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The It opf ZPP NEWMAN sports Editor 1 JERRY BRYAN end JACK HOUSE Assistant Sports Editors Howard Wins D. C. Title Beating Panthers, 7-0 SCENES IN ANNUAL HOWARD-SOUTHERN CAME ALi-SOUTHEASTERN PICK TO BE READY FOR FANS ON DEC. 7 COLOR GRID CAMPAIGN NEARING CLOSE AFTER UPSETS Lily May Caldwell Discovers Plenty Of It While Attending Game BESSEMER IS WINNER FROM JONESVALLEY Deadly Passing Attack Gives Tigers, 26 To 2, Win Over Brownies HARBIN'S PASS TO DAN SNELL GAINS VICTORY Panthers Threaten During Early Minutes But Bulldogs Finish Strong 4 "KJ i ti Short-Enders Continue Merry Making With More Leaders Falling 2 it BY LILY MAY CALDWELL The sun set on the local football season Thursday in a blae of glory I that officially opened the Christmas Carnival, and some 17.000 spectators witnessed the most colorful game of the year in the annual Flashing a deadly aerial attack, the Bessemer Tigers closed out Tigers ciosya uui 8v gj-jdjj-oH classic between their 1935 season by downing the hfem-Southern and Howard Coi- NASHVILLE The All-Southeastern eleven picked by sporU edtlors of the South will be announced in The Birmingham News-Age-Herald Sunday, Dec. 7.

The All-Southeastern board picked the 11 outstanding players of the S. E. C. Thursday night at the Andrew Jackson Hotel in Nashville. Members of the All-Southeastern Board are Ed Danforth.

Atlanta Georgian: Morgan Blake, Atlanta Journal: Ralph McGill, Atlanta Constitution: Blinkev Horn, Nashville Tennessean; Freddie Russell. Nashville Banner; Bill Keefe, New Orleans Times-Picayune; Fred Digby, New Orleans Item-Tribune: Bob Phillips. Birmingham Age-Herald. and Zipp Newman. Birmingham News.

The visiting sports editors were the dinner guests of Freddie Russell and Blinkey Horn. Quail, plover and pheasants were the dainty morsels. The Nashville writers were voted all-American hosts. By The Aociated Pres Tne 1935 football season, notable its upsets and form reversals, Jones Valley Brownies. 26-2.

Thurs- eges approached the final stage Friday, day morning at Bessemer Stadium. Color there was, and plenty, from Short-enders continued to come The victory gives the Purple lig- fiag-draped box of Gov. Bibb i through, as Alabama and Temple, ers a tie with the Rkmsay Blues for Graves aI)d senator John Bank- pre-game favorites, lost Thursday, the county championship. i beab flanked as it was by special and the Panthers, of Pittsburgh, A pass from Mays to Canzoneri benches for the Royal Carnival vis- were held to a scoreless tie. was completed for 20 yards in the jtors from Alabama and five sister Alabama, considered one of the first period, and a second heave states, to the stands which, with most powerful teams in the coun- from Mays to Holoman gained 10 their flying blue and red and gold try after a slow start, was bowled yards more.

Another aerial thrust I and black pennants and quaint, was good for 15 yards to the brilliantly hued haLs of milady bob- over by the Vanderbilt Commodores. 13-6. Temple fell before BY JERRY BRYAN II doesn't tell the story of Howard anxietv in the opening minutes of plav as Birmingham-Southern lined up for first down on the Bulldog four-yard line. It doesn't con-vev the sensation of panic which gripped Bulldog backers as J. B.

McClendon casually prepared to fire a placement at the uprights from the 15-yard line in the first period. It fails to present a conception of the moments of despair for the Melhodists as Howard drew first down by penalty on their 10-vard line. It is totally inadequate Brownie four-yard stripe, at which bing up and down like tinsel balls point Holoman took the ball and jn the bright November sun. re- MU Bucknell. 7-6.

and Pittsburgh was tied by Carnegie. Meanwhile, other coaches, weif wondering what Saturday's closing day would bring. Army and Navy will clash in Philadelphia. Princeton will risk its unblemished record with its lone conqueror of last year. Yale, and Holy Cross, in a receptive mood for a Sugar or other bowl invitation, will tangle with its arrh rival.

