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The Daily Oklahoman from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • 16

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1941. THE DAILY OKLAHOMA This Must Be'V tor Violence Classen Gets Feller Checks in With A 12-12 Tie Goldbugs Tumble, 34-0 Starr Shuts Out PhilsandReds Sweep Twin Bill With Alius 24th Against Red Sox ALTUS. Sept. 18. (Special.) Op, ing their 1941 football schedcu.

Mattox Throws here Thursday night, Classen high- Ben Collins, West Texas Back; Is Enough to Win by Himself CANYON, Texas, Sept. 18. Texas; State college Buffaloes, led by Wee Ben Collins, one of the nation's top scorers last year, defeated the Oklahoma City University Goldbugs A Mean Block Cellar Club Bows 5 to 0 and 9 to 2 To World Champs CINCINNATI. Sept; 18. MVCin- Sooner Back Leads played to a 12-12 tie.

Living up to advance notices, thi Comets kept the passes flying. tryin 21. but only 5 were snagged, ont for 42 yards for Classen's first touch. Frank Kellert did most of the pa, ing and was accurate enough, but Classen receivers couldn't hold on the ball. Altus was the first one to drt blood, scdring half way in the flnt quarter.

Jack Allen plunged the ball Way to Touchdowns cost them another touchdown after; Reds banged shut the season's book on Philadelphia with a they had reached the Buffs 10-yard NORMAN. Seot. 18. (SneclaU line. 8anders took Keys'- pass and double win Thursday and a sweep of the four-game series, to ana 9 45 yards for a touchdown after With all hands back in uniform ror the first time in almost a week, the Oklahoma Sooners continued to show a slow offensive Improvement In scrim here Thursday nignt, 6 ro u.

It wa the Buffaloes' first game as members of the Border conference. Collins threw a long pass for one touch down, made one hirfaelf, and place-kicked four extra points. HIH, Curb and Sanders were the other scorers. Sanders, fast Buffalo fullback, made several long runs. West Texas State scored one touchdown in the first quarter, three in the second, and one in the third.

But the Sooners, 2. it fell to Ray Starr, veteran minor the Sooners had lost the ball once on downs. Collins converted. mages witn tne iresnmen. leaguer Just up from Indianapolis, to administer the whitewash opener.

He Collins touchdown came early in mi.i th dovnfteld blockine of Bill mattered eigne nits, only two gooa Martav aurnnri team wlnaback. who or as far as second and no tr the third quarter when be broke through, reversed the field and ran 60 yards to score with interference picked up several times. than two in any frame. set up two touchdowns, and also tne The Game in Figures Altus Classen Yard rushing ......174 Tarda lost rushing 29 Passes tried 12 21 Passes completed 5 Yards gained passing 30 ti First downs Fumbles 3 Paae Intercepted 2 Yards penalized 49 gs Funis 3 4 Yards gained punting 90 Meanwhile his mates, sparked running ana passing en an jrew- Inotnn Lineups: Boston Streak Ends at Eight Heath's Homerun Ices It, 6 to 1 BOSTON. Sept.

18. Bob Feller marked up his twenty-fourth victory of the season Thursday, snapping a Boston Bed Sox victory string which had run to eight games as his Cleveland Indians battered three Boston pi tellers for a 6-1 decision. Jeff Heath put the game into Cleveland's victory book in the opening inning when he lofted a Dick Newsome serve into the right field stands with two mates aboard. Ray Mack also hit for the circuit with none on in the sixth, his blow coming off "Lefty Earl Johnson. Feller was in complete charge ail the way, the lone Boston run coming in the second when Jimmy Foxx tripled to right with one away and came home on Bobby Doerr's fly to deco center.

Feller held Ted Williams hi. the willowy walloper drawing one walk and going down on strikes in the eighth with Lou Finney on base. Ernie hopped on Tommy Hughes for seven blows good for four runs and added another in the sev Emlar A Id rid End Bill Morris also wiped out frosh backs with vicious blocks in the secondary. Line Coach Lawrence "Jap" enth as the big catcher unloaded his Haskell said. tenth homer of the year oir Kenei Alston Gac to Guard Hurler Lee Orlssom.

a it ton 210-Douhd junior from FIRSTJ3AMC Ab PiTAlClnclnnai tt AV r. A ,.8 0 Alius Claremore. har been uhlfted from tackle to guard on the second team and ..0 6 The Game in Figures Buffialoe Goldbugs Flrt downs Yds. talned ruahlnf 2M 1SJ Yd. lost ruihint; ..25 47 Passes compieied Passea incomplete ..13 3 Yds.

