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The Sports Trail I By WHITNEY MARTIN' NEW YORK, Jan. 1.—(A1)—One of the unpublicized fears of baseball men is that they might be squeez ed into a corner where they no longer could operate while there still was no Government order calling upon them officially to sus pend operations. The manner of closing down would make a vast difference when it came to resuming opera tions. In fact, were the magnates squeezed into a shutdown because of player shortages, transportation or one thing and another, and should the war continue two or more years, the resulting business and financial tangle would be so great that getting everything straightened out would be exceed ingly difficult. Should baseball be officially or dered by the Government to close lip shop, it would be in the nature of a moratorium as far as the clubs were concerned. That is, ob ligations which would have to be met if the game was squeezed in to a shutdown automatically would be suspended. The clubs would be ; a state of suspended animation, instead of steadily piling up debts w ith in income. That the major leagues would be forced to suspend because of a shortage of players is not prob able everything considered. The National League, for in stance. has 35 players classified as 4-F on its roster. There are IS discharged service men, and 22 players 35 years old or over. The Byrnes’ statement inferring that some of these baseball 4-'F’s PHANTOMS BEAT SAILORS, 46-42 The White Phantoms of St. Paul's Episcopal church edged out the U. S. Navy quintet, of Wilmington, in the last minute of rhe game last night, posting a 46-42 victory. Last night's scrap was the first encounter for each team, and was a pre-season engagement as far as the church team was concern ed, for the Phantoms are members of the Y. M. C. A. church league, which begins activity officially next Saturday. The Phantoms were deceptive enough to defeat the sailors, but had to turn every trick of their limited experience before the fighting salts would submit. The lineups: ST. PAUL’S Players: FG FT TP Waters, f . 0 0 0 Smith, f .. 3 17 Lee, c - 4 2 10 Ayash, g . 4 0 8 Brown, g - 10 1 21 Totals _ 21 4 46 WILMINGTON NAVY Players: FG FT TP France, f .. 5 o 10 O'Leary - 2 0 4 Rumel. f _ 113 Depinto. c _ 7 i 15 Nicholette. g_ 4 0 8 Mercer, g .. 10 2 Totals _20 2 42 Officials: "Hacksaw” Tuttle and Ott Gore. i ulane Announces Grid Schedule For New Year NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 1—(.Pi— Tulane university announced today I its football schedule of nine j Carnes. including additions of! Florida and Mississippi Siate. Sev en of the contests are to be played here, including the Notre Dame came on Nov. 24. The site for the Mississippi State game is un decided yet. The schedule: Oct. 6, Florida here: Oct. 13, Thee in Houston: Oct. 20. Auburn here: Oct 27. S. M U. here; Nov. 3. 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At all druttista—5Cty. --—__J should be in the service and in dicatmg they would be re-examin determine their fitness, might effect some border line cases, but it is improbable that very many of those 135 4-F men would be accepted unless the Gov st“d. l0W6red ItS physical If, anyone took the trouble to thei.ll/t °f 4-F players he could satisfy himself that each was turned down for legitimate hanSrr!f' In, fact’ the physical handicaps of some of the better known players, such as Whitey Kurowski, Cardinal third base man who has a boneless wrist as knownSUlt °f in^ury’ are wel] Figuring there are 18 discharg ed service men now. and probably will be more by the start of the 194o season: that a great propor tion of the 4-F players will be re-examined and returned to 4-F: and that the draft boards will not bother the 22 players over 35 years of age, it is apparent the Nation al League clubs would have enough players to operate In fact, the late . M. Landis said and reiterated that the game would keep going as long as there were nine men for each team on the field. That would be 72 players for each league, and a laegue could round up enough old men. discharged vets and underage kids to make up that total. Anyway, baseball is sitting tight hoping it won’t be the victim of a squeeze play and at the same time hoping the Government won’t find it advisable to order a closed shop. Southwestern