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if i i Six Buskers beat K-Staite for Bii me Wildcats put up strong defense but N.U. comes out on long end, 20-0 i m.m..,smmmm fmmum, mmmmmmnmmmmmmmmmmmmmm VM-lsf" mm iimii 1 0 I SUXPAYy ftEOaffiER 1910 Want AiTfj 1 Clincher put to one of most successful seasons in history BY JOHN BENTLEY. Nebraska won from Kansas State Saturday, 20 to 0, and the Biff Six title rode into the Nebraska trophy chest but it was all lost in Rose howl excitement. The Huskers found a group of Kansas Staters, primed for a defensive stand, forcing them to forget power and use deception to bring off a -well deserved victory. Walter "Butch" Luther was the lad who skimmed over the frozen turf as Ilarry Hopp, the ramrod of the Husker power, was hurt early in the second period.

Ilarry suffered a-torn muscle in his shoulder which team physicians said would keep jhim on the shelf lor ten aays. Navy K3 taut Kaxtsas Stator "--t vJ" i urmOTi 1" iMinynil nw-ririm ij.w, m.M. -mam, 'm ifl i It was an odd game. Kansas State never threatened seriously, requiring 40 minutes of playing timeJo get their first first down, but the Wildcats were tough enough defensively to carry the Huskers to the final second of play in the first half before they were able to rack up any points. This first touchdown did the business put new life in the Huskers who seemed frozen to the controls In the early part of the FINAL, BIO SIX BTAND1NU8.

Pet. l.ono .800 .600 .400 .200 .000 Fts. Ops. 127 21 NEBRASKA. Oklahoma Missouri Iowa Stnle 54 20 108 52 33 22 74 71 70 138 KansRS State Kansas 0 I.KADING SCORERS.

(Conference Games Only.) Tds. Ep. FO. Pts. Luther, Nebraska 6 0 0 30 Martin, 6 0 '0 30 Franrls, Nebraska 3 8 0 2 Ice, Missouri 4 0 24 Blue, Nebraska 3 0 0 18 Bteuber, Missouri 3 0 0 18 game Rose bowl pressure, possibly.

It culminated a march ot 85 yards and they accomplished it going into the teeth of a freezing north wind that blew punts up and out of bounds. The march didn't start with any indication of what was to come. The Huskers fussed around so long trying to get off a play that they were set back five for delay of the game. Luther's Stomach Again. Then Luther, who had another upset stomach Saturday morning, which he's beginning to believe is a good idea after the last two con tests, started to roll.

He was getting a powerful hand up on these reverses, blockers swarming ahead of him and all the fleet Luther needs is a start. He picked up 15, then 14 and the big putsch was on, 85 yards in 16 plays, Luther running wide, Rohrig bouncing off the tackles and Francis punching the middle. It was mighty hard going thru that K-State middle. The Huskers kept rolling goalward but the clock kept rolling out the vital seconds and with only 40 seconds remaining Luther took a pass from Rohrig that carried to the HERMAN ROHRIG SCORED under his arm and zoomed over HUSKERS' FIRST T0UCHD0 the goal line 14 yards from the WN with only a second left in the first half. Play started as a line of scrimmage.

Staff Photo. pass, there were no receivers open, so Hermie tucked the hall Fcdtball Stanford Indians hang 13-7 defeat on Bears for berth in Rose howl Creighton Prep, Omaha Tech and Hastings split prep championship award Stop Lincoln Pacific Coast winners tally twice in second period to win BERKELEY, Calif. (UP). Stanford's unbeaten, untied eleven squeezed out a 13-7 victory over a scrappy University of California football team Saturday to win the Pacific Coast conference championship and the western Rose Bowl bid. The formal bid rests on a vote Saturday night of the eight conference members but the two touchdowns Stanford scored in the second period Saturday made it certain that the Indians would uphold the honor of the west in the Pasadena football classic next New Year's day.

