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SUte Birmingham iNetasr SPORTS, LOCAL and STATE NEWS SECTION SUNDAY 7, 14 THE BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD Jerry Bryan, Page 5 Lily Mo Cakhweli, Page 7 Cortege Scores, Page 3 John Thompson, Page 7 KEN OAtfIS ILUAM6 BE -ji- X. am "I i A shown are Tackle Oliver Vaughn No. 72', Tackle Paul Younger (No. 75. Center Pete Ray (No.

51) and End Murray Alexander (No. 84). The annual struggle between the Maroons and Tigers attracted a crowd of 15.000 who saw a well-played football game between the two old rivals. (News-Age-Herald staff photo.) McWILLIAMS TOSSES TO KEN DAVIS Shorty McWilliams (No. 41), Min.

State's great left halfback, was too much for the Auburn Tigers to handle Saturday afternoon at Legion Field, sparking the Maroons to a 26-6 win over the Tigers, who went down battling. In picture above McWilliams is completing one of gain. Other Auburn players who can be seen in action are End Erskine Russell (No. 85'. Tackle Max Autrey No.

71 Guard Bob Cannon (No. 61), Guard Ray Moore (No. 60'. Quarterback Charles Langner No. ID.

Russell is a former Ensiey High player while Langner prepped at Woodlawn High. Mississippi State players the successful Maroon forward passes, this one being tossed to End Ken Davis 'No. 83). who is shown reaching for the catch with two Auburn Tigers, Center Hal Herring 'No. 51) and End Jim Wood 'No.

88', moving in an effort to bat down the pass, but their effort was a little late, Davis taking the ball for a 12-yard PMNGMiauburn BOWS TO STATE, 20 TO 0 Tl Nm-AtHenU wiriricxrvr'xrir xr Tide Tops Southern 21 To 0 Welsh McWilliams Big Star For Maroons BY ZIPP NEWMAN to Auburn 18. Harper Davis News-Age-Herald Sports Editor moved the ball 16 yards In three LEGION FIELD, Nov. 6 Shorty tries and Bailey punched It over. McWilliams, who will go down among the great backs to play on State Third Touchdown Legion Field, pitched his song Saturday against Auburn. It victorvover Aubura'3 0 a hair movu, victory over Auburn before a the jj dowa th field He raa 18 and threw 33 to Simmons.

McWil- erowd of 15,000 Twice BY BOB PHILLIPS Age-Herald Sports Editor DENNY STADIUM. University. Nov. 6 Playing steady but hardly inspired football, the University of Alabama eleven eased through to a 27-to-0 victory over Mississippi Southern College, from Hattiesburg. before a crowd of about 18.000 Saturday.

liams sliced the ball over. Auburn got to Miss State's 49 in the first period, to the State's 21 the second, to the States 30 In the third and to the 41 in tha fourth. Auburn predominated play in the third period, plays to 10 piavs for Miss. Harper Davis kept up his of scoring in all four games Shorty McWilliams couldn't do much running and only punted once, because of a lame leg. But old Shorty sure had his passing I arm warmed up.

He threw 10 passes, completing eight for a 101 yards. One was a 28-yard touchdown pass to his famed teammate, Harper Davis. Shorty Sets Up Score IT WAS SHORTYS 59-yard bas faced the Tigers He won quick kick that set up Miss. State Myears game in scoring twice second touchdown in the final he scored first for the Maroons period. McWilliams bowled over day.

from the four to score the third McWilliams scored three touch-Maroon touchdown. Colston's 33- downs in his greatest game at yard pass to Simmons put the ball Legion Field as a freshman in 1944. on the four. Today he was strictly a passer It was a hard and bitter fought and de luxe, game with handkerchief on the plays, almost therule rather than State Gets Break the exception. The Tigers never quit battling.

Had they given up, IT TOOK A BREAK for they never would have got off with siPP State to score in the first only three touchdowns marked up period. It came after Auburn had William And Mary Threw Truman Haymakers Tennessee and Wake Forest did all right at upsetting but the laurels for throwing a Truman haymaker goes to William and Mary. The team that lost to Arkansas in the first Dixie Bowl game in Birmingham, tied the powerful North Carolina outfit tied em in convulsions. Tennessee should get an assist in helping William and Mary. The Vols took something out of the Tarheels in all but tying em in Knoxville last week.

And Tennessee had plenty to come back and beat the best team In the Southeastern Conference in Grant Field. That's on accomplishment. Just how Rube McCrays Indians rose to the heights to clip the Tarheels winning streak a story book unto itself. It should go down as McCray's Number One achievement at William and Mary. Penn.

