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THE LINCOLN STAR-THURSDAY. JANUARY 2. ELEVEN Boston Downs Vols By 19 To Eagles Break 13-All Deadlock In Final Four Minutes When O'Rourke Goes Wild i By MORTIMER KREEGER. ORLEANS. Ian.

Sugar Bowl football trophy goes east for tho first tims, and it required something besides a great football team to take It there. "The character and courage of our players," Coach Frank Leahy described as the principal factor In his Boston college Eagles' 19-13 victory over the Tennessee Volunteers yesterday. Fsrterii. He might have mentioned such othar thmgf at the pawing and running of Charlea O'Rourke, blocking and quarterbacking of Hank Toczylowiki, stubborn defensive work of Chet Gladchuk. Kerr, et It might have MEXICAN SCRAPPER FRANKIE ALBERT'S FIELD GOAL TRY GOES HAYWIRE cxdllegejild EN PLAYS BUDGE MONDAY Stanford, Boston Lead Grid Frolics O- ToJftlo, Dtrtnouth 41.

it. Ohio. 17 DflroH J4 4i Buffalo Wfitf.n tMichi ChteafO, 41. MtUtkan. 31.

Of fl Batumorf, 44 lUinoii wtalfyan. Tfiaa 13. Nfw MrxiCo Minft. CHy Colifff of York. 43, Can I Cfittral (IowaI, II.

CaWln. Over 300,000 Fans Jam J'ootball Stadia On New Year's Day. By lUDSON BAILEY. tporta HE New Year day frolics showed Stanford Is just as good as every- SOOSE V. MAURIELLO rvM PDmav DnoOPaM YORK, Jan.

college is a whole lot ON FRIDAY PROGRAM Monday night a tall i better than skinny, broad-shouldered fel- believe. Veteran Tennii Ace Goes Aqainit Westerner In Special Event. By the score tied at 7-7 early in the ond quarter, crack quarterback, Frankie Albert, attempted a field goal with Pete Kmetovic holding the ball. The boot went awry, however, and the score remained deadlocked. been suggested, too, that hl.s Fa les, executing plays W'ith the precision of a Danish gymnastic team, showed the effects of a marvelous coaching job.

Rut the idea of courage expressed the theme of the drama staged before spectators, the largest football crowd of southern history. Facing nearly perfect football machint, lacking the manpower of their those Eagles overcame a couple of heart-searing breaks and the warm weather which seemed to have them limp at the end of the first half. They got better and better and In the last four minutes drove 80 yards to win. at Outset. The first period tested the hearts as Tennessee stormed 46 yards for a touchdown, ahowing a versatile attack which appeared strong enough to run up any score Coach Bob Neyland should dictate.

Meanwhile. fumbled a punt to give the Vola a scoring chance and two of hts passes, Bo.ston's biggest wearon, were intercepted. But the Bostonians puiled themselves together and battled out the rest of the half as both teams defenses stalled enemy attacks The second half turned the game into the greatest battle ever seen in the Sugar Bowl series. Hank Woronicz blocked a Tennessee kick and two plays later relief man, Harry Connolly, swept right end Ijehmd Toczyluwski for a touchdown. Frank Maznicki placekicked the extra point to tie it up.

Tennessee Cotnet Baek. The Tennesseeans came back with another vicious drive, but it was apparently stopped before the Vois were given the ball on the Eagle's two for pass interference Buist Warren went over on the play. The Eagles responded with a 69 yard tying- touchdown drive in 10 plays, Mike Holovek crashing the last few inches. After standing off two Vol drives and with four minutes to play, the Eagles look the ball on their 20, got a first down In three plays rn the 31. O'Rourke tried two futile passes, then connected with three to bring it to 23.

O'Rfurke took It again, stepped and lifted his arm. The Vols spread out to stop the expected sir rsid. but Charlie tucked the ball away, cut through left tackle, reversed his field, twisted and sidestepped all the way to end zone and victory. (sy the riBST rt.BIOB. sot BoufSe tumbied punt mna Arkermen fecorertd fnr 4 on 37.

