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THI NASHVlLLl TENNESSEAN, TKur.e'sy Morning, J.nvsry 2, 1947 i ice Dbmihales Play To Stop Tennessee in Orange Bowl DOTS 1 '1 mm Owls Block'Two Kicks Big Nine Team Pass Ploy Moves Ows Closer fo Vol Goal In 8 to 0 Conquest rt A.viK, rKviCfl Late' Bu I Id og Power Wins in Sugar Bowl Tar Heels Grab Early LSad; Line Falters Before-Final Georgia Drive By KRIS KREEGER NEW The Georgia Bulldogs found their scoring power Tate yesterday to overtake North Carolina's Tar. Heels and win the 13th Sugar Bowl football, game, 20 to 10, un a dense fog. Some 73,000 persons peered through -the gloom, hoping to catch Keeney's Vols. As 36,152 Watch Defensive Game (Continued From Page One) minutes later, and his 15-yard punt return put the ball, on Rice's 33 and gave the Tennessee supporters encouragement, but' nothing came of tffls threat. The Vols were atross the mid-field stripe twice in the last period, duet between Georgia All-America a giimpBe or tne expected scoring Charlie lrippt and Carolina fresh man Charlie Justice.

However, it was tfie hard-charging Cafojlna line which dominated play until the final period, when Georgia: pushed 80 yards to its last touchdown against the tiring Carolinians. Heels Score First The Tar Heels scored first, onLCarplina marches. V. in in'-'iisnr in iiiniirirniimii i nm rr in i mirniniri i mmmmmtmitWWmuu MIAMI. Fla.

On a shovel move loie to the Tennessee goal line in the first quarter of yesterday's Orange Bowl football game here. 'Rice whipped the Vols 8 to 0 as Keaney's punting kept them in check throughout the contest. The single touchdown -of the battle occurred in the opening period. Tech tSU Te Stuns Bruins By 45:14 Score Hoisch Electrifies Crowd With 103-Yard TD Jaunt for ilCLA By BOB MYERS PASADENA, dalif. with a dazzling display of strength that stODDed evervbna iut a record- brealting UfcLA halfback, belted the favored BriUns all over-the Qvl yesterday and walked off with a stunning 45 to 14 victory in the 33rd edition of the Tournament of Roses.

Inaugurating the Big Nine-Pacific Coast Conference five-year pact, with an amazed throng of more than 90,000 spectators packed into the big Oowl under a cloudless iky, the sjjpp'osedly weak-on-offense II- linl thundered along from the first and were never behind or even threatened after they got going in uii serana quarter, Only UCLA Thrill The one and only big thrill sup- porters of previously unbeaten UCLA got came late in the second quarter when little Al Hoisch, 143-pound mite, fielded a kickoff three yards Cack of his own goal and bolted back un the field throueh the Illifii, racing on tlje-ftflrtllstance of the field for a.to'uchdo'wn. The run, the longest.ahd the only one from a kickoff iri Rose Bowl history, was listed as 103 yards. The -first "half told the story. Coach Ray Eliot's, so-called "Little-Boys," outweighed from end t.6 end, ripped Bruin forwards to bits, 'and the Illlni backs, Buddy Young, Julie Paul Patterson, with Quarterback Perry' Moss a.t the helm, poured through for 245'yards via land and air. The brilliant array ba.cks, aside from Hoisch and Quar terback Ernie Case, might as well have stayed in the -dressing room.

They couldn't whip the Illini ends 4nd tackles, notably Alex Agase, Sam Zatkoff -jflid Ike Owens. Illinois scored twice on pass interceptions, Russ Steger traveling 64 yards for one, but the-rest of the Illinois touchdowns were made On long, uninterrupted drives the longest 86 yards in -Briiins Lead Early Ihe Bruins, briefly ahgad 7 to 6 in thBfirst 'period, thanks to Case and HoWch, were behind 25 to 7 midway in the second, and Hoisch's tremendous tally-sprtnt trailed 25 to 14 at the team scored In the third, and the Illini racked up 20 points in the final stanza. Ther Uelans never quit trying. a 25-yard push-after a pass. inter- ception in the second period.

