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Thursday, January 1, 1953 THE BATTALION Page 3 v Steers, Vols, Ole Miss, Tech Set For Bowl Tilts DALLAS, Dec. 31—(JP)—Indications are that Texas and Tennessee will enter the Cot ton Bowl game Thursday with the shortest odds of any of the major New Year’s Day football clashes. These certainly are the shortest in the 17- year history of the Dallas post-season game —a point and a half favoring Texas. Even that is too much according to Coach Ed Price of Texas. Acting head Coach Harvey Robinson of Tennessee thinks it’s not enough but he couldn’t broaden them by more than five and a half. Price did think that the dramatic return to the bench of Gen Bob Neyland-f- head coach of Tennessee, would be a psychological advantage to the Vols. Flys to Game Neyland has been in Florida for his health but announced over the week end that he would fly to Dallas to take over direction of the team. It might be his last game as head coach at Tennessee. Texas will carry the greatest double-barreled scoring weapon in SWC history when it goes hunting for victory in the Cotton Bowl. Sophomore, Billy Quinn and vet eran Gib Dawson each claimed new records as they led the league’s scorers. Quinn was the No. 1 scorer, striking for 13 touchdowns and 78 points to set a new soph record. Dawson tallied G4 points in Conference play for a new league mark and finished second to Quinn for the full season with 71. Kozar Out Tennessee will be without the services of its great fullback, Andy Kozar. It was Kozar that sparked the Volunteers to win over the Longhorns two years ago in Dal las. It is doubtful that either tl^e Steers or Vols will have any ehange in style or tactics for the New Year’s Day classic. Tennessee gave up an average )f 166.7 yard per game to 10 op ponents while Texas yielded an av erage of 220.4 yards to 10 foes. Offensively, Texas has the edge, picking up an average of 386.5 yards per game while the Volun teer's gained 280 yards. Approximately 75,000 fans are expected to jam into the Cotton Bo\Vl to see the kick-off scheduled for 1 p.m. The game will be broadcast and telecast by NBC. Orange Bowl MIAMI, Fla.,. Dec. 31—(/P)—If Syracuse upsets Alabama in the Orange Bowl battle, it won’t be be cause the Crimson Tide is over confident, says Alabama * Athletic Director Pete Cawthon. It was pointed out to Cawthon that bowl games are old stuff to Alabama, which has played in ten of them before, and the Tide play ers might be taking it lightly. Syracuse, on the other hand, will be playing its first major post season game and is determined to make a good showing. The odds on the New Year’s Day classic shortened Monday by half a point. Alabama is a 13 point choice. 64,000 fans arc ex pected to attend the game. Both teams are in good shape. And, both seem to be by them selves in this department, with all other major bowl elevens plagued with numerous and key injuries. This is predicted as one of the top games of the day. Nation’s Bowl Facts, Figures For 1953 NEW YORK, Dec. 31—(A?) Facts and figures on the com ing football games, giving name of bowl, site, opposing teams with won-lost-tied rec ords in brackets, central standard time, estimated attendance, esti mated gate receipts, radio and TV Schedules if any, and radio and TV receipts if any: Jan. 3: , SENIOR BOWL, at Mobile, Ala.: all-star senior teams from north and south Mason Dixon Line: 1:30 p.m.; 25,000; $75,000; CBS radio; no radio receipts announced. Jan. 1: ROSE BOWL, Pasadena, Calif: Wisconsin (6-2-1) vs Southern Cal ifornia (9-1-0); 4 p.m.; 103,000; $400,000; NBC radio and TV; $500,000. SUGAR BOWL, New Orleans: Georgia Tech (11-0-0) vs Missis sippi (8-0-2); 1 p.m.; 82,000; $365,- 000; ABC radio and TV; amounts not announced. COTTON BOWL, Dallas: Ten nessee (8-1-1) vs Texas (8-2-0); 1 p.m.; 75,000; $300,000; NBC radio and TV; $90,000. ORANGE BOWL, Miami, Fla.: Alabama (9-2-0) vs Syracuse (7- 2- 0); 1 p.m.; 64,000; $400,000; CBS radio and TV; $62,500. ’GATOR BOWL, Jacksonville, Fla.: Tulsa (6-3-1) .vs Florida (7- 3- 0); 1 p.m.; 37,000; $212,475; MBS radio, no TV; $750. SALAD BOWL, Phoenix, Ariz.; San Diego Naval Training Center (10-1-0) vs 101st Airborne Divi sion (8-0-0); 3 p.m.; 18,000; $500,- 000; regional radio only, no TV; $350. TANGERINE BOWL, Orlando, Fla.; East Texas State (10-0-0) vs Tennessee Tech (9-1-0); 7:30 p.m.; 12,000; $45,000. SUN BOWL, El Paso; Mississip pi Southern (10-1-0) vs College of Pacific (6-3-1); 3:15 p.m.; 15,000; $60,000; regional radio only. NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. 