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1 I SHAWNEE MORNING NEWS AND EVENING STAR Shawnee Oklahoma Nicklaus Team Is Scoreless Irish Barely Defeat IN TULSA TILT ootball Scores 5 kicked a field tKree threatening drives 12 6 runs kick period quarter 14 0 Additional Sport 0 10 In the Stadium 13 3 0 $1975 10 $1575 6 7 dash Both missed the times con Hurricane" the a quick seven missed went a Trojan second Are Stifled Crain's two TYLER' Tex Oct' 14 Bald Homer Norton the gridiron master of Aggieland turned loose a Texas hurricane here today that flattened 'the forces of Vil lanova college like pancakes burying the hitherto unbeaten Wildcats under a 33 7 score greatest Texas A and team blew with tempestuous fury to pile up all its points in the first half then with second and third stringers doing most of the work coasted the remainder of the way 0 6 the subdued Our PREPARE OR WINTER CALL Brones Down Savages 20 6 a step ahead In the style parade wearing these new raglan ulstersr with set ln SoIt woven wool mixtures In' solid col ors tweeds and checks that are light and warm and many with linings that may be zipped In or out at will ORT COLLINS Colo Oct 14 Until the dying minutes of the game Colorado State was all the football team the Kansas Jayhawks could handle today Big Six crew finally blasted across for a touchdown and a 7 0 triumph With only three minutes left Dick Cavanaugh Aggie quarter back shot a pass down the mid dle from his own 29 John Nara more Kansas reserve center in tercepted on the Colorado State 35 Eldreth Cadwalader substitute fullback tossed an 11 yard pass to Jack ry and Quarterback Milt Sullivan cracked the line twice for another first down on Colorado six Densel Gibbens lost four on a lateral then Cadwalader popped a short toss to Jim Morris be hind the line and the redheaded Wichita reserve end piled about 13 yards through a swarm of foes to the goal line Little Chet Gibbens third string halfback from Lecompton hustled in to make the extra point with a dropkick AMBITION TOYAH Tex Parker rancher has a new ambition in life since he was kicked by a horse: To breed a race of kickless equines Southern Cal Takes 26 0 Illinois Clash GVCLON ES CLOSE BUTTLE $OA and up Crew Employs Power Deception in Victory REID BROS PLUMBING and HEATING raser loor urnaces Hot Water Heaters Dependable Plumbing PHONE 555 624 NORTH IELD GOAL IS Bubble Southern Methodists pUNM irst 'Aggie Triumph inSix Years Scored (J ver Champs Huskers Are Scared By Closing Spurt a MADISON Wis Oct 14 Playing heads up ball Indiana defeated Wisconsin 14 to 0 in a Big Ten conference football game today before 20000 fans The alert Achie Harris left end paved the way to first touchdown by recovering a Wis consin fumble 19 yards from the goal in the first two minutes of play i In the final period Clee Maddox reserve back ran 80 ygyds for the second marker HUSKIES ARE pEATEN PULLMAN Wash Oct 14 (TP) A sophomore punt that rode a strong west wind for yards in the opening minutes of the game put the University of Washington Huskies in the hole today and set the stage for a 6 to Washington State college triumph in the an nual cross state football war PENN' BEATS YALE NEW HAVEN Conn Oct 14 A 51 yard touchdown pass in the closing seconds of the first half gave Pennsylvania a 6 to 0 victory over Yalein the: nine teenth meeting of the two east ern rivals before 32500 in Yale bowl today Yearling Tree Ambitious SALT LAKE CITY Utah (UP) Harry reeman of Salt Lake City has an apple tree that astonishes him Only one year old this fall it produced 67 large Golden De licious apples in its first sum mer SOUTH BEND Ind Oct 14 The Mustangs of Southern Methodist university took Notre Dame for a wild ride today but at the finish the Irish held the whip hand 20 19 4 Two Last Period Scores Cop Decision AMES la Oct 14 Those fighting Iowa State Cyclones staged a heart tingling finish but could not quite catch powerful Nebraska here today as the Corn huskers ground out a 10 to 7 vic tory in their opening drive