Geor- gla tied it in the third going 14 yards to. score after another inter- eeption Carolina's Bob Cox put his club ahead with- a 17-vard field goal a few minutes later but the Bull- Jight.Defense Stalls Tigers Razorbacks Stop Three Tojjchdown Drives Inside 10 By ED FITE 'l' DALLAS, Tek am Arkansas and Louisiana-State, reduced to im-mobiHty becauseof rain and mud, battled to a 0 to0 tie in' the Cotton Bowl football game yesterday be fore of the 45,000 fans who, had purchased tickets in ad vance. It was an urthappy afternoon for the folks whodid Venture out because here in tne-cradle of "razle-dazzle." and high-scoring football, there is an extreme distaste for game without touchdown. By contrast, last year's. Cotton Bowl battle was a wide-open thriller in wTiich Texas scored a 40 to 27 vic tory over Missouri.

Arkansas, game, but badly bat tered rose to defensive heights -and got at least a moral victory in the 11th annual renewal of the classic. Pushed from, one end of the field to the other in the cold ar.a rain, the jed-shirted Southwest from the Ozark Mountains staved off three powerful smashes at its goal by LSU's her boots and his quicK kicks, drove the Vols back everu time they got out of the shadow of their own goal: He averaged 44 yards fail boots. "three penalties on runs" of any-whiri from six to yards didn't "help Tennessee's chances. The' Rice forwards consistently out-charged 'and out-fought the Volunteers for three periods. The Owl line opened tremendous holes, nd the fleet Texans boomed through them while Tennessee fran tically rushed in one replacement after another.

The Owl forwards, throttled'Tennessee'i ground attack as It was not checked duringthe entire season, not even in the loss to Wake Forrest. i v. Too Much Texas Beef Rirs Tenn First downs. Ysrds Mined ruihtnt (net) forward Btiuu.altrin.pt.ed. orwtrd passes completed Ytrda isined bj forward 113 1 4 33 Yrda lost attempted forward pusses- is 'orwarct pisses lnteree Dted by i 2 Yards sained, runbark of I Int.

passes 41 .0 Puntlnc averats, (from v. scrimmage 44 Total yards all klrlta returned 88 70 Opponents fumbles recovered 0 3 Keeney and Carl Russ, a tunning "back, teamed on a spec tacular 50-yard touchdown run less seven minutes afte'rthe hectic got underway, Russ broke'i through left guard on a quick opening one which cave the -Vols IrouUV. all after noon. raced almost nessee's 20 before the; Orangemen began to impede his progress. Then, just before he was hit, Russ tossed the ball to Keeney and Huey sprinted the remaining 20 yards without a hand touchiijg.him.

The remaining points, scored on a safety, were marked up before the first period had terminated. They came after the Vols had two consecutive punts blocked. Billy Joe Rowan, Tennessee's fine freshman punter.Vwas the victim of both. James YWtHiSms, a fresh TSingman, hjoke through to halt Rowan's first kick which was from his own 20-yard line. The Huntsvilie boy recovered, the ball on the one-yard A low pass from center made Rowan's, attempt On down Rowan' kicked from behind his goal and this time 1 Tackle Ralph Murphy, zoomed in unchecked to block the hall.

It went out of the end zone for an automatic safety. Tennessee was never to the Rica goal in the first half than its own 45 -and was held to a net of 39 yards for the' first two pflr riods. Huffman Halts Owls 4' The Vols, 8r perhaps it-would be better to say Dik Huffman, the. Ail-American tackle, halted the Owls in the laM three minutes of the first half when they needed only three yards for a touchdown. Riceh'ad first down on.

the, Tennessee six Keeney had boomed a 64-yard punt to' put the Vols in a hole. On the secorrd play after- Russ tiad sliced the distance in two, Russ shot through the line and Huffman hit him with a teeth-rattling tackle. -The ball went way and Russ another. At Russ recovered on the two. Tennessee had nly one real scor, ing chance and blew it.