31—ESP)— Mississippi respects perfect football records and great teams—put isn’t afraid of them. The underdog Rebels, facing Georgia Tech’s unbeaten and untied Engineers in the Sugar Bowl here New Year’s Day, developed their own system for winning during the reg ular season. Also, none is in much worse shape than Georgia Tech, which carries its golden record against twice-tied Mississippi. Billy Teas has a broken collarbone and Leon Hardeman has a bum ankle. The Engineer’s top ground gainers with more then 1,400 yards between them, both are doubtful starters. This could radically alter the odds which favor Tech by seven points. Ole Miss seventh ranked nationally, had the country’s ninth most effective offense during the fall, with an average of 383.1 yards a game. “Mississippi”, said genial Bobby Dodd of the Yellowjackets, “will be the best team we’ve faced in some time. They have a terrific offense and our fine defensive team is going to be taxed to the fullest to check them all.” Johnny Vaught of Mississippi was equally as liberal with his praise for Dodd’s wrecking crew from Atlanta. “My boys are going to have to play inspired ball such as they did in their 21 to 14 win over Mary land to have a chance with Tech in the Sugar Bowl,” he said. “Just thinking about Tech’s defensive team is enough to scare you.” Vaught Worried Vaught continued to express concern about what he said was a mild virus infection that hit 14 of his players Sunday. “We’re not as big as Tech phys ically, either,” he added. “And don’t be fooled about Geor gia Tech’s offense. I think their 28-7 victory over Duke is the fin est example of what its offense can do. ’ Tech gained 322 yards that day and Leon Hardeman is good.” The Sugar bowl starts at 1 p.m. (CST) and will be broadcast and telecast by the American Broad casting Company. About 82,000 fans are expected. Basketball Has Plays MINNEAPOLIS CP)—Do teams in the National Basketball Asso ciation have special plays like in football? The answer is definite ly yes. The Minneapolis Lakers, for ex ample, have several pet forma tions. Their “Pensacola” play is one that the club has been using for six years. It is one of their best scoring patterns. The Lakei's also have a formation called the “Weak Side.” Naturally, the Minnesotans re fuse to divulge what these plays are and how they work. Rose Bowl PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 31—(A 5 ) The largest turnout in the flesh, as usual, will be in the Rose Bowl at Pasadena, the grandpapa of the post-season extravaganza. A crowd of 103,00(r«ts expected and receipts totaling $400,000, not counting TV and radio proceeds, would make it a near million dollar enterprise. Southern Cal, beaten only by Notre Dame is favored by a touch down over Wisconsin, the Big Ten co-champion, but the Trojans’ odds may be changed by the loss of Psaltis, a great defensive back. The Pacific Coast hasn’t been able to subdue a representative of the Big Ten since the present in- ter-confei'ence series was begun in 1947, but this may be the year. The Trojans, a group of heavy weights with the speed of bantams, are the best representatives to ap pears in the Classic for some time. Big Wisconsin rides on the back of their top fullback Alan Ameche and he may prove the difference along with the Big Ten jinx over the Coast elevens. The A&M basketball team opens its 1953 conference season against the Baylor Bears in Waco Jan. 6. The Cadets have compiled a 3 win 5 loss record for the year. SCORED TOUCHDOWNS FOR DETROIT LIONS—Doak Walker (left) and Bobby Lane, Detroit Lions backs, whose football prowess has been a by-word in Texas since they , played together on the Highland Park High School in Dal las, Tex., pose in the dressing room after the Lions troun ced the Cleveland Browns 17-7, to win the National Foot ball League championship in Cleveland. Both Walker and Layne scored touchdowns. It was Walker’s first touch down of the season and he did it on a 67-yard run. (AP Wirephoto). 1952 Eraiic Brings Sport Texas Year By HAROLD V. RATLIFF Associated Press Sports Editor It was an erratic year in Texas sports—away up here, away down there. Two champions of the Olympic Games headlined the accomplish ments. The other extreme was the low ebb to which football sunk. Failure of Dallas to make a go of professional football created more talk than even the champion ships Texas athletes Won. For the first time in years there wasn’t a Texas golfer to win a Doak to Play One More Year In Pro Ranks DALLAS, Dec. 31—UP)— Doak Walker, Southern Meth odist’s All-America who made good with a bang in pro foot ball, .said today he would play “at least one more year in the professional ranks. Walker had been quite uncer