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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1937 THE BIRMINGHAM A A The South' Greatest Newspaper if TWO ZIPP NEWMAN Sports Editor JERRY BRYAN end JACK HOUSE Astistant Sport Edit or Howard Ekes Out Win Over Southwestern, 13-12 I Football Results TECH TAKES TO AIR FOR 7 TOO VICTORY Michigan State Rallies To Spoil Temples Record INTERSECTIONAL Fordham 21, Purdue 3. Manhattan Detroit 0 Syracuse 27, Western Reserve 7. Carenegie Tech 6. Duquesne 0. Michigan State 13, Temple 6.

Bucknell 20, Furman 7. G0PHERS.35TO1O DEFEAT GEORGIA Engineers Snatch Win From Stubborn Huge crowd watches Florida Rohm Leads Scoring Attack; phidelphia-a The sPar- tans of Michigan State, viciously rc- Early Lead By Iowa Fails To Daunt Minnesota In Homecoming Game Clemson Eleven As Power Fails Ball Within Six Inches Of Howard Goal When The Whistle Blows Second Team Puts Over Two Touchdowns Block Punt And Win By 6-0 Score buffed for three quarters, arose in the final period Saturday to smite Temple Universitys hitherto unbeaten forces for two touchdowns ancj a 13 to 6 triumph. About 17.600 fans watched in Temple Stadium as the invaders turned a blocked kick and such ancient bits of trickery as a fake kick and the end around play into scores that nullified the Owls second period touchdown. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. UP) A blocked punt brought an end Saturday to Georgia's six-year football SOUTH Auburn 20.

Tennessee 7. Alabama 9, Tulane ft. Florida 6, Georgia 0. Howard 13, Southwestern 12. Birmingham -Southern 19.

Chattanooga 18. Vanderbilt 41, Sewanee 0. Georgia Teh 7. Clemson ft. Ranaolp) Kentucky W.

and L. 13. Virginia 6. Maryland 9, V. M.

I. 7 North Carolina 26, Davidson 0. N. C. State 2, Citadel 14.

Richmond 12, V'. P. I. 7. S.

U. 41, Mims. State 0. Va. Union 18, N.

C. College 6. Klon 22, Catawba 2. Tuakegee 32, Clark ft. Roanoke 22, Emory-Henry West Kentucky 23.

K.ist Kentucky 0. Tenneneee Frosh 14, Ky. enish 13. ti ml 21. Hampden Sydney 12.

Duke H7, Wake Forest 0. Tennessee A. and I. 29. Louisville 0.

Arkansas A. and M. 18. Philander Smith LeMoyne 27. Morehouse 2.

Kast Carolina 19. High Point 7. Appalachian State 14. West Carolina 0. Kast Tennessee 7.

Cumberland 8. Roanoke 22, Emory-Henry 7. 8. C. State 7, Morris Brown 0.

Concord 35, Shenandoah O. Bluefleld State 18, Smith 0. Delta State 35. Henderson 0. St Leo 18.

Florida Military 0. Xavier IN O. i 28. Prairie View Milllsaps 9. Spring Hilt 6.

Maryville 20, King 0. ATLANTA (jP) Lacking power to crumple a dogged Clemson defense, Georgia Tech turned to deception to snatch a 7-0 victory from the stubborn Tigers here Saturday. A good share of the gallery of 12,000 was resigned to a scoreless draw after Tech stopped Clemsons most serious threat by inter-' cepting a pass behind the goal after the Tigers had marched to JIMMIE FENTON AND the Tech 22 midway of the final CUMnPC ADC qta PC sllbremacy ovel Florida quarter. AtNIVIUnt Ant OlAnO Converted- into a tn But the Yellow Jackets immediately launched their drive from their 20 and went over 12 plays later on a six-yard pass from Harry Appleby to Dutch Konemann. Sims added the point.

Tech outgained the Tigers, 147 to 47 on the ground and 104 to 24 in the air, but was able to make only one other real threat and that was ing Marine Jack Meagher has Converted, into a gave Florida a 6 to 0 the most bitterly game of a rivalry early in the century. More than 20,000 Floridas largest sports watched the game. The break came in the With the ball on Halfback Billy Mims I kick. Charley Krejcier, tackle, broke through MEMPHIS Southwestern came within six inches of the Dixie Conference championship Saturday. They were just that distance from the goal line when the game ended and just that distance gave Howard a 13-to-12 victory in the finest football game that has been played around here in years.

A point after touchdown from the toe of Joe Gann spelled the difference. He kicked one out of two after Howard touchdowns and Porter Chappell, an Alabama boy, couldnt kick either of his tries after BY NORMAN WALKER BATON ROUGE iPi An offensive brilliant for the first time this season gave Louisiana State University a 41-to-0 victory Saturday over Mississippi State before a homecoming crowd of approximately 20,000 fans. Govs. Richard Leche, of Louisiana, and Hugh White, of Mississippi, saw the defending Southeastern Conference champions play an alert, bruising brand of football that kept Mississippi State busy defending its goal line during most of the colorful battle. Half a dozen Mississippians were carried from the field as L.

