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Texas 23 SMU 20 Iowa State 13 Kansas State 7 California i 14 Washington 7 Oklahoma 27 Colorado 18 illi 7 Iowa 13 0 Minnesota 0 WllTD DDT) Reynolds Scores STEPHENS (M As Gallant issoyrians Sunteg Jauntal antiStar Jm Kss tsjr v.w. mi UNC0UN NEBRASKA HANDSHY 5 1 1U! 1 Id 'I SIMON (N) v4k 5 'Si SSS. 4tM KfcYIMOtDS (N) LTOs Mb 'T. SMU Handed First Dei eat IW M0rV Mft. v' Jays Power Past Utah In 39 26 Tilt SALT LAKE CITY.

JV). The Kansas Jayhawks superior ground attack churned out a 39 2i football victory over the sparkling Vising of Utah's Reti fkins Saturday. There was scoring in every period of the exciting game be not fo stiff line and sprinted 74 thrill was a 74 yard sprint by Wade Stinson, Jayhawk halfback. thru the Redskin line for one of his three touchdowns. Quarterback Dave Cunningham made Utah ever threatening with nis pacing.

He threw for two touendowns and Se 8 Himself on the grou BIT VICTORY in the first, game between the teams rode with the line slashing of Stinson. Fullback John Amnerg and Half back Charley Hoag. Utah cored first. afer Am I berg fumbled on the Redskins 11. Seizing the break.

Utah' marched 02 yards with Halfback Don Sukowitz making a circus rateh in the end zone of Cun mneham'a 11 yard pitch. I Quickly. Ktinson and Amherr resumed their line grinding. Stinson covered the last five lards standing up. The J.iyhawkf added two markers in the second period to lead 19 to at halftime.

Stinson scored on 10 yard buck and Amberg hit renter for the last four yards. On the second play of the third quarter the swift Stinson really showed his heels. From scrimmage he hit the middle of Utah's tiot so stiff line and sorinted 74 "fS BY NORMS ANDERSON Mad fury in the afternoon, avalanche against avalanche, two boulders careening recklessly down a canyon of offense, Nebraska 40, Missouri 34! Clattering cavalry riding hell bent up and down Memorial stadium. The zenith, the peak and the Absolute pinnacle of offensive football. Miracle catches and hurricane runs.

Nebraska 40, Missouri 84! There the proud figure shone in neon atop Henry F. Schulte fieldhouse as 38,000 joyous homecomers began storing away memories of one of football's most tumultous struggles. SOME OF TIIK onlookers stood Grimm Quits Job With Dallas Nino DALLAS. uV). Charlie Grimm quit Saturday as manager of the Dallas Eagles of the Texas Baseball league.

The former major league manager had two more years. to serve under his three year contract at $30,000 a yearwith R. W. "Dick" Hurnett, wealthy Long view, oil man who ons the Eagles. The announcement did not say how much the former Chicago Cub manager was paid in severing relations.

The Dallas News quoted a "reliable informant" that it was close to $25,000. The News also said L. D. "Lit tle Dutch" Myer. former T.C.U BIG SEVEN Nebraska 40.

Missouri 31. Iowa State 13, Kansas State Kansas Utah 26. Oklahoma 27, Colorado 18. BIG TEN Ohio State Northwestern Illinois 7, Michigan 0. Iowa 13, Minnesota 0.

Michigan State 35, Indiana 7. 0. a. Wisconsin 33, Purdue 7. OTHER GAMES Texas U.

23 Southern Meth odist 2(1. Baylor 26. Texas Christian 14 Notre Dame 1 Navy 10. Army 28, Pennsylvania 1.1. Kentucky 40, Florida 6.

