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i SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 27. 1937 THE SHREVEPORT TIMES THIRTEEN ANNUAL ARMY-NAVY GAME TODAY Arcadia Hornets Score 13 to 0 Win Over Springhill for Northwest Louisiana Class Gridiron Title NATIONAL FOOTBALL RATINGS District Champs Crowned in Texas By WALTER L. JOHNS Central Pre Sports Writer (Including games of Saturday, November 20, 1937) School Boy Race GERALD H1GHT0WER SCORES TWO TOUCHDOWNS AS HORNETS DEFEAT LUMBERJACKS, 13 TO 0 Cadets Sailors' Tilt Will He Most Colorful Came; Pitt-Duke and Fordham -New York University Contests to Have Bearing on Various "Bowl" Bids SERVICE TEAMS TO PLAY BEFORE 105,000, BUT PITT-DUKE GAME TOPS NATION'S FOOTBALL CARD Coach Madison Brooks Squad Gains Right to Play Champions of Northeast for North Louisiana Chainpioiihhip Next Week-End O.P. R.

72 694 N.R. 34 939 Final Elimination Rounds Begin Next Week In Texas Dallas. Nov. 28 (yj) Only one dls Wet champion remained to be crowned tonight as the Texas inter scholastic league football race mov ed into the first round play-off. WEATHER GLOOMY Philadelphia, Nov.

28 (UP). Prcpect of ruin for tomorrow's 3Hth annual Army-Navy football cbvilc sent the odds on soldier win tumbling from 8-8 to 11-10 tonight. Hotel, hum and rettan rants pre crowded to rapacity with the early Influx of outsider lurky enough to get tickets for this extravagant between the service M-hool which, a usual, will draw the record crowd of the gTld seawjn 102,281. Most of them were eager to support their favorite with rash. The district 8 executlv.

committee, meeting at Houston awarded the Oil TEAM So. Tennessee So. Methodist Navy Rice Manhattan Temple Princeton Wash. State Oregon State Oklahoma New York U. St.

Mary's Illinois Texas Christian. Clemson Boston College Oregon No. Car. Kentucky Centenary Carnegie Tech Mississippi State Kansas State Columbia Utah Duquesne Rutgers Pennsylvania U. C.

I A Texas belt title to Abilene, which had fin khtd in a tie with Stephenvllle, and when the district 11 heads asscm- P.S. Ill 144 86 150 61 86 38 96 36 71 98 147 71 59 70 128 109 84 85 93 120 49 110 76 102 106 123 122 55 67 60 42 89 72 74 48 50 36 45 L. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 2 4 2 Pet. 500 563 556 563 500 667 558 500 500 500 667 625 656 500 444 500 563 375 611 500 600 313 563 500 313 571 500 625 357 214 313 375 375 438 500 333 333 125 143 T. 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 Pet 944 1000 950 929 1000 1000 938 889 889 889 875 813 750 750 875 833 813 750 688 778 643 688 750 750 563 667 667 625 611 667 563 688 500 563 625 611 611 571 500 778 P.S.

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8 Vanderbllt 7 Yale 6 Ohio State 6 Minnesota Michigan State. 7 Duke 7 North Carolina. 8 Nebraska 5 Notre Dam 5 Baylor 7 Cornell 4 Harvard 5 Detroit 6 Army 6 Stanford 4 Arkansas 5 Washington 5 Indiana 5 Auburn 4 Georgia Tech 6 Wisconsin 4 Syracuse 5 Northwestern 4 Purdue 4 Perm State 3 Tulane 5 Georgia 3 Texas A. Se 3 Michigan 4 Drake 7 (W, won; L. lost; national rating.) covered by Yarborough on Spring-hill's 14-yard line.

In three thrusts through the line, A. Ballance gained nine yards, then Hlghtower slice between tackle and guard to score standing up. Hlghtower converted the extra point from placement. The lineup Arcadia: McKellban, left end: Anders, left tackle; Johnson, left guard; D. Bramlett, center; Shields, right guard; B.

Simpson, right tackle; Yarborough, right end: Edne Quarterback: J. Ballance, left half; Hlghtower, right half; A. Ballance, fullback. Springhill: Sears, left end; Obier, left tackle; Haynes, left guard; Zimmerman, center; Coyle, right guard: Miears. right tackle; Caswell, right end; Boucher, quarter; Maxwell, left half; Slack, right half; De Loach, fullback.

Score by quarters: Springhill 0 0 0 00 Arcadia 0 13 0 013 Waco-Cleburne deadlock the field will be completed. The district 14 committee at Houa New York, Nov. 28 (VPi. The Army and Navy football teams, having found th path to gridiron glory a rocky one. can't even be sure of their usual share of rapt attention tomorrow when they help stage the final act In the 193T national football drama.

