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Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 40

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3-D THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS Ablleae Texas Saturday Mania November 15 1158 Vb 70-Yard Drive Gives Irish' 34-24 Win Over Tar Heels Sunset Humphrey Win City Contests Sunset Bus Lines scored a el-50 victory over Mackey Company Saturday night in (Sty League basketball play at Fair Park Jerry Armstrong scored 17 points to pace Sunset to its Commercial League victory while Henry Pinkston had 13 to toe losers In a Major League practice tilt Lester Humphrey Put Control thumped Imua Hawaii 8647 with Ron Hutcheson finding the range to 30 points to top honors covery of Stickles' fumble on the Irish 45 He speared Kemper for 17 yards and the Tar Heels were on their way Their second score came two minutes before halftime Cummings hitting Wade Smith on a 32-yard aerial play After each TD passes for the extra two points failed The victory closed Notre Dame's lome season and left it with a 5-3 record with two games to pfey i By CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN Associated Press Sports Writer SOUTH BEND Ind (AP) -Junior halfback Jim Crotty of Seattle Saturday led an inspired 70-yard scoring drive in the third period that pushed Notre Dame to a 34-24 football victory over North aerial circus In handing the Tar Heels their first loss in their last sevm games this season and their ninth straight setback in the scries the Irish piled up a 21-6 lead early in the second quarter then blew it in the third Quarterback Jack Cummings who passed for two touchdowns in the first half set up two more with aerials in the third Fullback Don Klochak scored both of them on 3 and 1-yard smashes to end drive of 85 and 72 yards try for the extra two prints failed after each TD but the Tar Heels moved into a 24-21 edge Then Crotty sent 56839 fens to their feet with runs of 31 nine and 11 yards to steer the Irish to 70-yard scoring thrust capped by sophomore Red Mack's 15-yard gallop The Irish added an insurance gamble and Notre Dame took over on the Tar Hwfe' 30 Crotty's running and George passes set up the touchdown from the 3 Izo carried it across on a keep-it play Notre Dame capitalized on a fumble and a poor North Carolina punt to take a 21-12 halftime lead The Tar Heels went ahead 60 in the opening minutei on Cummings' 4-yard toss to Don Kemper t'en the Irish went 62-yards in 7 plays after Izo stole Cummings aerial Nick Pietrosante Masted over from the 2 in the drive that was enlivened by Izo's 25-yard toss to Bob Wetoska Stickles booted the first of his four extra points and the Irish were ahead to stay until the Tar Heels' third-period rally They added two quick touchdowns in the i-cond quarter scoring on a 52-yard march in nine plays at the outset after Don Lawrence captured Ed bobble 14-yard gallop was the Mg gainer and made way for 1-yard smash Minutes later Cummings punt was good for only 11 yards and the Irish moved across the goal from the Tar Heel 36 in fiv- plays I Mack's 7-yard slant was the payoff North first touchdown stemmed from Ronnie re- North Ml (pen failed) NTV-PMraeante 1 ru (Mlrklte kirk) nU 1 kin) NO-MMk? nu (SOrkln kick) Smith pom from Camming (pem tailed) -hek 1 (mm faded) -hek 1 me (not tailed) Mack IS rm nSurTklcU in a nut dick r--- HARTMANN'S GARAGE NOW IN HIS NEW LOCATION 126 GREEN ST Repair al make af can and hack Fraaf Rad AKgaaieal Wheel Rataadag Cemplefe Brake lenrlca ID HARTMAN li KNOXVILLE Tenn (AP) Sophomore tailback Gene Etter turned 27100 Tennessee hone-coning fans delirious with Joy Saturday as he sprinted 75 yards to a touchdown that gave the Vais an 18-16 upset victory over Mississippi Etter'a game winning dash came in the fourth period with Mississippi leading 16-12 and apparently well on the way toward its' eighth of tile season The Rebels had lost one The fleet little 160-pounder from Chattanooga ran to the right picked up Mockers dashed down the sideline to midfield cut left and outran the Rebels to score standing up Mississippi missed a grideii opportunity to pun the game out of the fire late in the fourth period when it drove down to the Vol only to see Bob Khayat's fielt goal attempt sail to the left of the uprights The Rebels who had lost 'only to first-ranked Louisiana State bundled all their scoring in the second quarter Tennessee scored in the first third and