Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • Page 11

4.unday. Morning, 1941 THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS WE MAJOR ll'S TOPPLED FROM LIST OF UNBEATEN Tune In flr KRBC Bv HEKlt A NEW YORK, Nov. derbilt, Pennsylvania and Temple were blasted off football's undefeated, untied i a there wit to (topping tlie forward charge at such oilier national contenders as Minnesota, Kordham, Texas, Texas A. M. ami Duke.

Notre Dame ant! Army, both with jwrfecl records, rougnt sacli other a scoreless draw before 75.000 in the nmd and rain of Yankee dlum with the uuder-dog Cadets, paced by Hank Mazui, picking up most of tiic laurels. Mlrmcsolo. aiming at another Big en, championship and senerat re- as the No, 1 team, scored its Hlh consecutive victory, a thrillini! 8-1 conquest of Norlliwestern's Wildcats before COO at Tlic somcuhat uippled in thfir encounter with Michigan a week ago. had to come from behind lo and did on Bud HlgGlns' 41 yard sprint for a touchdown. Minnesota's great hallback Rraco smith, played only briefly before lie had to leave the Ujiall game a recurrence of the injury a bns handicapped him lor several weeks.

Texas' l.onghorns, ranked with MimKsoUi in No, spot lasl Assiicialrit I'ress ronk- potl, crushed Southern Melh- 34-0, In fune wMch hid lo the rtemtsl Int. Meanwhile Texas' rhlef for Southwest i'on- ferente honors, the Texas Aj- just manatcd pitt Urkinwi, 7-0, vhcnFcUc Hucek, lub tiurd, intercepted pats nd ran 58 yards to touchdown, F'OJdham, led once more by Steve HllpowJcz, burled Purple uiider a' n-0 count and held the Big Ten representative without a first down hi a sterling display of defensive skill. Duke, almost certain to wind up unbeaten, whipped Georgia Tech. H-0, on uvo touchdown passes hurtcd by Lorn Davis to Steve Uch and Bob Oantt. commodores, ttw Southeast conference's only un- braien, iinned represejiocivc, fell before the tremendous power generated by Tillage's erratic Green Wave, 3M4.

Pcnn, never able to started, was no match for unbeaten but tired Navy 13-6 and dropped Its first decision of the season. Temple ran head-on into a Boston college eleven that finally played up to its pre-season notices and it was all over Temple had succumbed by a 31-0 count. Despite adverse weather condi- dltions, particularly in tite east and some sections of the mid-west, major surprises were fen- and (ar between. Under this head could be reckoned conquest of NebraMu, Blr Six chimp- Ions a year ago; Iowa's 13-1 detent of Indiana, and North Carolihi Slate's 13-7 victory over North Cir- ollna. in the WKB by William Mary, 3-0, on field goal by Harvey John on from the 25-yard line but me Southerners had north with a team generally recognteed as strong.

franiiy Lee's 87-yard touchdown run carried Harvjrd lo a surprisingly i ficult 6-4 triumph over in the first of the "Big-Three" tests. Pitt, paced by Edgar Jones, made a great showing against Ohio State but finally bowed, 21-14. Columbia turned back Cornell, 7-0, on Paul aovernali's 54-yard touchdown sprint; Colgate and Holy Cross played to 6-6 dn.w; Brown stopiKd Yale on a quarter touchdown pass. 7-0; West Virginia nipped Washington Lee, 7-6; and Rutgers trounced Maryland. 20-0.

Bob Westfall counted twice as Michigan whipped Illinois, 20-0, in a Big Ten encounter. Wisconsin engaged in another high-scoring duel but was beaten this- lime by Syracuse. 27-20. Missouri trounced Michigan Stale. 19-0: Mississippi stopped Marqueltc, 12-6; and De- iroit whipped Manhattan, 15-0.

Oklahoma, still In the Six This Week's Grid Games eonfertnec chaw, ran up M.O Kanus. Tem Chrin(Ian, with an outsldf tlfurlnj In the Southwest on- Illle, oultctred Baylor 33- I'i. Georgia, AMitunt Tennessee scored Southeastern victories. Geo(Sla nosed out Auburn, 1-0, as fVank Slnkvink completed 40-ynrd pass to Umar Davis who ran 25 yards (or a touchdown on the last play of the same. Alabama had too much stuff (or Kentucky 30-0, and Tennessee outpointed stale 13-6.