No matter what their records have been In past seasons, the country's fan have observed the tradition of turning over the stage front and center to tha admirals and generals to-be. But that tradition take a rude kick In tha pants this year. The applecart upsetters ara those gridiron observers who will be more Interested In reports from Durham. N. and New York's Yankee Btadiura than in development at Philadelphia, ton today voted not to name a repre sentative this season.

Port Arthur Homer. Nov. 28 (Special). Playing in ideal weather conditions and before 2,000 excited fans, the rampaging Arcadia Hornets emerged from their second playoff game as Northwest Louisiana Class champions by downing the heavier Spring-hill Lumberjacks 13 to 0 here this afternoon. The Hornets defeated Plain Dealing 28 to 0 In their first playoff game for the Northwest title.

Again it was brilliant leadership of Gerald Hiijhtower, potential all-state back for the second consecutive year, who brought victory to Arcadia. Htghtower played brilliantly to ccore both his team's touchdowns and the extra point. A. Ballance, sophomore fullback, provided the Hornets with the necessary offensive power on line plays and, late in the final period, went through center for 54 yards before being hauled down from behind. David Biamlett, Arcadia captain, led the Hornets in holding the Lurti-berjacks scoreless.

The Arcadialine, B. Simpson and Anders, attackles; Shields and Johnson at guards: and Yarborough and McKelUlan at ends displayed their (defensive power by holding the grldsters for four downs on fcfie Arcadia 2-yard and Beaumont finished In a tie for the championship but did not play erh other. Port Arthur had in st'tuted court proceedings to have Its twelfth grader declared eligible. Dana X. Bible Coaches Texas Co-Eds Missouri where 108,000 customer will witness the service classic renewal.

At Durham Duke university' football team furnishes the final ob As a result of this action Conroe, Colgate champion of district 13, will draw a bye in the opening round next stacle in tha Pittsburgh Panthers' week, meeting the winner of the march to a eaeon unmarred by dc feat. Yankee atadium will see un Kansas Bucknell Marquette Iowa State Iowa Chicago Robstown-Misslon game for the titles of districts IS and 16, the following defeated. Pitt-tied Fordham clash ST. MARY'S ELEVEN FROM TEXAS BEATS ARKANSAS ELEVEN Austin, Texas (VP. Short punt, single wingback.

stiff-arm and crisscross now are familiar terms to University of Texas co-eds. Done are the days when the girls dresses or to flaunt crysanthemura attended big games to show off new week. with the wily but underdog force of Amarillo In district 1. Vernon In New York university. These three games the Army-Navy duel because of color, tradition and diftrlct 2, Austin (El Paso) In dls-tistrlct 4.

Sherman in district 5, Park. (Dallas) In district 8, tied; Pet. per cent; P.S. points scored; O.P. opponents' points; NR.

Copyright, 19S7, King Feature, no. the mere presence of the year's big corsage. gest crowd, the other two because of Dana Xenophon Bible, Texas, new their direct bearing on various "bowl 15, 000 football coach, Is the reason, situation completely overshadow scheduled activities on ether grid VESTA HANOVER, Off the Record By Ed Reed Arkadelphia, Nov. 28 IP) Doug Locke, an ell-hipped 147-pound fullback from Crossett, Ijd thj St. Mary's Rattlers of San An tcr-io, to a 33 to 14 victory over Ouachita's Tigers today.

Locke scored twice In the opening period to give the visitors a lead which they never relinquished. The touchdown came on a pass from Toed to Locke, good for 40 yards. A few second later Locke scored again In a aeries of lectures, Bible taught the girls some of the technicalities of iron. football. TROTTING FILLY SOLD FOR $6,250 Hundreds of co-eds attended the Pitt Is going down to Duke's home cround.

where a crowd of 45.GO0 us talks, which were illustrated with Narth Side (Forth Worth) In district 7 Woodrow Wilson (Dallas) In district 8, Longvlew in district 9, Luf-kla In district 10 and Thomas Jefferson (San Antonio) in district 12 were the otheT champions. Amarillo plays at Vernon Saturday of next week, Austin goes to Abilene Friday. Sherman will meet Highland Pai it at Sherman Friday and Lufkin ertertalns Longvlew in bl-dlstrlct gamer already arranged. The north iide Woodrow Wilson site will be f-'t tomorrow and Robstown and Miiilon make their arrangements i a meeting at Falfurrias Sunday, expected, for the first time since 1923, New York, Nov. 25 (vP).

Sep Palln, when the Panthers romped to victory motion pictures of games. Cubs-Sox Set-Up the Indianapolis Hoosler who developed Greyhound, the world' fast on a ten-yard run around end. est trotter, assured himself of a promising candidate for the three-year-old Tor Los Angeles stripe. A couple of fumble by Maxwell, Springhill halfback, gave the Hornets their scoring opportunities. Shields recovered the first loose ball on the Hornets' 24.