California 14, Washington 7. Stanford 7, Southern I a I 1 Other scores on Page 2 It. California Boosts Bowl Hopes, 14 7 SEATTLE, Wash. (UP). California's ground eating Bears.

moving telentiessly toward a third straight Rose Bow bid, mixed a surprising passing at tack with sheer power Saturday to humble the Washington Huskies, 7, for their 3Ht con secutive regular season victory, Jim Marino, a 180 tmnnH Krn. lor from San Diego, Calif passed for one touchdown and belned uu MiiHiui a i uniurnia re maincd among the unbeaten and untied, it was the first Pacific Coast conference loss for the Huskies, A DISAPPOINTED homecoming crowd of 55.200, largest ever to see a football garpe in the Pacific northwest, saw the Bears come roaring from behind to win their seventh victory of tiie sea ton. Sharing honors with Ma rinos were California' bruising back field trio of John Olszewski, Pete Schaharum and Jim Monachino and a hard charging Bear line. Scha ha rum scored both California touchdowns, the fir.t on a six yard drive thru left tackle and the second on a 26 yard pass from Marinos, Washington staged a great but futile drive near the end of the game, moving 81 yards to the California tuo yard line before the Huskies fumbled. Washington's Ernie Stein immediately recovered a fumble by Schuburuin on the California nine, but the charging Bears rushed Don Heinruh, recovered another fumble and stalled out fr the rest of the game.

Marinos, choosing his spots carefully, completed seven out of his nine passing attempts for a net total of 81 yards. Knuncy Topples Cliutlron, 1 1 to 7 KEARNEY, Neb. Kearney Jolted Chadron, 14 7. here i i i i i all three of their touchdowns, but he was taken care of as never befoie by the terrific charging Texas ends and tackles. At the finish Texas still was magnificent and Southern Meth oriisi crew was a Datlered and weary Texas, rated No.

7 in the national Associated Tress poll, committed few mistakes; Southern Methodist made plenty. Never before had SMU dropped so many passes. Texas clearly earned the victory. It snapped back after telling penalties. It fought at high pitch all afternoon.

Southern Methodist was unde feated and untied until Saturday Louisiana Slate Poji i a mm ippi BATON ROUGE, Ui. fTPi. Louisiana State university stomped the University of Mis.sis.Mppi 40 14 here Saturday night to score its first Southeastern conference football vie oinfs in a medium sie thimble. This i was infantry on the march, bombs away and chips fall where they THKHK WAS disbelief in i their eves as Tkbhv ite.vnolds, an incredible arm of offense might. made a miraculous catch of a touchdown pass seconds before, the half ended.

Nebraska trailed by only 14 13 and hope 'i miw. i tft "carta bounced back and forth JJj Jl1" baU hMt 0li tins did the lead hnrfi Atui then RevnohU grenadier of grenadiers, applied the hotfoot with a 33 yard touchdown jaunt that demands microscopic study before it can be believed. Seven minutes remaining. Rampant Robert's peerless jaunt put the Huskers ahead 40 27, Missouri strove mightily to close the pap, but fell a touchdown short. If Reynolds was not on the loose, it would be Ron Clark a constant danger, or the aerial bombing of Quarterback Fran Naglc.

a general of generals in this push on statistical records. NEBRASKA did not recover its composure until the last 10 min of the first hnlf Missmiti' split offense, powered by Halfbacks Glortoso and Wren, powered to a 14 0 lead before the young Huskers knew what hit them. Then, like a bolt, the Huskers struck twice on 80 and 78 yard drives, and moved back in the game. It took the Scarlet only eight pl.ivs to drive for the first touchdown, capped by Reynolds' It yard touchdown sweep Into the west end sone. A 3H ya.d burst by Fullback Nick Adduci, who was tackled by the li st Missouri defender, Mike Ghnouly, was the yeoman yard See HUSKERS.

page 3 Col. 6 ,90,000 See Mini Shade 0 C7 ANN ARBOR, Mich. (A A six yard tas from Fred to Tony Klimok favrt. Illinois a 7 0 Big Ten win over Michigan Saturday in swirling snowstorm before 90.000 chilled spectators. The crowd saw Illinois, No.

10 in the Associated Press poll of sports writers, brand itself the hotteht Rose Bowl prospect tn the Western con ferenee. The win gave Illinois a record of two conlerence victories ujaint a lone defeat by Wisconsin. The llhni have Iowa, ineligible Ohio State and Northwestern still to play. The defeat gave Michigan a record of a win, a Ioks and a tie anci virtually eliminated the Wolverines from Ilore Bowl consideration. WITH THE gridiron converted into a skating rink by the steady snow and below freezing tern peraluie, Illinois worked smooth ly for its touchdown, rolling 80 yards in 12 plays, all on the ground, except the touchdown pas bv Major.

