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2 1 3 Sooners Batter Mizzou by 41 7 Heath Paces Parade To 29th Straight Win Cyclones Beaten By Power Attack Adduci Scores Twice, Reynolds Once in Finale BY NORMS ANDERSON Nebraska's offensive might, a wild hoofed pony ail season, Saturday slipped into the guise of a straight ahead drafthorse and bulldozed air minded Iowa State, 20 13.. Tightly wrapped for special delivery to Oklahoma next week were all the passing, end runs and dipsy do trickery the home forces came when Quarterback Claude Arnold had one of his passes intercepted for NORMAN, Okl. OP). Leon Heath, solid as a dollar and almost as hard to hold on to, led Oklahoma to a 41 7 triumph over Missouri Saturday as the Sooners extended football's longest winning; streak to 29 games and bid strongly for top national ranking. Slowed by an injury in mid season, Heath returned to his old form before a crowd of 47,000 and ripped the Missouri line apart in a sparkling first half performance that stamped him as a candidate for All America honors.

THE SOONERS scored twice in each of the first two periods, then Statistics Husker Facts the first time this year. Arnold had entered the game with a string of 84 passes without an interception, all but four of them thrown this season. Had he kept five more flips from falling into enemy hands he would have cracked the year record of 88, held by Fran cis "Reds" Baenell of Pnn snH the two year mark of 82. hpld by Lynn Dorsett of Cornell. His first aerial attempt went for 28 yards to John Reddell and took Oklahoma to the Missouri 23 In the second period.

But on the next play, Harold Carter hauled down an Arnold pass intended for Jack Lockett in the end cone and the streak was ended. The outcome never was in doubt. Starting on its 40 in the first period, Oklahoma drove to a touchdown in five plays. Heath's 23 yard and 22 yard run featured the drive, capped by a four yard scoring thrust by Vessels. Missouri 7 Oklahoma 13 14 7 741 Missouri scoring Touchdowns: Henley.

PAT' Olorloso, Oklahoma scorings Touchdowns: Vessels 3, Jones, Heath, Green, J. Ingram. PAT; WeathsraU o. a Missouri Oklahoma first inirni II la AN IDEA OF THE CYCLONE OFFENSIVE The Bill for Iowa State. Here Wilehlmi gathers in a Weeks' aerial Weeks to Sy Wilhelmi passing combination was the show for a first down on the Cyclone 45 in the second period.

(Staff Photo by Ralph i JMMS him ji nil. mi Kansas Plasters Staters, 47 7 VESSELS SCORES FOR SOONERS Oklahoma Sophomore Halfback Billy Vessels rams the middle for four yards and a Sooner touchdown yards by Sooner Fullback Leon Heath set up the score. that have swept the Huskcrs to fourth ranking among the nation's offenses. This was oldtime power football, abounding with crunching body blocking and straight ahead plunging, aimed between the Cyclone tackles. A CROWD of 36.000 lined Memorial Stadium's every reach in full expectance of seeing the Huskers in the familiar role of a wild swinging fighter aiming always for a knockout.

Instead, they saw the Huskers capitalise on a break for touchdown in the first quarter and grind out additional scores tn the third and fourth quarters on short body punches right down the middle. Bill Jennings, Oklahoma assistant who scouted the game for the Sooners summed up the showing with: "It looks like I just came up here for the NEBRASKA struck early, led all the way for the first time since the Penn State game and found The Cyclone no more than a brief zephyr on all but one occasion. For seven minutes in the third quarter, Iowa State trailed by a mere 7 6. All the time, Glassford used his sophomore sword of Damocles, Bobby Reynolds largely as a decoy and defensive specialist, hunr dangerously over the heads of the foe if called upon. And with two and half minutes left, the Huskers dropped the sword on a wide end run down "Reynolds Alley" for the clinching touchdown.

lqwa State, on Billy Week's accurate right arm, stormed back and scored on the final play of Big Seven Standings I 1 pet. l.WMt I ps ii ttt its Ha 121 4 Oklahoma 43 IIS lis 10 tin Ktss Ml rt .1 Itma Mat n'nrartu Kaunas ale a J'J hi AM. OAMKN sr pe. pis ait J7S I Wit IS 7 tm lis Oklahoma MHthHA ttnk 4 nttiral 4 lit Mate kssuM Mate 1 l.uua 1 1 .7 4 I 4 I I .111 in IHrt I ui I7: Sus the game, but this was only window dressing. The real meat had disapjieared from the struggle several moments previously.

