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The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia • 53

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THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION Nov. 2, 1947 17C Oklahoma Smashes Temple PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 1 (UP) Eraliflorak Krioclss EEnn The unpredictable Oklahoma A. M.

AgEies losers of their last Isi Ucksiis' ISoii four gamps passed and ran their! lope way to an easy 26-0 triumph oven Temple University Owls before fngieffsfoffioss By F. M. WILLIAMS Constitution Sports Writer TIGER STADIUM, Baton Rouge, Nov. 1 The accuracy of Bobby Oswalt's right toe following three Charley Conerly-encineered touchdowns cave the surprising Missis LOS ANGELAS, Nov. 1 (AP) The UCLA Bruins Rose Bowl football stock took a big drop Saturday and California's stepped up a notch as the battering Bears from Berkely smacked over the Uclans, 6 to 0, in a see-saw battle that wa3 disappointing crowd of 12.000.

I Stopped cold during the first pe-jriod, the Aggies scored their ini-; itial touchdown late in the second quarter, picked up two more in the third period and capped their victory with a brilliant 67-yardi dash to pay dirt by Halfback Ken' 'Roof early in the final period. decided in the final quarter. Bounding back from their 39-14 Mi x.Q their first defeat in Pacific Coast Conference play and jolted their shellacking by Southern California chances of staging a repeat per- a week ago, the big Bears put on jformance in Pasadena'a Rose- rimmed saucer New Year's Day. sippi Rebels a 20-to-18 victory over the LSU Tigers in a Southeastern Conference upset here Saturday night. It was a furiously fought gamei that saw the Rebels come from! Football lightning struck the behind with two touchdowns irt (Tigers in rapid bolts.

After the the second quarter that cnmc with- kickoff, and one play from scrim-in two mfnutcx of one anoUicrJrnng''. Tittle tried pass. It was The winning score came in great right into the hands of Bobby 73-yard march in the fourth pc! Wilson, an Dip Miss halfback, rirtd after the Tigers had fought; Wilson hauled the.ball all the way back to rome within a point of to the Tiger eleven before going Only once did the Owls' vaunt-; passing offensive click on aj touchdown pass from Slosburg toj IJoe Le midway the first period; but it was nullified by a penal-1 ty. I an 84-yard uninterrupted drive in the early minutes of the fourth period and scored the six points that gave the favored little brother Bruins of Los Angeles A xictory by UCLA over Southern California here Nov. 22 would throw the Conference race into a deadlock, however.

-at ZACHRY- jving iriown. C'onerly passed to Johnson The Tigers, playing in Ole Mrss the six r.nd then Conerly raced territory all the second half, fi- around left end to the two. m3nH tnnrhrinwn in IhW hit the middle for a touch- lact'fnnr mimitPS hut tliPV rnulHn't iriow" tnis tirne Oswalt, a get over the necessary points to placement specialist, failed to kick me pomi. The Tigers put on a drive from their 26. after the kirkoff, all the way to the Ole Miss 22 before the Rebels held.

win. Half the crowd of 46,000 capacity for the stadium had their scats when the Tigers struck savagely by land and air for a touchdown that put them in the lead. Ole Miss had won the toss and elected to receive but they found Ole Lou's line tough and its pass Thoroughly angry, the Tigers took the kickoff larting Ihe sec ond half and marched all the way from their 41 to the Ole Miss four before running out of gas and surrendering the ball on downs. defense alert, so Charley Conerly Then roared right back after had to kick on fourth down. He cot one off to Dale Orav whoiConerly had kicked out to his own Ayr 1 -4 hauled it back from his own 45 to ui mis lime a mmnie ov i the Ole Miss 48.

Seven plavs andl'ms, recovered by Dave Bndgers. a penalty later LSU had a touch- stopped them on the n. down. I Conerly finally took the pres Tittle started it with a nine -yard sure off his team with a great pass to Jim Lyle. Ray Coates quick kick thut.

traveled' yards failed by inches to make a first! and lne Tigers buried deep down but Rip Collins jumped over I in their own territory, at the 19-the center for the distance, mov-iyard line. That one bnnt was ing the stakes to the Mississippi worth all the LSU efforts along 36. Ole Miss got a 15-yard penal-i the ground and through the air, ty for unnecessary roughness, put-j for it kept the Rebels out front ting the ball on the 19. iinrougn tne tnirn quarter. Carroll Griffith raced around! Collins punted Ole Miss into a right end to the JOyard line andjbnd hole on the very first play Coales hit left tac kle for a first of the fourth quarter, getting one ii ii i.