Bill Dudley scored two touchdowns nnd passed for' two more i Virginia stopped Virginia Tccli, 340. Wake Forest was bealen by Marshall college of West Virginia, 16-6. In the far west. Stanlord, leading candidate lor the Ftose Howl assignment, ran over Santa Clara, 'it-1 while California, Washington, Washington state and Oregon Slate were winning raclflc Coast conference decisions. California walloped U.

C. 27-7; Washington spilled Montana, 21-0; Washington Stale upset Oregon, 13-0; and Oregon State won over Odaho. 33-0. Utah, still unbeaten although tied twice, crushed Colorado 46-0, In Bis Seven competition as Brlgham Young deiealcc a Stale, 28-0. a Denver and Colorado Slate i play a (-6 draw.

TAGi: lexas Greatest Of AIIS west Teams-Bell Bj RICHARD WF.ST DALLAS, Nov. greatest team in the history of ihe Southwest conference. they're terrific." Thai's what Matty Bell, Southern MethodWs a coach, said about Texas who beat bis club 30 today. Old likeable genius of defensive football-relaxed tn his minutes a the final voul'JTdut a lx allcl ave Grain a ctiancc lo avenge hvo like that? And on top of it a years here today by flattening Southern Mcthodisl to 0 guided by one of ihe greatest foot- 1 rambling cowboy was never greater as he sparked nan oiavers in Anifrir-n Tini- i hn I trt Grain Gets Revenge! Longhorns Overpower MustangsJ4 to 0 OFFENSE ROLLS DESPITE jlayden EARLY INJURY TO LAYDEN Mi Bear Till DALLAS, NOV. Lay A I I A BV IA LD RATLI TM' 1 of Texas Long-' UALLAb, hov.

1 A i Texas broke an i hornv brilliant triplet-hrcater may' 5 pai llx allcl ave lTMg' Jack Grain a chance In avenge the Baylor game next Sat i 13. S(H THWKST 1-MiiuiKint 20, 1'riat Alillrnr 19, Austin fi. Sfjtilhfrti Mrlliu.lltt 0. IIK AIM Art, run 0, CMrisllnn Halnr I'i. 1iR' All I 1.

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i i H. Hamilton U. 'ifi, (lullforil 0. K. Nrw a i i i i i HSU Trips West Texas 20-13 Grid Thriller Aerials Lead to All Scores In Wild Offensive Battle By HAL SAYLES Reporter-News Sports Editor Hardin-Simmons' Cowboys saddled the West Texas Buffaloes here last night, then took a wild, rough ride for a spine-tmglmg 20 to 13 Border conference victory The triumph for Warren Woodson's polished pigskinners left the team at the top of the standings in the cactus circuit and knocked the Bufts from the fast-dwindling list of the slate's unbeaten and untied elevens.

A crowd of persons-- largest college game galher- ing of the season in Abilene saw the livclv contest? 1 MIX 'KM IT I Hardin-Simmons titi.ved stylish aerial antics with good old b'one- Missouri Trips Michigan Mate EAST LANSING, Nov. i--Missouri's once-beaten Tigers exploded an annihilating offense on a soggy, galeswept field to crush Michigan State college. 19-0. here today before slim s'partan homecoming crowd of 15.000. With three of the greatest backs crushins power lo punch across the three touchdowns and eventually slam the door on a hustling, badlv TEX.

neatly, sidestepped ihe 34. being hauled down by the Cowboys' safety. Collins and Sanders lugged ihe ball to the 45. On a tackle around. Curb made five to put the bail on the midfield stripe.

It was Collins aniin over the right side, cutting back to the left where he picked up his Inter- seen at Xtacklin Held several seasons loping freely through the Spartan defense. Missouri scored twice in the second period and once in the final quarter to register its -ifili straight win since an own- nig 12-7 setback by Ohio Slate. It took Coach Don Faurot's potential Big Six champions just one quarter to milimbpr their flashy T- formaiion. Then half-backs 'sob Steuber and Maurice iHrrii Wade and quarterback Harry (Slippery) Ice began popping into State's secondary. ball players Ciain.