BALL CONTROL was a vital item for the Huskers, who held possession for 77 plays. Iowa State had only 57 tries. And Weeks, who amassed only 137 yards for his lowest passing total of the season, was harneNsed jut eunuch to keep his mates from threatening too seriously. THE RIVALS traded touchdowns within seven minutes in the third quarter. Fired by three Weeks passes, the Cyclones bit first on a 73 yard drive in ten plays.

4 Weekts scored himself, when failing to find a receiver from the 19, he scooted untouched around right end. Clendening's placement was wide. Nebraska countered seven minutes later on a 59 yard drive in IS plays. Reynolds, Mueller and Adduci alternated in carrying to the eight yard line. From there Mr.

Adduci swept left end to tally standing up. Reynolds' placement clicked and the Huskers led 11 6 with four minutes left in the third quarter. Another concentrated power drive, this time for 69 yards in 17 plays, carried the Huskers to See I1L8KERS, Page 3 Col, 6 Star Team Age .24 22 ..22 ,21 HI. 6 4 6 1 6 0 5 9 6 0 6.0 Wt. Class 183 Sr.

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Sophomore Billy Vessels tallied twice. Buddy Jones, Oklahoma's senior safety man, returned one puat 50 yards for touchdown and set up Heath's counter with a 35 yard punt runback. Merrill Green and Jerry Ingram scored Oklahoma's second half touchdowns. Missouri, outclassed from the tart, never threatened until the final quarter when Phil Klein connected three straight passes, the last one going to Bob Henley for yards and the lone Tiger touchdown. IT WAS the eighth victory of the current season for the pow erful booners, who haven been beaten or tied since their 1948 opener.

It clinched a tie for the Big Seven conference title. Ok homa plays Nebraska here next week for the championship. It also gave Oklahoma strong claim to top national honors. The "Sooners entered the game ranked second to Ohio State In the AP national poll. Ohio State lost to Illinois Saturday.

The only disappointment for Texas Clinches Cotton Bowl Bertha 21 to 7 FORT WORTH, Tex. (INS). Texas' power packed Longhorns wrapped up the Southwest con ference football title and a Cot i ton Bowl wl bid Saturday at Fort by toppling Texas Chris Worth The victory, Texas fifth Straight in conference play, cou pled with Texas A. M. 13 21 loss to Rice gave the Steers undisputed claim to the S.W.C.

crown. THE LONGHORNS were held to a 7 7 standstill in the first three periods of play but finally got up a full head of steam in the closing session to score two ouehdowns on the outmanned Christians. Fullback Byron Townsend, bulling across the goal from the one yard line, put Texas out in front, 14 7. The touchdown climax ad a brisk 39 yard thrust. On the second play follow 'is: the ensuing kickoff, Bobby Texas' alert safety tni.

intercepted John Morton's pass and jaunted 45 yards to a turndown. Teyas opened the scoring in the second period as Ben Tompkins tallied on a quarterback sneak from the one half yard tnarK, capping a 52 yard drive. Tcirpkins also toed all three extra frfnnts for the Steers. T.C.U. vened the score in the ir ir neriod on a determined 65 yan.

'arch. Halfback Bobby Jack 'oyd smashed over for the Horned Fregs' lone TD from the six inch line and Homer Ludiker corvf ted. Grimm to Pilot Milwaukee BOSTON. (JP). General Manager John Quinn of the Boston Braves announced Saturday night Charlie Grimm has been appointed manager of the Milwaukee Brewers, the Braves' American Association farm club.

Quinn also announced that Red Smith, coach of the Brewers during Grimm's previous regime as manager of the Milwaukee team, has been named general manager. Bob Coleman, manager of the sixth place Brewers this year, will return to his former post as president and manager of his home town Evansville, club of the, Three league, also owned by the Braves. Strong Princeton Remains Unbeaten i lsk fil miH.lS (lotsil. 17 13 ry running; By mnln( 0 prnslttra I Rt suing (No. of rush's).

