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ARREN'S ARMUP QUESTION: What team holds the National League record for the fewest last place finishes? SMU to Set Attendance Record for SWC Season By HAROLD V. RATXJFF DALLAS Southern Methodist University will play football before a total of 475,000 fans this season the greatest attendance for one football team in Southwest' Conference history. Notre Dame is given an assist but, take it from Lester Jordan, business manager of athletics at and Notre Dame, which will bring a full house of 75,000. The reason Jordan credits the Fighting Irish with helping boosi attendance to all-time high is that at least 600,000 fans would see the SMU-Notre Dame game if there was room. The only way many fans could get tickets for this game was Texas Quarterback Moved Prom Bandstand to Gridiron 1 t-JiTLVJ, I I1C JT RECENTLY, MR.

PUTT POWELL, sports columnist for we re one of the Amarillo papers, asked what was wrong with the Sandies. Sometimes, a stands so close to the woods he can't see the trees. So, may I offer these answers to his questions from observations garnered at this distance. A member of the Amarillo High School coaching staff led up to one of the main reasons when he told me recently that the Sandie football team does not possess the usual 'Sandstorm spirit. Why vt not? To begin with, Amarillo has one of the largest high schools m.

the state. Therefore, they also have one of the largest groups of from which to select football material. News reports in the Amarillo papers in mid-Au- giist this year stated that there were between lio and 150 boys o.ut. for. football.

Of this number BO, were on the Sand- team: And only about half of this 'group gets to see much week. What is an easier to break a' boy's spirit than to keep him on the bench of the time? There have been rumors heard to 'the effect that Bull Lynch has been ft, victim of politics. Whether this is true, I cannot say, but I hope not. He is a good coach, and it is unfortunate that if, because he has been at Amarillo so long, certain people think he owes them something. As I said, this if only a rumor.

One way to help build up a fighting spirit among the boys would be to let more of them play'. And a way to do this would be to split up the city into two or more high schools. The smaller the squad, the more spirit will be 'developed. If a team gets trimmed down to the size where boy figures he has a chance to play there is bound to be more enthusiasm shown. But where there are, say, 20 boys who know; they aren't going to get a chance- to themselves they will naturally slough-off, and this attitude will infiltrate the entire squad.

Two or three high schools, carrying about 35 boys, would permit twice as many boys to become: playing of teams, not, just bench-sitters. And a city the of jAmarillo can certainly afford have that many boys playing, regularly. It doing the youth city' a. favor by permitting Already 346,000 have jammed into the Cotton Bowl to see the colorful Mustangs m'eet six opponents and at least more i will be there for the final two games on the schedufe Baylor, them to engage in the sports ac tivities that are considered a normal part of the school curriculum. Under the present conditions in Amarillo, only a chosen few are on the team.

And this certainly breaks the spirit of the other boys who feel that they weren't given a chance. And this defeatist attitude could follow the boy the rest of his life, making, him feel, even at this early age, I that no matter how good he is oT what his qualifications are he has to "know" the right people to get anywhere, even in school And this is an unwholesome sit uation. Pampa can be proud of its Fighting Harvesters. Every boy has been given a chance. But the situation arises where the Pampa school bexomes.so large that worthy boys are forced on the sidelines, I hope that Pampa breaks, up into two schools anc permits all the boys a chance to play.

A losing team that helps all the boys is better than a win ning one that is going to give the wrong attitude to a few them. Apparently some of the Amarillo fans aren't too strongly behinc their team, either. About 200 tickets for reserved seats were re turned from Amarillo prior to the Pampa-Amarillo game. Yet, on the day of the game, many Amarillo fans came over to Pampa asking for tickets but stating specifically that they a them on the Pampa side of the field, not on the Amarillo side which 55.000 AND SPEAKING OF THE Pampa-Amarillo game, the offi cials who worked that 1 game paid a fine tribute to Coach Tom Tipps of the Harvesters while returning to the hotel afterward They said that he was one ol the finest coaches in the state to officiate for in a ball game, anc that he had one of the finest groups of sportsmen in the state on his Pampa Harvesters. That is a fine tribute coming from a sel of officials that did a splendid job themselves in that tough ballgame.