Thompson msde ntf teekle. but sftof wowlins htd hit left fusrd lot 3 Rourke each broke one of piomp- Menro OUdchuk on the 18 The line Holovek twice end O'Rourke punUd out ot on After flve-yerd pennty the Vole moving Thompeon to for flret down on the S3, snd after loeins rifht end to Colemen on the 83 Thompson end pteked up enother firit down on the 13. after hed teken It to the 4 In two left gusrd Thompaon went off left teckle for the touchdown Thompeon placekicked the ettfs point. MasnickI returned klckoff from hit 4 to the 37. Rourke tailed to through the line, then tossed a long for Matnlekl whioh Foax intercepted on 31 Werren completed a peee to on 40, but a holding penaltv nullified the piey end efter other Incomplete Wkrren punted out of bound on 20 The Ragles then began flying O'Rourke pteked up 1.8 right end, Holoval: made through the line, then passed to Ooodreault for a first down on 33 Rourke and Masnicki first downed In two on the It but Clfera intereepted a pesa Intended for Ooodreault end to Warren giving the ball on lt.v II After Butler felled on the nest ptev the period ended Boat on eollege 0 Tenneaace 7 act'oxn rtaioo.

Butler gulck kkked out on Boaton'e IS and after two Bourbe punted beautifully to Butler, whom Curriven dumped on the 38. The feSle line held end BuUer punted eut on Boa- ton II Idaanlckl tot one et left teckle and Beurke bullet te brought a flret down on 41. Tenneiaee two running pie re and Rourke efter hie to Maml'kl Incomplete, punted to Butler who returned from hte tl te The game turning frem en to a battle After two fut le Butler tent a eut of bo on tS toreed lo hurrv punt sent tl only to 41 and Butler returned to the 41 Butter sot three at left taekle and Newman rammed left guard for a flret down on the 17 Butler and Andrtdge pteked up eight end an off (Ides penalty brought a fl-et down on letton 34 Ntwmati rammed the line twice and got but Intercepted Werran't pets on and the half one ptav Boatan 7 THIRD PyatOD. Olartrhuk again Kicked off eut of and kftcr two gulck-kleked out on BOtton'a 37 Connotlv'a long pesa Intercepted bv fbxx on Tennessee a 31 Wornnics blocked ktiick ktck end Joe Zabilakt reeovertH lor Boston on the Tennessee it It wes first Tennessee kick blocked in Mtmieki rjfpled left rnd fftr around rtfht for SEEKS NEW FIELDS MEXICO CITY, Jan. Azteca, i a champion, today looked for new fielda to conquer after winning a 10-round decision from Cocoa Kid in the feature attraction of an all- boxing show before 7,000 fan- yesterday.

In the two other 10-round bouLk, Gonzalez, Mexican featherweight, outpointed Tommy Spiegel, game-legged fighter from Uniontown, and Kodolfo Ramirez. of Mexico, was awarded a verdict oVer Joey Silva, California puncher. SUGAR BOWL STATISTICS NBW ORLEARNS, Jan. Btetlettca uf fltiger Bnwl fontbell game between Boston college end Ten- nestec. Boston Ten- College ne' ee PIrst Il ga.ncd rushing tneti 187 Forward attempted 14 Forward paaaea complete by foruerd pntslng IOS lost, eflempted for ward pasees 11 Forward intercepted bv 3 Yards gained run-bech of Int 13 Funttng average tfrom acrlmmagei Total all re- turnad recovered 1 Yards loot by 38 II 131 33 131 10 Sfl It Rose Bowl Chatter BY HIIERMAN.

TJASADENA. Calif, Jan. My I compliments (razzberry brand) to Mr. Bill (alias Bellyache) Cunningham of the Btiston Po.st, the same Cunningham who, some two weck.8 ago, classified the Nebraska Cornhuskera as a grade aggregation of footballers and who jauntily predicted that the Indians of Stanford U. w'ould crack shamelessly on the Huskers and make the boys from Nebraska look nothing less than siliy by reason of their futile efforts in the New Year's day classic in far-famed Rose Bowl.

Mr. Cunningham, of course, merely wa.s hiding his pique as a result of the failure of his pet team, the Boston college Eagles, to qualify for the Rose Bowl invi- Golden Gate Track RESULTS. In a nutshell, here are the final results of New day football contests: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Stanford, 21; Nebraska, 13. Sugar Bowl, New Orleans, College, 19; Tennessee, 1.3. Cotton Bowl.

