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vf' fe Guides Baylor Shofner Win NAPPI JONES I Cr GREENLAW Bob bing Along Bobby Jones Swink Displays Super orm As TCU Wins 46 0 Waco uribim Aralil that CONERENCE STANDINGS See BELTON Page 3 4 MARCONTEll BROWN ISS fit Ssfc in second quarter 4 ir I I (S6) Sm BEARS I (55) follow the action from the Cornhuskers win the 19 AA crown and scouts came back raving Brady fullback letcher 132M ORT WORTH Tex Nov 16 Jaunty Jim Swink whisked 72 yards for the first of four touch downs on Texas first play of the game Saturday as he Brown (35) and Bill Glass Baylor took a 26 7 victory (UP Telephoto) 13 lit 4 11 0 4 Ug sea Sat neu Belton Hillsboro Get Home Advantage 372 44 3 130 0 40 "A Pint downs Hu'hlnx jafdate asking yardage PflHSM Intercepted by Punts umbles lost Yards penalized JO touchdown He slips by Nebrasko's Wil lie Greenlaw to put Baylor ahead 6 0 (UP Telephoto) Sea TAILOB Paj 3 1 Baylor's puts his head down as he slams mama 4 a made more than two touchdowns against SMU The game really ended with the second Arkansas score 1 SMU never regained its composure after the mistaken identity pass Again in the third period Arnold threw directly to an Arkansas man halfback Rodgers Overbey and from that point the vaunted SMU aerial game was more of a handicap than a help After a see saw scoreless first period it appeared that capable backfield was in for a tough afternoon The Mustang line threw back four Arkansas drives twice on recovered fum bles 1 SMU scored first on 17 plays in a 65 yard drive The Mustangs moved principally von clutch fourth down passing driv ing to the Arkansas nine where pass interference put them to the one Ray Masters made it with Tom Gentry adding the point Arkansas bounced back going 43 yards in four plays for a matching touchdown Quarterback Don Christian scored on a break away 30 yard run Don Ritschel added the point Even at this juncture SMU still looked like the stronger team and moved Quickly to the Arkansas 20 Rolling out for a pass Arnold had two receivers downfield Circled by Arkansas defenders he sud denly wheeled and threw directly into arms Nesbitt fully 20 yards from the nearest player caught the pass as though he had been expecting it and streakedup the sidelines making 48 yards be fore the startled SMU defenders caught him The ensuing Arkansas touch down broke the game open and through the third period the Pork ers proceeded to roll up the score Baylor Nebraska 4 A 3 By GEORGE RABORN Tribune Herald Sports Staff With powerful squad favored to outscore the United States team despite an American domination of track and field and basketball the 16th edtion of the modern Olympic Games will be gin Thursday in Melbourne Aus tralia More than 5500 ath'efos from 70 nations will vie for gold medals in 17 sports and even the face of world tension and threat of war and with a few naticns having withdrawn their teams this should be the greatest Olympics of all time surpassing even the 1952 super spectacle at Helsinki in land And it could well be the last Olympic Games for years to come Amid glittering pomp and pageantry tlie 16th Olympiad of ficially will begin with opening ceremonies Thursday in Mel main stadium a double decked bowl that seats 11C000 fans and has already sold every ticket Terms from etch at the Waco Page 1 Sunday Nov 1 8 1956 led TCU to a crushing 46 0 de feat of Texas and a long stride toward the Cotton Bowl The talented Rusk Texas rambler ambled to a new South west Conference rushing record with that play then caught touch down passes of 25 and 32 yards from quarterback Charles Curtis and plunged one foot for his fourth in a spectacular final home appearance of a brilliant career It was first blanking by a conference fob in 60 games TCU last turning the trick 14 0 In 1916 It was also the eighth loss against one victory the worst Texas record since 1938 After the All Americd halfback had staked TCU to a 26 0 lead through the first three quarters the defending champions rang up three quick ones in the final quar ter with fullback Buddy Dike plow ing four yards for one reserve 4 26 TCU 7 Texas 46 Texas 21 Arkansas I 7 SMU 9 3 1 that i passing quarterback Charlie Arnold was rattled when he caught a glimpse of Nesbitt standing alone in a distant corner of the1 field almost on SMU goal line Arnold whipped the ball directly to Nesbitt a perfect 20 yard pass and the speedy Ar kansas fullback ran up the side lines for 48 yards to the SMU 43 On the next play Arkansas half back Ronnie Underwood ran the remaining distance for a touch down that started the rout I SMU Athletic Publicity Director Lester Jordan said the similarity of Arkansas and red uni forms probably confused Arnold sA moment before that pass mid