fourth stanzas sis fr-n is is Ha (Mick tailed) imeak (Kkarat kick) iw hm ItaaUta (kick NBA Results Ir tie IS Chriaaitt IDS Smm One of the largest rice milling Institutions in the US is in the town of Abbeville La TOUCHDOWN MAGIC Missouri defenders and officials look for ball in middle of line while Oklahoma back Brewster Hobby sit? over goal line for TD in the 39-0 Big Eight victory Saturday at Norman (AP Wirephoto) Badgers Clip Ilinois 31-12 iooBers'Saiii Tie IFor iig i Tide 44-Yard Pass Sparks Auburn PastGeorgia NORMAN Okla SUtMIca af Satardv'a MlHouri Oklahoma toottull FH downs Ruth inf yards Passlni ysrdasa si! A IS 121 111 M57 IS intercepted bp Pa Pants 1 ss rumble lost Yards pcnSbfd By SAUL FELDMAN NORMAN Okla (APl-A rugged Oklahoma defense crushed hopes for a place in the Big Eight Conference football sun Saturday as the Sooners easily rode over the Tigers 350 The victory assured the No 6-ranked Sooners at least a tie for the conference title and automatically gave them a trip to the Orange Bowl for the second straight year It was also Oklahoma's 70th league game without a defeat They've tied to or won the conference title 12 straight years Oklahoma scored by Just about every means to humble the Tigers who had gone into the game with a 4-0 loop record vaunted multiple offense failed to fool the Somers and all around Ranger Blinn Deadlock 0-0 RANGER (RNS) Ranger Junior College Journeyed to Bren-ham Thursday night failed to score against the Bliim Junior College Buccaneers and thus bowed out of contention to the Texas Conference title The game wound up ir a 0-0 tie leaving Navarro and Henderson County JC in a tie for the lead Ranger closed its conference season with a 2-1-1 record and has one mare non-conference game to (day against Texarkana next week The Rangers now have a 4-4-1 season record Blinn rolled up 204 yards on the ground to 86 but the Rangers picked up 152 yards in the air completing 11 -of 16 passes Ranger penetrated Blinn's 20-yard-line four times getting as far as the 10 twice in the second period Once a penalty- stopped them and another time two incomplete passes halted the drive Blinn gist to six in the-third and fumbled and tried a field goal from the Ranger 11 in toe first quarter and missed cut back through the middle shook off several grasping Bull dogs and finally lunged across the goal line Both lines played tremendous ball but the edge went to Auburn which boasts the finest' defensive record in the nation Guard Zeke Smith tackle Cleve Wester am center Jackie Burkett were among the Tieer standouts Center Dave Lloyd and the Dye Nat a senior tackle and Fat a sophomore le the Georgia forward wall Auburn brought roars from the overflow crowd of an estimated 28000 by taking the opening kickoff and launching a steady inarch Nix passes to end Jerry Wilson were the key gainers But the Lloyd-led Bulldog defense stopped that threat at the 10 Nix brought the yelling fans to their feet in the fourth quarter with a great Mt of broken fieli especially for a man not rated fast Taking the kickoff after Georgia's score Nix set aai on a weaving course up field and from one aide to the other frequently backtracking to let Mocking form Finally he fell to the ground 77 yards later at the Georgia 18 The tackle was credited to Nat but it appeared Nix collapsed from exhaustion quarterback Phil Snowden a sensation against Colorado last week was effectively bottled up Oklahoma completed 10 of 13 aerials including two for touchdowns thrown by Brewster Hobby Hobby also scored a touchdown on a 1-yard plunge Missouri was held to 128 yards on the ground and completed only 13 of 28 passes for 113 yards Oklahoma third in the nation in rushing picked up 246 yards on the ground Bobby Boyd alternate quarterback also scored two touchdowns One was on a 21 -yard romp around left end after the Soonera had intercepted pass The second was a sensational 38-yard punt return Both came in the final period CHAMPAIGN HL (API-Versatile Wisconsin quarterback Dale ackbart befuddled Hlinria with passing 1l a 31-12 victory Saturday which tightened toe second-place Big Ten grip of the Badgers ranked No 5 nationally Hackbart ran to one touchdown passed to another and his accurate arm set up a third to a triumph which left Wisconsin with conference runner-up record of 4-1-1 behind already crowned Big 'en champion Iowa Hackbart's colleague Sid Wiliams also figured in the squelching of underdog Illinois as he engineered