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m. Two slashing touchdown drives the second period, with Fullback Merwin Hodel pounding aero? the goal, gave the Colorado Eu' faloes a 21 7 victory Saturday over an Oregon team tint wi. dangerous only in the airhtnts. Colorado's offense clicked on in alternate quarters in sccona, wnen tne na ts marched 61 and 62 ya. 's touchdowns, and in the four when a 38 yard pass from Graves to Woody Shrl'm produced their final score.

OHEUON tallied tn the In minute of the first half on a Si yard pass from Hal' Dunham Tommy Fdwards, and almcst clU it again in th 3 or of the game when an jJ ysrd Uty Dunham to E1 wartts was stttpped two yards short of the goal. The teams sparred aimlessly thru the first period. Near the end of the quarter, Zack Jordan threw a 25 yard pass to Roger Williams to spark a 61 yard advance that ended early in the second when Hodel smashed two yards for a touchdown. Next time the Buffaloes got the ball, they traveled 62 yards to score again. Hodel agum punched across from two yards (out.

With two miryitvs left in the hair, Hal himmoiis recovered a fumble by Hodd on the Colorado 31. On fourth down Dunham hit Edwards for the touchdown. Graves returned an Oregon punt 22 yards to the Webfoot 38 in the final period to set up Colorado's last touchdown. On the next play. Graves passed to Shelton at the 20 and he out maneuvered a half dozen Oregon tuck 1 era in a criss cross run to the goal line.

Oregon 0 ft CoKjiaria .0 14 4 9t Oregon scoring Touchdown; T. Ed Colorado 3. Hodsi FA T. r'snsks a. Yanks to Offer Kains Top Test NEW YORK.

m. The rollick lng Rams of Los Angeles, whoe land and air advance has had recent National Football league opponents all at sea, face a stern test Sunday when they play the New York Yanks. The game at Yankee Stadium tops the six scheduled contests. The Rams lead the league's National conference with a seven won, two lost mark. The Yonks and Chicago Bears are tied for the runnerup spot, each with a 6 2 record.

Five of Sunday's games can affect the standings of the leader in the two conferences. The Bears will play host to the San Francisco 4Uers and, like the Yanks, have a chance to take over first place. The Cleveland Browns, American conference pacemakers, are favored to hold their high spot by defeating the visiting Washington Redskins. The Browns last Sunday walloped San Francisco, 34 14, to make their sea son mark 7 2. I Legion herios i Hooked in Detroit DETROIT.

(A The American liCgum announced Saturday mat the National finals of its 1951 junior baseball tour will be played in Detroit, Aug. 28 31. The games will be played at Driggs stadium as part of Detroit's 250th birthday celebration. It also will be the silver jubilee of the Legion's baseball program. The Cleveland Brown of the National Football league have at least one nlaver at every oosition except halfback who played on their lit at team of 1916, The Wildcats got their touchdown the second time they got the ball.

They had given Kansas a chance to score first by dropping the ball and then stopping the Jayhawks cold 20 yards from a touchdown. Frank Hooper passed 23 yards to Ted Maupin who caught it on the four and scored. Ross Estes kicked the point but Kansas State was thru scoring for the day. THE REAL battle came after the game, as Kansas supporters first attacked the north goal, lost that struggle, and then swept to the south where the posts were broken to bits. There was 'considerable activity with fists on the southern front.

It was a good IS miNutes before the playing field was cleared of fifth quarter participants. Kansas racked up a rushing and passing total of 615 yards, 467 on the ground and 148 thru the air. Kansas Stale made 104 rushing and 76 passing. Kansas 1 77 nss IMt 0 0 7 Kansas n'onns; ToucMown: Stins 3. AniiMr.

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Kni St its scoring Towhdown iuiin. PAT: Kstns. Waekv Attack Carries Peru To 20 13 Win PORTALS, N. M. (in.

The Peru, Teachers used a wacky formation and the power of 210 pound Fullback Laverne Poppe to break a tie with Eastern New Mexico in the last 15 seconds Saturday, Peru won 20 13. Linemen played wide to the left center. I'oppe caught the New Mexico forwards off guard and smashed five yards to score. Another highlight came when Wayne Calhoun, E.N.M.U. halfback, took the kickoff opening the second half and raced B0 yards for the Greyhounds' second wore.

