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Daily News from Los Angeles, California • 21

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Daily Newsi
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THE NEWS. LOS THURSDAY. JAN. 1941 in TWENTY-OHE 1 yapcsyo pi "i I i r-X i 'fi, YaS i 1 4 i 'ti. i zty i 7 4C: nil I' -t (in (Continued from Page 19) .1.

I I 0 I 9 'iheomlddle ot the" econd Rltinsklfor 'a first down on the Aggie. 28. Eshmont cracked off eight yards and Fillpowica made two to bo Inches short of first down. Fillpowica made three yards or a first down on1 the 15 and on the next play rambled, through the -whole Aggie line for a touchdown. Hudacek missed the important forrextra point and the Rama were Statistically, the Rams had the edge, making IS first downs' to eight -f of the.

Aggies, and, surprisingly, outcharging the Aggie forward wall 118 yards, to fi: The Aggies pitchedlO pssses and completed Ofor.lOl ysrdstWhlle Fordham "made yards on five out of 2S flips. to some that whits- bearded play known as the Statue of. Ungerer started the march by blocking Bill Cohatsers which was re covered by Larry Sartori on the Aggie 20. Jim Blumenstock, Steve Fillpowica and Len Eshmont for a.firat down on the Ag gie 9. After -a.

pass missed, Fiflpowlcz handed the ball on the statue play to Jim Noble rambled to the 1 and on the next Slav Fillpowica1 -took it over. Steve Cudacek's conversion was Mocked by end I At. the start' ofthe.thIrd.pe? I rlod, the Aggies dragged an an -I rlent.euf of the mothballs them-I selveathe old sleeper play. After the kickoff Ead (Ala- bams) Smith, one 1 of the two non-Texans on the Aggie team, lay down on the field sear the Fordham bench. jpotted, however, so'Alabama AfbSbedtfito the huddle1 and carried the ball three yards to his own 88.

Then on (be next play, Smith took another nap and the Rams didn't see him. vfc -Wr y'i it. grid crown -y- BIRMINGHAM, AlsL, Jah. 1- (lIEJ--Morrla Brown college of Atlanta tonight claimed the national Negro football championship after defeating Wilberforce university of 19 to 3,: in the first annual Steel bowl game. Approximately ....10,009 saw John Bloody sod doer Jenkins (Continued from Page 19) -eible passes, and heart stopping V' It was a- gams in which two big, fist lines pounded each other and a dozen backs collaborated In long sweeps and battering plunges.

Tennessee Jumped ahead at the start of -the game. three minutes the Volunteers kicked and ORourke fumbled the ban the first time he touched it. Norbert -Ackerman recovered for Tennessee on the Boston 26, and, after once being repulsed, Tennessee smashed to a touchdown before the contest 1 wee-elx- minutes- Aided by a 14 yard gain on' a ruling that with a pasa receiver, Tennessee drove 46 yards in seven plays. Van Thompson passed to Jim Coleman for 10, then alternated with Bill Nowllng to move the ball downfield until he smashed over from 2 Bob Foxx kicked the point to make it 7-0 end that waa the way the count stood through the rest of the first After halting one 68 yard Boston drive in the first period, Tennessee kept the Eagles in a cage through-the second -period-'with booming punts. It waa In the third period that the fane were treated to the show they had come to eee.

Ten- nessee intercepted a long Boston pass on the Tennessee 27 and Foxx stepped back to kick on -third down. Foxx kicked, but big Henry Woronicz came in from the flank and threw hie body at the ball, blocking it. Joe Zabllski recovered for Boston on the Tennessee 18 and Boston tied the score in two plays and a kick. Aroused by the loss of its lead, Tennessee inarched the kickoff back 55 yards to its second touchdown. Thompson, Foxx end Now-ling carried on reverses.

Another interference penalty gavtf them first, down on. the 3. Buist Warren bucked -It over, but the try for point, was fumbled. Boston matched the southern eleven within four minutes. With -ORourke atilt' on the bench, Connolly started on his 15 and a 09 yard posh to the touchdown which knotted the core In -the-fourth period ORourke -and Boston came back The closeness end fierceness of the game may be found in the sta- tistics.

