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V1 SECTION-B Sports Classified JOHNSON CBS SECTION-B Sports Classified TENN JOHNSON CITY TENN SUNDAY MORNING OCTOBER 17 1943 cid i milsmne pr -w -sr Tennessee 'Volunteers Conquer 21 Hal Littlef Running Highlight Of Vol ictory Vqndy Tops Kentucky Wildcats By 26 To 7 Greenie Aerials Fatal- To 1947 Champions By BILL LAFFLER NEW ORLEANS Oct 16 UR) Tulane as hot on the? ground as in the air trampled unbeaten Mississippi defending Southeastern Conference champions 20 to 7 today Some 43000 shouting spectators saw a tough Tulane line and a rampaging backfield reduce the passing combination of Salmon and big Barney Poole to practical impotence Tulane a dark dark horse in the league exactly make the champs look like chumps But Tulane pulled out a passing attack none suspected it had Joe Ernst tossed one touchdown pass and set the stage for Eddie Price another rr- Irish Crnsh Mnslters 44-13 LINCOLN Neb Oct 16 (UP) Notre Dame ran passed and plunged as it pleased today to score a 44 to 13 victory over Nebraska before a chilled crowd of 37400 Coach Frank Leahy tossed 33 players at the Nebraska team and six of them scored touchdowns One man 179-pound right halfback Emil Sitko scored two Cletus Fischer the best back Nebraska coach Potsy Clark had to offer also scored two touchdowns But he have the companions that Sitko had Notre line outplayed and passing was only so-so That was the story of the ball-game It was Fischer against such hard runners as Sitko Bill Wightkin John Panelli Jack Landry Jim Martin and Larry Coutre all of whom scored Bu JULIAN GRANGER United Pre Sport Writer KNOXVILLE Tenn Oct 16 (UR) Hal Littleford a stand-in halfback with itchy heels put touted backfield in the shade today as Tennessee rocked the Tide for a 21 to 6 victory before 45000 Homecoming fans It was first Southeastern Conference victory and to score 4t the Vols unwrapped a sleek overland offensive featuring Little'O'd who generated and engineered a touchdown drive in the first period to put his team ahead to stay The Tide threw an early-minute Lees-MclRae Rally Beats Brevard 13-7 BANNER ELK Oct Bobcats rallied to defeat Brevard 13 to 7 here today Brevard scored first when Riggins took a pass from Owens and raced 45 yards for the marker Hipps added the extra point The Bobcats scored when Davidson intercepted a pass on his own 30 and ran it back to the Brevard 15 Galloway and Rogers carried to the three and Rogers went over for the TD The Lees-McRae team captured its winning margin in the fourth stanza when Galloway loosed a 10-yard pass to Davidson for the score Penninger converted the extra point Scores by periods: Brevard 7 0 0 0 7 Lees-McRae 0 6-0 7 13 Scoring touchdowns: for Brevard Riggins For Lees-McRae Rogers Davidson Extra points: for Hipps For Lees-McRae Penninger By KYLE VANE LEXINGTON Ky Oct 16 UP Vanderbilt uncorked a sharpened offensive here today and crashed the victory column for 'the first time with a comparatively easy 26-7 football decision over collapsing Wildcats A shirt-sleeved crowd of 25000 persons that took to umbrellas when rain started falling at half time watched Bobby Berry and Herb Rich pace the Commodores to their first triumph in four starts- It was third straight setback" i The in jury riddled Wildcats went into the third quarter with a 7-6 lead but their defensive buckled under the Berry-Rich blows in the last two periods After scoreless first quarter Lee Nally put the Commodores on top with an 84-yard punt return He was protected by a solid wall of blockers and scored without being touched Clinard missed the placement Kentucky steamed back in its Berry to Mac Robinson on the Cat 10 set up the opportunity and Berryt scored from the four on third down Clinard booted the extra point Berry pitched to Bucky Curtis early in the fourth for a 34-yard gain that carried again to the ten and made way for another Commodore score It took Berry three plays to go over and Clinard again place kicked the point That was enough to make victory certain for Wandy but Bill Fuqua went 45 yards with a minute and ten seconds to play to score standing and give the Commodores thefr bulge Likely they hogged the scoring the Commodores made the victory look real by hogging the statistics Their ground attack covered a net 220 yards and they added 67 yards on four pass completions in nine tries Kentucky collected 114 yards rushing and 48 passing The only show of power to march 791-Wildcats completed four out of ten scare into the Vols when the