way in the second 'period the score was 7 7 and the Mustangs were on the Arkansas 20 threaten ing to score They were never in the game after that It was the first time in the 36 year series that Arkansas has JJTTLE ROCK Ark Nov 17 SMU pass rifled straightinto the arms of Arkansas full back Gerald Nesbitt standing all by himself yards awky'from the play se(t up the crushing 27 13 football victory here today and dashed the Mus flickering hope for a CottonBowl assignment The Southwest Conference loss pushed the Mustangs out of cham contention rom the sidelines it appeared iiis IwWi Ofiil Sm TRACK PagU 1 70 rations will march into the stadium in alphabetical order as semble to take the Olympic oath and then most famous athlete will run into the stadium carrying the fiery torch and will hghf the flame that will bum throughout the two weeks of Olympic competition The identity of the torch bearer is a closely guarded secret and no one will know who he is until his name is flashed on the huge electric scoreboard a moment be fore he races onto the track The torch is currently being carried up the Australian coast by a team of 500 Australian athletes each of whom runs a mile and hands it off to a fellow runner Bringing the torch into the sta dium and hghung the Olympic flame is the biggest honor an ath lete or former athlete can have and four years ago the inns picked Paavo Nurmi former hold er of several world records and once considered the greatest dis tance runner in history Australia will try to pick a runner equally fullback Vernon Hallbeck surging 10 yards for another and sub a 17 yard pass to halfback Albert Lasater for another Tlie victory before 30000 fans kept TCU within range of a pos sible title tie with Texas should the latter lose its final game to this same Texas club that took such a battering Satur day and set the stage for a likely return visit to the Cotton Bowl as the co champion or runnenip Texas is under NCAA pro bation and ineligible for the post season task Swink putting on his greatest performance of the season gained 122 yards in 12 carries to run his fM Hillsboro and Belton school offi cials bi district op ponents to draw the home field advantage for this week's opening round of play off games as the Centex football season hits a gaudy climax Hillsboro will be involved in a playoff game on its home field for the first time in the history whenit faces Crockett ri day night Last year when the Eagles clawed their way to 1 the state finals they played on foreign fields every at Houston Killeen Lockhart Waco1 and Abilene Belton Wins Toss But this time Hillsboro called the coin toss correctly and the 17 AA champs will play host to Crockett riday at razier ield Belton coach John Hugh Smith called the coin toss correctly in a meeting at Lampsaas with Brady school officials The silver dollar three year total to 2492 yards to better the old conference record of 2415 set by Bob Smith of Texas in 1919 51 In addition he caught two passes for another 57 yards both for touchdowns TCU looked like the sharp hitting club it was early In the season as it moved 9 1 91 64 and 71 yards for its scoring drives after Swink lit the spark with his opening foray But Its defense still leaked except around its goal line in the opening halt as Texas twice drove futilely inside the TCU 10 yard line with long ground surges The TCU victory margin was the largest in history against a conference foe and brought its season record to five victories against losses to Texas Mi ami and Texas Tech It has only Rice and Southern Methodist left to play TCU 1 J2O Texas 0 0 0 0 0 TCU Korins: TD Swlnk 72 run a iun from Curtin 1 plunite 32 MM run from Curtin) Dike 4 piunnel Hallbrek (10 run): Uaater (17 pun from Enin) Pollard 1 Hau berk JUST (12) into the end zone for the Bears' first (M RfM 14 in ins 3ST 40 Thu TCU 17 1ST S3 an sn7 0 HOW TOP 10 TEAMS ARED Here's how the top ten teams In the nation fared this week end: 1 Tennessee whipped Missis sippi 27 7 2 Oklahoma humbled Missouri 67 14 3 Michigan State was edged by Minnesota 11 13 4 Georgia Tech blanked Ala bama 27 0 5 Texas A and defeated Rice 21 7 6 Ohio State lost to Iowa 6 0 7 Iowa upset Ohio State 6 0 8 Miami shut out Clemson 21 0 9 Syracuse trampled Colgate 61 7 10 Michigan slammed Indiana 49 26 came up and Smith wast ed little time designating Belton as the site for the first round game The Tigers clinched the'20 AA title last riday by whipping Georgetown Brady trampled Bur net to Belton about ields sure feel good about winning the Smith said yesterday sure glad we got first game at Hamilton 10 0 during the son and Coleman will meet urday night at Brownwood a tral site in another attractive AA game Three Rematches reakish coincidences show three