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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1941.
Texas Massacres Heavier Oregon Squad 7 1 to 7 in Final Game
mecham scores
only touchdown
for coast team
Oregon -Texas
Statistics
Even Second And Third
Stringers Add Points
Webfeet Outclassed.
Auitin, Tex.. Dec. 8. (AP)
The team called Texas' greatest
In history reached the end of
the gridiron trail today witn a
cmashing 71 to 7 victory over
the University of Oregon.
i Outclassing the heavier Pacific
coast conference team at every
turn, the Texans, scoring almost
t will, used three full team to
submerse the WebfooU.
The Longhorn first stringers,
headed by Pete Layden, Jack
Crain, Malcolm Kutner, et al,
were accorded a tremendous ova
tion when they left the field for
the last time.
About the . only weapons used
with any effect by Oregon were
passing and a tricky hand-off
reverse play oy wnicn n man-
sed its only score. This touch
down came In the second period
when, catching the Steers flat-
footed. Halfback James New-
quist handed the ball to Curt
Mecham, who chased wide for
eight yards and the marker.
Newquist booted the point.
Devastating blocking and rag
ing line play on the part of the
Steers featured the contest which
bowed out 18 Texas seniors. The
, game was played In fifty-degree
weather under a bright sun and
before 26,000 spectators.
The Longhorns' first touch
down came after a 71-yard
march. Halfback Jack Craln,
who turned In one of the great-.-
est performances In his career,
! chasing over from the one. Full-
back Pete Layden and Halfback
Noble Doss also carried the ball
In the campaign.
Layden hurled one to Kutner
for 20 yards and the Steers' sec-
- ond marker while Doss, on
beautiful SB-yard gallop which
' carried him through most of the
Webfoot eleven, tallied the
third.
The Oregon score culminated
', a 31-yard drive, Mecham crash
. lng to a first down, then passing
to Tony Crlsh. A penalty placed
- the ball on the Texas 27 from
j where Mecham aerialed to New
t quist who was nailed on the
. eight from where Mecham scor
ed. Texas scored again when
Guard Jack Freeman recovered
' Mecham's fumble on the Oregon
'. 10. Spec Sanders of the Steer sec
ond team crashed through for
five and Ken Mathews added
four. Sanders ripped around end
for the tally.
The Longhorns managed four
points on safeties by blocking
( Webfoot punts which rolled out
i of the end zone. One of these oc-
curred shortly before the half
time whistle, making the score
' Texas 30, Oregon 7. Freeman
, blocked the kick.
A 59-yard drive resulted In an
: other Texas marker to open the
. second half. A pass, Layden to
Preston Flanagan, set up the
j score, with Layden crashing ov-
- er from the two.
After Doss intercepted an Ore
gon pass, Kutner on an end-
around shook off several tack-
lers in a 20-yard romp to the
seven. It was Craln who scam
pered around end' and then
fought his way over to pay dirt.
Opening the final Derlod. R.
L. Harkins uncorked rainbow
overhead good for 69 yards all
told to set up the next Steer tal
ly. He then hurled one to Wal
lace Scott on the Webfoot 7 from
where he Tipped through the
middle for a score.
The Longhorn third-stringers,
not to be denied, then went out
and punched over a score of their
own a 29 yard campaign, fra
j luring Walton Roberts. Lewis
Mayne and Max Minor who went
1 over from the seven.
The Longhorn first team, re
turned to the fray by Coach D.
JC. Bible for one last exhibition,
obliged with another touchdown.
It drove 43 yards on two passes,
one from Layden to Doss who
was hauled down on the Oregon
five and Layden to Vernon Mar
tin, the Steers' great blocking
back. In the end son. It was
Martin's only touchdown of the
year.
A final Texas marker came
when Texas second-stringers
passed 27 yards, Mayne to San
ders, over the goal after halting
an ineffective Webfoot pass bar
age. Crain, Sanders and Flanagan
booted all the Steers' extra
points.
The lineups:
Oregon Texas
Crish LE. Flanaga,.
Austin, Tex. Dec. 8. (AP)
Statistics of the Oregon-Texas
football game her today:
Or. Tex.