There might have been a different story to tell had Cali again Bill Busik is Middies' ace PHILADELPHIA. (UP). The Navy's chief torpedo man Barnacle Bill "The Sailor" Busik scored a direct hit in the first five minutes of action Saturday and the sailors commemorated gas- den anniversary of football rivalry with the Army by punching out their biggest triumph in 49 years. In a game so completely onesided that thousands of jubilant spectators piled on the green velvet carpet of Philadelphia's Munic- Army vs. Navy Army Navy First downs ...7 13 Yds.

gained rushing (net) 19 201 Forward passes attempted. .17 8 Forward passes completed 8 4 Tds. gained forward passes 84 42 Yds. lost attmp'd fwd. 9 Forward passes Intercepted by.

0 3 Yds. gained runback Int. passes 0 26 Punting averane (from scrim.) 48 38 Total yds. kicks returned 72 74 Opponents' fumbles recovered. 2 1 Yards lost by penalties.

36 10 Includes punts and klckoffs. ipal stadium minutes before the final gun, the gold-jersied sons of the fleet wiped out the memory of 22 previous heartbreaks by nailing together first and third period touchdowns for a decisive 14-0 victory. The victory was the second in a row for the boys in blue over the grey-clad foot-soldiera from the plains of West Point and it was the most lopsided one since the nation's two great service elevens squared off for the first game of their 50 year old series back in 1890. The Middies smashed and slashed from their own 36 to drive over for the first touchdown, Busik went over after two plunges from the 9, and Bobby Leonard added the point. Army advanced to the Navy 6 In the second, but two incomplete passes, a 10 yard loss and the half-time gun sealed the Cadets' fate From then on it was all Navy.

The Middles slashed and riddled the tattered, fatigued Army for wards and skipped and danced thru the backs. Once the sailors drove 28 yards in 11 plays while Leonard attempted a field goal but the kick was wide. Then they marched right back and this time it was all "Anchors Aweigh." Fifty-three yards they hammered and pounded, Alan Cameron, Howie Clark and Malcolm carrying the mail. Clark spun 27 yards on reverse then Clark flipped a short aerial to Malcolm in the end zone fbr the second and final touch down, and Vito Vituccl kicked the point to make it official. ARMY NAVY L.E Selph Foster L.T White Flathmann L.G Weldner Vituccl Glllls Harwood R.O McKlnney Feldmeler R.T Harris Chewnlng R.E Fenlll Froude Q.R Chip L.H Hatch Busik RH Johnsnn Malcolm F.B Jarrell Werner Score by periods: Army 0 0 0 0 0 Navy 7 0 7 0 14 Tochdowni: Navy, Busik, Malcolm, Points after touchdown: Leonard, Vituccl.

Referee: W. Huklfrlesell (Princeton): umpire, E. F. HuRhltt (MIchlKan); field Judge, A. K.

Masters, Dartmouth. Head linesman, Larry ccnover, Penn State. Oregon grinds out 20-0 win over Beavers CORVALLIS, Ore. VP). An un derdog University of Oregon football team unleashed a smashing ground assault Saturday to grind its traditional foe, Oregon State, into submission, 20 to 0.

Beaten four years straight by the Beavers and facing its last chance to add a bit of luster to an otherwise dismal season, Ore gon started pounding shortly after the opening kickoff. A homecoming crowd estimated at 18,000 hardly had been seated comfortably before Leonard Isberg set up the Webfoots' first touchdown. Arizona gridders beat Marquette, 17 to 14 TUCSON, Ariz. UP). University of Arizona Wildcats turned in their best performance of the season to edge out Marquette's Golden Avalanche, 17 to 14, in a thrill-packed intersectlonal foot ball battle Saturday.

Jack Irish, substitute Arizona tackle, saved the game for the Wildcats with a perfect 33 yard placekick for a field goal in the third period. The boot broke a 7-7 deadlock. a v-' stops Army grey, 14-0 K-State 13. Rohrig tried a screened pass to Francis which was good for 2 but to' get the clock stopped an extra timeout had to be taken which cost five yards. Petsch came in for Bus Knight.

