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s Rices Time To Attempt
To Derail Arkansas Express
By UNITED PRESS
Now it's the Rice Owl's turn to
He If they can keep from making
any fatal mistakes against the
roustabout Iiazorbacks from Ar-
kansas as the Southwest Confer-
ence football race heads into No-
vember.
Six previous opponents, includ-
ing Texas Christian, Baylor, Texas
and most recently the Texas Ag-
gies, have fallen short in that as-
signment and as a result Coach
Offensive Leaders
In SWC Meeting
Stem Competition
By UNITED PRESS
All three of the Southwest Con-
ference's top offensive leaders
found the competition getting stif-
fer this week, but they managed
to hold onto their No. 1 spots.
Arkansas' Henry Moore turned
on a 134-yard spurt against Texas
A&M to vault from fourth to sec-
ond place only 59 yards behind
Rice's Dicky Moegle in the indi-
vidual rushing race. Moegle got 81
yards against Vanderbilt to put
illm at 508 yards to 449 for Moore.
Duane Nutt, the Southern Meth-
odist quarterback, pulled within 21
yards of Baylor's Billy Hooer, 557
yards to 578 for Hooper, among
the passers, and at the same time
displaced Hooper as runnerup to
Texas A&M's Elwood Kettler in to-
tal offense.
Nutt hit 13 of 17 passes for 173
yards against Texas and gained 10
more yards rushing to give him a
601yard overall total—55 yards
back of Kettler.
Hooper had a bad day against
TCU, completing only two of 10
passes for 59 yards and had three
intercepted. This dropped his com-
pletion average to 55.4 per cent
as compared to 04.6 for Nutt.
Pinky Nisbet of Rice moed up
Into third spot among the passers
but his 336-yard total was well be-
hind the leaders.
Moegle tops the punt returners
with a 14.7-yard average on eight
runbacks and, with Menan Schrie-
wer of Texas, shares the lad in
passes caught with 14. Henry
Gremminger of Baylor, however,
has accounted for the most yard-
age with 236 yards on 11 catches.
Don Watson of Texas A&M still
leads in kickoff returns with a 25.3-
yard average on six returns, about
three strides ahead of Del Shof-
ner of Baylor and Don Mcllhenny
of SMU.
George Walker of Arkansas tops
the pass interceptors with four and
ranks close behind TCU's Ray Tay-
lor in punting with a 41.0-yard av-
erage to 41.7 for Taylor.
SMU lost its team rushing lead
to Rice, 205.6 yards per game to
206.2 for the Owls, but. regained
the passing lead with a 135-yard
per game average to 118 yards for
Baylor, thus holding onto its total
offense lead with 340.6 yards per
game to 321.3 for Baylor.
The Mustangs also boast, the
tlghest defense, permitting only
228.2 yards per contest to 250.7 for
TCU, and their 98.6 yards allow
ed rushing also in the top per game
average against ground attack.
Bowden Wyatt's wrecking crew
boats a fat lead in the run for the
flag and a Cotton Bowl berth.
Only Rice and Southern Method-
ist are left on Arkansas' conference
slate and both have to invade the
latter's territory—Rice this coming
Saturday afternoon at Little Rock
before a sellout throng.
Rice, like SMU and Baylor, is
still very much in the title picture
but will have to upend the nation's
No. 4 team to stayt hat way be-
cause of an earlier loss to SMU.
SMU, Baylor Interests
SMU and Baylor will be trying
to further their own interests this
week, too, the Mustangs entertain-
ing the Texas Aggies at Dallas and
Baylor hosting Texas at Waco in
the day's NCAA nationally - tele
vised game. TCU will be idlet his
week, but it is already out of the
running along with Texas and the
Aggies.
By converting a pair of Aggie
fumbles into touchdowns for a 14 to
7 victory last Saturday night, Ar-
kansas moved to within a victory
and a tie of clinching the Razor-
backs first taste of a crown since
they won a co-championship in
1946.
By beating Rice and then defeat-
ing or tying SMU a week later at
Fayetteville, Arkansas could end
the scrap for the title two weeks
before the rest of the league got
through arguing among themselves.
Afford to Lose
SMU, with a victory and a tie on
its record, is the only one of Ar-
kansas' three rivals that could af-
ford to lose this Saturday. Both
Rice and Baylor already have one
defeat charged against them and a
second setback would wipe out any
title hopes.
