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SWlene Pasfte PAGE ONE ABILENE TEXAS SUNDAY MORNING OCTOBER 11 1953 SECTION ACC Rice held H-SU on the following 1 By DON OLIVER Raportar-Naws Sports Writer RICE STADIUM Houston Oct 10 The Rice Owls Southwest Conference title favorites broke the stubborn heart of a valiant Hardin Simmons football team in the fourth period here tonight to roll up a 40-0 victory 1 before 15000 wildly cheering fans After practically giving the Owls two touchdowns early In the opening quarter the Cowboys fought on even terms until a blocked punt by All American candidate Richard Chapman and a follow up recovery in the end zone by Blois pridges plunged the knife into the heart of the Pokes and set up the lapdsllde Rice ue-lory After this touchdown the Cowboys could never get started again Collins Stars Fullback Collins was the man of the hour for the losing 'Hardin Simmons eleven blast- Ing the mighty Rice line to shreds for 99 yards in 22 carries to shine Kosse Johnson Rice's South- we Conference leading ground gainer Johnson racked up 92 yards The fireworks started the second time Rice got the ball Cagle booted a beautiful 56-yard-er that was returned by Dickie Moegle to the Poke 48 On the first play Moegle ram- med tackle for two and then Leroy Fenstemaker passed to End Dan Hart over the head of Poke de- fender Chester Lyssy fof 39 yards -to the 7 Right half Mack Taylor of Lubbock plunged to the 1 on the first play and Fenstemaker plowed over on a quarterback sneak for the touchdown boot was perfect to give the Owls a 7-0 lead with 9:10 left in the period The first of two blocked punts that materially cost the Pokes sit up the second touchdown After Collins hammered guard for eight yaids on the first play following the kickoff the Rice line welled up to set Windsor back for 19 and Collins for a four yard loss John Lyle's punt effort was block gby Bridges and Chapman revered on the Poke 15 It took the Owls four plays for the tally with Moegle scoring from the 7 second a cement made it 1441 with 5:58 ft in the period Threat Fails The Cowboys made only one serious threat In the rest of the half driving to the Rice 32 before a pass was intercepted by Taylor and then after Rodney Williams had returned the favor for H-SU the Pokes drove from their own 23 to the Owl 9 before two passes went astray and the Owls took over In the third period Riley Cross -recovered-1 a Rice- fumble on the 'Poke 24 but after driving to the 18 the march fizzled once more In the final minutes of the third period It appeared as though Rice Running Pass Scores Six plays later another six points lth a running pass Gaskamp's not was wide with 10:19 left Another brilliant piece of Rice efense this a pass Interception by Gordon Kellog paved the way for the fifth touchdown Kellog returned the interception from the Owl 15 to the H-SU 33 and in Just three plays the damage was done Lamesa'a Marshall Crawford snagged a pass from John Nlsbet for 11 to put the ball on the 17 and then arter a penalty was on the receiving end of the payoff pitch The try from placement was no good and the score was 33-4 with 4:33 left In the game On the first play from scrimmage after the score Owens was hit hard by Crawford after a four yard gain and fumbled Nis-bet recovering for Rice on the H-SU 32 This time however the Cowboys held strong and took over on their own 19 A pass from Lyle to Jim Flaming was good for seven but two were Incomplete to force a punt situation On the try Cagle muffed the pass from center with Rice taking over on the Poke 9 wltb only 44 seconds left in the game Nesblt scored on the second play from scrimmage to make it 380 and reserve Dan Costa added the extra point with 28 seconds left Lyle's pass was incomplete as the game ended Score by periods: Hard in-Simmons 9 0 0 8-0 Rice 14 0 0 26-40 Scoring: Touchdowns Rice Fenstemaker Moegle Bridges 2 Crawford NisbeL Pat Fenstemaker 3 Costa Flrit Downs by periods: Hardin -Simmons 3 7 4 Bice 4 3 3 Howard Payne Blasts Texas Lutheran 21-0 tsi stoit nevus Texas uitiiun mowabd fatne Flnt Imi MS TSa (Macs ShMi 1 