First downs 12 18
Yards gained rushing
net 80 215
Forward Passes at
tempted 21 17
Forward Passe Com
pleted - 7 13
Yards gained by for
ward passing - 94 277
Yards lost attempted
forward passes 0 0
Forward passes Inter
cepted by 0 ' 4
Yards gained runback
of Int. passes 0 12
Punting average from
scrimmage 30.9 43.0
Total yards all kicks
returned 148 128
Opponents fumbles re
covered 2 2
Yards lost by penalties 25 50
TR0UNC1
1ST
Eugene, Dec. 6. (JP) The
stunning to put it mildly 71-7
defeat suffered by the Univer
sity of Oregon football team at
the hands of the University of
Texas at Austin Saturday sent
local statiticlans scurrying to
find some Pacific Coast Confer
ence school that had suffered
worse defeat In past years.
The 71-7 defeat was the worst
in Oregon gridiron history, the
53-0 loss to the University of
Southern California in 1931 be
ing the next most severe beat
ing. On th other hand, Ore
gon's highest-scoring triumph
was posted In 1910 when the
Webfoots defeated tha College
of Puget Sound 114-0.
Although only conferenca rec
ords were available, the 78-0 vic
tory of USC over UCLA In 1929.
was the most severe licking,
closely followed by the Trojans'
74-0 triumph over California in
1930.
THE DALLES PICKS
WALL, DAVIS, WRAY
The Dalles. Dee. 8 fSol)
Bend, Medford and Milton-Free-water
high schools each placed
three football players on The
Dalles high's all-opponent team.
released here Wednesday. Hood
River and Camas placed one
player each to round out th
eleven chosen by the squad,
which now lays claim to tha
state gridiron championship of
Oregon.
Only two members of oppos
ing teams were unanimous
choices: Quarterback Don Sam
uel of Hood River and End Bill
Wall of Medford.
Following ara th first team
selections:
Ends, Wall of Medford and
Valley of Bend; tackles, Glllis
of Bend and Heldenreich of Mil-
ton Frecwatrr: guards, Meland
of Bend and Davis of Medford;
center, Wilson, Camas; quarter
back, Samuel, Hood River: half
backs, Yantls of Milton-Free-water
and Wray of Medford;
fullback, George, Milton.
Moshofsky ..LT Cohenour
Jackson ..LG.. Jungmichael
C H. Harkins
...KG Daniel
.RT Garrett
...RE Kutner
" Martin
Patton
Culwell
Ashcom
Regner
Roblln
Dunlap
Mecham
Iverson
Oregon
AERIAL OFFENSE
OF TEXAS AGGIES
..Qtl Crain
...RB.., Doss
...FB Layden
0 7 0 017
Texa 14 18 13 2871
Oregon scoring: Touchdown.
Mecham; points from try after
touchdown, Newqulst (sub for
Dunlap) (placekick). Safeties.
Mecham, Oxman (had punts
blocked which rolled out of end
zone).
Touchdown In First. Half
Gives Victory Stars Fail
To Shine.
Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 8. (JP)
A couple of substitute sophomore
backs teamed In the fading mo
menta of the first half today to
score the only touchdown for
Texas A. & M., and give the
Aggies a 7 to 0 victory over
Washington State college before
upwards of 25,000 fans today.
The starring sophomores were
pass pitching Leo Daniels and
Cullen Rogers.
Moser, the Aggies' star passer,
had done most of the work as
the Aggies got to the Cougar 38.
Then Daniels replaced him. He
threw a long sharp pass to his
left. Rogers hauled it, spun as
the flying body of defending
Felix Fletcher, W. S. C. half,
Uled to flag him, then turned
and outran safety man Jay
Stoves for the touchdown.
Jack Webster, fullback, kicked
the extra point.
Up to that time the Cougars
had dominated tha first half.
The second half, however, was
just about all Aggie.
Early In the first quarter
Sewell, Washington Stat half
back rushed a 19-yard pass to
Fletcher on the Aggie 21 as the
Cougars launched a lightning
drive. But it bogged down on
the Aggia 10 with Sewell'f In
completed fourth down pass.
The Cougar came right back.