Dallas. Texas A. 13; Fordham, 12. Orange Bowl, Miami. Mi.ssissippi State, 14; Georgetown.

7. Sun Bowl. El Paso, Wetsem Reaerve, 26; Arizona State, 13. Shrine game, San Francisco. 20; East, 14.

Pineapple Bowl, Fresno State, Hawaii 0. Steel Bowl, Birmingham. Ala, Brown. 19; Wilberforce, 3 (colored). NEW YORK.

Jan. Billy Soose. Scranton (Pa.) slugger, and Taml Maurlello, New York middleweight, today began tapering off for their scheduled 10-round fight in Madison Square Garden tomorrow night. Soose is holder of victories over Ken Oveilln, middleweight champion and Tony Zale, N. B.

A. mmdleweight king. Stanford U. Skier Wins College Meet SUN VALLEY, Idaho. Jan.

intercollegiate Sun Valley skiing championship was held today by Bobby Blatt, 19, of Stanford university, Blatt amassed 389 points In a final drive yesterday to outdistance Bill Redlin and Carl Neu of Wa.vhington university, who finisher, second and third respectively with 375.2 and 365.4 points each. Dave i of Utah university captured the jumping events with leaps of 126 and 130 feet. Blatt. the pre-meet favorite, placed third, while the Washington skiers were unable to get better than twelfth and thirteenth places. low with his iaco showing the lines and creases left by strenuous competition through most of his 40-odd years will take off his polo coat, bat a few tennis balls back and forth across the net by way of warming up, then will get under way on another tennis match.

Bill Tilden have played a million sets in nearly three decades of flight competition, and ho still ioi Then, in thliif iia bruising strength by holding for downs on the one-foot line and Stanfmd proved its smartness by breaking Pete Kmetovich on the next play for a touchdown with a 40- yard return of the Hu.skert’ punt. Tennesbce forced the play in the Sugar Bowl, but twice tied the score and finally in the last period sparked an 80-yard drive that ended with him circling an end 24-yards to the winning touch- some people pro- down. Scores F.arly. The miracle men from Stanford stopped big; 35,000 Comhuskers, 21-13, in the Rose Bowl at Pasadena yesterday while 90,000 spectators screamed and moaned as the tide of fortune ebbed and flowed. 73,000 tVatch Sugar Bowl.

In New Orleans, another va turnout of 73,000 fans watched the favored Tennessee Volunteers nlekl place-klfkfd the rxtra point to makf tbs 7-7 niadchuk a klckoff went out of bounds end the bell on own TTiompeon five et left tackle end thiough the eeme hole went to the 40. Thompaon, after an Incomplete paia got fight around right fnd end Newman aocked right guard for a first down. Nfwman got two at the line anj Thompaon passed down the mtdle to Clfere for a firat down on the 13. After Newman held for one at the line and Holovak threw Thompaon for a three- vafd Thompson a to Clfera allowed on the goston 3 for Interference by Joo ZaWlekI Newman got one yard and Warren hit left guard for the touchdown. Warren ftimbled the paM and New.

man thrown for a losa aiiempUnt to run It over for the extra point. The Eagles came right beck with tourhd wn march in 10 to tie the The got the klckoff on Iheir II. Connolly circled right end for nine and a penalty for a aub.stUute talking gave Ro-ton a down on Ten- 41. Holovak got two at left guard and after cne Incompleta Connolly to Matnlekl for a rtrat down on the 33 Marnlckl got eight at eft end and Connolly first-downed on the 10. Holovak smashed right guard for three.