Crimsons rolled to the Tennessee 2 But with Littleford carrying the Vols I roared back with a 59-yard scor-iing drive during which the Tide gave a good imitation of playing jdead After that failed to get past the Tennessee 49 except when the Red Elephants drove 65 yards for their lone tally The Vols scored twice more in the fourth period with Littleford doing yeoman duty The figures showed how" wide was the Tennessee win margin The Vols piled up 252 yards rushing to 172 In first downs Tennessee also was -superior 16 to 12 Maroons Clip Cincy 27 To 0 STARKVILLE Miss Oct GJR) A quartet of unsung backs sparked the Mississippi State Maroons to a 27 to 0 non-conference victory over the University of Cincinnati today before 12000 fans Triple-threater Shorty McWilliams limping on a bad leg made the Vols to the Alabama 21 mid- -Vols Reverse Last Story Last year Alabama failed to get going until the Tennessee game jand then the Tide stop until the Sugar BowL Today the story at least this far was just the reverse And today in contrast with previous games the Vols used the air-lanes only for variety With No 1 tailback Proctor on crutches wiggle hips rode yards and score Clayton Webb bulled over from inside the one-foot line He fumbled but recovered and Kentucky went to the front when Bob Gain added the point from placement Vandy started moving for its second score midway through the third period A 24-yard pass from only a brief third-quarter appearance and Harper' Davis ace rignt half played only to-hold the ball on conversions After a first half featuring rug way the first period to set up first score where General Bob Neyland inserted third-string halfback Coop er who shot a bullseye pass to ged line play and practically no UTd dense substitute sophomore added his first of three extra Crosby Simmons ripped over from polTts Placement the 14-yard line on a reverse I The Tlde lre after temussion Within five minutes wurnor halfback Doug Colston Salem and halfback Charley Davis paymg for the first time this sea- roned up four first downs before son reeled off a pair of touchdowns in the fourih quarter and Carl Scheider another sophomore Army Dr ubs Harvard 20-7 WEST POINT Oct 16 The top brass saw one of its top football teajns led by Georgia Gil Stephenson burst loose for two -touchdowns' ill the third period at Sunswept Michie Stadium today to down a hard fighting Harvard team 20 to 7 Gen Omar Bradley Army Chief of Staff and Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall led a large gold braided delegation to witness this renewal of a famous series but the biggest mart on hand was Stephenson the lowly yearling from Colombus Ga as he scored all three touchdowns to keep the hard pressed Cadets in the ranks of the undefeated I The handsome 185 pound hurricane given his chance when one of regular backs was injured spun his way up the center to opening touchdown in the first quarter Then after an in and out Harvard team which was today crunched back to tie it up they called on him again Galloping Gil let them down He battered over frorn six yards out in the third period and then broke that hustling Harvard line again a few minutes later with a four scoring yard smash which put the game out of reach It was a hard fought game from ixj capped the scoring by intercepting bniising defensive ball for the Don pass and racmg2J Vols day burst through to yards to tally block attempted conver- Xn the closing moments Coach 'sion AUyn McKeen substituted freely Littleford then backed up Ala-State racked up 14 first downs to bama with a 32-yard kick to the three and gained 305 four late in the third pe-yards all told to a meager 88 for ri0d When Alabama punted short Hal skirted right end for 25 yards and two plays later big George Balitsaris leap-frogged center for a touchdown Tennessee smacked down every '1 I Alabama offensive effort after that and clinched the victory when Cooper scored a third touchdown the Bearcats rCLAirpwt By Stanford j- East Tennessee State Guard Situation In Hand9 Note: This is another in a series of articles on East Tennessee State College football players article deals with guards By TOMMY HODGE The Buccaneers have no weakness at guard with last starters back on the scene Behind Weekley and Bailey are five capable reserves Dan Weekley hold down the left guard spot for the Bucs He is the co-captain this year Weekley is one of the outstanding guards of this section This is the third season that he has terrorized the enemy backs On defense Week-ley is a whirling