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Fort Worth Star-Telegram from Fort Worth, Texas • 9

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13 it 3S of FROGS PORKERS OPEN RACE TODAY Ripley's Believe It or Not Only the Ags Are Standouts Swest Games This Week Are Tossups fr-s Texas Picked Cards Down Giants 7-1 With 5 Runs in Sixth Harry Gumbert Limits Oilmen to Six Safeties Star-Telegram Sports A toil WOHH OWNiO NflVSPAfU Firsi of Series io Be Played at Little Rock bill van fleet tgram Sport Writer football games tootoau games sse rce ien uld 3on iec- he ew ien led ind FORT WORTH TEXAS SATURDAY OCT 2 1943 PAGE 9 Through Maze of Pre-Game Rumors Notre Dame Southwestern Rice Get Forecaster's Nod sa: ST LOUIS Oct 1 The lcas Christian oer Ar- Cardinals went on a five-run spree I over Southwestern jn sixth inning Friday to break! Southern Methodist up a tlght pitching duel' and whip over Texas Tech the ew York Giants 7-1 behind ana State oer Rice the six-hit elbowing of Harry our section this week Gumbert re! hard to Only Uand out as a clear BY FLEM HALL Star-Telegram Sports Writer LITTLE ROCK Oct The football fans of this capitol city of Arkansas are reported prepared to turn out in large numbers Saturday afternoon when their State University Razorbacks engage the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs in the game that will be the curtain raiser in the Southwest! NEW YORK Oct Grabbing the brass ring for another Conference championship race whirl through the maze of pre-game rumors to predict this The game is to be played at' results: the high school stadium and will Notre Dame Over Georgia Tech Texas iecn a ciud rentlv displayed a weak-Jour speed at Oklahoma riday night The Aggies lists in speed this year Flacherp the Frogs over Arkansas their strong tackles and 2Eat the line play including Chase vt Even if George Manning Geor gia great center rejoins his teammates this week after sitting out last surprising triumph 1 Rice Tigers Tangle Tonight Totals start at 2:30 Frogs Ahead in Series Although this will be the twentieth gridiron clash between the Porkers and the Frogs it will be the first time they have played here Always before when TCU was the visiting team the games have been in Fayetteville home of the Piggies ijk centers practice periods and attention to V-12 courses tned to lessen the ieatly at TCU and the 1 oe striving mightily to to Dutch Meyer Notre Dame is the choice because the game will be played before 40000 partisan fans in South Bend I Michigan Over Northwestern I BATON ROUGE La Oct 1 OP) Northwestern found Indiana tough jFeathers and fur are expected to 1 last week and will discover Michi-'fly in Tiger Stadium Saturday In those 19 past games TCU has gan an absolute headache this Sat- njght when Louisiana hish- won 13 tied one and lost Thp riash of the Bic Ten nisni "nen Louisiana nign- Last year the Christians won 13-6 titans' wiU keep 50000 fans ex- geared BenSals take on the Rice in Fort Worth cited Institute Owls for the sixteenth omjn and his red-1 Southern California Over Cali-'time before an estimated 25000 panted herd came down out of the 1 fornia Another throng of 50000 fans kickoff is set for 8 expected here California as the set for 8 The two New York OOO 100 St Louis 000 025 OOx 7 IBatted for Adams In eighth 2Ran for Mancuso tn eighth Summary Runs batted in Mead Klein 2 Sanders Walker 2 Garms Two-base hits Mead Witek Kurowskl Walker Garms Stolen bases Klein 2 Walker Sacr flees Cumbert 2 Litwhller Double plavs Kurowskl Klein and Sanders Left on bases New York 5 St Louis 6 Bases 0-1 bulls Fischer Gumbert 1 Strikeouts Fischer 1 Adams 1 Chase Gumbert 2 Hits off Fischer 10 in 5 2-3 lniilngg Adams 1 In 1 1-3 Innings Chase 0 In 1 Losing pitcher Fischer but we are basing a tnese factors: Texas Chidlbs 3 Boston Braves 1 superior reserves at CHICAGO Oct 1 Rookie speed in the backfield Walter Signer held the Boston edge on coaching andBraves