S. U. played its best game of the year. L. S.

U.s versatile halfback. Pinky Rohm, led the scoring parade with a dazzling 58-yard punt return near the end of the first period. From then on. Louisiana State went about its business of running up a score in workmanlike fashion The lighter, second team IOWA CITY (JP) Minnesotas Golden Gophers, pride-pricked by Iowa's unexpected early 10-point lead, roared back with characteristic power and deception to crush the Hawkeyes 35 to 10 Saturday before 40.000 homecoming football fans. The Gophers, eliminated from national title consideration by Nebraska and Notre Dame, shot into a commanding position in the Big Ten race with the onesided victory.

It was their third straight conference triumph, and Ohio States defeat by Indiana left Minnesota only the job of conquering Northwestern and Wisconsin to regain its Western Conference supremacy. Once started, the Gophers piled up a one-sided advantage over the Hawkeyes. They came charging back from their first quarter relapse to outdo wn Iowa 11 to 5. and piled up 2u9 yards by rushing, compared to 74 for the Hawkeyes. Iowa forged into the lead- in the- RIVALCUBS, 2J-0 Howard Frosh Pile Scoring Into Last Two Quarters In Foggy Battle -r 15 -i rr- nf thp ctnrv hut the last Howard stalwart Bengal line.

Marine Meagher was too modest Ot tne story. DUt tne last nowara (0, McConnell, left end Pen- 1 Stand was most of it. nington. left (ankle. Bryant.

left guard; The Lynx started their surge three 1 minutes before the game ended, quarterback; Willis, left halfback; Pearson, 1 jn fullback. times. to say more than 13 words. The boys played a great game and we received the benefit of the breaks. touchdown, it victory in perhaps contested dating back to persons, North crowd, second period.

Georgia's 44. attempted to Florida the line and charged like a shot. The ball struck I his stomach and bounded to the Georgia 25. where Clifford Whiddon, Gator end, scooped it up. He broke loose from two tacklers and darted across the goal line standing up.

Lineups and summary: Georgia Towns, left end; Davis, left tackle; Salisbury, let guard: Lumpkin, center; Troutman, right guard; Hay good, right tackle; Thomas, right end; Young, quarterback; Holland, halfback; Cavan, ha It back; Hartman, lullback. Florida Whiddon, left end; Goff, lift tackle; Lightbown, left guard Oxford. center; Resets, right guard; Krejcier, right tackle; Ramsey, right end; Blalock, quarterback; Mayberry, nalfback; Willis, halfback; Mullins, fullback. Score by periods: Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 Florida 0 6 0 6 Florida scoring: Touchdown, Whiddon. Officials: Arnold i Auburn i referee; Per-rv (Sewanee), umpire, Gardner Georgia Tech), linesman; Bagley (Washington and Lee), field judge.

Auburn kept Tennesesee backed in its territory throughout most of the 60 minutes of play. The Vols Kite Morton passed three 's I "ten once to Nickells for 31 yards, then I tackle; Wilcox, left guard ran 12 up to the five. There the Howard line yielded shortly, then clung and it was a ball game just as Nickells failed on his last surge at the line. Howard scored in the first and second time on a pass from White raanu; point after touchdown, to Hill. Both touchdowns climaxed Officials: Referee, McMastera (Chicago); air raids that were beautifully ex-i umpire.

Clement Alabama; linesman. Armistead (Vanderbilt): field judge, Hal- end; Lackey, left I guard; Sims, center; Brooks, right guard; Rlmmer, right tackle Morgan, right end; Gibson, Kotor, left halfback: Konemann, back; Page, fullback. Score by periods Clemen 0 0 Ga. Tech 0 0 Georgia Tech scoring: Touchdown, Kune- Sims (sub o-u BY JERRY BRYAN It was a smoggy night at the sta-went i dium. A night for skullduggery into the game at the end of the an SCqj-jug jt decidedly was not a first beriod alKj added two touch-; downs in quick order.

Young Bus-1 -sPeclators mBht. The fiosh of the sey, stocky curly-headed halfback, city colleges, embattled for the subbing for Rohm, stepped back to benefit of Crippled Children's midfield to loop a pass to Ken Qjnic, performed behind a screen atronui ion uihn 1 1 oh tho Kali I Kavanaugh. who caught the ball "a never got but three chances to show their offense built around George Cafego, Red Harp and Walter Wood. Utree cases of dynamite. Auburn linemen were quick to smash in on the Vol ball carriers.

No Letdown There was no letdown in the forward play of the Tigers. It was one of the finest lines in all the history of Auburn teams, a line that would have ranked with any of Mike Donahue's big lines in the days of Lviianuc micro in Ulc Urf.Y U1 ligan (Mississippi first quarter when Eichlery took a pass from Kinnick and galloped from the Iowa 45-yard line for a touchdown. They added three more points after a Gopher fumble gave 0f murk as concealing as Turk- the home team bal on the Min-over his head and stumbled across i woman-s veji But the Panther nesota 25. Dean booted a place-the goal line Busseys short passes cubs whdl probably not under- kick between the uprights from the jockeyeu L. S.