Illinois had all the superior itv in the vital first half. lull Pack Hick Kaklovits and Half, back Ron Steven made up for the absence of Johnny Karras, the I llinois running star who did not play because of Injuries. Haklovit raced 31 yard to the Mirhigan 49 to start the drive. Attt alternating for shoit gains, he and Stevens moved Illinois down to the 28. Here Stevens cut outride Ins own left end and was spilled i yards from the goal by Mic higan's linebai knur sophomore, Roger WW i mm rvn i ii, 1 later Major straightened tin tl.

uir w'uuu jutnnis line ana cnimtv flipped a high toss 1. Khmek. Sam Rebec a eo ve, te nn'U1' A Jolts 11 7 itl I BIRMLVCHIAM, Ala, but biilltaitt pa.Hig by i Saleiu with a wet ball, and nn intereepteti iy Je UifluirdwiH w.i!h minute go gave Ahibanta 14 7 victory over unbeaten fiem S.ituNav. Georgia, a three times tiei team, si oied the second qua ter a.ter rceovenng a fumble on the Alabama thtee. Fmm tlci'isive way the te.ons had bisen heavyweight playing, that touchdown looked to win.

gd enoug'i Wavnc Smashes arthm 32 to 0 WAYNE, Neb. Wayne, once beatcu defending champioa of the Nebraska College football onteretice, shut out Wartbuig of Waverly, Saturday inu'it. Wayne led all the way. un power f.MHball to smcthcr the viiti M. Rolhe Cast ami Butch Ci.red two ttmch iow us ami Mynn s.

ret the oher. Chuck Lamk tdae kieked tw.e cst.t ot.mt and Chuck Carl Fall SECTION November 5, 1950 1 Tj. ISooners Set Grid Record; Wiiu27tol8 BOULDER, Colo. UP). Oklahoma's great football wrecking crew ran into fierce resistance from a courageous Colorado team Saturday, but the Sooners slashed thru, 27 18, to set a modern day gridiron record of 27 consecutive victories.

The Sooners, who haven't tasted defeat since the first game of the 1948 season, got a scare in the first period when Colorado's brazen Buffaloes crashed to the first touchdown, and Oklahoma didn't have a really comfortable moment the rest of the dav. TWO TOUCHDOWNS in the second quarter put Oklahoma out in front, 13 6, but thereafter the hard pressing Colorado team matched the mighty Sooners score for score to keep a record crowd of 29,500 constantly up on its toes. Saturday's victory enabled Oklahoma the nation's third ranking team, to surpass the modern mark of 26 straight victories established by Cornell in 1921 24. Claude Arnold and Billy Vessels led Oklahoma's attack, each accounting for two touchdowns, out Colorado's powerful fullback, Merwin Hodel, gave them a battle for top back field honors as he outshone Oklahoma's All America fullback candidate, Leon Heath. Zuck Jordan, the nation's leading punter, booted Oklahoma into a bad hole in the first two minutes when he sent a 38 yard kick out of bounds on the two.

Fred Johnson carried Dick Heat ly's return kick back 20 yards to the Oklahoma 20. HODFL picked the toughest defensive link in the Oklahoma line, Left Tackle Jim Weatherall, another top Alt America prospect, and slammed over him for 12 yards. Eight plays later, Hodel crashed the same spot for a yard and a touchdown. Lee Venzke's kick for extra point was blocked. A 46 YARD by Vessels, after taking a pitchout from Arnold, gave Oklahoma its first touchdown early in the second quarter.

With five minutes left. Vessels passed eight yards to Heatly for another touchdown to give the Sooners a seven point advantage at halftime. A late Colorado attack, highlighted by a 44 yard paws from Jordan to Dane Graves and a 26 yard run by Hodel. broken up by Tommy Cirady'a goal lino interception of a Pas from Jordan as the half ended. Oklahoma scored early in the third on a four yard plunge by Arnold at the end of a 72 yard drive, but Colorado matched it by slamming baik 9 yard, with Jot dan passing 19 yards to Chuck Mosher for the touchdown.

