Washington State at USC

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  Imperial Valley press, October 12, 1931, page 3

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  AS the powerful Southern Cali fornia Troians crushed another northern team, it became increasingly evident that Coach Howard Jones team are the boys to beat for the Pacific coast conference championship OrY Mohler, hard musc1ed quarterback, made four touchdowns and led his team to 38 to 6 victory over Washington State college, at Los Angeles Saturday. 1t avenged 7 to win Of the Cougars over Southern California at Pullman last year-a victory which brought the coast championship to Babe Hollingbery’s men. Crafty fighting Doc Spears outmaneuvered Jimmie Phelan, and his dashing Oregon eleven upset Washington, IS to 0, before $1,000 fans at Seattle. A bullet like 21yard lefthanded forward pass by Don Watts to Bailey in the fourth period put the ball on Washington’s one-foot line. Joe Lilliard. mid night express dove over the line on a quick cut-in play off left guard Moeller converted. Phelan sent Bledsoe and Hufford into the game and the Huskies hammered menacingly into Oregon territory. On Oregon’s seven yard line, Hufford attempted a short, flat pass but big Bill BoWerman, left end, intercepted it, stumbled, fought and raced 81 yards to a touchdown and the game was in the bag. Nils son, Morgan, Hughes, Forsta and Mikulak were Oregon’s defensive stars, while Paul SchWegler played a whale of q game for Washington. The Gaels of st. Mary’s, whose victories over the Trojans and Bears in successive weeks marked them as the foremost team on the coast, met unexpected resistance from West Coast Army and were extended to the limit to win, 81 to 7. The game was played Sunday in Kezar stadium, San Francisco. Passing Aids Gaels The st. MaryS passing attack defeated the Army as it had the Troians and Bears Fred Canrinus caught one over the goal line, and the other two Gael scores were made possible by long tosses that put them within striking distance A pass also scored for the Army. Oregon will play the Trojans next Saturday at Los Angeles. Southern California should continue its march but Spears team, although green, is learning rapidly. Both teams are undefeated in the confer ence, since st. Mary’s is an out side group. In the other scheduled conference game, Idaho won wild q to 10

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 11, 1931, page 57

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  M0HLER’S fine PLAY WINS FOR TROJANS Makes Four Touchdowns Of 3S-to- 6 Game That Goes Against Washington State. OLYMPIC STADIUM, Los Angeles, October 10.-Orville Mohler, led South ern California to a smashing victory over Washington State, SO to s, today. He scored four of his teams six touch downs, one after a brilliant 65-yard run. The Southern California Trojans had been pulled up short in the shadow of the goal line in the first period, when the visitors took the ball on downs on the 3-yard line. It was different when Mohler took hand in the second period. His first play was a lateral pass to Gaius Shaver. good for gain of 81 yards to the Washington State 25-yard line, and then Mohler carried the ball in successive plays across the goal line. For the second counter, Mohler ran Is yards without an opposition finger being placed upon him. He also scored twice more, once on a long run and again on line smash. Ray Sparkling contributed the third touchdown with a 50-yard run on a reverse play.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, October 12, 1931, page 5

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  MOHLER STARS IN TROJAN WIN OVER COUGARS Makes Four Touchdowns Against Coast Cham pions-Score 38–⁠6 LOS ANGELES, Oct. 12.-Quar- terback Orville Mohler led Uni versity of Southern California to a smashing victory over last years conference champions, Washington State, Saturday afternoon. The score was 38 to 6. Mohler scored four of the Tro- jans’ touchdowns, one on a bril- liant 65-yard run. Entering the game in the second period his first play, a forward pass to Shaver, netted 37 yards. Washington State was outclassed in every department of the game except bunting, where it held the edge by only a slight margin. By their sensational 2 to 6 vic- tory over Southern California at Pullman last year, the Cougars spoiled the Trojans’ hopes for a Coast championship, so Coach How ard Jones men got sweet revenge Saturday.

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Officially, USC leads 62–⁠10–⁠4; as played, 63–⁠10–⁠4 in 77 meetings, counting the 68 since this game.