U. into position for staiwljng- found revealed before 20 a thud touchdown on a triple pass, thel a scorjng punch powered by Minnesota big guns thereupon Anderson to Bussey to Stell. a Bullpup back named Morgan that i roared into action. A lateral tacked The sensational Bussey-to-Kava- was good enough to pile up 27 1 Vaneverys pass to King sent naugh passing combination gave L. i points.

The Panther Cubs not being 5ee scooting 60 yards to the first rr a(jje tf) one 0u own across Gopher touchdown in the second the goal, though threatening several lfau became a times, therefore counted a 0-27 set- belclt 8 moment later wheii Capt. back made a great catch of Van- everys aerial from the Iowa 27 for The night was one of the worst in another touchdown, stadium history for football. The; sut smog hung so thick that during the ath Minnesota, i fourth quarter the yardage markers iateraj subbing for Hight. ran and passed could not be read across the width Jhd for scores lluhlt ipd Carnegie Tech Halts Duquesne Threats By 6-0 1 fT! ora Manhattan Trims Detroit On Break ecuted. Gaylon Smith went over for Southwestern in the second period.

George Jennings bucked the line for the second after some fine passes had taken the ball on a 60-yard foray up the field. All during the last half Southwestern outplayed Howard, but Howard, in the end. had just what it takes to win a ball game a goal line defense. First Quarter Howard capitalized on one of its two big chances to score in the opening period. After Daugherty Auburn ran practically at will against the Vols, throwing the Vols into confusion so much so, that the Vols were guilty of overshifting on nearly every third play the Tigers PITTSBURGH A rugged ran.

Quick cutback plays took the football eleven from Carnegie Tech Vols completely by surprise. There beat back frequent scoring thrusts i was much massed interference in NEW YORK oP) Lady Luck flirted with Manhattans football Jaspers in the final minutes of a bruising ball game Saturday and paved the way for a 7 to 0 intersectional gridiron upset over the highly re- Bralron unset over tne had covered Nickells fumble deep by high-favored Duquesne Saturday front of the Auburn backs. They in Howard territory, the Bulldogs I and conquered the Dukes, 6 to 0, in hit into the line on reverses and uardod Detroit Titans marched deep into Lynx ground, a bitter battle between neighbor- straight plunges llld s. I I The Tigers covered 255 yards by Capitalizing on a break the Jas inter-1 hood rivals. gdiuc a.

an iiHcieamig diiau it t)y ruii I11M111V 1.cil,UI1 la Mi llu back to the Southwestern 16 anti Moroz jn fhe second period to Car- finest game in three years, picking over a learn was handicapped then threw a pass to Hodges over negie End Karl Striegel. resulted up 121 yards. George Kenmore, throughout by tVie absence of its offensive spearhead. Anvil Andy Farkas. who was back home in Detroit too ill to play.

The Titans kicked out to their own 30 from the six-inch line and a 15-yard penalty for unnecessary roughness set them with their backs nearly on the goal line. The heels when he wasnt running their Pers earned it over on four straight who was one of the stars in burns comeback against Rice last week, was good for 109 yards. It was Spec Kelly against Miss. State and George Tech. Saturday it was George Kenmore.

a sophomore, teaming with Jimmie Fenton, who was punting the Vols back on their Au-ty-eight sec-! i I un-, EAST Army 7. Harvard 0. Yale 19. Brown 0. Dartmouth 33, Princeton 9.

Navy 13, Columbia 6. Holy Cross 12, Colgate 7. Penn State 7, Penn 0. N. Y.

U. 13. Lehigh 0. Boston Coll. 27.

West. Maryland 0. Hobart 12. Buffalo 7. Catholic U.

21. West Va. Wes. 0 Georgetown 0. West Virginia 6 (tie.

Albright 13, LaSalle 0. LaFuyette 13, Rutgers 6. Northeastern 12, Springfield 6. Conn. State 13.

Rhode island State t. Demson 14, Mt. Union Drexel 6. Muhlenburg 0. Franklin-Marshall 7, Ursinus 0.

Boston U. 28, American Int. 0. Dickinson 7, Gettysburg 0. Haver ford 26.

Hamilton 7. Bowdoin 6. Maine 6 (tie). St. Lawrence 31.

Vermont 0. New Hampshire 3. Tufts 0. New Britain 7. Lowell 6 C.

C. N- Y. 7, So. Joseph's 0. Union 13.

Rochester 0. Cortland 6. Slippery Rock 0. Middlebury 14, Colbv 0. Morgan 39.

Greensboro 0. Marshall 36. Centre 0 Wdvnetburg 12. Glenviile 7. Williams 19, Wesleyan 0.

Amherst 20, Trinity 0. Johns Hopkins 20, Swarthmore 7. Juniata 2o, Moravian 0. Hartwick 22. Norwich 0.

Alfred 12, Clarkson 6 8t. Johns 37. Guilford 0. Allegheny 20, Thiel 0. Geneva 13, Bethany 3.

