Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 53

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TOUCHDOWN PATH McMurry tailback Bill Atkina (40) heads around right end for lone touchdown in Howard 13-6 triumph over the Tribe Saturday afternoon at Brownwood Atkins outran Howard Payne right halfback Doug Johnson (48) an Howard Payne right halfback Doug Jol Indians are fullback Elroy Payne (on ground behind Min-sapps) tackle Charlie Keese (Tunning along goal line at center) end James Bales (82) and guard Bob Harden (62 on knees at left) Identifiable Jackets are end Louis Holt (88) fullback Robert Jackson (34) guard Kenneth Thompson (69) and guard Ralph Bullard (64) (Staff Photo by Don Hutcheson) quarterback Jerry Millsapps (13) McMurry Watkins (83) prepares to throw a block i (83) prepan end Tom-on Jacket SECTION PAGE ONE MOVE NEARER Porkers tae lack ice 28-15 right Other identifiable wtomt mimaa MclCiurr Hewird Firm I FHPnw li IIS Ydi Ctatatd SinUaC 1ST Faw AUvmpted 11 I to SI 4 Fima OrnipMsd I tar SS Puna Itaaraptad hr I tor MJ Paata Ararat tar WT I tor rwiXta Yantai I tar Wumblm Lota 4 fumbles for Howard Payne with Payne wingbacka Otis Ratliff and Bill Anderson and tackle Charlie Keese covering Jacket bobbles for McMurry Millsapps cut short a mild McMurry threat with a beautiful over the shoulder Interception in the fourth quarter and he was nailed by intended receiver Ratliff on toe Jacket 4 recovery led to toe McMurry TD He recovered fumble on the Jacket 19 only to see a 15-yard penalty set the Indians bade the 34 Payne then reached the four-yard line In three plays the last of which was a 23-yard rollout The pestiferous Beal dragged Payne down Atkins then outran Doug John- JACKET TACKLE LITTLE ROCK Nov 6 (A-Ark-kansas undefeated Razorbacks drove to two final quarter touchdowns to come from behind and smother the Rice Owls 28-15 for their seventh straight football conquest The victory put the Porkers in the position of needing no more than a tie with SMU next Saturday to win their First clear-cut Southwest Conference title since 1936 While a capacity crowd of 38000 looked on the Razorbacks' great Henry Moore riddled the Rice line and sophomore tailback George Walker passed with perfection to give the Hogs an eight-game winning streak starting with the final game of the 1953 season Moegle Galas Ground Rice had appeared to be unstoppable on the ground where Dicky Moegle undoubtedly the best running back Arkansas has faced all year and a bevy of talented companions time and again racked up long gains But Arkansas upstart Hogs were not to be denied and twice came from behind The game had been billed as a dud between Moegle the top rusher and leading scop er and Moore who stands second to the Rice ace in both departments Neither of the men let the fans down as both turned in sparkling performances Moore noted for his high diving plunges scored one Arkansas touchdown and set up another with three short bucks into the line The Arkansas star carried 25 times for 85 yards and my tackle Joe James (77) at rear By FRED BANNER Reporter-News Sports Writer BROWNWOOD Nov 0 An angry swarm of Howard Payne Yellow Jackets stung the McMurry Indians when it hurt bon Saturday afternoon winning their first undisputed Texas Conference championship since 1043 with a ISA victory A capacity crowd watched Howard Payne hold the favored Indians to one mild threat la the first half while tallying a pair of touchdowns to take a 13-0 advantage McMurry capitalised on a fum-iie to aeon its Iona touchdown in the third quarter but Howard Payne had already tucked the game away by then Tremendous defensive play by CnCaptain Joe James from his right tackle spot and the smooth generalship id junior quarterback Jerry Millsapps of Lamesa led the Yellow Jackets to their Homecoming triumph James was toe chief offender in stopping the McMurry attack at most cold harrying the passers trapping toe wide runners behind the line and halting battering ram Elroy Payne for little or no yardage MMsapps la Star Millsapps completed five of eight passes for a yards and never left the game scoring one of the two Jacket in toe second quarter on a 1-yard sneak Left halfback Dave Smith tallied toe first Howard Payne score on a two-yard plunge over right tackle Millsapps kicked the extra print after the second Payne TD Tailback Bill Atkina scored the lone