Tennessee had .13 first 124 yards running and 121 yardi. pasalng Boston up 11 first downs, 142 yards on the -ground and 100 In the air. Thera were 61' yards handed out in penalties, plus two rulings of inter ference. rr Pugh fadedjzi back deepTand hurled a tremendous pass, down pass. the sidelines.

Suddenly, up from vhere, nowhere, came Smith. A good five yards Inside Eshmont, athe Ford-ham safety man. Smith, who runs the 100 in 9.8, caught the ball on the Fordham 30 yard line and- out sprinted Eshmont to the end zone. Pugh missed the -conversion -and -waa 0-6. A booming kick byPersL-Bioser and an untimely penalty gave the Aggies their winning Moser booted- the 'ban out bn the Fordham Blumenstock crossed up the enemy with a fake' kick from the end zone, tossed pass to Noble who In- torn Illegally passed the bell forward to Tom -That-move-eet the-Rams-back on their own 1 yard line.

Blumen- 3 1 1 I 1 1 Sen photo. 1 A TOUCHDOWN pass is what Nebraskas Allen Zikmund is about to nail as Stanford's Fete Kmetovic and Hugh Gallarenau' close in for the kilTMhat never happened. Herman Rohrig was the passing end of the touchdown. ths Bulldogs their first defeat ef the season. Jenkins, on double reverse, mu 25 yard for one touchdown and returned, punt 61 yards for another.

Bloodys passing and running set up the other Blorria Brown: scored early. In first-period-when-266- pound-Wik liam Scbnelly, guard, kicked a field goal from the 7 yard (Continued from Page 18) rup another ll at bit light tackle 2 yard theh Gallameau whizzed be- stock kicked out to Moser who returned the ball 25 yards to' the Ram 25. But on that play, some -r Fordham-player was guilty -of. on. the 15 yard stripe and the Aggies took possession on the Ram Then.

they. the ban to Kimbrough and he ripped through the middle of theJlaei-Fughgot the laurel vyreath by kicking the extra point thend ot the period the Rams started their final marchr- They toolrthOall thelr own 20, failed to gain and Blumenstock kicked. Joe Rothe, Aggie back, fumbled and Alex Santilll recovered for 'the -Rama tihe Tfexai 44. TheRamamarched three yards before the period ended and kept going when the fourth began. FUlpowlcx flipped a paaa.to' ten aeVen-playenhad carried well over half the length of the field.

Francis converted 'and Jt.wasJ7. to. 0. It appeared as though the Indian forwards had been by the pipeofpeacaJunUlStanfordgot 1 ttescore hold of the ball and then theturtBe MCOn Palo Alto braves Went to town, or St least an'outlying The Indiana got the ban on the -Nebraska 47 and so Fjeter Kme- tween hie on a mousetrap Comhusker 'the touchdown Nebraska extent that couple of his fix themselves i. 'K Ttu r( tut; A 4gbtltoppSBbut Kmetovic picked right tackle and guard1 play.7 Before any thought to -grab anybody, guy waa over for a and Albert converted to resented same to such Herman Rohrig and a cohorts contrived to another.

Nebraska touchdown -in-rthe. second, quarter and once Ynore this Stanford 'con5 tlngent waa on the anxious seat. This time Rohrig cut himself loose with some passes that worked havoc in the Indian camp and then he kicked a ball that Kmetovic: couldnt catch to? save his soul, partly because he tried to catch the Using -over his and the resulung fumble waa recovered by Nebraska on the Stanford JTou wouldnt believe it, but on the-very-flgatplay. Rohrigl back and pitched to Zigmund and it was ithe prettiest Ahlhff of whole day aa he caught it and ran over the-line -for- the second -Nebraska marker. That itlme tempted conversion waa blocked by Taylor.