Potomac State 14. Shepherd C. Shippenburg 7, Millers, lie 0. Bloomsburg 7, Sausjuehunna O. Ithaca 33.

Grove City 14. Worchester 14. Rensseler 0. Arnold 20 Wagner 7. MIDWEST Pittsburgh 21.

Notre Dame 6. Illinois e. Northwestern 0. Minnesota 35, Iowa 10. Nebraska 13.

Kansas 13 (tie). Michigan 13, Chicago 12 Oklahoma 33, Iowa State 7. Kansas State 20. Washburn 7. Wittenberg 12, Bowling Green 0.

Vilianova 25, Marquette 7. Otterbein 12. Hiram 0. Miami 32. Ohio Wesleyan 0.

Ohio Northern 0. Muskingum 0 (tie). Wabash 0, Butler 0 (tie). Monmouth 0, North Central 0 (tie). Lake Forest 42.

Kenyon 0. Central 7. Luther 7. St. Marys 14.

MacAlester 7. Bradley 13, August ana 0. Carroll 20. Ripen ft. St.

Norbert 12. St. Viator 7. DePauw 33, Barlharn 0. St.

Joseph 20, Central Normal 12. Cart huge 21. Kureka 0 St Marys (Mich.) 25. Adrian 0. Wash.

-Jefferson ft. Marietta 0. Xavier 19, Creighton 0. Pittsburgh Tchrs. 20, Sterling 2.

Bell State 7, Indiana State 0. Valparaiso 32, Evansville 0. St. Louis 14, Missouri 7. Indiana 10, Ohio State 0.

Wayne 7, Mich. Normal 0 Baldwin-Wallace 13. Case 0. Kent State 20. Findlay 0.

Ohio U. 17, Cincinnati 0. Wooster 32, Oberiin 7. DePaul 31, Wichita 7. Manchester 7, Albion 0.

Tulsa 41, Drake 9. Hebron 12. Nebraska Central 0. Carleton 14. Grinnell 12.

Hamline 6. St. Olaf 6 (tie). Oust as us Adolphus 26. St.

Thomas 19. Carroll 20, Ripen 6 Iowa State Teachers 33, 8outh Dakoa State 0. Creighton Frosh 27. Kearney 13 Rose Poly 26, McKendree 13. South Dakota 26.

Omaha 0. Heidelberg 7, Capitol 6. Toledo 12. Dayton 7. Western State 22.

Chadron Normal 7. Raker 6. William Jewel 0. Ferris Tech 6, Lawrence Tech 6 (tie). Mich Tech 6.

Detroit Tech 0. Kalamazoo 20. Hillsdale 13. St. Cloud 4ft, Hibbing 6 Milwaukee Tchrs.

6 Plattesville 0. Lawrence 20. Beloit 6 Minot 10. Bottineau 7. Cornell Coll.

19. Simpson 0. Dubuque 20. Penn (Ia.i 7. Illinois Co.

25. Principia rt. Culver -Stockton 19. Shurtleff 0. Wrheaton 21.

James Millikin 0. Ft Hays State 7. St. Benedict 7 (tie). Wahpeton 7.

Northern Tchrs. 2. Dakota Wesleyan 19. Spearfish 13. St.

Norbert 12. St. Viator 7. Alma 3, Hope 0. SOUTHWEST Texas 9, Baylor 6.

Centenary 10, T. C. U. 9. Rice 26.

Arkansas 20. McMurrv 20, Daniel Baker 0. Texas Mines 53. Flagstaff 13 Hardin Simmons 66. Emporia Teachers 6.

East Texas Teachers 26. Sam Houston 0. Texas A. and 14. S.

M. U. 0. i half-; the goal line for the touchdown. It was a great catch with Sasser, of the Lynx, standing right by White.

Gann kicked the extra point from placement, making the score 7 to 0. Neither could do a thing more until the end of the quarter, the Lynx holding the ball on their own 27. Second Quarter The Lynx got their break as soon as the second period started. After 3 fine kick by Sasser had set Howard back, White fumbietf and Hammond recovered for Southwestern on Howards 16. In three plays Smith had battered his way across.

Chappell missed the placement, leaving Howard ahead 7 to 6. Howard was in front 13 to 6 five minutes later on a steady march down the field on short passes, White throwing first to Hodges, then to Hill, five times, Hill taking the final one on the goal line. It was a swell air offensive. Gann missed the extra point. I Carnegie scoring Touchdown Striegel.

Referee -E. A. Gelges (Temple): umpire, HodgCS broke up Southwestern T. J. Thorp (Columbia); head linesman, retaliatory drive by intercepting a Krli.

Cavanaugh iPittj; field judge, e. pass at the Howard 30-vard line as the half ended. hindered. Boyd Brumbaugh, halfback for the Dukes, leaped in the air and touched the ball, but deflected it into Striegel's outstretched arms. Lineup and summary: Duquesne (0- Kirsling, left end: Maras, left tackle; Barko.

left guard; Grabinsky, center: Amann, right guard; Critchfield, right tackle; Serangeili, right end; Zop- petti, quarterback; Brumbaugh, left back; Cassillo, right halfback; Karra, full- in a touchdown and victory. Twen- thousand fans saw the game. Moroz, 152-pound halfback the lightest man on the Tartan squad entered the game early in the ond period, heaved his pass to Striegel on the Duke nine-yard line and Striegel ran over the goal Carnegie (0) Striegel, left end; Slnm- inku, left tackle; Kawehak, left guard; Schmidt, Gartz, right guard; Gum- bert. right tackle; Howarth, right end; Tammaro. quarterback: Carnelly, left half- back; Condit, right halfback; Lee, fflTlback.

