Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-25
So. California
Sporting Briefs
by United Press Leased Wire

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 praeti-
cally 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 sev-
cral 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