deverish that is always in the other backfield He is noted for his bone-crushing tackles and often shakes up a back enough to cause a fumble On offense Weekley is at his best when he is blocking downfield On at least one occasion this season he has blocked three men on a single play Weekley prepped at Erwin High for Cap Isbill and gained all-star honors for the Blue Devils Mono Bailey is running mate Although Bailey is not as brilliant as Weekley he is a rough customer on both offense and defense Mono sometimes does the quarterbacking from his guard spot and calls the defensive plays when he is in the game He GophersNotch t60 Triumph one lts- chances today Illinois 'MINNEAPOLIS Oct 16 Minnesota fumbled away all but but that lone unmuffed opportunity was enough to give the i ii ii the opening moment with thesus- to fX pense sustained until Stephenson triumph over fighting Illi broke it open in the third quarter nos" before a roaring capacity crowd of 26921 And when they filed from the stadium at the end with Harvard still trying desperately to score again the talk was of the Georgia boy who had carried the ball 21 times for 170 yards It was first Western Conference victory in two starts and the second loss for Illinois in as many Big Nine games The Gophers heavy favorites disappointed a partisan crowd of 62066 chilled fans time and again Davis bulled across from the 4 dragging tacklers behind him Right half Bob Lund who played The lineup: Alabama Left ends Steiner Lary Left tackles Theris Miller Haus-halter Left guards Franko Mizerany May Centers Lauer Lock-- ridge Right guards Richeson Fortu-nato Right Flowers Hannah Right ends Hood Cain Quarterbacks Brown Avinger Left halfbacks Salem Pettus Right halfbacks a head Welsh Davis Fullbacks Noonan Calvin Taylor Tennessee: 4 Left ends Powell Sherrod Left tackles Stroud Donahue Dobelstein Geariwo Left guards Elkas Smith Centers Silvert Baker Hun-eycutt Heusser Right guards Baker Howard Right tackles Meseroll Brixey Right ends Miner Flora Fielden Quarterbacks Armstrong Coggins Left halfbacks Littleford Beeler Cooper Right halfbacks Lund Bergmire Sherrill I Fullbacks Chaneey Miller Balit- saris Hill Score by periods: TENNESSEE 7 0 0 ALABAMA 0 0 6 Touchdowns: Lund Davis Balitsaris Cooper Points after touchdown: Powell 3 Referee: A Bell Vanderbilt umpire: Norvell Southwestern field judge Mouat Armour linesman Waddy Georgia Tech Statistics: Tenn Ala passes Vanderbilt 0 6 7 Kentucky 0 7 0 0 7 Vanderbilt scoring: Touchdowns Nalley Berry 2 Fuqua Points after touchdowns Clinard 2 Kentucky scoring: Webb Point after touchdown Gain (placement) a bard crisp blocker and blasts the holes for the quick opening plays He uses his weight on defense and is hard to move He is another Erwin boy Groseclose Best On Defense Clyde Groseclose lettered last season and has played some good ball so far this 'year He is best cn defense and uses his 175 pounds to the disadvantage of the opposition Groseclose starred for" the Kingsport Indians for three seasons Kermit Maupin is a new boy on the squad but before the season is over he may push into a starting assignment Maupin weighs around 170 but he makes up in fight what he lacks in weight Jim Crockett is the smallest of the guests but he stands out on defense Several seasons ago he played for the Milligan Buffs at guard He is one of the hardest men to block on the Buc squad Crockett calls Bristol his home George Leong packs more weight than any of the other guards and has seen some action Before the season is over fans may see more of Leong He is a former Johnson City Hill topper The last of the guards is Johnson who came to State from Castle Heights Military Academy He is gaining experience this season and next year will see him seeing plenty of action Midgets To Play Erwin Tuesday The Recreation Midgets will seek to gain another win over Love Street School of Erwin In a football game Tuesday at 8 pm at Memorial Stadium Johnson Midgets defeated the Erwin team 12-7 the past week and the Unicoi boys will be seeking to gain revenge bulldozing fullback accounted for the other by barrelhousing through the entire Ole Miss team from the 26 yard line standing up in the end zone Only once did Ole 1 Miss show power on the ground Dixie Howell turned in a 60-yard sprint to the goal line running like a man with his shirt tail on fire Ole Miss made a heart-breaking bid to uphold its great reputation with a ground drive in the fourth period but end Emile intercepted a pass on his own five-yard line That broke Ole back