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LONGHORNS GAIN Victory in Only Five MOMENTUM IN TITLE Districts CHASE sy ort Worth Star-Telegram Sports rest WO TH OWNIO HI WSMtEI' MORNING FORT WORTH TEXAS MONDAY NOV 1 1943 PAGE NINE i PS iwmwnmip! Climaxing District 6 Other Teams Face Bitter Title Fights Amarillo Vernon Lufkin Highland Park Breckenridge Seen Safe as Winners By Associated Press Favorites are quaking in their nvle-kins in more than one district of Texas schoolboy football as the field rolls into stretch Only in five sectors does the Issue appear to be cut and dried It seems safe to select Amarillo in the Panhandle Vernon in District 2 Highland Park (Dallas) in District 6 Breckenridge in District 9 and Lufkin in District 12 It fairly safe to predict that S3n Angelo will win in District 3 Waco in District 10 Jeff Davis (Houston) in District 13 and McAllen in District 16 But the other races shape up like this: Bowie (El Paso) and Ysleta are about even choices in District 4 Denison has a probable edge in District 5 North Side (Fort Worth) faces a hard battle with Poly (Fort Worth) in District 7 a horse race to the wire between Marshall and Longview in District 11 Goose Creek will have to really bear down to remove Galveston in District 14 and Austin faces a very uncertain future against Jefferson San Antonio) and Corpus Christi in District 15 Trying to figure out the Dallas district winner is like working a puzzle Woodrow Wilson may rate a little edge over Sunset and Crozier Tech Last play cut the list of undefeated untied teams to 10 with Marshall losing to Lufkin 7 and Denison being held to a scoreless tie by Paris Boasting perfect records are: Amarillo San Angelo Sweetwater TERRIFIC DOWNFIELD blocking by the Texas Longhorns enabled RALPH PARK to make 44 yards on this sweep against SMU at Dallas Saturday He finally was pulled down on the Mustang 21-yard line by Tackle WARREN SMITH who slipped up from behind while was looking ahead Note how ends guards and the center are well ahead of the hall carrier The Longhorns won 20-0 (Star-Telegram photo by Charles Boatner) Van Buren Rolls in North Side Poly Collide Thursday Night for Title JIM Star-Telegram Sports Writer BROOKLYN Oct 31 Sammy Baugh Walter Johnson tossed six touchdown passes Sunday in a fancy display of fast- Poly' Long-! fSh' vew Lufkin Goose Creek and mSSkK-i its climax this weekend McLean Unbeaten but tied are 0er the Brooklyn Dodgers in a BY The District 7-AA race i The high point of the Blackland Nips NTAC 13-7 WACO Oct 30 (A3) Blackland Army Air Field upset the North Texas Aggies Saturday 13-7 coming from behind to score the winning touchdown in the fourth period The Aggies got a fouchdown in the second quarter when a pass from Sam Weatherford to Jim Batchelor carried to the Blackland 5 and Weatherford smashed over on the next play Weatherford also added the point The first Blackland counter was set up with a pass from Marvin Trost to Jack Russell that put the ball on the Aggie 15 Trost scored on a lateral but the conversion was missed The starting lineups: Pos BLACKLAND NTAC Bleter Qualls RT Van Wie Edwards RG Sipes Curry Cen Dutrher Wynn LG McGlassftn Steele LT Hawkins Smith LE Russell Kegans QB Clark Weatherford Carruth Batchelor LH Trire Brlehtwell LSU Tigers Defeat Frogs 14-0 After Slow Start BY FLEM HALL 8tar-Telegram Sports Writer BATON ROUGE La Oct 30 For a half here Saturday night 158-pound Jim Lucas and an out-manned TCU football team fought off the LSU Tigers 0-0 but in the second half 205-pound Steve Van Buren a moving van of a man hauled off the game 14-0 For the first 30 minutes of play the Freshman from west of the Pecos matched the senior from New Orleans gain for gain to the amazement of 18000 customers but the final 30 minutes was another story completed three of nine passes It was all Van Buren The big for 45 yards punted seven times guy from the east bank of the for an average of 45 yards and Mississippi ripped and tore the! returned kicks 47 yards TCU defense to shreds He hammered over only the first of the two touchdowns but he made the other one possible by leaving the Frogs groggy for a fresh set of high-speed backs Van Buren went into the game with the record of the greatest individual scorer in intercollegiate GAME AT A GLANCE TCU LSU 10 First Downs 15 79 Yards Gained Rushing 257 126 Yards Gained Passing 43 11 of 28 Passes Completed 3 of 10 2 Passes Intercepted by 1 10 for 350 Punts No Ydge8 for 358 2 for 20 Penalties No Ydge 4 for 40 In the first half TCU made one 52-yard move that reached the LSU 18-yard line before a Frog error spoiled the threat That was the closest the visitors got to pay dirt until the last play of the game when the clock caught them on the eight The Tigers gained a wad of Calahan Adds More Punch Io UT Attack Rice Meets Porkers TCU Plays Texas Tech Aggies