And backing up the official's By DICK KLEINER NBA Staff Correspondent During a dog show in Cincinnati, ft dog psychologist was in attendance. 'This following dialogue might have DACHSHUND: Lissen, Doc, I've been feeling mighty low. PSYCHOLOGIST: Aha, pupae- cutioh complex. Yeah, people are always throwing' 1 things at me. think, they want to do away with' you? they just want me to things.

But I can't. see, confidentially I'm really Lassie in disguise. Oho, you've got doglusions ot' grandeur. How's that again? You think you're something whiph; ain't. You imagine yourself to be important, I ought to know about these things.

I'm Freud. A dot; psychologist, however, is idea. one problem: What'11 he use for a couch? MAT REFEREES ARE ON CARPET don't they get back on the mat? A football historian at Illinois reports In 1890, the Illini wore headgear made ot paste- lying down. board. Must have been a terrific team, on paper.

Detroit of the National Football League drafted Notre Dame's co-captain and end, Leon Hart. Detroit would like its defense next season to have the Hart of the Lions. Burt Shotton was rehired as manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Branch Rickey making the announcement on Election Day. But -none of the other teams conceded defeat. Arthur Jackson of Brooklyn won the world championship for small bore rifles in the International Shooting Union tournament in Buenos Aires.

When it comes to anything to do with "bore," leave it to some body from Flatbush to walk away with it. Jack Mackmull, Army's place- kicking specialiast, has made a phenomenal record of n- versions. They ought to call the guy the West Point after touchdown. The best two-year-old filly appears to be Bed 1 Roses. Some horsenfen say the bay is too samll to become great.

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M. TURNER SMU, the Fighting Irish will be through purchasing season, jets. Thus the Notre Dame game 'accellerated the ticket sale for other games on ih. schedule. "But it will be the biggest crowd of the year for Notre Dame to play before." Jordan said.

"No other game on their schedule has drawn or will draw 75,000. They just haven't played in big' enough stadia." Jordan expressed some chagrin that he didn't come closer to estimating the season total than he did. He predicted 460,000 before football campaign opened. He did so because Southern Methodist is playing eight games at home this season, all In the Cotton Bowl with its seating capacity of 76,000, and Jordan knew that 36,000 was assured for each game before the campaign even opened. Those were represented in the season tickets and option holders on the Cotton Bowl who for $60.00 obtained the privilege of buying tickets to all games in the enlarged bowl.

Their options paid for 8,000 seats being added. He now says -BMU could have gone over the million mark if there were just 600,000 seats in the bowl. Jordan, who Watches the pennies at SMU, said he also was happy about the thing because there wasn't much expense this year. "We cut out practically all travel costs, you know," he said, adding cautiously: "I am sure we'll pay expenses this year that is, if wt get a bowl bid." EARLY swim by the poised gun of young Skippy Flaks on Lake of the Hollow, hard by Fox Lake, 111., but he doesn't dare fire. It is.

you see, just few hours before the official opening ot the season. Back to Tale of SWC Officials By WILBUR MAftTIN Associated Press Staff It's nice to know that someone will take up for football officials, but sad to think it is necessary. Matty Bell stepped in and defended officiating in Southern Methodist games. He said the officiating had nothing to do with the outcome of the Texas, Kentucky and Rice games. SMU lost to Rice, 41-27, and beat Kentucky 20-7, and Texas, 7-6.

Kentucky coach Paul Bryant blasted the officials after game. that The fans were sharply critical of officials in the other two. Bell said fans in the stand are in no position to check fouls on the field. Sometimes a person In the grandstand ia in a position to see a foul the officials do not. But 4n many more instances he not.

The fans'and. coaches do know you have to have four officials in a football game. The coaches have a hand In selecting these officials. As a matter of fact, they changed the method of selection just this year and in a somewhat secret manner. One "no" vote and no opinion is the fine record hung up by the Harvesters so far this season.