to re gain the Big Six conference cham pionship The Cyclones behind 10 0 and' having failed to cash in a couple of opportunitiesroared back with a fourth quarter score that had the Huskers wondering whether an upset similar to the Nebraska Minnesota result last week might not be forthcoming Substitute End Douglas Graves of Iowa State smashed through to block Harry pun end Bob Kirkpatrick recovered for the Cyclones on the Husker 29 A first down placed the ball on the 18 Merle Osborne slipped a lateral to John Bowers who kept going until he was hauled down from behind on the six inch line Bob Seaburg cracked through tackle for the touchdown Os borne kicked the point Nebraska immediately regained control of the situation however and no more scoring chances came the The Huskers scored in the first period when Herman Rohrig sent a placekick spinning through the uprights from the Iowa State 20 An Iowa State fumble gave the Huskers the ball on the home 31 in the third period and Nebraska wasted no time scoring Rohrig got' away on a reverse to the 16 and two plays later Walter Luther cut through the Cyclone right tackle for 14 yards and a touchdown Rohrig placekicked the point MANHATTAN Kan Oct 14 (TP) Bereft of its two greatest stars in the first four minutes Kansas football team still was strong enough today to hold Colorado university to minus 13 yards for its offensive ef forts and hand the Rocky Moun tain team its third straight set back 20 to 0 Game Captain Don Crumbaker went out the Kansas State lineup with the contest only a few minutes old and Elmer Hackney all conference fullback was upended by Center Ray Thompson and carried from the field with a severe knee sprain immediately after Neither was able to resume play All the excitement of the lop sided contest was saved for the final minutes when rank Sicks a third string quarterback un corked two passes which brought a third touchdown and a try for the extra point after the gun sounded DALLAS Tex Oct 14 The clock struck midnight for Cinderella kids today Ok Sooners roaring past them 24 12 with air and groundspeed that stunned 28000 fans i The rangy Sooners who'rocked Northwestern in last most jolting upset had everything again today but an antidote for Cowboy Jack Crain tow head sophomore jKhopassed them like so many wooden Indians on two incredible runs of 68 and 71 yards for fourth period touch downs Temporarily stunned after see ing orc little fellow melt their 17 0 lead on two suddenhrusts the Oklahomans rtftrrlSTed back with the power that makes them one of the standouts and quieted Texas with a 63 yard touchdown march that iced the game with three minutes to play Sooners Win Handily Oklahoma won its ball game handily but Crain a 165 pound scooter from the plains of west Texas churned his bow legs for the thrills of the day irst he grabbed the ball from ullback on a reverse anct swept his right end fighting Sooners yard for yard some 25 paces before he finally broke in the clear and turned on the steam to run away from pursuers who finally gave up His tongue still hung on his chest when four minutes later he took up from almost exactly the same spot breaking wide over tackle and running 71 yards on a miutield he tried and version points Texans Take away and threats for the day add to' none Oklahoma had pounced on everything that look ed like a break manufacturing some themselves to stifle the sophomoric Texans until that GOPHERS PURDUE TIE MINNEAPOLIS Oct 14 Minnesota and Purdue fought to a 13 to 13 deadlock today in their opening Western conference game the Boilermakers rallying for the tying in the fourth quarter on a 45 yard jaunt through tackle by Mike Byelene substitute halfback Kansas Wins With Score Near Close Notre Dame the i hard won victory SMU missing a tie in the final minute of play Jack Sanders big lineman failed to make the extra point on touch down scored after a blocked Notre Dame punt had given the invaders possession on the Irish two yard line Seconds later Notre Dame had its third straight 