Clumsy handling of the ball gave Tulane a chance to push over its seqpnd touchdown after Charley Bidgood a Meredian Miss guard had recovered a fumble on his own 26 Jerry Tiblier dropped a handoff from Salmon and Bill Svoboda recovered for Tulane on the Ole Miss 28 After Tulane failed to gain on the ground Ernst faded back to the midfield stripe and threw a long pass to Dick Sheffield who leaped in the air to take it on the Ole Miss two-yard line Jimmy" Glisson took a lateral from Ernst and went over It was big Paul Lea great tackle who engineered the first touchdown He rushed in to block Bobby punt in the first period and the ball was recovered on the Ole Miss 34 Price went around left end to the 18 and Bobby Jones knifed through to the 14 Ernst then flipped a pass to Joe Harper of Houston Tex Sheffield called in to do the converting after Euel Davis was injured kicked two points Bobby Oswalt converted for Mississippi Bucks Trornp Indiana 1 7 0 i- BLOOMINGTON Ind UP) Ohio Buckeyes ran over and around i linemen today as if they were sacks of wet sawdust in a 17-0 victory The loss knocked the Hoosiers out of a tie for first place In the Western Conference Alex Verdova Joe Whisler and Jim Clark ground out long gains and quarterback Pandel Savic mixed in a few passes Indiana -only "once was inside Ohio 45-yard line and then only by about a foot Ohio State scored two touchdowns in the first quarter lost another in the second period because of a penalty and was stopped on 5 and 15-yard stripes on two other occasions The Buckeyes tallied the first time they got the ball Whisler scored in his fourth straight game with a one-foot plunge at the end 63-yard march Clark got Ohio second marker on the 10-yard climax run of a 58-yard Buckeye parade James Hague place-kicked both extra points He place-kicked a field goal from the 11-yard mark as time was running out in the fourth quarter Citation Xn Easy Win At Belmont Park NEW YORK Oct 18 Citation wonder horse of the American turf added the scalps of a pair of foreign horses to his collection today as he bounced to an easy victory in the $1117000 Empire City International Gold Cup at Belmont Park The spectacular Calumet Farm champion cheered on by a crowd of 43887 persons who backed him down at 3 to 20 won just as jockey Eddie Arcaro pleased swinging home by two lengths over Phalanx Carolyn A was third I Far back in seventh place was the Irish-bred Nathoo while the Belgian champion Bayeux was last in the field of nine after almost being left at the start Perns State Thumps Bfoimitiiaeers 37 To 7 STATE COLLEGE Fa Oct 16 UP A pair of halfbacks Elwood Petchel and Walt Triplett sparked the Penn State football team to a 37-7 win over West Virginia today before 18000 fans Triplett a fleet-footed senior from Lamott Pa brought the partisan Penn State crowd to Its feet twice in the third quarter as be reeled off runs of 85 and 64 yards for two touchdowns The Negro star carried the ball only 11 times during the game but accounted for 219 yard as Penn State won its third game of the season and ran its unbeaten string to 13 Petchel dubbed the since he weighs only 146 pounds accounted for the Nit-tany remaining three touchdowns Twicfc the bantam back tossed scoring heaves one for two yards to end Earn Taburo and another to a phomore back Owen Dougherty good for 23 yards GeorgiaTech Stops Auburn By 27-0 Score By EDWIN POPE United Prcw Sports Writer ATLANTA Ga Oct 16 Undefeated Georgia Tech trotted out a brigade7 of lilliputian backs and a deadly passing attack to roll over Auburn 27 to 0 today in a Southeastern Conference game that included a 'wild last quarter riot The entire squads of both team and some of the 38000 fans converged on the field in a mad slugging melee The battlers broke it up when the Tech band struck up Star-Spangled Discounting that spectacular diversion Tech won every round The tiny Tech backs wheeled through holes in the scrappy Auburn forewall all afternoon to set up three aerial touchdowns and one aground Coach Bobby razor-sharp lads rolled 54 yards for their first touchdown the six-pointer coming on a 31-yard pass play from little Jimmy Southard to end Dock Marvin i Skyscraper Jim Nolan- six-foot-eight-inch Tech flankman reached over Auburn defenders to take a four-yard flip from 155-pound Jimmy Petit for a second-quarter score Tech traveled 59 yards downfield on that one with fullback Frank Ziegler bucking consistently behind the bulldozer blocking of guard Bill Heavly and tackle Clay Mathews After intermission halfback