Del Monte Pre-Flight at California

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  Imperial Valley press, November 29, 1943, page 4

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  SPORTS Coosting Along SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. % (UPl -Windup of the regular Pacific Coast football season today showed Del Monte Pre-Flight and the Fourth Air Force Flyers from March Field as the top service / teams of the year, with University of Southern California and Uni versity of washington ready to go in the Rose Bowl New Years Day ! for collegiate supremacy / PLAY DEC. IL one other outstanding collegiate / squad. Amos hlonzo Stages Col / lege of the Pacific Tigers. will challenge March Field Dec. II in Los Angeles, in the only remaining game before the Pasadena classic and Shrine East-West game i’ll San Francisco Jan. l. March Field turned back the San Diego Naval Training Station yes terday for the second time this year, winning 1872 use fumbled It’s way through a daffy game with UCLA to score q 26-l3- win Saturday. while Del Monte was crushing California 47–⁠8. TOPS IN SERVICE The weekend results left March Field and Del Monte with one defeat each. The Flyers lest to undefeated Washington, while the Del Monte all-Ameicarns were upset by College of the Pacific. Pacific suffered its only loss at the hands of the Trojans, who dropped contests with San Diego Navy and March Field this month before coming back against UCLA. The Tars from San Diego lost only two games, both TO March Field, to rank with the coasts top teams. The passing of Indian Jack Jacobs, March Field halfback who annihilated use two weeks ago with touchdown aerial tosses, brought the Flyers their repeat win over San Diego. In the second quarter, Jacobs looped long pass to woodrow Wilson Strobe on the Tars’ 6 yard line, and followed up with an end zone heave to Hank Norberg. Nor berg galloped to the San Diego two with another Jacobs pass in the fourth, with Sol Rosato crashing over for the second score. TROJANS SCARED The Trojans were given mighty scare by the lowly UCLA Bruins, who led 1876 at half time and enioyed a 1913 tie at the end of the third quarter. Eight use fumbles and five Bruin miscues made the game one of the wackiest ever play ed on the coast. use scored first when Gordon Gray ran 10 yards to score on blocked punt. The Bruins then retaliated by blocking a Trojan punt on the use “a, Don Borden scooting into the end zone on the next

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Del Monte Pre-Flight leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.