t0 jq scattered hits Fridav I At RESERVES people are picking the to beat the Southwest- iMR Tt nd' teams are reported in near top condition for the contest of the State Friday to take a final! practice on the field where the host club might make it close but the Trojans have the nod MARSHAL NEY NAPOLEON FAMOUS GENERAL ME IN A F0R60TTEN GRAVE IN CLEVELAND NC AFTER MPOLEONS DEFEAT rue KING- of FRANCE ORDERED NEY SHOT BUT THE FIRING SQUAD REFUSED To EXECUTE HIM AND FIRED OYER HIS HEAD WHILE NEy BROKE A BOTTLE OF RED LIQUID OVER HIMSELF AW FELL HE WAS PL ACED IN A COFFIN AND PUT A BOARD A SHIP BOUND FOR NORTH CAROLINA WHERE HE SPENT ThE REST OF HIS LIFE uT game will be played and rest over-j ppnnjvlvania Ovpr Yalp Thelexcept for minor injuries that may night All 44 members of the squad Eli cripes hardlv in the the actlvlties a backfield are here Iclass Bb Odiil Quaker bakf um LSU'a PCn? QK eyetr and hlfbe a torment to his brother Howie STna ni nlf ef i Purple Shirted Christians who pnaphp thp Yalp- Their am-' 208-pound Bucky Sheffield leave Fort Worth until 7:30 Lui hi ftehed hv! Rice dropped a 6-0 count to Ran- Friday and due to arrive! byidolph Field last week partly due here until six hours before kickoff! kjavv Over Cornell The Middies to 0wl fumbles- Partly thanks to time Because of the travel conges-! rL the that th punting and passing by Ali- tion only 23 players are making non 1 Amerean Glenn Dobbs one of the East's best before 45000 (While the Chicago Cubs won their reserves are a sixth straight game 3-1 over Red in quality from the Barrett ieen and in a hard i boston uiii't a team that is well sbrhoa With replacements this Si e' detriment rkman 3 0 110 PafKo I Field and Ken Matthews -rwestern are very eryjMastc tn Ralph Ellsworth andlj" lie Dana Bible has two who iross eh this perhaps stdu the Pirates reference to the edge in ptals 1 10 24 12 Tutais is no reflection on Bathed for Barrett in ninth ut Southwestern who nasi Boston 001 000 successful for years Rather Chicago 010 010 iox-3 1 KUl-r (liroo Krror Joost Fuis batted In because he is bucking a three- Workman Caarretta Schuster Two base made up of Bible Bully Nicholson Holmes Workman Joost ptrn I Thre base hit Schuster Sacrifices Tip ailu Dialr Lneiiv Himes Johnson Double plavs Signer to 1 Schuster to Cavarretta Barrett to Wletel- 4 rnann to Farreli Wieelmann to Joost to i perhaps inconsistent to taKe I Farrell Farrell to Wietelmarn Left on er Southwestern and Boston 10 Chicago 3 Bases on Ba-re" 2 Signer 2 Strikeouts Nic oer Southern Methodist Barrett 3 signer 1 bt Tat's the way we see it Holmes has been putting ome mighty licks since the Aggies Tech in Baltimore under the lights kSU Coach Bernie Moore will Southwestern Over Texas The seeking his twelfth victory Dana Bible taught his against Southwest Conference 1942 team will come back to haunt 'teams his Tiger teams having won him as Navv-stud-1 an lost five with elevens trom ded squad of 1943 The that section The Bengals won threT plenty "o'f' nencoming to be witnessed bylS 3gamSt Georgia last respect for what the Frogs A i show' in this their first game' Rice Over Louisiana Fig- Owl Coach Jess Neely has given Arkansas fans have learned from uring that the Rice forward wall fair warning that he regards Shef-long years of experience that Coach wdl Ste'wVfn Buren who Punts and plunges Dutch Meyer and his Christians that Glenn passing last equally well as another back like are spoilers of early-season Arkan- Week the Owls a lesson At John Kimbrough of Texas A GRAVE STONE Miami FlOMdo- WJjJO IS INtE US ARMY 1 TRUE NAME OFA HAWAIIAN SOLDIER OF JAPAKESE DESCENT 1 RAlN'i COVERS MORE SURFACE THAN COp PAINT Coft Kanj Nitim Sjndjotc iw Vod4 1 Ho1paint least 20000 fans will stay up late fame sas ambitions Ponies Tackle NTAC Today Probable lireups: Pus FICK Webb PaizJr Cruwbfielil LG Janneck Xiboi jannecK Xfhog ich les ice ise ded ln5 nu- es be of nd too pie ith of JP- in it ne my on- ss nd tai JSt he ns fa- he ia- CC iaf til de he ve oi ly ot le ns of e- 'h rs 1 It'll Be Quite a Homecoming! 