Evening star., 1954-10-09
ClinkscaIe Scores
Twice, Sets Up Third
Tally in 2O-7 Victory
By the Associated Press


Southern California, 20-7, in an
intersectional battle last night at
Los Angeles.
Quarterback Ronnie Clinkscale,
115-pound senior directing the
split-T offense, provided the
spark that ignited the unpredict-
able but explosive TCU team. He
streaked so yards for a touch
down the first time he carried
the ball.
Then after use had tied the
count. Clinksca1e took the kick
off So yards to set up the second
TCU touchdown. He scored the
third on a 4-yard jaunt around
end.
The TCU upset topped a slim
slate of Friday night battles that
also saw Miami of Florida snap
to life in the final period to beat
Holy Cross, 1920: Presbyterian
upset Davidson, 1917: and Den
yer come from behind to beat
Montana, 1913.
Knew 1t All the Time.
eve knew all the time We had
a good ball club" said Coach
Abe Martin of TCU's Southwest
Conference entry. The Horned
Frogs had thrown a surprise
into Oklahoma, rated No. / in
the Associated Press poll before
losing, 21-16, but then lost. 20
13, to an Arkansas team they
were supposed to whip.
Southern California, winner
OF three straight and ranked No.
8 in the poll, thus went into the
game favored by a couple of
touchdoWns. But the Trojans
never headed the Texans as an
alert pass defense nipped scor-
ing threats on three occasions.
Coach Jess Hill of use
summed things up: They've got
speed and they're very mobile
and they made no mistakes"
We made a lot of yards, espe-
cially in the second half, but
We also made lot of mistakes"
Clinkscale's opening dash went
straight through center near the
end of the first quarter, as he
tipped through the line and was
gone. Harold Pollard added the
first of his two conversions and
the Texans held a TO lead.
But by the end of the quarter
use had evened things. The
first play after the kickoff, Quar-
terback Jim Contratto hit End
Leon Clarke on a 67-yard pass
play to the TCU 5. After TWO
plays lost 3 yards Con-
tratto passed for a touchdown
to another end, Chuck Leim-
bach. Then Sam Tsagalakis
converted to make it TT.
Intercept Five Passes.
Clinkscale took the kickoff and
blazed back So yards to the
Trojan SO. Six plays later, just
so seconds into the second quar-
ter, Halfback Jim Swink burst
through center, cut to his right
and scored on a run of 18 yards.
The Horned Frogs, who inter-
cepted five Trojan passes during
the game, nipped a threat with
two minutes left in the half
after Lindon Grow galloped A
yards to the 9. Ray Taylor
intercepted a pass in the end
zone and ran it out to the TCU
IS as the half ended.
In the third period, as South
ern California controlled the ball,
Crow and Armis Dandoy bat
tered Al yards to the TCU %.
That hope went glimmering as
Linebacker Joe Williams inter-
cepted a pass on the 2.
On the final play of the period,
Tackle Ray Hill pounced on a
use tumble at the Trojan 80.
Clinkscale moved the TCU Of
tense into high again and in
seven plays he had the third
Striving desperately with time
'unning short, the Trojans drove
again from their own 35 to the
TCU II. This time it was Texan
dalfback Gerald Redus who in
a pass on the seven.
Miami Has Troubles.
Miami, the 20-point favorite,
had its troubles with Holy Cross
md only a 66-yard March for a
ast-period touchdown saved the
hurricanes. Quarterback Mario
5onot1glio raced the final So
1ards for the score.
Presbyterian upset Davidson
~ the unusual method of turn
ng two early safeties and one
touchdown into 10 points. End
Bobby Jackson accounted for
10Th safeties, smashing through
0avidson's defenses twice in the
irSt period.
Denver had to come from be-
hind a two-touchdown deficit to
stop Montana. Rusty Fairly's
passing and running clicked in |
;he second half, however, and
he Pioneers tailed two touch
Towns in the third period and |
he winning one-a 19-yard pass
rom Fairly to Larry Ross-in
he final quarter.
At this stage of the season,
The first bowl game went into
he records. Maryland State Col
ege routed North Carolina AIT,
'4-13, in the annual Fish
Bowl game at Norfolk, Va. The
winners took a 27-0 halftime
lead.
Room for Upsets.
Therell be plenty of room for
lpsetS on today's program, what
with such toughies as Oklahoma
Texas, Wisconsin Rice, Purdue
Duke and Navy-Stanford head
ng the slate.
(The Wisconsin Rice game
will be televiSed in Washing
ton over Station WMAL-TV,
Channel Z, at 2::30 p.m.)