Evening star., 1949-09-25
Seasoned use. Team
Too Heavily Mounted
For Green Middies
BY the Assoeioted Press

LOS ANGELES, Sept. "a
Southern CALIFORNIA; Trojans, ap-
pearing in midseason form, opened
their 1949 football season with al
42-to-20 triumph over Navy today.
Jay Roundy. feet Trojan half
back, set the tone of the inter-
sectional clash five minutes after
it began when he took q Navy
punt and returned it 81 yards for
the first parade Of touchdowns.
Before the contest ended for
the edif1cation of 62,787 fans, use,
a team many think may wind upI
in the Rose Bowl, had hit the score
board for six touchdowns and as
many extra points.
The Middies scored twice in the
second quarter, never stopped try
ing and finally cashed in again
with 16 seconds remaining in the
game.
The green, sophomore studded
visitors from Annapolis got no.
where on the ground and soon
took to the airplanes in the fu-
tile hope of sinking the heavily
favored and heavily mounted
Troys. Their last score came on
their 48th pass of the game.
Good Passing Game.
Coach jeff Cravath's red jersey
ed Trojans, meanwhile, mixed aI
hard running attack with a sur
prisingly adept passing game-and
for Trojan first game of the sea-
= son, they looked unusually fero-
ciouS.
2S Squat Bobby Zastrow from
Algoma, Wis, was the main offen-
sive star for Navy.
He steered the Midshipmen
from midf1eld for the first Navy
score. sneaking the ball over in
three tries from the three-yard
line. and passed successfully for
the other two touchdowns-for 35
yards to reserve end Ted Carson
and 19 yards to Halfback Bill
Powers, one of his chief helpers in
the backf1eld.
Southern Cal. embarking on a
nine-game schedule as one of the
top elevenS in the far west, simply
overcame Navy's spirit and all-out
try with too much experience and
too much reserve strength.
Sharing honors for use were
Roundy. who scored two touch
downs; battering Fullback Bill
Martin, who matched him; and
quarterback Jimmy Powers from
Beverly Hills.
Powers fired two touchdown
strikes. one for SO yards. the other
for 81. and he started a pass-lat-
eral explosion that blasted Navy
for Al yards, setting the scene for
. third touchdown.
OFF to 14-Point Lead.
The Trojans got off to a a.
point lead in the first eight min
utes of the game. Oddly enough,
at the time the Navy had piled up
six first downs to none for the
locals. =. - |,
But the Trojan powerhouse kept
rolling. held 2a-l3 lead at the
half and was never seriously |,
threatened by the scrappy Middies. L
And when one player seemed q
little tired, Cravath had a fresh
one to replace him. At the finish
Cravath was using substitutes who
probably had enjoyed little asso-
citation with the varsity stars dur
ing the preseason skirmishes.
Bill Jessup, for instance, who
caught the 59-yard throw from
Powers, Is no better than third
string.
Evidence of the Navy fight may
be seen in the statistics. They out
gained Troy in passing 274 to 1877.
and in total offense, 4O5 to 354,
The scoring punch was lacking.
however, and twice use cut off
touchdown passes by interceptions
In the end zone for automatic
touchbacks.
nolett LET sndse snds-Frasier. .Treadwell, Nc
Left tackles-Tetreault. Davis.
Left guards-Wagner, Mahoney, Dem
neld, Parker.
, Right guards-steele, Cooper. Ridder-
hof, Harvey.
Righ. Righ.. taekIes-Hunt. erags, Leahy.
Cleavenger.
ouarterbscks-zastrow. Sinclair. Jsnes,
Left halfs--Hauff. Bartuska, Vine.
p,,rafl EaEnt hafs-Powers, Arnold, Weaver.
Full backs-Drew. Allison, s.nnerman
Left ends-Hatfield. Baldock. zimmer-
Left tackles-Peters. conde. Mcgee,
e g, Left guards-colley. swope. Boies,
" GentersmBarnes, Hachten. Beck. Davis.
Right tackles-Bird, Ashcraft, Cziguth. |
Right ends-.stillwell, Nix. Jessup, Gold
Quarterbacks-Powers. Robertson, an-
Left halfs.Roundy. Fouch. Bowers, John
u. Right halfs--Rogers, Scott, Jim Will
FuIl backs-Martin. Burke. pucci,
US :. :. C. c--142 -------------12 Il Il 3 Eas
Navy scoring: Touchdowns - Zastrov.
Carson, w. Powers. Points after touch
f2), Martin (2), Pucci, Jessup. Points
after touchdowns-Gifford (6).
Statistics.
Navy use L
First downs 10 *
Net yards gained rushing 167
Forward passes attempted 46 17l,
Forward passes completed 10 10I
Yards forward passing 274 1SSIl
Forwards intercepted by al
Yards gained runback inter-
cePsions s----------- II II
Total yards all kicks returned 116 o01 L