Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-11-12 | Page 11 | Wolves Lurk outside Stanford's Door Howling for 'Tiny' Thornhill' S Scalp

Wolves Lurk Outside Stanford's Door Howling for Tiny Thornhill's Scalp there are few murmurs of disapproval dis-approval over his coaching job. Injuries which hsve crippled his squad from the opening game have played hob with Allison's ' plans. California has won only from Washington State and the California Aggies. Fhelan Gets Aid Coach Jimmy Phelan at Washington Wash-ington also was an early occupant occu-pant of the alumni doghouse after losing to Pittsburgh, U. C L. A., Washington State and Oregon Ore-gon State, but he has somewhat redeemed himself with victories over Stanford, Montana and California. Cal-ifornia. The Huskies still have Oregon and U. S. C. on their schedule. Rumors that Clipper Smith of Villanovs. former Santa Clara coach, would succeed Thornhiil have been heard for weeks. Another An-other "nominee" for the Stanford Stan-ford coaching spot was Tex Oliver Oli-ver of Oregon. But Oliver told the United Press last night thst he hsd no Intention of quitting the Ducks. fl V wo""? i . 4 1 - tail -r - PP) STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cel., Nov. 13 (UP) The voices of tha wolves prowling the Pacific Pa-cific Coast conference are muted at the moment, but they are sniffing at the doorstep of Coach Tiny Thornhiil of Stanford university. uni-versity. Stanford, which hasn't won a game this year and gets what satisfaction it can out of a 14 to 14 tie with U. C L. A, topped its dreary season Saturday by dropping a 33 to 0 encounter to Southern California. Pleasure Grows Pressure of undergraduates and alumni has been growing each week, although It has not yet reached the formal stage of demanding that Thornhiil quit. Sports writers feel that Thorn-hill Thorn-hill will save tha wolves their moment af yapping triumph by resigning after the Dartmouth game at New York December X Meanwhile, the Cardinals must face Washington State and California Cali-fornia in the traditional "big game." which, despite the fact the two contestsnts are cellar contenders, probably wiw fill Stanford stadium on November Novem-ber 25. Despite a season nearly as bad at California. Coach Stub Allison, Alli-son, strangely, has endeared kumself te the tuidargrada and Tlajr TtMrnhiil ... Bmiim la iMtabaUl .CalWUM aa laTsdiAJM