Evening star., 1929-12-15
TROJANS RUN WILD,
SCORING 45-13 WIN
Plaid Is Helpless After Early
Attack Making Half
Count 13-AII.
BY PAUL b. ZIMMERMAN,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

~ OLISEUNT, LOS ANGELES, De
cember IA Carnegie Techs
scoring attack which bloSsomec
and f1ourished in the first hall
wilted and was swept away be-
fore the determined Trojans OF South
ern California in the final two periods
of their foot ball clash here today, send
ing the Tartans to 45-to-l3 defeat be-
fore $4,000 fans.
Il was the tremendous reserve
strength of the Trojans which brought
about the crash of a great offensive after
the valiant aggregation from the Smoky
Citv had startled everybody, including
the men Of Troy. with a touchdown rush
shortly after the opening kickoff.
Russell Saunders, driving, daShlng
quarterback, and Francis Tappaan,
sturdy left end did much of the WORK
which turned the tide to Southern
California victory in the third period
after the count was deadlocked at nan
time, 1918.
Saunders Shines for TrOjans.
What the stocky Saunders failed to
do in his running attack he Supplanteo
with unerring passes. 1t was his pass
to Garrett Arbelbide which brought
Coach Howard Jones' men their first
touchdown, after the team from Pitts
Murray Armentrout across, giving the
Tartans the lead.
Armentrout, who had been Substi-
tuted only moment before for Johnny
Evth at left half. covered himself with
glory. not only by his touchdown but
by superb cutbacks through the tack
les and remarkable, shifty end runs.
His II yards in Is attempts all put
eoualed the record of Saunders. The
II G - et0 wards
in "a tries for a 58-yard average. The
Tartan halfback averaged 81.
Plaid Scores Quickly.
Harry McCurdy's 15-yard pass to
Thaver Flanagan. who replaced George
Kennedy, put Coach Walter Ste!fens s
eleven in a position to score. Flanagan
pivoted and twisted him way to the
Shadows of the Trojan goal lire. 1t
was parade of As yards in eight plays
which brought the score.
Determined that they must go into
the annual tournament of roses game
at Pasadena New Year day against
Pittsburgh without the blemiSh OF an
other defeat, the Trojans struck back
with Tappaan scoring after beautiful
running catch of Marshall Duff1elds
long pass. This time John Baker kick
ed goal.
But the lead served only ID spur Jne
fasteners on. They launched a second
drive goalward which netted Go yards
in IL plays, Armentrout leading the
attack McCurdy eXecuttd. "a perfect
Quarterback sneak after the ball had
been placed on the Trojan 1-foot mark
er, but Capt. DresharS p!ace-klck was
wide.
Second Half All TrOjans.
Seeking to go into the second half
with the lead, the TrojanS attempted
eight consecutive passes in the dying
minutes of the first but the three
completed fell far short of the Tartan
goal.
In eight plays, with Saunders carry
ing the burden of the thrust, the U.
{ S. c. eleven inaugurated the opening
of the third period with 65-yard gain
and a touchdown It marked the be-
ginning of the end for the treacherous
Tartans, for Saunders duplicated his
feat a few moments later with another
tally after a sweeping end run.
In rushed the Trojan reserves, but
this did not prevent the Jones aggre-
CATION from driving TO three more
touchdoWnS.
Despite the score Carnegie Tech ac-
counted for the greater yardage, max
ing 1a first downs to IA for U. S. c. OF
these wards. 3I8 we're made from scrlm-
mage. but the Trojans outdld their OPP
ponents in passing. The men OF Troy
completed 9 Of II efforts for l62 yards,
against out of 19 for 1873 yards. The
Southern California yardage from
scrimmage stood at 294.