Bob (Cannonball) McCoy personally engineered the third Tech thrust After Tech held and took over at her own nine McCoy started the 91-yard drive with a 39-yard gallop down the sidelines From the 20 Southard passed to McCoy at the three where the greasy-hipped tornado shook over an Auburn tackier and went overe Score by periods: GeorgiaTech 7 7 7 6 27 Auburn 0 0 0 0 Referee: Lynch Holy Cross Umpire: Barfield Princeton Field judge: Jack Griffith Georgia Linesman: Ed Copeland Oglethorpe Indians Smack VP1 30-0 BLACKSBURG Va Oct (UJJ William and Mary whiled away a lazy afternoon today true to form with a 30-0 win over Homecoming Virginia Tech Some 13000 unhappy alumni saw William and Mary take its seventh straight win from VPL Fullback Jack Cloud bulled across early in the first period from the two yard line climaxing a drive of two pass completions and four first downs Buddy Lex missed the extra point Tailback Tommy Korczowski took a punt in the second period and careened 56 yard for the next Score and pitched the next touchdown to end Vito Ragazzo who loped 20 yard to score Both conversions missed Korczowski decided to score another in the third period and flipped to wingback Henry Blanc for another easy 24-yard touchdown Cloud bulled over from the 20 for the last score The win gave William and Mary three conference victories to one loss Sooners 'Gain Win Over Kansas State NORMAN Okla Oct 16 shifty Darrell Royal scored two touchdowns and passed to two more to give the Sooner a 42-0 victory over Kansas State today It much of a test for the co-champion of the Big Seven Oklahoma taking 7-0 lead with a minute left in the first period and doing just about as it pleased after that- Sooner coach Bud Wilkinson used his entire rquad In winning its first conference start Oklahoma pushed Kansas State into the circuit cellar with its second loop loss A sharp 34-mile an hour north wind cut through the field dulling the 26009 spectators and hampering the kicking The closest Kansas State got to goal was in the final seconds of the half when Dana Atkins passed "18 yards to Rollax Prather on the six but Prather fumbled and Oklahoma recovered as the gun sounded The loss was Kansas 29th in 33 starts The Wildcats broke a record losing streak last week in stopping" Arkansas State 37-6 extra-point kicker Leslie Mmg added to his phenomenal string hitting all six trues to run his record to 18 out of 17 for the feasoa' Quakers Edge Lions20Tol4 NEW YORK Oct 16 Gene Rossides great little quarterback went from hero to goat in one heartbreaking moment today as the hurley Penn team scoped a touchdown with only 32 seconds of play remaining to pull a 20 to 14 victory out of what had looked like a certain defeat "Rossides pride of Brooklyn passed for two first-half touchdowns which shot the Lions out in front of the Ivy League champions 14-0 and promised to lead to another of the annual upsets for which coach Lou pupils have become famous He played a spectacular defensive game breaking up two dangerous Penn drives with pass interceptions and another by recovering a fumble deep in Columbia territory And then as a homecoming crowd of 35000 prepared to loose a triumphany roar over Baker Field the little guy made his tragic blunder He tried too hard to knock down a long Quaker aerial bumped into the receiver and an alert official convicted him of interference on the three-yard line That was all the pondering Quakers needed to score their third straight yictory and remain in the running for the Eastern title They overcame -a 15-yard penalty slapped on them for a personal foul and on fourth down Francis Bagnell whipped a short pass to end Bob Sponaugle across the goal line to turn hopes to dust Yale Surprises Badgers 17-7 MADISON Wis Oct 16 football team made its first invasion of the Midwest since 1939 a successful one today by scoring 17 to 7 upset victory over Wisconsin before 45000 fans The Bulldogs were pushed all over the field during the first half but came to life in the third period to score 10 points and the victory It was line play which spelled the difference The Yale line outweighed 10 pounds per man handle the Badger forward wall during the first half until Wisconsin threatened During that time the Badgers piled up a total of 215 yards to 81 for Yale and outdowned Yale seven to four The second half was a different story Starting with the third quarter kickoff the Yale line got the jump on Wisconsin and pushed it around practically at will Oregon Nips Trojans 8 To 7 PORTLAND Ore Oct 16 