Connolly lateraled to who ran tv the and tn two plays Holovak plunged over, Holovak was stepped trying to buck for the extra potnt, Boston klckoff again waa out of bounds. After getting two at the line Butler completed two pasae.s to Belitaarta for a first down on as the period ended. Bosfon College, 13, Tenneaace, 13 roi RTH Pf Riun pirked thne Foxx on a reverae circled left end td the 17. Repto then threw Butler for a aeven- yard on an attempted another tisa was incomplete, and on the next play broke through and to.v.-ed Bitter so hard he tiled to that the vol tailback fumbled and Repko recovered for Boston on tba 33. Three line plays got Boston a first down on ita 44.

but a holding penalty aet the Eagles baek and Suffrldfc threw Rourke for a big loss on an attempted Butler returned punt from hta 38 to hts 4) and after an tncomple-e end an oflsidea p-nalty against Boston, Warren passed to Coloman who almost got loose for a touch- talion. for the they were neither futile or Truth 18 of course, that they bowed to the bad Indians from Stanford by a point margin of 21 to 13, but not one of the near ninety thousand present could question that the made a gallant fight of it every down and every moment of the struggle. Nor could anybody quibble over the statement that Nebraska, even In defeat, earned unstinted credit for bagging a full share of the glory that annually makes the Rose Bowl battle an outstanding national event. Opening Postponed ALBANY Jan. hex today appeared fastening ita unwanted self tm the opening of the Gulden Gate Furf club's $2,000,000 plant at Albany.

For the second time within a week state hmse race chairman Jerry Gieslcr declared condition of the track unsafe for man or beast and forbade the opening for an pierifxi. Horsemen accepted the reservation without murmur and reported there would be no mass withdrawal from the track. 1, one of the oame's oreo. draw beaten and untied titans whvii finally was decided by a slender. CO-WORKER.

Don Kellogg, already has The Star w'fth the es.sential play-byplay details of the gruelling combat, hut it to be in order to contribute a few lines of additional explanation. In recognition of the axiom that the victor is entitled to the spoils it impresses me as being appropriate to proclaim that Stanford accounted for its triumph on merit; that Nebraska lowered its banner to a great football club. The Comhuskers unleashed a tornadic attack immediately following the kickoff and within four minutes sent Fullback Vike Francis crashing across the Stanford goal line. The five thousand or more Nebraska followers present in the massive concrete bowl greeted the performance an augury of victory, but Stanford rallied quickly and knotted the count at 7 to 7, w'hlch represented the score at the termination of the first period. ICE HOCKEY RESULTS.

N.4TION.3L IFAiil E. Detroit. 4. Chicago, 1 Montreal, 2. Nrw York Rangers, 1.

AMERICAN New Haven, Providence, 4. Herahey, 4: Buffalo, 3, Philadelphia Indlanapolta 3 A.MERICAN ASSOCIATION. City. 2 Minneapolis, Omeha, 3 (three ofsr- time periodai. BIG MONEY OFFERED TO JOHN KIMBROUGH DALLAS, Jan, 2 (INS) John Kimbrough, all-American fullback for the Texas Aggies, who completed hi.s collegiate career yesterday in the Cotton plans to play with the New York Yankees professional football team if he get a better offer.

after he and his teammates had turned back Fordham, 13 to 12, Kimbrough said the Yankees had offered him $37,500 for a single season. He emphasized that he had not signed a contract, and until he had talket. to other pro clubs. The National Football league's draft assigned Kimbrough to the Chicago Cardinals. ing cards at a time when the contemporaries of his hey-de-y are gone and forgotten.

Don Budge. On this forthcoming occasion he will be paired against Budge Don three-out-of-five Bill TilUen in a match, which is billed aa a sort of extra added attraction to help lure the customers into Madison Square Garden for the unveiling of Alice Marble's profess i a I career. Miss Marble will encounter and undou 1 defeat Mary Hardwick of England. Actually, the Tilden- Budge match will be the best on the program for about two first two, before Tilden becomes weary and all frazzled out from transporting his towering frame about the premises. For two sets it will be the kind of tennis the customers seldom see nowadays, and the kind they be seeing again.

Tilden positively can't go on forever. legardlcss of the fact that he has up to Tire Early. After a set or two, this, too, will be only a poor exhibition, when BudgJ finally begins to case off on his pace to keep the thing fairly even. So Budge will win and M'ss Marble will win Thus another professional tour will be launched, lo move about 158-pound marauder named Charley O'Rourke. Elsewhere the hooliday produced equally sensational gridiron dramas as the Texas Aggie.t topped Fordham, 13-12, in the Cotton Bowl; the West wrecked the East.