flHH AMmpW4 IS I Ih tt Fum CaafUteS 1 far 111 1 far S4 hah Aarra far SS far FaaaMaa TSa for ts -Tmafaa BBOWNWOOD Oct 10' Howard Payne's Yellow Jackets of the Texas Conference completely outclassed the Texas Lutheran Bulldogs here tonight racking up their second win of the season 21-0 HPCs Frank Rutledge a halfback started scoring in the first quarter with a one-yard plunge following a 48yard drive downfleld by the Jackets Melvin conversion try went wide The hometowners registered a safety worth two points midway in the second quarter when Lineman Kenneth Forehand blocked a Lutheran punt The ball bounced out of the end zone making an automatic safety Howard Payne's other two markers came in the final quarter Fullback Billy Murphy drove over horn the one on the first play of the period and Lindsey kicked the point Lindsey tallied late In the quarter from one yard out after a HPC drive of 54 yards but booted wide About 3000 In Brownwood High School's stadium looked on as the hapless Texas Lutheran crew was unable to penetrate A second-string quarterback named Keller mastered what Little offensive-game the Bulldogs could muster Standouts In the Howard Payne defensive wall were Jim Mullins an end and tackles Joe James and Harold Ganna The Yellow Jackets with a 82 record open conference play against the Austin College Kangaroos next week in Sherman Princeton Gains Win PRINCETON NJf Oct 10 IB-Art Pitts burst through Rutgers' line to block Bonn Duncan's fourth down punt for a winning safety In the third period today aa Princeton rallied to down Rutgeri 87 in the 45th renewal of college football's oldest rivalry LONGHORN GETS Texas Back Ed Kelley (39) the first play of the game in Cotton Bowl Saturday eludes the outstretched arms of Oklahoma Fullback Robert An unidentified Texas player blocks Burris (AP Wire-Burris (40) as he goes around right end for eight yards on photo) Sooners Hong On to Squeeze 19-14 Victory Out of Texas Unbeaten Duke Battles Way To 20-14 Conquest of Purdue would drive for a score taking over on their own 16 and moving all the way to the 5 but All-American Andrews intercepted a pltchout from Fenstemaker intended for Moegle on the 5 and returned to the 8 to "'low Cowboy fans a b-eathing spclL However the joy was short lived when Ded Windsor's punt was blocked by Chapman and Bridges recovered for the tally on -the first play -of the fourth quarter Fenstemaker boosted the margin to 21-4 Eaglets Take No 14 Whip S'valer 31-0 The Abilene High team kept Its unblemished record clean Saturday night as they trounced the Sweetwater team here In Fair Park Stadium: 31-4 Abilene has not been scored on In four ball games this season They 'also are riding high on a 14-game winning streak Abilene put across Its Fret (ally In the Initial period when Glenn Befew passed to Freddie Green for 34 yards This put the ball on the Sweetwater one yard line where Walter Campbell carried the ball over Sammy Caudle kicked the point Later in 'the same quarter Bill Teague passed to Freddie Green for 35 yards and a touchdown Caudle's try for point' was not good Still In the same period Phillip Bailey made a sweep around left end for 30 yards and a score Caudle's extra point try was again no good Abilene scored once again in the second quarter Just before halftime when Jimmy Busby went over from the five The try for point by Caudle failed The final Abilene score came tn the last quarter when Mack Hailey broke loose for 45 yards Chudle's attempted conversion The next game for the' team will be Saturday night In'1 Fair Park Stadium against the Brown-wood team Then Barger roiled Into action He sparked the 10-play Duke drive with an amazing 21-yard run to the Purdue 45 after seemingly being trapped on his own 30 Eight running plays after that Duke had its winning touchdown that sent the partisan crowd of 30000 home happy But Barger wasn't through yet With Purdue driving to tie the score Evans let fly a long pass which Barger intercepted on Duke's 33 as the game ended Paint Creek Ekes Past Weiner! 