It came on' the second half-' kickoff when the Vols charged like Tennessee teams of prewar day's and jarrfed the bail from Keeney. Dick. Jordab recovered'nn the Rice 18. Littleford, a youngster who played oh the Tennessee Squad all fall, went into action a. 10-j-ard sprjnt around his own left terminal, as his mates did probably their best blocking" of the hot Littleford Replaced Littleford's next effort was held to a yard as' Rice's All-American W.eldon Humble, halted him.

Littleford th-en passed to Max Par-tin's fingers at" the goal line, J. B. Proctor, the' Cofon- High Sghoot replaced Littleford, and threw a delayed pass to Jordan. 'was a little too high for Dick to piill down as he stood in the end zone. Proctor's jhext pass, also in the end zone, was speared by Virgil Eikenberger, one of Rice's many stars.

Littleford's 65 yard punt a few I In the list two minutes of the -rrlavTPickfn8 w. qulck "wns dogs' went ahead on pass play and clinched the game, with their last-period drive. It was a rough bair game, and the spectators shouted many tlwi at fouls which the officials didn't see. Some penalties wtilch. were called, however, stopped- several Trippi gained a net of but 54' yards in 14 rushes and Justice only 31 yards In 17 tries.

Trinni mm. pieted three passes in. seven at- tempts, netting 64 yards. One of-his tosses brought a score, but another was intercepted to set up Carolina 'Neither team could push into the other' territory during the first period. Trippi almost got away once, but Carolina Wingback John Clements caught him just as he was.

breaking Into the clear after a 20-yard gain. With two minutes to. go In the second period, Tar Heel Guard Bob Mitten leaped un to intercept a screen pass from Trippi and gave Carolina the ball on the' Georgia zs. The Tar Heels scored in six plays, Big Walt Pupa going the last 15 in thr.ee smashes. Bob Cox place-kicked, the extjra point Georgia' Passes Fail Midway of the quarter Georgia got to the Carolina 39 on a hold ing penalty, but the Bulldogs stop-ped there as their passes failed.

The Tar Heels 'then started a march from their 15 and a 32-yard pass from Pupa to Ken Powell put the ball on the Georgia 29. But with a minute to. play, Jim Camp fumbled and Trippi recovered on the Bulldog 15. The half ended after four futile Georgia passing attempts. Early in- the third period Carolina drove to.

the Georgia 34, but a pe.nalty nullified a first-down and pn the next play Joe FTereshinski intercepted a Pupa pass on the 26 and lateraled to Dick McPhee who ran the ball 60 yards to the Tar Heel 14. Smith rammed to the four, Trippi to the one and Johnny Rauch sneake'd it qvier. George Jernigan booted the tying point. Gain Three Points Carolina took the kickoff and Lmarched .58 yards to, the Georgia- seven, but the Tar were thrown back to the 10 on third down and elected to goal. Cox went in and booted -it from placement on the 17 if little Less than.two minutes with-.

the ball -on-the Georgia 33, Trippi passed to Dan Edwards at mid-field, and Edwards outran the Carolina, backs, for-a touchdown. The ebargf. Tar- Heels line blocked Jernig-isjJ' try for extra point. Georgia clicked, beautifully on Its lascofipeg-driver moving1 80 yards In JS plays, "with the linemenoperi-lng holes. Rauch found a huge-gap at' right guard to go the final 13 for the Jernigan's kick was good, Crenshaw Beajs -SweeH86 Pins WilbuKCrenshaw completed his 40-game block of Leo Sweet at'the West End lanes yesterday, -winning by a margin of 186 pins.

Oenshnw "posted a 2,059 10-game series yesterday to bring his total to 7.685 while Sweet was posting a 1,912 for an aggregate of .7,499. Crenshaw had seven consecutive games of plus 200, the highest being 235. He -grabbed the lead at the outset and held it all the way, although Sweet whittled it- appreciably with a 1.931 to 1.864 victory New Year's Eve. The victory qualified Crenshaw for a match against either Dick Hartman or Bob Eaves. Rolling at Melrose yesterday Eaves posted a 2,055 to 1,897 victory over Hartman in the third 10-game block of their 40-game match.