i I down at the eight. Griffith I out of bounds at the five. It paid crashed the middle to the one and of', too, for Conerly quick kick Collins scored easily. Holleviwas downed at the Tiger 48 and Associated Press Wirephoto NOTRE DAME ROLLS AGAINST NAVY Halfback Emil Sitko (14), of Notre Dame, plows through the Navy line for a short gain in the first period of Saturday's game at Cleveland. Navy Tackle Charles Strahley (71) reaches for ball carrier.

Tackle George Connor, of Notre Dame, is No. 81. Heard missed the try for extra from there the home team went point. i right down the Held lor a touch- That was all the offense either down, side showed until soon after the Heroman and Tittle got a first start of the second quarter when, down af tb 35-yard line on two 1 Mrairifli ISoimcei Conerly got his famous throwing "tie. Hill arm to working and sparked a picked up eight at right tackle, yard scoring drive.

One pitch went Coates hit the middle for a first for 21 yards. idown at the 17-yard line. Collins Conerly. from the two. hit the eo1 two pi left end and a pass, middle for a touchdown.

Bobby Tittle to Rullnrk. was good for Oswalt kicked the extra point. Continued on Pae 18-C Badgers Bop Wildcats. 29-0 EVANSTON, 111., Nov. 1 (INS) His name wasn't in the lineups, but the 44,000 fans who saw Northwestern bow to Wisconsin, 28flolD at ZACHRY Bt TOM KETTERSON 29 to 0.

Saturday are convinced ftTtrtT T71 fT IV TTF 3 I'll. iJ in iNAanvJULR, ixov. uppeu that Santa Claus was piaying off four touchdowns in 23 minutes Saturday and then stopped the wildcat backfieid. Its own scoring surge with a llood 01 substitutes to win a rain-swept homecoming victory over impotent Auburn, The crowd, a sell-out of 22,500 N. C.

State Trounces at the box office, was cut to pLall.nftft-ta Ol rt fl umbrella-covered 17,000 in the VnaiianOOga LI 10 The alert, speedy Badgers, undefeated thus far in Big Nine play, didn't stop to look the gift horses in the mouth. They scored once In the first period after pouncing on a Northwestern fumble deep in RALEIGH, N. Nov. 1 territory and then added a field North Carolina State's Wolf pack; goal by Lisle Blackbourn. The Wildcats fumbled twice in sttands by the intermittent driz2le.

-Vanderbilt took the opening kickoff and marched 83 yards for it first touchdown and then manufactured three more scores the next four times it got the ball. The statistics showed Vander overwhelmed a game but outweighed University of Chattanoo the second period and again Wisconsin capitalized on the breaks ga football eleven, 21 to 0. Satur day night before a crowd of score two more touchdowns. at ZACHRY bilt made 20 first downs to Auburn's ix, and 268 yards rushing to Auburn's four. Tidwell out-passed Vanderbilt 59 yards to 45.

Vanderbilt scored its first touchdown in 12 plays seven minutes after the kickoff, Bob Berry passing 11 yards to Jim Baughn for the tally. The 83-yard march saw runs of 19 yards in Jimmy Allen, two 14-yard sprints by Berry and nne 12-yard run by Bernie Rohl-in. Moments later Vanderbilt marched 80 yards in nine plays, Dean Davidson making 33 in one long gallop and Rohling running 21 for the touchdown. Vanderbilt recovered Auburn fumble on the Auburn 22 as the first quarter ended, went to the one on a pass interference penalty and scored on Davidson's plunge. Six minutes later Bob Werckel recovered a fumbled bad pass from renter on the Auburn six and Mac Robinson plunged a yard for the score on the second play.

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SMU WINS Continued From Tage 13-C dry's arms nn the dead run and treaked to the Texas two before stepping out of bounds. Dick Mc-Kissack plunged over on the first try and Walker again converted. The fighting Methodists and the determined Ixmghorns battled to a standstill most of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter Layne found Byron Gillory for 15 yards and the score. In the last 12 minutes the Mustangs repelled one mild penetra-tjon to their 40 and Texas couldn't rrak it again.

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