Boston College. Dartmouth was favored to add to produce in the reader any semblance of sensation bordering on the electric thrill which went through jearn encroached on enemy terri-the crowd as Ewing Harbin touch- tory but jbe Bulldogs made some down pass fell into the arms of Dan headway when Penrod reeled off Snell, but the score. Howard 7, Bir- one 23-yard run, and on another lmingham 0. is sufficient to tell the occasjon Charlie Wilcox clipped off i story in brief. "Howard wins Dixie anfj (ben Harbin 12 for three Conference championship first downs to Southern's one.

The figures alone suffice in g00n after the start of the second pacity of keystone achievement for complexion of the game two young coaches atHowa changed. However, it was not tin- Undis plunged over the line for the score. 1 sembled nothing so much as giant Holoman's try for the extra point Christmas trees, was good. 1 Cheers from 17.000 thsoats at thrt A Brownie fumble on their own governor's official opening of the 45-yard stripe gave the Tigers their three-day festival indicated in a second scoring chance, with Tucker lusty manner that the carnival will carrying the ball over the goal line I be a gay season and a merry one, ion a short line play after a sus- In holiday spirits the crowd made tained drive from the Brownie 45. I itself heard.

Even the mens clothes In the third period, a forward- were loud. Their blue and green lateral. Mays to Romano to Tucker, and salmon chapeaux are just another to Columbia list of defeats carried the bali 25 yard, deep into funny as those their wives wear. lit of defeats. Brownie territory.

A series of line And now that the depression is over buf. tween Georgetown I plays placed the' ball on the three- checks are good again. A few dis-vard stripe, and Mavs ploughed creet older men. still cling to small i through for the ones, but the younger and more Little intercepted a Brownie pass honor the largest thecks i in the final period, and a barrage that hat'e been seen since the ban it-; of passes put the ball on the three- ln holiday. yard line from which point Mays Sothe' tfIam bave lf)0d again went through the line for the toi'Sher than Howards because the re players wore their hair short, but even so the Bulldogs managed to The Brownies chalked up their make some fur fly.

It seemed to i only points of the game, when Wat-, be just about as futile to try t0 break through the Baptists line as to argue with a cow in the road in front of your car. And if some of you think you saw two lineups on the gridiron. Thursday, you should have taken a look at the one at the pass gate. And speaking of gates, there were more emergency calls to gate No. 9 than there were times out for Howard.

Job On Hand The man in front of the reporter punt on the Bessemer one-yard line, and was thrown behind his own goal for a safety. Lineup and summary; Bessemer 26 Contonerl, end; Kendrick, left tackle; Barnett, left guard; Donaldson, center; Jones, right guard, Kincaid, right tackle; Kamano, right end. Little. quarterback; Mays, left half; Tucker, right half; Holoman, fullback. Jones Valley 2 Smith, ieft end; Phillips.

left tackle. Moore, left guard; Goodwin, center; Wilson, right guard. Davis, right tackle; Burgess, right end; Roberson, and Western Maryland, both of which have had big days, is something of a tossnp. Florida will have plenty on its hands in meeting Auburn at Miami, Georgia and Georgia Tech will renew their interstate battle, Louisiana State will meet Tulane. and Mississippi State will play Mississippi.

With an invitation to the Rose Bowl believed at stake, the horned frogs of Texas Christian and the Mustangs of Southern Methodist, both untied and undefeated, will clash in a game that has around the speculation of football fans the country over. The duel between Christians Sammy Baugh and Methodist's Bobby Wilson, two of the best backs of the year, is expected to be sensational. Rice meets Baylor in another Southwest game, and the ii ly Bancroft and Ray Davis. puled Dixie Conference champions in their first year of leadership and winning the honor with the old cnemv. Birmingham Southern, as the last hurdle.