Luther got 5 on the Statue of Liberty play and fortunately fought his way out of bounds which stopped the clock again and gave the Huskers time for one more play. Vike Calls Play. Rohrig was supposed to toss another wide pass to Francis behind the line of scrimmage but when the K-State end floated with Vike, the Viscount waved it off, made a block on the wingman and Rohrig who had been forced back to the 20-yard line started wheeling for the goal line. He had help in large quantities as the blockers went to work and Hermie slid thru a hole to score standing up. Francis converted and there was only enough time left for the Viscount to kick off out of bounds.

Those, seven points took off the -pressure. $nd the Huskers played their game in the second game. Duke holds off Pitt for 12-7 victory Panthers end poor season DURHAM, N. C. OB.

Duke's Blue Devils stormed to a 12 to 7 triumph over Pitt in a savage in- tersectional football fray Saturday to give the Panthers their first losing season since 1912. Both teams fought furiously to redeem lusterless records and Duke won on the margin of a 12 yard field goal by Anthony "True Pitt vs. Duke Pitt Duke First downs 12 15 Yds. gained rushing, 2(18 227 Forw. passes attempted.

12 17 Forw. passes 4 10 Yds. by forw. passing 64 70 Yds. lost, att.

forw. passes. 2 Forw. passes Interc. by 0 3 Yds.

galn'd, runb. Int. passes 0 25 Punt avg. (from acrlmmagei 39.2 3 Total all kicks returned 60 Opp. fumbles recovered 0 0 Yds.

lost by penalties Toe Tony" Ruffa in the second period, and a safety in the third. Score on Pass. The first time Duke got the ball after the opening kickoff it roared 53 yards on ten plays straight down the field for a touchdown, with Wes McAfee passing to Steve Lach for the score. Ruffa placekicked the extra point. Pitt spat back to tie the score in 58 seconds of the second pe riod when Sophomore Jack Stetler broke loose thru right tackle, cut back and raced 77 yards before being forced out of bounds on the 1-yard line by Tommy Prothro.

George" Kracum banged thru the middle of the line for the touch down and Ralph Fife placekicked the tying point. Duke took the kickoff that fol lowed and paraded majestically downfield from Its own 28, mark ing up five first downs, including one on Pitt's 5-yard stripe, be fore Coach Charley Bowser rushed in six Panther substitutions. Ruffa's 49th Point. They held the Devils to 1-yard in three plays and then Ruffa dropped back to the 12 and booted a field goal, his 49th point scored by kicking in three years of var sity competition. In the meantime Lach, who punted magnificently all the way, had one boot downed on Pitt's 6- yard line and on the second play George Allshouse made a bad pass from center which Edgar Jones retrieved in the end zone for a safety and Duke's 2 final points.

Pos. PITTSBURGH DUKE L.E Darnell Konetsky Ruffa L.O Gradlsek Wlnterson Slrko Barnett R.O... Karmazln RT Bern McDonough RE Ooodrldge Plasecky Q.B Sekela Prothro L.H.. McAfee RH Thurbon Lach F.B Kracum Pittsburgh ...0 7 0 0 7 Duke 7 3 2 012 Wells recration head DENVER. IV).

J. Richard Wells, all-America basketball guard with the Denver Nuggets in the 1940 national A. A. U. tournament, was appointed Colorado supervisor of WPA recreation projects Saturday.

Wells starred on Kansas university basketball teams. SCORE! Big Six Nebraska 10, Kansas State Santa Clara 33, Oklahoma IS. East Boston College 7, Holy Cross 0. Duke 12, Pittsburgh 7. Duquesne 14, Carnegie Tech 7.

Fordham 26, New lark I. 0. Navy 14, Army 0. Midwest St. Louis 3, Washington V.

0. South Alabama A. ft M. 20, Alcorn A. SI.

6. Auburn 20, Florida 7. Davldnon 20, Itadel 6. Georgia 21, Georgia Tech 19. Iulslnna State 14, Tulane 0.

Miles Memorial 26. Rust 12. Mississippi State IS, Alabama 0. Tennessee 20. Vanderbllt 0.

