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MINOR SPORTS IN 1947
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By FRANK ECK
AP Newsfeature Sports Editor
NEW YORK —While baseball,
football, gdlf, ’tennis, and racing
enjoyed bapner seasons many mi
nor sports and feature events of
ten gained a fair share of the
spotlight in sports.
Rfere’s tjhe alphabetical r u n-
down in some minor sports and a
From Auto Racing to Weight Rifting
ANNYiM^^ijiMiSiiR' 3r iimgMA-no
Ucpd by Ohio Buckeyes j
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fhe *)ie iff tjie;
Fort JjWoi tli lj|\
4iUiti|nal 'lout
if a melt, ttiiljy
one \ etpryl wis;
eihalk' (1 up flu|v
ds co iparel ;
tjwo li sses.
ajs. bli ick {I
„ .. may : uliAue'lUi
1 | tlh e *e ulettt
brijghf ’splits, jcvijn ii l«Rii|r
Against a i hifj|>li'-tiutet| Bahiwi i
Wallace quinbeTa, |icoiing»veiit.jw'i :1
Thb Yellow Jaifki ts eiial\e<l i|p '1
points while ■j|hfc \lisitilg C|uk ;i
made (54 but Iwlfy 7un||ow, |t
foot sophofnoi'd (roip Pj’fin 1 ro ;(j
tlnr^coiing re.c»ril ajt th«|t.'levfhiiitl
Aituia, dumpij gi in hiii.* fitkltir^
anfl nine chariflqs fjor t-’i’poii tf.|
Even the parti stuisj in the sRtnjIHl
lauded the floicrigajine if th( iAr|
gigs but once i:gaiit, an allea af
thb bucket spilll'd ;the iiifei
TR^'Seton Hall affair fras a n
ifi | lough' one to lose. The final
made a final effort to pull lafiead
before the clock ran out.
Following close, on the jChrist-
tnas holidays, Karow’s cagef's, 12
strong, .journeyed to Gowtpwn to.
compete with seven other; teams
for the tourney crown.
After coming from behijul, the
L'TO KA( IN(1
the 5Qb-mile
Mauri Rose
Indianapolis
Fiii ijiK! iv
ies. Tlf
H! vli t(|-J
llooirf pliiv
72 Midis'
Aggies managed to edge thyii; first
opponent, LSU, 45-44 after 1 .Bill
Batey had dropped in two charities
in the closing seconds. 1
SMU and Nolth Texas State,
however, proved too tough, and the
maroon and white 'chalked ufl twi)
more losses to bring the season
! standing to five wins and seven
losses. r
Opening conference play with
Arkansas Friday night, the Ag
gies have picked a tough one)
Though the tall Ka/.orbacks have
a record of only six wihs and
four losses to date. Forwards
Geor|^* Kok and A1 Williams
are low ing the conference in in
dividual scoring. Kok. a six-foot
up 2()li points. Williams, running
about si\-six or six-eight, is sec-
t and with 147 paints.
\ A&.\lV Bill Batey is rupning
closii third with a total of I KTlhl-
tiesM ' . i 'j ..
In addition to altitude, -the Hogs
:\re Hmg on experience. They didn't
lose player from last, seasofl
|Iohn Cbbb of London set a
wf)fld record of 403 miles per
houjr. : ,
B\I)MINT(»N Lt Dave Free-
ihari. Army Medical Corps, won
thejmen's national sihglefe title and
Miss Ethel Ma|rshall olf Buffalo
won the women’s crowd. j
BILtlAROS Willie kpsconi of
Phijladelphia regained the pocket
billiard title while Welker Coch
ran,; Ban Francisco, ! retained his
18.2 crown. Willie Hoppe, White
Plains, 1 N.Y., won thO three cush
ion; and f8-l ballklinO titles.
BOATING -4 Danny Foster of
Oakland, Calif.,, piloting Miss’
Pedis V, svi-epNRe Gold Cup speed-
oi t class racep, winning the In-
tr national on Jamitica Bay, the
a bona! Sweepstakes at Red
anik, N.J., and the President s
Cub on the Potbmac.
ROB SLEDOINfi Jim Bick
ford ; drove his'team to’ the four-
man AAU tit lie at Lake Placid.