20-14, in the chanty all-star game; Mississippi State Rouged Georgetown, 14-7, tn the Orange Bowl, and Western Reserve routed 'Tempe (Ariz Teachers, 26-13, in the Sun Bowi The weather man turned a warm, sunny smile on most of game.s and all capacity crowd.s in an outpouring of a third of a million fans for the first football show of 1941. Smartneas. Speed Win. The ace attraction at the Rose Bowl was a lest of strength against speed and smartness for once the race was not to the strong. The foes exchanged touchdowns in pairs in the first half, which ended with Stanford ahead, 14-13, because a Nebraska placement try for an extra point was State collected its points early at Miami, fans filled the Bowl, by blocking a kick in the end zone for one touchdown and marching 60 yards for another in the first half.

Georgetown catch up. At Dallas, nthere 47,000 packed the Cotton Bowl. Fordham outplayed Texas A. and M. for the first half, but came apart in the third period when Marion Pugh and Earl Smith completed a 6.5-yard pass play for one touchdown and John Kimbrough blasted through the line one yard for a secimd after the Rams twice had been penalized in the shadow of their own goal.

placckick was the deciding point. Harmon, Christman Dsiile. Tom Harmon of Michigan and Paul Christman of Missouri, a pair of famous passers, completed two apiece for the East and West, respectively, for standoff at San Francisco, but Jimmy Johnson of Santa Clara brought the 62,000 fans springing to their feet with a 53-yard touchdown sprint that settled outcome in the favor. At El Paso, Tempe teachers ouldowned Western Reserve and provided the 14,000 spectators with their biggest thrill as Hascall Henshaw ran 102 yards on a fake punt for a touchdown, but the razzle-dazzle of the Red- cats was too much for the zonans. Reserve scored in every period.

Fre.sno (Calif) State copped honors in the Pineapple Bowl at Honolulu by beating Hawaii, 3-0. the nation from city-to-city through the next couple of months Thus, too. will be removed from amateur tennis two more utstanding Marble and Hardwick. The former might have gone on winning our national women a champion.chlp indefinitely because of her own fine game and the lack of strenuous competition in these times, but, like Budge, Fred Perry, and others In recent years and Tilden In the long ago. she decided to cash in while there still are some chips around and while she i.s at her peak.

-lAYHAWKS INVADE CHICAGO CAGE ARENA CHICAGO. Jan. 2 Two of the best basketball teams invade Chicago tonight in a doubleheader which pits Kansas, defending Big Six champion, against and Santa Clara againat De Paul. Santa Clara will challenge De unbeaten record with a team reported lo be one of the strongest in its history. The coast five has ample incentive, wishing revenge for the 52-58 defeat it suffered at the hands of the Demons last year.

New York is lonesome when the series if played elsewhere. In 14 of the last 20 years, New Yorkers have had at least a part of the series at home. stock was selling in a bull market during the second period by virtue of the; success in again crossing the Stanford goal line. A Rohrlg i punt deep into Stanford territory was bungled by Halfback Pete Kmetovic and Halfback Allen Zikmund, tow-headed sophomore from Ord, on the ball on the 33-yard line. On the next play from scrimmage.

Halfback Hermie Rohrig propelled a forward pas.s to Zikmund. who 1 snatched the oval out of the air 34. A sluht ram fellmf NAGS ATTRACT BIG PLAY IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, Jan. racing season of 1940 was the most successful in years, Herbert Bayard Swope, chairman Qf the slate racing commission, announced todav in his annual report. Pari-mutuel betting which for the first lime last reached a total of $103,259.359 out of which the state took a slice of $5,998,953 Thl.s average of $593,444 a wagered In the machines wao the highest for the nation.

