Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-11
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By ED EMERY

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. IL. (UP)
The chips really are down this
week and next for 8l-year-old Amos
Alonzo Stagg and his College OF the
Pacific giant-killers.
Already victories over California
1876 Saturday, and over UCLA, st.
Mary's Pre-Flight and the Alameda
Coast Guard in earlier games, the
Staggmen meet the undefeated Del
Monte Pre-Flight Navyators this
Saturday in Stockton and the un-
scored-on University of Southern
California Trojans the following
Saturday in Los Angeles.
If Pacific clears these two hurdles
At will have a clear track for an
undefeated season to celebrate
Stages 54th year of coaching, but
the odds are against the Tigers de-
feating both the power-laden ALL
Americans from Del Monte and the
Conference leaders from Use.
TROJANS' SLATE CLEAN
The Trojans kept their unbeaten,
unscored-on record by holding ALI
American Bruce Smith in check
while defeating st. Mary's Pre-
Flight 1870. The March Field Fliers
from Riverside, Cal, remained in
the undefeated class by swamping
UCLA, ATT, and the opponent
shy Washington Huskies continued
their winning ways against Spokane
Air Service Command, Alp.
Del Monte Pre-Flight spurted
ahead in the last quarter by using
its american backfield of officer
players to sink Pleasanton Naval
Distribution Center, 34-6, yesterday,
and stay in the running for coast
honorS.
In other weekend games Villa
mette defeated Whitman 300 in
the only collegiate game scheduled
in oregon this year; Alameda Coast
Guard out-powered University OF
San Francisco 26-0; San Diego Nav
al Training Station defeated Pomo-
ma Army Ordnance 49,, and the
combined University of Nevada
Reno Air Base team topped Tono-
pah Air Base $50.
use TO KEZAR
While Pacific and Del Monte
clash in the top billing this Satur-
day, University Oh Southern Califol'
mia visits Kezar Stadium for an
expected "breatner" with the UNI
versity of San Francisco D.nS and
University of California travels to
Los Angeles to meet UCLA in
Conference game.
The Amalgamated Nevada-Air
Base team journeys to Salt Lake
City to play University of Utah
and Redlands meets Pomona Army
Ordnance in other Saturday con-
tests, while st. Mary's College re-
SumeS play against the Alameda
Coast Guard at Kezar Stadium.
Washington and March Field. two
of the five undefeated Pacific Coast
teams, will point for their clash
Oct. % at Seattle, the HuskieS' only
major game of the season. Marcn
Field plays San Diego Naval Train
ing Station this week, while WASH
ington is idle.
TIGERS GAME SMOOTH
Pacific's smooth-running Tigers,
winners IN their first three games
by last-quarter spurts, went in early
against Coach Stub Allison's Golden
Bears to run up 1910 lead in the
first quarter. California took ad-
vantage of final quarter breaks to
bring the score to 1916 and mar
roWly missed a second touchdown
pass in the final seconds of play
after driving to the three-yard
line.
A heavy use line held st. Mary's
Pre-Flight in check while the Tro-
jan running and passing attack
was clicking for two scores, one a
61-yard run by End Ralph Hey
wood. Jimmy Nelson, All-American
from Alabama, scored two touch
downs and passed for three more
as March Field swamped UCLA.