Special Turkey Tussle Edition
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
November 24, 1948
Bulldogs Set For Tussle
Tomorrow
Kiwanis Club
To Present
Win Trophy
Altadena Kiwanis Club will
again award their perpetual tro¬
phy to the winner of the PCC-
Muir Thanksgiving Day football
game.
Each year the winner of the
Turkey Tussle gains possession
of the trophy. PCC has held it
for the past year on the basis of
their 23-14 defeat of Muir last
season. The award was designed
to promote healthy interest in the
intra-city football series. Muir
always receives first mention on
this award because they were the
original intended recipient.
The trophy is approximately 36
inches high. A gold cup topped
off with a gold victory figure is
mounted on a walnut base. Be¬
neath the figure is a plaque for
inscriptions. On each side of the
main statuette are two small fig¬
ures. The trophy has an estimat¬
ed value of $100. It has been on
display all week in windows of
local stores. In all probability
Harry R. Bartruff, president of
Altadena Kiwanis, will award the
trophy in a “victory” assembly to
be held later in the year. Bert
Teets, chairman of the trophy
committee, took charge of the en¬
graving.
A lesser trophy of a comic na¬
ture is expected to develop be¬
fore this rivalry is much older.
This prize would be in the tradi¬
tion of the Old Oaken Bucket,
the Victory Bell, or the Long
Beach Ax of many years ago.
News Briefs
Annual awards for sketches of
floats for the Tournament of
Roses parade were presented
Wednesday, November 17, at the
Maryland Hotel.
Carolyn, Joyce Cox was design¬
er of the winning city school
float, and Kenneth Smith design¬
ed the float which the Rose
Queen will ride on New Year’s
Day. Both were presented with
$35 checks by Dr. Joseph Eng-
holm, chairman of the Tourna¬
ment float committee.
* * *
Fifth Tournament of Roses try¬
out was held Friday afternoon,
November 19 at the Brookside
Park at 2:00 with 25 girls partici¬
pating.
The number of contenders
from each school which attended
the fifth tryout may not be dis¬
closed. Names of the seven final¬
ists will be announced on or near
December 1, according to Ed Al¬
len, Chamber of Commerce pub¬
licity manager. Allen also prom¬
ises that the identity of the
Queen will be known by Decem¬
ber 17.
* * *
Zeta Gamma Phi, national
honorary art fraternity, recent¬
ly announced the names of seven
new pledges.
Formal initiation will be held
in the Social Hall on the evening
of December 3, according to Jim
Hawkins, president of Zeta Gam¬
ma Phi.
Harry Montgomery, left, is shown buying the first tickets
to the “Gobble Hobble,” Thanksgiving Dance, to be given Wed¬
nesday evening, November 24, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium,
from Betty Austin and Bob Farina. Tickets are on sale, with
student body books, for $1.50.
RICCY Votes Itself
Entirely Off Campus
Representatives from 33 restrictive clubs convened at
9:50 a.m. last Friday in room 104D to consider action per¬
taining to the restrictive off-campus problem and to consider
voting on the proposal that both Men and Women’s Riccy go
off campus together and not wait until June; the deadline
set by the Administrative Staff of Pasadena City College.
Bruner Greets
"Tussle7 Crowd
We are approaching the sec¬
ond annual Turkey Tussle be¬
tween our two colleges with a
great deal of anticipation and
hope that the same fine spirit of
rivalry that marked last year’s
contest, will prevail.
Unfortunately, both Muir and
Pasadena cannot win, but it is
the desire of the student body
at Pasadena City College that
this game on Thanksgiving may
become a second link toward the
establishment of a traditional
contest between the two schools.
Nothing should occur , either in
the behavior of the contestants
or that of the rooters, that will
mar the continuance of this game.
The highest type of sportsman¬
ship and conduct should be ex¬
hibited by the persons associated
with this football classic.
* In all friendliness, may I wish
for both of the student bodies
that it will be a fine game, and
that a great crowd will supply
depleted student body funds ac¬
cording to expectations. Also,
may the better team win. Natur¬
ally, I hope that Pasadena City
College will be that team.
Bill Bruner,
President, Associated
Student Body, PCC
Chairman of the meeting, Glen
Parrish a member of Amphion,
called the meeting to order and
a motion was made that a major¬
ity would rule in any decisions
made by the convening delegates.
This motion was passed and the
representatives then voted on
whether the clubs should remain
on campus for the remainder of
the school year or whether they
should go off the campus immedi¬
ately. The vote was 26 clubs in
favor of going off the campus
and six for staying on the cam¬
pus for the remainder of the
school year or until June. The
majority ruled, and the motion
was passed that all restrictive
clubs would relinquish ties with
the school immediately, and go
off the campus.
OSF men’s restrictive club de¬
clined to vote on the off-campus
proposal because of the debt
owed by that club to the college.
They have decided to stay or.
campus regardless of any deci¬
sion made by the other clubs.