The- team has functioned perfectly this season as a unit, lacking in individual stars, experience an finesse, but overflowing with fight. CONNIE MACK is going to spend his off-season hours writ- ng a book on baseball. The real lowdown on pitching, catching, slaying the bases, the infield and the outfield, batting, base running, and all the other essentials of the game are to be covered, together with what it takes to be a major leaguer and how- players jet there: The book is scheduled for March 1950 publication. A more experienced or sounder student of game couldn't have been found to tell the young, people, and old, about America's favorite pastime. ANSWER: The Brooklyn Dodgers have only finished last once, 1905, to hold the league record that respect.

New Leaders in State Pin Meet BEAUMONT A brand new set of leaders paced the four classes of singles bowling today In the 15th annual Women's Texas State Bowling Association Tournament. One new leader popped up yesterday in Class team play, in Class doubles and in Class all-events. Frances Flowers, Hobbs, N.M., rolled a 563 series in individual Class singles and posted a 1,561 score for the all-events lead in this division. Bill Pulliam, Fort Worth, led Class A singles with a 590, seven pins better than Wanda Bucking of Fort Worth. Robie Lyons held third with 673.

Clare Spears of Sherman topped Class singles with 503. Mildred Reeth, New Braunfels, is second with 495 and Edna Zipp, New Braunfels, third with 493. Mary Ann Thompson of Corpus Christl grabbed the Class singles lead with 475. Ann Marie Grayum fell to second with 458. Alena Peterson ot Dallas is third with 455, San Angelo'J Bowling Center took the lead in Class team play with a score of 2,166.

Buck Motor Company, New Braunfels, and Superior Wholesale Markets, Dallas, share second with 2,138. Lprena Smith and Anne Caballero, Texas City, took over the lead in Class doubles with 1,017. Dorothy Guilford, Alice, and June Boozer, El Paso, are second with 974. Nola Adler and Margaret Walker, Houston, dropped from first to third with 966. YOU'VE HAD A PREVIEW 0 PREPARE FOR THE REAL THING! and by the Real Thing, We Mean OLD MAN WINTER ifl that wlnt.r InvMtm.nt In addition to cauiing you inconvtoncw and COFFEY PONTIAC CO.

MOUTH QUAY PHOKE 3M First- Place Settled In Lone Star Race (By Aiioolattd P'-en) Stephen V. Austin can win second place in the Lone Star Conference this wpek when meets Sam Houston Stale in their homecoming tilt at Nacogdoches. East Texas 'hag already won the Igague title. A Lumberjack victory will give them clear title to second place and send Sam Houston to the cellar. If the Kats pull an upset a three- way tie between Southwest Texas, Sam Houston and Stephen F.

Austin will result. Tha conference champions couldn't make their offense go in mud Saturday and were held to a scoreless tie by Trinity of the Gulf Coast Conference. Southwest Texas scored winning touchdown in the three minutes to beat Sam Houston, 19-14. Stephen F. Austin moved easily to win 12-0 over the University of Corpus In other games involving conference teams Saturday East Texas will meet North Texas at Commerce and Southwest Texas engages Ea.st Texas Baptist at Nftcogdoches.

The record winning share for World Series players was the $6,772.05 pocketed by each Cleve land Indian in 1918. AUSTIN (Special) wiry, black-haired kid admitted to his high school coach: "Sure, I'l like to play football, but I'm in the band." The coach had seen the youngster throwing the ball in a physical training class and was impressed with the distance and the accuracy. And since the kid showed interest, the coach decided to talk over the football-band situation with the parents. It was a tough decision for the folks to make. Only recently they had bought the kid a new' horn, and they were anxious to see him continue the band work he hnd started back in junior high school.

But the father was willing to he said, "we'll give him permission to play on the 'B' for one season. then if he prefers football to music, he can give up his band work." Now, eight years latrr. that lad who laid aside a clarinet for a football is leading the air-minded Southwest Conference passers in yardage gained. In addition to a yardage advantage, Texas' Paul Campbell has an edge on completion percentage over TCU's Lindy Berry, whom he'll face for the last time Saturday at Memorial Stadium. And this Berry boy started the 1949 season heralded as a leading all-America candidate.