Beats University Of Mexico 35-0 In Sun Contest EL PASO. Tex., Jan. 1—(UP) — Southwestern university of George town. Tex., snapped two Sun Bowl records today by defeating Mexico National University of Mexico City, 35-0, in the annual New Year’s Day classic. The pirates from central Texas scuttled the high scoring record set in 1937 by the Hardin-Sim mons university cowboys. It was also the first time that a host team was victorious in the ten year history of the Sun Bowl. It was a return performance for the pirates, the 1944 game hav ing been won by them. The Texans scored their initial touchdown in the opening quarter. ! but penalties and fumbles stopped several drives, one on which end ed on Mexico’s 11-vard stripe Af ter line lunges failed. Montes of Mexico attempted to punt on his i 35. The ball was deflected by a group of charging Pirates. Blod zinski of Southwestern recovered the ball and fell over the goal. Jim Francis booted the extra point, placing Southwestern in front. 7-0, at the end of the first period. Bretchell snapped a line pass to McDonald in the second period. McDonald was standing on the goal and stepped a few paces deeper to give the home team a 14-0 lead. The Texas team was far ahead at half time. On penalties too, the team from Georgetown was in from, having lost 65 yards against Mexico's 5. The Pirates on sweeps and passes scored twice in the third period. Uuurey figuring on the large end of a lateral moved from Mexico’s six across the goal for a marker. McDonald spanned through the center from the six yard line to rack up the fourth score for Southwestern. In me last minute of the fourth period, Southwestern topped the Sun Bowl scoring record when the Texans made a touchdown. -V Wartime Track Meeting, Sponsored By Carolina, Will Be Held Feb. 10 CHAPEL HILL, Jan. 1—UP)—'The wartime successor to the annual Southern conference indoor track games will be held here Feb. 10, under sponsorship of the Univer sity of North Carolina and the N C. Navy Preflight school. Two hundred colleges and uni versities and all service camps in this area have received invitations The meet will have only one division, with varsity and fresh man college athrletes and men in any branch of the armed services eligible to compete Running events listed include the 440 and 880-yard dashes; mile and ttvo-mile run; mile relay; sprint medlev relay; high and broad jumps'; 70-yard hurdles both high and low; pole vault and shot put. Last year’s meet tvas won by the U. S. Naval Academy, with 46 points, eight more thap runner ut> N. C. Navy Preflight tallied. Fourteen colleges wei<= *. ed and 150 college and service athletes competed. Texas College Licks A. & T, Eleven, 18-0 JACKONVILLE, Fla.. Jan. 1 (/P)—Texas college of Tyler, Tex., turned on the power here today to defeat a strong A C T‘ c°Uege eleven from Greensboro, N. C., 18 0 in the annual Negro Flower Bowl Both schools ended the regular season with one defeat. It was Texas’ Center Willie E. Green who stole the show. He scor ed two touchdowns, one from At yards on an interception and the second on an 88-yard run. He set up the third tally by intercepting a pass, with Halfback John L. Wil liams dashing 11 yards to score. | Violet Valentine Pictured above is Violet Valen tine of Kansas City, who will grapple with Nell Stewart of Mem phis, Tenn.. next Thursday' night in the Thalian Hall arena. A re turn match beween popular John ny Long and “Texas Jack” O’Brien is scheduled, and Promoter Bert Causey' announced last night that he is negotiating for a third bout which will be announced later. TULSA'S BEST GAME Coach- Frnka Compliments Georgia Tech MIAMI. FIa.t Jan. 1—(VP)— “We played our best game of the season. If we hadn't Geor gia Tech would have won.” That’s the way Tulsa Coach Henry Frnka commented on the Orange Bowl football game today in which his team was the 26 to 12 victor—thus aveng ing a defeat suffered in the Sugar Bowl last Jan 1 “Tech was what we expect ed,” Frnka explained. “Smart, fast and tricky. They’re a fine Alexander team.” He was complimenting- the rival coach, W. A. Alexander. Frnka and Alexander met at midfield a few moments after the final gun. and put their arms around each other's shoulders. “You have a great team, Henry,” Alexander said. “They played a wonderful game.” West Gridders Win Over Favored East