the second Badger scor-ng drive and (dunged five yards or a touchdown Although Jolted by a 150 first period deficit Illinois refused to quit before a Day throng of 45937 and scored a touchdown each in the second and third period The first time Wisconsin had the ball Hackbart directed a 68-yard scaring march in seven plays and flashed the final four yards to a touchdown Hackbart's 16-yard touchdown pass to Ed Hart gave Wisconsin 23-6 lead Just before the first half ended And in the third period Hackbart rifled passes of 36 and 33 yards in a 67-yard scoring march capped by John Hobbs' 6-yan smash Illinois perked up in the second period with a 32-yard touch-own pass from Johnny Easter-irook to Marshal Starks -And in the third quarter Jim Brown plunged two yards for a touchdown to climax the best mini showing of the day a 67-yard drive Wisconsin threw a season high 26 passes and Hackbart hit eight of 15 to 127 yards while Williams completed four of 11 to 100 yards By MERCER BAILEY Associated Press Sports Writer COLUMBUS Ga (APV-Rangy Richard Wood pegged a perfect 44-yard scoring pass to Bobby Lauder Saturday and fourth-ranked Auburn powered on to a 21-6 Southeastern Conference football victory over Georgia For the mighty Tigers ft was their 22nd game without defeat The teams butted beads futilely until picture pass in the second quarter Given terrific protection by the fierce Tiger line the 8 foot 5 quarterback took aim at the fleet Lauder scooting down the far sideline Lauder put on an extra burst of speed ripped past two Georgia defenders pulled the ball in on the 5 and scored untouched Auburn got an unexpected break in the third quarter when Georgia's Bobby Walden who went into the game as the nation's leading punter with a 454 yard average muffed a rick The punt traveled only 15 yards putting the Tigers in business at Georgia's 42 Quarterback Lloyd Nix conducted Auburn into the end zone In nine plays throwing to fullback Ed Dyas for the final 11 yards Georgia tried both passing and running but was unable to come close to scoring until Auburn hnd stepped out to a 21-0 lead in the fourth quarter Then Charley Britt and Fred Brown Jr collaborated on a 77-yard pass play to the Auburn 11 On the next May a Britt pass to Don Soberdash got the score The press box voted Lauder the game's annua most valuable player award He was magnificent with his maneuvering on the pass play that broke the scoring ice Then' in the fourth quarter he added an insurance touchdown with a nifty 26-yard run The husky Junior started to his left i 7 7 sis-as Okta-Coria 74 pan from Hobby (Baker kick) Hobby 1 nut (Biker kirk) Carpenter 10 pu (ram Hobby (kick failed) Royd 21 rue (MrBbsiel kick) Rord IS pant return (kirk Okla-Fue run (kick tailed) 7 7 Gaania Linder 44 Mue Worn Wood (Drio kirk) rijra 11 ua from Nil (Dm kirk) Loader nm (Nlz kirk) Aoterduh II pan from Brill tailed) SYRACUSE ROLLS OYER COLGATE SYRACUSE AP)-Syrscuse easily disposed of Colgate 47-0 before 30000 fans ho Saturday in a performance worthy of postseason considerations Uninvited as yet but reportedly ready to accept a bid from a major bowl Syracuse plowed through the muddy turf to scores in each period Wichita Falls Rips Woodson The Wichita Falla Leopards breezed past Woodson 38-8 in Negro high school non-district football action here Saturday night Wichita Falla romped to two touchdowns in the second quarter added another in the third and closed out with an 18-point burst in the fourth Jim McDonald tossed a pair of touchdown passes to pace the victory He connected with halfback Curtis Jones for 13 yards in the third quarter and hit Bill Smith on a 36-yarder in the fourth Mat Davis converted after the second touchdown pass Jones opened the scoring in the second quarter with a four-yard slant into paydirt and Davis broke loose to 12 yards in the same stanza McDonald kicked one extra print Davis scored again in the fourth en a 38-yard scamper and Jones added another tally to his record with a six-yard drive to a touchdown lone tally came in the fourth Fullback Joe Brown powered one yard to climax a S3-yard drive Clarence Bell ran the two bonus prints FALLS WOODSON November 17 thru 26 Arizona Nips Miners 14-12 EL PASO Tex (AP)-Univer sity of Arizona turned two extraprint kicks and a record-threatening aerial game into a 14-12 Border Conference victory over Texas Western Saturday night Junior halfback Dave Hibbert caught eight passes to run his total for tlie