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The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 14

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The Lincoln Stari
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Lincoln, Nebraska
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Tigers Tamed By SMU STATISTICS Flnt dowM yanUcu ranca attempicd ranci coiHPicted ranca iaterccpicd by runts Fambicf lost Yardi aenalizcd COLUMBIA, Oct. 11 Southern Methodist University- got their attack rolling for the first time this season and smeared erratic Tigers, 25-7, in a non-conference football game Saturday. An estimated 25,000 fans looked on in perfect football weather as the Southwest Conference Mustangs knocked out two long touchdowns in the second quarter for a 12-0 halftime lead, thCTJ struck for single scores in each of the last two Beaten by two powers in their first two games, Duke and Georgia Tech, SMU was not to be denied this time. Their offensive heroes were many. Fullback A1 Han.sen, who made two of the touchdowns, scored first in the second quarter after a drive of 57 yards.

The second one of the period Roy Pace diving over from the one to climax a 69-yard drive. With Tony Scardino passing expertly, the Tigers cashed in on a 26-yard toss into the end zone to former Army star Bill Rowekarnp. Paul Fuchs converted to end scoring. Except for the Missouri touchdown, which cut lead to 12-7, the Mustangs were on top and weii ahead all the way. With the chips down SMU pushed Missouri back to its one and turned a short Tiger punt into the clinching touchdown.

Then with Stan conversion, built Its lead to 19-7. Hansen scored the third Mustang touchdown from the one foot line on fourth down. The last one, In the fourth period, came with Bill Forester cracking across from the three. The SMU defense, rugged up front and with Bill Orisler playing a great game in the sepondary, met the challenge of several Missouri threats and met the test on all except one scoring drive. hoithkkn mf thoihht F.odi—Ni*.

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aumao. Missouri 0 0 7 SMU 0 12 7 HMU Korbw: 2. Pace and Forrester. icorliMi: LINCOLN SUNDAY JOURNAL AND STAR 3-B Love Lost BetweenNU Xots By NORRIS ANDERSON the bands were being formed, the Sunday Sports Writer card section formed Coach J. William Glassford, in honor of the foe.

looking for all the world like the As their first number, the bands weight of the world rested on his i played The Star Spangled Banner shoulders, sighed deeply and while the card section formed an tolled the bell of doom with these American flag, words: i Then came the of Reynolds is through; by the bands as the cards for the season with a separation flashed a bass drum, of the left The third band design wan a The Husker nv.ntor made the huge executed In 16 counts' announcement to the press 30 while the cards showed an minutes after the Kansas State-i Nebraska game, one of the rough-j ever played on Memorial dium sod, had wound up in a siege of roughness penalties. REYNOLDS, a unanimous All- American halfback choice as sophomore in 1950, suffered to the tune of by Caneva. A stirring playing of Old Nebraska (heard on a ten-mile radius) concluded the showing. Through the final three massed a numbers, the 301 baton twrlers a went through a routine based on separation of the right shoulder eight basic rudiments which the before the 1951 season, group did in unison. After that he was limited by a You saw a general dusting of lime burn in the cornea of his press box field glasses as the eye.

His current injury means that he has played his last game of collegiate football. Even at that, Reynolds out of football in typical clutch style. Nebraska, badly needing a first down, was on the Kansas State 16-yard line on fourth down. baton twirlers swing into action. ESPECIALLY remarkable, considering the keen precision shown, was the fact that the entire group had only one rehearsal (from 11 a.m.

to 12) after a parade down street. Prof. Lentz accomplished miracles during that hour. Following the rehearsal, the Young LSU Team Georgia Tech Wallops Xulane; LEXINGTON, Ky. M.