Hlghtower skirted rnd for 15 yards and a 15-ynrd penalty advanced the ball Into Springhill territory. A. Ballance and Edea combined their efforts through the line to carry the bull to the 25 and Ballance passed to Hlghtower on the four yard stripe as the first quarter ended. Hlghtower skirted right end for the touchdown. A pass from Hlghtower to Yarborough for the extra point fell incomplete.

Maxwell's second fumble was re The fkrst half ended 14 to 0. Ouachita pulled up close in the third quarter with a long drive down tho field. Talley going over. St. championship today when he paid Los Anprles (Pi.

With the advent 18.250 for Vesta Hanover, champion of a new Hollywood club iu the Pa two-year-old trotting filly of the year. Mary's came right back with another clflc Coast league next season, pro The daughter of Sandy Flash -Rosy moters of baseball hope to work Guy, owned by John E. Kelley of up a healthy rivalry with the Los Tennc.ee Starts Work Today for Kentucky Bangor, Maine, originally was scheduled to be sold at auction at th current Old Qlory sale. Acting for E. J.

Angeles team. A public response like that of the Cubs-Whit Box lineup in Chicago 1 the aim. Baker, St. Charle, 111., owner of Oreyhound, Palln beat the other Hollywood has been without base counter as Rlchter Intercepted a lateral for a touchdown. The fourth St.

Mary's score cam when Brown plunged from the four-yard line after Wenderf Intercepted a pass. The Tigers scored again In the fourth, passe carrying carrying the St. Mary' four. Landers plunged) for the tally. Line drives from mldfield brought the finaj invaders' with Landers going over from the 8.

ball since Its team moved to San trainers to the punch, however, completing the deal with Vesta Hanover's Dlcgo, but next season will have the franchise formerly held by the San trainer, Harry Short, of Columbus, Knoxville, Tenn, Nov. 36 Tennessee's football squad was given a rest today by way of celebrating yesterday's 13 to 0 victory over the University of Kentucky at Lexington. Although Coach Bob Neyland has gone to Durham, N. to see the Duke-Pittsburgh game, his assistant will begin preparations tomorrow for the Vols" Dec. game with Ole Mis Francisco Missions.

Observers say fa location, but the speculators today wtre asking $10 for seats behind the gi.il post. Prices advanced to $15 at tho 30-yard line, end it was like haggling over diamonds bartering for vhUi clever to mldfield. Ohio, before the filly was due to go under the hammer at the same time vorlte spectator sports of the film against a team that had not yet become a leading football power. Blnce that time, under Wallace Wade, the Blue Devil have played live games with eastern elevens and won them all. Pitt principal rival for eastern championship honors is Fordham, and both still are considered In the running for invitation to either the Rose or Sugar BowL They will remain that way, of course, only If Pittsburgh conquer Duke and Fordham gain ample revenge for last season' 7- setback by N.Y.U.

The expert' odd say both, will come through. There'll les than usual to elxxrse between Army and Navy. Th Midshipmen won last year. 7-0. This year.

If the soothsayer are oorrect. there hould be a victory by a medls-cra Army quad that suffered no do-feat as one-aided as Navy's 38- rout by Princeton last Saturday. Nebraaka' Cornhuskers will wind up their campaign by seeking to nail the big six title and Kansas Btate to tha wall. At South Bend Notre Dame' back-breaking schedule will bring In Southern California as the final opponent; Holy Croa will try to finish undefeated by whipping Beaton College, and Stanford will be colony at present are boxing and which wound up today. midget auto racing.

The final session of the three-day auction itself was featured by the sale of Mystery Child, a yearling trot favored to gain 1U flntt victory over Columbia at New York. at Memphis. With the exception of Ralph El-dred, end, who received a back injury, Tennessee came out of th Wildcat contest in good snap. Conference conflict will pair Tu- SPECIAL GROUP lan with Louisiana State, Georgia with Georgia Tech, and Florida with Auburn In the Southeastern and Rice Racing Will Be Resinned with Baylor and Texas Christian with ter which was knocked down to Ben White of Lexington, for 15.000. Th three-day sale, exclusive of Vesta Hanover, was the beet since 1931.

A total of 328 yearlings and aged trotters and pacers passed through the ring, bringing $206,700 as compared to $252,705 in 1931 and $190,000 last year. N.Y.U. Publication Asks Abolition of Football Southern Methodist In the Southwest. Three intersectional contests will At Aqua Caliente Track Mexico City, Nov. 28 (LP).

