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SPORTS TRAIL BY WHITXEY MAKTIX New York. Nov. 17. Wei we're just barely in the over-ag destroyer class but we can remem her when touchdowns were scoree in football by dint or much puffin snorting and pawing of th dirt as the teams bulled their wa forward a foot at a time until battered fullback finally tunnelf his way over the goal from the 6- inch line Nowadays they Just shoot baskets for their touchdowns, and al a ttam needs is a good sharpshooi er and a couple of fair outfield ers out there to caich the ball. Th result Is come astonishing scores with a team that otherwise mlgh be equal or superior to its opponen taking a merciless shellacking because its pitcher was having an off day.

Anyway, it begins to look like the forward pass was here to stay much to the disgust of teams like the New York Giants which would just as soon so back to the horse and buggy days, and wonder who Invented the darned thine anyway Lots of people wonder the same thing, and there are dozens of dif ferent opinions as to where the first successful passing: attack originated. Out In St. Louis they claim It originated right there, and the have some data which tends to Indicate they might be right. The forward pass was legalized In Lone before Knute Rockne and Gus Dorais put on their sensational exhibitions for Notre Dame and it was in 1908 that St Louis University confounded opponents bj throwing the ball all over the placi and running up some whopping scores, climaxing the season with a 39-0 victory over Iowa. The team was coached by Edward B.

Cochems and had as its passing star one Bradbury Robinson. Cochems took the team to Wisconsin during the summer and while there developed tha passing technique which enabled the BUli- kens to pass their astounded rivals dizzy. It is claimed that the first long forward pass tossed legally was thrown by Robinson io Jack Schneider in a game with Lawrenoe College of Appleton. early in .1906.. For many years the record books carried-under-the notation of longest-touch down-forward-pass: "By Bradbury Robinson SL Louis.

S7 yards, made against Kansas University NOW.S, 1906." The St 'Louis school publication listed the pass as having only a 40- yard carry, which probably was right as the ball in those'days had the general dimensions of a Hallo. ween pumpkin and it wasn't until later that it was streamlined to perfecto shape to aid the throweri, and to throw the old pumpkin ball SO yards you'd need a trench mortar. The -1906 season also saw the grid; Iron become a checkerboard for the only time, with stripes at five-yard intervals running crosswise "and up and down the field. This was because the rules made it neces- sary for the pafeser to move five yards to one side or the other before turning loose the baJL Those were.more, or less experf- mental days, with nobody realizing the revolutionary effect of the pass on the game, and if anyone had told you a Sid Luckman would throw seven touchdown passei in one game you would have told him he was slightly daffy as, with the restrictions as they were then, such a thing was inconceivable Anyway, it is a much better game since they took the wraps off the eyen if it "does give the team with an outstanding cbucker a tremendous advantage. The way things are going the sore arm of a passer soon will be as newsworthy as that of a baseball pitcher, and they 1 have to install bullpens the stadiums for the relief pitchers.

Yankees Complete Plans to Atlantic City New York. NOT. New York Yankees today completed arrangements to train in Atlantic nest spring. The world champions will- use Rader Field, the high school football field, for outdoor training and if weather conditions force them indoors, they will use the national guard. armory.

The more you buy the more you'll have--Buy more war bonds. THf CALVMTON NEWS--PACE MOV. 1M3 Now You Tell One ITCdULDHAVt BEeNTHEOTHER WftY SPORT OF HORSESHOE PITCHINQ IS ABOUT iSXJWS. OUJ OB, AT LEAST AS OLD AS THE OL SAMMY Wri PROW51 OSSTO WHITE. A SAMMY AHGOrr WOW A SWKES TO AMUSE -THEMSELVES.

THE WILLIAM AWY A FAMILY OF CHAMPS AMY WON THE RIVECSIDE WOMEN'S GOLF TOOK: THE- AfeN Chicago Bears Have Good Lead in Race for Honors As Best Offensive Team Chicago, DL, Nov. 17. As a isult of their record-shattering lerfonnance in rolling up 702 yard: the New York Giants las iunday, the Chicago Bears toda; were comfortably en to a lean seasonal sweep of offensive lonors in igue. the National Footbal For the second consecutive week he Bears dominated In total of ense, rushing and passing, bu heir margin over the' Gnen Ba 1 Packers and the Washington Red kins has fattened considerably. In crushing- New York, the Bears aised their.rushing yardage from 07 to 170.3 and their pawing yard from 217 to 23L defeating the Chica Cardinals, hung on to second lace in total and rushing ithough the -figures lower tiaa the Bays' achievements up to ait week.