Tackle SMU This Week BY HAROLD RATLIFF Associated Presa Sports Writer A jinx has forbade two Southwest Conference football championships in a row for one school appears destined for the scrap heap this season The Texas Longhorns a team that would be top-ranking even in normal times are on the road to that precedent-shattering feat There are the Texas Aggies and a Thanksgiving date but the concensus is that A be able to hold in check one of the finest lines and running attacks ever to represent the orange and white Much was said Saturday about the gallant defensive battle waged by Southern Mustangs in holding Texas to a 20-0 victory But always is the fight of the underdog glorified with little thought of what the winner does along the same line Texas gave the Mustangs just 19 yards rushing and passing You term that defense gallant is the word Shows Strength In three conference games the Longhorns allowed a point while making 112 The Arkansas team Texas crushed 34-0 and could have beaten more lost to A 13-0 and the Aggies had to go to the air to get the decision true that the Aggies are the only undefeated team in the Southwest but A 1- play Southwestern The latter outfit battled Tulsa to a 6-6 tie with three regular backs out with injuries Therefore the 14-7 victory by Southwestern over Texas merely served to show just how strong the Longhorns are Since the Southwestern defeat Texas has picked up one Calahan undoubtedly the best all-around back in the conference He was just what the Longhorns needed He showed 12000 fans Saturday what he could do as he combined with Ralph Ellsworth to run SMU into the ground The Aggies called on Babe Hallmark to again put them on victory lane over Arkansas His passes got the job done Van Buren Scores Meanwhile Rice was winning its first game of the season The Owls had lost five in a row and scored only one touchdown They were not expected to snap out of it last but they downed Texas Tech 13-0 the same score made by the Aggies Dave Parrish and Joe Kucera got in the telling punches Texas Christian fell before Louisiana State 14-0 This was the first time in a TCU-LSU game for a touchdown to be scored but Steve Van Buren was not to be denied He got the first marker and then turned ball-carrying chores over to Red Knight for the other This week has Rice and Arkansas playing at Houston In the battle to see which gets out of the conference cellar while A meets SMU at College Station Texas Christian engages Texas Tech at Fort Worth Texas is idle Southwest Conference Standings Calendar By Associated Press CONFERENCE STANDINGS Pt Op Taxaa 3 112 Texa A 2 0 28 Texas Christian 1 1 0 13 13 Southern Methodist 1 1 12 20 PJce 0 2 70 Arkanaa 3 0 80 SEASON STANDINGS Pit Op Texaa A 5 0 1 115 19 Texa 5 1 167 27 Texaa Chriatian 2 2 38 27 Arkanaaa 4 0 71 79 Southern Methodist 1 4 31 72 Rice 1 5 20 129 RESULTS LAST WEEK Texa 20 Southern Methodist Texas A A 13 Arkansas 0 Rice 13 Texas Terh Louisiana State 14 Texaa Christian 0 THIS SCHEDULE Texas Tech Texa Christian at Worth Arkansas Rle at Houston Southern Methodist vs Texas A A at College Station LEADING SCORERS Player Ralph Park Texas hb Bob Rados Texaa hb 8 Turney Agpie fb Calhao 'rexas fh Ellworih Texas hb Bob Coy Lee Texas ll Jim Lucas TCU hb Douglas Carter TCU fb Cornell Eleven Coasts lo 33-6 Win Over Lions ITHACA Oct 30 Cornell bowled over Columbia in easy fashion Saturday 33-6 before a crowd of 3000 but getting a stubborn battle from the Lions in the last 30 minutes when the Light Blue drove for its lone tally TEST Mroleum Jetty This Way Spread MotoUpt between thumb and floger Lone Cbrw prove MoroJioe Ub quality For minor bum cute chat Abnatotia asm imutions 6 inpi euis 13 football in the land this Fall and NATC 7 7 Blackland Scoring: Touchdowns Trost Best Point after touchdown Best (placement) NTAC Scoring: Touchdown Weatherford with the reputation of being one of the most brilliant all-around offensive hands in the game To sustain those ratings he ca'-ried merit) touchdown Weatherford (place- 23 times for 116 yards 7-AA Race intents and purposes reaches think Lynch can play whenever needed but he probably be needed very Hale Is a native of Amarillo Coach Eck Curtis has another great ball club this season and now it looks almost certain that the quarterfinalists in the lower bracket will be the same as last year Lufkin vs Breckenridge And boy what a ball game that will be Breckenridge has scored 279 points to their 26 vehile Lufkin has scored 220 to their 34 The Panthers have played a much rougher schedule however than the Bucks It is hard to see from here how Breckenridge will have much trouble in the first round of the playoff probably against Waco or Temple Lufkin beat the team that it will probably have to beat in the first round Marshall Best boys on the Breckenridge team according to showings to date are Richard Rowan