18-16 WEINERT Oct 10 (RNS) The Paint Creek Pirates came from behind In the fourth period to nose out the Weinert Bulldogs 18-16 In a six-man football contest before a homecoming crowd of 2500 here Saturday night Weinert Jumped to a 2-0 lead In the first quarter on a safety and led 1812 at halftime as Sdbtty Oman and Harley Reeves both tallied for the Bulldogs and Kenneth Howard and Rudy Raughton scored for Paint CrCek Wayne Josselet kicked an extra point (for two points) to give Welntert the 1812 margin After a scoreless third period Charles Shaw tallied for Paint Creek in the fourth quarter for the winning marker th stobt in noraes MrMI'BBV A AM MS TS OalBiS Nnfelaf It Fimh Altomplet 14 for II Fmmi CoapIrtH tor fw Paata Avirift 7 tor SI tor 99 roMltiM tortafi I tor to sounded Payne Cantwell and Bill Atkins ran wild through the Aggie line and around the ends on pitch-outs Fox tied It up with minutes left in the first period skirting the Aggie end for 15 yards and the score Conaway converted Late Hi the second quarter the Indians drove from their own 49 with Payne carrying the load most of the way and carrying over Conaway again converted In the third period a fumble on the McMurry 25 provided the starting point for the Indiana and they ACC Dazzles Dixie Crowd Two Hurl th stoxt in ricimts rM Dawn TSa Oami BSftfcla Fum AUuli4 Faaaaa rmatrlrS TSa Paaaiaf af mats PaaUaf Arriaga IS TaraLil Pal I ACC rac IS las is i si i ti far IS a as a saT a fw By HARLESS WADE Reporter-Nows Sports Writer CAMPBELL STADIUM Tallahassee Fla Oct 10 A vicious pack of underdog Abilene Christian College Wildcats maintained Texas' colorful football reputation hero tonight by displaying a raz-sle dazzle attack to down the Florida State Seminole 287 In an totcraecttonal battle before 1L-815 grid fans Coach Garvin Beauchamp' Wildcats ipotted the favored Floridans an early touchdown In the opening quarter but roared back for touchdowns In each of the three remaining periods while holding their host! scoreless After having their backs to the wall by finding themselves seven points behind with the game less than 10 minutes old the Wildcats displayed plenty of grit and determination In upsetting the Southerners Costly Victory However the victory may prove costly to the WKdcats as two of Beauchamp's big guns Halfback Jimmy Hlrth and Guard Sonny Cleere were removed from the game with folurtes that could sideline them In the McMurry tussle Saturday Cleere suffered a broken nose In the second half and wai taken from the playing field on a stretcher and carried to a Tallahassee hospital via ambulance Hlrth however waa only shaken up and hla condition Isn't believed serious Coach Tom host Seml-nolei wasted no time in scoring They drove 52 yards in six piavs the first time they had their hands on the ball to chalk up the game's opening touchdown Opening Play The tally came when All-America halfback candidate Bob- by FIveash took the ball on the opening play from scrimmage and galloped around the right aide for 17 yards to the ACC 37 From here the flying Floridan sipped throuvh' left guard for 15 more yards for a first down od the ACC 22 Four plays later Mr Five-ash took a pass off the arm nf Quarterbark Harry Massey on the two and dived serosa to score Halfback Billy Graham kicked the pnfot 'd the scoreboard showed Florida State out front 7-0 with 9:14 still remaining In the initial period The two Intersectional foes battled back and forth In midfield until the middle of the second quarter The Wildcats eaught fire shortly after End Von Morgan took an FSU punt back six yards to the Seminole 38yard stripe Fry Opens Up At this point shocked crowd of Floridan sat bewildered as Coach Garvin freshman quarterback sensation Leon-' dous Fry provided the fana with Texas style football by fading fir back on his own 45 and dropping a crafty spiraling pass Into the outstretched hands of Morgan who took the ball on the four-yard tripe and raced across untouched for ACCs initial tally Morgan had faked hla detnder out of position and was wide open when he gathered In the TD pass With 7:28 remaining on the scoreboard clock the brilliant Fry calmly placed a one pointer through the uprights