Arkansas hasn't beaten Ric2 at
home or abroad since 1946—the
year it shared the championship
with Rice and represented the con-
ference in the Cotton Bowl's only
scoreless tie against Louisiana
State.
Of the other title contenders,
SMU last won the crown in 1948,
Baylor three decades ago in 1924
and Rice won outright in 1952 and
shared it with Texas a year ago.
SMU had its hopes dimmed but
not blotted out at Austin last week
as a rejuvenated Texas team surg-
ed from behind for a 13 to 13 tie,
while Baylor kept its hopes alive
by a 12 to 7 verdict over TCU at
Fort Worth. Rice tuned up for the
Little Rock showdown by coasting
past Vanderbilt 34 to 13.
ROITHWKHT CONFERENCE
CALENDAR
By UNITED I'ltESH
Arizona-Texas Tech
Tiff Should Decide
Border Conference
By UNITED PRESS
Touchdowns should come thick
and fast when Arizona and Texas
Tech settle the dispute over the
Border Conference football title at
Tucson next Saturday night.
Each of the offense-minded out-
fits has two league victories
against no losses, but Arizona
boasts the best season record—al-
beit against weaker opposition
than that faced by Tech.
The Wildcats have won five out
of six, losing only to Colorado,
j while Tech has won three and tied
i one in six starts—losing to Lou-
I isiana State and College of Pacific
| and tying Oklahoma A&M.
Against their only mutual foe—
j West Texas State—Arizona won
last week 48 to 12 while Tech trim-
[ med the Buffs 33 to 7 in late Sep-
tember.
Actually, Tempe State is lead-
j ing the conference with a 3 0 rec-
| ord, but the Sun Devils are ex-
! pected to lose that untarnished
mark in the season finale against
Arizona, which is the only other
league game on Tempe's sched-
ule.
Tempe plays Cincinnati, un-
defeated and untied, at, Tempe this
Saturday night after nipping Ilar-
din-Simmons last week 14 to 13.
The only other conference game
will send Hardin-Simmons to El
Paso against Texas Western,
which beat New Mexico A&M 12 to
7 last week.
West Texas tackles another un-
defeated outsider — Trinity — at
San Antonio to complete the sched-
ule. The New Mexico Aggies will
be idle.
Keason HtandiiiKN
Team
W h
T l ts. Op,
I'ct.
Arkansas
0 0
0 122 'Ui
1.000
Baylor
r, 2
0 T82 03
.714
SMU
i i
1 101 53
.700
Rice
1 2
O 133 87
.667
TCU
.4 3
O 122 93
.571
Texas
2 4
1 94 101
.357
Texas A&M
1 <J
62 120
.143
CONF Kit K.NCH
STANDI NO
Team
W L
T Pis. Op.
Pet.
Arkansas
•1 0
0 75 47
1.000
SMU
1 0
1 33 19
.750
Baylor
2 1
0 52 35
.667
Rice
1 1
0 19 27
.r>00
TCU
I 2
0 41 52
.333
Texas
0 2
1 27 46
.167
Texas A&M
0 3
0 34 55
.000
Last
Week'
Kcsults
UCLA, Ohio Slate,
Cincinnati Facing
Rough Schedules
By UNITED PRESS
There's clear sailing in the off-
ing for three of the nation's six
unbeaten and untied major pow-
ers but the worst is yet to come
for UCLA, Ohio State and Cincin-
nati.
Barring upsets that would rival
anything the topsy-turvy season
already has offered, Oklahoma,
Arkansas, and Miami <Fla.)
should continue unscathed past
teams which have a combined
season's record of 36 wins and 30
losses. Only one of the trio's 11
future opponents has escaped with
fewer than two losses and two of
the teams are under .500 for the
year.
Oklahoma, which beat Colorado,
13-6, for its sixth straight victory
on Saturday, meets Iowa State
next weekend and then goes
against Missouri <3-3), Nebraska
'4-2) and Oklahoma A&M (3-3-1)
on successive Saturdays.
Hogs Take on Rice
Arkansas, still inviolate after a
14-7 triumph over Texas A&M,
takes on Rice '4-2), SMU (3-2-l>,
LSU (2-51 and Houston (3-2), while
Miami, which butchered Fordham,
75-7, Friday night, meets Auburn
(3-31, Alabama (4-2-1) and Florida
(4-3). Betting on any of those un-
derdogs would be like risking
money on Army's black and blue
knights of the Hudson against the
Detroit Lions.