He's the boy that makes 'em go. When they get in a tight he runs through you or outemarl.s you. why Texas much better a lasl year. 'More reserves, the fastest-charging line In America a paused. "And Jack Crnin.

thai low-headed footbfll genius started i quarterbackiirg the Steers last Thanksgiving they became a great club. "Yes, tlit.v'rr heller a the Aeries of 1339 ami 1310. I Itr Texas Christian of 1938. Belter than our Host Bowl club of 1S35." III the showers handsome Horace Young, the Ponies' great senior IMoeicr, peered through the soap suds a smeared his brow. "Texas is Ihe be.st team 1 ever played against.

I hope they go all ihe way. They were clean. And boy are they smari!" Over in ihe Texas dressing room the boys were happy but already were i i about Baylor next Saturday. Cowboy Craiu. happiest of Ihe lot.

hurried from the dressing room dreKed in a cream jacket and cor ciuroy trousers but barefooted. He W'as eating an apple. The first to embrace hint were his mother and father. Said the elder Crain: "Son, you did jast what we wanted you to." To Jsi-k this was one of the han- ple.sl moments of his great football career. For seasons prior lo this one Soulhern Methodise has been his nemesis.

SMU was one (earn he had never scored on. Bvii today the Cowboy two touchdowns and four conversions for a total of 16 points. Coach Dana Bible. Hie Loiig- horns' mentor who had never beaten a Bell-coached Mustang club, simply said: "Speed, versatility slid reserves won for 1 America jack i the Longhorns to their sixth straight "victory, crossing the tloivus and doing much to 'set up the other 0 Before this year the sensational Texas back had nol been able lo count a single point against SMU and was i i a lasl year by losing more ground a lie gained Also, Texas hadn't 'defeat ed Southern Methodist in Ibe Sanders raced five-year regime of D. X.

i loclav. A HURT 1 The Longhoms clipped down the Mustangs with touchdowns in every period--all this despite Ihe fact thai the great Pete Layden. Texas fullback and top ground gainer round end for 37 yards. Harkins smacked the line to reach Die SMU 23. Harlejns, pawed Walls' Scott I touchdown.

Llllle Walton Robcm ran Pres-i ton Johnston's punt 27 yards- to pave the way for the i a touchdown. Max Minor and Lewis' conference was Mayne drove to the SMU 10 in 1 to forced u't of the game with an injury in tlie second period. With Layden, rolled up 69 yards on 12 Iries and scored one touch- of Mayne drove to the SMU three plays and Mayne passed lu Minor who fumbled but recovered. Then Mayne pitched to Joe Parker acros.s ih goal line. Grain missed ihe extra point, his only failure In five tries.

Texas rolled up 399 yards running atid pawing 123 for Southern Meth- Zl? us i 1 most of the game, amassing 233 urda.v because of a sprained ankle suffered In Ihe Southern Me'tho- dial game today. Larden vu hurt tn the second quarter-seriously, it was a a lirst. He never reentercd 1 game. taken tonight, however, revealed no bones broken a Pete hlm-si-lf declared -Til be back In there as soon as the ankle responds to treatment." New Mexico Ags BC Cellar Dwellers FLAGSTAFF. Nov.

1-- WV- New Mexico Aggies gained undisputed possession cf the lowest rung of the Border conference football ladder when Arizona State Teachers college at Flagslaff won the "battle of the losers" today. 27 to 7. N'eliher had won a conference game previously this season. Tne Flagstaff Lumberjacks held a. comfortable margin of superiority a coup- U.

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I Vlrslnln of Cowboy tacklers and worked on down to ihe Ranchers' 21. Jfc- I Alee pulled him down from be; hind, i On Ihe Novy Takes to Mud, Whips Penn, 13 to 6 The Tigers rolled -131 yards from i scrimmage rang thr boll lor 16 i of PHILADELPHIA. Nov. Navy's football men o'war were the better sailors in ihe nmd and rsl firsi downs. But ihev tried onlv one pass, whicli failed.