Totigalnn 0, Louisiana Normal 6. Washington and I-ee 7, Maryland 7. South West Bishop 6. Wiley il. Hardln-Simmnns 27, Howard Fayne 7.

Klre 21, Baylor 12. Southern Methodist 16, Texas Christian 0. Tarleton 13, Arlington 7. Texas Mines 40. New Mexico Stale 26.

State college Springfield, Tchrs. 61, Hastings 6. Rocky Mountain Occidental 25, Colorado College 6. New Mexico 19, Texas Tech 14. Far West Arizona 17, Marquette 14.

Oregon 20. Oregon State 0. Stanford 13, California 7. Washington S3, Washington 9. Springfield scores at will against Broncs SPRINGFIELD, Mo.

UP). Undefeated, untied Springfield Teachers pulled all stops Saturday to deal Hastings, Teachers a 51 to 6 football walloping in the season's windup for both teams. Highlight of the game was wee Dwight Bumpus' 91-yard return of the second half kickoff to set up a Springfield touchdown by Bob Grider. Hastings scored in the second quarter on a nine-yard pass, Little to Richendifer, after a 23-yard aerial gain by the same combination. Maryland and W.

L. fight 7-7 thriller COLLEGE PARK, Md. UP). Maryland and Washington and Lee packed a whole season of thrills into the last quarter Saturday and rang down the curtain on their 1940 gridiron campaigns with a 7 to 7 tie. For three scoreless quarters, the evenly matched teams battled to a standoff, fighting it out in a punting duel.

Taking a Maryland punt on their own 31, the Generals drove down to where Ligon made a first down on the 15, and passed to Preston Brown on the goal line for the first score. Frank Socha placekicked the point. Murphy, standing with his left. foot beside his own goal post, faked a kick and passed out 31 yards to Bernie Ulman. drew a pass interference penalty which gave' Maryland the ball on the 1-yard line and Ulman bucked it over.

'Harold Berry placekicked tne tying point. Tancis iook tne kickoff and got back to the Husker 39, still rolling Into the wind as the K-Staters, after losing the toss, elected to play with the wind at their backs thru the third period. After working the ball to the K-State 27, Luther broke wide toward the east sideline on a reverse, cut back Bonis at a glqnce Rose bow! (Pasadena): Stanford vs. probably Nebraska or possibly Texas A. M.

Stanford finished an undefeated and untied season with Saturday's 13-7 victory over California. Nebraska and Texas Aggies each have lost one game. Sugar bowl (New Orleans): Boston college vs. Tennessee. Both teams are undefeated and untied.

Boston college neat Holy Cross 7-0 and Tennessee defeated Vanderbllt 20-0 In Saturday's games. Orange bowl (Miami): Probably Mississippi State vs. either Georgetown or Lafayette, with Nebraska a possibility If the Comhuskers are not asked to the Rosa bowl. Cotton bowl (Dallas): Onre-heatrn Fordham vs. Texas Aggies, Southern Methodist or Rlee.

Sun bowl (Kl Paso): Arlxona State vs. probably Western Reserve. AAU weighs records at meeting Big batch up for approval DENVER. UP). In Denver, center of the Rocky Mountain section that claims no national record holders in sports, a sort of supreme court for record seekers will be set up next week.

The Amateur Athletic union will stage its 52nd annual convention Friday, Saturday and Sunday and will be asked to ratify 322 new standards, largest list ever submitted for approval. It is more than twice the number presented at last year's convention. Lorraine Fischer of the women's swimming association leads the in dividual field with 15 breast stroke and medley records, plus a share in several marks set by relay teams. Bids for 16 national champion ships also will be bonsidered. The national A.

A. U. basketball tournament next March probably will stay in Denver for the seventh straight year, as the Rocky Mountain association is going after it and the tournament has been a financial success every year here. Defend Cage Title, The Phillips Oilers of Bartles-ville, will defend the cage title they won last March. Of the 322 new records, 124 are in men's swimming, 99 in men's track and field, 88 in women's swimming, six in women's track and field, and five in weight lifting.

