USC at California

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  Imperial Valley press, California, October 25, 1926, page 5

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  So. California Sporting Briefs hy tnfrcu Pre5S Leased WIRE LOS ANGELES, Oct. 25.-Iresh from a 27–⁠0 victory over the Univer sity of California, the first win over that institution in II years, Coach Howard Jones called his Trojans out to practice in Bovard field this aft / crnoon. Next Saturday old Pop Warner ! leading Il strong and undefeated ; Stanford eleven will invade the Col ! to each eleven. The conference ! championship hangs in the balance and the laundering herd must be ! pointed for it. The Southern California eleven came out of Saturdays game praetically uncathed and with Morley Drury’s injured knee healing rapid | ly Will be able to throw it’s strong est lineup against the Cardinals. One of the most gratifying things about the victory over California was the smooth manner in which the | Trojan backfield worked without the aid of Drury, admitted to be the sparkplug of the Jones offense. Kacr as usual was big gun in the scoring. His first touchdown, and | the first of the game, came on a seven yard dash around end in the ! second quarter. He scored again in the third quarter when he went through the line, brushed off sevcral tacklers and travelled 4S yards to the goal line. In addition he + contributed runs of Sc, 80 and % yards. His net ground gain for the day was 200 yards. Lloyd Thomas, substituting for ! Drury and Larancta also starred i’ll the Trojan offense. The work of ! Captain Jess Cravath stood out over / all other linemcn. Clymcr’s punting was the out standing thing in California s play. ! The Bear quarterback averaging Al ! yards to the punt. ! Southern branch handed the dope | strrs rude cuff by trimming the / then unbcaten Pomona eleven 277. The defeat knocked Pomona out of | the Southern California conference / lead. La Buchcric and Fleming were the bctters 20 the Pomona gridders They did practically all of the ball toting for the Bruins and lot of the defensive work. La Bucherie amblcd so yards to a touchdown from kickoff and Fleming accounted for the remain ing q Bruin points by scoring two touchdowns, kicking TWO field goals and converting all three points after touchdowns. Pomona 5 touchdown resulted from Il Is yard pass, Merritt TO Manildi. ! Williams and Merritt stood out for Pomona. Occidental assumed the lead in the southern conference rating by trimming the Whittier Poets 27–⁠7. Solly Mishkin and the Schweitzcr brothers, Jack and Ward did most of the heavy work. Jack Schwcitzcr turned in 60 yard run for Il touchdown. Morton “Dcvil May kacr, Uni vcrsity of Southern California speed merchant, by scoring two touch downs against California Saturday continues to lead high scorers in the Pacific Coast football conference. Kacr mas tailed nlnc times for a total Of “a points, oh, Ia l,ni IN ~ down second place is Harold Patton, University of Washington quarter back, while Howard Maple, Oregon Aggic quarterback is third on the list with So points to his credit. Two more long distance swimmers failed TO conquer Catalina channel Yesterday, Hartley Caldwell giving up when within five miles of his OBJ icctivc and Charles Rose being forced to abandon his attempt in mdchanncl. Cramps brought on by cold water stopped both swimmers. Caldwell was in the water l4E , hours. :. Fidcl La Barba, the flyweight champion of the universe, meets 4 Young Nationalista, Filipino scrap per, i’m the headline attraction OF 4 the week s boxing card at tho Olym pie auditorium tomorrow night, Both will wind mp their training with light workouts today. The bout is ten rounds. La Rarba S title is not at stake. The milk products plant at Oak dale, Stnnislaus county, is being !” modelled to double its capacity. Half boxes of pomcgrauatcs from Tularc county sent to eastern points

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Officially, USC leads 72–⁠32–⁠6; as played, 72–⁠31–⁠5 in the 108 games on file; the official count covers all 112 meetings, counting the 99 since this game.