Eaves leads by 280 pins, 6,046 to 0,786. Tl 1 I i 11 If alded formtjonat--ftftTenTer: but were "-never closer the Owl goal than '45 yards, although the Texans appeared to be weakening. The Owls had the ball on Ten nessee's 15 at the game's end as a result of 'Don Anderson's 40-yard run after intercepting Uttle- ioras nnai pass. Rica Fayored- All. the statistics favored Rice, which played a very conservative game after getting a quick touch down and a Th Texans rolleTtsiip 208 yards their ground attack, Russ ac- with their counting for 83 and Keeney 55.

Tennessee, with Littlefor'd and Slater picking "tip 5 yards apiece, was able, to net only ,105 yards. good for only four in 19 attempts, and they produced 1 only 32 yards. The Owls intercepted four of them, The heat the temperature was 82, and a scorching sun beat down throughout the day handicapped both teams. Rice proved the superior in physical makeup and Rice collected all the marbles. The lineup: Tennessee Foi LE LT LG 1 RO RT QB I.H RH Rlcv Williams Armstronc Mum Unison Humble Malmbcrv Kcrucci Elkpnherg Huhbell Huffman MVers Stephenson Drost Crawford Jordan Mitchell Partin Major Kffnfy 'Andrion Rum lrnnesiee Rice, 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0- Touchdown: Kftney.pfaffly:- Rice.

Maryville 31-6 ORLANDO. Fla. (IP) North Carolina's Catawba. College Indians ran and passed toa31 tofcvlctory over a stubborn but' out-classed Maryville CsJlega of Tennessee- before more tlMin spectators inMhe first anrtual-Tan- gerine Bqwkfgame Catawht pushed the light Mary-' villa eleven abound during the first quarter but didn't hit paydirt until early in the next period. And the Indians pushed across two more touchdowns before the end of the A 23-yard lateral play shortly after the, second half opened gave the North, Carolinians another score'.

a 1 1 1 scored lone, counter on a series of ime smashes in the final -quarter-. Catawba carrie back, however, to add a final tally on an 11-yard pass play. East Beats: YanT6336r St Wins the stage for their dra- test, Friday night, East ana vvesa advanced over lnter- schalastic League by huge margins in-the only' games, played New Year's Eve. East toppled from the tin-beatpn ranks with a 63 to and 'West blasted Howard 61' MBA's "scheduled opener with Hume-Fogg Tech was postponed. McKibbon used his entire Eagle squad in bombarding North.

Rejiahle Nick and Joe Bell played long enough to head the triumph with IB and 14 points, respectlvelv. Pos. East 63) North (Sfil Bell IMI Nipwr (6l Byshulan Vaoughn (31 -Henderson (U) Rector 161 Collier (Si Jennette (61 OThrasher 8 Krantz (II suits. East -Bowers Ki, Hudson Hi. Herod (2i, Cross, -Vaughn, North Otark (3), Hayes (ID.

Pos. West ((11) Howard (27) Smith i7i G. Herald (7i MrCullouith (6) (31 Moneypen'ny (8) Beck Daimherly (5) Payne17! 13 1 Mayes 171 Crockett Subs: West Chandler (4', D. Witt 3. McCaul t7), Walnwrleht Howard nugn in, Harrison u.

This orward-lateral Dss frrm (hurt Ameriea nd, who then iateratled Catawbaf liips VAw SettinA vniaiK-'COB -) I HOISCH un wirennoto Keeney (No. 36) The Rice Owls Fourth Period GVes West Victory By JOSEPH A. ST. A MA NT KEZAR STADIUM. San FrVn Cisco (INS) The' West All-Star Shrine team staged a fourth quar ter comeback to top the East squad by a 13 to 9 score yesterday before a full house of 62,000 football fans at Kezar Stadium.