It marks the second year in succession that the title has come to Birmingham. Last year the situation was reversed. the Bulldogs didn't let their backers down, but it required three hard quarters of struggling over a path strewn with Panther pitfalls til after the Panthers had another fling. Starting from his 30, McKay did a 14-yard stint. Johnson dug in for four and McKay flung a pass to McCall, who made a bright play of it for a 17-yard gain.

McKay stormed through the line for three and then threw' a long pass that Willcox intercepted on his own 20-yard line. Howard Drives Back Harbin. Willcox and Penrod Univer- before there was produced that po- moved the ball to the 37, Willcox tent weapon, Harbin to Snell, which getting eight. Harbin was stopped racked up the victory. This combi- cold and Penrod lost on a fumble ration is a winner.

It brought not but Harbin threw Willcox a 24-vard only the Dixie Conference title but pass. He was almost away on that nationwide fame on the wings of a one. But this particular march w-as i touchdown pass against Alabama, stopped here and Southern took producing a 7-7 tie. punt on its 2a. Real Football Spectacle McKay kicked back to Howard's 1 A crowd of 17.000 gathered at Le- 3 and willcox skirted end for 29 quarterback; Karl Halfacre, left half; B.

Alien, right half; Zobrosky, fullback. Score by periods: Bessemer 7 6 6 7 26 Jones Valltv 0 0 0 0 0 Scoring: Bessemer Touchdowns. 'Fucker, neseiner luuni'i'fnni. lumei, was having a hard time explaining 1 California at Los Angeles to his wife why football players tangles with Idaho, knees always look like oranges. And I New York University, which had when Howard was on Southerns en considered to have one of the wvmhviu gion Field under a cloudless sky on a fine Fall afternoon, great for football.

to witness the old rivals war again, for the twenty-seventh lime The outcome widened the margin favoring Howard another notch. yards but after Harbin made seven on two tries the Panthers held again. As the fourth quarter opened Willcox made a first down on Howard's 48. An offside penalty and Mav 2. Holoman; points after touchdown, one-yard line he was an uneasy as k' passing attacks in the country Holoman (placement).

Jone Vaiieyj- a man meeting: easy payments' and which had been undefeated and at Le to Fi 1 I was decisively outclassed by Everybody Here are two views of the Howard-Southern game played at Legion Field Thursday afternoon before one of the largest crowds in the history of the classic and the largest crowd of the year at the stadium, in the upper photo Pete Allen, Howard quarterback, is shown returning a punt 15 yards in the first period, taking the ball to Howards 35-yard line. J. B. McClendon, Panther end, Is shown diving for the runner. The lower photo shows Norman Cooper, Bulldog center, intercepting a pass from Bill Johnson In the shadow of the Howard goal posts.

The pass was intended for McClendon, who Is shown high in the air in his effort to catch the ball. Cooper Is behind Ewing Harbin (No. 37). Watkiiw, Davis, Carlisle. Tinsley.

Griffin. Kgs. ssbWW's. rick. Dickinson, Meskovfts.

Immler Jones Valley Earnest Halfsere, McDanieis. Haralson. C. Brown. B.

Roberson. Cox, B. Brown, Davis. Capps. mosrinB 3 vullnui I ruiunaio uciui person were about as crowded as a fresh- Violets passing game was eom-man's runabout.

plet. ly snarled by the hard charg- The loudspeaker brought scores 1 inf 'ine and more upsets to the spectators Thank tnvinr wnarinr vHruz Ford ham before 72.000 persons 2SES2SU STS. i w- and alert backs of Ford-ham. and they went down 21-0. Now it stands 13 victories, eight de- Christians smash gained first down foas and six ties for the Bulldogs.

on thp panther 41. Harbin hurled The game produced a surpi ising Batson a pass carrying to the Gold Staunchness in the Panther line dur- and Black 25-yard line. Christian ine two periods. Light and green f0Ugbj his way around end for eight these forwards flung themselves at ursin thnt Vu the bulky and seasoned Howard line with an effectiveness most as- touchdown pass to Snell and Ray Christian kicked goal. Penn downed Cornell 33-7, Colgate beat Brown 33-0, and Syracuse and Maryland drew.

