Upsets Rock Bowl Games; Steers Lose
BASED ON AP REPORTS
Upsets rocked the bowl crazy
football world during New Year’s
Day, at the “1950 No. 1 in the
INation jinx” was completed.
Strong Oklahoma, who was rated
INo. 1 for the final two weeks of the
-Associated Press poll, fell to a
mighty Kentucky team, 7-13, as
the Sooners themselves peddled
away their chances with numerous
fumbles.
Slinging San Angelo took away
the junior college crown from the
top eleven in the same league
Wharton County JC as Bobby Clat-
terbuck led the Rams with his phe
nomenal passing to a 6-0 upset vic
tory.
In the Cotton Bowl another up
set Avas occurring with the Ten
nessee Vols line ripping apart the
Texas Longhorns famed forward
wall to gain a surprising, 20-13
win.
On the coast, California, again
fell to Michigan, and in other
places things almost went true to
form.
In the East-West game, (Dec.
30) another upset occurred as the
West ripped the East 16-7, while
the Rebs downed the Yanks, 31-6,
in the Blue-Gray classic.
Vols 20, Steers 13
At the Cotton Bowl, it was the
Volunteers fast and rough line
which whipped the Steers into un-
idmitable submission. Hank Lau-
ricella gave the Tennesseeans their
last touchdown with three minutes
left in the game, as the Vols took
the breaks and went to town.
A frenzied and futile Texas drive
was stopped on the Tennessee’s 22-
yard line from which point the time
ran out.
The Southwest Conference’s All-
America Guard Bud McFadin seem-
•
; Bowl Games
At A Glance
★ Cotton Bowl ★
i Tennessee
Texas
First downs
18
12
Rushing yanlade .
295
146
(Passing yardage .
45
97
Passes attempted .
8
14
’Passes completed .
3
5
Passes intercepted
.... i
2
Punts
6
7
Punting average .
32.6
29.0
Fumbles lost
1
1
Yards penalized .
35
55
t ★ Rose Bowl A
Mich.
Calif.
First downs
17
12
Rushing yardage ..
124
175
Passing yardage .
146
69
Passes attempted .
21
8
[Passes completed ..
15
4
Passes intercepted
0
2
Punts
2
4
Punting average ...
.... 32.5
33.75
Fumbles lost
2
2
Yards penalized ....
20
50
" ★ Oleander Bowl
★
San Angelo Wharton
first downs
16
7
Yards rushing
127
118
3 asses attempted .
23
8
Passes completed .,
13
2
Passing yardage ..
196
15
Total yardage
323
133
Passes intercepted
.... 3
5
Op. Fumbles recovered 1
3
Punts
4
8
Punting average .
32
35.5
No. of penalties ..
3
O
Yards penalized ....
35
35
t ★ Sugar Bowl A
Okla.
Ky.
First downs
18
7
Rushing yardage, .
189
84
Passing yardage ..
38
105
Passes attempted .
8
12
Passes completed ..
3
9
Passes intercepted
1
1
'Punts
6
8
Punting average .
33.4
41.7
Fumbles lost
5
0
Yards penalized ...
30
40
★ Orange Bowl A
Clemson Miami
First downs
19
7
Rushing yardage .
144
112
Passing yardage .
178
100
Passes attempted .
18
15
Passes completed .
9
5
Passes incerccpted
Q
4
Punts
4
5
Punting average .
30
40.2
‘Fumbles lost
1
0
'Texas Noses Out
Bay] or in Overtime
ed at his best on offense, but on
defense could not cope with the
speed of his aggressor’s blocking.
TU’s Byron Townsend had one
of his best days, yet scored only
one touchdown. He provided, how
ever, for the attending Texans
numerous thrills as many times he
seemed to be off on long runs, but
could never quite get started.
But the statistics told the stories
in all the games.
Kentucky 13, GU 7
Oklahoma, The Goliath of Col
lege football and holder of the
greatest victory streak in modem
times, fell in the Sugar Bowl be
fore Kentucky, 13-7, on the jet
like passes of Babe Parilli and
the vicious line play of Walt Yow-
arsky.