Bv A 13-7 Victory SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1—(UP) —Brilliant Bob Waterfield. veteran star from UCLA, passed, kicked and ran the West to a 13-7 upset victory over the heavily backed East team today in the 20th annual Shrine game before 65.000 fans in Kezar stadium. Playing the final game of his amateur career. Waterfield spark ed the West back from the brink Df defeat in the final quarter, with two successive stabs over the East goal to give the West their 11th victory against six for the East in the series which has seen three ties. The East pushed across a touch down early in the first quarter and looked as though it would live up to its pre-game 3-1 odds rating, but the punting toe of Waterfield kept the East out of dangerous ter ritory for the next two quarters until the West unleashed their drives in the last stanza. The winning touchdown came within four minutes to go aAd after a fumble on the four-yard line had stopped an earlier scor ing threat. -V Tennessee State Licks Alabama School, 13-0 BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Janl Right Halfback William Bass and his Tennessee State colleagues proved too much for the Tuskegee Institute eleven in the annual Vul can Bowl game today, whipping the Alabama school 13 to 0. Tuskegee held the victors score less through most of the first half, but a pass brom Bass. 1944 Negro All-America, to quarterback David Whitman was good for a marker w«l! Into the second period. Bass plunged through the line for the point. The second touchdown came in the final period when Fullback James Gilmore took the ball to Tuskegee’s 40 and from that point staged a spectacular off-tackle run for another six points. A conversion try by Bass failed. - ----> • • ^ *!• V» XXliVJUU Trojans Defeat Valiant Volunteers 25-0 To Take Eighth Rose Bowl Tilt 93,000 FANS SEE ROSE TOURNAMENT Southern California Wins Over Tennessee With Sheer Weight BY WILLIAM C. PAYETTE United Press Staff Correspondent PASADENA. Cal., Jan. 1—(UP) —Southern California’s Trojans, the latest in a long line of great and powerful football teams, won their eighth straight Hose Bowl game today, defeating a green Tennessee eleven by sheer weight of superior manpower. 25 to 0 be fore 93.000 football fans. The odd-makers who rated Ten nessee a 19 point underdog won their bets with something to spare, but there was no gauge for the valor which kept the Volunteers fighting to the final gun despite a smashing setback only four plays after the kickoff. Jim Callahan, the Trojans’ great end, blocked Bus Stephens’ punt before the game was fairly under way, snatched it up on the 11 yard line and drove over for the ■f: A A 1 1 £ A1 J T->’. l the fans who figured this was to keynote the game came up on the edge of their seats as Tennes see dug in and fought back. The Trojans scored again in the second period when their captain, Jim Hardy tossed a 22-yard pass to Paul Salata, waiting with out stretched arms in the end zone. Then, when it really didn’t mat ter and sheer weariness had over come the valiant Volunteers in the fourth period, the Trojans drove indomitably for two more scores. A sensational 73-yard drive in 10 plays took Southern California from Tennessee's 27-yard line to a touchdown as the fourth period opened, and then the Trojans cap ped the period w'ith a final drive that carried over the goal as the gun sounded to end the game. Stephens, the “heart” of the Ten nessee team carried the hod all afternoon and v/as out of the game for only three plays. His great 32-yard run in the first period brought the stands to their feet as he stitched and wove through half the Trojan team and made it' to the Trojan 49. Two sets of downs later. Ste pnens wnippeu a rung pass iu .ni len Law, a substitute halfback, from the Tennessee 49 to the Tro jan 19, but saw it called back on an offside penalty. The crowd saw the best punting exhibition of the year, with Hardy' dropping one out on the Tennessee five yard line, another on the eight, and another on the seven. Casey Stephens booted the Tennes seeans out of the hole four times during the afternoon, slanting one out on the Trojan five and drop ping the rest of them close. Southern California had one great play up its sleeve but used it without scoring. Snatching a punt on his own 13-yard line, Har dy lateraled