Indian touchdown on a four-yard sweep of right end McMurry had possession of the ball for 15 series and was inside the Howard Payne 40-yard line only twice besides Its touchdown drive The Indians gained the Jacket 31 in the second quarter on a 20-yard pass from quarterback Joe Bill Fox to wingback Otis Ratliff and toe Howard Payne 28 on a 15-yard end-around by Tommy Watkins in toe fourth quarter A fumble by Payne killed the second quarter threat and a 15-yard penalty wiped out the fourth-quarter offensive show Center Robert Beal a sophomore from Coleman was another thorn in the Indians' sides as was end Louis Holt Holt caught four passes for 83 yards The fifth Jacket completion was to Smith for minus one yard Beal's chief contribution to too downfall was an Interception of Bob Hayworth's on too McMurry 26 The Coleman aoph returned it to the one-yard line when Hayworth knocked him out of bounds Millsapps got his TD on the next play- Recover Femblee Beal fullback Robert' Jackson and and Harold Ganns ncovarod to MORNING NOV 7 1954 73-yard run The Owls apparently thought Walker had been stopped and recovered from their mistake too late to catch him Rice retaliated quickly Moegle returned the kickoff 43 yards to the Arkansas 38 and six plays later Rice had its second touchdown Proctor sneaked across from the one after substitute Halfback Bryant Stone and fullback Mac Taylor had run up 40 yards on two carries each Owls Drive The next time Rice got toe ban the Owls drove to the 17 where Arkansas held The Owls sent in Jerry Hall a reserve fullback and Hall booted a field goal to put Rice in front 15-14 Arkansas took the kick and drove 72 yards with the help of a 15-yard penalty for unnecessary roughness to go ahead to stay Walker hit end Walt Matthews with a pass on the 16 and as Matthews fell out of bounds he was tackled hard by Rice's Larry Lundstredt The officials put toe ban on the me and Moore plunged across on toe next play A pass interception by Benny Berry a reserve playing his first game for Arkansas gave the Porkers their last touchdown Berry returned the ball 13 yards and two plays later Walker hit right tackle for 38 yards and a touchdown Rice 0 6 8 3-15 Arkansas 0 7 718-28 Rice scoring: Touchdowns Nisbet A Proctor Field goal HaU Arkansas scoring: Touchdowns Walker 3 Moore Conversions Carpenter 3 Walker zone Five times the Miners drove Inside the H-SU 20-yard line in toe first two quarters being able to score only once TWC moved to the H-SU four and bogged down on downs went to toe 17 and last the ball on a fumble moved to the 15 and a field goal attempt failed and the Miners were on the Cowboy 14 when the time ran out in the first half The initial TD came with 9:47 remaining in the second quarter Ward climaxed a 48-yard drive with a four-yard TD smash off right tackle A 29-yan pass from Whittenton to ex-Abilen-ian John Howie set up the Miner tally Whitt extra point was good and the Miners held 7-8 advantage The Cowboys were never In end of the field in the first two frames moving out to their own 44 for their greatest movement forward ABILENE TEXAS SUNDAY SWC TITLE ns noar nr norma KICK SUMUI nm Down 14 Rotaitaf Yardam 1ST ST Paaalas Yantaaa 141 IS Paaaca AUmptad IS Faaaaa Gompktod IS I Paaaca Intercepted Bjr for SI Paata Avene I tar 4S 1 FUmblra Loat Yard Pcaaliad 10 Moegle was by far the outstanding player on the field The big swift halfback never got across the Arkansas goal line but he carried the ball 2 times for 117 yards returned four punts for 73 yards and caught three passes for 27 yards The Owls were first to get on on the scoreboard Arkansas's Joe Wilson fumbled the ball on the 17 in the second period and Rice's Don Wilson fell on It Rice marched to the goal in seven plays with quarterback John Nisbet sneaking across from the one Jack Throckmorton's kick was wide The aroused Razorbacks took the kickoff and marched 73 yards to go ahead 7-8 Arkansas moved goalward on Moore's short plunges never less than two nor more than seven yards and Walker's superb passing The young tailback completed four throws to account for 58 yards of the drive and then carried over from the two to score Weird Play A weird play which caught Rice standing idle gave Arkansas its next touchdown early in the third Walker took a punt from Atchley Proctor on his 37 and moved to the 31 where he was hit Walker spun away from