to tie the count at 7-7 During the majority of the second period hard charging Wildcat defenders kept the Seminole bottled up in their own territory but ACC find the necessary punch to score hemmed and the half ended in a 7-7 tie During the first half particularly in the first quarter the Seml-noles dominated the ground action while ACC was the superior eleven in the air The hosts collected eight first downs on 110 yards rushing and 22 yards passing in the flnt halt while ACC gained three flnt downs with 52 yards on the ground and 54 through the air on four completions Some L500 musicians and 200 majorettes representing 21 Florida and Georgia high school bands put on sparkling half time show to add extra apice to the intersections! tussle Internationally famous Bandmaster Henry Fillmore of Miami Fla directed the mammouth field ceremony Moving into the second half ACC kicked off to FSU and the Seminoles drove to the Wildcat 25 before Massey fumbled and Morgan recovered the ball for the Texani Burly Wildcat fullback Gene Boyd Sea WILDCATS 80 Col lineup at quarterback The Longhorns really moved under hit fiery leadership Texas got past midfield only once In the first half then only to the Oklahoma 48yard line In the third period a Texas fomble almost contributed another touchdown to the Sooners Malcolm Kitchens drooped the kickoff on the Texas 45 and Calame pounced on it The Sooners moved to the Texas nine snd Grieg circled left end for an apparent touchdown But a bsckfleld In motion penalty wiped it out and Baddy Leske tried field goal from the Texas 21 It was wide Shortly afterward Texas made Its first real bid With Brewer In at quarterback the Longhorns smashed from their 20 to the Oklahoma 33 on the passing of Brewer but the drive bogged down there As soon as Oklahoma tried something however Texas had the ball avaln on the Texas 47 and passing pushed Texas down to the Oklahoma 42 Past Interference was- called on the Oklahoma 24 but Texas couldn't move from there and bad to kick great run came shortly afterward to put Oklahoma In position to win despite the great Texas finish Oklahoma 6 6 0 Texas 0 0 0 Oklahoma scoring: Touchdowns Grigg Green Carroll Conversion Green By KEN ALYTA DURHAM NC Oct 19 A-Quarterback Jerry Barger who regained his starting role two weeks ago when Golden Boy Worth Lutz was injured went on a fourth-period rampage today to lead unbeaten Duke to a 20-14 victory over Purdue's battling boner-makers Barger scored the deciding touchdown with 40 seconds to play running wide around end on a keep play Earlier In the fourth quarter Barger and halfback Red Smith got together on a 49-yard pass pray to break a 7-7 tie that had existed from the opening minutes of the second period Purdue seeking its first victory In three games this year came storming back with a 70-yard drive that tied the score with leu than six minutes to go Halfback Karl Herkommer smashed over from the two for the score and quarterback Roy Evans converted to tie it up Sam Houston Raps ileus 49-25 KINGSVILLE Oct 10 Sam i Houston State roared from behind for 35 points in the lat half to- night to beat Texas AM 49-25 in a wild and wooly football game AM led at the half 18-14 Tigers Claw Buffaloes 14-6 AMARILLO Oct 10 W-Charles Arnecke scored touchdown on runs of 11 and 21 yards tonight as Trinity Upiverslty beat West Texas State 14-6 Following a scoreless flnt quarter in which neither team threatened Chic Neal Trinity end blocked a West Texas State punt and fell on the ball on the Buff nine After a two-yard loss Anecke cooled around left for the acore He also converted The third period went scoreless with West Texas stopping a Trinity drive on the Buff 11 In the fourth quarter Arnecke raced around right end for the second Trinity touchdown and again kicked the point West Texas State took the Trinity kickoff and moved 65 yards in eight plays to a touchdown Bubba Hillman bootlegged 29 yards for the acore He missed the conversion The Buffa threatened twice late in the game the first drive befog topped on the Trinity eight by' a fomble and the second on the five by a pass