all the way across the field to Don Burnside, who darted back to the Trojan 48. Tennessee lost a yard on the kick and re turn. Southern California's big drive in the fourth period payed off when Hardy lugged the ball over from the 11-yard line on an old time end around play and Pat West made the only conversion of the day. Driving for one first down after another from midfield, and finally laying the ball on the one-foot line, where a ground play failed to gain, the Trojans made their final score when Hardy heaved a short flat pass to Doug MacLach lan. The ball was in the air as the gun went off. Southern California outclassed the southeastern champs in the statistics, making 15 first downs to eight, and keeping the Volun teers back into their own terri tory most of the day. The Trojans missed another chance to score as the first half ended, when they were on the Vol unteers’ seven-yard line and heav ing passes. One, from Hardy to Salata, was completed outside the end zone and discounted, and an other was incomplete as the half ended. The lineup: Pos. South. Cal. Tennessee LE—D. Hardy _Wildman LT—Ferraro _R. Dobelstein LG—Curtis _ Asbury C —Antles _ Morrow RG—Wall .. B. Dobelstein RT—Peliar _ Stewart RE—J. Callanan _ Pike Q —J. Hardy _ Bevis LH—Morris _ Stephens RH—Burnside _ Stephenson F —West _ Major Score by periods: Southern California—6 6 0 13—25 Tennessee_0 0 0 0— 0 Touchdowns: J. Callanan, Sala ta, Hardy, MacLachlan. Point after touchdown, West. Substitutes: Southern California—Ends: Sala 'ta, McKinney, MacLachlan; Tack les: Musick; Guards: McGinn, Hig gins; Backs: Whitehead, Headley, Schlegel, Murphy, G. Callan, Da vis, Gardner. Tennessee — Ends: Blessing; Tackles: Paidousis, Edwonds; Guards: Chadnock, Steffy; Center: Miller; Backs: Manning. Law, Holsclaw. Referee: J. J. Lynch. Holy Cross. Umpire: William Corbus, Stanford; Field Judge: Harry G. Mouat. Armour Institute. Lines man: James Tunney, Loyola. ------— Inspired Tulsa Upsets Favored^ Techmen, 26-12 By JACK WOLISTON United Press Staff Correspondent MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 1 — (UP) — An inspired Tulsa team, rated a one touchdown underdog, passed and ran to a 26 to 12 victory over Georgia Tech today to win the 11th annual Orange Bowl game and avenge a Tech triumph in the Sugar Bowl a year ago. a _ __ *A__ _3 A A AAA ~ A FIFTH ARMY WINS IN ITALIAN BOWL North Carolinians Star In First And Last Spa ghetti Tilt BY SID FEDER SPAGHETTI BOWL HEAD QUARTERS, Italy, Jan. 1 — (JP*—j Corp. John Moody, a 230-pound fullback who once starred for Mor ris Brown college, punched out a 20 to 0 triumph for the Fifth Army football team over the Twelfth Air force today in the “first and last” Spaghetti Bowl game. The extravaganza had every thing a New Year’s day game would have had back home and it had something none of the others could duplicate—a crowd of 25,000 that was unanimously G.I. The game itself was terrific with Moody plunging for two touchdowns and kicking two extra points for the Krautclouters. Aside from the struggle, there were such home touches as hot dogs, provided by the Red Corss; a pair of bowl queens who rode around the field at the half on floats built over jeeps; two bands of 56 pieces each and a bare-legged ba ton twirler. XT' 11 _ T__ nlnM.u made the crowd forget it was only three hours away from the front with her USO program at the half b tu the air was re-emphasized when a couple dozen P-38’s roared over the concrete stadium. Moody, who is built on the gen eral lines of a fire hydrant and is an ordnance mechanic, scored his first touchdown on a six - yard plunge in the second quarter after carrying the ball into scoring terri tory on a pair of runs that totalled 444 yards. He galloped 30 yards with an in tercepted pass in the third quarter for the second marker. The Kraut elouters’ final marker came in the last period on a 50-yard pass play from Pvt. Frak Buel of Nutley, N. J., and Florida university, to Lt. Arthur Lemke, Irvington, N. J. and Georgetown. Sgt. John Brown, 235-pound cen ter, was the defensive hero for the winners while Pva. James Aclin, a PliarH fnrmprl,, nf Arkansas TWh was the backbone of the Bridge busters. Brown is from Gary, Ind., and once played for the North Ca rolina State Teachers. Aclin was especially effective in the second quarter when Lemke blocked a kick by Cpl. Art Fair cloth, one - time North Carolina State, star, on the airforce five yard line. The Flyers didn’t budge an inch in four plays. Faircloth engineered a 38-yard drive late in the fourth quarter with a passing attack that had Capt. James McAshanas the re ceiver. McAshan was a Texas uni versity freshman five years ago and now has a record of 80 mis sions as a bomber pilot. The lineups, with home towns and colleges, included: FIFTH ARMY: C—Sgt. John Brown, Gary, Ind. (N. Carolina State Teachers) TWELFTH AIRFORCE LH—Corp. Arthur Faircloth, Washington, D. C. (N. Carolina State) Fifth Army . 