There are no such soft pickings
in prospect, however, for UCLA.
Ohio State and Cincinnati, whose
combined opponents have a sea-
son's record of 41 victories and
only 13 defeats.
UCLA, 27-6 victory over Califor-
nia last Saturday, shouldn't have
too much trouble next weekend
with an Oregon team which has
lost three of its seven games. But
then the Uclans run into a real
tough one on Nov. 20 when they
take on Southern California (6-1),
the Pacific Coast Conference's
from the
PRESSBOX
By MURRAY FORSVALL
BPOBTS EDITOR
Factors in the Mustangs' defeat by Vernon are numerous
and its difficult to tell which may have been the most cost-
ly.
The big, rough-blocking line was the feature of the Ver-
non team. It enabled Vernon's slow and plodding backs to
ramble for continuous gains and held the Mustang ground
game to a minimum of effectiveness.
Harroll Hobbs' injury just after
halftime no doubt hurt the Mus-
tang cause. Bobby Hartgraves step-
ped in to play a fine game in
place of Hobbs but Harroll's shoes
are a mighty big pair to fill.
Looking over the play by play
these factors, not listed necessarily
in the order of their importance,
stand out as the big ones that hurt.
(1)—The horrendous start the
Mustangs got off to. They were
able to run only three plays in the
entire first quarter. They ran only
one play the first three times they
handled the ball.
that particular
B-Team Clouts
C-City, 33-0
A well-balanced Sweetwater B-
Team attack paid off for the Mus-
tangs Saturday night as they came
up with a rousing 33-0 victory over j
the Colorado City B-Stringers.
Five different men scored for
the Mustangs. After grabbing a 7-0
halftime lead the Mustangs broke
the game wide open with four sec-
ond-half scores.
Taking the opening kickoff, the
Mustangs drove all the way with-
out losing the ball. Charles An-
drews went the final 25 yards and
kicked the point after.
In the second half the Mustangs
scored every time they had their
hands on the ball except once and
that time a drive was stopped by
better team on
night.
If the Mustangs were to play the
Lions again, they might be able to an_intercepted pass
win by three touchdowns. On the
other hand Vernon might be able
to come up with a rousing victory.
The defeat by the Lions left the
Mustangs with their backs to the
wall in the league race. To win
title now the Ponies are faced
with the necessity of winning them
all. That includes Levelland, Breck-
enridge, and Big Spring three
weeks in a row.
Plus Plainview this Friday night
They lost it on a pass intercep- \ at Mustang Bowl. The Bulldogs
tion, when they played and punted ; haven't won a game yet but they
are improving and won't be any
soft touches in district 1-AAA.
This home game incidentally is
the first of three in a row. The only
road game the Mustangs have left
is Big Spring on Thanksgiving Day.
Arkansas 14, Texas A&M 7.
SMU 13, Texas 13, tie.
Baylor 12, TCU 7.
Rice 34, Vanderbilt 13.
This Week's Srliedul** i i-. . .. „
nayior vs. Texas at Waco conf.. smu ; likely representative in the Rose
vs. Texas A&M .it Dallas conf., Arkan- 1 Bowl.
Has vs. Ilice at Little Rock conf.
INDIVIDUAL HCOIMN'C
Player, Team
Dicky Moegle, Rice
Henry Moore, Ark.
Elwood Kettler. A&M
James Swink, TCU
Preston Carpenter. Ark.
Delbert Shofner, Baylor
Ronald Clinkscale, TCU
George Walker, Ark.
Hilly Hooper, Baylor
Don Mcllhenny, SMU
Td. Pal. Fg. Tp.
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Minors' Damage Suit
Will Be Filed Today
PORTSMOUTH. Va., Nov. 1 —
| UP— Frank D. Lawrence, owner
J of the Portsmouth Merrimacs of
! the Class B Piedmont League, said
he expects his huge damage suit
i against the National League and
j B a s e b a 1 I Commissioner Ford
| Frick to be filed Monday in Wash-
ington, D.C.
Lawrence said the amount of
j damages he will ask will be de-
I termined after a conference with
I other minor league owners, but
; might run as high as $50 million.
The Portsmouth owner said he
i will charge that radio and televi-
| sion broadcasts of major league
j games into the 1'ortsmoutha rea
had hurt the attendance at his
i team's games. Lawrence claims
I the major league clubs have thus
j violated their agreement to pro-
I tect the "territorial rights" of mi-
i nor league teams.