a big rugged good all-around wingman who is a great pass receiver and excellent blocker Paul Campbell and Wesley Cox as good a pair of backs as there are in the State and Minshew Gallagher and Corbett line mainstays Last year Campbell 17-year-old senior who scales 170 pounds make the first team why? Well Curtis has such backs around as Jack Ray all-state fullback Donald Deere now at Texas A and Cox and Luke This year Campbell has kicked 23 outof 33 extra point attempts believed to be the highest in the State in this department Keith Irwin of Amarillo had 21 through last games Campbell also has kicked one field goal aside from scoring 10 touchdowns And good on pass defense and a fine pass receiver Phil-Piii Raps Cards 34-13 PITTSBURGH Oct 31 The Philadelphia Pittsburgh Slagles clicked off three explosive touchdowns in the first 10 minutes of play Sunday and went on to hand the hapless Chicago Cardinals their sixth straight defeat 34-13 in a National League football game before 16351 fans Last Half yards in the first half but could never get inside the TCU 30 a fumble stopping them there once The battering that the hard-running Tiger offense gave the Christian defense showed in the first minutes of the second half when Van Buren whirled 63 yards on 10 plays for a touchdown Van butted his way off three tacklers for the last four yards and he bounced off right end The only pass of the march had made a first down on the four Van converted The one-man attack kept chipping off pieces of TCU stamina and endurance until the fourth quarter when he retired in favor of Red Knight That worthy proceeded to make the most of his opportunity by spearheading a 26-yard move that ended in the second score He went over from the seven and converted TCU might have fared a lot I better if Lucas had had any cooperation on his pass attempts As it was he completed 11 for 126 yards but time and time again his longest and most dangerous shots were dropped by stiff fingered receivers Starting lintupi: Po TCU LSU LE Garren Webb LT Smith Hunt LG Thomaa Janneck Cen Hale Claunch RQ Harrison Poloiola RT Flower (C) Bernhard RE Marshall Goode QB Lucas Wolf 8 Van Buren HB Gardner Griffith Telxeira Schroll Referee Chever of Georgia umpire Jimmy Higgins of SMU linesman Charles Swartz of Rice Judge Leonard of Marlon Institute Score by period: TCU LSTJ 7 7 14 Scoring Touchdown Van Buren and Knight Convenlona Van Buren and Knight He Won't Insist but- to all season as I well as the weekend will comej Thursday night when the Parrots of Polytechnic and the Steers of North Side clash in what should be the No 1 attraction of the State Polytechnic is undefeated and untied while the Steers are undefeated but were tied earlier in the season by Sherman Winner of the Thursday night affair is almost a cinch to become the district champion Poly has but two remaining games Arlington Heights and Masonic Home North Side will have to meet Paschal and Amon Carter Riverside From here it looks like a great backfield vs a great line The Steers with Twain Morrow and Johnny Sherrod look to have the most versatile backs while Poly undoubtedly boasts an excellent forward wall Both elevens have a powerful running game and both have looked good in the passing department North Side probably will enter the game as slight favorites because of its excellent passing attack one that been stepped all year However this column has received two leters from fans and both selected Poly over North Side by the identical score 13-7 Two other good ball games are on tap On Friday night Masonic Home faces Paschal and on Saturday night Technical and Amon Carter Riverside play Both of these look like rough and rugged ball games Billy Hale TCU football player who wound up his career against LSU Saturday night in Baton Rouge says to watch out for the Golden Sandies of Amarillo this year visited Amarillo last week and worked out with the Hale said Sandies are really big and rugged I Packers Down Gianis 35-21 NEW YORK Oct 31 (A3) Striking 53 yards through the air in two plays and 35 yards on the ground in one operation the Green Bay Packers scored two touchdowns in the last five minutes to hand the New York Giants a 35-21 defeat in a National League football game played before 46208 fans at the Polo Grounds Sunday Baugh Passes io 48-10 Win National League football game be-before 11471 fans in Ebbets Field Skycrackers Beat Green Wave 14-13 dJXl pert place kicking by Pat Harder gave the Skycrackers of Georgia Pre-flight a 14-13 win over the Tulane Green Wave here Saturday before 18000 fans in a bitterly fought game Filipowicz a second-string all-America back at Fordham pitched a touchdown pass to End Warren Tiller a high school kid from Orlando Fla late in the first quarter and Harder another second-string all-American from Wisconsin kicked the point to offset an early Tulane