Tufty Latour drove tp the two-
mnn chainpioijiship.
drjve the respective N
in|the Winter piympic
(BOWLING Buddy Bo mar
|icago&won $17,100 in tourna
ments ami was named "bowler of
tlhh year.'-' p " j;
Warlord of Mazelaine
w^sjthe first boxer ever named
“nesf; in show" when he won the
awa|‘id at-‘ the Westminster Kennel
(’liub'S 71st show.
GVNNACTIOS Frank Cumis-
kiy, Union City, N. J , retained
all-around title while Helen
Both will
t>. 1 teams
tests.
■ -t •’('< lift r
w'ltik a
T \ > ngh SV\ (Opener:
Fop Fen Scorer
j ii;imont, is holding, with eight wins
[iuid three losses, a precariini's lead
of Baylof 1 . The Bruins bokst eight
BUDDY BOMAR
"Bowler of Year 0
FIRST BOXER
TO BE MAMED
*BEST IN SHOW'
woman's crown
HANDBALL Constantine
Swimmers Will Co
On Tour Saturday
Fliie Aggie Swimming Team will
lt|4vc Saturday to start the aquatic
scjgson .with meets against Kansas
w ins' ami four losses, SMU haf ; ^tatc and Oklahoma Umversity.
racked up the most points Hiis ! The Kansas State meet will be
season, 585, which is ojie field ( ^hl orii Jahual’y 12t.h.; with Okla-
goiil ahead of AtfeM, wljich hay
58.1.-• , I .» ;r
Arkansas, with six wins and
hjonuv tL’.' on the 1 Ittn The squad
will spend a day in Okiahomi City
before I’gturnu(ig here 'bn the Itith.
La|it year A fcM hunijblgd l>bth ot/ jioll of sports editors and football
thesef teams, beating Oil.'56-19 and
Kansas '5C-2;>. As virtually the
suing. Aggie team will take to the
waiter again this year, A&.M will
lie the favorites in bqtlh meets. But
Ransas State has ad<j|ed two fast
(lash men to its tekdi since; last
gear and may give tke Aggjies a
rough time.
A 1 twelve-mah squad will make
this trip under the 1 direction of
mnligOv. Little Aggfeland lihysi-
f v-.W - OF1NTSR
s I FOSTER SOLD CUP RACE
WILLIE
HOPPE
AQAIM
3" CUSHION
BILLIARD
CHAMP
WAYNE
NELSON
OF MUNCIE', IND.
n\ak$s/-44
CONSECUTIVE'RINGERS
IN HIS FIRST NATIONAL
COMPETITION
TORONTO
MAPLE
LEAFS
Warlord of Westminster. .
Mazelaine^ kennel club show
TANLEY
111 CUP
WINNERS
HIT AP Hawtfeatunt /'''CAf
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Schifano, Elizabeth, N. J.. won the HO R.S E S II 0 E PITCHING—
stay, was the first athlefe chqisgn
to lepresefit the US in the 1948
Olympics. ' |! j.,' '
POLO Old WestbuHy^ N. Y.,
dethroned Mexico in the 31st na
tional opeh yvhile in tlje $5,000
hapdioap tournament on Long
Island, California triumphed.
RACQUETS—J. Richard Leon
ard, Cedarhurst, N.Y., beat Rich
ard A. Holt) England, ip a five-
game final for the national title.
ROWING < Navy’s crew con-
quertd 10 other colleges in the
first Poughkeepsie Regatta since
1941. Harvard won the second
Lake Washington regatta. Thgo
Dubois, Winnipeg, recaptured the
national single sculls title on the
Detroit River. John D. Kelly, Jr.,
Philadelphia, (scored ini England's
coveted Henley Diamond Sculls.
SKIING -I Wendell iBroomhall,
Rumford, Me;, milkman, won the
national lO-fnile cross - country
championship, Karl Molitor, Wen-
gen, Switzerland, took the national
; downhill title, while Miss Rhoda
Wurtele, glontreal, wort the "W'O 1111 *
| en’s crown. -I
SWIMMING Numerous rec
ords were yet. Among those
breaking pregststroke marks Were
Joej Verdjeur, Keith Carter, and
Doii de Forrest, while Hairy Hol-
'iday set g backstroke regord and
Wally Rig niade one in the free
style. Among the women record
breakers were Ann Curtis, Nancy
Mefki, and Nel van Vliet of Hol
land.