The Packers drbppei rom 335.4 to 334.3 In total yardage er game, and from 158 to 142.3 in rushing. Sammy Baugh'-s brll- ance against Detroit maintained he Redskins' hold oh second place using honors with a gain of 195.3 SeahatcJts of 1943 Said as Good as 1942 Eleven Iowa City, Iowa, Nov. 17. JP AT ent Iowa Seafeawk fans--ant among the most enthusiastic are ormer Notre Dame men now sta oned at the navy school here oday took issue with those who ompare the present Frefligbt team with the 1942 eleven and rate this ear's squad on the short end. Here are the those ans including Capt, David C.

Hanahan, commanding officer of the ase. make: 1. It's true that the 1943 Sea- alu haren't met the opposition hat the 1942 team faced, bu either have they bad to expehd i much' energy for their victories 2. This year's team has a faster iore explosive bacfefield. 3.

This year's line Is younger nd faatsr. 4. The team enthusiasm has ached a peak this week exceed- anything that was seen ear. Thoie are' points on which imp followers refute statements at since Notre Dame beat the reflight school last fall, the Irish an do it again Saturday in South end. Getting down to specific compari- between 1843 and 1942 Sea- pk playeri, the Navy men con- Halfback Dick urran (they're Tpdd not and Ted Including who Coach Don rot has aald won't play Satur- because ot a knee injury) are than Dick Planer and Jioi Lan Khars stars of the 1042 squad.

uarterback Art Quepe ia a bet- runner than Forest Evasbevski. Fullback Bus Merles Is on a par George Paikvan as a run ahades him as a block er, nter Vince Banonii, 22, tops rge Svendsen, who was 29 and to ccme out pf retirement er oldsters of year ago Wells. 30, tackle, 'were but were glowing up a bit IT'S THE ONLY FACE YOU'LL EVER NAVE Mrw IfM wttovt (xa w9i My BOMMt Nil H. a pact yards per game. This was a decline of 3.1 yards from Washington's figure a week ago, but the Redskins boosted their completion percentage from .523 to .537, which vras enough to nose out the Bears for first place in this department.

The Chicagoans have a .532 figure. The Eastern division leaders, who will meet the Bears Sunday at Washington In a of the championship playoff Dec. 19, are tops in punting with an average of 45.2 yards per kick, while Detroit Is runner-up with' yards. Although upset 13 to 7 by the Brooklyn Dodgen, Phil-Pitt took over from the Redskins as the beat defensive team. Ldm- Itlng Brooklyn to 102 yards on the ground and 74 by air, the Steadies rate first in total defense' and rushIng: defense.

They have allowed only 182.1 yards a 69.4 by rushing. Washington, while yielding Detroit only 80 yards by rushing, dropped to second place" in total defense and rushing defense with figures of 194 and 78J. yards respectively. The Redskins also surrendered the leading spot In passing defense to the Bears who held the Giants to 73 yards in the air for a season pass defense mark of 104 yards per game. The Redskins' 128 yard passing yield per game gives them runner-up position.

The team leaders: Total yards gained per game-Chicago Bears 421.3; Green Bay Yards rushing per game--Chicago Bears 170.3; Green Bay 142.3 Yards passing per game--Chicago Bears 251; Washington 195.3. Per cent of passes completed-Washington Chicago Bears .532. Opponents yards per gam! Pitt 182.1; Washington 194. Opponents yards by rushine Per ame--Phil-Pitt 69.4; Washington Opponents yards by passing per game--Chicago Bears 104; Washington 116. Punting average Washington yards; Detroit 41.7 yards.

Junior Highs to Have Game Today Lovenberg and Stephen P. Austin junior high schools will have their annual football game at 7:30 o'clock tonight, and tht lineup for Lovenberg has been announced as follows: Backs: Malcolm Kraus, wunds; Serres, 145 pounds; Beall, :30 pounds; Sawyer, 130 pounds. Ends: Braley, 176 pounds, and Her- nandezs, 130 pounds. Tackles: Binnion, 150 pounds, and McCarter, 123 pounds. Guards: Ch.pman, 13B pounds, and Powell, 115 pounds.