Catholic defeated North Carolina State 8-0, West Virginia and Loyola, of New that jammed the stadium Thursday as evidence that football forecasters are about as accurate as weather men. But. at least, they were right in their assumption that if the Bull Chattanooga And Centre Play Tie In Close Battle McKay ran the kickoff back 37 yards, threatening foi a time to bi eak clear of the defense. Southern was forced to punt and Howard took the ball on its 21. Christian ran off 26 yards before Allen punted.

McKay was forced to kick right back and once again the ball was sent back by Allen. It was here that Harbin intercepted a desperate Panther pass on Southern's 22 to start Howard's second scoring threat. Willcox collected eight and then dogs didnt have a slick field they 1 ritans Kentucky wouldn't slip up. a scre on Tennessee. Cushion-renting business at I.e- No'u knocked from the ion Field Thuradiv was off be- i bv 10011 re founding.

Their aggressive work limited the Baptists' line running to an exceedingly small- total during 1lu first half and enabled the Panther backs to outgain their Easl I.ake rivals by a comfortable margin. However, it was the second half which disclosed the fact that Coach Jenks Gtllem and Lex Fullbriaht were warring with tin swords. Scratching Bryce McKay, who was the best back on the field and then some, the Hilltop attack jus HOWARD LONE UNBEATEN D. C. TEAM IN RACE Victory Over Panthers Gives Bulldogs Undisputed Title In Conference more people brought their I 1 own seats therehv nrnvinff that this 1 braaka beat Oregon State 26- CHATTANOOGA.

Tenn--An IT wmrld of changcStl5 all Th hPW alert University of Chattanooga ruanpp scoreless tie, and Xavier heat Cen- eleven took full advantage of Cen-j tenary 12-0. Missouri played a lire Colleges fumbles Thursday and was a orderlv one Onh eight Ue Kansas' and Wash kept the visitors back on their heels out except through the or for three quarters to earn a 7 to 7 Louis gates. Harbin lugged the leather and some lP kLv.eVanri Pd bp wa It drew a 15-yard penalty and justly so, carrying the ball to the Panther in. Christian and Harbin each threw passes that failed and then Harbin ran seven through tackle. Harbin tried the Snell combination again but Panthers all over him and the ball fell in the end zone.

The Panthers opened a sharp passing attack here that carried presented by the much heavier and finally aroused line. With Norman Cooper, the Crimsons' brilliant center. roaming the mid-sector, and Wilton Batson and Dan Snell standing sentinel at ends, only one avenue of attack remained open through the air. The Panthers tried passes often and some of them clicked, but generally the receivers had to fight to get the ball, and never were there any eligible Panthers sa 14-7. Detroit went to the Southwest to beat Texas Tech 12-7, Texas A.

was beating Texas 20-6. Utah State and Colorado University wound up in a tie for top place in the Rocky Mountain Conference, as Utah State tied with Utah 14-14 and Denver beat Colorado 14-0. The sun set Thanksgiving Day in a blaze of glory on the football season: the grass on the gridiron at Legion Field during the coming months, with no backfield runners, Aill grow long, but no longer, perhaps. than some of the faces at the stadium Thursday; and Howard students, after a season of victory, are wearing double-breasted suits. But Birmingham-Southern, joining its old rival in the Christmas Carnival festivities, points to another tie In their Dixie Conference clash here before an estimated 2,500 chilled fans.

By The Associated Pres Chattanooga made its tally early Howard College's red and blue in the first quarter after recovering eleven Friday wore the football Campbell's fumble on the visitors' crown of the Dixie Conference for 30-yard line. 'Chicken Hinds, 1935. Moccasin left half, ran to the two- The Bulldogs cinched the cham- ard lost pionship Thursday beyond argu- thpn Klein, on an end around play, ment with a 7 to 0 win over an 'alds to ancient rival, Birmingham-South- kicked the extra point from place- ern. the 1934 champion, in a game that drew the largest crowd of the Little Ten season, 17,000 persons. Oddly it was the second ment.

Bartlett, fullback of the Colonels. scored early in the fourth quarter i after Centre had driven from the Moccasin 45. Bartlett's crushing drives and a seven-yard lateral, EUFAULA VICTOR EUFAULA. High downed Hartford. 20-7, Thursday allowed to run around unaccom- deep into Howard territory.