Mo sher made a beautiful failing catch in the end zone. Each team also scored in the fourth quarter. Arnold bucked a yard for the Oklahoma touchdown after a 61 yard advance. Colorado traveled 80 yards for its score. Hodel fumbled as he crashed over from two feet out, but Mosher fell on the ball for the touchdown.

1,1 7 ttfrto a 4 i a i UKUhonn jiif fj Vm. Hfrly, Arni4 S. I'AT. roiftfrt (coring Tnurhtni: Jinil atottw numb, unbelieving, instead of scurrying for the exits as the final gun popped. They had seen blase troop of stout hearted cynics from Missouri battle a favored Nebraska team to a breath taking standstill.

There via blue in their hearts a The Tutcr, a dancer ous animal this afternoon autumnit infantry, forsted a iran eany in me second quarter. Mauled, mutilated and maliimed wore thfm uint i early in the second Huskers in the opening minutes, Hut they arose from the turf and fought bafk Defense? A lost art. vou could store that phase of this struggle I Shatters Cats' Vision Of Win, 13 7 MANHATTAN, Kas, IV). Kansas State's downtrodden Wildcats came within one foot and one fumble of scoring its second Big Seven football victory in six years Saturday but Iowa State struck for two fourth quarter touchdowns and snatched a 13 7 triumph, The Wildcats had their homecoming day crowd of 14.5UO counting a 7 0 victory when the roof foil in early in the fourth period. Iowa State turned two Kansas State fumbles into scoring drives.

Mark Rnthncker scored one and Bill Weeks the other for the victors. Both Iowa State touchdowns came within a span of 1 minute and 24 seconds. AT THAT, Iowa State had to stop a Kansas State fourth quarter drive one font short of nun snort oi ight yard line a touchdown that evened the tame. Tlu it again on the eigl time ran out. A fionhio i.inm,.i State a third tune.

The Wildcats never tried harder. I or three full quarters it appeared their gridiron miseries were to be eased. State Coach Kalnh Junked his version of the spht offensive in favor of the mo i ann single wing, it came close to paying off as bin crippled, undermanned squad gave everything it id. I.YNN III RRIS, a lanky. 175 pound halfback from Wellington, and a noble player ail day, swept through a wide gap in the right side ui the Iowa Slate line 16 yards for the Kansas State touchdown midway of the first quarter.

Wildcat spirit flared at the game's end after Lane Brown bad thrown a yard paw to Halfback Dick lowers on the Iowa Slate eight. There were eight seconds remaining, SUilers were tning tlu ir be4 to rail time out but they already had UMd on their linm outs and the clock couldn't be stopped. Only an injury to a plater or an incompleted pavs could have stopped it at that point. Iowa State was down after its tie With MlVM.UtI Btiri Ifiutt tt Oklahoma, and tt needed the breaks to win, but the Cvrlone showed their stuff after "taking a 13 7 lead. Kan; n.

back fiom the second Cyclone to the Iowa State one foot marker where the proceedings were stopped cold by a right defensive line. i Ma 7 ii 11 11 1 i.o ic 'ifinR Trti.M I'M in Talllioom I VOI1UIIJL5 Win uocpnu' i i ffc'c i MllhCOU (INS), yom.ng'sCobovs whooped up their seventh straight tH)all victory Saturday bv rouitur bo's determined Vandals. 7. before 0.000 fans. It was Wyom ing's first me at Moscow.

Idaho went into scoring action 'ill the first ttnurU'r tn a nuyu r. mm frm Quartcrbai Max tilaves to i.icnn i hristuui. Two minutes later Wyoming evened the score ou a pans. Lett Half Eddie Tallboom li. ivcd yards to Vern iale.

ow hoy right half for the 'ID, 'lallbooui converted. The wtnmuiL store bt fti ond ipiarter was set up by Reeves, Wyoi4ing's raiigv center, who in teirepted an Id.dio pass on the i 3a. Five plays later Tallbriom parsed to End Man who was stoped on fd.iho's I six. There the Vandals fifitiened but. Tall boom plunged over irom the two yrtrd mark to scene.