Gained paasinr 91 15 Punt yardage 192 311 Average per punt ..32 34 Fumbles 2 Own fumbles recor. Penalties Yards on 2 4 Score by period: is learning to take care of himself, iair Mid that Clovls Pierce, sop over from the six-yard line after the Bulldogs had marched 50 yards ion the field. One run was by Allen 27 yards. homore tackle from Oklahoma City who was eligible to play last year but withdrew from school to enlist In the rmy, may Join the squad Tuesday. Pierce's one-year enlistment runs out the sco then.

He weighs 190 ana is eugiow. George Kerbo. sophomore back from .7 21 Duncan, witnarew irom kbwi 4v mnrninr The Sooner coaches fiK' Gold Bugs RamPle to'. Lewis Toombs Decker Thomas RT." B. Collins Prlehard Mill Came Winter "I OB frVu 8ander Substitutions: Buffaloes End.

Stein-Ouard MeOowan. Centr Allen. Backs Flowers. Keller. MeMahan.

Pounds. An-drMn. OoStSbu- Krsd. Tiru T. Xer.

SchilJinss. Taeklea Backs K. Key. Murphy. Memphis Sox Beat Black Yankees On One-Hit Pitching Porter Moss, husky Memphis right hander.

yielded only one hit and struck out 11 as the Red Sox defeated the New York Black Yankees at Holland field Thursdsy night. 2 to 0. John Stanley, the Yankees' spitbaU ace. doled out but four hits to the Red Sox. but they coupled them with some shaky fielding for two unearned runs.

ured the Duncan lad left because there snarked by Bill Harris, their fullback. Clfvrlar 2 0 were too many bigger ana mor perlenced boys ahead of him. neia tne Texas reserves in encca 3 0 the last quarter. rhr niavers who have withdrawn The game started with the heavier Oklahoma eleven fishtintr the Buffa from tne squaa laieiy re v-uu nhnmnr tackle from McAlester; loes on even terms as Harris plunged for some good but irregularly spaced Keith Mahon. sophomore center from Chickasha; Harold Welchbrodt.

sophomore Uckle from Ardmore: Bill Caldwell, sophomore end from Durant. and Bob Cunningham, sophomore fullback 6-6. Ed Blalock received a pass from Kellert and trotted IS yarti to score standing up. Blocking an Altus kick on the Bulldogs 15-yard line, Classen took th ball and went over in four pUys, Kellert scoring from the two-yard line. With very little time left and trail-ing 6-12.

in the last quarter. Altus was perched on the Comet's 40-yart line. Audle Derry berry went through the line on an off-tackle plunge and outran the secondary for 37 yards. On' the next play. J.

C. Curtis ran the ball over to tie the score. Columbus, Louisville Open Playoff Today COLUMBUS, Ohio. Sept. The champion Columbus Red Bird! and the Louisville Colonels, last year'i playoff winners, open their four-out-of -seven game final playoff scttes in the American association Ftldsy swiit Larry sanaers, xsuuaio iun-ick, produced the first break on a 36 11 27 Ul T0U1 58-yard run to the O.

C. U. 18-yard 35 8 27J2 in 7th. batted for Johns line. The Buns lost tne Dan on Wilson in 9th: from Altus.

The busy drill produced one laugh, the whole squad roaring encouragement to Jack Haberlein. chubby place 400 001 001 but soon afterward Collins too: it and ran 31 yards to the Soon Bnjmn rf 4 0 2 olLukon rf 3 110 Marty cf 4 1 4 OlOleeson If 4 1 4 0 Etten lb 4 1 8 I PM'Clc lb 8 I Lltwhlr If 4 2 2 0 jmbrg' cf 4 2 4 0 3b 4 1 0 3 Aleno 3b 3 0 3 4 ESSST? 0 till Rushes 2 0 0 0 Busby 10 0 0 Orlsom 0 0 0 0 Totals JsTiTJi Total 3iJoj7W Harmori batted for Llvinaston "in 9th. Busby batted for Huahes In 7th. Rtzzo batted for Orlssom in 9th. ooo cop coo Cincinnati 010 111 10X 5 MSTco7n7ck Braaan.

Joost 2. Run batted in. Olee-StarrTwooase Marty," Lltwhtler. Homerun. Lombardl.

Sacrifice. Starr Los-Ine pitcher. Hushes. Base on balls, off Huahes 5. orlssom 1.

Btarr 1. Struck out. Hush- 3. Griom Stasr 3, Hits, off Huahes 7 in innlnas. Orlssom 2 In 2.

SECOND OAME PhiladeK Ab Po AjClnelnnatl AbHPoA Murtch 2b 4 2 ss Sen'EnnrfJ 5 3 2 2 0 WrXcV 0 0 3 0 I 5 1 1 3 is? Busbv 1 0 0 Totals 38i0 24 li Totals 3-6 Busby "edYo'retrion in 9th. ott ooo ooo- Cincinnati .103 002 12x 9 Siimmarv: Runs. Benjamin. nuekV ClfMin' Huns hatted Olon. P.