Lawrence said that major-
| league broadcasts and telecasts
J have run most independently own-
I ed minor league teams out of busi-
| ness, leaving in the main only
j those minor league teams which
j are "farm" clubs of major-league
teams.
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Ohio State Schedule
Ohio State, which downed stub-
born Northwestern, 14-7, for victo-
ry No. 6, still must hurdle upset-
conscious Pittsburgh (3-3) in ad-
dition to such Big Ten powers as
Purdue and Michigan. Pittsburgh
has beaten Navy, Northwestern
and West Virginia in succession
while Purdue is 4-1-1 and Michi-
gan 4 2 for the season.
Cincinnati, which slipped past
College of Pacific, 13-7, for its sev-
enth straight, goes on to play Ari-
zona State (5-2), Wichita (5-1) and
Miami of Ohio (G-0). The Bearcats
are hoping an unsullied record will
earn them an invitation to the 'Ga-
tor Bowl on New Year's Day.
Saturday's latest wave of upsets
included Iowa's 13-7 triumph over
seventh - ranked Wisconsin and
claimed lour of the nation's pre-
viously-unbeaten and untied ma-
jor powers. Boston University
bounced Bucknell from the honor
scroll 20-7; Xavier (Ohio' upset
Boston College. 19 14; Pittsburgh
defeated West Virginia, 13-10, and
William & Mary tied Virginia
Tech, 7-7.
Other Powers
Other national powers which
had their troubles were Notre
Dame, which tripped Navy, 6-0;
Army, which shaded Virginia, 21-
20, on the margin of an extra
point, and Duke, which slipped
past Georgia Tech, 21-20. Southern
California, the nation's No. 9
team, romped over Oregon State,
34-0, eighth-ranked Purdue beat Il-
linois, 28-14, Yale defeated Dart-
mouth, 13-7, and Penn State wal-
loped Pennsylvania, 35-13.
Yale's meeting with Army
shapes up as the key game of next
Saturday's schedule in the East
while Notre Dame takes on bat
tered Pennsylvania, West Virginia
attempts to duplicate Miami's an-
nihilation of Fordham, Penn State
plays Holy Cross and Cornell
meets Syracuse.
Baylor faces Texas, Navy plays
Duke and SMU opposes Texas
A&M in the South; Indiana goes
against Miami (Ohio), Michigan
against Illinois, Wisconsin meets
Northwestern and Missouri plays
Colorado in the West; while in the
far West it's Stanford vs. South-
ern California and Washington vs.
California.
from their own 11, and on a fum
ble.
(2)—The failure to try any wide
plays in the first half that may
have opened the defense for the
Mustangs plays inside the tackles.
(3)—Hobbs' injury very early in
the third quarter.
(4)—The short kickoff after the
Mustangs' touchdown.
(5)—Bill Lovelace's beautiful 50-
yard punt that died on the Mus-
tang 4.
(6)—The five-yard offside penal-1
ty against the Mustangs that pre- j
vented them from driving out from
there and holding the ball. The big boys, Big Spring and
(7)—Lovelace's fine fake to a Breekenridge, get together at
teammate that sprung him loose Breekenridge Friday night in a
for a 22-yard gain to the Mustang contest which may settle the issue
five. in District 1-AAA.
(8)—Hartgraves' inexperience on Currently. Big Spring holds a
the run-pass option play to the half-game advantage over the
right. Buckaroos by having played and
(91—1The 15-yard clipping penal- won one more game in loop com-
ity that ruined the final drive.
I (10)—The fact that the Lions,
| with Hobbs out, could watch Frank
Smith too closely.
All of these factors built up to
the Mustangs defeat. The impor-
tance of them is hard to estimate.
Had any of them been different the
game result may have been dif-
ferent.
There was nothing materially
wrong with the Mustangs last Fri-
day night. They were just beaten
by a Vernon ball club that was a
Robert Neeper scored from five i
yards out on a quarterback sneak I
to open the second-half tallying.
Adolph Olvera got the next on a
three-yard run with Neeper pass-
ing to Jimmy Feagan for the extra
point.
Donny McNeal counted next for
the Mustangs as he hurried over
from six yards out and the final
touchdown was made by Richard
Ferrell on an eight-yard scamper.
Duane McQueen lugged it over for
the extra pointer.