, TABLE TENNIS Dick Miles,
NeW York, won his third straight
national singles crown while Leah
Thall, Columbus, O., scorpd in the
women’s jfinal.
WATER POLO The Beilfuss
Natatoripm of Chicago defeated
Mo
4L-
in r
Weekend
Wayne Ndsbn, Muncfig, Ind., set a
world record by tossing 22 consec-
Lewis, Hollywood, wort the nation- 1 alive double ringers *|4 ringers in
al senior AAU singles title while j suftjession- in his firjst competi-
Sarn Haber and Joe (Samson, New itionlfor the national, title.
York, took the doubles crown, n. IffE SKATING Dick Button, i Illinois in| the national AAU indoor
HOCKEY -The Toronto Maple 17, pnglewbod, N. J, retained the water polo tournament.
Leafs won the Stanley Cup, four national senior men's figure skat- WEIGHT-LILTING — The Ear-
games to two, from file Montreal ing j championship v,hile Miss bell Club of York, Pa., won its
Canadians after the latter won the Gretchen Merrill Bostpn, retained l*6th straight AAU senior crown,
league race for the fourth year ,in' the women's! erbwn. Bpb Fitzger- , John Dgvis of the winners re
succession. dld.j Minneapolis spejed skating j pealed a|> heavyweight ruler.
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AP Poll Rates Michigan Above Irish Cadet Fish-B Cage
Wolverines are Two to One Favorites Squad Slated For
(dash Here Friday
NEW MOKE. Jan.' 0 CP>—T li e4 1 ’■ i—r —
burning sports question ofjthe day i > , '
—which \|vas the greater college ' 1/c; ■ |-j IfniltllflM
football power of 19.47, Michigan A ai\a 111 1 UxllUdll
or Notre Dame?—never to be set
tled on the' field, was answered to-1
daymt the ballot box—and- it’s Mr-
cgrgajn almost two to^oue.
/Tit a special Associated Press
('bach [Johnny Frankie’s Fish-Ree
basketball team swings into action
Tilts Don't Happen;^
Says Noted Scribe
illy HAROLD Vi RATLIFF
writers from coast to coast, Michi
gan received 226 votes as the su-
perior ream to 119 for the Irish. DALLAS^! Jan. 6 i-'/PI
while 12 ot the experts suggesting v, r()(1)tMl |,
the two mid-west giants should be H|oni rc 4 llhlg ,w. |mrte
lated, equal. _ • Sugar Bowl , football game at
A total of 35, writers, trom each 0r L ns la ^ W( ,, k oil , might
ot the 18 states and the District^ ^ ^ lK>at Ak ^ na
was
What is
he led
of Columbia, took part iiyThe "post-,, . ^ t0l i bdttW1J i b ecause‘it
poll poll, Conducted by popular j u 4 y aU {hl . |„. eak . s ,
demand its the nes.ult of the New
Year's'Day game that Saw Michi-
, gun’s! unbeaten, untied »\Volvertnes i
,4al education di ret toft The tenta- Tinash Soutirei n California in the
' jive K(|uad to make the trip is: : Hose Bowl. 49-0.
j Divers Johnny Hetman. | The new ballot does not siiper-
I i Backstroket's—Ed Jyruse, How- sede the Associated press’ regular
linl Bpcncer. i | i final seayon nit ing df. college foot-
rrecst.Vlci's—DaiinyTirecn, Ber- hall teams, released last Dec.'8,
hitj .Sylam, E. J. Fiyhejt, Jack Riley, which napied Notre Dame the
iDjaye) Vardanian, Tot Westervclt. mythical national -champion with
■jVi&M. will compete funder differ- .Michigan the ruimerup.
w4 C KmisIs^sJ'-ar vLT bring i The 116 writers -.fho cast ballois S ask f Alabama -to
Well, let’k analyze it:
■Texas fifst "break'’ .came in
thje opening peru^d. The Long-
hdrns mack: only three yards in
tries at the line IhiI a defensive
h,tiding pehalty gave the Long
horns a first dbwh. Then Texas
drove to a touehduSvit, wjth much
of the yardage Coming on an
“ijmpossiblij” pass catching chore
by Jim Canady; \Yhat (jvere the
ireaks"?'Alabama was holding.
the first of a nine-game schedule
that ha.j just been released. •
Accoijling j to a ruling passed
down at a meeting of Southwest
Conference officials last December
15, men!her schools, by combiMnk
FreShmgn and B teams, may play
; nine gjuhes dpring the Season. Pre-
01 , e i vious gashes iof the junior Aggies
hav4 been exhibition matches with
Allen Academy, between the Fish
and Bees, and two inter-collegiate;
gajrjes, one with the Sam Houston
Beei an(i one with the Northeastern
Oklahoma Beeis.