touchdown and conversion Holy Cross Defeals Colgate Raiders 14-7 WORCESTER Mass Oct 30 (P) Refreshed by a rest the Holy Cross Crusaders resumed their intercollegiate football campaign by out-playing favored Red Raiders by a wide margin while gaining a 14-7 victory Saturday before 10000 The Raiders never were in the ball game until Fred Dreher a backfield replacement recovered a Sullivan fumble on Holy 35 about halfway through the finale After Furey raced 15 yards to Holy three-yard line on an end-around sweep Coates plunged for the lone touchdown Arkansas Wins Fourth in Row 35-0 MEMPHIS Oct 30 Unbeaten untied Arkansas featuring a slashing attack roared to its fourth victory of the season Saturday repelling Miami (Ohio) University before 3000 fans at Crump Stadium 35-0 Charley Steed 190-pound Marine transfer from Arkansas Tech was the wheelhorse in a diversified land-air assault that netted one touchdown in the first period two in the third and two in the fourth March Field Wins From Si Mary's Pre-Flight SAN FRANCISCO Oct 30 (JF) The Fourth Air Force team of March Field defeated the St Navy Pre-flight School 7-6 here Saturday by the margin of an accurately directed kick for point after touchdown Haegg io Quit as Fireman STOCKHOLM Oct 30 Gander Haegg track star announced Saturday he would give up his job as fireman on Jan 1 to manage a haberdashery shop In Malmo Alvin Gardner Thinks Texas Loop Should Operate in '44 DALLAS Oct 30 Serious consideration to resumption of Texas League operations next year will be urged by Alvin Gardner president when representatives of his eight-member clubs assemble here at his call Nov 13 for their first official meeting since the Shreveport gathering last February North Side Edinburg and Denison Wake Forest Starts Slow but Wins 41-12 CLEMSON Oct 30 Wake Forest's Demon Deacons came from behind to spoil Home- coming festivities for yiur2 Tigers before 3500 specta- tors Saturday 41-12 Displaying two brief flashes to he good form they have enjoyed 'pasmodicallv this Fall Tigers marched 86 yards through a clearly superior Wake Forest line open scoring late in the first quarter Midway in the second quarter Coach Frank prungsters cleared the way for a 'yard touchdown run by Tiger Vingback Jim Whitmire who 2N0 contributed 64 yards in Clem-son's first touchdowm parade Tar Heels Trounce Stale Team 23-13 CHAPEL HILL Oct 30 fighting State Wolf-rack staged a last quarter corners here Saturday and scored 'ice to hold the V-12-packed orth Carolina Tar Heels to a 23-3 score Uysses Cornogg was a standout ri the Tar Heel line spending ost of the afternoon in acktield Howard Turner ltd Buck Sutton shared backfield onors with Bob Andrews while riddle Teague Buddy Myers and ieorge Grimes were ace ball idlers for the Tar Heels Randolph SLI Grid Contest Proposed DALLAS Oct 30 Marine -aptains Charles Maisel and Andrew Davis Saturday proposed 4 football game between the South-estt-rn Louisiana Institute eleven -exposed of Marine Corps trainees the Randolph Field Fliers campion service team of Texas Tufis Eleven Upsets Coasl Guard 20-7 MFDFORD Mass Oct 31 (TP) A Lard-hitting Tufts eleven a homecoming crowd of l1r with a 20-7 upset over the a- J-'e United States Coast Guard Academy squad Sunday at Tufts Sunday Football PROFESSIONAL "gtnn Redskin 48 Brooklyn 10 Bears 35 Detroit 14 ae ohla-PIttsburgh 34 Chicaoo Bay 35 Mew York Giant 21 G- COLLEGE Coat Guard Academy 7 "'W'l Collage 37 Brooklyn SERVICE Field Tula U0O omb- t1 INC I i-t 0 will be a lot of older players especially fathers who will be released from service Then we have the men who worked in war plants this year I understand the demand for this type labor so heavy now unless it is highly skilled and few ballplayers are Besides I know how those fellows are once the game gets in their blood They would rather play ball any time than to work I think have too much trouble rounding up enough tal ent to operate a very good Gardner will not insist upon a definite commitment at the Nov 13 meeting He does think the magnates should go on record however as being agreeable to resumption of play in 1944 if world conditions permit and have tentative plans lzJd before the national convention in New York in Aside from being optimistic over the prospects for an early favorable turn in the war Gardner is thoroughly convinced that the public wants baseball and needs it for its recreational and morale stimulating qualities year I thought the people want he explained I see that I was wrong The professional leagues that did operate last season drew The manpower situation presents a problem the league president admitted I believe it can be solved Think of the opportunities that a situation like this opens for youngsters and there a greater thrill than watching the kids climb the ladder to success in baseball? Besides if the war situation eases there.