1 victory of the season inthe books and Southern Methodist its first defeat The finish of the furiously fought battle matched its start both teams scoring touchdowns in the' first seven' minutes of play Each added another touch down and missed the try for point in the second period to en ter the last half deadlocked at 13 13' Then after a comparative ly quiet third quarter Notre Dame smashed through for a touchdown and "an extra point and Souhtern Methodist made its gallant but futile bid to escape defeat as the clock ticked away the Mustang hopes Irish umble Costly A Notre Dame fumble gave SMU possession on the Irish 15 Preston Johnston leading a ground drive went over for a touchdown Sanders made the conversion Harry Stevenson passed 47 yards to Bill Kerr carrying Notre to the Southern Methodist 22 Stevenson then passed to Lou Zontim who took the ball in the end zone for a touchdown Zontini picked up the extra point and the score was tied In the second period the Mus tangs passed and smashed deep into' Notre Dame territory Ray Mallouf leading a charge to the Irish four Then Bob Belville latcraled to Mallouf who raced around right end for a touch down kick was wide Notre Dame tied the score late in the period driving from its own 33 over the Mustang goal line Milt Piepul went over from the two foot line John Kelleher the corrversiuh Piepul was the hero of Notre fourjh period scoring climaxing a 67 yard drive by cracking through for 10 yards and a touchdown Kelleher this time made the try for which ultimately proved the margin of victory With a minute to go punt was block ed by Ray Pope reserve center SMU recovering on the Irish two On the first play Johnston scored through left tackle Then Sand try for the extra point and a tie sailed inches wide of the uprights and the battle was over Mustangs Toss Real Sea re Into Notre Dame as Missed Placement Pro ves Margin of Victory in 20 19 Scrap Third Straight for Ramblers DARTMOUTH NAVY TIE BALTIMORE Oct 14 Indians and Midshipmen battled fruitlessly through four bruising' quarters to a 0 0 tie before 35000 spectators at Municipal stadium today NIWffllN SMRESODNEHS CORNELL UPSETS PRINCETON PALMER STADIUM PRINCE TON Oct 14 football machine scored three touchdowns in the first half to day then turned up an effective defenses against air raids to down the Tigers 20 to 7 before' 35000 fans WILDCATS BOW TO OHIO STATE victory was of its 1938 Collegiate championship Jay Thompson scored for the Bronchos in the first quarter after grabbing a pass from Dor man Landtroop In the second quarter the Sav ages tied the score on pass from Gentry to Clifford Stone from 12 yard line Just before the end of the half a Southeastern fumble set up another score for the Bronchos On the first play Landtroop tossed to Otis Delaport ace Broncho end who romped over the goal A blocked pass gave Central its final score Captain Speegle whose defensive play at end sparkled all after noon blocked a pass by Hopkins and fell on the ball behind Southeastern's goal A 90 yard return of'p kickoff for a touchdown by Jay Thomp son Central back was nullified when the play was called back on a penalty I New Lima Turns to af Varnum Grid Clash On rushing plays the Oklaho mans gained 186 yards to 196 including 139 yards on two runs while Sooner passes with Beryl Clark ried richs and Orv Matthews pitching picked un 173 yards to meager 25 irst downs stood 13 and 3 Oklahoma blossomed out with a fine passing completing 11 of 17 and scaring daylights out of the Texans with a few others Two more Oklahoma touchdowns could have resulted from passes one being nullified by an offside penalty while an other was voided when End Alton Coppage dropped one he speared on the goal line Sooners Wait Oklahoma started playing its usual and waiting game in the first period and it finally bore fruit Big John Shirk blocked Pat rick's attempted kick and Tackle Lahar recovered on the Texas 45 passes Bob plunging and receiving took them to the seven and Dick avor came in to boot a field goal