Steubtr alone accounted for ll'j irds. He drew first blood for Mis- this KfnlurkJ IV outweighed West Texas team that hadn't dropped a game since early November a year ago. was Har- dhi-Simmons that did the dirty work at thai time, br.iting thp Canyon boys 23 to 7. Credit big Murray Evans with a fir.c job in engineering the Ranchers to their win List nlglii. He plunged for the team's first tcucli- cinwii.

passed to Johnny Bovrn for thr set-mid passed to Fullback CTiiyie Campbell to set up the final counter, which stubby Joe Sirib- finally pushed over. In addition, Evans kicked two of I ihe exlra points. He missed the third cue--breaking a string of successive conversions nt 18 straight STARK The Buffs' Wee Ben Collins, the In the end zone for the score. Collin adaed the tying point from placement. CALL ONE BACK The Cowboys got the jump on Hie Buffs early in ihe first period when Boren grabbed Sanders'' minutes later on fumble in the air near midfieM, march back lo the Buffs' 30.

off tackle that baughl ihe Spartans flat-fooled. Sieubcr's inn came three plays afier Ihc Tiecrs were booted back to Iheir ihrec-vard line. Tne OToud tfliiclirfoivn followed 95-yard lenglh which like a yachting course i Pennsylvania's Quakers 13 to 6 to remain among the nation's mightiest outfits. Snapping back from the scoreless deadlock they played with Harvard a week ago--the only spot on an otherwise bright clean slate for t'ue season--the Midshipmen no; iown, line up I Texas machine started to sputter. But Craiu tinkered a lit- tie a befor: long had it hitting ou all cylliiacrs.

A crowd of 23.000 saw th'c Ixmg- horn team meet it.s most siub- boni of the season and come off grcaier than ever. Layden and Grain paraded lo the initial TexaS louchdown midway of the first quarter. It was a 72-yard drive wilh a passing attack engineered by Layden setting the job done. Grain first pitched to Kutner for 23 yards, then Layden passed to Grain for on the Sifll II. Laydon seven yards In two plunges a Crnin dived over gaurd for a touch- 1 ciov.n.

i Texas stored hi three plays to oucii the second crunching down from ihc SMU 24. Lavden Rot 50 over right tackle, and" two plays later hit Ilic line spot to go crashing through for the score. Midway of the third quarter a i from R. L. Harkins to the i Cowboy curried to the Methodist IJUll driving, especially Little Abel Gonzales, whose plunging and passing brought him Die plaudits of tlie crowd.

Johnston, the fullback who twice had helped SMU beat Texas, was a standout with his great priming, averaging 41 6 vards A 1 4 rnlicrmrntt), Trim Fr r-Rrkrr. usl; tiirklri. Harris, Pe I'onrjly, VUlkln); EUnriis, rliehrr, Volmifnn. FrrtniMn; rrrUrs. I I Saclur: hf.cks.

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Harktns -Soulbtrn Jlethodlit Kndi, Stotl, NLrapson. Con; Uc-klrs, Markrtte i i I I MMIrr Rrtcr, Mrido barks. Johnstnn, in er Martini. I'arkrr (fo HCfr liincMon-n, yards from scrimmage to the Ag- gies, 31, and making 10 first to six for the visitors. Tne Aggies scored on one quick break.

Sullivan passed to Dempsey, two Flagstaff players batted the ball and Dempsey caught it behind the goal line. Sullivan converted. CO A was 3 1 tllen a kins and Lob- 'ociav lrlcs comM ned for a first down on 's favored i tlle SMU 1 A a '5-yard Texi as penalty Harkins flipped lo Sweeney laltralert lo Craiu and the a raced to the comvt- jcr. The gallant Southern Methodist learn collapsed in the i a period pmen no! allow Texas two touchdowns, the only knocked the high-anu'-niighiv las' being made with all third Pemisykanians off the unbeaten I perch, but outplayed them in thr Walter Heap recovered Dick Mill- gridiron goo all Ihe way. er's fumble on the Texas 23.