season to 54 three shot of the national record He shattered the University of Arizona record Quarterback Ralph Hunsaker protected his national passing leadership by completing 15 of 25 tosses Arizona converted a blockei punt into a second quarter touchdown and marched 80 yards with a kickoff in the third quarter for its touchdowns Hunsaker kicked the extra point after each counter Purdue Axes Northwestern Suits Sport Coats Slacks Suits regularly 47S0 to 42" to Off Undergoes Surgery on Legs Christmas delivery guaranteed EVANSTON HI (AP) Purdue's powerfully balanced Boilermakers Junked hopes to a lofty Big Ten finish by Masting the once smooth-working Wildcats 23-6 Saturday A crowd of 38421 had hardly settled in its seats when Purdue recovered a Northwestern fumble on the first (day from scrimmage and then counted on a 19-yard touchdown phss from Rosa Ftcht-ner to Tom Frankhauser to go ahead to stay The Boilermakers never missed their No 1 fullback injured Bob Jams as Len Wilson Tom Barnett Jim Redinger and Jack Laraway functioned perfectly behind a line that wouldn't make any mistakes Two of touchdowns resulted from recovered fumbles while the Boilermakers played the entire first half in Northwestern territory in running up a 21-0 halftime lead Not until the third quarter was Northwestern able to move into Purdue territory and that resulted from a 14-yard punt return by Ron Burton to the Boilermaker 49 Northwestern's sophomore Dick Thornton simply couldn't get through web-like defence He attempted 14 passes completed only four and had three of them intercepted Meanwhile Fichtner Bob Spoo and Bernie Allen displayed steady if not brilliant quarterbacking to keep the Boilermaker attack in high gear through most of the game even though Purdue failet to icore anything more than two prints on a safety in the aecom half Every new fall-winter fabric pattern and color is included Our expert tailors make up your suit to your exact measurements in whatever style you like best And we guarantee you Ideal fit Come in today Place your order before November 26 and we assure you deliv cry in time for Christmas Both Ott and his wife Dr Floyd said are still on the critical lis Curry a Bay SL Louis carpenter and father of seven was alone in his car at the time of the cp lision Ott born in nearby Gretna La and a resident of suburban Metairie retired from baseball in January 1953 after a career that started in 1926 with the New York Giants He went to the majors aa a catcher without any minor league experience but Manager John McGraw converted him into an outfielder He played 23 seasons before retiring from the playing field 1947 He was the National home run leader four times played in 3730 games and had a lifetime batting average of J04 Ott managed the Giants for six seasons before resigning in 1941 He helped in the farm system between 1948 and 1950 and managed the Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League in 1951 and 1952 In recent years he has been a member of the Detroit broadcasting team and in the offseason works for a building construction firm In New Orleans GULFPORT Miss (API-Former National League slugger Mel Ott a member of the baseball HaU of Fame underwent surgery Saturday following a twoar collision in which his wife was injured and a 50-year rid man killed Ott and Ms wife both 49 suffered fractures of both legs and multiple cuts and abrasions His wife also hsd a broken atm Officers said they were unable to determine how the accident happened late-model station wagon and a sedan driven by Leslie Curry Sr collided as the Otts had Just pulled away from a roadside cafe Police said heavy moisture In the air which made a foggy mist cloud windshields could hava reduced visibility Dr Charles Floyd of Memorial Hospital said condition improved to toe point where he could undergo surgery Dr Floyd said the operation on Ott's legs win Include setting bones cleaning damaged tissue and placing toe legs in traction Mrs Ott Dr Ffoyd said 411 undergo surgery eventually but ha added "We're not considering ft at the Use Your Credit Just Say "Charge It" On Scars Revolving Charge add to your Easy Payment Account Citation first equine millionaire turned in the slowest time when he won the 1943 Preakness His time over a heavy track was 2:03 2-5 to toe mile and ITORI HOURS! 9:00 am fa 0:00 pai Than! 9:00 ta MO 1SS Saylet IhrdL PIMM OR 4-2311 000 mama fad".

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