Arizona republican., 1916-12-10
WHY TR0JANS
 TR|UMPHED IN
 GRID BAT T,LE

The University of Southern Califor-
 nla team downed the Arizona Univer- sity because of it's superior open field play, two of it's three touchdowns be- ,ng the direct result of the forward pass, while the third was made possible by the aerial style. Faster and cleaner handling of the ball also aided ma, terially in landing the victory for the Los Angeles team.
 In straight rushing tactics. there was little to choose between the two ] squads. The '. s. C. advanced the 1 ball a total of 206 yards in the. four
 period by the running attack. while
 the wildcats showed a total of l96is yards in this style.
 In the first two periods. the L. of A. squad had all the better of the argu-
 ment in the number of yards gained 1 by rushing During the two quarters, the total was 139 to so yards with the 1 Tucson squad having the advantage 1 This extra yardage was due. however to Il recovered tumble on a line plunge which resulted in a 55-yard gain. 1 In the first quarter. the teams gained 1 1O4 and 45 yards for the Y. of A. and i |. $. c. respectively A quarter back
 run of p yards was the feature Of the | Los Angeles attack. The second quar- | ter saw the teams battling on even
 terms. each advancing the ball 35
 yards. The play was much slower in this period than in the first quarter.
 Neither team was forced to punt in the
 first period. but in the second. |. <. C.. punted twice for total of 70 yards
 and the Wildcats punted once for a /, 40- yard gain
 ] In the third quarter L. <. C. ad- vanced the bah s6 yards by rushing ! tactics while their opponents had to be content with a 33iA yard advance. In the fourth period. the former showed q ! total gain of 60. while Arizona made l but 24 yards. A 30-yard gain on an l off-tackle play by Ortlf was the feature.
 l Ten forward passes were attempted ] by the [. <. C. squad. five of when | were successful. The other five were
 grounded. none being intercepted A total of a5 yards was gained by this
 method. the longest of which was % yards and the shortest nine yards. 1 The Y. of A. squad attempted lS for
 ward passes. three of which were suc-
 cessful for total advance of 42 yards. Five were intercepted by the opposition while the others were grounded. '. \. c. punted six times during the
 game for total advance of 242 yards. | or an average of 70 and one-third yards i to the kick Arizona punted five times ] for total advance of l56 yards. an av- craze Of 3i and one-fifth yards per 1 punt Two or Huyck's six boots went outside. otherwise he would have had ! an average of more than 50 yards. ! Even in running back punts. the Los
 Angeles team had decided advantage. l They returned two of the five kicks i for total Of 2l yards. on the other l three occasions they were held with out gain.
 i Arizona returned two punts a total of l4 yards, the other four kicks either going over the goal line or out-of- 1 bounds
 Fumbling played an important part in the defeat of the Arizona squad. Four times during the game, the Tue
 son players were guilty of poor hand ling of the ball All of these slips re-
 suited in Arizona territory Three Of the four boots were recovered bv the opposition while the fourth was re- covered for B gain. Two of tho '. <. C. touchdowns were made possible hy recovering fumbles.
 t. <. C. was guilty of fumblng on one occasion. Meyer recovering for
 Arizona
 Arizona was twice penaiized for total loss Of % yards. One of these penalties was for offside play and the second for the failure of Player Mere
 dith to report to the referee on enter
 ing the game
 r. <. C. suffered the loss of 23 yards
 through penalties. Twice they were caught In motion before the ball was
 nasscd while on the third occasion. 2
 ls-yard penalty was inflicted for slug
 ginc. This penalty was one-half the
 distance to the goal line but the ball
 was resting on the 26-yard line so the
 penalty was not exceptionally large.
 Sigler was put out of the game on the
 play.