The defeat was Oklahoma’s first
since the first game of 1948, some
32 games ago. Two victories wer - e
in the preceding two Sugar Bowl
games.
The mighty Sooners, ranked first
in the nation in the Associated
Press poll, started toward their
downfall on a chilly, windy day in
the first quarter. Yowarsky recov
ered a fumble by Oklahoma quar
terback Claude Arnold on the
Oklahoma 25 and on the next play
Parilli passed to Wilbur Jamerson
for a touchdown.
San Angelo 6, WCJC 0
Rain and a muddy field failed to
hamper San Angelo Junior Col
lege as the West Texans punched
out a 6-0 victory over Wharton
County Junior College in the
third annual Oleander Bowl foot
ball game.
The light but fast San Angelo
Rams completely outclassed the
heavier Wharton Pioneers.
San Angelo scored midway in the
second period on a 43-yard drive
set up by a pass interception.
Quarterback Bobby Clatterbuck
whipped a pass to Marvin Vincent
on the Wharton 22, and followed it
with another pitch to Bobby Fred
erick on the one. Fullback Billy
McDonial plunged over for the
touchdown.
The try for the extra point was
blocked.
Early in the second quarter San
Angelo powered to the Wharton
10. From that point the Rams elect
ed to try a field goal. Earl Shahan’s
kick, however, was short.
Battalion
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The Rams drove inside the
Wharton 20 on three other oc
casions.
Wharton’s only threat came in
the closing minutes of play.
Michigan 14, Calif. 20
Michigan, facing defeat for the
first time in the Rose Bowl, ex
ploded for two touchdowns in the
final minutes and whipped bruised
and broken Califox-nia, 14-6, be
fore 100,000 fans.
Trailing by six points and with
little more than 10 minutes remain
ing, halfback Chuck Ortmannsent
sent the Wolvexines whirling 80
yards to tie the score and then
Michigan’s convex-sion artist, Har
ry Allis, won the game to all in
tents with the extra point.
The touchdown and conversion
handed the Golden Bears their
third stx-aight loss against the big
ten in the big bowl and brought
the Big Ten Conference its fifth
straight victory in the five year
pact with the coast loop.
The second Michigan touchdown
in the final three minutes was an
anti-climax and a gift, but well
earned on three line plunges for
the tally.
LaCross© 47, Val 14
Ace Loomis, a smashing fullback
with the-speed of a halfback, scor
ed five touchdowns to lead undei'-
x'ated La Cross to a 47-14 win over
Valpariaso in the Cigar Bowl.
The outweighed La Crosse State
Teachers from Wisconsin, fast as
lightning in both line and backfield,
struck for scores in the first two
times they had the ball. They
didn’t stop until the last quarter
as 12,500' fans looked on.
Miami 34, Ariz. State 21
A strike - pitching quarterback
and three hard nxnners led Miami
Univei'sity of Ohio Redskins to a
34-21 victory over Arizona State
at Tempe in the Salad Bowl.
A capacity crowd of 24,000
watched Nobby Wirkowski set up
thx-ee first half Miami toucJhdowns
as he connected on nine oijl2> pass
es. The running power came from
Jim (Boxcar) Bailey, the big Negro
fullback who scored twice, once on
a 50-yard run, and halfbacks John
ny Pont and Jerry Beckrest.
Wilford (Whizzer) White, Ariz
ona State’s second team All-Amer
ica halfback, turned in several fine
runs and his teammate, Manuel
Aja, connected for long passing
gains, but the Sun Devils could
n’t overcome that early 21-0 Miami
lead.
Prairie View 6, Marshall 6
Underdog Prairie View held
Bishop of Marshall to a 6-6 dead
lock in the Prairie View Bowl
game.
Wyoming 20, W & L 7
Wyoming’s power - laden single
wing attack found little Eddie Tal-
boom’s passes its most potent of
fensive for a 20-7 victory over
Washington and Lee in the Gator
Bowl.
West Texas 14, Cin 13
West Texas State’s bx-uising
power ground out a 14-13 triumph
over Cincinnati in a Sun Bowl game
which almost erupted into a gang
fight.