Furthermore, he is still in good position to better some of the awesome marks posted at TCU by the fabulous Sammy Baugh and Little Davey O'Brien. It has been a long, hard pull to collegiate stardom for Campbell, but the man who had that hunch on his passing skill back in 1941 felt all along the kid would make the grade. That man is Eck Curtis, now backfield coach for the Longhorns. Eight years ago he was coaching at Breckenridge high school with tremendous success, being one of the few high school mentors in Texas using the T-Formation at that time. Contrary to general belief, however, Campbell was not a quarterback in high school.

He alternated between right halfback and fullback but occaslonaly had an opportunity to pass. On one those occasions he threw the touchdown pass that enabled Breckenridge to tie Waco, 13-13, in the state playoff, only to lose on) penetrations. Campbell's first experience as the man-under in the came in the summer of 1944, when he played with a Curtis-c cached Army team against the Brooklyn professional team at Abilene, Texas. The pros won it, but Campbell drew much acclaim for his two scoring passes. Actually, he was drafted by tho professional Philadelphia Eagles on the basis of.

his service play. They decided he was a professional prospect before he ever had a chance to play as a regular at Texas. Two years before enrolling at Texas in February of 1940, Campbell had entered Texas He participated in tennis and basketball while there but left before he had a chance to pick up one of those Maroon-colored T's. In- cidentially, he is ineligible for tennig and basketball at Texas, since never chose to waive claims on him. Campbell's progress at Texas waa delayed by the presence of Bobby Layne.

In his only appearances with the varsity in 1946, Campbell intercepted a pass against Missouri and ran it back 13- yards, nnd a week later he completed four of five tosses against Colorado for 124 yards, one for a touchdown. With Layne as regular quarterback on the 1947 team that won the Sugar Bowl championship, Campbell attempted only 12 pass- PAUL CAMPBELL University of Texas quarterback 82 yards, one for a touchdown. A year later, Paul took over the quarterback job and was the vie tim of much unjust criticism from those who expected him to mens ure up to Layne from the beginning. Lacking Lnyne's experience Campbell came along slowly as a passer, but meantime he a making Texas' ground game go with unexcelled bnll-hmidllng. Ho 24 of his 67 pass es yards in the first half of the Then Rice he fired one for a touchdown and followed up with i game-winning toss against Bnylor Counting his Orango Bowl which to him is the best of his career, Campbell finished the campaign with 63 completions in 144 attempts for 954 yards and six touchdowns.

The improvement continued in to the current season and las week lie took over leadership ii the conference against-Baylor. Ii eight games he has completed 71 ot 139 attempts for 1,052 yard? and five touchdowns. Campbell's chief regret is thai he didn't remain out of competition in 1947, "because I believe Texas will have a great tean next year. As for this season, I believe we're much improvec over last year." Important, dates in Campbell's lite, other than Jan. 1 and Nov 5, 1949, are March 11, 1926 (date of birth), December 1, 1948 (wed ding date) and Aug.

19, 1947, the day his son, Bobby, was born. Paul is married- to the forme i Miss Doris Gracey of hometowr BreckenriclgQ. Half of SWJCC Season Ends Saturday (By The Associatod Press) Half of tho Southwestern Jun ior College Conference teams wind up the season this week. None has a chance at the title which will be determined Nov 28 when, Lamar of Beaumont bat lies Tyler. Paris plays at Kllgoro a Arlington State and Tarletoi State get together at Arlington Saturday to end season play.

Three other members of the circuit will be playing nonconfcr- ence games. Tyler goes to California Friday to meet Compton Junior College while a a i plnyB McNeese of Louisiana at Orange. Thursday night Schreinei winds up the season a i I Brownsville of the. Texan Juniot College Conference at Brownsville. Last week found Kilgore being eliminated from the title, running with a 28-13 upset at tho hands of San Angelo, Tyler whammed Schreiner 43-13 and Paris licked Arlington State 7-0.