In addition, the A. U. will seek world recognition for these track readings: 9.4 seconds in 100-yard dash by Clyde Jeffrey, Stanford; 1:48.6 in 800 meters by John Woodruff, Pittsburgh; 22.6 seconds in 200-meter hurdles by Fred Wolcott, Rice; 15 feet 1 inches in pole vault by Cornelius Warrn-erdam, Olympic club, and 3:10.5 in mile relay by a Stanford team of Jeffrey, Charles Shaw, Ernest Clark and Craig Williamson. Five swimming records, if rati fied at the convention, will be sent to the International federation as world marks. Two are held by Adolph Kiefer of Chicago, 58.1 See AAU, Page 4-B, Col.

6. high reign BY ALEX STODDARD. The three-year tenure of Lin coin high as Nebraska state high school football king is ended, and in its stead are three co-champions of 1940 Hastings high, Creighton Prep of Omaha and Omaha Tech nical. The final rankings were made by Glenn Trump and Alex Stoddard, who closely followed happenings all over the state throughout the season, after a careful scrutiny of the records of all of the Cornhusker realm's 250-odd high school football teams. The final rankings: 1-3 Hastings, Creighton Prep, Omaha Technical.

4 Grand Island. 5 Lincoln high. 6 Falls City. 7 Omaha South. Ravenna.

MCrete. 10 North Platte. Second ten 11, Bayard; 12, Omaha Central; 13, Geneva; 14, Atkinson; 15, Chappell; 16, David City; 17, Beatrice; 18, McCook. 19, Scottsbluff; 20, Alliance. Third ten 21, Mason City; 22, Wayne; 23, Creighton; 24, Harvard; 25, Bloomfleld; 26, Gothenburg; 27, Sargent; 28, Gering; 29, York; 30, Jackson of Lincoln.

Only three teams In the leading 10 of 1939 still have top division ranking. Lincoln, the 1939 champion, fell to fifth; Creighton Prep, third a year ago, is a 1940 co-king, and Ravenna retained the No. 8 spot in which it was ranked a year past. Casualties of the 1939 leaders were Scottsbluff, Jackson of Lincoln, Valentine, Omaha Central, Beatrice, Blair and Albion. Scotts bluff, Jackson, Central and Be atrice are placed in the second or third "tens" this time; Valentine, Blair and Albion skidded all the way out of the leaders.

Hastings turned in best record in the history of the school. Only once during the season did the Tigers trail in any game, that at the end of the third period in the finale with North Platte, and then only for a minute or two before the Tigers regained the lead and won, 18-13. Hastings Wins Ten. With Wally Hopp in the spearhead role, Hastings won every contest on a stiff ten-game slate. In one game, Hopp played 47 of 48 minutes and on every offensive play but three during the time he was in, he carried, passed or punted.

The line was big and experienced, supporting backs gave him the blocking needed to get' him into the open. Creighton Prep boasted what was regarded as the state's most versatile backf ield Nocita, Wach-tler, Wingender and Larkin. The Junior Jays breezed through seven games before losing to an inspired Thomas Jefferson (Coun- See RANKINGS, Page 2-B, Col. 3 fornia packed a trifle more punch, as the 73,000 fans who watched this 46th meeting between the two San Francisco bay area athletic rivals will agree. Stanford, which had mowed down eight straight opponents before Saturday's finale, lost its Indians vs.

Bears Stanford Calif. First downs 12 11 Ydn. gained ruhlnR 1S8 Forw. raasef 10 176 8 1 0 0 1 5 3R.5 SO 1 20 Forw. Vpasnes completed 3 Ydi.

by lorw. pasiea ti Yd. loatN att. forw. passes.

0 Forw. passes Interc. 1 Yds. galn'd ninb. Int.

passea 6 Punt avg. (from 37 Total yds. all klclta returned 69 Opp. fumbles recovered: 1 Yds. lost by penalties 10 stuff at the half way point and it was California which was dominating the play at the end.