Each club sent two representa¬
tives to the meeting and all but
two of the clubs were present.
Absent clubs were Zeus, a newly
organized men’s restrictive, and
Zae, a women’s restrictive. Sec¬
retary of the meeting was Bill
Hicks of Epsilon. Both Dean Rob¬
bins adviser to Wriccy and Dean
Haugh adviser to Mriccy were
present because of a school rul-
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Two Teams To Clash
In Bowl For Crown
By Merlin Call
Twelve noon is kickoff time for this year’s annual Thanks¬
giving Day Turkey Tussle between the Bulldogs of Pasadena
City College and their northside rivals from John Muir Col¬
lege. A preliminary game between the fairer sex of the two
schools is being arranged to give the fans a chance to see
the more graceful arts of the
"Renown" Band
Here For Big
"GobbleHobble"
Les Brown and his “Band of
Renown” will provide the music
for the “Gobble Hobble” joint
dance with Muir tonight.
Brown and eighteen members
of his band will be at the Pasa¬
dena Civic Auditorium at 9:00 to¬
night, preceeding tomorrow’s an¬
nual Thanksgiving “Turkey Tus¬
sle” football game with Muir.
Bids are on sale for $1.50 with a
student body book and $2.50 with¬
out the book. Dressy sport
clothes are suggested as most
appropriate for the occasion.
Brown Well-Known Here
Les Brown and his band are
well-known in Pasadena and vi¬
cinity for the success of his pre¬
vious visits here. With him will
be Eileen Wilson, vocalist, who
has been featured on the current
Bob Hope program more often
than any other guest star.
Butch Stone, comedy vocalist,
back with Les Brown after a tour
of the country; Ray Kellogg, bar¬
itone currently featured on the
Red Skelton program; Stumpy
Brown, singing the jump tunes
along with Butch Stone; Ray
Klein, outstanding trombonist and
others will be present.
Planned by the four class presi¬
dents of Muir and PCC the com¬
mittee for arrangements is com¬
posed of Margaret Henze, junior
class president, chairman; Bill
Jones, freshman prexy; Joan
Buchholz, soph prexy; and Deb
Brennan, senior prexy, all of
PCC, and the four Muir class
presidents.
pigskin sport.
The Mustangs will be out to
avenge the 23-14 pasting handed
them by last year’s Bulldog ag¬
gregation, but there will be few
veterans of that struggle on the
Lincoln Avenue squad for tomor¬
row afternoon’s clash. Among
others Muir has lost stellar end
Monty Osborn and Jim Simmons,
backfleld ace of the 1947 Mus¬
tangs, but their places have been
well Ailed by some scrapping lads
who have shown constant im¬
provement under coach Nor Ja-
qua this season, and they will be
prepared to give the Canines a
real fight.
Fry Sparks Bulldogs
Bulldog returnees from last
season’s Thanksgiving Day en¬
counter are headed by Bob
“Flash” Fry, defensive standout
in the 1947 tilt and sparkplug of
this year’s attack. He will be
joined by teammates John Sende,
Ray Stark, Billy Bruner, Carl
Reidarson and Doug Gorrie, all
with Turkey Tussle experience,
as well as such outstanding new¬
comers as Walt Emerson, Bob
Meyers, Bob Ashworth and
George Nottoli.
Tomorrow’s fray will be the
last of a so-so season for both
schools, and comparative scores
of previous games give little to
choose between them, but much
the same conditions existed last
year when the inspired Mallory
men bowled over the Mustangs
with plenty to spare.
Comparisons Prove Little
Against common opponents,
the Bulldogs swamped Glendale
10-0, whereas the Vaqueros las¬
soed Muir 13-6. However, LACC
edged past the Canines 13-6 while
Nor Jaqua’s boys staged a whirl¬
wind finish to eke out a 13-12 ver¬
dict over the Los Angelans. Both
squads flattened Phoenix by sev-
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Gunnar Watson, Muir Prexy, Pledges Support
It is indeed a privilege and a
pleasure to be asked to write a
few words for, of all papers, the
Pasadena City
College Chroni¬
cle.
However, it is
not surprising
when I think of
the increasing
spirit of cooper-
a t i
о
n between
the two schools
which has been
evident in the
last year.
With the sec¬
ond annual Tur¬
key Tussle in
the offing that
spirit of cooper¬
ation is becom-
more important
than ever. The game means so
much to both schools, regardless
of who has the home side of the
Rose Bowl, that we cannot afford
to lie down on the job.
We at Muir pledge all our sup¬
port to make the
“Big Game” the
huge success it
so richly deserv¬
es to be through
cooperation, in
fight on the field,
in sport sman-
ship, and friend¬
ship before and
after the game.
We wish you
as much luck
as we can af¬
ford to give you
and may the bet¬
ter team win.
Sincerely,
Gunnar Watson
President of the John Muir Col¬
lege Student Body