from the 15 Oklahoma started from the Texas 41 late in the second after poor quick kick 17 yard pass to Bill Jennings tackle blasting and finally dive over the goal line brought on the first Sooner touchdown Clark a great back had scored his first touchdown in college play Once again Oklahoma scurried to the Texas 'one after recovering fumble on the Texas 15 but a Sooner fumble undid their work and Harkins recov ered Texas kicking out 'of dan ger The third Sooner score came two minutes before the end of the third period Jennings inter cepted a Texas pass on the 32 Then came a triple lateral Sey mour to Jennings to Clark the latter hastily scoring his second college touchdown on a great romp of 33 yards avor con verted Came two chillers in quick succession' Almost as quickly came Okla Orv Mathews a fleet halfback ripped off 21 yards around left end and riedrichs threw a weird looking 23 yard pass that Crain down on the Texas nine batted into the air and watched come down in arms An anxious Texas line was penalized five for offside and Seymour hurtled over for the touchdown avor kicked his third point which ga've him a perfect afternoon with a field goal and three conversions Students too the answer for young en who want the tailoring of but wear a size regular he man models in studentsfiults sizes 16 to20 1 TULSA Oct 14 The Uni versity of Tulsa co champions of the Missouri Valley conference lost 9 to 7 today to the under estimated Oklahoma A and Cowboys' It was the' first' Aggie victory over the Tulsans in six years The Aggies used a placekick from the 15 yard line to score the winning points Ray Portillo part Indian Aggie back set up the opportunity when he inter cepted a pass in the fourth quar ter on his own 35 and skipped along the sidelines to the Tulsa 14 before he was shoe stringed by diving Bill Grimmett 1 Jack Wurtz a ouple of passes for the Cowboys but they were incomplete Wurtz then smashed outside right tackle car rying the ball to the Tulsa fivei Pete Rivers dropped back to the Tulsa 15 and goal Golden favorite ran up points in the first quarter on a pass Don Robards heaved a 17 yarder from the 37 to Elmer Lee Gentry who over the Aggie goal standing up Robards converted The Aggies collected six points in the second period after Wurtz threw a 20 yard pass to Jess Ren nick on the five Portillo took it over the Tulsa goal line in three line smashes The try for extra point went wide hiifimpsfi and casual WMf diagonals and tweeds that are making such a hit with smart dressers And there are finely finished worsteds in distinctive patterns for the con servatives who like patterns and plain models selection of coiorsi is complete and you are sure to find the model i tnt' is made just ior you wnetner you are tall or short athletic or otherwise! EDMOND Oct 14 The Central State Bronchos rang up a 20 6 win over the favored South eastern Savages of Durant to day before a Homecoming and day crowd of450d The victory was second against no defeats in defense of its 1938 Collegiate football COLUMBUS Oct 14 Two last period touchdown thrusts gave Ohio dark horse gridders a 13 to 0 victory over Northwestern today before 65622 fans blighting Big Ten title hopes for the Wildcats The Bucks were held on even for the first three periods but exploded in the fourth Late in the third session quarterback Don Scott dropped back on the Wildcat 30 for a pass Rushed by Northwestern linemen Scott side stepped through them to the six yard line Scott romped overon the first play of the fourth period and booted the extra point from placement I A few minutes later Jack Ryan veteran Wildcat quarterback fumbled and alert end Esco Sarkkmnen fell on the ball on the 14 ullback James Lang hurst reached the one yard line on a jaunt around left end and then plunged over the goal line on the next play Scott missed thefixtrapointkick A' feature of the day was the impotency of William (Bill) De Correvont Northwestern sopho more and the most highly pub licized scholastic star of the de cade De Correvont