The West, got both their scores with a dazzling passing attack sparked by Halfback Clyde LeForce of Tulsa University. The Eastern team went" intp a 6-0 lead. -in the second quarter, but the came back to tie the score ay harlf time LeForce Begins -Psm Again in the foflrth iSatter the East moved out ir front, this time to 6, but LeForCe unwound his passing arm and. saved 'the day. i he capacity crowcr was treated both before game and at half time, to a -oolorful pageant with eighty uniformed groups going tnrongn maneuvers on the -a scoreless -'first Quarter, the Eastern offensive led by Nick Sacrinty of Wake Forest move.d ipto high gear.

Sacrmty set up the touchdown rby, completing a pass good for 32 "taWs to liack Bob Sandberg of Minnesota. Sandberg.taUgW; the ball on the 15, but was downed, tfn the onS-foot liuu, Pole Pilioa. then took it over. Th conversion kick wgs wide. With only about five minutes re maining in the first half, LeForce connected with a'series of pasees which moved the, ball.

73 yards (,9 a roucnaown. Provo Gallops -5ver-' The touchdown pass go lor 48 Lejforce rifled trfe ball to Fred Provo, halfback from Washington, on the 22 and Provo galloped over. The conversion at tempt "vas blocked to leave, the score tied 6 to. 6. Irr the scoreless third quarter the teams battled and tugged between thV30 yard linas with the last havirkg- aX.

edge.V. On the -secluid pHay of we fourth "Cente--Jfob WteMo of Colgate hooted a yeld golH from -JEjw it jfaiii line lu iiut nr ine ieaa, ro o. LeForce again poVereel the West Machine after the kickoff and on seven passes' drove to six more The payoff came -with the ball on the East 36 yard line. Le tossed, one to Gene Wilson of Southern Methodist on the 30 and Wilson streaked down the sideline -untouched over the goal line. Giacomazoz Tangle Tues Al Szaz, the Hungarian made a smash Nashvilldebut un der the, mask of "KilrojV' here 1 Monday nient.

returns' to scrmn next Tuesday in onjf of he two main events on promoter Nick Gulag' weekly, mat -card; Szaz, who tame' -close to Jfft ing Tex Riley's junior heavyweight belt, tangles with Mike "Mad" (Eha- coma tn the batt-Ie which caps the American Legion-Disabled- Ameri can Veterans -sponsored card. The winner has W'en" promised shot 'at Riley the' following week If Ghacnma is the victor: he 11 seek regain his ligh'tJheajVjrwelght frotn the- handsome Texan, but if Szasz wins he'll challenge for the junlqr-heayy -belt again. A strong tag-team- battle is co- starred' on the card with Herb Welch teaming with "Tartan" White, the former, Alabama foot- Hall star, agaiffflt burly Bob God- ffey and Billy Venable, newcomer Trorrl Houston, 1 ex. This Willi be White's-first 'Nashville- mat showinr. althoueh' vell known here for his grid prow ess.

Sjanqse7 Defeats uran in kois Cal.NSSarT' Jose State's Spartans passed Vheir way to a 20 to 0i victory over Utah, State fo'esterday in Fresno's stlwflndi an- nuar Karsin Howl game San effective passinc omhina'inn to Jark'so" proved too 'much for the armers, who were overpowered throughout the game witnessed by fifteen thousand The Spartan, line consistently out-charged and outplayed tho farmers, i Porker S) A staTOWho nn- pass from Carl Russ (No. 30) to-. Huey ins; Jackets Stomp Gaels in Rain Eight Wedemeyer-Passes Intercepted In Oil Bowl Rout By JOHN HARTZELL HOUSTON, -Tex. (UV-Georgia Tech, ignoring a cold wind, intermittent rain and a gooeygridiron ran up a 41 to 19 victory over St. Mary's in the Oil Bowl vesferdav before The sloppy condition of the field, which made it hard wprk for the players even to stfrdqri 'tqieirj feet, caused' the coaches to send a steady stream of substitutions into the gaW, and this constant supply of fresh talent kept the action at a high pace despite the weather.