Score by periods: Carnegie 0 6 0 0 0 Duquesne 0 0 0 00 tackle; Cter 'rilt end: Mapp. quarter- the teams going at it nip-aild-tuek. I Minneijtfu ns. back; Hight. left nalfback; Turner, right Minnesota () Reed, left end.

Scbultx, halfback; Scott, fullback. DUt tnC rcmsincir of trl6 COnttSt left tackle; VVeid. left guard. Kulbitski. Louie ia pa state-Bur.

left end: Friend, was devoted to Bullpup pyrotech- riht left tackle: left xuard; D. Goririley. 1 nics. I terbacit Vaoevere lif? UtZl center; Clark, right suard: Oatto. righi I Bullpupi Get Going half, Buhler.

ftllbaek. Gmltro. right tackle; King, right end: Booth, quarter-i Iowa (lOi I arnrm fullback' MliDer rlsW Morgan set the stage for the first left tackle Br any, left sruard 'AmlenSm! touchdown with a 45yard return riht guard; Neade. right vtiripprr" carrying the Panther rgf Vrlt' Louisiana Unlveratty 7 14 741 33. Manderson then plugged out a tuiihr.ck.

Louisiana State acorinK Touchdowns: first down in four tries On the Cub Minnesota Rohm Kayanaueh tsub for Baun; steii 22 and Morgan ran once and passed low 3 0 10 twice before he found the scoring K.ng ajoieaa combination, Douglas circling down Poinu Officials: Thomason (Georgia), referee; I tup eoai anfi rnmjn- hark fr Twedell Burghard IMiaaiaaippi College), umpire; 10 me ana coming DacK oring "iw'hd, Tech 1 head linesman; up the alley to meet the pass, then f.icheriy. slanting to the corner for the count-I er. Manderson kicked the point. The Panthers called for a punt on field judge." Joe first down after the kickoff linesman. George Simpsoh (Wiscon- Hodges blocked it.

Moore recovered on the Panther Cubs 21. The Cubs I held but immediately fumbled the ball back tothe Bullpups Watkins recovering on the Cub 15. Morgan made seven and one. Masterson one, and Morgan plunged over. Douglas I kicked the goal.

SAN TOSF Calif IjPV Santa fourth quarter Golson in- Clara retained its undefeated status thrufife pasf Emmett Marshall set the pace in here Saturday by scoring a 25 to 2 DouElac 26 Vard Hvout naanH weckI sh the Southern JoseSsCit0eVer hithert Unbeaten Sa I Morgan "threw one fleet fargeUe fill Roche. Gunther. Coughlan and ru'ed nd with 49x50. while Lee Fisher accounted for the Broncs yfd t0T anH 1 scores, two of which were the re- I Sh Ver suit of long passes to put Santa RnOn, Clara within scoring ranee the Bullpups started their last PrlveiantNeeme ,1 a touchdown drive from the Cubs' 45. blocked a Santa Clara kick on he the-gn 1 Bronco 20-yard line to send the ball Mrwn e6 whizzing back across the end zoneLj the flat to Dmwho made it a 24-yard advance and a touchdown.

The try for point was missed. Cubs Hammer At Goal Neither team made any progr Trojans Edged Vtnr.h.n Mwdv L-f J. Muidr Dan Gienn H. Buckhanr J. Dr Caat 5ft 4y 48 48 47 .46 46 .45 i ine bucks.

Hal Savage socked the middle of the front wall for the last two feet and the score, and Ed Kr'ingle kicked the point for victory. That was just about Manhattan's one and only consistent offensive contribution to a game that was rough, tough and savage all the way. Previous to their fourth period touchdown parade, the Jaspers were kept dizzy trying to keep up with the throwing arms of Hayes and Palumbo. SOOTHERS Yale football men are soothed by music. At meal time Clint Frank and his mates listen to Norman and Henry Howard, piano wizards, play and sing.

The twins are law students and are glad to do their bit for The football team, though they have trouble getting away from class. touchdown possible. More power to Billy. The kid is a thoroughbred. Bowden Wyatt, an end, was the and getting down under kicks, best Vol lineman.

The Tigers soon There were as many as six at times were wise to leaving Wyatts termi-down under punls. Auburn returned na' alone. overcame a two-touchdown lead in five punts for 50 yards and Tennes- I Auburn has had a successful sea-the fourth quarter to win their third see returned one for 55-yards. Most come what may. They were straight conference game at the ex- of the time the Vols played the picked to lose at least three games Chicago.