watched like a hawk by Ohio forwards carried the ball 11 times and wound up with a four yard deficit His substitute Oliver Hahen stem starred for Northwestern third throueh an open field infested with Panthers until he reached Cassiano He dodged the Pitt safety but as he whizzed by Cassiano hooked his arm and the ball went tumbling along the ground Cassiano covered on the Pitt 43 The Panthers then tossed their most brilliant attack a drive which carried to the Duke 28 where with fourth and four Narick whirled the ball down the field to Cassiano who caught it and lunged over the goal as he was tackled Kish calmly booted a perfect extra point and his swinging leg carried a Pitt victory right with it Indiana Beats Badgers or the first time in six years of his coaching ex perience Coach AA "Nicklaus saw one of his teams go through the entire game without scoring riday night when the Bison were defeated by East Central 6 to 0 but Saturday he was taking it on the chin and hopingit would be another six years before he has another like experience This all comes in lace or tne Texas Wesleyan Rams wlib come to Shawnee riday night with the record of holding the Bap tists scoreless tor three straignt years Coach Eddie Hurt match ed his Bison against Texas Wes leyan three years and the Bison failed to make a single point in the three games Little TCU Texas Wesleyan is called the little TCU of ort Worth and their football teams have gotten in the Horred rog habit of win ning games They also have the rog habit of striking with the forward pass or the game against East Central riday night Coach Nicklaus was offering no alibis knew that we were going to be in for a battle after I saw East Central defeat Southwest ern last Coach Nicklaus said I am afraid that manv people do not really ap preciate the power which Coach Powell has brought to Ada to build the East Central team It was one of those games which could easily go cither In the gamethg Baptists made me first in the first five minutes of the game carried the ball to the East Central four yard line where a penalty one of 17 step ped off by the officials spoiled the Baptist scoring chance Late in the second quarter: Kirkland passed 15 yards to Afton Kelley to place the ball on Ada 30 yard line and Kirkland swept through for 10 yards on the play just as the half ended: 2 Passes Click Again Again the third period pas ses from Kirkland to Mills placed the ball in scoring position but Murphy Wheeler of East Central pulled one of passes out of the air on his own 15 yard line to end the threat East Cen tral made no scoring threat 'ex cept for their one touchdown (Bv The Associated Press) OKLAHOMA 1LI E1IA I "central 20 Southeastern a HIGH SCHOOL Amarillo 19 Capitol HUI 0 it EAST Dartmouth 0 Navy 0 is Penn 6 Yale 0 Pittsburgh 14 Duke 13 Army 6 Columbia 6 Cornell 20 Princeton 7 Duquesne 7 Manhattan 0 Georgetown 13 Syracuse 13 Colgate 10 Brown 0 Temple 13 TCU 11 Catholic 14 Detroit 13 Penn State 49 Lehigh 7 Scranton 31 CCNY 0 Buckrell la Albright 0 Western Reserve 19 Boston 14 Richmond 6 Rutgers 6 tj: Rhode Island 40 Brooklyn 0 I Amherst 26 Tuits 7 Williams 20 Hamilton 6 Bates 10 Northeastern 7 Morris Harvey 28 Va Wes 14 Alfred 14 Buffalo 0 W' and 7 Wooster 0 Bowdoin 19 Wesleyan 7 Rensselaer Poly 26 Rochester 6 Wash Coll 15 Johns Hopkins 0 Randolph Macon 18 American 0 Hobart 26 Hartwick 0 7 aorwicn xo cvdsu uiuuu i '''Ursinus 4 Penn Military 0 Vermont 0 Colby Swarthmore 27 Susquehanna Clarkson 3 Springfield 0 Union 31 Middlebury Dickinson 13 Delaware 7 Lebanon Valley 8 and 7 find (Pa) Tchfs 20 Edinboro 0 Lcckhaven Tchrs 19 Kutztown 0 Maine 6 New Hampshire 0 Bergen 20 Wagner 20 Mt St 21 Western Md Connecticut 7 Mass Stae 6 A Clarion 13 Thiel 0 Slippery Rock 14 1 Westminster 13 Green Mountain 14 Aggies 7 Montclair 18 Millersville 6 airmont State 7 Calif Pa Tch Stroudsburg 26 Sbippenburg Hofstra 7 Blue Ridae 2 Potomac State 13 Shepherd 0 West Virginia 7 Cincinnati 0 SOUTH Tulane 7 ordhan 0 Holy Cross 13 Georgia 0 Auburn Georgia Tech 