rematches in the remaining four Centex bi district battles McGregor Mart in Class A Me 91 Yard Punt Return Paces Victory By AL WARD Tribune Herald Sports Staff LINCOLN Neb Nov 17 DeI Shofner switched off the lights for Nebraska and 30000 partisans this crispy ideal Saturday afternoon with an electric 91 yard punt re turn as Baylor turned in credita ble 26 7 intersectional decision It snapped a proud two game winning streak for the Cornhusk era but the cure beauty of ShoL productions made it as pain less as possime ior me uysvi conscious gathering was DpI'c dav inside double decked Memorial Stadium as he set up one touchdown scored twice and led all gamers with 94 yards on 13 carries But it was his punt delivery early in the fourth period which drained the tension suddenly poured into the game by third period score that made it 13 7 Baylor Nebraska had survived a 13 0 halftime deficit with a 38 yard march midway of the third period and was storming to the attack moving to the Baylor 23 late in the period and again to near midfield A fumble and tightened Baylor defensive play foiled both bids but was still ball game when quarterback George Harshman faded from midfield to punt Shofner took it on the 14 faded laterally to the nine while the interference collected and then bolted 91 yards in tlie clocked time of 30000 held breaths It was the moment of truth in this game putting Nebraska behind for good Until long dash and sudden scoring march the game had assumed routine proportions with the Bruins' crunch crunch moving 7 yards with the opening kickoff cli maxed by Bobby Jones from the three and counting again in the i second period on 17 yard move inside left end Through these two periods the 'Huskers had found no weaknesses in the Bruin defense moving for a total gain of 57 yards to the Bruins 185 Only one drive pene trated Bruin territory under its own power a first period slash to the 47 The 'Huskers picked up a fumble on the Bruin 40 but could move only six yards with it: got a poor Shofner punt on the 37 and could go only four yards Baylor on the other hand moved slowly but surely all dur ing this period and the half time question was Then the tempo switched on tlie first play of the second half and Baylor had to knuckle quickly to a task that was suddenly an im posing one Bobby Peters fumbled through left tackle on the opening play of the third period and half back rank Nappi recovered on the Bruin 38 'Almost six minutes later the 'Huskers survived a tremendous Baylor stand on the one got new life by a fourth down penalty and made good their extra chance with Willie Greenlaw plowing over through left tackle The charge spurred new life into the slow footed 'Huskers and it was a two sided contest until Shof ner got his hands on Nebraska's first punt of the second half The first came as the captains met at midfield shortly before game time with the 30000 fans still searching for their seats Nebraska won the toss and took the wind a steady blow of 15 miles an hour out of the south west The Bruins chose to receive Shofner bringing it back 20 yards to the Baylor 23 rom here Jones led a groundward surge that con sumed almost half the first quar ter in addition to 78 yards and the first touchdown It was plain vanilla with Jones spreading flankers and alternat ing Shofner Saage and Peters with an occasional keeper Tlie threw seven and eight man lines at the attack but Jones kept aground and the Bruins nev er faltered A tense moment developed on the 16 with a fourth and one situation on but Shofner took a pitchout cut inside left end and surged 13 yards the drive's long est gain to the three Saage got nothing at right guard then Jones running the option caught the in a pinch ing defense cut through a gap at rieht tackle and was into the end zone with 7:15 left con version try sailed wide to tne len Nebraska shot back with the kickoff to the Bruin 40 then fiz Arkansas scored early in the third on Donnie 36 yard run from a reverse Ritschel con verted A few minutes later with coach Jack Mitchell using second and third string players substitute quarterback James Monroe scored from the SMU five climaxing a 61 yard drive Arkansas 0 14 13 SMU 0 7 0 6 13 Arkansas scoring: TD Christian (30 run) Underwood (43 run): Stone (36 run): Monroe (5 run) Ritschel 2 Nesbitt SMU scoring: Masters (1 plunge) Dunn (1 plunge) i Gentry A I Cadets Cinch Title Tie In 21 7 Decision By DAV CAMPBELL Tribune Hendd SporU Editor COLLEGE STATION Nov 17 The proud Texax Aggies thrust one bold foot into the Southwest Con ference throne room Saturday aft ernoon with a 21 7 victory over Rice which was too authoritative for even the NCAA to dispute With a tie for their first title In 15 years now assured the ro bust wearers