State threw a mild upset into Penn's winning ways. This was a toss-up game, but two touchdowns to none is most convincing. Kentucky got a tie with Vi II a nova where most guessperts thought the Wildcats had one in the bag. Peahead' Wilker is the toast of Wake Forest. He caught Duke after its battle with Georgia Tech and had enough offense to win a free scoring game.

Florida showed some spunk in holding Georgia to a 20 to 12 acore. Floridans should be well pleased. Princeton handed Harvard one of it worst defeats in the history of the old classic. The Tigers should go on to win the Big Three title. Jess Neelys Rice Owls got right in letting Arkansas have it, 25 to 6.

It was old L. S. U. that got the Owls defeathered. Frank Howard's Clemson Tigers are now leading the Southern Conference.

The Tigers beat Furman. 41 to 0. What are they doing in Tennessee and Virginia? They are raising the mountain tops to let the Vols and Indians come home from invasions heard throughout 48 states. Mississippi State Won Through Air Lanes The difference between Auburn and Mississippi State was in the air. The Maroons made II first downs to five for the Tigers, They picked up 130 yards to 6 in the air.

Down on the ground, Auburn had a 104 yards to the Staters 83. Mississippi State's punting, due to McWilliams injury, was very poor. The Maroons punted 10 times for a puny average of 24.7. Auburn had an average of 36.1 on nine punts. Auburn returned kicks for 69 against 59.

Both teams were trying for out of bounds and succeeded most of the times. Auburn was penalized 87 yards to 40 for the Maroons, They were costly penalties for the Tigers, coming at the wrong time. STATISTICS Mississippi State First downs 11 Net yards rushing 84 Passes attempted 15 Passes completed 9 Yards by passing 139 Passes intercepted by. 4 Yards after interception 70 Number of punts 10 Punting average 24,7 Total yards net returned 59 Total fumbles 3 Opponent fumbles recovered 1 Yards lost by penalties 40 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Tide-Southern Statistics Firt ijom 15 gained rmteei imm 15 passes attempted 14 passes eompjeted 2 Yards forward passes 15 Yard? Forward Forward Ysrds 12 y3 a 2 4 14 444 2 27 runbark by McracpM passes 0 Pun tin average i from scrimmage! 2 2 Total yards all kicks returned 21 Opponents fumble recovered 2 Yards lost by penalties 40 in Miss. State's book of records.

Max Autry, John Aotock. Jocko Norton and Jim McDaniel were outstanding on the defense for Auburn. Auburn gained most of its ground up the middle. The Maroon ends were arnesnic. State's Line Powertul stopped a 50-yard drive on its own 21.

Taylor broke through on Tidwell. back to pass, hit him and when the ball got loose. Charles Crumbley fell on it at Auburn's 28. McWilliams, who had completed four straight passes, winged a 25-vard pass to Harper Davis, who scooted eight more to score. StaLn-brook converted Leo Seal's rolling kick-off went The Crimson Tide scored a touchdown in each quarter, with Left Halfback Eddie Salem place-kicking extra point after the first three.

Posses Get Two SALEM ACCOUNTED FOR two of the touchdowns with passes to Clem Welsh, substitute right halfback. Left Guard Jim Franko ran 20 yards for a score after intercepting a pass by Maxie Lambright, Southern quarterback. Butch Avin-ger, substitute quarterback, carried the ball over from the one-foot line for the fourth score. Avinger's actually was the first, and it was the only touchdown that the Tidesmen made by way of polishing off any sort of an extended advance. After Avinger had scored with three or four minutes of the first quarter remaining.

Salem and Welsh got together early in the sec-, for the first of their two plays. It was a 31-yard utterly deceived the de- BALL GAINS SIX YARDS FOR TIGERS Billy Ball 'No. 12). Auburn halfback, was finding that Mississippi State line a little rugged Saturday afternoon at Legion Field but managed to pick up six yards through guard in the second quarter of the Southeastern Conference game that saw the Auburn Tigers on the losing end of a 20-0 score. Leading the way for Ball is Guard Bob Cannon 1 No.

61 with Maroon Quarter Jim Stuart 'No. 21 and Fullback Charles Crumbley (No. 35) moving in for the tackle. (News-Age-Herald Staff photo.) Tennessee Shocks Tech In 13-6 Surprise Victory MISS. STATE SHOWED a pow-erful line and there was no passing 39 yards.

Erskine Russell made when the first string defensive 10-yard return to Auburn's 31. la-backs were in the game. man hit the line three times for Miss. State scored in the first eight yards, i period, after recovering a fumble Bobby Weaver punted 34 yarns on Auburn's 28 McWilliams passed and the ball went out of bounds on to Harper Davis. Mississippi State's 27.