3a Howard North Carolina 14 NYU 7 urman 7 The Citadel 0 Tennessee 28 Chattanooga 0 Virginia 12 Maryland 7 Kentucky 59 Oglethorpe 0 Virginia Tech 6 and'M 6 Hampden Sydnev 32 Gullford VMI 20 Vanderbilt 13 Alabama 20 Mercer 0 Central Michigan 18 East Ky and 7 Southwestern Tenn Erskine 6 Woiford 0 Wake orest 32 State 0 MIDWEST Notre Dame 20 SMU 19 Ohio State 13 Northwestern 0 Harvard 61 Chicago 0 14 Wisconsin 0 Michigan 27 Iowa 7 Purdue 13 Minnesota 13 Marquette 17 Michigan State 14 Nebraska 10 Iowa State 7 Butler 13 Geo Washington GValparaiso 13 Indiana State 12 Depauw 0 Evansville 0 Earlham 9 Wabash 6 Rose Poly 33 ranklin 0 Manchester 7 Hanover 0 Cen (Mich) Normal 28 Defiance erns 19 Lawrence Tech 14 Carnegie Tech 21 Case 0 Ohio Northern 7 Heidelberg 0 Capital 7 Bowling Green 6 Kent State 6 Mt Union 6 Denison 27 Kenyon 0 a Wittenberg 32 Bluffton 0 Ohio Wesleyan 12 Ohio 7 ki ToledQ 26 North Dakota 7 indlay 21 Ashland 0 Marshall 21 Miami (O) 0 a Western (Mien) State 6 Akron 0 Missouri 14 Washington (Mo) 0 Kansas State 20 Colorado 0 Baldwin Wallace 63 Grand Rapids a Illinois College 14 Elmhqrst 0 Cornell (la) 33 Beloit 6 Emporia 34 Iowa State Tchrs 7 St Olaf 3 Luther 0 St Johns 25 Concordia 0 Gustavus Adolphus 13 Hamline 7 Coe 7 Monmouth 7 Knox 12 Lake orest 6 uN State Tchrs 26 Spearfish Norm 0 reru icnrs neamey icnrs Mich Tech 7 Wis Tchrs tej Albion 51 Adrian 0 Hillsdale 6 Kalamazoo 0 Olivet 31 St Mary's (Mich) Dekalb 19 Wheaton 7 Ellendale Normal 14 Mayville bdl 1 HU LL Baylor 19 Arkansas 7 Oklahoma 24 Texas 12 Oklahoma A and 9 Tulsa 7 'Ark State 7 fc Illinois Normal 0 A' Texas A and 33 Villanova 7 i KOOKY MOUNTAIN a Utah 35 Brigham Young 13 Kansas 7 Colorado State 0 Colorado Mmes 6 Greeley State PAR WEST r4 5 Oregon 6 California 0 1: UCLA 14 Stanford 14 USC 26 Illinois 0 Washington State 6 Washington Oregon State 14 Portland 12 6 Montana State 0 Idaho Southern 16 Compton JC LOS ANGELES Oct 14 The sun and Southern California's mighty Trojans turned the heat on the University of Illinois to day and sent the midwesterners down to defeat 26 to 0 before a crowd 60000 Old sol beat down at better than 90 degrees the brilliant ar ray of Trojan backs hammered away at the Illini and the orange and blue wilted under the combination with never an offer of counter offense Gathering momentum as the quarters roneu uy uie warhorse scored in the added two more touchdowns in the third and registered the fourth tally of the afternoon in the fourth with Amby Schindler quarterback star leading the scor ing parade with two the last on a spectacular 66 yard re turn of an Illini punt Texas Aggies Maul Villanova 33 to 7 Oklahoma Takes Wild Game rom Texas 24 12 Cowboys Nip Hurricane 9 1 1 (NEW LIMA Oct 14 New Lima turned its eyes toward a Big Diamond conference en counter at Varnum firiday after its 40 to 0 triumph at Meeker 4 last riday Meeker Coach John eleven completed seven of nine passes and intercepted ifive The interceptions were by Rex Lee Ralph Vanarsdel Mil 1 ton Johnson Zurel King and jJErvin Plank UU' The running of 'Alvin arrell 84 was spectacular He dashed 80 yards for bne touchdown'and 30 another King plunged to four i'i touchdowns and added four extra it Meeker got Inside: New Lima's 20 yard Ijne but once late in the game SEE THEM Underwood Smith Remlnston Woodstock SHAWNEE TYPEWRITER CO IS Ninth Phone 80 Wildcats Coast to 20 to 0 Grid Win thrust and last in therimar period brief final outburst wnen they intercepted a Bison pass deep in Baptist territory The game was slowed down by penalties and the Bison were not able to run as many plays as they ran their first two games The Baptist ran 70 running and passing plays in each of their first two games but riday night they were able' to crowd in but 49 Big Douglas Kirkland had the best running average of the game He carried the ball 14 times for a net gain of 73 yards or an average of better than five yards for each crack at the line However passing average was not as high as in previous games His first seven tosses were no good