0 7 7 6—20 Twelfth Airforce_ 0 0 0 0— 0 Fifth Army scoring: Touch downs, Moody, (2), Lemke. Points after touchdown, Moody (2) (place ments.) _ _ -V rox brownie Races To New Year’s Win NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 1.— (fP) — Joe W. Brown’s favored Fox Brownie outrun a field of 14 in the New Years’ handicap, $2,500 added feature, at the fair grounds here today to win over ChipamunR by half a length. Bert, a fielder, came in third. The nine race morning card was staged before a gay holiday crowd of about 10,000 under cold, sun shiny weather conditions. Betting in the mutuels topped $300000 on the next to the last day of rac ing, which goes under the war time ban after tomorrow. Fox Brownie ran the six fur longs in 1:12 4-5 and rewarded his backers $5.20 for $2. _V_ Government Order Bans Shipment Of Race Horses WASHINGTON, Jan. 1—(JP)—An Interstate Commerce commission order announced today prohibits railroads and other common car riers from shipping race horses and dogs for a year, except by special permission. The order follows action last week of James F. Byrnes, director of the Office of War Mobilization, and Reconversion, directing the closing of race tracks by Jan. 3. vx w »y u ux uv, vuv i sleeved fans hardly had assembled in their seats at the palm-fringed stadium before the Tulsans struck pay dirst. And from that first score four minutes after the game started, the outcome never was in doubt. Headlined as a team whose forte was its ground game, the Golden Hurricane opened up with a pass ing attack that accounted for two of its four touchdowns, and the Tulsa eleven also came up with a pass defense that was virtually airtight when Tech’s vaunted aer ial game began to click in scoring territory. It was tailback Perry Moss— his passing and his running in the clutches—and his running mate, Ed Shedlosky, that spelled defeat for Tech and gave Tulsa a record of two wins and two losses in four successive years of bowl compe tition. It was Moss’ accurate right arm and his stabs at the line that mov ed the Tulsans 65 yards down the field to score the first touchdown on his bullet pass over the line to Shedlosky from the 14. Shed --J —- --— ----- -’ — ed a Tech fumble on the Engineers’ 22 and seven plays later Shed losky scored from the five on a Statue of Liberty. Moss converted both times and those 14 points were good enough to win against a Tech team that just couldn't get going against Tulsa’s big line and couldn’t hold onto the ball in scoring territory. But the Oklahomans added anoth er as the third period got under way to climax a 65-yard drive. They scored on a razzle-dazzle lateral play from Moss to Clyde Goodnight to Barney White that netted 65 yards and looked as smooth as any Coach Bill Alex ander of the Engineers ever cook ed up himself. Tech came back after the kick off to score, as Frank Broyles, who kept the Engineers in the game with his passing, lobbed a 31-yard aerial to Johnny McIntosh on the 20 and the little halfback raced the rest of the way to the goal. But Camp Wilson, the Golden Hurricane’s big, bruising fullback, crossed that score off a minute later when he took the Tech kick off and raced 90 yards down the middle to score. It added up to three touchdowns in five and a half minutes of play. The Engineers opened up with a bevy of passes in the final per two. Rumsey Taylor rammed over for the score with a minute left to play. It was a heart-breaking loss for Alexander, rounding out a quarter century ah head coach at Georgia Tech and sending what may be his last team onto the gridiron. He may retire because of failing health. For Tulsa, it was sweet revenge for the 20-18 licking they took from Tech in last year’s Sugar Bowl. On the ground the Oklahomans rolled up 180 yards and made 138 through the air. Tech netted only 43 against the Oklahomans’ big forward wall, but totalled 327 yards in the air. Despite the keen rivalry, it produced only 38 yards in penalties—15 against Tech and 23 against Tulsa. The lineup: Pos.