Starting panted bv defending Bulldogs. the 20 the aerials began to flv. Too B.q An Assignment One from McKay connected for 13 It was just an all-around tough Another from Johnson was snared hat was a trifle too by McKay for 17. Harbin finally proposition that afternoon, to wind up its season with nine consecutive victories. The i record gives Eufaula a strong claim to the championship of South Ala- I bama Robert Reaves was the out standing player for Enterprise, 1 playing the best game of his grid 1 career, in the backfield.

Billy Snipes. McCarroH. 1 Lockwood. Vinson, Blackmon and Southern-Howard Statistics COMPILED BY PETTERSEN MARZONI SCORE BY QUARTERS Southern 0 Howard 0 0 FIRST DOWNS BY QUARTERS Southern 4 1 2 Howard 1 3 4 GAINS THROUGH LINE -i rst Figure, Play; Second, Total Yari Southern 10-27 8-25 5-22 Howard 5-9 11-32 12-21 GAINS AROUND END (First Figure, Play; Second, Total Yardage) Sou I hern 4-5 3-2 1 lost 4 Howard 1-24 3-32 4-36 I FORWARD PASSES ATTEMPTED Southern 5 2 2 Howard 0 2 4 FORWARD PASSES COMPLETED 3-40 1-6 1-17 0 0 1-28 8-3 14-151 8-97 3-63 Southern Howard Southern- McKay, 30: McKay 7. Johnson; Johnson 3 to McKay; McKay 6 to McCall: McKay 17 to McCall: McKay 13 to Johnson; Johnson 12.

McCall Johnson 4 to McKay. Howard Harbin 24, Willcox Harbin 11 (o Batson Harbin 19 to StwdL FORWARD PASSES INTERCEPTED Southern McKay 38; McKay 38. Allen back 17: McKay 29. Allen back 16: McKay 48. Allen back 8: McKay 44.

Allen back McKay 61; McKay 33; McKay 48; McKay 48, Brown back McKay 27; McKay 47. Howard Snell 37; Allen 13; Allen 48. Johnson back Allen 30; Allen 42. Johnson back 9: Allen 41. Johnson back Allen 14; Allen 46, Johnson back Snell 47, Johnson back 16; Allen 36, Johnson back Allen 25: Allen 19.

KICKOFFS (Firt Figure, Play; Second, Average Yard) Southern 0 0 1-50 0 1-50 Howard 1-45 0 0 1-55 2-50 Southern McKav 50: Willcox hack 22, Howard Snell 45, McCall back 40: Snell 54. McKay back 37. INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES Harbin Willcox Christian Penrod Johnson McKay sive year that the clash between Campbell t0 Kennedv. put the ball these two inter-city rivals has set- jn for hi, five-vard smash, tied the championship argument. Mark placement tied the count.

Last year, Birmingham-Southern The Moccasins made only five boasting a record of no defeats and jrst downs to IQ for Centre, but no ties came to tile Howard game Chattanooga's hard charging line- with the crown at stake and won. men recovered every Kentucky Honors for runnerup went to fumble and the visitors couldn't get (bp bl the third period, the Chattanooga, the Moccasins playing past their own 50-yard line in the Mortimer Jordan Blues downed Centre to a 7-7 draw Thursday. The first half. year and another Thanksgiving conflict when the Panthers may show the Bulldogs how the game ought to be played. -pi rt I Downs Dear UreeK Phillips High, of Bear Creek, 6-0.

much for the unseasoned Cat- to solve. But they almost did it. Their very indecision and lack of confidence thwarted their chanee It all happened so quickly that fans were not all seated before Birmingham-Southern had first down on the Howard four-yard line. Rupert McCall started its by running the ope on past kickoff back' 40 yards, lidfield Bill Johnson and checked it by taking a long heave on his 13-yard line. And that was about all for the day.

