass, was cornered, re versed his field and ran down the left sidelines to score stand ing up In the corner. But the puss from center hop ped and hobbled back to Steele, who was to hold the ball for sub quarterback Elmer Berg, and Minnesota recovered the bounding porkhlde to save Its one-point lead. It was a rough, tough battle up front where th h,hnti,, did their bruising. The Minne sota forwards appeared tired when Washington was getting its score, and later didn't hi. the punch as the stalwart Wash insions held the Gophers for downs on the one-yard line af ter four cracks from the eight. But Coach Bcrnle Blerman of Minnesota, astutely Jugglln his manpower, managed n "r-f some of his key linemen like Urban Odson and Dick Wlldung, hefty tackles, and they had enough soup left to push over the cllncf er Just before the finish, with the driving Smith lugging the ball. Spokane, Sept. 27. Spo kane golfers will pay their re spects to the late Bill Mader in a way the popular Scot himself hlght have chosen with golf tournament. SOPH BACK GIVES Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 27. VP) Tom Kuzma, Gary, Ind., sophomore who succeeded Tom Harmon as a University of Mich igan halfback, led the Wolver ines to an Impressive 19-7 vic tory over their intrastate rivals, Michigan State college, before 67,079 spectators here today. Kuzma scored twice and Bob Westfall. Michigan captain, once. Jack Fenton accounted for State's only touchdown with a 74-yard dash in the first two minutes of play. TEXASlASSACRES COLORADO 34 TO 6 Boulder, Colo., Sept. 27. P) Texas, scoring all five touch downs on running plays, rolled up a 34-6 triumph against Colo rado of the Big Seven confer ence today In the opening game of the season for both teams. Fullback Pete Layden and Speck Sanders, reserve tall) ark, scored two touchdowns apiece and Jack Crain made the fifth. Paul McClung threw a 33-yard forward pass to Righ End Dick Woodward for Colorado's score. High School Scores (1 t ' - 'V 1 v r N . Hearty congratulations to members or jacxeon county's -H clubs upon their eioelient livestock show and aucUon concluded Friday. Thla was the blgqest and best show In the history of Pour-H activities here . . . and much credit should go to the sponsoring organization, the Medrord Rotary club. It la K-nlflcnt that Jackson county's livestock Industry la growing right In paca with the Interest In and expansion of the Pour K movement In the Rogue River Valley. Klamath Falls IS, Eugene 0. Ashland 20, Grants Psss 0. Salem 13, Mtlwaukle 0. POISON OAK? Try a bottle el ZEMACOL o mut be eatunrd or ),ur money cheerfully refunded. Get a bottle -da at yESJUUK lUJUJt I TRY OUR HERBS When Others Fail For quick and permanent relief of ailments even ei long standing. CHINA HERB CO. Ill E. Main It. Medfetd Why Stick Your Neck Out In A Lunch Basket Collar Hare's a suit with "lunch basket" collar which makes a perfect target and receptacle for sandwiches, old rasor blades, and what-nots, but which makes a terrible-fitting coat collar. Ne amount of shoulder-hunching will kill this horseshoe effect it's one of those pesky things that go along with an 111-flttlng suit. You can dodge lunch basket collars whan you put your money Into Hart Schaffner at Marx and Curiae Clothes. $24.75 to $39.50 SOLD EXCLUSIVELY AT GLENN H. UTZ "UTZ FOR SUITS" Open Saturday Eve Until 8:30 and rambled 14 yards for the score. Two minutes before the game ended Hal Adams, 144 pound sub left halfback, inter cepted a Corvailis pass on the Corvailis 28-yard line and, with a terrific exhibition of broken field running, twisted, turned and change-of-paced nu way back across the goal line. It wa a gorgeous run, for Hal was hit no less than eight times, but he kept his feet, kept spinning