MtCormlrkl rZ' HornVrutvP. 'rner DoubleplaToost PWUde'lPhla sClnclnnatt ft. Bases on balls, off Johnson 1. Pearson 2 Turn rr Attenda'nnf'2n4SSnl P1.eU, Tlm' Summary Runs ers 35-vard line. Collins passed 24 65 yards to a touchdown through the freshmen after accepting a lateral In the first inning Secondbaseman yards to Fairy Hill for the first score hits! Grimes" 2.

He converiea oy placement. Heath. Three from Gordon Holland, Enid sophomore, kicker, aa the latter cut and dodged to Docrr. Lost In the second quarter, sanaers pro-rerf a touchdown on a 25-vard dasl Carter singled, went to second on a passed ball and tallied on Neal Robinson's single. In the seventh Carter, who had singled, dashed home on Shortston Ducketfs low throw to first.

i 3, after the Buffs had recovered the ball FViw'e "Nswsany 2. John; Tigers Nurse Injuries on Murphy's fumble. Collins COLUMBIA, Sept. 18. (IP) Capt.

Darold Jenkins and three other Next Wednesday night the Kansas night. Louisville Shortly afterward the Buffaloes sent Collins racing yaras on the Ethiopian Clowns, champions of nursed minor injuries Thursday and fake reverse to tne o. o. u. n-yaru the Denver rosi tournament, a up mark- renins tot four at the line.

were excused from tne neavy scrim ms Coach Don Faurot dished out land field. The first two games of the final series will be played here, the ne three at Louisville and the sixih and seventh games, if needed, in Colum- but Curb, an end. went around for Manaacr Leo Durocher stands toe to toe with Umpire Magcrkurth in an argument in the eighth inning of Thursday's Pit'tsburoh-Brooklim aame. The umps is putting Leo out of the oame. Brooklyn lost.

6 to 5. (WircphotoJ other Tiger candidates. Bob Brenton, nother touchdown. Collins conven or! a'a'a" Caoatri Man sn on the sideline with "Jenkins. Johnson 3.

Wilson Johnson 3 In 5." Wilson 3 in 2. Nats Outslug Browns WASHINGTON. Sept. 18. UPH-The Washington Senators defeated St Louis.

9 to 8. Thursday after halting four-hit rally that produced a pair of Brown tallies in the ninth. Walter Masterson, Washington third hurler, struck out Pinchhitter John Lucadello with runners on first and third to end the contest. The St. Louis threat started after two were out when Roy Cullenbine and Joe Grace doubled and John Bcrardino and Rick Ferrcll singled.

A passing attac oy tne uoiaoug Aggie Fans Whet Appetites For Pre-Gamevictory Feast Tonight STILLWATERf More than 500 tickets had been sold Thursday night for A. and eighth annual fnntball rounduD. the bic nre-season event of the gridiron sea Cubs Slip Into Fifth W. 1ft. UP Th Chi- son, and Henry Clay Potts, master chef, was enlarging the pits for Friday evenings DarDecue.

caco cubs crowded into fifth place tum NiaHnnai leamie Thursday by Form Chart ,10 0 ljBldwrth 2b overpowering the New York Giants 7 to'l with a uprising in the seventh inning and four-hit hurling TEXAS LEAGUE PLAYOFF by Jake Mooty. The rivals came up to tne last oi Teams Pet. Dallas 3 2 .600 Tulsa 2 3 .400 There's no use beating about any bushes. Cowboy fans are playingr the Punchers across the nose this autumn. Early arrival of the September 27 game with the Sooners is causing the pre-season explosion of football enthusiasm.

The fans are playing the Aggies to win that one too. Not to place and not to show this year, but on the beezer. The graying Henry Clay, who has served more barbecue than any man in Oklahoma, or within very few sandwiches of that record, is happiest when busiest and he ordered the seventh In a 1-1 deadlock with Tom Sunkel. new recruit of the Giants, matching the fine pitching of Mooty. But in the rousing rally which fnivwerl the Giants made three errors delio bntted for Trotter In 9th.

batted for Hudson in 3rd. ord batted for Early in 8th. RESULTS THURSDAY Dallas 5. Tulsa 4. 10 innings.

GAMES FRIDAY Dallas at Tulsa. and Sunkel was shelled out oi me NATIONAL 1 Hack 3b Plttsburrh Moore If 3 0 2 Brardlno 5-9. Philadelphia 0-2. Asked If the Turks were symbolic ffiumnh to come a week McCarthy 1 0 0 Oj from Saturday. Potts whetted his Appetites perk food is more enjoyable i i when the meal begins with a cool bottle of delicious Stag Extra-Dry Pilsener.