The Panthers' lack of substitutes was shown clearly by the fact that only 14 men were used until two minutes before the game ended Aside from McKay, whose great punting augmented his all-around play, Johnson's passing and McCall's defensive work and pass catching McKav immediately knocked off a were Panther backfield highlights firs' down and then McKa threw Vernon Cam played a great game at a long pass to Tom Sparks and he guard and McClendon did good work was guarded so closely by a How- at end Garrison were outstanding in the Enterprise line, while Irby. Mitchell ahd Jones were good in the back-fieid. Enter-prise 20-0, The lineup and summary: Th linkup and Summary ChattanoonH 7. Klein, ieft end. Burnette.

left tackle; Shell, left euarrl Mar-teli. center; Grainger, right guard; Irvine, right tackle; Kelly, right end: PayM. quarterback: Hindu, left halfback; Elmore, right halfback: Ring C. fnilback. Centre 7 Martin.

left eml: Mav. left tackle; Asher, left guard: Kidd, center; Gore, right guard; Marks, right tackle: Sampson, right end; C. Gaines, quarterback; Campbell, left halfback Kennedy, right halfback; Bartlett (C. fullback. Score by periods: Thursday afternoon, to close its grid season with three victories, one tie and five losses.

After a sus-I tained drive through the Bear Creek line had carried the ball to 1 the latter team's 15-yard stripe, John Harris faded back and hurled a pass to Ray Wallace, who caught it over the goal line for the score. I Leo Joseph was the chief factor in gaining ground for the Mortimer Graham were the outstanding play Jordan eleven. era in the Enterprise lineup. ENTERPRISE COPS ENTERPRISE, Ala The gridders defeated Dothan, to wind up their season of nine games without being defeated. The Enterprise eleven outclassed the Dothan team, but fumbles on the goal line ruined many Enterprise scoring chances.

Oliver. Heath and Moccasins dropped one game, and by chance a team that finished next to the foot of the conference, Mississippi College. Rivals Tie Millsaps and Mississippi College battled to a scoreless draw Thursday in their annual clash, one of three tie games rung up. In the other conference battle. Southwestern with a last half scoring ard hack that interference was rightly ruled.

And that put the oval on the four-yard line and the Panthers or the oval. But on the first play something happened in the backfield and the ball instead of Roing to any designated player, went spiralling un it rKa nally cap-ds back of ly stormed sut on the that sir and ill back to the line foi next play man Coopm Med tl REGAL EASE SHOE i 2 8 spree tied Spring Hill, early season Touchdowns Chatunonca Kinn: on-conference pace setter, 14 to 14. 'r. Brttatt. point ftr Grainger MrK (placeman Mercer played outside the loop.

flubstitutes Chattanooga, backs eiiis, trimming Oglethorpe 19 to 0. and Trew. wiiani. Kin'iim I i i guards. Cubine.

Callaway, r.nwarns Loyola of New Orleans added an backs. Purdon. Oaborne. Moore, outside-the-oonference tie, playing i.uiin;'fnd, trki, Eirhou West Virginia to a 19 to 19 dead- lock. The three ties Thursday brought to five the no-decision battles fought within the conference during the year, indicating that the 10 teams are fairly evenly matched.

Nearly one-fourth of the games played between conference members in the season ended in ties. Millsaps has probably the most unusual record in the conference, scoring only one touchdown In I four conference games, but winning that game, losing one and playing I two scoreless ties (iffirlals Mnuatt itirnegie Tech': umpire. Slate ((leorcla Teehi; hd linesman, Darwin (Vlrsmiat; field judge, Richardson Bucknell t. Tuscaloosa Is 13 To 1 Winner Over Poet Team two scoreless ues. i TUSCALOOSA, Ala.

1 1 Tu For Howard the staunch defensive work of the ends, Snell and Batson and Cooper, center, stood out. The heady running of Christian was the offensive four-star performance. He was nearly unstoppable Next to him it was Willcox. The game was one that provided thrills that ran the gamut and boosters of both teams got their full afternoon of tense moments and occasions for outbursts of enthusiasm. The play was clean with only one penalty inflicted for unneces-saiy roughness.

