Special Edition John Muir College and Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California November 26, 1947
Mustang to
Stampede
Bulldog, 27-7
By Leigh Wiener
Blazer Sports Editor
Let us bow our heads and
pray. From the PCC viewpoint,
prayer is the only thing left if
the Bulldogs are to emerge tri¬
umphant in tomorrow’s battle for
the bird. Despite the fact that
I am a Muirite, I must look at
Thursday’s tussle from a realis¬
tic point of view. Therefore,
Mustangs 27, Bulldogs 7
Now let me start my pre-carv¬
ing of the turkey. As the knife
pierces the outer skin, and starts
severing the drum stick, we come
up with unbelievable fact that
Pasadena leads Muir in league
standings.
Want White Meat ? ? ?
But as the blade of our knife
plunges into the white meat, we
see that the Mustangs gave both
LACC and Comptop a better “run
for their money” than PCC’s
Bulldogs, in spite of the Tartar’s
upset loss to these same Bull¬
dogs.
Immediately after the Compton-
jc affair a couple of weeks ago,
I engaged in some gab with Tay
Brown, the Tartar mentor. It
went thusly:
Q. Now that you lost to the
Bulldogs, I guess that means
they were the toughest team you
have played this season?
A. H-I no. A few weeks ago
Muir gave us our best game.
Q. You mean Muir is better
than PCC?
A. Yes. They have more of a
sustained drive and a good pass¬
ing attack.
Q. Were the Tartars up for
this game?
A. You saw the game didn’t you?
We took them too lightly?
However, this may be just the
thing the Bulldogs were hoping
for. If Coach Jaqua’s boys take
the Compton game as their yard
stick in measuring PCC’s offen¬
sive, they might be very much
surprised tomorrow afternoon.
At Least They Can Punt
If the game turns into a punt¬
ing duel, I think Roy Langley
will outdistance any thing the
Mustangs have to offer. Against
Compton, Langley sent the Tar¬
tars reeling several times with
some of his quick kicks, one trav¬
eling 68 yards in the air.
Tom Hamilton has plans of
halting Muir’s fabulous Simmons.
If anyone in the league can, I
believe he is the man to do it.
Against the Tartars, had Ham¬
ilton been injured early in the
game, Compton might be facing
LACC with an unblemished rec¬
ord Friday night.
Imagination isn’t needed on
Nor Jaqua’s part to see that Mr.
Kelley and Mr. Johnson must be
stopped if Muir is to win. If
he has any doubts, let him speak
to Tay Brown of Compton.
Whether PCC or Muir wins, all
depends on the proverbial flip of
the coin, and all my coins have
two heads . . . Mustangs on both
sides.
Doughnuts are Good, Too
Let’s all hope that turkey
tastes as good to the loser as it
does to the winner. I for one,
won’t have any worries at all.
I’m having a ham on rye for
lunch tomorrow and a doughnut
for dinner.
PCC To Upset Muir? ?
‘Gobble Hobble' Slated For Civic Tonight
President A1 Clark of the Altadena Kiwanis Club congratu¬
lating Earl Holder of the PCC-Muir Turkey Tussle, shown with
the trophy to be given to the winner of the game.
Kiwanis Club
Journalists Will
Convene at PCC
Plans have been completed for
the national convention of Beta
Phi Gamma to be held on the
PCC campus, Saturday, Decem¬
ber 13, it was announced today
by Edith Rankin, president of the
Alpha chapter.
The installation of Muir Col¬
lege as the Alpha Alpha chap¬
ter is one of the important events
scheduled on the agenda. Miss
Bess Tye, journalism instructor,
will serve as the adviser of the
chapter.
Members of the fraternity will
participate in contests in the
fields of newswriting, editorial
and sports writing. Prizes will
be presented to the winning writ¬
ers chosen by the judges: Miss
Ruth Billheimer, Messers Mannie
Pineda and Shavenau Glick, from
the Pasadena Star News; Mr. Jim
Hubbart, of the Pasadena Inde¬
pendent; and Mr. Douglas Woolf,
editor of the East Pasadena Her¬
ald.
The convention will conclude
with a dinner and program at the
Women’s City Club, 160 North
Oakland, Pasadena. Lee Shippey,
a Los Angeles Times columnist,
will be the principal speaker of
the evening.
Gives Award
When the game is all over and
everybody has settled back into
a state of blessed solicitude, then
comes the great honor . . .
A trophy will be presented, by
the Altadena Kiwanis Club, to
the winner of the Turkey Tussle.
This award will be presented at
the final gun and will be a per¬
manent trophy to be kept in the
case of the school that wins.
It was first suggested that
this trophy be given to the team
that wins and that with each suc¬
ceeding game it be passed be¬
tween the schools for each game.
This idea was vetoed because
with the coming years other tro¬
phies will be presented. The Alta¬
dena award is on display at the
Pasadena Broadway store, in the
front window. The size of it de¬
notes the size of the honor.
Other Trophies
Many other trophies are forth¬
coming and will no doubt be nice
to be owned, but this award from
the Altadena Kiwanis Club is the
first one to be offered to the win¬
ner of this game.