Gene LiU be played on the Pacific coast, U.C.- "That's the Centenary Fullback Doing III Christmas fthnpplng!" Normile, west coast racing expert, tonight announced that racing at A.ua L.A. tackling Missouri and Can Frai-clsco meeting Michigan State tomorrow and unbeaten Vlllanova engaging Caliente, suspended since President Loyola on Sunday. On the same day, Santa Clara, last all-winning eleven Regular $2.00 and $2.50 Values Sat. Mon. Tues.

Only! ARMY FAVORITE TO WIN; TICKET SCALPERS 1JUSY Lczsro Cardenas' gambling ban two year ago, would be resumed Jan. 2. 1938. still active, will wind up Its regular- 9R season activities against Oonxaga. The season will last 64 days, with IB races four time a week.

Pop Warner, veteran coach, has Normile cam to Mexico City sev I eral days ago to confer with officials come out strongly in favor of uttini; 49) GOLF FACTS NOT THEORIES ALEX. J. MORRISON TiiMU rraa In and negotiate re-opening of the border track. New York, Nov. 26 lP)r The Commerce Bulletin, student publication of New York University's School of Commerce, urged the abolition of football in an editorial appearing Thursday, three days before N.

Y. U'J climax game with undefeated Fordham. The editorial, part of an issue devoted exclusively to the Y. game, called football "meaningless," "absurd" and "boring," and Included a tabulation of injuries by New York university's player this season. the goal posts bick on the goal line rud permitting the forwaid pass 531 Street Corner Marshall and Milam Texas Christian has announced It from ny point behind the line of scrimmage.

football schedule. Gtirne tiro EACH with Centenary, Temple, Arkansas, Texas Aggie. Marquette. Baylor, Tulsa, Texas, Rice and Southern Meth New York, Nov. 28 (IP).

A flood of Army money along Broadway boosted tho Cadets tonight to nearly 2-1 favorite to lnk the Navy Saturday in their grand football pngcaut at Philadelphia. Jack Broadway "commissioner," quoted 3-5 against Army's winning, and 8-8 against a Middy victory. He aald there was heavy betting In New York and in most other large cities. Navy's defeat by Princeton last week yanked open the wallets of many Army 'followers who previously regarded Navy gamn as "an even-money proposition," Doyle emphasized. cdlst.

ALL SALES FINAL NO REFUNDS LIQUOR SPECIALS NO EXCHANGES FINE SCOTCH WHISKEY MCLAREN 1-5 GAL Meanwhile ticket speclatois admit- i i4 nd ted an almost unprecedented flemn J'nn'MnH ft CHAMPAGNE $2-00 huge i for tickets to Philadelphia's muii'eipal stadium. Prices were jack Texas at EfJw arris SKreveport '1 ed up accordingly. Tickets sell regular for $4.40 end), regardlens of lA. 'i ssLitfiii4 iWi i jTli i'hii 'in iri Viliiliiriiiii in -k-" 98c WINE 8 Yr. Old, Rare Blend, 40 Prf.

THESE OLD FAVORITES OF THE SOUTH SHOES FOR ill EH GOOD WHISKEY 1 -YEAR-OLD 100-PROOF BOURBON V.ADDIES SHOULD OF IMPENDING 35c $1.59 THE ORIGINAL BONDED rTvERN BOSTON1ANS MANSFIELDS OANfirERS ON COURSE- 21 2-YEAR-OLD RYE WHISKEY SS.40 Very Special, QT. Mm, a ALEX MORRISON says: Crowded courses expose players to dangers they seldom recognize. I was reminded of this recently when we played a short course literally covered with irolfers of all Values to $8.50 Values to $6.50 BOTTLED IN BOND OLD FORESTER $2-70 $4.40 tT gBT 1-10 WINDSORS Blacks and Browns 59c $1.05 1-5 GAL, MADE FROM SLOE BERRIES NOT ARTIFICIALLY COLORED WE MEET ALL LIQUOR PRICES IN SHREVEPORT BOSTON ANS Blacks and Browns Regular $8.50 to $12.50 Values and 10-85 kinds. Most of them just chopped at the ball, but occasionally a player would send the ball flying 200 yards. The setup for these shots would be, something like this: The player would be so concerned about hitting the ball that he wouldn't pay much attention to direction, and his caddy would be expecting him to dub tha shot and neither of them would give thought to the possibility of sending the ball far enough to hit some player in the neighborhood.

Just this sort of carelessness re suited in a player getting hit under the eye. At this time I have not learned the full extent of in-Jury to the player, but I do know 0 31 0-W BISKIES. NOW OBTAINABLE AT YOUR FAVORITE 'sN IT 11 IS" 1 1 IT 11 1 il ii I MORRIS-DICKSON BEVERAGE Distributor the extent to which players are exposed to such injuries. And there is no excuse, in my opinion, for such negligence on the part of the player hitting the shot, or lLRddy, 7 Next to Selber't 425 Milam St.

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