On defense for the Mustangs,
Brice Hartgraves, McNeal. and
Feagan stood out.
The B-Team plays in San An-
gelo next Saturday, meeting the j
Bobcat B-Team at 1:30 p. m.
Boosters Meet-
Tonight At 8
Sweetwater's Boosters Club
will meet tonight at 8 p. m. at
Central Fire Hall to view the
pictures of the Vernon game
and listen to scout reports on
Plainview.
The club will first watch the
Southwest Conference review
and then will hear a scout re-
port cn the Bulldogs, whom the
Mustangs meet Friday at Mus-
tang Bowl. Following that the
Club will watch movies of Fri-
day's 12-7 defeat at the hands
Vernon.
2 Sweetwater Reporter, Texas, Monday, November 1, 1954
Buckaroos Meet Steers
In Highlight 1-AAA Tilt
petition. Both teams are undefeat-
ed throughout the season but have
been tied once in district play.
Vernon deadlocked the Steers,
25-25, and the Buckaroos were forc-
ed to come from behind to tie
Levelland, 13-13. Otherwise the}
two powerhouses have won them
all.
Last week the Steers took Level-
land, 20-0. and the Buckaroos blast-
i ed Lamesa, 35-0.
Sweetwater fell from the lead it
held last week by dropping a close
12-7 decision to Vernon. The defeat
left the Mustangs with a 2-1 record
and in third place.
Vernon moved into a fourth-place
tie with Levelland while Snyder,
which beat Plainview, 39-19, last
week holds down sixth with a 2-2
mark. Vernon and Levelland have
2-1-1 records. Lamesa and Plain-
view trail with 0-4 marks.
Other than the big one at Breek-
enridge there are two other games
on the slate. Plainview moves into
Sweewater and Vernon will enter-
tain Lamesa. Levelland and Sny-
der have the week off.
Frosty Robison protected his
lead in individual scoring by by
tallying twice against Levelland to
raise his total to 14 touchdowns and
84 points. Clyde Harris and Jack
Sandefer, both of Breekenridge are
second and third with 70 and GO
counters.
niHTKICT I-.VIA
Season Standing
Extent 01 Hobbs' 1
Injury Uncertain *
The seriousness of Harroll
Hobbs' knee injury remained
uncertain early Monday morn-
ing. Hobbs injured the knee
early in the third quarter of the £
Vernon game last Friday and
didn't play.
Coach Pat Gerald said that
Hobbs' knee was sore but that
it hadn't swollen up too much.
Gerald said that plans were be-
ing made to have the injury
fully examined today to de-
termine the extent of the in-
jury. He may be taken to Lub-
bock for care from a specialist.
Pictures of the Vernon game
show that Hobbs stopped quick-
ly and twisted his knee. The w
loss of Hcbbs to the team would
be a grave blow to the Mus-
tangs who already have their
backs to the wall in the dis-
trict race.
He has played both offense
and defense and is the Mus-
tangs leading ground gainer
and top scorer.
Reagan Elevens 9
Will Play Three
Tilts This Week
Reagan Junior fligh football
teams wind up their seasons this
week with three games on sched-
ule.
The first contest will be Tuesday
night at 7 p. m. when the Eighth
grade B-Team will play Hamlin at
Mustang Bowl. There will be 110 w
admission lor the game.
A doLibleheader is 011 tap for
Thursday night with both the
Eighth and Seventh grade teams
due to see action.
The Eighth grade will meet the
Eighth grade team from South Jun-
ior High of Abilene at 7 p. m. fol-
lowing a contest between the Rea-
gan Seventh graders and a team
from Bronte which starts at 5:30
p. m.
Admission for the doubleheader £
will be 50 cents for adults and 25
cents for students.
Breck-Big Spring
Game Highlights
Stale's Schedule
US, Brazil Only
Unbeaten Teams
In Cage Tourney
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 1—UP
—Brazil rated as the chief threat
to the heavily-lavored United
States team Monday in the final
round of the world amateur bas-
ketball championships.
Brazil and the U.S. team — the
Peoria, III.. Caterpillars—are the
only teams unbeaten in the round- Longview and Harlingen
robin final round of the champion
ships in which each of -the eight
By UNITED PRESS
Highlight activity will he mini-
mized among the state's Class
AAAA and AAA divisions, but
there'll be one big spotlight con-
test matching Big Spring, the 1953
Class AAA runner-up, against
Breekenridge.
