Football: Oct. 18, 1926

Under a fleet of storm clouds like battleships driving in from the Pacific, a tough team from St. Mary's baited the Golden Bears of California. Boyd ("Cowboy") Smith, half-sized halfback, with caliper legs and a blue jersey, ran for 80 yards to make one touchdown, for 45 to make another, and for the first time since 1917 a St. Mary's eleven went home rejoicing from Berkeley. Score: St. Mary's, 26; California, 7.

The Harvard cheering stands shivered with Bostonian excitement; fine old gentlemen pushed aside their steamer rugs and rose to their feet,...

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