Ueorgia Tech Brruck hara to win the In the first rolling to one touchdown' in the first quarter and three in the second quarr ter while holding the razzle-dazzle Californians to one touchdown in the-second quarter. -The 'halftirrre margin, of 27. to 7 was. the same. as at the finish as each team scored one touchdown in- each of the final quarters.

Weather HampersSjJj1ary-' SR-. MaFy'sTTarg-ely 'dependent upon the running passing of HermanfWedemeyer, was stopped because the weather and the Tech defense meshed perfectly to smother Wedemeyer's passes. Teph intercepted eight or VVede- meyer passes and batted down On the rare occasions when" the pass receiver-was not perfectly covered, the slippery footing and wet ball conspired to result in an incomplete throw. Interceptions of Wed'femeyer passes set up two of the first three Tech scores, and another' came after1 recovery of a fumble by Wede-meyer. Frank Broyles made the first interception on the St; Mary's lihe.a,ntl led a passing attack that moved the ball to the one-foot where tossed a touchdown pass to George Brod nax.

McHugh Runs 73 Yards On the first running piay of the second quarter Broyles handled the ball to John Mcintosh, who ran 35 yards to score. Then Pat McHugh intercepted a Gael pass and went 73 yards to a touchdown. Bob Davis next recovered a -Wederneyer fumble on the St. Mary's 26 and a 23-yard pass from Jim Still to Jim Lifck took the ball to the three- yard line. Still plunged over.

Bob Crowe ran the Tech kick off 84 yards to- a St. Mary's touchdown and passed-to Wederneyer led the wtfy to the third quarter St. Mary's score, and plunged over from there. Kay Ahl- strom got the last St. Mary's touch down Still passed to uroanax ior Tecls third quarter touchdown, gave Tech its last marker, scored by Walt zer 'after a Kilzer-pass'playr Carthage Boxers Invade Florence CARTHAGE T3 strong- Carthage boxing team will invade Florence, for a match Friday night at the armory arena, starting at o'clock.

Barry Sutton Is Mutt Hardcastle to tangle with Bill Cornelius in the welterweight battle which- headline! the card. Cornelius is 147-pound champion of North Alabama. Jack two-'tfrhe Southern Golden Gloves flyweight champion will tangle with Billy Thompson of-Florence in thd' semifinal at 126 pounds. Others, making the trip fpr the Qarthage'team will be Terrell Duncan (135), Bobby Pate (118), James Brtndley(llO). Pepperdine Victor In Wilt Rogers Bowl OKI-AlfOMA CITY -fitter cold kept the crowd down 2,000 fans yesterday as Georget 'eppeiulihe College of os Angeles, omped over Nebraska veslevan 38 rr 13 ii the inaugural' Will Rogers Bowl game.

The victors scored all their points in the second half, tallying 25 points in the fourth quarter, a tie-upset the dope which haa made the Qzar.k team, from a one to two touchdown underdog. LSU sparked by a fine pack of shifty speedsters rolled up yardage atmost at will throughout the same, but when the chips were sown near the. Arkansas it was the same old story most of Arkansas' opponents had learned all. season that Razorback line as tough. as its nickname.

LSU Jed by the running -of -Jim Cason, Ray Coates and Dan Sandi-ferV interspersed with the passing of U. Tittle, moved down inside the Arkansas 10-yalline twice late in the second period 'and twice in the final quarter. untimely fumbles- and penalties that nullified some sizeable gains via the air and one on the. grounn proved costly to the Southeastern Conference eleven LSU Completely dominated he" game which was shown in the statistical story. The Baton Rouge team rolled up 15 first downs to one and 255 yards rushing to 54.