These two clubs, tied once in dis-
trict 1 play but unscatched other
wise, will settle their own district
dispute and the winner will be an
odds-on favorite to pound on down
to the state finals next month.
Big Spring looked a bit the bet-
ter against Levelland. a club that
tied Breekenridge 13 to 13. as the
Steers cut down the Lobos 20 to 0.
but probably will be the underdog
at game time.
None of the other half dozen
AAAA-AAA unbeaten teams ap-
pear in serious danger, although
none felt secure in the wak of last
week's action that saw Port Ar-
thur tumbled out of the state's No.
1 spot by Galveston 13 to 12.
Midland will be idle, but AAAA's
other perfect record club—Galves-
ton—will meet Orange in what
should be a breather.
In AAAA. Garland. Lufkin and
Pliarr-San Juan-Alamo are unbeat-
en and untied. Garland may have
to turn on the steam to beat Pleas-
ant Grove, but Lufkin and Pliarr-
San Juan-Alamo are unbeaten
and untied. Garland may have to
turn on the steam to beat Pleasant
Grove, but Lufkin and Pliarr-San
Juan Alamo appear safe against
respec-
tively.
McAllen. once-tied like Big
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180
Breekenridge
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0
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211
53
Snyder
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2
0
.714
167
61
Levelland
.4
2
I
i; 13
167
107
Vernon
4
2
1
.643
110
81
Sweetwater .
2
3
1
.417
67
91
Lamesa
2
5
0
.286
92
1 10
Plainview
0
7
0
.000
81
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Big Spring
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0
1
.875
93
3S
Breekenridge
2
0
1
.833
83
20
Sweetwater
2
1
0
.067
47
37
Levelland
2
1
1
.625
49
39
Veitnon
. 2
1
1
.625
63
61
Snyder
2
2
0
.500
71
52
Lamesa
0
4
0
.000
19
102
Plainview
0
4
0
.000
48
127
Schedule Th
s
Wee
k:
Plainview
at
Sweetwater: Big Spring at Breekenridge;
Lamesa at Vernon: Snyder, Levelland
open dates.
Results Last Week: Vernon 12.
Sweetwater 7; Big Spring 20, Levelland
0: Breekenridge 35, Lamesa 0; Snyder
39, Plainview 19.
Leading Scorers
Tl)
Bob!son, Big Spring 1 1
Harris, Breekenridge
Betsy Rawls Takes
Texas Open Title
FORT WORTH, Nov. 1 —UP —
Betsy Rawls of Spartansburg,
S.C.. won her second straight Tex-
j as Women's Open goir title Sun-
day by beating Betty Hicks of
Manhattan Beach. Calif., 1-up.
j over 36 holes.
i Miss Rawls. former University
| of Texas honor student, earned
$500 first-place money while her
rival got $300, The rest of the
\ $1,300 purse was split among oth-
J or professionals who were elimi-
nated earlier.
A downhill seven-loot putt for a
birdie on the 3<ith hole by Miss
Rawls ended the match.
But Miss Rawls played uphill
| nearly all the way. A streak of
fine putting gave Miss 1 licks a
three-up advantage after the 18-
hole morning round over River
: Crest Country Club. The California
pro increased her margin to four-
up shortly after the afternoon
round began. But Miss Rawls kept
| plugging away and finally squared
l the match on the 31st hole.
j They played even until the last
I hole. On the 36th—a tree-bordered
par live—Miss Rawls played her
; third shot to the green, about sev-
I en feel past the cup. Miss Hicks
was short of the green after three
shots, but played her fourth to
within three feet of the cup
Then Miss Rawls. with a good-
sized gallery watching and the
pressure on. rammed down her
| seven footer to end the match.
teams play each other once. The i Spring and Breekenridge, also has | sundefor. urcrkenriiiKi-
co-leaders eachh ave three games what appears to be a fairly easy s„ik/-s'"sn\ !iCr°'''''
to go* including one against eac assignment in Kingsville. j cr.iwfoni. 'snytiei-
other on Friday, tlv final night of Aside from these games, the top i Miller. Vernon
the turney. contcst appears to he in 5-AAA j S,e «
The U.S. team was idle Sunday I where Palestine and Temple clash rhiipmim, "i. inesu'
' but Brazil kept its clean record in-' for the lead and probable title. Oth- ! Hobbs. Sweetwater
i tact by scoring an easy 57-41 vie- er top flight games in which dis- j^Tiand.' puftrnisw
1 tory over the Philippines. In oth- trict leads could change include Beeton, Levelland
er final - round games Sunday Fort Worth Paschal vs Fort Worth fnrpctiter,
night, Israel defeated France. 48- Poly, Dallas Sunset vs South Oak HZZZ
15, in overtime, and Uruguay de- Cliff, Waco at Highland Park. ; .
feated Chile. Ii7-(i2. |
Games scheduled Monday night
I are: United States vs. China; Bra-
zil vs. France, and Canada vs.
