COUGARS Vs. BRUINS
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OFFICIAL PROGRAM 25c Oct.l~ 1955. ·~ I r Washington State College Pullman, Washington 1955-56 BASKETBALL SCHEDULE CONFERENCE GAMES Friday, January 6 Saturday, January 7 Oregon State College at Pullman Friday, January 13 Saturday, January 14 U.C.L.A. at Pullman Friday, January 20 Saturday, January 21 Un iversity of Washington in Seattle Friday, February 10 Saturday, February 11 U.S C. at Los Angel·es Friday, February 17 Saturday, February· 18 University of California at Berkeley Friday, February 24 Saturday, February 25 Stanford at Pullman Friday, March 2 Saturday, March 3 Oregon at Eugene Friday, March 9 Idaho at .Moscow Saturday, March 10 Idaho at Pullman NON-CONFERENCE GAMES Monday, December 5 Whitworth at Spokane Friday, December 9 Utah State at Pullman Saturday, December 10 Gonzaga at Pullman Friday, December 16 Montana at Missoula Saturday, December 17 Utah at Salt Lake Thursday, December 22 Tulane at New Orleans Friday, December 23 Spring Hill at Spring Hill Monday, December 26 Miss. Southern at Hattiesburg Wednesday, December 28 Thursday, December 29 Centenary Col. at Shreveport FOR TICKET INFORMATION, CONTACT DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS, PHONE 1281, PULLMAN, WASHINGTON versus ROGERS FIELD, PULLMAN Oct. 1, 1955 2:oo P.M. THE COUGAR HUDDLE is the Official Football Publication of the Associated Students of the Stote College of Washington at Pullman, Washington. Don Faris, Director of Athletic Publicity; Fred Fukuchi, Assistant. Notionof Advertising rep resentative: Don Spencer Company, Inc., 271 Madison Ave., New York 16, N.Y. Printed by the Pullman Herald, Pullmen. 7~e ueL/1 Sto'tfl ol de 1955 ~otJtdate 7ea~n By VIC KELLEY A fast-maturing UCLA football team, verg Tailback Ronnie Knox ; and you have a four ing on greatness, today makes its first appear some of many talents. ance on Rogers Field under direction of Coach .Knox, who completed 15 out of his first 21 Red Sanders. passes, adds a phase that explodes the theory A Sanders-coached team managed to man that the single wing is essentially a ground euver out a spine-chilling 27-20 victory in 1949 , game. With a potent threat of the type of this but without the aid of Red, who had to fly to his six-foot-one, 195-pound junior and the nimble Tennessee home upon the death of his father . footed, quick-handed ends and wingbacks on the 1955 team, fans can expect one of the nation's But in these seven years, the mark of San most pass-conscious collegiate aggregations. ders is still stamped indelibly and interestingly The Bruins matured rapidly in the line last on Bruin teamJ;> . They are teams of poise, char week at Maryland. They were thoroughly tested acter , spirit, conditioning and efficiency. Their and performed well against true grid might. mannerisms are often imitated, but never du plicated. Captain and tackle Hardiman Cureton, who will also see much action at guards, and Jim Following the historic national champion Brown, another guard, were two standouts who ship team of 1954 , which won Sanders "Coach of will continue to show up well. the Year" honors, the 1955 group has much to live up to. Top Linemen In Johnny Hermann and Rommie Loudd, Standout Back Field Johnny Smith and Tom Adams, UCLA has fine But in two games, including a narrow 7-0 , wingmen. Alternate Captain Gil Moreno and loss to a majestic Maryland team, the present Roger White, hurt much of the Maryland con squad has shown promise of many more victor flict, will see good duty in the line at tackles ies. This is the team that possesses what Ter while the Northwest will be seeing the last of rapin Coach Jim Tatum termed "the perfect one of UCLA's fine centers in Senior Steve P al single wing backfield." mer. Others likely to see much action are guards This year UCLA still has the " king" of all Don Birren and Don Shinnick, along with backs fullbacks in 210-pound Fullback Bob Davenport, Bob Bergdahl, Sam Brown, Chuck Hollaway and who led the league in scoring last fall, and Wing Doug Peters. back Jim Decker, the will-o'-the-wisp reverse runner who compiled the highest average per But the Southerners come north with no il play of any regular performer in the nation last lusions. Their record against the Cougars in the fall. Northwest is two wins, two losses. Against all Northwest teams in the area it is 14-15-1. They Add a fine rough-and-tumble blocking back know they can expect more of the same today in Bruce Ballard, successor to " most valuable that they had a week ago. It'll be tough down player" Terry De bay, and the much-discussed there on the field. The Official Watch for Timing Today's Game Is Longines - "The World's Most Honored Watch." Bruin Coaches "Coach of the year for '54." That's the coveted honor voted Henry R. "Red" Sanders, UCLA'S outstanding single wing football coach, by the American Football Coaches Association in the an nual poll conducted by the New York World-Tele gram & Sun. In six seasons at UCL~, Sanders has made the Bruins one of the country's most re spected football powers. Last season his team went undefeated, won the PCC title for the second straight year, was voted America's No. 1 college .. team by the coaches in the United Press poll. It was also the recipient of the first Grantland Rice Memorial Trophy as 1954 National Collegiate Champions voted by the Football Writers Associa tion of America. Red attended Vanderbilt, letter ing in baseball, football and basketball. He is mar ried to the former Ann Daniel of Lakeland, Fla. Kneeling, from left: Bill Barnes (Tennessee), assistant coach; George Dickerson (UCLA), assistant coach; John Johnson (UCLA), freshman coach; Ray Nagel (UCLA), assistant coach. Standing, from left: Deke Brackett (Tennessee), assistant coach; Red Sanders (Vanderbilt), h ead coach; Jim Mye rs (Tennessee), senior assistant coach. u 53 · STEVE PAL'\IER, center 15 · SAM BROWN, . halfback 12 · DOUG BRADLEY, halfback c L A 63 . JIM BROWN, guard 16 • GERRY McDOUGALL, hall 30 • JIM DECKER, halfback · 44:' ~ ,)JOB · BE~GDAHL, quartt~r B R u I N s u c L A J. C. Penney Co. Reggie's Chevron Service Attorneys Neill & Aitken Neill Motors Neill's Furniture Store Neill's Florists PULLMAN AND VICINITY Omer Pogue Pratt Moving & Storage Pullman Branch Seattle First Nat'l B'k Pullman Grain Growers Pullman Herald UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES Joe Reisenauer Reynold's Grocery ALPHABETICAL ROSTER Rima-Hughes Lumber & Fuel No . Name Pos. Wgt. Hgt. Class Home Town Pullman Laundry Sayles Insurance Company 81 ADAMS, TOM --------·----------·------------ RE 219 6-2 Jr. RiversidE Seeley Hardware 65 ANDERSON, WILBERT ------------------ LT 202 5- 11 Jr. Los Angel e! City Ice Company 42 BALLARD, BRUCE ------------------········QB 191 5-10 Jr. Arcadio 44 BERGDAHL, BOB -------------··-···--···---- QB 192 5- 11 Jr. Los Angeles 25 BILLINGTON , BARRY : __________________ FB 170 5- 10 So. Inglewood Maxwell Meats 61 BIRREN , DON ·--------·--·----·--·-·····--- LG 185 5-8 Jr. Monterey Park Oon Sodarff 12 BRADLEY, DOUG ·------ -- ------------·--· LH 172 5-9 Jr. Los Angeles Roy Sodarff 69 BRAUN BECK , DICK ______________________ LG 171 5-7 Sr. Inglewood Harry Sodorff 63 BROWN , JIM ................................ LG 204 6-0 Sr. Los Angeles 15 BROWN , SAM 173 5- 10 Sr. Oakland ·········-·······--···-····-···LH Walt Sodorff 73 CATES, LES ·······----·------------·-·--···· LT 211 6-2 So. Hemet 60 CURETON , HARDIMAN ____ _____ _____ __LT 218 6-0 Sr. Duarte L. C. Staley 27 DAVENPORT, BOB ----------······--·-·--- FB 210 6-0 Sr . Long Beach G. 0. Swales Neb. 30 DECKER, JIM ---···-·--··--······-·········· RH 171 5- 11 Sr. Omaha, Smoke House 74 DILLS, PRESTON ·-----------------··-·--··-- RT 212 6-1 Jr. Inglewood 35 DUNCAN , DON 174 5-10 So. Alahambra ------·----·--·············· RH Pullman Travel Service 32 ELIAS, LOUIS ---·---···------·-··············RH 173 5-8 So. Burbank 43 ENGER, BOB .................................... QB 183 5-9 So . Monterey Park F. L. Titus 76 GELFAND, CHUCK ------------··--·---·-·- LT 211 6-0 Jr. Sie rra Madre Treaster Plumbing 10 GRIFFIN , EDISON ·--·----··--·--·-·--·----- LH 170 6-0 So. Oakland Washington Water Power 72 HAMPTON , RUSS ·-----·--·-------·------- LT 185 6-0 Sr. Bakersfi eld 187 6-0 So . Memphis, Tenn. 67 HARRIS, ESKER ·---··-·-----------··--······· RG Weisel Ford Co. 83 HERMANN , JOHN .......................... LE 174 6-1 Sr. San Fernando 31 HOLLEWAY, CHUCK .................... RH 162 5-8 Jr . Detroit, Mich . L. H. Weskil 18 KNOX , RONNIE ---·-·-·---···-···········-- LH 195 6- 1 Jr. Santa Monica White Drug Store 22 MARTIN, GEORGE ........................ FB 173 5-10 Sr. Los Angele! Dissmore's Food Mort 82 LOUDD, ROMMIE ·---··--·--·············· RE 214 6-0 Sr. Los Angele! MATHENY, JIM 197 6-0 So. Temple Cit1 51 ----------------------·--····-·- c Pullman Bakery 75 McCUTCHAN , GIL ------------····--·-···· LG 210 6- 1 Jr. Pasadena 16 McDOUGALL, GERRY -----------·-·-----' ·H 206 6-2 Jr. Long Beach Martin's Garage 84 MONNETT, LARRY ---------------·-----··- LE 180 5- 11 So. Canoga Pari Dr. F. D. Johnston 71 MORENO, GIL ·-·-·-----------------------·-·- RT 226 6-2 Sr. Whittier Dr. M. R. McBean 88 O'GARRO, PETE ····---------------·-·-··- LE 203 6-3 Jr. Santa Barbaro PALMER, STEVE 219 6-3 Sr. Whittier 53 ----------·--······-···--c Dr. A. E. Hudson __________________ RT 6- 1 Wasco 79 PENNER, GERALD 218 So. Empire's Men Shop 41 PERRY, KEN ................................ FB 169 5-10 So . Los Angeles 26 PETERS, DOUG ····--------------------- FB 202 6-0 Sr. Oakland Howard Finch 55 PETERSON, DAN .......................... C 172 5-9 So. Santa Monico Clark's Market 89 PINKSTON , PAT ........................ RE 195 6-2 So. North Hollywood 68 SHINNICK, DON ........................ RG 231 6-0 Jr. Reseda Grange Supply 85 SMITH , HAL ................................ RE 216 6-4 So. Reseda 86 SMITH, JOHN ··------------------------·- LE 180 5-11 Sr. Huntington Park Doten Transit Mix 62 THAXTER, TOM ·---------------------- RG 187 5-10 Jr.