tain about whether he would take a third year until now. But he explained it like this: “I want to play in the Chicago All-Star game as a pro. I played in it as a collegian and it’s always been my ambition to play in it as a professional.” Walker, ace halfback of the Na tional Football League Champion Detroit Lions, came home to Dal las yesterday but will leave to morrow for Honolulu where he will appear in the Hula Bowl games, Jan. 5 and 11. Walker and Bobby Layne, for- mer Texas star who played high school football with Walker in Dallas, were the big guns in De troit’s 17-7 victory over Cleve land Sunday in the league cham pionship game. Layne scored one touchdown and Walker the other. P O G O you A\APg ewe up cmaM PUFFS, 60 HE HAP TO <30 OUT AH' gUY A SET SOlS TO GIVE'EM UP— we 60T 6IX HEFT1 ALOff£ TM&M A ^SOLUTION FOfZ HWpOS. mape him eive up his MYO&/T& POOP— FOEGOT IT'P BE BONES.' 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Betsy Rawls was the leading money-winner in women’s golf, Betty Jameson won the women’s division of the George S. May golf tournament at Chicago—the rich est prize sought by the feminine linksters. Betty took down $5,000. The North Texas State golf team won the national collegiate cham pionship for the third straight year but Billy Maxwell failed to defend his national amateur title. Don Cherry, the crooner, was the sen sation of the national amateur al though being eliminated in the semi-finals. JC Cage Champs Wharton County won the nation al junior college basketball cham pionship, a pleasant surprise. College football in Texas this year was the poorest in many sea sons. The intersectional record was worse than medioci’e. The only team gaining national renown was East Texas State, which swept through the season undefeated and untied. Dallas men brought professional football to Texas with a big flour ish. There was no doubt as to its stability—the men who got the National League franchise were said to have more money than they knew what to do with and wouldn’t mind dropping three- quarters of a million dollars just to get pro football started. But after losing $225,000, these men turned the franchise back to the league. They hadn’t expected to lose in the first place, they said, and besides they lost too much. Pro-Ball Not Wanted The fans, it seemed, didn’t want pro football like it had been antic ipated. Not a game drew as many as 20,000 fans—it takes 25,000 to even pay expenses. Failure of the team to win a single game con tributed to the lack of interest among the fans. But Texans did shine in pro fessional football. Bobby Layne and Doak Walker were keymen in Detroit’s surge to its division championship in the National League. Layne was the top back of the season. Walker, out for a long time with injuries, got back just in time to spark Detroit to victory over Los Angeles in the showdown game. (Continued on Page 4) Ags Lose to Texas Ponies Clip Owls; Win Cage Tourney The SMU Mustangs won the Cot ton Bowl Basketball Tournament in Dallas Tuesday night with a 71 to 62 victory over Rice. The University of Texas Long horns snapped a six-game losing streak as they defeated A&M 58 to 54, for their first win in the Tour ney. The luckless Aggies wound up without a victory to show for their Dallas visit. Texas Christian University’s Horned Frogs, winners of the Southwest Conference basketball tournament a year ago, took only the consolation prize in the current event Tuesday afternoon as they downed Arizona, the guest team, 63 to 48 in Fair Park recreation build- ing. Southern Methodists amazing Mustangs squelched Arkansas, 65 to 62, in a full-dressed thriller, and Rice defeated Baylor, 65 to 56, Monday night to roar into the fi nals. Hogs Fall The Razorbacks owned the lead only for a fleeting moment late in the opening period and for a mat ter of seconds in the next quarter. Otherwise, except for six times when the score was tied briefly, the Hogs trailed. The Mustangs, fighting their heavily favored adversaries all the way, were ahead, 16 to 15, at the end of the opening quarter, 33 to 28 at half time, and 47 to 44 at explication of the third. Art Barnes, their spectacular little sophomore, even dropped a free throw through the hoop after having been fouled on the last play of the contest. Though it was a team victory, Barnes, once again, was a vital spai-k in the win, as he was in the Mustangs’ first-night 57-to-35 de feat of the Texas Aggies. Against the Razorbacks, in addition to turning in a crowd-pleasing floor game. Barnes tallied 15 points to lead his team in scoring, though barrel-chested Jack Kastman was right behind him with 14 a n d