Adcock and Miss State scored its second Autrey were responsible for the touchdown, after the fourth period Maroons having to punt on fourth was two minutes old Miss State down Scheider punted out of took a 24-yard punt from behind bounds on the Anburn 48. Auburns goal line and returned it Turn to Pago 6, Column 1 ond period Ziegler's Fumble Fatal TWO RUNNING PLAYS gained six yards. On the next snap Ziegler again fumbled and the wet ball squirted over the Yellow Jacket's principally responsible for winning six games this year, was a near flop until late in the first half and in the final minutes when necessity forced the Jackets to throw instead of trying to run goal. Vfd Fullback Tommy Slack through the stout Tennesseans, recovered for Tennessee touch- Officials ruled pass interference down- against Tennessee during Techs On the try for the extra point scoring dnve to give the Georgians practically the entire Tech line a big assist and bring boos from the smothered Jim Powell. A bad crowd.

About four minutes later snap from center gave Tech lino- ol End Bud Sherrod recovered a men time to get through. Tech fumble to halt a growing After the score both teams had threat. tbP h11, TENNESSEE Left end. Sherrod. Pwell: left tnckle.

MeseroU, Dona- forwards do- hup Bnxey; left guard. Elkas. mg a better job. Smith; center. Huneycutt: nght ru guard Baker.

Vugrin: right tackle. DCXtie LT I 0S Stroud. Gearing. Dobelstein. right HAL LITTLEFORD of the Vols end.

Fielden. Russas. Miner: quar-and Ziegler and Joe Brown of Tech terback. Coggins. Hill; left half-kicked often on third down with -back.

Cooper. Littleford. Proctor; Tennessee usually gaining on tbe right halfback. Lund, Sherrill; full-exchanges. back.

Miller. Balitsaris. Slack. The second half began very GEORGIA TECH Left end. Gnf- much as the first Within two Rn.

Anderson; left teckle. Bradacb. minutes Littleford tossed a per- Lupton; left guard. Pop. McKin- BY STERLING SLAPPEY ATLANTA, Nov.

6 The Tennessee Vols tumbled Georgia Tech from the unbeaten ranks Saturday. 13-6. as the Vols big. fast skirmish line continually operated in the Tech backfield. A sellout crowd of 38.000 fans at a muddy Grant Field saw Ten-nesse linemen outhit Techs and destroy Yellow Jacket passing aim.

The light, high-speed Tech backs were forced to run instead of pass. Their fumbles set up one Tennessee score and ended several threats. The loss was a major upset. Tech being a two-touchdown pick before Tech-Tennessee Data ATLANTA. Nov.

6 iJPS Statistics of the Tennessee-Georgia Tech game Saturday; Tran G. T-rfc Firm Hi- 4 1 Yard rostunc Be 42 ISO Forward a einpt-d. 7 24 Forward rarr compind 3 Yard tj forward s4ses ..75 95 Forward pawos iptercewed 1 1 Yards run hack intwwp-od rvass-r 20 I Pontine avra from Berlin m-e 38-5 33.5 Total yard all kicks returned 49 SO Opponents fumbie recovered 2 Yard bs by pegiiee SO 15 the Southeastern Conference game. Although the sun was out during the game. Friday night's downpour made footing a dangerous way to advance tbe ball.

Twice-beaten Tennessee was outgained on the ground 160 yards to 42 but managed to stop all except one Tech drive before it became a big threat Tech made 18 first downs to the Vols four but few of them were put into a string, Tbe only score of the first half came on the fourth play of the game. Tech's Fullback Frank Ziegler, usually a sure man under a punt fumbled Tennessee kickoff fw his three-yard line but Top Grid Games Of Nation INTIRSICTIONAL Army 43, Sanford 0. Michigan 35, Navy 0. Kentucky 13, Villanovo 13, tie. Ohio State 41, Pittsburgh 0.

SOUTH Alabama 27, Mississippi Southern 0. Mississippi State 20, Auburn 0. Tennessee 13, Georgia Tech 6. Vanderbilt 48, L. S.

U. 7. Georgia 20, Florida 12. Tulane 28, Virginia Military 7. North Carolina 7, William and Mary 7, tie Clemsen 41, Furman 0.

Maryland 19, South Carolina 7. Virginia 21, North Carolina State 14. Woke Forest 27, Duke 20. SOUTHWEST Southern Methodist 20, Texas A. fir M.

14. Texes 13, Baylor 10. Rice 25, Arkansas 6. MIDWEST Northwestern 16, Wisconsin 7. Illinois 14, Iowa 6.

Minnesota 34, Purdue 7. Oklahoma 41, Missouri 7. Notre Dame 42, Indiana 6. Michigan State 47, Marquette 0. EAST Dartmouth 26, Columbia 21.

Cornell 14, Colgate 6. Pennsylvania State 13, Pennsylvania 0. Princeton 47, Harvard 7. FAR WEST California 28, U. C.