13 to 12. Satur- punts safe. before the turn of November. To It was in returning kickoffs that date they have supplied three of the Tennessee was its best. They had a season finest thrillers in winning total of 174 yards in hauling back the kickoffs.

Cafego got 94 of the vards in one mad sprint down the field. Long Return Of Kicks The game was studded with place kicked the conversion that from Mississippi State, Georgia Tech and Tennessee, tying the great Vilianova team. There are L. S. Georgia and Florida left.

And there is a chance for the Tigers. They have the coaching and the will to Score: Howard 13, Southwestern 6. Third Quarter Howard bowed its neck just as the second half started and stopped a Lynx drive two yards short of the goal line with Gaylon Smith as the spearhead of the Southwestern attack Daugherty kicked out well but a 6-yard pass from Sasser to Smith put the ball on Howard's five-yard fine. From there Jennings bucked the ball across. Howard, however, held the lead ivhen Chappell missed the extra point from placement, leaving the score.

Howard 13. Southwestern 12. A third promising Lynx drive in the third period was stopped when Gann intercepted a pass at his own 10 and ran it back out of danger 45 45 44 43 42 .40 40 .38 38 By Stanford In Close One, 7 To 6 until late in the first period when i the Cubs got down ori the Bullpups' oiay Thi -ton 'eight-yard line by a blocked punt i fjr Muidr by Duncan on the 2 and a Sands- a pn)i I thrown pass to Clark for 23 yards. Knisht Clark lost eight and subsequent tries failed to get it back nm Kasiner Late i)i the second period the Munser Cubs were on Howard 20 but s. mi.

f-Tiirra LOS ANGELES GPi Stanford's Indians tossed another bomb into the cmuuici uumu IIJIU scrambled Coast Conference just as the quarter ended. Howard was Michigan's margin of victory- snappy zig-zag runs, quick striking 13 Southwestern 12. His successful try' was made after passes that caught Tennessee's seethe first touchdown. ondary out of positions, long re- 7 turns of punts and kickoffs. It was Kin imorin MDTtiCjte la grid drama to perfection for the mwimuuu ueiedlb 1 Auburn supporters.

The Vols were rn I outplayed but never outgamed. 11 ieen, lu Auburn appeared to have reached 0 its peak Saturday, despite having retain everytl start The peak Saturday, despite having intercepted a pass to break rr. Mrciuns grid campaign Saturday, edging out ln quarter pr. wii! the favored Trojans of Southern HiHtoppers again moved deep nr. MeQu.cn 30 27 win.

And a rush line that will rank with any team in the country. Lineups and summary; Tennessee 7) Elred, left end: Sanders, left tackle; Leffler. left guard: Little, center; Haves (c)), right guard; Crawford, right tackle: Wyatt, right end; Wood quarterback; Herring, left halfback; Duncan, right halfback; Perkins, fullback. Auburn(29) Harrison, left end; Russell, left tackle: Slvell, left guard. Antley (c).

center; Howell, righ guard; Holman, right tackle, Whatley, right end: Walker quarterback: Kenmore. left halfback; Fenton, right halfback: Heath, fullback. Sore by periods Tennessee 0 0 t) 7 7 Auburn 0 7 7 620 Summary Scoring. Auburn: Touchdowns. Kenmore.

Walker. Sltz (sub for Heath t. Point 8 after. Fenton (2) (from placement'. Tennessee, touchdown, Cafego (sub for Wood).

Point after, Barnes (sub for Herring) (from placement). Officials; Cheeves (Georgia). referee; Powell (Wisconsin), umpire; Cunningham i Vanderbilt, head linesman; Mouat (Armour), field judge. I territory, carrying to i jYiward Arnitrfi A California. 7 to 6.

Trailing 6 to 0 at the half, and That W'as the iast Panther Cub erful running attack. Coach Tiny I arfieM TnornhiHs Redskins came back in H. T. Parker iGiim.r Howard 9. were the closing periods to yank the Tro- QonVhernfi nS jan machine apart.

Moor Arnold H. V. Flemming faced Tulane, Vilianova. Mississippi State. Georgia Tech and Rice in a row.

The Tiger backs ran with precision, picked their opening shrewdly. The linemen were alert, charging and blocking as well as in any game this year. It is impossible to single out any Auburn lineman for indiviidual hon-01 s. They all played a game of football Saturday with those two sophomore wingmen, Harrison and What iuuic rvtUAUiCU, iini iidvu nuu RICHMOND. Va.

WPj Richmond's Spiders struck twice in a i thrill-packed first quarter Saturday I and then spun a protecting web I along their goal line to net a 13 to 7 victory over Virginia Tech. Lawless, fleet Richmond halfback. ran an intercepted pass to Tech's six, and Morrison, a tackle. I scored on a lateral. Lawless and 25 24 24 22 22 22 10 5 final 13 FAR WEST California 0.

Washington 0 (tie). Montana 23. Gonzaga 0. North Dakota St. 15.

Greeley 12. Brigham-Young 19, Wyoming 0. Denver 25, Utah State 0. Stanford 7, Southern California 6. Oregon 10, Washington State 6.