interception West Virginia Wins MORGANTOWN WVa Oct 10 UK-West Virginia cashed in on fumbles for three of its six touchdowns today in scoring a 4814 victory over a stubborn Washington and Lee football team TNI STOKS in nociti Tax MN Tn Tirk 19 rim Divm la 197 Yda Gaiavl BofiMar 19 19 Pihn AUmpltd 1 far Pataca CrapMof 4 tor 4 far 41 Panto Avrrifi 9 far to Ml Ptuttki Yartafa i scoring from the Tech two Kettler converted to make it 14 Tech 7 at the half Both teams scored in the third period Huddleston scored around left end from the Tech 15 to put the Aggies ahead 21-7 after Ellis ran over the conversion Tech stayed in the game by following up with Rick Spinks' buck from the two-yard line Spinks' extra point kick waa good The Aggies added their Insurance touchdown in the rough final period with Jimmy Salyer going around right end for nine yards On a pitchout from Ellis Kettler's try for extra point was no good Tech was storming back down-field and had entered Aggie territory when the final gun popped Texas 7 7 7 6-27 Texas Tech 0 7 7 8-14 Texas scoring: Touchdowns Huddleston 2 Ellis Salyer Conversions Ellis Kettler 2 Texas Tech scoring: Touchdowns Erwin Spinks Convex lions Spinks Kirkpatrick By HAROLD RATLIFF DALLAS Oct 10 Oklahoma's ball-handling Houdinls rolled up 19 points on glittering runs by Merrill Green and Tom Carroll and Texas then hung on desperately for a 1814 victory today In the 48th renewal of this ancient football rivalry For three quarters the Sooners with Gene Calame is the master magician had the Longhorns almost completely baffled with the way they handled the pigskin A Texas fumble set up one Sooner score Green ran 80 yards with a punt for the second and Carroll skipped 48 yards for the third Then In the final minutes the Longhorns with sophomore Charley Brewer a passing running wizard from Lubbock of the Texas Plains Country in the sest rolled to two touchdowns The first was on a 20-yard throw from Brewer to Delano Womack passing also set up the second Texas touchdown Great Finish It was great finish for a Texas team that gave Oklahoma the shirt off Its back in the flnt three quarters fumbling or drawing penal- Penn Stale Romps Over Rotton By 3S-13 Score BOSTON Oct 10 Quarterback Tony Rados' pin-point paxsing accounted for three touchdowns and set up a fourth today as Penn State rolled to a 3813 victory over Boston University to spoil the Terrlcn' football debut at their new Braves Field home before 12338 homecoming fans The Nittany Lions exploded with three tallies In the second period to sew up the game after both teams scored in the flnt Rados a 188 pound senior led the Staten to a touchdown the first time they got the ball A 22-yard pitch to halfback Dick Jonei wai waa the payoff which capped a five-play scoring drive End Jim Garrity booted the flnt of his five successful conversions tied the score midway through the opener when Joe Terras! galloped 19 yards through the middle of State's forward wall to cap a 70-yard scoring drive Ter-rasl raced off two nine yard smashes and 20-yarder before his final dash for the goal line The Terrien kept pace until late In the period when a Terras! bobble of a pitchout set up Penn State on BU'a 18yard line Rados hit end Jim Garrity on the one and then Len Moore belted over Yale Tips Columbia NEW HAVEN Conn Oet 10 i outplayed In the first half struck for two touchdowns In the third period one of them on a lucky break to down underdog Columbia 187 In a spirited Ivy League battle today TNI STOBT IN FIOIISZS Texas Okla First down! 13 11 Xuihlni yards Ill 320 Panin yards 1M 13 Pi sirs rUrmptcd 13 Push com pi tted 7 1 Pbssm In If rcpttd 3 1 Punts 7 Puntinc Krrrnzi 113 400 Fumbles Inst 4 1 Faulty yarditt 71 tie to itop drives or aid Oklahoma urges A crowd of 75504 roared in the Cotton Bowl as the gallant Longhorns put on their garrison finish But it Just enough Oklahoma did a little giving of Its own In the final seconds Choosing to run on fourth down on their three-yard line the Sooners surrendered the ball to Texas snd In two plays Texas had Its second touchdown The first Oklahoma touchdown was scored