Soph Is Star ana young and eager Tigers lashed Kentucky with two first- period touchdown passes by Norm Stevens Saturday and went on to score a 34-7 Southeastern Conference victory. Stevens, a clever senior quarterback, found pass de- Reynolds sw'ung wide around bandsmen were given a snack left end, cut back sharply and was courtesy of the Lincoln suddenly ganged by Wild- chamber of Commerce and cats on the 5-yard line. He made persed by L. F. Pop Klein, director the first aown with ease, but came of Husker concessions and the up shaking and rubbing his right Nebraska Builders.

ninriiiW vowcd never Quickly spotted the cftpn such sooetites situation and pulled the Grand sucn appeiiies. Island senior from the game. FIRST INDICATION that something serious w'as wrong came when Glassford. after a huddle physicians and trainers around Reynolds, kicked the 50 yard marker in disgust. Reynolds, heartbroken over his bad break, had nothing to say.

Reynolds set a modem colleg-i iate scoring record of 157 points and piled up 1,348 yards rushing as a sophomore. Although injury-! ridden over half of his junior' EAST LANSING, Mich. HNS) he still led the Husker pinpoint passing of rushlng with 424 yards. He i. hit full peak until the finale Michigan State Col- Miami when he won plaudits as its ISth riraight victory at the greatest running back ever to Texas 48-6, appear in the Orange Bowl.

Saturday. Counting the meager 28 yards he picked up Saturday the 123 and viewers year old Islander had accumulated watched the NCAA game of 289 yards in the Huskers four week State jumped to an 1 games this autumn. Don M-State Notches No. 18 ATLANTA surges sure miss 99-yard by air and ground in the waning mented a big tackle, looking into anri fftiiHh Trainef Paul private seconds of the office where Reynolds was being AFTER Quarterback Ray eaninv on the first olav the taped. 'Graves scored the lone Aggie victory over Tulane Satur-j injury was typical of touchdown the Spartans, rated as They game that lax officiation neariy the top team, put orvan- yard toss.

Doggett took the pass on the sideline to race more for a touchdowm. Before the first period ended, LSU had the victory tucked away and it was Stevens again with a payoff pitch, a flat pass to the right side that Jerry Marchand took on the six and carried over untouched. streak to 18 games stretching free-for-all in the other scoring drive, across three seasons. iclosing moments. Tackle Jerry; Leroy Bolden swept around Tech added luster to its rating Minnick of the Huskers and Tackle right end for second as one of the best foot-Price Gentry and Halfback Bemie down.

Then, 33 seconds left in was re- the ball machines by counting on a pass from Bill Birgman to giant End Buck Martin with 57 seconds remaining in the first. The precision-polished Engineers then struck for a score via the ground when Kansas State players with 41 seconds left in the game fused to shake hands with when reserve Fullback Jimmy jCornhuskers. Johnson bulled across from thci At any rate, the players had a two. I chance to gnash their teeth into Pepper Rodgers added both steaks together after the game, pxtra Doints The rival teams dined together in MATORING IWIFTLY T-master, sophomore Quarterback tenilon and tempera moant by allowing a maximum of piling in the early stages. From this pressbox position, it appeared that Reynolds was hit hard and piled on his last play as a eollege footballer.

Brigman took to the air brilliantly in the second quarter after a stout Tulane defense stymied heralded running game. Golden Bears CrushOreg on Dudley of the Wildcats were the first half, Yewcic tossed to tossed out of the game for extra-j Ellis Duckett who went all the roughness. way In a play that covered 80 The high feeling of the players yards. evidenced at games end Pitt Panthers Defeat Irish SOUTH BEND, Ind. underdog Panthers Notre Dame, a two-touchdown favorite, with a vicious first period clawing and then staved off the furous Irish, 22-19, in a football thriller Saturday.

It was first victory over Notre Dame since 1937 following eight straight Irish wins. Notre PORTLAND, Ore, Bears lazied through the first half then turned loose their power to run up a 41-7 Pacific Then again, closer observers, Dame was eighth in the might say it was all part of this Associated Press poll, going Into brutal afternoon of gang-tackling the battle. and overtime for the stretcher- AN IRISH home opening crowd bearers. of 45,503 saw the Panthers strike Glassford. too stunned by two touchdowns in about five news that he must now face the tninutes in the first quarter and heaviest portion of his schedule: then was on its feet through a without his All-American half- second half in which the Irish Coast Conference football victory simply summed the game up nearly pulled the game out of the over Oregon Saturday.