Fierce rushing of West Texas
Buffalo’s line and a yai'd eating
backfield punch cleaxdy offset the
dangerous, often spectacular pass
ing of the Cincinnati Bear Cats’
Gene Rossi.
Clcmson 15, Miami 14
Sterling Smith, stocky guard
from Greenville, N. C., tackled Mi
ami’s Frank Smith behind the goal
line for a safety to give the un
beaten Clemson Tigers a 15-14 vic
tory in the 17th annual Orange
Bowl football game.
A record crowd of 65,181 saw
Clemson pull the game out of the
fii’e with great defensive play after
Miami had exploded for two quick
touchdowns to go into a 14-13
lead.
Ags Relay 2nd In
Sugar Bowl Meet
By RAY HOLBROOK
Special Southern Correspondent
New Orleans, La.— (Special)—Opening the 1951 track
season at the Sugar Bowl track meet here last Sunday after
noon, the Texas Aggie mile relay team finished, for the
second straight year, a close runner-up to a fast stepping
foursome from the state of Oklahoma.
This time, however, it was the Oklahoma Sooners, who
finished in the No. 1 spot while last year’s winners, the
Oklahoma Aggies, finished third.-F
The mile relay event climaxed
the annual Sugar Bowl track meet
which saw one of the five events
won in x'ecoi’d time. Buddy Fowlhes
of Geoi’gia Tech eclipsed the 100-
yax-d dash record by two-tenths of
a second with a blazing 9.7.
Oklahoma U’s mile relay won its
event by two yax’ds over the Texas
Aggies in 3:17.3 as the Sooner
anchor man Jerry Meador came
from behind to beat out A&M’s
Jim Baker in the last 40 yai’ds.
Mays Lead-Off Man
The Cadets lead-off man, Bob
Mays, brought the baton in a
scant three yax-ds behind OU’s Dick
Jones. Fuston McCarty gave the
Texans a two-yard lead on the
second lap nxnning against Sooner
George McConnick. Don Mitchell
ran a beautiful 48.8 lap to lengthen
the Maroon and White’s lead to
five-yai’ds competing against the
Sooner’s thii*d man Chax-ley Cole
man.
Baker got a bad baton pass which
may have been the turning point
in the race as the Red and White’s
anchor man, Meador*, caught him at
the first curve. They ran on even
terms from then to the fatal home
stretch where the Oklahoman grab
bed the lead and went on to win.
Baker completed the quarter in
48.8.
Holbrook 3rd in 440
Other Texans in the Sugar Bowl
meet were Charley Thompson, Tex
as Univei-sity’s ace freshman, who
took third in the 100.
Ray Holbrook former Aggie
quartermiler, who was running un
attached, led to the home sti’etch
whex*e he was fighting it out with
Curotta, when Stores ripped past
both of them to break the tape.
The winning time was 49 seconds.
Cux*otta, an exchange student from
Australia, was fifth in the '48
Olympic 400 meter run.
Alf Holmberg, a Swedish ex
change student at Tennessee, i*an
an outstanding mile, winning it
in 4:16.2. Johnny Barry of Vil-
lanova, National Indoor mile
champ, was second.
Roy Gieve of Bradley was the
120 yard high hui-dles winner
with a time of 14.5.
Beat Rice
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Austin, Jan. 4— ( 7P)—Texas nosed
out Baylor 59-58 last night in a
^Southwest Confex-ence basketball
[game that went through two over-
[time periods,
[ It was the conference opener for
[both teams.
C The winning point fell through
Pthc net with two seconds left. It
was the. second of two free throws
"awarded to Longhoxm forward Joe
Falk after he had been fouled in
a frantic melee under the basket.
Falk missed his first try. The
second toss hovered on the front
of the hoop before dropping
through.
I The regulation contest ended
[with the score knotted 49-49.
The first overtime period ended
[54-54.
Baylor led 36-32 midway through
kthe final half when foul outs began
Baking its top scox*ers out of the
Lame. Baylor lost four men by the
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I Jim Dowies and Don Klein spear-
peaded the Texas attack with 17
land 16 points respectively. High
Itaan for Baylor was Ralph Johnson
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Bruisin’ Bob Smith, A&M’s All-America fullback who
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year in third place among the nation’s top rushers, al
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