GJR) Favored Oregon had to dig in its cleats in a fourth period stand against the deceptive backs from the University of Southern California today to eke out an 8 to 7 victory on the margin of a blocked punt and a safety The University of Oregon manufactured its hair-trigger lead in the first two periods getting their lone touchdown on a brilliant 61-yard -pass from quarterback Norman Van Brocklin to end Dick Wilkins and the heaven-sent two points when the Southerns tried to kick out of- a hole from behind their goaL A crowd of 33000 under sunny skies in Multnomah Stadium saw the Webfeet give way to a Southern California scoring rush in the third period and then hold on grimly through a thrilling final period- sas 15 Right half Randall Clay right end to score LOS ANGELES Oct 16 A gallant fired-up Stanford football team ended a long victory brought today as they bowled -over a favored UCLA eleven 34 to J4 before 40341 fans It was the first Pacific Ccast Conference victory since the tail end of 1246 Marchie Redskins broke a 7-7 half-time deadlock in the first moments of the third paiiod and went on from a gentle scalping job to a massacre of the Bruins They took on and thoroughly thrashed a major foe and did it to ruin the annual Homecoming celebration Fullback Emery Mitchell 191-pounder reeled off 40 yards on the first play from" scrimmage opening the third period putting the Stanfords ahead 13-7 Stanford scored three more touchdowns in the final quarter one on a floukey break on a pass interception UCLA tallied once more too? but by this time both teams were using substitutes generously and the issue was never in doubt Mitchell shared honors with ha back Bob White who accounted for three touchdowns the last on a 41-yard gallop five minutes before the game ended Forman And Wofford Battle To 7-7 Tie GREENVILLE Oct 16 (UR) Furman halfback Charlie Johnson broke up a last-quarter goal line stand to earn the Purple Hurricane a 7-7 tie with unbeaten but frustrated Wofford today it was the fourth straight tie of the season for Wofford which held a 7-0 lead until late in the final period and made a gallant bid to hold the advantage Three times the Wofford line held on the one-yard line On fourth down plunge carried him over and Little converted Wofford scored in the third period when tailback Sammy Sewell took a handoff from fullback Elrod Cheatham and scooted 47 yards to score Quick booted the extra point as they lost the ball on fumbles in their own territory and at their front door Minnesota finally drove 75 yards to score in the final period after seeing an earlier scoring chance go glimmering when the half ended with the Gophers parked on the Illini one-yard line 1 Quarterback Jim Malosky 1 did the scoring for Minnesota from the one-yard stripe with less than five minutes to go in the final period But it was a 51-yard pass from Dick Lawrence to end Vem Gaghe and four terrific power plunges by fullback Frank Kuzma that set the stage for tally Berry Paces TCU To Win i COLLEGE STATION Tex1 Oct 16 (IP) Texas Horned Frogs rallied for two touchdowns the last quarter today and rode home on Lindy parsing and running for a 27-14 victory over Texas A and Three touchdowns were jammed into the last 10 minutes of the second period The Frogs recovered a fumble on the Aggie nine and Pete Stout went the last two yards The Aggies then scored when Bobby Goff passed from the five over the goal to Cedric Copeland The Frogs came back to score in five plays with Stout pitching to the one from where he banged over In the third the Aggies took the lead again with a 54-yard dash by Goff who scored untouched But the Frogs stormed back In the final' stanza Stout scored from the three where passing and running had carried the ball Berry circled right end for 32 and the tally Homer Ludiker kicked three extra points for the Texas Christians Herb Turley kicked the extra points Joe Taylor Second In PGA Tournament SAVANNAH Ga Oct 16 Harold Williams Tuscaloosa Ala turned in his second straight par' 72 today over the General Oglethorpe golf course to increase his lead to four strokes in the South eastern PGA tournament i i-nj Jv jl i 7 yi i I fj 1 i i -J 3 a A 9 5 i 3 IT'S IT?" 4 i I 5 vt 4 -f 1 5 i i 3 i P-l 3 Tigers Wallop Navy 35 To 14 BALTIMORE Oct 16 The intrepid Missouri Tigers strutting their stripes on every strip of the field moved mercilessly today to a 35 to 14 victory over ounchless Midshipmen who dropped their ninth straight game A crowd of 22000 saw the game The Missourians rating among the