Center: E. Apffel, 105 pounds Substitutes: C. McNeill, Pipes A. Paffel, Nelson, Nash and' Richard, backs; Bob Smith. Pres-i idge, Quintanilla, Simmens Lemire, tackles; Cerwekh, and Hamilton and BaWerach.

lunters Troubled Wartji Weather Phil- Expected To Feature Game At San Antonio San Antonio. Tex. Xov. 17. JP The pasaingest football game ol the year Is In prospect for Saturday here when undefeated, untied Randolph Field meets the North Texas Aggies.

In fact this game may ict new records for passing If both clubs throw the ball around as much as they have in previous gamei The Aggie pitching has been good enough to whip Southern Methodist by two touchdowns and Texas Tech by three. Randolph Field, with Glebb Dobbs doing the throwing, is alt-out aerial eleven. Dobbs last Saturday against Ward Island set a world's record by completing seven touchdown passes, only to see the mark tied the next day by Chicago's Sid Luckman. DoEbs has now completed 6S out of 123 passes for 1023 yards, with IB of his aerials good for scores. A great deal of success must be attributed to hts two favorite receivers--Tex Aulds and E.

L. Keetou. Auids is a former Texas ichoolboy star who forsook college tootbal! to play professional baseball, three years ago. Now in the array, he's taken up the grid sport again In his off-hours and the slender wingback has been an invaluable aid to Dobbs. In the Ward island game he caught three touchdown passes.

Keeton, a former SMU end who was Billy Patterson's receiver In high school and raught many a toss by Ray Mallouf for the Mustangs, reported to the squad only two days before" the Yard Island because of press- ng army duties, and the 180- pounder, who 'ia a lieutenant, snagged two aerials for scores. The Rambler throwing wizard IBS been getting good protection rom a hard-working line that is nade up of lads from small col- eges. There have been no "big name" players in the forward wall Lt. D. C.

Oldershaw. former York Giant star, was trans- erred after playing brilliantly In i wo games, with the exception of! Maj. Raymond (Butch) playing coach and end who plays Fit brief, but active, five-minute ntervals. Morse was with the Detroit Lions for five years. Lt Frank Trltico, Rambler head oach, Is a former.

SLI player and oach. of state champion high chool elevens In Louisiana. Boll Weevils and Southwestern to Meet Saturday Shreveport, Nov. 17. JP The indefeated, but once tied Arkanas Aggie Boll Weevils of Montl- ello.

and once-defeated Southwest- rn df Texas will meet Saturday in a war chest benefit ootball game and a crowd of 7000 expected to witness the only ollege game to be played here his season. Southeastern suffered its only de- eat in a Houston meeting with the outhwestern of Louisiana Bull- lops. Subsequently the Arkansas Lggles figured In a 20-20 tie with he Bulldogs at Memphis. Once a happy-go-lucky team that ook a degree of pride in the de- crlptlon of the club as the world's worst. Arkansas AM is now one of the nation's best and on a basis of its tie with Southwestern of Louisiana and the Bulldogs' rictory over the Southwestern of Texas eleven ias been installed.

i avorite. Wayne Marshall, formerly of Arkansas, and Charles Steed. from Arkansas Tech. are the offensive pearheads of the Boll Weevils while Bill Dixon. from Baylor, and pot Collins, formerly of Texas, arry most of Southwestern's of- ensive punch.

Southwestern' has won sit, tied one and lost one. and tht Aggies Major League Players Under Investigation HEAD GRID COACH Jules Davis (above), though only 19, Is coaching the high school football team at Luverne. with better than average success. In seven games his team has won five, running up 201 points to the opposition's 31, Classified 4-F in the draft, he was graduated from the school last year after playing on the team he now couches for three years. The regular cotich joined the wirenhoto.) BQWJ SATURDAY MQHT I.EAOl'K Track Figure Formerly Houston Dies in Brookline Rochtngham Park aM 'Downs race tracks died today in i hospital after a month's illnetc.

Ht formerly operated a food conc.es- jSJon Epsom Downs 1 track in Houston. Tex. ad Totals Storeroom-- Icholsoa otter G. Fondren mart ndicap' Totili illty 3oKI oppltn. TotaU Engineers-.