and shifting to finally break in to the clear. A perfect example of the fine downfield blocking shown by the Tigers occurred on that 66-yard scoring run of Wray's. Jones and Bob Stead took care of the Corvailis left end, Orr knocked down the fullback, Glenn and Hopkins took out the two half backs and Bob Mitchell liqui dated the safety. Not a hand was laid on the flying Wray. It was a perfect play. Every back that got into the game, and there were 13 of them, showed to excellent ad vantage. They have learned well the tricks so capably taught them by Ed Kirtley, back field mentor. Ike Orr is appar ently back up to his fine block ing and tackling standard, but has not yet hit his potential ball carrying stride. Steve Dippe) ripped off a sweet 47-yard run to set up Glenn's touchdown in the fourth quarter, and came up 1 with a 57-yard gallop to score earlier in the period, but the run was called back on a Med- j ford clipping penalty. However, ' Steve appeared a little out of condition. The Tornado opens its South- ' era Oregon conference campaign next Friday night at Grants ! Pass. I Lineups and summary: . Medford Corvailis ! Hopkins XE Wester Mayfield ...LT Clark Mitchell . LG Ziegler Winter . Glenn . Smith Wall . Stead Wray Orr ...C.. .RG ..RT.. ...RE.. . Apple Parker Porter Shaw QB. Schramm LH McDonald R H.. Anderson Jones FB . Reiman Subs Medford: Adams, Bark er, Pe.e Orr, Ricks, Bayliss, Baker, Monteith, Pope, Ander son, R. Young, Isaac, Hoey, Case beer, W. Davis, Dippel, J. Young, Tumy, R. Davis, Cherry, Stocks, Barrow. Corvailis: Sprick, Dun can, Nelson, Hart. Scoring Medford touch downs: Wray, Jones, Hopkins, I. Orr, Glenn, Adams; points after touchdown, Hopkins S, Glenn 1. Officials Fred Flock (Klam ath Falls), referee; Ed Eilertsen (Prospect), umpire; Parker Hess (Ashland), head linesman. Score by periods: Medford 7 14 7 1341 Corvailis 0 0 0 00 DUCK STAMP SALES Washington, Sept. 27 Sale of 1,237,313 federal migra tory bird hunting stamps last year was reported to Interior Secretary Ickes today by the fish and wildlife service. BEATS IDAHO 26-1 Moscow, Idaho, Sept. 27. (IP) Held in check through the first half, the University of Utah Indians hit the touchdown trail In the third period and ran wild in the fourth to ruin the Pacific coast debut of Coach Francis Schmidt today by crushing his University of Idaho Vandals, 28 to 7. Idaho drove 63 yards to the game's first touchdown In the second quarter and held the ad vantage until late in the third, when Huck Adelt passed 20 yards to Speedie for a Utal, touchdown and a conversion knotted the count. Huck Adelt flipped two more touchdown tallies in the closing stanza, one to Sub Halfback Boyd White and another to Gay Adelt, and Izzy Spector wound up the afternoon with an 11 yard plunge for the final tally. Tornado - Corvailis Statistics Medford Yards gained (scrimmage) 292 Yards gained (passes) . . 10S Yards gained total) . . 397 First downs (scrimmage) .. ... 9 First downs (passes) 4 First downs (penalties) ........ . 0 First downs (total) . ..... . ..... 13 Passes attemrjted .. 22 Passes completed ................................................ 8 Passes intercepted by . . . 4 Number of punts .... 2 Average length of punts 20 Average length punt returns 5.2 Number of kickoffs .. 7 Average length of kickoffs . 47.3 Average length of kickoff returns 1 Number of penalties 5 Yards lost from penalties .... 40 Corvailis 46 54 100 6 2 1 18 0 4 3?H u 1 23 16 1 13 PUT SNAP HI YOUR STRIDE WHEN JIIERFS SNAP IN THE IR B573 Military Monk front Buckle Oxford In brown calf with leaf hr heel . . . 6.00 BSM Black Heather Uraln hcavv stitched with full double sole and leath er heel. Same In brown . SS.00 if Bs? 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