It was the first conference test of the season for the Bears, ranked No. 3 in the nation, and when they found themselves in a 7-7 deadlock at halftime, they burst loose for five touchdowns in the second half. Their vaunted fullback, John as "a rough, hard flubbed two scoringop- fire. It was a contest of spectacular portunities in the first com- 78-yard touchdown run mented Bill. Billy Reynolds, a 63- Guard Jerry Paulson came goring Panther play with a shoulder injury which may; Rudy Mattiola to Johnny keep him out of the next game 92-yard touchdown with Penn State.

return by Notre Joe contributed two of! BILL MEEK, youthful K-State BATTERY FOR K-STATE: ALBACKER AND McSHU Albacker pitches an end zone strike to Jack McShulskis. Olszewski, them, one on a 70-yard Jaunt coach, thought Nebraska swung around end. the game by jumping into the Oregon cracked the conference spread formation in the second passing record in trying to pull quarter. an upset. Quarterback George caught us complete flat- i Shaw tried 50 pa.sses, and com-1 he said.

Glassford had i pleted 23 to break the record of stuck to the I think we I ATHENS, Ga. Maryland's 21 completions, set by Don Hein- might have beaten awesome Terrapins, springing lit- Terps Display Speed In Win rich of Washington last week against UCLA. passes gained 244 yards, high conference mark for thlf aeason. Meek explained the frequent in- tie Chester Hanulak loose like he Juries might be attributed to the was shot from a gun and using fact that suffered a lot of passer Jack Scarbath mainly for reoccurances of old injuries End Jack McShulskla of the WUdcata and Tackle Larry Hartahorn were admitted to the Husker Infirmary with injuries. Also hurt and out of the next game with Tulsa was Guard Dennis Kane.

You could slice the gloom in the Nebraska dressing room with a dull baseball bat. headwork, crushed previously- unbeaten Georgia 37-0 Saturday before 35,000 fans. It was 16th victqyy in a a New Year's Day Sugar Bowl triumph over 19th game out a defeat, including a 1950 tie. Hanulak was such a self-starting terror that Scarbath spefU mo.st of hi.s time just handing the There was very little back-slap- hall to him as he went by. Hanulak ping, shower baritoning and gen- scored the first touchdown on a erai friviolitv in the Musker dress- handoff, get up the second and Ing.

For the time, at lea .1, he discontinued hts efforts the matter of drawing street togs rarly in the second half, the game over weary bones seemed most delivered to Col- important of all. ALL SEEMED aware of the fact that little Kansas State an underdog of heaviest proportions, had nearly held the whip hand. And all were aware Reynolds, their All-American halfback and leader, had probably played his last game of college football. lege Park. Md.

Arkansas Bavlor, 20-lT Oliver does an unintentional handstand in celebration of Bill Thayer's touchdown romp after taking a pitchout from Johnny Bordogna. LITTLE ROCK. Ark. 06V- Arkansas' Razorbacks threw four a huge 18 of 33 attempts, many a rmwH nf wobbly (or toUl Of 204 Tho halCim. by S'Tlif high school (3.262 tnu.sl.1““^ cns), by N.br.sk.

Band Di-! Don was more to the credit side the rough-hewed i ciild hnve had a larger margin. Entering the field from thej Ralph Troillett, a third-aUpig north and south the bands quarterback had spent iSosI moved into a massed furmution; of his lime on the bench last covering the entire playing so far this season, herded the There were 40 ranks across the, Razorbacks to a pair of aeoofid- yard lines with four ranks be-ihalf touchdowns that spelled the each five-yard stripe. diffeieuct..

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