—Georgia Tech Tulsa LE—Murdock _ Gray LT—Glenn _ Burgeis LG—Phillips _ E. Jones C—Duke _ Prewitt RG—Hills . Buda RT—Gaines _ Stanley RT—Tinsley _ Goodnight QB—McIntosh _ Kowalski LH—Broyles _Moss RH—Mathews_Shedlosky FB—Williams _ Wilson Score by periods: TopH ft ft a a_10 Tulsa .. 14 0 12 0—26 Touchdowns: Shedlosky 2, Wil son, White, McIntosh, Taylor. Points after touchodwn: Moss 2. Substitutes: Georgia Tech—ends: Daniel, Wilson, enders; tackles: Domback; guards: Furchgott, Bowen; backs: Logan, Ritter, Tay lor A. Bowen, Helzer. Tulsa — ends: Jarrett, Luhn, Field, Swaney; tackles: Grigg; guards: Lagreca, D. Jones, Bloom, Thomas, Smith; center: Schmidt; backs: Wade, Stuart, Moseley,, Verkins, Mitchell, Toler, Walker, Boone. Referee: K. C. Gerard, Illinois; umpire: Frank Moon, Nebraska; linesman: B. W. Hackney, N. C.; field judge: A. L. Haskins, Okla homa. ' Statistics: Ga. Tech Tulsa First Downs _ 14 14 Net Yards Rushing_43 180 Net Yards Passing- 327 138 Forwards Attempted „ 33 15 Forwards Completed_17 6 Forwards Intercepted .3 0 Fumbles _ 6 2 Balls Lost On Fumbles 2 1 Yards Penalized-— 15 23 Blue Devils Defeat Crimson Tide 29-26 In Closing Minutes (Continued From Page One) bama had punted. On the next play, Clark dug himself a hole at light tackle and high-balled it to pay territory to score the winning touchdown. Hal Raether's conver sion kick made the final score 29 to 26. even though Alabama had the ball and was driving again with Gilmer passing brilliantly to the Duke 25 as the game ended. From the start, it was an all out offensive battle by both sides with defense tactics virtually ig nored. Gilmer, a nerveless 17-year-old. made a “prophet” of his coach, Frank Thomas, by putting on one of the most brilliant passing ex hibitions in bowl game history. Thomas had said before the game that Duke w'euld have to stop Gilmer, whom he described as “the best collegiate passer I ever saw.” rTV-i Dlim nut 1 Vi r> iccuo squarely up to the youngster by scoring on the first series of plays after the kickoff. Clark made 52 yards on the kickoff return and after three running plays failed, rolled through center for 14 yards and the score. Raether converted. Gilmer, quarterbacking smartly, decided to save his passes for a more climactic occasion and alter nated with Norwood Hodges and Lowell Tew in a series of running plays that produced a Tide touch down after the kickoff, the march being good for 66 yards. Hodges, the smash man,” went over on a power play from the one. Morrow missed and Duke led 7 to 6. Then Gilmer proved who was boss of the aerial department, com ing up with the play of the day the next time the Tide got the ball. Taking the ball on their own 31 yard line, they advanced to mid field on running plays from where Gilmer let fly with a pass which went nearly 50 yards in the air to Ralph Jones on the two. He was downed in his tracks, but Hodges went over on the next play. Threatening to make a rout of it, Gilmer led another drive from his own 18 in the second period. Running plays by Lowell Tew and Hodges moved the ball to the Ala bama 41. Gilmer, starting to run, stopped dead in his tracks with tackiers breathing in his face, sent another long pass to Jones, w'ho caught it this time on the Duke 10. After a running play lost six, Gilmer passed 16 yards into the end zone and Morrow’s conversion made it 19 to 7 for the Tide. Duke, utilizing a hard running attack which had held it in good stead all season, moved from its own 37 to one, from where Davis plunged over. Raether’s kick was blocked. The Blue Devils went ahead 20 to 19 in the third period, going down-field 64 yards on a march in which Davis made 45 yards by himself, scoring again from the one. That made it 19 to 19 and Raether’s conversion then set up the fireworks in the final period. THE LINEUPS Pos.—Alabama Duke LE—R. Jones_C. Jones LT—Whitley _ Hardison LG—Wozniak_Sink C—Mancha ___Crowder RG—Green . Knotts RT—Edwards _ Irwin RE—McConville _Harry QB—Self _ Krisza LH—Gilmer _ Carver RH—Tew _ Clark FB—Hodges _ Davis Score by periods: Duke .. 