sni for a 'spell there Jti seemed -one helluva -7 effort well and needed. i That is. It -seemed pretty Ipx-pbrtantTnitirtbrlndlana ietowir on Nebraska's scalp once Wotrnd by wound, here is how It went: Kmetovic hit bis left guard for one to the Stanford 36.Norm Standlee threw a flipper Stan Graff -for sight yardsiind then the big Indian. fuDback-ftt center -for three A frrst down lherrrrpa8srwafl1nannleter whereupon Kmetovla tried hla right end for five, Albert went the other-way for six 1 and Kmetovic knocked off another, couple at his- httackle. line plays 'apparently "enjoying considerable popularity at the time; Albert' behooved hlmseif to call a pass and what -it amosmted to jPSarn5S? was good tor .40 Then, he kicked the goal.

and: the' Nebras- kana couldnt do a doggone thing about lt but receive 'the kickoff and start ln all over point They never did catch up because later, on Stanford' worked some awful shennanlgans on the Cem-Jutsken: Passes: and one thing and- another got the ball down to the Nebraska 2 line, the last Jaunt being a 14 yard toes from Albert to Kmetovic, and from there you would think- that Stanford would just waits Those doughty midWestemera fbught their hearts out and Stan fbrd couldnt make on6 single inch. couldnt make one single inch. 1 Jto. 5 Mr-' jy Vs-- r. i tthroats to vent to a 'gallant pfgskin parade of fortitude when it came time for quarterback-Roy Petsch to punt out from behind the goal line.

And remember that Stanford couldnt put it over, in four tries from the The man punted out and Kmetovic -got tlib-ball-oh -the Nebraska He skittered over to his left and then he stopped dead still. What must have been in bis mind only Kmetovic will know, along with couple of Croatian mind rf! J1.1 out to his right and the Stanford ball club came. through with the HUGH GALLERNEAU Stacker pay 'finest blocking you' would eve? -care- to-eee-as-he-ran all the.way unmolested. lt la not detracting from Kmetovica fine work to say that Baby 'Sandy could have scored the touchdown under thp same ''clrcUBiatancesrr7 77itTvj 'It would1 take a 1 full sequence gopt Dohenys front yard when he Start-ed oUt to his left. He stopped still and then liVout In the other dl T'ectTonrBythat tim the Stanford Interference had formed aild the way.

the Comhuskers were mowed down it looked as though the black plague frera working on a 40 hour -That irun lit itself was worth the price of admiseion, discounting Nebraskas natural favoritism, but at the same time, the Comhusker contingent never. gave the cua WlirX W. sw ENROLL NOW: TOR SPRING TERM Foraaoes or Evading Clatiaa 1 fna Placamaat I.C.S.r Dagra Southwestern University a SCrBruin tiagerr tackle SFU, Gaels. -Playing before meeting in' the opener of the -conference Mason next week, -University of Southern and UCLA -basketball teama are ached? uled to facs SFU and St. Bfary's teama in- doubleheadera tomorrow and Saturday.

nighta la the Bruin gymnasium. 7 The Gaels are led by Bill Tobin, wljp has averaged almost 20 points ptr game whila SFUT which openg its season, will start an all veteran lineup. r- tovie got the pill and ggn 28 yards around I his own right end to the Comhusker 19. Hugh Gallameau Steeplechasers AGUA GALgENTE. Jam Six eastern horses, two Canadlanmnd-three local fencers, had been nom- inated early today for the El Primers handicap, first' of the series -of steeplechase stakes which will be-run here, the next -two months.

The El Prlmero tops' Sundays It will be declded over the' two mile Two jrcheduWv one- at two; miles and the other over, the- six- furlong FYom -the eaat the sextet named areT N. Millers Yammer, fresh fromthe Pimlico Jumps; Brown Haze which races for R. cor; D. B- Barrows Quakerstreetg A. Booker's Perfect Liar, Liz Whitneys.

Ilero. Worship and Mrx M. Miiler Paul fresh from a campaign ar eastern tomers anything to be ashamed cf. They merely walloped by' better belt club than they were-end it was of being bloody---but unbowed, or whatever was the guy said. At any rate, the game la worthy of editorial comment I and Pm not going ty use.

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