Lineup and summary: Howard (7) Batson, left end: Harrison, left tackle; Davis, left guard; N. Cooper, center; Chojnow ski, right guard; Johnston, right tackle; Snell, right end; Allen, quarterback; Harbin, left halfback, Wilcox, right halfback, Penrod, full bB('k- Birmingham-Southern 0 Me Clcndon. left end; Riddle, left tackle: Cain, left guard: Caitev, center: Clem, right guard: I-ooncy. 1 right tackle; Sparks, right end; McCall, quarterback; McKay, left halfback; Johnson, right halfback; Ford, fullback. Score by period: Howard 0 0 0 77 Birmingham-Southern 0 0 0 0 01 How-ard Scoring Snell; point after touchdown, Chn-I tian i placement).

Substitutes Howard. Eubanks, McKeittty. Browne. Christian, Burger Birmingham Southern, Cooper, Hanes. Bui Recover Fumble Penny Penrod.

Howard fullback, i caloosa Black Bera won from Sid won scoring honors with eight ney Lamer, 13-7. in ab.Uerlyon honors wuth eight Underdog Theory Fails Again 4s Bulldogs Held To Narrow Margin Bpt and 1Z points after tested battle, on for a total of 60 points Thursday games, with Charlie Wilcox, with eight touchdowns place scoring a totalof 48 Charlie Travnor, ace halfback, was second in The Bears tallied I the first period, a punt to the 1 Ul so Spring stripe to begin the ond in bv Echols, Waites first, midway of with Nix returning Poets 35-yards Adjustable Steel Shank for Longitudinal Arch. Rubber Dic Cushion Supports Metatarsal Arch. Snug Fitting Heel, InstePi Ankle and Arch. Balanced Heel distributes weight on Outside Arch.

ae gains. The mystery of the game is in that, with so much ground gained on the comparatively few attempts at end in the early part of the game, Howard did not carry the ball into scoring territory more often and really run up a sizable score. Both teams appeared to be up to scoring the average in their class with their passing game, but Howard outclassed their opponents in their defense against passes. Nearly every i pass completed by Howard fell into i the hands of the receiver without touchdowns touchdown, in all a teammate in third points. Hill's even sions.

The ine only touchdowns and nine conver final standing, scoring conference games, was: BY CHARLEY BROWN This underdog theory failed again Thanksgiving when Howard walloped the boys from Sunshine Slopes to the lune of 7 to 0. Perhaps some of these days we will all forget about the underdog attitude, bnt not as long as these two schools battle to a finish, each determined to hold the other in spite of all odd? According to all conservative dope on this year's battle. Howard should has wort by at least three touchdowns but as nearly all previou; games, the favorite seemed to afraid they could expected of them an determined that the score only over fraet I mangled bodies. Tl tr apparent thr what was the underdog norite should red limbs and fact that an hdown bi bp like', pis Bom rsman; Hill (N PfT LIATHU WORKMANSHIP FINISH STYll LAST' drive. Line play and Nix carried honor, with 51 points for, the ball to with Patton going the remaining dis for the score.

Waites con-includ- I verted the extra point, with a successful placement. The Poet came back to score in the second quarter, when Busby blocked a Tuscaloosa punt and Kil-grow recovered in the air and sprinted the remaining distance to 2 the goal line Waites pass to Patton, tn the thud quarter was completed and Patton continued on for the touchdown. Waites try for the point was unsuccessful. Another Poet threat was thwarted when, after a long pass, Brown to Stratford, had been completed on the Bear 20-yard line. Irvlan intercepted a pass, giving the ball to Tuscaloosa as the game ended.

a nia appar gur one lie that ng near him. The sept this line of nt-a rout was in the the Southern boys. was just another an opponent be only thing that tack from beini determination A completed pa Hornets Down Tushegee, 3-0, With Dropkick learn could si opportunity for a Southern boy to make a tarkle and while, on the tackling was 'or It bv their iere and fight. More than a million men have found the answer to their foot troubles in the concealed corrective features of this stylish, comfortable, soft Kid Orthopedic shoe. Made in eight different styles High and Low shoes Black and Brown Kidskin Black and Brown Calfskin.

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