Tail bourn converted the final point. I Owls Stop Texas Tech. 13.7 HOUSTON Tex. fl.N'SL Rice Institute's injury ridden grid? team posted a 13 7 victory 'over i the Red Raiders of Texas Tech Saturday in a tion couterence game at Houston, Junior Hulioack Teddv Ripqs lalhed both of the OwK one on a i in lhe fust fiosoier and tu oHu vn'. a spect.ieular ftl yaij Gallup in i i I 5 I 1 i I OK I'M ANN and for three years had won I over Texas, twice when the con i ferenee championship was in the I balance.

Texas was unbeaten in conlerence play but had lost to Oklahoma, 14 13, in an intersec tional game. THE LONGHORMS thus are the last unbeaten team in the conference race and overwhelming favorites to rush on to the championship their fl in five years and to nlav in th fVttr Bowl New Year's Day in Dallas. a crown or rocked and swayed with the gripping, vicious game that broueht the Methodists. twice conference champions in the past three i years, to defeat. Bt ones Douse Peru's Hopes With II 10 Win HASTINGS, Neb.

Hastings, the Nebraska College conference piay when Don Lane lev. a running Hastings back, rammed over from the 18 inch line. BUT PERU has raised a ques tion of the validity of the touchdown, contending that the official time clock was not running in the final seconds when Hastings starred the winning TD march. Pent rushed into a 7 0 lead in the first quarter when La veme Poppe capped a 66 yard parade by smashing over from the one foot line. LeRoy Wilson kicked the point.

Bruce Edwards recovered Panther fumble on the Peru 16 and I.snglev carried the ball the rest of the way in four tries. Bob Wilson's kick knotted the count. Peru's kicking specialist. Le Roy Wilson, added what looked to be a clincher, with a 16 yard field goal in the fourth perfod. EDWARDS, however, recov ered another Panther bobble on the Peru 41 late in the last Langley took over.

bark Jerry Fak fell th task of counting first for Iowa. Fa.ske combined with left Half Bernard Bennttt and Fullback Bill Reichardt on plunges and end runs to put the ball on the Minnesota 11 yard line. Faske then went thru a wide hole on the right side of the line to the one foot line, lie scored on the next play. With about a minute of play left in the third period, Quarterback Glenn Drahn started throwing the baU. A pass to left End Dick Meyer put the ball on the Minnesota 22.

Right Half Bob Wilson drove to the 20. Reichardt added three yards and then Bennett raced around his and thru half the Gophers to score Reichardt converted 1 The flashing heels of Billy bombshell, exploded again Satur Baggett. little halfback from day night and this time knocked Beaumont, the big fae prru from cnanc, to rUm.h tor the stunning Baggett zipped for 69 yards and 8 hare of the lgue title. 14 10. 5(i yards to store two of the six The Broncs enpped the bitter L.S.U.

touchdowns, caught and struggle in the closing seconds of AUSTIN. Tex (JPS Tva arose from the bitterness of five heartbreaking years Saturday to knock down Southern Methodist, the nation's No. 1 team, 23 20, and roar savagely to the pinnacle of the Southwest confer ence. I The great Longhorn line bat tored the Methodists from goal line to goal line and Ben Tomn kins, the ace Texas quarter back, fought fire with fire the forward as Texas stopped i the great Kyle Rote's running! and hampered Flingin Freddie Benners when the chips were down. BENNFRS was great, his passing carrying the Methodists to Game Boards Studies New Water Sources The state game commission Saturday commenced a study of game management and the eco nomic adivsability of assuming managment of land within the boundaries of reclamation reser voirs in the state.

These are the Box Butte, En ders and Swansnn reservoirs, i where the state already has small i areas in connection with existing wildlife preserves. The commission will inspect the areas on Nov. 24. 25 and 26. The commission at its meeting Saturday also considered experimenting with a Hungarian partridge program.