Santa Clara 25, San Jose State 2. Oregon State 20. W'illamette 0. Redlands 10. Kan Diego State 9.

Whittier 6. Tempe Tchrs 6 (tie). Whitworth 20. Carroll (Mont i 0. Cal.

Aggies 26 Chico State 0. Fresno State 46, Nevada 8. HIGH SCHOOL GAMES Pell City 31. Vincent 7. Alexander City 18.

Da dev tile 0. Cullman 20, Albertville 0. Winfield 18, Brilliant ft. Piedmont 7. Etowah 0.

Wadley 47, Camp Hill 0. Alteevllle 13, Eutaw 7. Miami 26. Tuscaloosa 7. Valley Head 13.

Crossville ft. Sidney Lanier 6, Boys High 6 (tie). Red Bay Russellville 6. Fayette 6, Hamilton 0. Demopolts 18, Sweetwater 0.

Opp 92, Flomaton 0. DeFuniak Springs 79 Marianna 0. Lineville 1. Lanett 0 (forfeit). Piedmont 7.

Etowah 0. Headland 32. Midland City 0. Elba ft. Geneva o.

Lu verne 28, Brantley 0. Sylacauga 7. Alexandria 0. Cullman 20. Albertville 0.

Walker County 32. Morgan County 0. Union Springs 15, Eufaula 0. Auburn High 13, Roanoke 12. Stevenson 0, Scottsboro 0 (tie).

Five Points 7, Wavcrly 0. Montes alio 32. Verbena 0. Tallftssee 27. Ft Deposit 0.

Luverne 28. Brantley 0. Kennedy 33, Lynn 0. down. Back from and rar yard lit downs, line, leaving tl 12.

Score by periods Howard Southwestern How a 1 Hill. P. ment Southwestern a Smith Jennings Officials: Refere western'; umpire, head linesman. Fra Tech'; field judge, Kama ng pr Touobd touchdown Ing: n--la 1 Hoskins, his running mate, led an I 'piaoJ: oth1r rirst mr up 10 ley. blotting out most of Tennes- goal line and Pendleton crashed sees attempts to swing the flanks, hdow-nt across.

Bo Russell was back at the top of (South- being stopped on the onem 1S game ancj there was Wolff. I ibair.a foot line as the half ended. Tech a great tackle. Howell and I Gaoraia came back tn the third with a 66- i Ala- yartj march, Darnell, sub halfback, scored the touchdown and CapL Shockev placekicked the extra point I Sivell gave the Tigers all the guard play they could wish for in helping to make the plays inside the tackles click. Capt.

Lester Antley really turned Mi Hovater (A Ik Wad day Malcolm Lar Lie STATISTICS OF THE AUBURN-TENNES-SEE GAME Aub. First downs 19 Yards pained rushing 255 Forward passes attempted 10 Ford passes completed 6 Forward passes intercep. by 1 Yards by passing 65 Lateral pusses attempted 0 Lateral passes completed 0 Yards by lateral passes Punt. aver, (from scrim.) -43 Kickoff 5 r.O xTotal yds. kicks returned 53 Oppontrfs fumbles recover.

2 Yards lost by penalty 10 Held for downs x-lncludes jmnts and kickoffs, individual Lefty Gomez has won five world pries games without a defeat. Fenton Heath Kenmore 17 a lego The winning marker came in the I turned Yn ennH I-f 1 uPn8nSiT third quarter. Stanford took Troys PUD forewall while Puthr n-' mint in miHfielrl VTim lorewali Wtllle Guthrie, Ho 1- Whin punt in midfield. Kim Groves, full- dayt Sheffield, and Duncan were Jo Moow back, fired a pass to young Pete Panther Pnhe dan8nni7 wele 1 a. r.

B-iidwin Fay, 170-pound halfback, who Th. lineup and tutnm" BohPown squeezed through several Trojan wutin. left end: s.ik- Hoiran tacklers and raced across the goal. The one-point margin came from (isht tackle, Douglas, right end- Parker the toe of Bill Luckett. sub half- Bak: back er'paShM Manderwb.

fullbick. 2. Drury Points after touchftown: Man- c. ak.Hui!fri Guthrie. left en1 deraon Douglas 2.

Ambrose Schindler. Southern Cal- i J16.1?1: tsckie. McDonald, left substitutes ifornias crack auarterhack rn- oUHri DuPcn- copter; Wolfe, right guard; Builpuns Freeman. Hoamer, Drury, ft Swindle, right tackle: Holliday, right end; Heath. Rizzo, Barnett, gineeied the Trojan touchdown in Thomaa.

quarter; Clark, left hnif; Der- 1 Panther rubs Elmore. Cooper. the second period. He drove the I Manuel- ri8ht half: Sands, fullba.k. Cooper, Stedham.

Johnson, avno. Hum. ball dern into Stanford trritorv 1fore by 1 Official: Farr Birmingham-Kou(hern), uan aeep imo oiamora ten siory, Bullpups 0 0 14 13 27 referee; Gaylord umpire: Ln- only to lose it when Fay. aided by Panther Cuba 0 ft 0 0-- 0 durant (Howard head lineamin: Waller Tony Calvelli. interceDted a oass i Touchdowns: Douglas, Morgsn 1 i field judge, pn the 13-yard line.