1 Philippines.
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Pro Football
Races Tighten
By UNITED PRESS
United Press Sports Writer
Timely triumphs by the defend-
ing champion Detroit Lions and
Cleveland Browns plus three up-
set victories by underdogs made
the National Football League's di-
vision races tight as wet shoes
Monday with 10 of the 12 teams
at the halfway marks in their 12-
game schedules.
The leaders staggered out of the
weekend action with the Philadel-
phia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers
and New York Giants still tied for
the Eastern lead with 4-2 records.
But the Browns, who started slow-
j ly in their bid to win the division
I crown for the fifth straight time,
| now are 3-2 and only a half-game
I behind.
The Lions, seeking a third
straight Western Dvision and
play-off title, again are tied with
j the San Francisco Forty Niners
j tor the Western lead. San Fran-
I cisco has a 4-1-1 record and De-
; troit is 4-1. Ties don't count in the
; NFL.
The Green Bay Packers began
the wave of upsets Saturday night.
| They were 11-point underdogs but
j thrashed the Eagles, 37-14. The
Chicago Cardinals were Sunday's
biggest underdogs — 20 points—
} but edged the Steelers, 17-14.
Several hours later at San Fran-
cpyco, Harlon Hill snared his
fourth touchdown pass of the day
j with 25 seconds to go and the Chi-
j eago Bears—10-point underdogs—
| handed the Forty Niners their
first 1954 dleat, 31-27.
At Los Angeles, 74,342 fans saw
i the Lions show how and why they
| have dominated the league the
last two years. The champions
made every break count and came
j from behind twice to edge the
Rams, 27-21.
At Cleveland, the Browns recov-
ered a New York fumble early in
j the third period and turned it into
| the decisive touchdown in their 24-
j 14 victory.
The Redskins also furnished a
mild surprise in Sunday's other
game. They were seven point un-
j derdogs at Washington but posted
their first 1954 victory by edging
the Baltimore Colts. 24-21, on Vie
Janowicz' first NFL field goal.
Sport Briefs
Jockey Recovering
NEW YORK. Nov. 1—UP—Jock-
ey Ilele.v Woodhouse was recuper-
ating at his home Monday from a
mild concussion suffered when he
was thrown from his mount in the
eighth race at Jamaica Saturday.
Woodhouse was released from I
Physicians' Hospital Sunday after
being kept there overnight.
Irish Team Wins
NEW YORK. Nov. 1—UP—Coun-
ty Cork's all - Ireland hurling
champions defeated the New York
All-Stars by scoring seven goals
and eight points to three goals and
10 points Sunday in the annual St.
Brendan's Cup matches before 28.-
000 fans at the Polo Grounds.
To Seek Record
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.. Nov. 1 —
UP— Joe Michelini of Chicago will
attempt to set a world outboard
speed record Monday in the Class
X and F hydroplane divisions of
the National Outboard Association
competition. Bill Tenney of Day-
ton. Ohio, set a world speed rec-
ord in the Class C hydro division
Sunday with a time of <>8.441 mph.
Washington High
Opens Cage Season
Here Tuesday Night
The Booker T. Washington School
basketball team will open its 1954-
55 cage season Tuesday night by
playing host to Hamlin's Oscar
DePriest Iligli School Steers, who
wili also be playing their first game
of the season.
A girls game will open the ac-
tion at 7:45 p. m. and will be fol-
lowed immediately by tile boys
game.
The Bulldogs' record for last sea-
son was 22 won and 11 lost for a
percentage of 6<!7, while the Ham-
lin quintet won 22 and lost 13 for
a percentage of .(>29. The Hamlin
girls won about 50 per cent of their
games last season, while the
Booker T. Washington School sex-
tet won 33, lost one, and tied two
in winning its third consecutive
district championship.
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