Foxx pirked up three at Warren passed to Clfers on Boston's 13. Warren four at right tackle and Foxx lost two at the pleer. Warven thrte at left tarhle end on dnan Foxx fried a field tool from the 13, Put hu placement was wide. Boston took ever on 30 and eot a first down on fhe II In three line After two Incomplete nasses, lifted one dcwn the to Ed ZubUskl for a first down on the 80 end immedlaieiv flicked with the to renresset's 31. O'Rourke passed to Main.eUl for eight, then faked enotnor heeve.

slipped off left terkle, reversed his field end 23 yards for a touchdown Matnlckl'a placement no eood and Boston led than two minutes remained to plav. Olsf'rhuk kicked off out of hounds Warren a for Balltsaria waa ineoaiplele. end Warr-n was held for two et right tackle on a fake ORourke broke up pa frrm Warren for that htd written on It. Warren dropped back to circled right erd instead and a first down bv a sard lostt took over end ran three playa at the line Rourke punted out on Thonp- aon I long for Andrldge waa too long On the last play of game intercepted Thompaon a pass neer mld- fietd and Boston won an upset 13-u victory di.8- Indians, only one resulled from a drive at the Nebraska line. The main factors in success were Albert and Kmetovic.

With either of this pair on the bench, the Comhuskers unquestionably would have trounced the Pacific Coast champions, but with both of them in action, the Stanfords would not be denied. a sorinted the remaining tance to the goal line. response was both brilliant and daring. From midfield. Quarterback Albert took ---------the air lanes, hurling a long for- I were doffed yesterday to W'ard nas.4 to Halfback Gallarneau.

hundred members of the ho darted oast the Nebraska see- Nebraska cadet band. The Stan- The old order will return at Fordham, beginning next year, A flJmpse at freshman team shows such names as Andrejco, Cherverko, Jendryczyk. Yachan- ich, Ufrenewicz, Ooceliak, Slo- dowski and Pasacavage. In the meantime Coach Jim Crowley must make out with the pro- nounceables. endary.

gt-abbed the hall while at II speed and dashed acro. 4 the goal. Albert's subse- ouent kirk of the goal netted the Indians a 14-13 edge in the scoring and an advantage which, by Cl mlling another touchdown in the third period, they maintained to the firing of the final gun. fords won the laurels on the field of play, but the Cornhusker mu- siocian.4 were the best drilled of the three bands present and made the most impressive showing. JONES, the Nebraska coach, spoke in praise of both victor and vanquished.

came west hopefully," he said, for 20 minutes or more it looked like our chance to win was better than After FIGHTS Jk MILWAUKEE- Toiiv 183 Gary Inil champion, Martin. 142 i8). COLUMRUS Ton Shueco Boston jack Waikar. JtW. Colutnkue tlOt.

A DRAMATIC goal-line temne by the Comhuskers apparently stymied the of- during the third period, I lhat, It was too much Albert and the Nebraska forwards balking Kmetovic." the enemy in four successive 1 drives from the one-yard line, but much-advertised forma- all this was nullified Kmet- tion used by Stanford did ovic, after snatching punt, not give the Comhuskers serl- came roaring back from the 40- lous bother. Neither did the Inyard line to slip from the grasp and of a half-dozen Nebraska tack- use of the so-called hidden ball, lers and down the ball beyond The wreck of hopes the final lime line. i w'as due to Stanford possession of In the filial summation, It Is that pair of backfield necessary to chronicle that Stan- Albert and Kmetovic. ford presented a pair of wizard, Following the battle in the back.4 in Albert and Kmetovic, bowl, Nebraska alumni in the one for his brilliant display southern California region to the as director of the Stanford attack I number of 1,500 or more feted plus his uncanny accuracy in lo- the Cornhusker squad at a ban- eating receivers of his passes, and quet and get-together in the the other for his and elu- Fiesta room of the Ambassador sivenesg as an open field runner, hotel In Los Angeles. The full Gallarneau.

too. was a potent is to be the guests of Film Actor Bob Taylor, ex-Bcatrice boy, today at the O. M. studio, and tonight the Comhuskers will head for San Francisco on the first lap of the homeward journey to Lincoln. factor In the triumph.

A LL along the forward wall, the Comhuskers battled the Stanfords on even terms. Of the three touchdowns scored by the Tomorrow ON SALE IN LINCOLN A Wonderful ROSE BOWL Souvenir whole story of the great Nebraska-Stanford gridiron classic and the colorful ROSE TOURNAMENT in words and pictures! Also five beautiful magazines in rotogravure and color describing Southern California life, industry, motion pictures! Get it all in the LOS ANGELES TIMES MIDWINTER NUMBER.