Bryant had 13. High Scorer The high scorer for the game was Arkansas’ sharp shooting Gene Lambert, with 18. Lambert was one of the three Razorbacks who fouled out in the latter part of the closely-waged scrap under the ex perimental rule permitting a play er three fouls in each half. Two mustangs also collected three fouls and were through for the evening. The Mustangs continued their unusually accurate shooting. They hit on 20 of 45 shots from the floor and 25 of 37 charity chances. The Porkers had 23 for 67 from the floor and 16 for 31 from the free- throw line. Coach Don Suman’s Smooth Owls reached the championship round easily. Led by Gene Schwinger who scored 20 points to ran his to tal in the turnament to 41, the Owls were ahead by at least six points all the way. At the end of the first it was 15 to 7, at the half 39 to 27, and three-quarters way through, 52 to 43. BAYLOR (54) ARKANSAS (59) fg.ft.fl.tp. fg.ft.fl.tp. Brown 0 1 0 1 Shaw 2 4 5 8 Quillen 0 1 1 1 Whitley 0 2 0 2 Bailey 4 8 5 16 McDonald 2 0 1 4 Morgan 5 3 3 13 Adams 2 1 4 5 Starkey 4 5 2 13 Bradley 0 0 1 0 Strasburgr ' 0 2 4 2 Scroggins 0 0 1 0 Wieland 2 1 5 5 Sagely 2 1 3 5 Dalton 0 3 0 3 Lambert 3 4 3 10 Smith 1 2 3 4 Kearns 3 5 2 15 Elkins 2 2 3 6 Total 15 24 20 54 Total 19 21 26 59 Half-time score: Arkansas 33, Baylor 27. Free throws missed: Bailey, Morgan 4, Starkey 5, Strasburgcr 5, Dalton, Shaw 2, Lambert, Smith. Officials: B. J. King and Bo McAlister. TEXAS (58) TEXAS A&M (54) fg.ft.fl.tp. fg.ft.fl.tp. Black 0 3 3 3 Johnson 5 1 5 11 Morgan 5 5 1 15 Pirtle 2 1 3 7 Scaling 4 9 0 17 Heft 0 3 5 3 Richardsn 0 0 1 0 McCrarey 0 0 1 0 Rowell 6 7 4 15 Binford 0 0 0 0 Saunders 3 2 4 8 Miksch 5 6 4 16 Addison 5 2 2 12 Martin 2 1 1 5 Total 18 22 13 58 Total 20 14 22 54 Half-time score: A&M 36, Texas 29. Free throws missed: Black, Morgan 3. Scaling 4, Powell 4, Miksch 3, Addison, Martin 2.. Officials: TCU (63) Baker Brown Brumley White Warren Ohlen Allen Lampk.in Swaim fg.ft.fl.tp. 0 0 0 George Lee, Dwight Parks ARIZONA (48) fg.ft.fl.tp. 0222 Eddy 2 2 16 Lazovich 0000 Stanton 4 5 2 13 Rountree 6 1 3 13 Brower 5 3 1 13 Leftault 1 3 2 5 Kemmvies 1 2 2 4 Smitheran 3 12 7 Dunlap Kain Castro 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 10 1 1 0 0 2 5 3 2 4 1 0 1 1 2 Total 22 19 15 63 Total 16 16 19 48 Half-time score: TCU 37. Arizona 26. Free throws missed: Baker 2, Brown, White, Ohlen 3. Swaim 5, Rountree, Kcm- meries, Smitheran 3, Dunlap, Kain. RETIRES—Sammy Baugh, passing master of the Wash ington Redskins, hangs up No. 33 jersey for the last time after completing 16 years as a pro-football star. He holds almost every passing' mark in the books. In his college football career he played for Texas Christian University. He has recently joined the Hardin-Simmons University coaching staff. Stanky, Weiss, Roberts Named Baseball’s Best ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 30—(A>)_ George Weiss, Eddie Stanky and Robin Roberts Saturday were nam ed major league baseball’s No. 1 men of the year in annual selec tion by the Sporting News. Weiss, general manager of the New York Yankees, was cited as the top major league executive for the third straight year while Stan ky, St. Louis Cardinal pilot, re ceived the managerial citation. Roberts, ace Philadelphia Phillie pitcher was named No. 1 player. The newspaper also awarded similar honors in the minor leagues to: Jack Kent Cooke, president of Toronto in the International League; Luke Appling, manager DYERS'FUR STORAGE HATTERS meric an 210 S. Main Bryan Pho„ 2-1584 of Memphis in the Southern As sociation; Bill Skowron, Kansas City outfielder in the American Association, and Hillman Lyons, general manager of Danville ih the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League as top executive in the lower clas sification minors. Weiss was credited with being “the man behind the scenes” in the Yankees’ fom-th straight champion ship drive. The peppery Cardinal manager was honored for his abil ity to organize and get the most out of the material at hand,” and Roberts as an “outstanding per former with the fourth-place De former with the fourth-place Phil lies.” He paced the majors with 28 victories. Record Attendance Cooke, the newspaper said, es tablished a club record of 446,000 paid attendance. Appling, whose team won the Dixie Scries title, was cited as a manager who “did so much with so little.” Skowron led - the American Association in home runs, total bases and RBI’s and was third in hitting in his sec ond season of organized baseball. Lyons was honored for increas ing g.ttejidance, wiping out a $12,- 000 deficit 4r.d ending “the season the Wack” . „