and five of his passes were intercepted He was on the pitching end of five completed passes Gaither Is Stopped The Bisons were able to bottle up the Tiger running ace Bill Gaither for a net gain of 20 yards gain for the afternoon but McPherson the 190 pound freshman fullback from Houston plowed through the Bison line for a net gain of 67 yards During the coming week the Bison will concentrate on of fensive work and pass defense against the strong Texas Wes leyan The Texas Rams hold a 19 to 0 decision over Oklahoma City university They scored 123 points last year 'to 61 for their opponents and they lost only out of 30 lettermen JohnsonflemDleton Store Since 16 EAST MAIN PHONE 452 I 1 Explodes JJver uuue Panthers Nip Blue Devils 14 to 13 in Spectacular Display at Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH 14 The so called Pittsburgh football bubble exploded today right sin the faces of the Duke Blue Devils it filled with laugh ing gas Charley mystery team turned back the potent Duke elev en 14 to 13 in a game which kept nearly 50000 bundled and blanketed spectators: in various stages of hysteria throughout the crisp autumn afternoon And the Pitt Panthers did itthe hard way coming from be hind to tie the score in the second period and coming from behind to win in the third Jock Sutherland the silent Scot peered down from the press box to see his team rated so so in pre season calcula tions and considered an enigma after two victories play the fav ored southerners to a standstill i Duke with a brilliant kicker in George McAfee started out as if to emulate its 1938 winning strie punt and wait first effort the Panthers deep into their own territory and they dig out McAfee Knifes Through Once they halted a march on the nine but shortly after the ir repressible George knifed through the left side of the Pitt line re versed his field and galloped 37 before Dick Cassiano hauled himdown ontbe Pjtt seven our plays later Robbie Robinson nudged over from the six inch o' line and Tony Ruffa placekicked the goal A ball which popped out of Wes arms like a pol ished watermelon and was gath ered from the air by John Dickinson gave Pitt its break early in the second period Dick inson roared down the sidelines 37 yards to the Duke 10 and on the next play Emil Narick zipped a pass to Cassiano in the end zone Kish placekicked goal to tie it up at 7 alI Later in the period after Gor don Bums had recovered a Pitt fumble on the Pitt 44 Leonarci Darnell rambled 19 yards on a double reverse The Blue Devils pecked away until they reached the 10 where Ruffa passed to George McAfee in the end zone inally Misses One 1 Here Ruffa with a record of 12 straight conversions and with ms wiae tie Midway in the Robinson weaved or on the Street Go Smartly Dressed by Johnsonffimbteton Suits Horned rogs Nosed Out by Owfe 1 3 1 1 PHILADELPHIA Oct 14 A slipshod 'outclassed Temple football team that 'turned into an aggressive alert gang of ball hawks between halves first made good on a break then staged an unbroken 41 yard scoring march and finally threw up a cast iron goal line defense to nose out Texas Christian today 13 11 Before a crowd of 20000 tht cheered the Owls to their first victory of the season" Temple compressed all of its scoring into the third quarter In the closing minutes of the finaL period the Owls still had enough stamina left to take the bjdl on downs after a pass interference penalty had given TCU a first down on the Temple one yard line or the first half with Rusty Cowart pitching passes in a style that would have done credit to his TCU predecessors Sammy 'Baugh and Davey the Texans definitely had Temple on the run Cowart hung footballs in the air and his mates hauled them down for all' sorts of yard age a a or irst Time in bix Tears Baptists Try to orget About East Central Set back as They Turn A ttention to Clash With Texas Wesleyan Rams riday 1 Overcoats On Page 12 A jiro cW" wl rlffS i wa I i Ml i i 5 HI I 'S HH' 4.

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