the tackier and raced the rest of the way to score offensive attack was ail but nil A rugged Miner forward wall allowed the Cowboys only nine yards rushing and 17 yards passing in the first two periods While the' TWC line stayed In the H-SU back field and kept Ford from his usual passing effectiveness toe young Cowboy quarter gifted punting foot was H-SlTs only salvation in the first half Ford was forced to punt six times twice from Ms own end Burlington Club Sell Bargain Rale BURLINGTON Iowa Nov I (-The Burlington baseball club has decided to offer "bargain rata" advance season tickets to enable the city to stay ia the Three-1 league next year Special Train For Midland Game Set Up The Eagle Booster Club will sponsor a special train to the Abilene High-Midland football game at Midland Nov 19 President John Wright announced Saturday The train will leave Abilene at 8:15 pm on the 19th arriving in Midland around 6:15 The return trip will leave Midland at 10:50 pm and ia due to arrive back in Abilene at around 1:50 am Wright said that the Midland Chamber of Commerce and school system have agreed to furnish transportation for those on the trail to and from toe depot to toe stadium No charge is made for this service Round trip tickets will sell for 451 and will go on sale Monday Nov 15 at the Mackey Co and Athletic Supply Wright said that he expects some 700 to take advantage of the train An estimated 700 were aboard the special sponsored by the Booster Club for toe Odessa game earlier in the year Game tickets will be on sale hoe in Abilene the week of toe game Wright said The Booster Club will again handle concessions on the train with profits being turned over to special projects of the club The Eagle Band was sent to the Amarillo game out of this special projects fund East Tens Stale Belts KINGSVILLE Nov 8 (A-The East Texas State Lions crushed Texas AAI 26-8 tonight for their third straight Lone Star Conference football victory The Lions struck once in the second quarter thrice in the third Late in the second period East Texas tackle Dean Kessee recovered a Javelins fumble on toe AAI 43 Larry Price passed yards to Donald Yates in the end tone In the third period Bobby Fox threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Way Ion Buchanan Then Gene Marshall sprinted 32 yards for a tally and Kessee set up the last Lion score by recovering another fumble on the AAI 19 Jerry Lytle crunched over from the 1 The Javelinaa scored in toe last quarter They took the ball on their 33 and drove 67 yards capping the march with Bridges' 4-yard touchdown pass to John Me-Campbell Missouri Ties Colorado 19-19- COLUMBIA Mo Nov I 0H -Missouri's Bod Bauman amashei two feet with a minute and six seconds remaining for a touchdown that gave Missouri a 10-10 tie with Colorado in a Big Seven football game today and probably eliminated both teams from Orange Bowl couelderatloa Moore Blames Lack of Spirit For Downfall of Redskins! son to too for right TD -recovery of Ratliff's fumble on the McMurry 34 led to the first Jacket touchdown Smith rambled 30 yards on too first play picking up a key Mock by James but was cut down on the four-yard line by Payne Smith Score Jackson gained to before Smith went over rii kle for the aeon Payne was toe leading ground gainer with 80 yards on 30 carries followed by Howard Payne's Smith with SO yards on 13 Millsapps netted 40 yards on 17 tries with Atkins petting 30 in 10 and McMurry tailback Bill Cantwell going 35 on five carries James Holt Garins left tackle Jack Browning and Beal led toe fired-up Howard Payne forwards One man stood out like a sore thumb on defense for McMurry He was center Allen Holladay who was carried from the field twice with injuries but returned each time with the same fire and steam Hriladay's absence at key stages of the game hurt tot Indians considerably PRAISED And when we tried to go wide get the tackles and when we went up the middle he stopped us' I know what we could have done" "On our wide stuff we generally pull Charley (Tackle Charley Keese) but we finally had to adjust and keep Keese ia to try and low James down When wo did that it left na one man short leading the ball carrier and they stacked us 19" Fox said that ha thought ACC wai still the best ball dub toe Indians have played this year saying that if the Indiana had been as "up" against Howard Payne as they were