7 Former Longhorns Lead Pirates Against Steers AUSTIN Oct 1 (rP) You might call it the biggest intramural football game of the day this contest between the University of Texas and Southwestern University Saturday that- to see the struggle Brown Over Holy Cross In a no firm conviction about how his' that's likely to be as tight brand new team will compare with as a Pair new shoes Picking cen ciKun-b Kieore war-altered opponents Brown because Skip Stahley re- ZHamei'1 MaTmClrS tains a nucleus of his 1942 squad I McClelland" Liaack They are expecting 20000 i Great Lakes Over '77 Sheffield Something 22000 sailors will cheer 1 schroii Scruggs about Minnesota Over Nebraska Probable starting line-up: C- U- ARKANSAS Baldwin Li bmltn Psnrf Morriu cirpemer Harrison Cope (c) Toung DALLAS Oct be a homecoming out on the Southern Methodist University hilltop Satur- Play Tonight the Pirates kicked his club v-ri vvhile the Mustangs w'ere helped by the loss of Abel 'tales and Ray Rasor day when the Mustangs battle the North Texas Aggies but the prod-j igals are not going to let sentiment sway them from their course where Luca Hardly in a class with their battles football is involved 'bavilof recent years but still good HB James Thompson" Four to attract 35000 Baseball Chart ON AILING LIST ii-iana State was good enough I vvas guuu euuugn SAN ANTONIO Oct 1 A couple of question marks in the Southwest grid puzzle clash here! only a war could turn up the busi-aiaie Saturday night and a crowd of 18- ness of Southwestern of George- hearhe are 000 is expected to turn out to see town going into this game with 2 at Memorial Stadium one of those spectacles a former members of the Aggie team! Referee Farris of Hendrix Coleman of Arkansas Linesman Arkansas Judge Shunatona of lineup including seven Texas Longhorns six of whom had! another year of eligibility before the needs of the United States Ma-! this season and A or Texas he able to beat Rice The out with an answer Homer Norton speed-loaded team of high school apparently have a one-man Sheffield and youngsters are former SMU players They now are performing for NTAC through the college naval program and have taken their new school enough to heart that they would like to Mustangs Officials Umpire Shaw of Hereford like to plaster a defeat on the STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE Columbia Over Princeton The fDoes not include Friaavs games i Tigers forgotten that 47-9 Pct B' drubbing of a week ago Bothlcmcmnau ss teams to score plenty with the 000 fans in an uproar all the way' Chicago 72 North Carolina Over Penn State 66 Carolina sailors out to re- 1 a e-pha 62 deem themselves 17 21 22 29 35 40 atfpeld Bucky oCk is ailing this week Eleven Downs And it looks like do it Dumas Demons 18-0 too I are a big favorite to take Dell! rines whisked them 35 miies away Morgan's Red Raiders into another school but the pessimistic Norton wasn't! Coach Dana Bible whose long' any pre-game bragging experience has put him up against The Red Raiders suffered a big almost every coaching situation the just prior to their meeting game can produce finds himself Camp Wilson H-SU Fullback May Go to Tulsa EL PASO Oct 1 Camp Wilson 212-pound fullback who starred for Hardin-Sim-mons University in the Border Conference last year came home from Camp Roberts Cal Friday with a medical discharge and may enroll at Tulsa University An injury received two years ago when a mowing machine severed a tendon in his left ankle caused the medical discharge from the Army Wilson said He said he would not return to Hardin-Simmons -Tony But- kovich and Alex Agase former II-White toUini but now Boilermakers have prepared a welcome for their old mates and have invited Purdue Over Illinois- the Aggies when the Navy for the first time in that career their only lettermen Buck) knowing