Forced to kick. Stanford let llO Howard Stoecker. Trojan tackle. through and he blocked the punt. The ball squirted out of bounds on the one-yard line.

Schindler took one crack at right tackle and went over for the touchdown, but Ralph Stanleys boot was blocked. A crowd of 55,000 saw the game, which avenged Troy's 14 to 7 victory, made on pass, last year. Oregon Throttles Cougar Threat To Score Victory, 10-6 PORTLAND. Ore. (Pi Oregon settled down after an attack of fourth quarter jitters Saturday to I smear a Washington State scoring threat and win, 10 to 6 before 10,000 fans.

Oregon hustled toward its second conference victory with a 50-yard march in the opening period. Half- back Jay Graybeal scoring. Arleigh Bentley. Oregon full- i back, darted 26 yards to the Washington State 13-yard line early in the third period to set up the field goal by which Jimmy Nicholson, reserve fullback, boosted the lead to 10 points. The Cougars menaced the Oregon lead with the help of Webfoot mistakes.

Hal Harrison, Cougar end. blocked Graybeal's punt and curled himself around the ball on the Oregon 18. Paul Callow-, reserve back and Littlefield, fullback, smashed to the 11 and Callow went through left tackle for the Washington State touchdown. .18 18 lft .14 .12 12 9 9 ft 6 3 Close Tilts Played In Y.M.C.A, League Close clashes were the order of the day in the Y. M.

C. A.s 150-pound football league Saturday-morning. A safety in the final period gave Norwood a 2-0 victory over the Phillips Greenies, while Cottage Hills rallied to score a touchdown late in the third period to beat Inglenook, 6-3. after the latter team had kicked a field goal in the second quarter. In the other clash of the day.

Wahouma defeated North Highlands 12-0, in the most onesided game of the league. i the tide definitely in favor of the Tigers when he recovered Duncan's fumble on the 32-yard line. The Vols were making progress in coming from beneath those four scoring chances they had throttled and had the fumble been recovered a good kick would have put Auburn back deep in its territory. It was from Antley recovered fumble that the first touchdown march really got its inception. Jimmie Fenton had hi day of days.

He punted 'em a mile, he ran all over the green carpet, he threw passe and he ran interfer- ence, and there was no getting into the territory he guarded. Few backs will have any bigger days than Jimmie Fenton had in taking a part in Auburn's second win over Tennessee. George Kenmore, the triple threat sophomore. showed In the Rice game that he was readg to go in major i compettion. He came within a vote of tying 1 Jimmie Fenton for the indiviidual honors of the game There were 13 football commentators taking part in the poll to ward the Blue Key trophy Six voted for Kenmore, the daring sophomore, who ran with the grace of a deer.

Kenmore looked I like a cool million in comparison with Fenton and Cafego. as fine backs as a coach could have wished for. It wasn't Cafegos fault he didn't win for Tennessee. And there i should be a duel when Kenmore and Cafego meet in Knoxville next year. Billy Hitchcock came back as those who have always believed in the kid.

believed he would do. He looked like the Billy Hitchcock of 1935. And it was his 15-vard ser- pentine iun that made the third ALABAMA ELEVENS RIDE TO VICTORY ON KICXING PROWESS Alabams Big Four of football were returned victorious in their important grid battles Saturday but three of the four triumphs were decided by kicking ability. Alabamas Crimson Tide found a tartar in Tulane but finally emerged the victor, 9 to 6. by virture of End Heywood Sanfords 41-ygfd field goal with less than two minutes to go.

to keep the Crimson record for the season clean. Auburn found little need foi-ils extra points, although kicking two out of three, as the Plainsmen impressively trounced Tennessee, 20 to 7. End Woodrow Bratcher's point after touchdown enabled Birmingham-Southern to eke out a 19-18 decision over Chattanooga in a contest that saw the Moccasins come back like a whirlwind and score two touchdowns in the final period. Likewise. Quarterback Joe Gann's perfect placement gave Howard College a 13-12 verdict over Southwestern in addition to the undisputed lead in the Dixie Conference.

GIVEN VICTORY BREAKFAST WASHINGTON (A) The Mississippi State Society gave members of th-- University of Mississippi football squad a victory breakfast Saturday and took them sightseeing before their departure for home. Mississippi defeated George Washington University Friday night, 27 to 6 FRANK FINNEY DIES SPOKANE 1( James Whaley. 63. widely known as Frank Finney, burlesque variety theater actor before the World War. died here Saturday.

He started his career in he 90s. traveled vaudeville circuits over the nation. He produced several shows in New York. Do you want to buy a new car Buy a ued car Buy or tell to an in. dividual Uaa your car at collateral for a loan? Th aac plan peraon.

a) bankmg applied to automobile financing. Enjoy the satisfaction of handling that car purchase on your own term. (No Co-makers.) ALABAMA ACCEPTANCE CO. Wood word Bldg 3-4469, 3-9628.

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