A. 1 3. Washington State 26, Oregon State 26, tie. Oregon 13, Washington 7. Additional Scores on Poga Franko Scores FRANKO BOBBED UP WITH his touchdown midway of the third quarter, and midway of the final period.

Welsh set the stage for his second touchdown when be intercepted Vernon Wells' pass on the Alabama 43. The first scrimmage saw Salem pegging to Welsh about 15 yards upfield. after which the receiver cut back sharply and commenced darting and whirling. The underslung 175-pounder had no trouble going the last 25 yards after a shield of blockers formed about him. Aside from the four touchdowns.

Tide ventured into the deeper regions only three times down was made on the 16 in the second quarter but a fumble lost tbe ball. Prior to this, also in the third. Jack Brown's pass interception had placed Alabama on the Southern 27 but it was no go here. Alabama made one brief drive in the third quarter, going from midfield to the Southern 23. where the ball went over on downs.

Losers Drive THE LOSERS MADE TWO first-rate charges in defeat. In the third period, when they were only 14 points behind, they drove from their 23. where they had held tbe Tide for downs, to tbe Alabama 33 before being stopped. A fine play on fourth down by Ed Holdnak. Alabama guard, halted this movement It was fourth and two at the Tide 33 and when tbe Southerners elected to hit the line instead of kicking.

Holdnak broke through and snagged Vernon Wells for a one-yard loss. Turn to Pag 6, Column ney; center. Bossons. Hook. Smith; right guard.

Healy; right tackle. Coleman. Mathews; right end. Broadnax. Harvin.

Nolan, quarterback. Brown. Southard; left halfback. Jordan. Petit.

Bowen. Patton: feet running pass to Halfback Bob Lund. Lund took the ball over his shoulder, feinted twice and, with the help of a block by Alan Fielde'-. he went 47 yards for the touchdown. Glennon Plunges Back Into Steady Work Refreshed from a three-week vacation the first in seven years Eddie Glennon.

Baronial general manager, is up to the hilt in work. He is completing his exhibition schedule, trying to buy some outfielders, asking for bids on work at Rickwood and making arrangements to attend the minor league meeting in Minneapolis. Dec. 5-6-7-S-9. The Southern Asso- ciation will hold its Winter meeting in Minneapolis on Dec.

5. Glennon would like to see the 1949 schedule adopted at this meeting. Larry Gilbert is again drawing up the schedule. Pinky Higgins, the Barons' new manager succeeding Fred Walters, will meet Owner G. J.

Jebeles and Eddie Glennon in Minneapolis. He is due in Birmingham sometime in January to meet the public at luncheon dubs. The latest dope is that Bruce Dudley, president of the Louisville dub. will be named president of the American Association. Ed S.

Doherty, who has been in the Boston Red Sox chain for years, will most likely head the Louisville club, if Dudley is elected to succeed Frank Lane. Doherty was president, treasurer and general manager of the Scranton club last year. Coach Allyn Mc-Keen. Mississippi State, was asked to name some of the outstanding players in the South- ALLYN McKEEN eastern Conference. He thought Wimberly, I S.

Poole. Ole Miss, and PowelL Tennessee, were outstanding ends. He liked Lea, Tulane; Cantrell, Vanderbilt, and Payne, Georgia at tackles; Healey. Georgia Tech: Crawford, Ole Miss, and Cooper, Vanderbilt, for guards. He wasn't sure about centers.

For the backs he liked Price, Tulane: McWilliams, Mississippi State: Rauch, Georgia, and Cadenhead. Alabama. He thinks Bill Healey, the bull-necked Tech guard, is the outstanding player in the conference. Powell kicked the extra point to right halfback. Cobb.

Queen, give tbe Vols a 13-5 lead. ONeill. Taylor. North; fullback. Tech immediately came back Ziegler.

Ham son. Humphreys. with a powerful 85-yard drive in Tennessee 6 6 7 0 13 which the Jackets rolled up half Georgia Tech 5 0 0 6 8 their yardage. The Tech touch- Tennessee scoring; touchdowns down was scored on the second Slack. Lund.

Points after, Powell play qf the final period when half- back Dinky Bowen bucked over Georgia Tech scoring; Toucb- frofn the one-yard line. Bobby down. Bowen. North's kick was blocked by a mass of Tennesseeans. Utah Triumphs FORT COLLINS.

Colo, Nov. iJP Gil Tobler. a 166-pound half-THE LOSS WAS TECH'S first back steamed 100 yards for a touch-at borne 18 games and their down os the opening kickoff Sat-first in nine games urday and those six points were Tennessee centered on Hs run- all Utah needed to whip Colorado ning game- throwing only seven A. and 12-3 and clinch at leant passes and completing three, a tie for the Big Six football i Tech passing, which had bean ptoeship..