against ACC that the game would have been much different Keese paid high compliment to James "Man be was tough" Keese admitted "but they all were for that matter They wen ready for us on the opening kickoff They jarred us at the beginning of too game and let op They blocked and tackled better than we did so I guess they deserved to win They wen a good fiery ball dub" Guard Charles Mote said that James was the best opposing lineman played against this year and Mamed complacency for dismal showing sorts been resting" he said "and wa had It earning sooner or later They wanted te win mon than ws End Ezra Corley tackles and Grant Teaff and guards Bob Harden and Charles Mote gave Holladay bio best help Fox was toe top peso defender Maryland Floors North Carolina COLLEGE PARK Md Nov I (-Maryland strengthened Its Md for a second straight trip to toe Orange Bowl by running up a three-touchdown lead Ip the first half and coasting to a 83-14 foot- ball victory over North Carolina today as 21000 watched The Terrapins scored la the first period on Ronnie Waller's 81-yard punt return and in toe last quarter on George Albrecht's SO-yard peat return in between there wen four Maryland touchdown mar dies guided by Sam Tsmburrilo and Charley BaxoM ranging from 31 to 15 yards Maryland 7 14 14 0-43 State 1 5 7 7-14 did and they showed ft" McMurry fullback Elroy Payne held to bis second smallest gain of toe season 80 yards said that one enemy linebacker stayed with him Ml during the game "They had that linebacker Center Robert Beal shadowing mo on every play whether I had to ban-er not When I got the ball he was always then" Payne said that he couldn't sln-glo out any particularly outstand- tag Howard Payne back calling them "an good runners" Winning coach Guy Gardner who molded toe Jackets into a champ lonihip dub in the two yean been at Howard Payne told Moon after the game "My kids couldn't have been any higher" "Our defense sun did a gnat job" Gardner said while accepting congratulations from jublisat homecoming fans "Wa just got after that's afi Tho kids wanted this gams badly" Jacket Quarterback Jarry Mm-sapps of Lamesa who guided too victon too entim guns said that Beal's Interception of Bob Hayworth's pan that act up the second HP touchdown was tho toning point "When wo got that ono wo figured we could hold ho grinned Millupo landed ton defensive work of McMurry Tackle Keen "Ha was their best boy I thought I know ho sun was hud to hasp ouL" Miiners By DON OUTER ReporterNews Sports Writer BROWNWOOD Nov 6 Too much Howard Payee Tackle Joe James and not enough McMurry team spirit were given as the determining factors In the downfall of toe Redskins hero Saturday afternoon as too Yellow Jackets thwarted Texas Conference championship hopes It was a saddened group of gridiron gladiators that shuffled into the tiny dressing room under the stadium but none of the team members was as sad as Head Coach Wilford Moore who was shooting for a third TC crown "We just weren't ready" Moore said through clinched teeth "They beat us and they beat us good They outblocked us they out-tackled us and they out hustled that's all Our kids thought that they (Howard Payne) would roll over and give us 21 prints but they sun Shoot wo just weren't ready" James Howard Payne's definite Little All-America candidate was the spoiler all afternoon halting Indian runners and passers all over the field Spelled EverytMeg Redskin Quarterback Joe Bill Fox said that everything he tried to do was stopped by the Spur senior "Wo wanted to pass more Fox said "but when we tried ha kept throwing na for I By HARLESS WADE ReporterJfews Sparta Writer KIDD FIELD EL PASO Texas November 6-Texas Miners handed the Hardin-Sim-mons University Cowboys a brutal 20-7 Border Conference loss here tonight before 10000 screaming Homecoming fans ft was the worst defeat the Miners have ever issued the Cowboys in a aeries that dates back to 1927 Until tonight a 10-0 victory far the Miners in 1933 was their largest margin in winning The Miners literally dished out an old-fashioned country licking to the Cowboys who were in end of toe field only once during the entire encounter A desperation pass from quarter back Gene Saw to end Jim Vaughn that covered 51 yards with only 8:39 left In toe game prevented a complete washout for H-SU TWC completely dominated action ia too first half as H'SUT I.