national powers after last amazing upset victory over Southern Methodist scored in 2very period and left the Navy gobs looking like shipwreck victims The game was less than two minutes -old when the Tigers took advantage of a Navy fumble that gave them the ball on the 10-yard Une from where they pushed to an easy score That set the tempo for the entire battle Dick Braznell a substitute back was the outstanding performer in the Missouri victory Georgetown Stops Hurricanes 13 To 7 TULSA Okla Oct 16 (IP) Hoyas struck with two perfect fourth quarter pass plays today to whip Golden Hurricane 13-7 and register their first triumph of the season Slightly more than 7000 chilled and disappointed Tulsa fans saw the quarterback Billy Conn flip cne 33-yard aerial to end George Beningi for a touchdown to open the final period and a little later repeat with a 14-yard scoring toss to end Frank -Desmond playoff passes were the only two Georgetown completed in nine attempts He restorted to them after the aroused Tulsa eleven had taker a 7-0 lead on a 43-yard first period march and an improved ground defense to halt the Hoya running attack through three quarters Representatives of Memphis Delta Bowl to which Tulsa has been invited January 1 watched the Hurricanes lose their fourth straight game CENTRE LOSES DANVILLE Ky Oct 16 Austin Peay uncorked a last quarter aerial attack to come from behind and defeat Centre College 19-13 today for its fourth football victory against no defeats Three passes from Chigger Ruble to Tim Lincoln covered 40 yards in three plays and set up the deciding tally Gentry a fullback bulled the final three yards for the touchdown Former Buffalo Star No 1 Man9 In St Paul Razorbacks Drop 14-6 Contest To Longhorns AUSTIN Tex Oct IS UP) He slipped through right tackle Hard-hitting Texas overpowered and went 36 yards to the Arkan- From line of scrimmage Having been a star football player at Milligan College Bowman coveted for his high school boys the development that football brings but there was no football field on which they could play nothing but a rocky hillside since the town of St- Paul is built on hills However Bowman dreamed of a beautiful lighted athletic field on which his boys could play home games He secured the cooperation of his school board and of the town people and with great effort and expense literally carved out -of the side of the mountain a first-class field Bowman raised the money for the project spending the entire summer without vacation At the dedication ceremonies Bowman was presented a gold watch by townspeople as a token of their appreciation (Bill) Bowman who starred on Milligan College football teams of the late 1920s and early 1930s is No 1 man in the esteeth of sports fans at St Paul Va Bowman high school principal at St Paul led a movement to acquire a football field for the school and when the field was dedicated recently it was named Bowman was graduated from the Erwin High School and later obtained his B- degree at Milligan While teaching at Norton Va he was called into service and spent three years in the Navy At expiration of the war Bow-man attended the University of Tennessee from which he obtained his degree in school administration When he was graduated from the University of Tennessee he was called to be principal sd St PauL stubbom Arkansas 14 to 6 here way for first touchdown today to grab its Southwest Conference opener before 46000 foot-Following Williams with 143 bav fans were Joe Taylor Bristol Tenruj The big fast Longhorn line who had a 71 today Haynes Wa-jkept Clyde (Smackover) Scott ters Savannah Ga who shot a the Arkansas left half bottled up 72 and Henry Caste Abbevilpe except for one brief moment when of playing time remaining It was La who turned in his second 74 Scott streaked 36 yards for the set up by a poor 12-yard punt by Other scores included: lone Razor back score Harold Cox the ball going out on Mike Demassey Chattanooga! tally came on the open-the Arkansas 37 Texas marched Term 80-71 15L jing play of the second quarter to the 4 was set back to the 9 by Jake Fondren Memphis Tenn Texas had smashed swiftly to a a penalty then reached the 5 84-74 155 1 7-0 head in the initial quarter Then substitute left half Perry Sid Van jean Chattanooga Tenn Left half Billy Pyle paved the Samuels sprinted wide around went to the 2 and then pounded through right tackle to score He kicked both extra points The second Longhorn touchdown came with only 45 seconds i.

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