of the Maroon stalked off the Kyle ield battle ground needing only a historic vic tory at Memorial Stadium on Turkey Day to make their con ference conquest complete ew of the 36000 who gathered on this crisp cloudless November afternoon went away doubting that they will get it Tricky lzyd Taylor who shows only scorn for the blue and gray dragged Rice's colors through the dirt once more scoring one touch down on a 22 yard run setting up a second with a 21 yard scamper to the Owl three and contributing 16 and 11 yard runs on the third Leading Ground Gainer He emerged as the leading ground gainer of the day getting 86 yards on 11 carries to even outdistance his more renowned as sociate in muscle and might John Crow It was Taylor remember who shocked the Owls into a state of utter disbelief exactly one year ago In Houston when he flashed for two touchdowns quicker than you can say Dag Hammarskjold in leading the Aggies to a mem 20 12 victory in the 'final three minutes You might almost say that the shock of that 1955 blockbuster car ried over for 30 minutes today because Jess troops really did not start to play with ef ficiency and direction until after the Intermission By that time It was too late Taylor had already had his fun the score was 21 0 and schM was out The final 30 minutes were only to prove that the Aggies too can be mere mortals at times This was A and first per formance since the NCAA ordered them to stay 'home on Bowl Day and the massed thaiands were eager to see what affect the ruling might have The Cadet reaction was along the lines of a remark of one of our more prominent los ing candidates: the setback found them too old to cry and it hurt too much to laugh So as the next best thing they went out and belted Rice Aggiee Score Quickly Paul Bryant's bruisers scored the second time they had posses sion marching 63 yards in 11 plays for the touchdown Jack Pardee bolted the final four yards which came with 5:55 remaining in the first quarter and Taylor kicked the extra point Pardee also bulled the final yard fw the second score con structed in five plays which de voured 25 yards That one came in the second quarter with 10:43 left and kick was again true The final one hit the scoreboard with 7:06 left in the half and was a 31 yard 7 play maneuver which also bad to overcome a 15 yard penalty Taylor's 22 yard ramble was a rock and roll number which proved to be the big payoff and his accurate kick wrapped up the Aggie scoring Rice inds Raage Rice found the range in the second half getting its score on a King Hill directed thrust which carried 57 yards in six plays Hill plunged for the final yard after an Aggie personal foul penalty had moved the ball to the one Jerry kick was good That score came with 6:40 left in the third quarter The Owls' had only two other 1 moments cf real distinction get ting to the Aggie 14 just before the first half ended and pushing to the Cadet four on a 30 yard pass from rank Ryan to Hill on the final play of the game A and cashed in on all its opportunities in the first half and could set up only one in the sec ond half driving 33 yards to tlie Rice 23 before giving up posses sion HiD and Ryan two cracker jack signal callers had a hand in just about all that was good for Rice Ryan tric'd 12 passes completed seven for 87 yards and sparked the two major drives that failed al the 14 and four Rill tried seven tosses com pleted five for 60 cards and di rected the touchdown march Ryan also had 28 yards on eight CAUGHT NAPPI Nebraska's rank Nappi leads four man dash across the field after taking a pass Baylor's Lee Harrington (56) made the tackle Jerry rv Morconfell action at Lincoln (UP Telephoto) DOING IT UP Jerry Brown (35) gets racked' up by Boylor' Lm Harrington (56) and Jer Bajlor Vbnmka 2K1 44 Track Expert Off To 1956 Olympics Note: Tribune Herald staffer George Raborn fore most track follower of this state left by plane Saturday for Mel bourne Austi Mia 'where he will report on the 19o6 Olympics for Central Texas readers Track meets are nothing new for Raborn A former Southwest Conference record holder himself he was on hand for the Olympics in Helsinki inland and the British Empire Games at Vancouver Canada two years later (He covered the Olympic Try Outs in California last summer and now in a few days he will be reporting back to Tribune Herald readers on how Texans Bobby Morrow and Eddie Southern and their great and talented companions on the Olympic team fare against the rest of the world Below is his preliminary view of how the games shape up) a ff li'e' iX1' i in ci rth I 27 (Oklahoma 67 1 Tulsa 10 I Tennessee 27 I Minnesota 14 1 Iowa 6 I i i I MieeAnri 1 a I Tayoc 7 I Mississioni 7 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