Arkan sas failed to complete a single one of four passing attempts," while. LSU got only 16 yards on five comple tions 6ut of 17 attempt. Alamo Tilt Reset SAN ANTONIO; Tex. ice-coated streets and a gridiron frozen solid yesterday caused coaches of Hardin-Simmqns of Abilene, and Denver Universitiesvto postpone their scheduled meeting in the Bowl game until Saturday at 1 o'clock. Sooner Win OverState In 'Gator By DAVE HOWARD JACKSONVILLE.

rrfV-The second annual 'Gatorowl game, billed as a defensive' battle, turned into a high scoring melee yesterday with Oklahoma's tricky" T-formation and offensive blocking taking the Sooners a 34 to 13 victory aver North Carolina State. A disappointing crowd of 17,000 watched the Oklahomans' fancy ball handling which was as carefully concealed as the hot Florida sun which slipped behind clouds an hour before game time. Sooners Strike Fast On the third plav of the eame. Oklahoma's Left Half Charles Sar-ratt took a lateral from Quafter-back Jack Mitchell and passed 30 yards to End Merle Dinkjng on the State 15. Two plays later, Fullback Eddy.

Davis carried over from! the two. The' came suddenly onened un. wjth State taking the kickoff and before Tailback "Howard (Touch- own) Turner passed from the klahoma 42 to' End Al Phillips on 15. PhilHps outran Safety Man ave Wallace to score standing up. Oklahoma's Right Half Joe Gold-g, who broke loose for wide sweeps repeatedly, took-the kfrki and received perfect support to make an apparent 90-yard touch down return.

Oklahoma got a clipping penalty, and. the' ball was put uuwn on Pack Stops Drive Twoplays later, JSarratt fumbled a IsTJeral Trrrd State Left Guard Bafrie Watts Recovered on the Oklahoma 10. Tjjie- excitement petered out, t'hen State failed through the Jine and then missed an attempted field goal. It was all Oklahoma from there on, with the Sooner line refusing to yield to State and Jack Mitchell's T-formation quarterbacking keep ing the Woolfpack '-confused too often to hold down the score. Delaware Pops Rollins Eleven In Cigar Bowl TAMPA, Fla, (INS) Delaware trounced Rollins, 7, yesterday in the inaugural Cigar Bowl battle at Tampa.

The Mud Hens, undefeated in 30 grid dVelS, outclassed the Tafs from start finish. They outrushed the Florjdians, 231 yards to 113, and, otherwise, outshone them in all da-partmentsy Paul Hafrt and Art Mlllman blast ed throgh the Rollins line for touchdywns in the first and second perioffs, After Hart passed to Miller for the Hens' final crossing in the fourth quartervRolllns came to life and scored on a 35-yard aerial play, Neil Justice -to Henry Moody. a crowa ot iu.uuo watcnea me gridiron tussle as well as the half-time festivity that incfiided corona tion of Aurora Alvarez as' Latin America Queen. Sandmdn.W'ms Af Santa Anifa ARCADIA, 'Calif. UP)-rrTexas rank outsider in a field of 18 yesterday scored one of the niggest upset victories' fit Santa Anita's history to capture the San Carlos Handicap before a veiling New Year Day crowd of 153,000.

El Lobo was." second "and Fighting Flank third. Texas Sandman, owned by W. D. Rox. was given a thumping 'ride hy Jockey Mel Peterson, to negot Hate'.

dash 5-year-olds and up In 1:22 4-5. His place price was $49.80 and the show payoff 2t.60!j Tech High Wins' In Peanut Bowl Columbus' Ga. eVi-Haifhai-k. Bobby North, led Teirh High of At: anta to a 34 to 0 victor- ove.r Ben-'on High 1 Mo ves in the inaugural 'Peanut BowJ.Joothall imi r- North passed for the first touch down, scored the second and' thtrd touchdowns' himself and kicked four, put tf five extra points. but surrendered the ball on downs The only conclusion experts could make was that the Coast brand of football this past fall was inferior to the Big Nine.