Lamar official could work a Southwest Conference game. The men who are working them now are "unan imous" choices. In every intersectional game two officials from the visiting team's section are used. Two are from the section of the home school. It would seem that coaches would be the persons in the world to complain about "poor officiating." At least in words that have been flung about this season.

In theory, they are being paid quite instruct a sport. The athletes who are receiving the instructions are also supposed to be receiving a little instruction on sportsmanship, how to lose gracefully, etc. It's their nature for humane to gripe. But football, baseball and every other sports fan knows that no matter what he says, it will make no difference in an official's decision. There are some who claim football coaches aren't human.

They of course, and perhaps es and completed six of them for they should wise up in the grandstand. the for a "oifroiT 08i erra su a choice selection I vL.J 1 ot a St. Louis restaurant, where the New catcher and Jong-ball hitter taken an oft- job 88 host. McMurry Set to Cop Texos Conference (By Th. AiiocUUd Prcu) McMurry College may set a record other Texas Conference teams will find hard to beat.

The Indians tied for the conference championship in 1947, won It last year, have clinched at least a tie this season and Saturday night can claim undisputed possession by beating Southwestern. Brad Rowland, Floyd Sampson and Weldon Day have paced the Indians to an average of 40 points a game this season as they won games and lost two. Last week, McMurry cinched a portion of the title by heating Howard I-'uyne, In other Riime.s, Texas punt Southwestern, 7-3, mul Austin College upsol Abilene Christian College, 27-H. The only olher game this week and Texas PAMPA NEWS, MONDAY NOV. 14, 1949 Sports Round-Op By HUGH JR.

NEW YORK (iPt It was a startling to hear that the Brooklyn Dodgers, baseball's biggest farm operators, hart lopped five clubs off their minor league total But Mickey Mc'Connell, who knows about such things, has a ready explanation: "We like to train our prospects on championship teams. Last year the material was spread a little too thin. Some clubs were slipping into the second division." Brooklyn's farm system, besides being bigger than any other, is unique in many respects The top teams like Montreal, St. Paul and Fort Worth are money-makers and can absorb the losses further clown the list Each team has more veterans and good minor leaguers who won't go higher than it has big league prospects They serve as steadying influences and as teachers So when the kids finally are ready, they're ready to play on championship teams at Brooklyn bring inflated prices when they're sold to other clubs. IDENTITY DOUBTFUL "Take Wade, thn North Carolina tub-thumper, gets a chuckle out of this one Wade was in the press box covering a game between Davidson and North Carolina State Seated directly in front of the, press box was Mrs.

Wade Late 'in the game a "little ole 1-15-poumler" broke loose and scooted 95 yards for Davidson's winning tone h- down Jake let out a whoop nnd rooted him home, but Mrs. VV. didn't become unduly excited. She glanced at her program for the number and asked: "Who made that run?" "Gosh, don't you know" was the reply. "It was your son." PUNCHERS PINNED A couple of fighters pinched in Cfncinnati life day for "intending to enga a prize fight." We'd" to see anyone pin tfiat some of the athletes appeared in the Garden rifig cently They're So you don't know when tfiey felifi into the ring whether thifr' Mefl to fight a I TONGUE-IN-CHEEK Iffclt You can believe this or not, you choose, but Colgate dr beater Don Frick says It ported by halfback Alan'," While Colgate was a pre-season scrimmage an un-named college, Egler, had been hurt, was told ercise by jogging around field He happened to behind the rival's bench, Juat long enough to overhear thfa versation: Coach: "You i what's happening in Moronskl.

They're pushing us mill around. Now I want you to in there and get vicious." i .1 Player: "O.K., coach. I get you.l But who's vicious? What is he wearing?" WEAK END NOTES Note to scouts: The Indiana State Reformatory "Red have won six football garnet In row. one by 101-0. Several of its players are due to soon North Texas State, which! has only onp letterman back front! last year's national collegiate golf I championship team, isn't worry-1 ing.

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