USC at California

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  Evening star, October 23, 1951, page 19

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  Waldorf Agrees 7rojons Beat California Fair and Square, LOS ANGELES. Oct. 23.-It’s getting so the Southern Cali fornia Trojans can’t win a football game without being accused of Iskulduggery and malice aforethought. However, whatever tactics were employed in last Saturdays 21–⁠14 upset over California, Coach Pappy Waldorf now agrees that use beat his Bears fair and square. California rooters had raised cries Of outrage over what they termed a use plot to MAIN Calls star fullback. Johnny Olszewski. Oregon State Complains. The week before, it had been Oregon State rooters who were complaining over the way use won. And the week before that, Washington had come in with a beef similar to CALIFORNIA;. II am getting sick and tired of the things that seem to be said Iafter every one of our games, Z” Trojan Coach Jess Hill fumed yes terday before the Southern Cali fornia football writer’s meeting. “We have no alibis, no COM plants and no criticism of the officiating” Coach Waldorf told the Northern California writer’s, He said he could find no evidence of premeditated rough play. Thus in the quieting aftermath OF the week ends No. upset the consensus seemed to be that Pat lCannamela, Trojan linebacker, is innocent of any intentional wrongdoing. i Tackle Defended. | It was Cannamela’s tackle tina, lput Olszewski out of action mos, OF the afternoon and, probably for two. weeks more as we’ll. II Coach Hill laid an affectionate hand on Cannamela’s shoulder Iand introduced him and Quarter. back Dean Schneider as two o1 the finest co-captains that can be found in football” I Hill described the tackle of OILS. zewski as lone Of the finest, clean. est tackles I have ever SEEN” / The movies show that Gamma Imela Slashed in to tackle Olszewskj from the side” Waldorf concurred in San Francisco. THE pictures

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 22, 1951, page 3 (results column)

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  U. of w. Sill Has Slim Bowl Hopes;; Saturday 10 Tell The University of Washington stood as the lone contender for the Rose Bowl in the northern division of the Pacific Coast conference to- day and it lay it’s slim hopes on the line Saturday in Seattle against another contender, the Stanford Indians. Oregon State College virtually bowed out of the race Saturday when the Beavers fell 26–⁠13 under a last-half Washington State College drive. With the win. the WSC Cou- gars stamped themselves the team to beat for northern division honors. Barring an upset, Southern Cali fornia seemed headed for the Rose Bowl after taking California 21–⁠14. The Trojans have only two con- ference games left, these against UCLA and unbeaten Stanford. But Stanford has five conference games to go, including such opposition as still mighty California, Washington State and Oregon>State. The whole picture will be cleared Nov. 10 when Stanford and use collide. Meanwhile. Washington looked like no pushover for Stanford after holding Illinois to a 27–⁠20 victory, snatched in the closing minutes on fourth-down, 14-yard pass. Coach Howie Odell said after the game: I’m not sure we didn’t play the Big Ten champions. Washington State gets breather Saturday at Oregon, which lost it’s third straight conference game last weekend to UCLA 41–⁠0. Oregon State meets California at Berkeley use meets Texas Christian at Los Angeles in an intersectional. Idaho, which beat San Jose 40–⁠7, and UCLA has open dates this Saturday. It was a rough-tough game at Seattle Saturday, dominated by Illi- nois in the first half and by Wash ington in tying it 20–⁠20 in the sec ond half – until the Illini suddenly came back to life just when it counted. They took to the air for a series of passes for the winning touchdown. At Corvallis, the passing combo of quarterback Bob Burkhart and end Ed Barker paved the way for the WSC victory. Burkhart twice found Barker for long touchdown passes and the two set up another score in the third quarter. Oregon suffered it’s fourth defeat in five games at the hands of UCLA. Ore gon held the Bruins scoreless in the first quarter but the Uclans rolled over six tallies for 41–⁠0 score before the slaughter ended. The Idaho Vandals walloped San Jose State 40–⁠7. Glen Christian, Idaho halfback from Talent, Ore, scorsd three times to spark the at tack.

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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 71 since this game.