Illirfbis 'took the opening kickoff. Billed as weak in the air: Perry Maes on--4 he first play fiuin scrim-' mage fired a pass to Rykovich for 44 yards to the Bruin 16. Young skittn-red for-: six and eight and a moment later Rykovich crashed over from the one-foot" line. Bruins Roar Back Tbe Bruins cam back'with seven pointsCase tosstng to Hoisch fotJ 33 yards to set up the score and three plays later sneaking over from the one-foot line. Aside from Hoisch's run, breaking the 71-yard, record touchdown gallop on a pass "Interception by Pittsburgh's Bill Dalldio in the 1937 game against Washington, the BruinSjgWere through for the afternoon, The Illini chalked up 23 first downs to the Bruins' 12, and broke the previous ground gaining record of 313 yards set by Washingtofi State over Brown in 1916 by rolling up -a- net- 320 yards.

The who went into The game with the biggest offensive record in the records, wound up with 62 yards on the ground. Cincinnati Tops VPI Gobblers 18-6 EI, PASO, Tex. (M Ralph Johnson, Al Sabato and Don Mc Millan scored last half touchdowns to giy Cincinnati University 18 to 6 victory over -Virginia Tech in the 12th "annual Sun football game yesterday. Ralph Beard counted for Vir ginia Tech. The "game was played in freezing, cloudy weather.

Uelans 28 Yards IS Ll XUUJUI1JH1U1JIIUMTUM. I rnie (jTI Wlreoholo nrhar tc Frni Earn I No. 9 at pinhtl to the Bruins' other'erid. Tom Fesrs Tennessee stare WQiiops Case to Baldwin to Fears Nets Louisville in Vulcan Bowl rtTTt lllVf TT A A I Hit, Ciimmings, who scored two touchdowns each, Tennessee skipped over a. muddy field yesterday to djefeat Louisville Municipal Collef V.

the-Vulcan Bowl, 32. to 0. 1 Five thousartd drenched fans saw the Whitman made the first score of the Negro classio-for the fto- DiocKea the conversion ana Hf its led. Th two colored 'teams displayed farrey backfleld maneuvers to fans the Jacksonville baseball 1 1 Vi 1 PASADENA, Calif. (.11 Ao Baldwin (381) UCLA's AII it BALDWiN A yard line after a 60-yard He repeated iri a 22-yard gallop after a sustained march from bis own 16-yard Cumrrilngs made the third score 6h a- 65-yard sprint, and tallied againfrom the-11 tq cap a 55-yard drive.

Willie Savage from the, oufeyard line for this final toucnaown. All-Amerlcan Halfback Nathaniel Taylor passed "for one 'conversion, and End Warren "Cyrus kicked "another." Tennessee -gained to LMC'sl 64, and made 20 first downs to tltellosers' -four. Delaware Ekes Win Fla. (UV-Del aware State College took a heavy bounding from Florida Normal in be sixth annual Flower Bowl Ne- -classic but won 7-6. Cefnware mpveithe bali 50 yards 'or scpre in thtwthird period, and converted.

Florida' Normal, which had the big edge in statistics, finally scored in the last quarter when Joe." (Fl.ash) Carter bucked center for two yards. But Delaware CAUV) mnes rrom me cxvor, I VII jmf FORT WORTH -Arkansas Agriculture, Mechanical and Normal College from Pine Bluff, punched across a' third quarter touchdown here yesterday abro a 7 to 0 upset over Lane College pf Jackson, In the first annual Cattle Bowl gam for Negro colleges. A 22-yard pass from Henry Pen-hymon to Right End Earl Sells.aet up the Arkansas touchdown on the two-yard line and Fullback John Watson phinKed'ifrorrtJJjerefor tbe score. Watson scored trie' point orh srri-nimage. Lane threatened jnce In the "first land again second, hut Pen- nymon's interception of Bill Battles eight-yard pass- from, behind the goal-line stopped thi first threat and Arkansas held for downs in tho second on tho nino.

t''i W6NSKUNAS L' upper was gooo" for 8 in the Rose Bowl yesterday. The ball 'it in the air Just y-he line of scrimrrjage. Fears took Baldwin's lateral on his own 32 and moved ahead to the 46. tha Bnid 45 to 14. K..

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