Helnrlch Lnndry Brady Rogeraon Quay Slab K. Jones arton, ave. pauldlnir. a ndicap Total! 133 131 126 393 99 117 HI 357 118 113 10S 33U 156 181 1.16 473 184 177 13S 47S 670 702 6 S3 2011 643 617 603 1SS3 1. 2.

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17. M.ijor, league baseball players Ing in exhibition games in the Southern California Winter League for as little as $3 a game were under Investigation today by Kenesau: Mountain Landia. commissioner of baseball. Leslie M. O'Connor, secret my to he commissioner, snid several of players undoubtedly would be 'ined for violating the rule pro- libltlng participation in basenall games after the permissible ten-day perod following the close of the season.

O'Connor disclosed that Johnny jlndell of the world's championship New York Yankees, whose cut of the world's series pie amounted $5139. reported to Commissioner Landia that he got only $3 a game. O'Connor expressed surprise at he smallness of the fee. "Can you imagine a world's series player playing; for that kind of money?" he asked. Among ethers asked to account or their winter baseball activities vere Lou Novikoff.

Peanuts Lowey and Andy Pafko of the Chica- RO Cubs; Gerald Priddy of the Washington Senators; Steve Meaner of the Cincinnati Reds; George Metkovlch, Roy Partee and Skeeter Ncwsom of the Boston Red Sox; Babe Dahlgren of the Phillies; George Caster and Al ZarUla of the St. Louis Browns and Jess Plores of the Philadelphia Athletics. Pafko. purchased by the Cubs from Los Angeles, joined the Chicago club after the close of the Pacific Coast League season. He Is reported to have earned $400 play- Ing winter baseball.

O'Connor said no fines had been assessed against the offending players as yet and the situation was still In the investigation stage. Landls closed the books on the 1943 world's series today by mailing checks for S204.962.51 to the trlumphnnt Yankees and 5136.641.61 to the vanquished St Louis Cardinals. Brookline. Nov. 17.

Samuel B. Simon. 53. of At lea four and PlnU of food at water should be taken into tht (Boston Arena, Boston Garden. Julian system day.

Captain of Cards Is Taken by Ariiiy St. Louis. Nov. 17. Walker Cooper.

28-year-old captain of the SL Louis Cardinals, was accepted by the army at Jefferson barracks reception center today under an "ax classification." or limited sen-ice because of a physical limitation. The baseball player was not sworn In as a soldier Immediately, but "he will be called up later to AN OLD STYLE IS BACK AGAIN Fine White Pique Shirts Fine, soft and dressy. Once prominent, they're back is potential favorites with particular men. A whale of an idea for Christmas giving. Vivuron HOUSTON By Warm weather dogged Texas hunters on the second day of the season yesterday while good kills preiented cold-storage problems.

In tha hill country around Fred- erlckiburg, huntera continued their first day'f luck Jn bagging both 1 deer and turkey, Icehoiue opera-' tori expected about 500 bucks the first two days' hunt. The total! was slightly lower than Jn recentj yean. The weather there somewhat cooler than on the open-l Ing day of the season, I At Llano 300 fleer were on cold' i ctorage lant night (Wertnenday) 1 a all of them were reported i prime condition. Warm weather 1 prevailed. Huntera who had surmounted gajollne, rubber and cartridge problemi to make the trip to tha dier and turkey country facet another hurdle-bringing their kll back home In warm weather-- tint.

In tome hometowns, eo Id-star an facilities were at premium MICHEL 8. PEREZ AccoE.NTA.vr Jk PflONK 4431 MariM Oaltnton, Tei. fill a quota, the center's public re- were taken of the catcher's finger Racing Roundup York racing only a memory until naan Allowance pune today pro- Stand-out Canadian 2-year-old, was beat by a neck In a blanket finish the stretch within striking alliance We're Ready Friedman's Which Ace ws second longs In 1:15 3-5 and paid $27.20 i Jack Reaper In the first and Circus Wings in the second paid off MAN-SIZED STOCK SIOOO Upper Marlboro purse Fea- OF ALL-WOOL The Marlboro meeting will continue for ten day, winding up the old O'COATS and one sixteenth In 1:58 to beat Mrs. E. Tnieman's Indian Sun.

W. Water's Sun GaJomar was third The winner paid 118.10. San Mateo, Nov. 17. IP Sing- length victory In the feature race at Bay Meadows today.

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