The birds probably would be obtained from Canr.da, with Pitman Robertson lurirts. "rc 1 Iew Partri(1Ce in Ml Nears Record DES MOINES. (A). Drake's Johnny Bright hustled to within 17 yards of a new national total offense record Saturday as he led his team to a 42 14 victory over Bradley in a Missouri Valley conlerence football game. The 200 pound junior halfback turning in his most brilliant performance accounted for 436 yards to boost his eight game total to 3.171 yards, only 16 short of the record 2,187 by Frank Sink, wich of Georgia In 11 games In 1941.

Bright carried the ball 23 times for a net of 196 yards and completed 16 of 25 passes for t'" Hrjs bost Prv'w nr pirrif now was jfa against Iowa Teachers earlier in the sea son. 1 Smie llirr 111 1,11 flm, vnm 11 1 15 BOSTON. (INS). Penn State edged win less Boston College 20 13 this afternoon on a slippery Braves field, and they turned on the lights mid way in the fourth period. Quarterback Vinee and Barks Paul Anders and Tony Orsmi sparked the winners i I imeicepieo passes anci nanuieu most of the running.

Sooner Special Has Luxury Ed Faytiner chairman of the "On to Oklahoma' Junior chamber of commerce, said Saturday that the Union Pacific railroad will furnish air conditioned, or heated, streamlined reclining seat coaches for the Nebraska Oklahoma special train. Three hundred seats have been obtained from the Oklahoma ticket office and they will be all that we can obtain, Faytinger added. The train will leave from the Burlington depot the Friday night before the game and return Sundiiv mormnw A Ktnn. over at Oklahoma City is being planned. Tickets are now on sale at the Lincoln junior chamber of i iuuiie office.

I yards to the goal. 1 rh. Sparked again by Cunning th JsfatHLT hfSif Wl ked ham passing, Utah stayed close lhe tatc Pdrk budet to the visitors with a successful 1 march. On fourth down. Cun I 1,5 Cfrt ningham tallied with a quarter jLJI cllVC kJltll Hawkeye Determination back sneak from the five BIT THE Jayhawks kept on riddling Utah's 'line, driving to the four as the third quarter ended.

Hoag plunged over at the Start of the thrilling last quarter. Still staying very much in the ball game, the 1'tes recovered Bud Lauehlin's fumble on the Kansas 26. Cunningham snapped a pass to Halfback Kay Bern son on the seven ard Cieorge Bean, Utah's reliable halfback, went around right end for the score. Once more Kansas drove down field, assisted by a 15 yard penalty that set Utah back to its 15. The visitors had made sparse me of parses, but at this point tjuarternack Chet S'rehlow.

a pnori msser, sent a touenaown heave to Lyn Smith in the end zone. Starting on his 10, Cunningham wound up the four touch down last quarter with tosses 5 hat carried to the Kansas four. From there prssed to Boh Matthews for the final count of a warm, sunnv afternoon. Gels Win Over Gophers I MINNEAPOLIS. ('11.

mum'c determined and faster Hawk eyes effectively extinguished iviinnesoias grounn and aerial game to put together a 13 0 decision over the Gophers in a Western conference all game Saturday. The Huwkeyea used plunges and end runs to tally their initial counter late in the first period. Then, Just as the third period closed they combined passes and an end run for the second. ONLY ONCE, in the early minutes of the fourth period did toe Gophers show any signs of cet ting their tt. working.

That liiled opt with a tumble, recov ered by Iowa on its own 17 yard line. To bard working High Half 4k MA urdjy night in a Nebraska Col ilf fin fVg irifA fliiimi the one yard line in the opening period after the Eagles had a first down and oal to go. And the fourth quarter. Kearney threw the losers for 26 yards in losses after Chadron moved to the Kearney 17. Allen Bellinger and Bill James stored for the winners.

Jim l.y on kli'kwi both pniois, Henry Meter tallied for Chariton arid iJ. C. Soii.ii kicked the poitiW rana 13 I )1 Ltah 1 0 13 as 13 Kant orlm Touch1on: fitlnaon t. Arr'tiertr. H.

Smith. PAT; 3. lft ih'orlrn? ToiH'lulown: Sus'ijci, rujinmpimro, fkan, Mull he wt, F'AT: ters on 2. The Stanford California football rivalry rus produced wins for Stanford, 21 for Cali lunua and eiht tics. i ihs 'corij period..

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