Sewell threw 10-yard pass to
Fullback Kennedy who fought
his way across tha goal line for
a 50-yard gain, but a double
penalty against W. S. C. nulli
fied the play. It was ruled the
Cougars had only five men on
the line when the ball was
snapped, besides which, they il
legally had some backs in mo
tion. After Small fumbled, and
Guard Maples recovered for th
Texans on the Cougar 25, the
Aggie worked their way to th
W. S. C. five-yard line in the
second period before Moser fum
bled on fourth down and threw
th ball away. The Cougars
winding up by taking over on
their own 21.
Th Aggie center, Sibley, end
ed another Cougar threat with
one of his vital pass Intercep
tions on tha Aggie 25 near the
end of the second period.
Then came the touchdown pass
from Daniels to Rogers.
The Aggies took the offensive
at the outset of the second half
and pretty well controlled play.
They tried 33 passes, completing
14 of them for 188 yards, Includ
ing those precious touchdown
yards. Moser threw 23 and
Daniels 10. The Aggies out
downed the Cougars. 11 to. 9,
but were outrushed, 88 to 68.
Gentry and Susoff, the two
all-Coast ends from Washington
State, were outshone by the ar
ray of tall, fast, pass-catching,
hard-hitting ends trotted out by
th Texans. Moser and Daniels
received excellent pass protec
tion, despite the fact Gentry and
Susoff were to rush the passer
terrifically. Sewell. on th other
hand, had Aggie ends In his hair
all afternoon.
PLAY TIE BATTLE
Los Angeles, Dec. 8 (AP)
The University of California at
Los Angeles Bruins, and the fav
ored Trojans of the University
of Southern California staged an
other of their cross-town football
dog fights today before a roaring
throng of 65,000 and wound up
in a 7-7 deadlock as the curtain
came down on the 1941 Pacific
coast conference campaign.
The tie, third in th brief his
tory of the series, left the Tro
jans with a season record of two
victories, six defeats and one
draw. The Uclans, with a non
conference game coming up De
cember 20 with Florida, boast a
record of four wins five losses
and this one tie. ,
U.C.L.A. burst out midway in
tha third period, traveling 60
yards in 11 plays for a touch
down and conversion.
The Tcpjans took the kickoff
and countered with a savage 63
yard attack through the air, ac
complished in nine plays, for the
tieing touchdown and place
kicked the extra point.
It was a bitter struggle. Troy
dominated the offense. There
was a fist encounter between
Bruin Gene Alder and Muri Crit
tenden, Trojan halfback, but this
was squelched without further
ado.
Troy held an 8-3 advantage In
first downs in the opening half,
but its one sustained deep drive
into U.C.L.A. territory ended
with a fumble. U.C.L.A. threat
ened In the final play with a
long pass from Bob Waterfield to
Burr Baldwin on the Trojan 10,
but the gun ended things
JAMBOREE WON BY
NORTHERN TEAMS
By Richard Jewett
Butte Falls, paced by Johnny
Kent, .turned on the only of
fensive heat of the evening to
overcome two-point deficit
and give the northern division
a 27 to 20 victory over the west
as the Jackson county class B
prep cage league previewed its
season in Jamboree style here
Friday night.
The Loggers-downed Central
Point, 10 to 1ln the finale of
six games. Kent tallied eight
of th counters. Western teams
had accumulated 19 markers to
the northern 17 In the five pre
vious eight-minute periods.
Defensive tightness and early
season lack of finesse held the
scores low. Best example was
the scoreless third canto be
tween Rogue River and Talent.
Eighty-five hoopsters of the
dozen schools in the league saw
action in the gala contest.
Girls' drill teams from Phoe
nix, Jacksonville and Talent
and the combined band of all
the schools provided entertain
ment during the intermissions.
Accumulative scores follow:
North (27) West (20)
Sams Valley (2) Phoenix (6)
Eagle Point (5) Gold Hill (3)
Talent (0) Rogue River (0)
Prospect (5) Kerbv (3)
St. Mary's (5) Jacksonville (7)
Butte Falls UO..Central Point (1)
SAN DIEGO WINS
San Diego, Calif., Dec. 8. (JP)
San Diego State college de
feated College of the Pacific. 12
to 6, in their football game here
Friday night.
Uee Mall rrtoune wane Ida.
Football Scores
(By Associated Press)
Texas A. and M. 7, Washing
ton State 0.
Texas 71, Oregon 7.
UCLA 7, Southern Cal. T.
Utah 12, Arizona 6.