more about his opposition Fnm a national standpoint Sat-t da outstanding games are he -in Tech vs Notre Dame at jt Bend and Michigan vs North-'Mi at Evanston Close be-i come the two service team ro rmy against Colgate and a -inct Cornell The service 11 be heavy favorites but is will be watching to see a big the score will be a powerhouse so far is'p0g that will be watched close- be the Boilermakers run over they will move in as BigCen on'es doing blow with took KG line than he does about his own team All he knows about the 1943 Longhorns is that they looked good last week against inferior opposition that he has two tried and several promising backfield men and a line that showed some evidence! of speed and strength He also Turley Read knows his team is green that it wl'bas shown much passing talent1 NeMiie Pirtie Monrrief Browning and that it Very VOUng Gillenwater and an end Lee Anderson Gillenwater anchored the from his right tackle position Both teams are in good physical condition for the game The lineups: AGGIES TECH Gill Bcchpol Brvart White Grove Southern Methodist at full strength still would be the underdog As it now stands SMU has lost two lettermen to the Navy and has three starters out with injuries All except one of these fellows played last week when the Mustangs lost to Tulsa 20-7 Howard (Red) Maley Southern regular fullback last Fall and Burnie Smith 1942 Mustangs squadman tackle have been named co-captains for the Aggies Maley however will not An start the game due to a strained Fair onare 4o-rOUnc LalllSu leg muscle Jim Sid Wright I LLANO Oct 1 That some of center last season and Peck Me-1 the best catches of the fishing Minn who lettered in the Pony! season came late is shown by the backfield will be in the Aggie line- record haul made recently by up at the start along with Smith Ligon Jr and his nephew Probable starting lineups (kickoff at (Walter Jay Ligon of Llano who caught a 43-pound yellow catfish in the Colorado River near the DUMAS Oct 1 A Hereford Face line that refused budge was the victor over the Dumas Demons 18-0 in a confer- TEXAS AGGIES SMU Parham Johnson RESULTS NATIONAL LEAGUE New York 1 St 7 Boston 1 Chcago 3 Brookln at Cincinnati might) (Only game? scheduled AMERICAN LEAGUE Louis at New York postponed Cleveland at Philadelphia postponed tOnly game scheduled LITTLE WORLD SERIES Columbus at Syracuse stponed SCHEDULE NATIONAL New Yo-k at St ouis Boston at Chicago Brooklyn at Cincinnati (Onlv games scheduled AMERICAN LEAGUE -St Louis at New York 2 Chicago at Boston Cleveland Philadelphia (2) Detroit at Washington LITTLE WORLD Columbus at Svracuse night Sunset Again Butchofsky Melton Hallmark Brown Flanagan Brevter Turner Winkler i But he could tell you a lot about Zuehl Conoly 220-pound tackle who played last year with therp -0 i championship Longhorns and who' I OSTTl TO is with Southwestern this year iJvUl about Jackie Field 190-pound ex Bisons again Army Elevens Tangle Kilgore Sunday Shaughnessy has written a article on Football in 5 if 'ti which has been -e! magazine form by ii which he picks the ''Vp football game of 1935 the 12 best of all time Pitt coach master of the filiation devoted a couple words to the game ti i 'ed Sammy Baugh and Wilson with a free brush 'i rot the 12 games rd out selected the hatle as the greatest of and era at jury to a guests Army Over Colgate The Cadets to give Andy outfit a cold gate Duke Over North Carolina Pre-' Flight Duke been scored) on in two games has collected 101 1 points for itself Iowa Over Wisconsin The home! crowd to give the Hawkeyes the edge in a game that is even other- wise i Iowa Pre-Flight Over State Even with the officers on the sidelines the Seahawks appear too strong Memphis Naval Air Over Tu-lane Another free-scoring fray with the Memphis Blues coming out on top Ohio State Over Missouri The Buckeye freshmen tossed a fright) into the Iowa Pre-Flight Sailors Two of last losers will attract a