Bears Come Close. California missed scoring a touchdown twice by a matter of three feet. The first time in the third period Halfback Carl Ho-berg's knee hit the ground on the Stanford 1-yard line as he raced back 54 yards with an intercepted pass. With four downs to make four yards, California tried the old Yale system of smashing the middle and ended right where it had started, on Stanford's 1-yard line. That touchdown might have changed the whole picture.

As it was, in the last minute of the game California came driving down field to tally six points, with Fullback Jack McQuary going 10 yards off guard for the score and converting the exfll point by placement. One play later, just as California kicked off, the game ended. Stanford got all its points in the second period in the same surprising manner the Red Shirts had used previously in lifting themselves from the bottom of the conference in 1939 to the championship under Coach Clark- Shaugh-See STANFORD, Page 4fi, Col. 6. McLemore to speak usher grid dinner Henry McLemore, United Press columnist, will be the speaker at the University club's Cornhusker dinner Monday night.

Phil Aitken will serve as toastmaster. The team and coaches are honored each year at this event McLemore is cn his way to the west coast and will leave Tuesday morning. Broncos defeat O.U. with passes Sooners how by 33-13 count SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. US).

Santa Clara's Broncos found a scoring punch thru the air lanes Saturday and whipped a fighting University of Oklahoma team, 33 to 13. Orv Mathews, brilliant Okla homa halfback, did all of Oklahoma's scoring: in the first period. Before the 20,000 customers had settled in their seats, he ran the opening kickoff back 88 yards to a touchdown, and a short time later grabbed a pass and ran half way down the field to the goal. But it was chiefly a second string Bronco outfit that Coach L. T.

"Buck" Shaw had startea, and when he put the first stringers in, things began to happen. Santa Clara, defeated only once this season. 7-6 by unbeaten Stan ford, tied up the game with 13 points in the second quarter, added six in the third ana i more in the final period. Statistics showed the Broncos superior In virtually every department. They rolled up 208 yards from scrimmage against 91 for the Sooners and accounted for 229 yards by forward passes.

Pos. OKLAHOMA SANTA CLARA L.E.... Jennings L.T....Eason Braun L.G.... Harris Thornton C. Stanfel R.O Lahar Poppin R.T..

R.E.. q.B.. L.H.. R.H., F.B.. Beggs Dewing P'm Johnson Helser Martin Hanna Oklahoma ....13 0 0 013 Santa Clara 0 13 6 1433 Scoring: Oklahoma touchdowns: Mat hews 2.

Point from try after touchdown Haberleln, sub for Harris, (placekick). Santa Clara touchdowns: Bradfleld, sub for Dewing: Vlsalll, sub for Hanna Hanna: Matula. sub for Dewing; Cas- anega. Points from try after touchdown Johnson, sub for Casanega: Zmak, sub for Beggs, (both placeklcks), Casanega, (pass Jy. TReferee: C.

M. Price. California: umpire Dan McMillan. California; head linesman, John Gaddy, Pan Francisco field judge, Pets Lens, occidental. and raced the full distance for the second touchdown.

This time it required nine plays to travel 61 yards. The next touchdown had its inception when Rohrig intercepted, Don Quick's pass on the Husker 35. Luther finished off this 85 yard advance with another long run on a reverse, travelling 25 yards into the end zone. South Goal Jlnxed. The south goal line seemed wired against points insofar as Nebraska was concerned.

They were within whispering distance four times in the first period and during the fourth they were constantly rapping on the touchdown door but nobody answered the summons. It remained locked all afternoon at that end of the field. The Huskers came up with more injuries than in any game, Hopp being shelved with the torn shoulder muscle. Ed Schwartzkopf See HUSKERS, Page 4-B, Col. 3.

Honor roll next Sunday State high school football all star selections, an annual feature cf the Lincoln Newspapers, will be released in next Sunday's edition of the Journal and Star. The list ot the 1940 prep notables was made by Glenn Trump and Alex Stoddard of the Lincoln Newspapers' sports staff, with the aid of over 400 coaches, officials and.