Miss. Stat 26, San Francisco
u. 13. ;
MILL WORK CUT
Westport, Dec. 6. (JP) The
Westport Lumber company has
reduced operations from eight
to six shifts a week, blaming
a drop In orders.
Electrical outlets for Xmai IS
Lighting Quickly Installed
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ITS DONS 26-13
San Francisco, Dec. 8 (JP)
Paced by a Seabiscuit in foot
ball pants, a human dynamo
who went over, under and
around his opposition, Missis
sippi State college scored a 28
to 13 rout over University of
San Francisco's Dons in their
intersectional game here today.
Blondy Black, a halfback who
seemed to have wings on his
feet, led the Maroons in their
devastating attack.
While Black was only one
cog in a well drilled squad of
southerners who buckled down
to business with the opening
kickoff, his speed, poise and all
around gridiron ability was the
main factor in the one-sided
contest.
Black capped his afternoon
with an 83-yard run through the
entire San Francisco team. It
was off a fake punt and the
deliberate manner in which he
received the ball, surveyed the
field and galoped off, was one
of the thrilling plays seen here
this season.
OPPONENTS TEAM
PICKED BY J'VILLE
Jacksonville, Dec. 8 (Spl.)
Two Talent players and one
each from Prospect, Phoenix,
Myrtle Creek and Rogue River
were selected by Jacksonville
high's unbeaten six-man football
team as their all-opponents'
eleven.
On the second team the Red
skins placed three Prospect
players and one each from Tal
ent, Rogue River and Myrtle
Creek.
The first team: Dickey, Pros
pect and Hollinger, Myrtle
Creek, ends; Osburn, Rogue
River, center; Slagel, Talent,
Glime, Talent and Glover, Phoe
nix, backs.
The second team: Slack, Tal
ent and Thompson, Rogue River,
ends; Bevans, Prospect, center;
Redding, Prospect, Fraederich,
Prospect and Rust,, Myrtle
Creek, backs.
ATHLETICS SIGN
UP CAL M1RWIN
Portland, Ore., Dec. 8. (JP)
George Vranlzan, baseball scout,
said today he had signed Cal
Mclrvin, Portland high school
pitcher, to a contract with the
American league Philadelphia
Athletics.
Mclrvin, who won 25 games
while losing two last summer as
pitcher for the Hillsboro Ameri
can Legion junior team and the
Silverton Red Sox of the State
league, will report to the Ath
letics' spring training camp in
Anaheim, Calif., in March.
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Servlc
Th annual examination for
basketball officials will be held
Monday night from 7 to 9 in
room two at the Medford senior
high school, under the direction
of Russ Acheson, Tiger coach.
Acheson said a general dis
cussion of the questions would
be held, after which the aspir
ant! would take the written
exam. The yearly fee for those
taking the examination is $2.
The Medford mentor said that
only officials registered with the
O. H. S. A. A. would be eligible
to work district 4 games this
season. He added that officials
who passed the exam last year
would not be required to take it
again this season, but that they
must pay their $2 fee.
OLIVER COMMENT
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Austin, Tex., Dee. 8. V
Coach Tex Oliver of Oregon
university, whose team was
crushed 71-7 by Texas, would
not comment tonight when
asked his opinion of how the
Longhorns would have fared in
the Rose bowl, but he did have
this to say:
The WebfooU' play today
certainly was not indicative of
Pacific Coast conference play."
Rumors current here had it
that, except for doubt Oregon
State officials had of the Long
horns' ability to whip Oregon,
the Texans would have been
invited to the Rose bowl.
The Rose bowl Oregon State
last week defeated Oregon, 12-7.
"I would not say the Texas
team is tha greatest I've seen
this season," Oliver replied to
question. On the other hand!
I woulcf not say iney are not in
greatest I ve seen.
"Texas has a migmy good
team." he asserted. "Pete Lay
den. Jack Crain, Calcolm Kut
ner, that fine line and that abl
blocking back, Vernon Martin,
all stood out."
DADO WINS
Honolulu, Dec. 6. (JP) Llttl
Dado of Manila, world flyweight
champion, scored a 10-round de
cision over Joho Shiroma of
Honolulu before a crowd of 3,
500 at the Honolulu auditorium
Friday night Dado weighed
118, Shiroma 115.
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