crowd of 20000 A1 Brazle's Induction Postponed Again ST LOUIS Oct 1 Induction of Alpha Brazle St Louis Cardinal pitcher was postponed again Friday because his transfer papers had not yet arrived from his Cortez Colo draft board He will be available for the World Series in any event during the three-week furlough given to Army inductees at TYLER Oct 1 Although may force one of its stars ence year the opposition Saturday or -i i- Steel Holt Shaw LlgOn ranCB Wright Cloud i i Reed Harkeyj E-c'ross'en 7 cron Major Leagues' Big Six Stout Cunningham McMinn Shaw Glbiion Gibbons Bond Allen AMERICAN York Keller Yankees 31 Stephens NATIONAL LEAGUE Nicholson 28 Ott Giants 18 Northey are the Longhorn tailback who was the No team tQ beat North Texas as 1 scorer for Texas and the confer-itbe schoolboy football field starts last but who 11 romP eiimination toward district cham-with pionsiips The Dallas powerhouse looks almost as good as it did last Fall when it rolled into the state finals Sunset is cleaning up in District 8 and remains the only unbeaten Les Proctor Center Jack Sasche Line Backer Spot Collins Fleet Wingback Ken Matthews The probable starting lineups (kickoff 2 30 3 LT Cen RG Tigers 34 Browns 22 Cubs Phillies 16 the sidelines the 15th Regiment's football team at Camp Fannin is expected to be in good condition for battle against Camp Livingston eleven in the Kilgore Athletic Stadium The game marks the first Sunday football ever staged in East Texas Both teams are expected to dis- PCS southwestern I team of that sector coiiv Gres! Thursday night the Bisons de- feated North Dallas 27-6 showing College Grid Schedule -Procior sSTo1 a strong running game and a fine 1 Kishi passing attack play a galaxy of former college rl-h In other games Thursday night Collins Magltolo Little World Series Opener Postponed QB Field ParkiFort Worth Tech opened the Disloth will likelv Matthews Eiisworth jrjcj grind with a 13-0 decision services of Lt 1 cooper Lee a over Arlington Heights (Fort and professional stars The 6PU be Regiment without the Dartmouth vs Coast Guard Davidson vs VMI Duke vs North Carolina Pre-Flight Georgia Tech vs Notre Dame Brown vs Holv Cross Illinois vs Purdue Indiana vs Wabash Iowa vs Wisconsin Marquette vs Camp Grant Michigan vs Northwestern Minnesota vs Nebraska Missouri vs Ohio Sfate North Carolina vs Penn State Oklahoma vs Oklahoma Pennsylvania vs Yale Virginia vs Virginia Poly Texas Christian Arkansas Texas Southwestern Texas is Texas Tech Southern Methodist is NTAC Rice vs Louisiana State Baldw in-Wallace Wooster Bucknell vs Muhlenberg California vs Soutnern California Carnegie Tech vs Rochester Case vs Oberiin Clemson vs North Carolina State Army vs Colgate UCLA vs College of the Pacific Columbia Princeton Navy vs Cornell iUUSF Oct niig sorms game of the scheduled 'A Little) Roger Preger running and passing for Fri- backfield star He will be replaced RunS-Batied-ln Leaders between the American by Skinner spark plug American league York Worth) while Burkburnett beat Holliday 6-0 San Jacinto (Hous-Tgers ton) lost to St Thomas (Houston) Tech down Antonio) 12-0 Yankees 105 Bill of Lt field back- 115 Etten Yankees 93 NATIONAL Nicholson Cubs 126 Elliott Pirates 99 Herman Dodg- noncnference tilts Johnson and San Antoni0 ed Burbank (San Columbus Redbirds League Syra-' 'is was postponed because conditions High Scores (Fort Wortli) 1J Technical Arlington 20 San Jacinto Hetflht 0 St Thoma (Houston) 0 Tech (San Antonio) Antonio) 0 Sunset (Dallas) 27 North Dallas CLASS A Newcastle 18 Jacksboro 0 Burkburnett 6 Holliday 0 Strawn 13 May 0 Diamond Hill (Fort Worth) 20 Weatherford Reserve 0 CLASS Handley 39 Alvarado 7 Hereford 18 Dumas 0 Jarrin' Jawn Gets Wings MARFA Oct 1 John A Kimbrough former all-American fullback from Texas A received his wings Friday in advanced twin-engine work at the Army Air Force Pilot School here JOB PALOOKA 7T.

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