by Larry Grigg who climbed over tackle on the Texas one-yard marie A badly thrown lateral that Carroll Intercepted fumbled then recovered on the Texas 25 set up this score The second Texas touchdown was made by Ed Kelley on a two-yard spring around end Phil Branch kicked two extra points for Texas Green booted one for Oklahoma Oklahoma ripped and snorted to 220 yards on the ground but got only 13 In the air The big gainer was Carroll with 69 while Grigg made 48 and Calame 45 Quinn Leads Texai rolled up 117 yards rushing and 104 passing with Brewer making 95 nf the aerial yards on six completions in nine throws The leading Texas ground gainer was Billy Quinn with 53 yards Texas fumbled four times and lost all four of them It waa almost a repetition of last year when Oklahoma used Longhorn fumbles to romp to a 49-20 triumph Brewer put life Into the slow-moving plodding Texas team when be was injected into the Kentucky LSU Fight to Tie BATON ROUGE La Oct 10 I inspired Kentucky football team refused to crumble before Louisiana State hard-charging line and fought favored LSU to a 86 deadlock tonight Jarring fullback Jerry March-and of LSU rumbled 24 yards to a touchdown within the first five minutes climaxing a 62 yard march he sparked all the way Kentucky thrown for losses as its attack faltered in the flnt half urged back late in the second quarter opening LSU's halltime Brought downfleld by a series of Bob Hardy and Steve Meillnger passes Kentucky got its touchdown on fullback Ralph Paolone'a 18 yard sprint through the middle Quarterback A1 Doggett of LSU and center Tommy Adkins both missed their conversion attempts Texas Aggies Spoil Tech Record 27-14 MeMwny Crushes N1M Aggies 26-12 By CLAYTON' HICKERSON LUBBOCK Oct 10 (-The sophomore-sparked Texas Cadets scored In every quarter tonight In windswept Jones Stadium to whip hitherto undefeated and untied Texas Tech 27-14 For the Aggies it was Don Ellis a senior from DeQuincy La and Billy Huddleston a sophomore from Iraan Tex that carried the brunt of the offensive burden The Red Raiders after three straight wins featured Jack Kirkpatrick a soph from nearby Post Tex and Jimmy Sldei a Lubbock oph A 67-yard drive climaxed by Huddleston's 21 yard icamper around left end gave the hard-playing preciikm-drilled Aggies their first score Elwood' Kettler converted The Red Raiders tied it up In the second when Kirkpatrick Intercepted Ellis pass on the Tech 47 and slithered to the Aggie 15 Kirkpatrick failed in two pass attempts but Bobby Cavazos passed to Paul Erwin in the end zone for the score Kirkpatrick converted to make it 7-all With time running out In the half the Aggie tied it up after Huddleston recovered fumble on the Tech nine and cored In three plays with Ellis LAS CRUCSE Oct 10 I McMurry Indians scored in every period tonight to crush New I Mexico 2812 In a non-con- ference football game The Aggies oiiencd and closed scoring but in between It was all the Indians Joe Fox Elroy Payne Bill Cant- well and End Kenneth Maya scored for the visitors from Abilene Tex with Phil Conaway 'booting two extra points The tallies in the opening and closing minutes were chalked up by Jerry Wallon and Jimmy Hayes A fumble by McMurry on the opening kickoff gave the Aggies the ball on the 28 Walton powered the last 19 yards after taking a handoff from quarterback Clark Pressley But until Hayes scooted over 4 the Indian -goal aa the final gun drove down field without relinquishing the ball Cantwell roared the final 11 yards A short punt by Pressley gave McMurry posse sion on the Aggie 40 In the fourth Atkins knocked off 31 yards and George Peel completed two passes to Mays the second for the tally Eleven fumbles marked the content with McMurry bring the ball all five times it hobbled The Aggies lost two of their six tumbles Only bright spot in the Aggie defensive performance was in the final period when they stopped the Indians on the one-yard 'tripe where they had a first down McMurry 7 7 0 8-2S New Mexico 0 0 McMurry scoring: Touchdowns Fox Cantwell Mays Conversions Conaway 2 New Mexico scpringi Touchdowns Walton Hayes.