Other games in the schedule in
clude North (Texas Agricultural
College; Saturiday niglit, January
10, Bayjlor B in Waco, Januafo? 13,
Texjis t’niverkity Bees in Austin,
January 17, Rice in Houston Jan
uary 2j, Baylor here January 31,
Biobks! Medical Center here feb-
teams
in the
promises
quarter.
i , Last flight'd battle bet
the Texas Longhorns set the »' j
(tion oft. Before; the week is out,
all of the SwC will have becon g
better Acquainted with efich othi t
|on the hardboards. |
The Aggies take a wait unt
the end of tHg week when the loq
five ta^ie on fhe long tall hdys fi|<>
Fayetteville the Arkansas RaZo
backs. The Aggies have) been j «i
the losing (|nd of most I of the r
;pre-season games.! Out i of tJ
twelve games that the Maroon ait
——4
The I rtlveraitV of; Texan,
chalkinl up; its first vie Mfry tolj
ward a second 8puthw< st Con
ference basket ball cro x a last!
night, coming from behind toil
down Rice Institute, 59-44.
Big Bill; Tom,; who leid the i
game’s >**driiig with 2Ij points,
IMU'tsI Rico t(» a 27-25 (uilftiinf
hvad, hut the K|»ocidy Linghornn
started to click with thfir fast-
breaking offense in th«i second
half and pulled away steadily.
Field goals by Slater Martin
and Tom Hamilton put (Texas
ahead a few minutes after thi
second ' half opened, j
— ! —I— i T" 1 —'ll
White have participated; in, tip
have won Only fiye. Th|eJ Agg|'
lost to jsuelj teams;as Ohio Stait 1
East Texas) State' qnd SMlU whli
they bekt Slam Hoqston, and L$'
among dthei's. H; ;
The Razorbacks | in tpgir pn
season play; have ncjt beeiji too sijjj
cessful cither. Their Ei^st Co»
tour gained them! two (Josses j
Madisonj Square Gardeni.; On t
West Cjoasl; this {fast \jvioek, f
quintet ifron Arkansas d^di so|ii
better. Theiy beat Pepputline ;<|i!
Los Angeles, then ;San jEjranciM
U. before 'the Stanford India
dropped; them for al loss ithi bo
their w.innijng gamds, Thej Raz^ii
backs scored at lehst 7(4! poinji
They boast! the two top i dhren;
the SWC i|n George Ko’c and
Williams who have 2061 jjind 1
points respectively. Bill Batey,
& M.’s (gujard is third With !
Iioints. i
The Texas Longhorns aigairt lug
like the team to beat foilfhie 19
champiobship. In the lt| garii
they haVe played, the Orange j;i’
White lost only to the Gklahoiir
Aggies,; themselves champions'
ronflfl out, (the sevc
itflrt playing for keer
$ek and||the whole affa
: [) ' 1 |j‘ t.' \
Nlq«|n Ricei Institute’s Ows
I’icir owil right. The Cswhiys luj-
seed! the JUtuegA 32 to 3: to kvin the
(igMhomal City tournUinert last
fwiii. Th» RRe Owls appeijr to be!
ini the rel louikl this yeni
tad tough dompetitioi
j lay. Thfiy Idkt to San
S tutie bu( wop a returh In:
tpr 'recent OkUhoma (filty
i Ik
a id have
i i early
; toustdn
riwnt the Owsibeat Godr;
>di(e losi ig ut Wyoming:
ahm. Ttjsir tig centei, B
as scoix| i 131 points in don-con-
lerence play this seusih.