At a luncheon of the club, Fri¬
day, November 15, the trophy
was unveiled to the representa¬
tives of the two schools, Tom
Mallory, PCC’s head coach, and
Ed Laurenson, Muir’s director of
athletics, representing Muir’s
Coach Nor Jaqua who was in
Northern California. These two
men accepted the honor for the
schools.
Joint PCC-Muir Dance
Features Ike Carpenter
Another step towards the rais¬
ing of funds for the Barbecue-
Memorial Garden will be taken to¬
night from 9 until 12, when Ike
Carpenter and his musical aggre¬
gation swing-out for the Pasa¬
dena City Collegd-John Muir Col¬
lege co-sponsored “Gobble Hob¬
ble” dance at the Civic Auditor¬
ium.
For the past several weeks the
eight class presidents of the two
colleges have been planning this
joint offering, under the general
chairmanship of Dick Gray, PCC
Senior Class president.
Having presented a variety
show earlier this month for the
purpose of obtaining money to
build the Memorial Garden on
campus, PCC will turn over its
portion of tonight’s dance pro¬
ceeds for the completion of the
project. Speaking for the com¬
mittee of class presidents, Dick
Gray stated: “We hope that
there is a fine turn out at the
dance tonight. It’s for a worth¬
while cause, and student leaders
from both schools have worked
hard to make it a success.”
Ike Carpenter and his band
record for Capitol records, and
recently played for the UCLA
Homecoming Dance. Dress for
the “Gobble Hobble” will include
ties for the men and heels for
the women. Price of admission
is $1 with a student body book,
and $1.50 without.
Committee To
Name Court
Names of the Tournament of
Roses Royal Court members will
be released effrly in December ac¬
cording to Mr. Edward J. Allen,
assistant manager of the 59th
annual tournament.
"We appreciate the very fine
cooperation of the two schools,
Pasadena City College and John
Muir College, in helping us find
the Queen and the court of the
59th annual Tournament of
Roses,” said Mr. Allen, concern¬
ing the selection of the Rose
Queen and court in an interview,
Friday, November 21.
According to Miss Catherine
Robbins, dean of women at PCC,
and Mrs. Gladiss Edwards, Muir
dean of women, there is an equi¬
table representation of girls from
both Muir and PCC in the semi¬
finals as it stands now. Every
effort is made by the judges to
be fair and impartial in the sel¬
ection of the Royal Court.
The Queen and Princesses will
president over the Rose Parade,
riding on a float depicting the
theme, “Golden West.”
JMC Hits New
High: Pushed
To Bowl Rim
By Jim Blake
Chronicle Sports Editor
For the first time in its seventy
year history Pasadena has two
college football teams vieing for
the city championship and the oc¬
casion obviously calls for a ter¬
rific celebration and an equally
terrific football game. It seems
a shame that John Muir will be
unable to provide the competi¬
tion to which Pasadena City Col¬
lege has become accustomed but
rest assured that the Mustangs
will do their best no matter how
overwhelming the odjjs against
them — and probably the score
against them.
We here at Pasadena City Col¬
lege wish to express our undying
appreciation to John Muir for
coming out Thanksgiving Day
and allowing the game to go on
as scheduled. This is the bravest
act that has come to our atten¬
tion since Commando Kelly lick¬
ed the German army.
Simmons Purty Good
However, the Mustangs have
some pretty fair football players
scattered about the roster. Hunt
around. Probably the outstand¬
ing man on the Muir team is
Jim Simmons, former Bullpup,
who operates from the left half
position in Coach Nor Jaqua’s,
former Bullpup, T formation.
Jim is one of the hardest run¬
ners in this conference or, for
that matter, any conference.
The other halfback slot is oc¬
cupied by Tom Grant or Harry
Loos, former Bullpups, who have
demonstrated plenty of running
ability in the games so far. End
Monty Osborne, former Bullpup,
is probably one of the outstand¬
ing candidates for all conference
honors while Jack Lankas, for¬
mer Bullpup, alternates at the
other flank with Martin Doerr,
(how’d he get in here?).
Phil Petek and Joe Rommel-
fanger have proved to be very
able quarterbacks and are both
on the small side, as are Dick
Gorrie and the other Pasadena
signal callers. Fullbacks Roland
Brice and John West are the
least heralded members of the
Mustang backfield but are vital
cogs in the Muir offense and de¬
fense.
Middle Maybe Immovable
Jack Lee, guard, Jack Park-
hurst, watchcharm center and
Jim Roberts form the nucleus of
an immovable (maybe) middle of
the line, while tackles Bob Wilkes
and Don Stansauk have been
nothing but trouble throughout
the season to opposing backfields.
Therefore we predict the score to
be Pasadena 27, Muir 7.
Seriously, although this is the
first game in what promises to
be a long and interesting series,
form will probably mean nothing
at all when the two elevens clash.
So don’t believe anything you
read until the day after Thanks¬
giving. It looks like a toss up
from this corner and we only
hope it’s Muir that gets tossed.