The halftime score was 7 7 and the teams tied again after Peru drove along the ground for another touchdown to make the 13 13. Vmt tt 1 30 7 a NCC Position Name and Team End Paul Marxolf, Kearney End Jim Mt Williams, Midland Tackle Ken Karth, Doane Tackle Harold Decker, Hastings Guard J. C. Hollars, Chitdron Guard Howard DuBois, Wesleyan All against Missouri in the AP Top Games BIG SEVEN Nebraska 20, Iowa State 13. Oklahoma 41.

Missouri 7. Kansas 47, Kansas State 7. Colorado 21, Oregon 7. BIG TEN Illinois 14, Ohio State 7. Michigan 34.

Northwestern 23. Minnesota 27, Purdue 14. Pennsylvania 20. Wisconsin 9. Iowa 14, Notre Dame 14.

Indiana 18, Marquette 7. OTHER GAMES Rice 21, Texas A St 13. Cornell 24, Dartmouth 0, Princeton 47, Yale 12. Navy 29, Columbia 7. Michigan State 19, Pittsburgh 0.

Penn State 18, Rutgers 14. Southern Methodist 14, Arkansas 7. Additional scores en page 4 Knights Regain Loop Lead Again OMAHA. VP). The Omaha Knights climbed back into first! place in the United States Hockey league Saturday night with 4 2 1 victory over Denver.

Otto McLean drove a back bander into the nets from ten feet out barely a minute after the game I i I i Goodllimtiiiir C7 Pf os 1 iftol lYil IvUItltU 1UI Sonemi llsTi Going into the last day of pheasant hunting, game wardens thruout the state report ringneck shooting was still excellent. But, even tho the curtain was set to come down one hour before sunset Sunday, nimrods were expected to bring home bag limits. Wardens are anticipating an overflow of hunters to be in the fields. SADDENING news as the closing of the pheasant season might be, duck hunters will be cheered to hear that there are "lots of ducks. George R.

Weidman, reporting from Gering, noted there were "lots of ducks, but hunt Inr has been slow due to the mild weather." Conservation officer Lee Jensen's telegram read, "Still plenty of ducks, but the nice weather hag made hunting just fair." Still, not many ducks have arrived in the eastern areas of the state with the western Platte valley having plenty of ducks. UrUAHUMA Ji MISSOURI 7j 1 1 first period. Runs of 22 and 23 Wircphoto Saturday Night.) Lincoln Entry In First Tilt Of Santa Bowl OMAHA, Neb. our midget football teams meet here Sun day afternoon in the third an 1 nual Pop Warner Santa Claus Bowl to be held as a triple header at Creighton Stadium. St.

Peter's of Kansas City is the newest substitute to be entered in the "Bowl" after the Philadelphia squad was forced to withdraw due to conflicting school dates. St. Elizabeth's of Kansas City was the first substitute, but injuries incurred during practice last Thursday forced them to withdraw. St. Elizabeth's barely nudged St.

Peter's for the city midget crown. Lincoln's South Street Merchants are scheduled to open the bowl games against Atchison, at 12:45. St. Peter's and At 1 a I a jne umann eniry, tiranaeis, meei ta XmpiSSp game will start at approximately 3:15 with the winners of the first two games meeting for the crown. rrzr opened to put the Knights in the lead.

I I. I in I BV RALPH STEWART A close race like the 1950 Nebraska College conference football title scrap can mean only one thing that player talent was equally distributed around the circuit. And balloting for The Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star all conference teams shows that balance clearly. Eight of the loop's nine teams landed berths on the all N.C.C. club.

Only last place York was left without a representative. Hastings, Wayne and, Wesle yan placed two men each on the all star team, Poane's championship eleven, Chadron, Kearney, Peru and Midland each landed a player on the honor squad. THAT THE conference was without a host of individual stars is indicated by the heated race for almost every position. A pair of veteran linemen Harold Decker of Hastings, and J. C.