t^ednei day iight the SMU Mus-
Linigs meat their bitttr Cowtown
jivtds, (he (Borned l i 'l'Ot s from
^CU at Baliqi Of the (w< tearnsr
\[e the better record,
ght games) out! of II
ij Fort Wid th Invita-
teh. Ur
tourna-
a Tech
.d Ala-
11 Tom,
the! 1’onit.M hi
I ading run e
| ijftMed. lb th
jloirt Touifnaiijuit, the^j Idfeatcd
loth tlie Narim-Simmcils Cowboy^*
lirtili the Texasi Aggies. On of tna
«ieven g« nes] (hey have pluyed the |
’'CU fivt has; beaten Onl r Texas
| ||jcl and|Utidj. ■ T ' '•
The Gri'en ujul Gold Bru ns from
j tayior Iqbk ike another lot teanf -l
ibis! yeai'l Tui Bears ajro p Waco ;
have played (2 games' a id, havp
hloi) eight of ihese. Wypn ing and' 1
Alabama |ha "ei been some, of 'the ;
• Sears vi.^Un*! On the w<St coast f
i week ago, The Baptists weren’t '
lible to overpower a i ta l Ikiiky
OalSfornip teujjl but they did mart-^- j,
Ugt to defeat the Oaklamd ftitinprs;'
II pro team n ade up of former west
noast slaps. The Bear?; pay LSU
Wednesday, then take on S5NJ ;
(!Saturday night.
I"' If', \\ j
Volldyhall Fea 11F0 jl
Temple | Sat iijraav
he A(kg « jVolleyba
heft today at 7; 15
ioU$e to pig pate for a
del to phiiy. agirinst
Y^CA Shfurdlay.
The tilt rvili_ be pla;
leiwfit of \ k*. patients 1
cey Geiutml Hospital
Mar
i Hub "iii
thej I'icUl
ri(i tjoi Teiu-’
Waco
Aeihirding'/o Nick P(iniiei|x..tlie
)!ti(bj spomthis game n iiiill only
hiji] Ifirst! ja mt for the Aggit \/l-
pyhalleim ibut! is also) the initial
tame of the
seHson for!tie c ji’i.
tl e
.
for the
Mi ( los-i
'Vdmpie'.
SPORTS
WEAR
L
ruary [7, Ricei here February 13,
1
Valley rules. This Aill make the i points to 1.289 for the Wolveriiu;,
backstroke course 150 yds. instead a " t * awarded Notre Dame 107 first ,3 i.
„ir . ....i ii'ui i ,4,.'. i.,a... hImcc' votes, with Michiu-an eettine i ' ;
| (jf ,our usjual Kjill, and |lie'breastroke j |d at ' 1 ' 'jofes. with Michigan getting
i will be twice as -long jis the South- only _’•> and the other No. 1 tags
Iwcst'-Coijifereilcii lOo jyd. ruiji. going elsewhere.
The 4X8*0 medley will eurisist j the Irish, who led the nations
of Spencer, Summeif and Given • hst thr..ugh »t f veii of the tefi Weeks
tfow could bolding be a break?
made a great catch. Well,
iw'ho. wiiill also pi-e|[onjt
sprints),j Ixtnd Bei nifi Syfan
in the
will
take thh distance raeje for the A.
& Mi team. >
T|ie ijujobahh.' relay team will
consist U)f Fisher, RJley, Wester-
veil, tnkl IGreoii.
?n Armed was flame J as the
Hor.sjp of the Year to}- 191
tihe -fourth such aw;a|rd l'<
tpet; Farm. Wbirlaway was named'
it was
>r Calu-
of. the campaign,won in tjhe leg
jular poll alter a decisive-38-7 tri
umph over tlie same .Southegu Cali
fornia Tt'ojahs, . i
• Many of the ptiiticlpanM iii the
latest loll-call acknowledged their
opinions were swayed 'largely
by comparative scores which in
two other instances swung tlie
pendulum toward Fritz (fYiskr's
men id' Michigan.
Against thq other two Common
ih 1-942 .and' M2 ItnJ in 944 the ^ ^ ^
fjtahki had Twilight tear.