7 6 7 9—29 Alabam _ 12 7 0 7—26 Scoring: Touchdowns: For Duke: Clark 2, Davis 2; touchdowns for Alabama: Hodges 2, Jones, Morrow; conver sions for Duke, Raether 3; conver sions for Alabama, Morrow 2. Substitutions: Duke: ends, Rae ther; tackles, Eisenberg; guards, Leitheiser, Perini; centers, Shar key; back, Haggerty, Larue, Lewis, Stephanz, Bob Smith, Spears, Ala bama: ends, Fields; tackles, Cassi dy, Edwards; guards, Conway, Fil lipine; backs, Albright, Grant, Mor row', Robertson, Wade. Officials: Referee, J. D. Thoma son (Georgia); head linesman, George Gardner (Georgia Tech); umpire, G. K. Tefcell (Wisconsin); field judge, George Proctor, (V. P. I.) -V BOSTON, Jan. 1—(UP)—There are no fewer than 70,000 burned out lights on automobiles using Massachusetts highways, accord ing to an estimate by Motor Ve hicle Registrar Rudolph F. King. AGGIES WALLOP HORNED FROGS Major Upset Features Cot ton Bow*. When Okla homa Wins, 3 4-0 By ED FITE United Press Staff Correspondent DALLAS, Tex.. Jan. 1.—(UP)— Oklahoma A. & M.’s rousing cow boys put on a football “wild west show" in the Cotton Bowl today in a wide open offensive display which gave them a 34 to 0 victory over the crippled Texas Christian Horned Frogs before 37.500 chilled fans. The “ringmaster” of the grid iron rodeo was Bobby Fenimore, the nation’s leading offensive star during the regular season, who made it apparent from the first kickoff that it was to be his show. Bounding Bobby the wraith from Woodward. Okla.. scored two touch for a third before Coach Jim Look abaugh .called the regular troupers out and let second stringers run over a pair of scores in the final period. Fenimore, named on a number of All-America teams despite the fact that lie is only a sophomore, cracked the whip in a downfield drive which started the first time the cowboys got the ball. Confusing the Texas Christian secondary by alternating his tar gets. Fenimore passed first to Glenn Moore and then to Cecil Hankins with the two long heaves I covering 54 yards. That put tha ball on the one yard line and Fen imore barged across with it on tha first play and Oklahoma had a touchdown with less than three minutes gone. Again before the period was over the cowboys struck for a score with stunning swiftness. Jim Spavital, who wasn’t even listed on the Aggie roster at the start of the season took the ball on his own 48, nosed through the line without even an assisting block and ran 52 yards to the double stripe. That play took the heart, out of the Christians, who were operating without several of their top flight stars and they never again were a threat. The Aggies played a sound de fensive game through most of the second period, but opened up again in the third. The Horned Frogs showed to the best advantage of the day in the closing moments of the second penod when they stop ped A & M twice on attempted drives for touchdowns. Superior manpower asserted it self, however, and the cowboys, with Fenimore leading the way moved from their own 71, and scored again. Fenimore took a punt at that point and streaked to the 37. He and Spavital took turns at shredding the T. C. U. line with Hankins getting in an occasional lick. It was Hankins who set up the touchdown with a 11 yard run to the 10. Spavital tested the right I side, found it vulnerable for three and Fenimore went through the same side to score standing up. Lookabaugh then called off his first stringers and let the bench warmers romp for the two fourth period touchdowns. Downfield drives by the youngsters put the ball in scoring territory each time with Jim Thomas, a freshman making one score from the one yard line and Mack Creager. the team’s par-excellent place kicker scoring the other from two yards out. Creager also distinguished him self by kicking four out of five extra points, missing out only on the last touchdown which he scor ed himself. The lineups: Pos. Okla. A. & M. Tex. Christian LE—Armstrong . Gibson LT—Foster - Rose LG—Colhouer_ Cooke C—Gattis _Cooper RG—Fulk . Smith RT—Riddlee _Flowers RE—G. Moore_ Mullins QB—Watson _Hadaway LH—Fenimore _ Ruff FB—Spavital _ Cox Score: Okla. A. & M.14 0 7 13—34 Texas Christian ... 0 0 0 0— 0 Just Received 8 oz- Boxing Gloves PIIKARDK 209 Market St. Dial 2-3224 PepsizCplajCompany,_Long Island City, N.,Y.,
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