Stag is food's grandest companion because it is different, not just on the label, but insid the bottle. Stag is Pilsener-brewed of finest ingredients, in a spotlessly clean, white-tiled, air-conditioned brewery, show place of the industry. Give Stag a trial. See how this extra-dry "Peak of Pilseners" adds to your enjoyment at mealtime. "certainly." carving knife and saia, .001 000 000 1 New York 19 to Youna.

Losint pitcher. out, by atmkei 2. Moot? AND if taciturn Jim Lookabaugh cared because Aggieland whs boiling and building up a victory complex, he didn't refuse the nomination. It's a tough spot they are handing to the coach in his third Aggie year but Jim is letting the psychological wager of the campus lay flat on the board just as though he were perfectly confident that the varsity would bring the wager home. The varsity didn't scrimmage Thursday.

Either Friday or Saturday the Colts will come out against the varsity for the first time this year and the varslty-frosh game scrimmage will be the last heavy scrimmage before the season's open- Harmon Is Classed For Quick Draft GARY. Sept. IS. Tom Harmon. Michigan's All-America halfback last auturen.

was placed in class 1 bv his selective service board Thursday night, subject to immediate phrsical examination to determine whether he is ready for service. The board denied at its rehearing Harmon's request that he be placed in class 3-A on the ground that his pa-Tpnts Mr. and Mrs. Louts A. Harmon.

(pitched to on iaiiaV.nrM Sooners Start results TnuasoAv oulsvritebr. 001 300 102 nnneapolla 001 000 000 Judd(fland yina to Shooting Buckets NORMAN. Sept. 18. (Special! Half a dozen new basketballs re were dependent on him.

The father is SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION a retired stcelworker. Th. fnothall luminary sports announcer for a Detroit radio bounded off the backboards in the Oklahoma fieldhouse here Thursday afternoon as the University of Okla- homa basketball squad began its orkouts. Coach Bruce Drake issued sulU PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Thursday to Varsity men Mitch Sim station. Grid Results And Schedule HIGHSCHOOl.

Frs on, warren Lenman, ucraio iucner, Richard Reich, Jack Gray. Don Jones, Richard Vaughan, Bob Mc-Curdy and Bus West. Frnka Isn't Satisfied With His Hurricane TULSA. Sept. 18.

WV-Coach Henry Frnka was pessimistic about the condition of his University of Tulsa football machine Thursday after a lengthy scrimmage between varsity and re-Tailbacks Glenn Dobbs and N. A. Keithley and Fullback L. D. Moore provided the thrills of the session.

Dobbs rifled several pretty passes into th arm of receivers. Keithley broke INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Twelve freshmen also suited up and began whipping the ball around. They ire A. Koacn. nonis; oamea Cotton" Covinaton.

Savanah; Her- Four World's Records schell Sherrill, Bethany: Jack Pelber. Tulsa Central: Joe Rains. Tulsa Central; Sam Barker. Pratt; Dorman Barrett. Yukon; Jack Watkins.

Trib-bey; George Logan. Tulsa Rogers; Jim away for several long runs, and Moore butted through the line for a number of good gains. Set at Harness Races DELAWARE, Ohio, Sept. 18. Ph City Highschools Btackwell at Central.

Baseball's Big Six Four world's records were set in Thursday's grand circuit harness race program, with Spencer Scott, 1940 Hambletonian winner owned by C. W. Phellis of Greenwich, Conn-, nabbing two. Player, Club 0 tS Travis. Senators 513 101 19 181 .354 -With Fred Egan up.

the black stal-n set a new world's trotting rec King, Oklahoma City. Gonzaga Finds Needed Back for Game Tonight SPOKANE, Sept. 18. 4s) Johnny Goodwin, a triple threat back who was a standout on the Oonzaga freshman team last year. Is the man Coach Puggy Hunton is relying on to fill the backfield gap caused when Johnny Scherger went to the sidelines with a mild attack of appendicitis.

Oonaaga's Bulldogs scheduled to meet Arizona State Friday night and Scherger out of the lineup, the return to school of Goodwin relieved a lot of Hun ton' worries. ord of 2:02 for stalliona over half-mile track in the $5,000 Olentangy trot. The old record of 2:03 was set by Hanover Peters in 1937. Inals 10 "i'fi 417 51 135 .310 BOMERUNS Lea tne Williams. Rea Sax, Junior Colleges Southwestern Cameron Aceles.

Tonkawa Cttj Arkansaslty J. C. Oklahoma Collegiate Conference Southeastern State at Springfield Southwestern Tech at Cameron Assies. NewnjWKanrn 8UU Beth1 eoll'ge' National Colleges Drake at St. AmbrosI Citadel at Hish Point.

Cyclones Work Hard AMES. Iswa, Sept; ''IS. Iowa State college gridders went through one of the lonsest workouts of the season Thursday in preparation for Saturday's intra-squad game..

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