H 1— i—'i
way: Michigan vvalloped Hitt, 69-
0, while Notre Dame did tlje job a
( little moie| mereifuly, 40-|). The
fo it: iospes is running fourth while ; Miojverines 'rolled over Noi|thw - cst-
AwM trails in fifth Witli five wins . ern, 19-21, while the Irish, ivho
anil seven Itytscs. Rice and TGU ' also had a perfect season, jtmine-
hold tlu cellar, the OwTs sporting i etl the Wildcats, 26-19.
fpir wins and seven |tssc*s and the • Notre Dame supporters argued
| Fioga Isave only twojwins agkiinst ( eoanparative . scores should; he no
ni ic losses. | gauge hgcaUsc the Irish Were in-
Amoiog t|je« tiip ten individual ! cllned to "pull their ipunchijs.” Mi-
scorers, A&.M is well represented vWiggn drew its heaviest hacking
with Bill. Batey ti'ai|ing Al Will- ! friun tlie mid-west — stamping
hugs uf'Arkansas who is in setlond gijtmnds (if the big nine—and even-
pliiccv and Billy Turitbow only one] N'|>tie Dame’s home state, Indiana,
point behind Slatgr Slartin who is 1 yoited even on the issue, - eight' to
in fifth sjait. • I eight.
Representing Texak are Martin The Wolverines received 29 votes
apd Tom Hamilton ijin fifth and within theif home state.
The West Coast, i which saw
the two powerhouse^ against; the
Trojans, was about equally divid-
eighth places! respectively. SMI
i; high scorers are R<jiy Pugh anil
|; Bob: Prewitt in sevei>Lh and tenth
i; rjpots, Bil;l Tojni of l|iee is fourth,
and Baylor’s Bill Johiison is ninth.
ed in sentiment with California
splitting its vote, Men to ten.
and Tejxas University hem March
' I 1_L .1
fine.Gifmer trlhd a pass. It was a
lobbing throw-j-a poor pass. Lew
Holder) who is no speed demon, in,
tercl'ptied the pass'" and ran to a
touchdown. The next tiine Alabama
the Alhbkma toul hdown came on got thb hall (filmer fufnbled and
a jpii.-s. Harry Giliner th'ivw into Holder; recovered on the tide five,
the end z(’»ne\Cainjjdy giajbbeti the A penalty set; Texas back—the.
ball intercept^ ii Ld W h i te Longhifii ns inight call that a break;
Wijcstled it (ml <H' his arms. That except that l-ehas was off-side ami
. <*■ — > <■> against the rules. But Texas
,41
hj- s/been ittoing It for \ears.
Ibere w as no break thefe.
a touchdown anyway. Be-
Gilmer dropped, the ball,
wijs as big a •’break" as the hold- 1 thaws
ink penidiyi against Alabama. made
The second Texas toiiybdow n was ! eauge
lil-ie this: Alabama was Am its 27-f Alabama considered it a “break”
.valid line early in the thirH, period. What is a break? My defini-
Mfink Mosley 'was back toVpunt. tion fs this: The only break in
Gilorge Pet'jrov'ieh crashed, thiYHigh football is when something out-
add Idocked'it. lie and Vic: Vusicek side if the field of play tir the
of; Texas both followed the b.aR rules!brings a disadvantage. For
.across the goal Jibe. Both fell on instafice. a gust of wind that
I
it) for a touc'hdo.wn. was; there a
‘'break" theii'? . Alahamaj’s line,
wbich all the sports wniters ap
peared tq think gave Tejxas liiie
a lmighty licking, leouldn’t protect
its punter.'It also; didn’t ilo ipuch
of! a job of protecting its-' passers, i
Hpw can ydu figtn’e a blocked punt '
to! be ii break.? .;
The reiTiaim-Jr: of the third
period found Texas hammering
lit the Alabama ’goal line. The j
tjrimson tide never got past mid-
flield hut once—r(hen only to the
Texas 11-yard line—until the
Ijading minutes bf the game. !
Texas had the tide backed up to
its goal line most of the time.
The tide had to fight very hard
lio prevent Texas scoring a couple
tjf more tduchdow'ns than it got.
jWell, Alabama got desperate. It
wits seven points behind and get-
tijig nowhere fast and time was
miming out. Froth its nine-yard ’
■ ! -U I ; , i !
4-
eiiryiijs a pass off its course! a
pebblie that makes a ball take
a crazy hop. The w ind was do
ing things with some of Layne’s
passes to causje them to fall un-
cauglit. Texas'might-jpall that a
"break”.
TJiere is ot)e consolation for
Texas hadkers: The sports writers
might! give Texas the victory on
the “breaks” but they had to men
tion,' the score. A 27-7 victory pret
ty wefl indicates that the winmihg
team was better don’t you think?
Also jmw did Texas keep the ball
74 plays to 45 jon “breaks”?
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