Holltrs, Chadron's dependable guard came closest to getting the unanimous support of coaches and officials who helped select the college tars. Decker, a tackle, was the stopper in a good Hastings line that fehackled the title hopes of both I MANHATTAN, Kas. Thej Kansas Jayhawks, led by a fleet corps of halfbacks, rolled up a big halftime lead then let its defensive platoons carry the ball in a 47 7 victory over the lame Kansas State Wildcats Saturday. It was Kansas' third victory in the Big Seven conference against two losses, and it was the ending of another victory less league season for Kansas State. THE JAYUAWKERS appeared to be looking ahead to their game with Missouri Thanksgiving day instead of the work at hand during the first 12 minutes.

Kansas State was out in front 7 0, by virtue of a touchdown on an 80 yard drive and a conversion. Then came the works. WADE STINSON, senior Jay hawk halfback who set two new over from the two yard line and Fox Cashell kicked the point to tie the score 7 7 a couple of minutes before the first quarter ended. Kansas scored four touchdowns then in quick and there was at least one sparkling play each time. Fullback John Amber got arrows front the one yard line.

End Lynn Smith scored on a 7 1 yard pass play from Chet Strehlow, i Charlie lfoas dashed 56 yards and Stinson traveled 49. Stinson, playing his iirht and last season as a regular, picked 110 yards on 11 rushing plays. With one conference game i to go he has a season total of 1,027 yards, a Kansas team record. Two touchdowns brought his production for nine games to 78 points, eclipsing the 66 scored by Bud French last year. IN THE middle of the third quarter the guys regularly assigned to stopping the enemy got to try their hand.

They came up with two more touchdowns fur the Jayhawks. Bud Laushlin scored on a 57 yard gallop the first time he got his hands on the ball. In the last period Henry Lamping smacked over from the four. Fox Cashell. a sophomore, converted on five of the seven touchdowns.

KANSAS STATE trotted out its lame backs lii Faubion and Elmer Creviston for the first time in a month, and looked the part of a champion at the start. Erickson Kaminski Peru and Wayne. Sollats gained all league laurels for the fourth straight year. Howard DuBois of Wesleyan won the other guard spot without too serious a fight. But the battle for a Decker rtinnins mntn tunvn'r aa ucv Ken Barth.

Doane's 203 pound tackle vet and a member of last year's all conference defensive team, finally won out over Kear ney's Ivan Kamimkt. ONLY the race for a fourth backfteld spot paralleled the Kaminski Barth duel. Peru's Darrell Mudra and Waynes Koine Gast and lon Kane topped the field of backs. There was little ques fcea NCC, Page 4 CoL 6 Nebraska College Grid Stars Honored Center Don Langley, Hastings ...,22 Back Darrell Mudra, Peru .21 Back Don Kane, Wayne .,,,,,,.20 Back Rollie Oast, Wayne 20 Back Wes Hultquist, Wesleyan 4 JC Position Name and Team End Louis Stueckrath, Norfolk End Dale Walker, Fairbury All f00 XTPW WAVPN fftnn tS Tin ...19 19 Plainview Fairbury Bridgeport McCook Beatrice Scottshluff Omaha Scottshluff McCook 6 3 Fr, 6 2 180 So. 6 0 210 Fr.

6 0 210 So. 5 9 165 fr. 5 9 140 Fr. 5 11 200 Ko. 5 9 F65 So.

69 180 Fr. TarklrwRodney McConnell. Scta'blf 19 Tackle Dale I'oore, McC ook 21 Ray Fallstead, Fairbury .18 Guard Bill fronkrlte. Scottsbluff 20 Bill Costello, Norfolk 21 Back Jerry Henderson, SeotWdiluff 21 5 9 170 Fr. 6 0 194 So.

beaten and untied Princeton paced by Dick Kazmaier, trounced Yale, 47 12, in the bowl Saturday before 59,000. The Tigers, tallying at least once in each session, led thruout as they romped off with their fourth straight "Big Three" crown and 12th win in row, eight this Back Lowell Gilliland, McCook 18 Bark Doug Thomas, Fairbury ,.,.19 Back Junior Doyle, Fairbury ,.,.21 J. C. DOLLARS Chadron guard wins fourth straight ail Ne Fairbury Curtis; brasiui College conference nomination..

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