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NMU tramples 23 7 ALnUQUKRQUE. N. Nov. Mexico university romjierl to a 23 to 7 victory ever'Nevada's Wolfpack today, Warier chalked up nil Now Mr-vice's "ouclidonns tn broken field performances. Spwta ot, ing that up lo 86.

bin he certainly wasn't roped nnrt lied by the Handlers. Collins completed six of eight passes, two o' llicm good for West I Tcxsa' touchdowns, and netted 106 yards in 20 tries to become the Same's leading ground gainer. The never did take over the Iratl. bill ihey constantly thrcaicn- ed the Cowboys all the wav to the i a sun. 1 l.OXO DRIVES Each tide ions touchdown rirue In the first a Unlil late in the second period, tlie Cowboys Jurt the upper baud a a played in Wcit Texas territory practically all of the time.

The Cowboys' score came on the firM play of the second m.arter when Cartlain Evans lowered over 'Ihf center ot Hie line from the loot line. Evans 1 conversion' placement was good. The march started from Ilaulin- jSimmons' 46 where Abilcniau.s jtisrt a over on Collins' punt i from o'rrp in Texas irrri- tory. 1 SlriWiiiB hit Ir-li giwri far 1,1 a first on the Buffs' 41. iMcAlT rtrovr over i riiin 'lor IS more.

a ar.d ihr b.ill on rtonn lo thr IS On the next Evans chunked to Burrus In the left fhi ma fleet Cowboy i a wriggVd his! way to the Iwo-yard stripp. Two! tries Hie Hue were up. Him Evans rhiiEsrd ovcr SCORT KNOTTKI) The West Tcxns scoring j.uint came after ihe Cowboys bad threatened mildly a couple of times In the second. Taking over on the aflcv Evans kicked ovcr thc8o.il line from thr Iluff K. ihe luistling a i on olrvni didn't slow down i Die j-coic was knotted.

Two plays later. Evans dropped; rfehi guard for back and haulcci out one of his the one "hommm" passes to Evans, but i Evans' kick was wide hi, iir-t the a bad stepped over the conversion miss sulce ran zone as he look it and ihe play eisro game last November was nullified. i Tiir Thr Cowboys i a losl the ball on downs at the 20. Tne Ranchers pushed back io the 2(1 on Ihe next series where Murray Evans. Irving from Buff 23.

n-ide with a field goal trial. The Cowboys came back after the intermission to score on a 65-yard West Texas klckoff. the touchdown and I HBri Th.t lr: IVInlrri .1 and I'llrj HIIF. hall fnllharL. rnits; Trufll Ralu tulilfi: Kajrnf a si.r- IX II look ihc gold-clad boys iust nine plays to execute the ullyi'tu cirne.

Here's the way ii worked: A Surras lost on an end around. McAiee msde 17 for a first al midficld. Campbell-made one in two tries at the line. Evans shot flat zone pass to Campbell for i first down on the Buffs' 40. McAtee hit a bi.s hole at the left side for 13-yard pickup, moving a le i skin to the 31.

A pileup al the middle lest three. The a followed I on pass frcm Evans to Boren the biter a i the ball on the two- a stripe and falling across tor touchrtown with a Buff defender riding him piety back. Evans kicked goal. The Btifls were a hole ajjin when Sanders fumbled fen a a and Hoottn recovered on ihe i West Texas 30. The Cowboys could make no beadwaj.

ncacver. Evans tried missed field goal attempt. Turn it was tlu- to roll In seven quick thrusts. West Texas pullrrt back i the ball OI1 (ronl Co Uns to Winter, oho standing in thr niri coWtis' Wrk was irirt Buffs trailed H-13. A rim by Collins anri Dlsst bv did mat (uivnascr 'n the Ions push nir Cowbois scored Ihcir cliucli- cr early in the fourth qujrtcr--an- otlirr parade.

Evans loojiert one to Campbell for vards beiti? chased out of bounds on the West Texas 39. Evans, on a fake- pass, powered his to a rn ihe 29. C.impbell and MrAtfe alicriwtcd to make it another first on the 16. Afier Campbell a (our on a shovel pass from Evans, i A i ripped through the I 'Mill fnlirhflnll rr Wall Enjoy Leisure Hours Abilene Bowling Palace DUB WOOTEN CO. LIFE 4 BRIGADf STRIPES ENSEMBLE A coll to new colors in a quartet designed by Arrow to bring perfect harmony into your life.

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