Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 1, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 2, 1949 Page: 2 of 22
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City
lit In a close
t on the Wotv
B team
a* they
at will to Be-
CItjr B.
man for the local
Carl Nunn with
owed by one of the
Bill Terry with
Leroy Hand was third
8, Riley Cross had 5 and
MeMiifan scored 4.
yle Brtmsen. 6 foot junior,
for the B team boys as
e sunk 16 points for his team
failed to scratch in his brief
t' with the A quintet,
he win over Colorado City
made their win loss record
climb four wins as against two
losses. .The two losses were dis-
trict games and were tacked
against the Mustangs with an in-
complete squad on one game
and a rejuvenated attack by
Odessa on another count.
The Sweetwater Mustangs un-
der the very aide hand of Coach
Ken Newton are in his words
“One of the best teams this
school has fielded since my ar-
rival in Sweetwater."
This is Coach Newton's fifth
jv a.
W'J]
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school system.
The Sweetwater Ponies will
go Into their first 1919 confer-
ence games here in Mustang
gym next week. They will play
San Angelo Tuesday night, Jan
4, and host Abilene Friday night,
Jan. 7 to make an almost com-
plete round of the 3-AA schools.
A. L. Hockey Review
By Halted Press
The western division of the
American Hockey League faced
the new year today with the
possibility of a five-way dog-
fight for the three playoff spots
as last place Buffalo climbed to
within one point of third place.
The Bisons advanced on the
third place co-holders, Cleveland
and Indianapolis, by defeating
the ’Caps, 3 to 0, before 8,116
fans in the only game played
last night. The victory also put
the Bisons within four points of
second place Pittsburgh.
A former Indianapolis player,
Les Douglas, scored the first and
last Bison goals and Tony Coop-
er scored the second as Goalie
Connoe Dion had an easy time
in registering a shutout, making
only 18 saves.
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flMAtUd
TOWsswre.
year of 1949, new' names and new
faces will make their claim for
fame in the sports headlines and
columns over the nation.
Basket bull, almost half
through it normal season,
has already cutabUahed
most of Us stars but follow-
ing the hoop season will hr
the tennis and trick meets
In which many new names
will crop up to take the place
of those who have dropped
from the picture or turned
to the professional field.
With the new rule changes in
football the game will become
one of the most scientific games
known to sports.—except check-
ers.
* * *
HOWARD PAYNE HOOP
MEET—
In the Howard Payne Invita-
tional basketball meet the Lub-
bock Westerners tripped Mid-
land Friday night 49 to 36, while
Burkett ousted Temple in an
overtime game, 36 to 35. These
two teams advance into the
Semi-finals.
OTHER SCORES IN THE
TOt’RNEY’—
Laredo 44. Goldthwaite 36.
Eula 34, Cisco 17.
Olney 35, Dublin 29.
Big Spring 27. Gatesville 22
* * *
NO DOC RLANCHAKD—
The main reason why the
Army-Navy “Veterans Bowl1' in
Sweetwater did not have the
services of Lt. Felix (Doc)
Blanchard as a guest is that he
was [xirtaking of a bowl game
in Soiith Carolina known as the
Tobacco Bowl.
Kumoi-s had been circu-
lated that plans had been
put forth to obtain the serv-
ices of Blanchard as an of-
ficial for the game.
He was slated to boot the
opening kick-off and to help
judge tlie bevy of beauties and
pick the gal to wear the crown
Miss Tobacco Bowl of 1949.
Doc Blanchard is station-
ed at Shaw Air Force Base
near Sumter, 8. C. He re-
ported to the jet base after
a long leave following his
graduation from flight train-
ing at YVilliains Air Force
Base, Arizona.
His bride, from San Antonio,
was attending the game with
him Saturday.
* * *
TEXAS SPONSOR—
The two teams Georgia and
Texas who met yesterday in the
Orange Bowl followed the motif
of their school colors in select-
ing sponsors for the game.
Texas had as their sponsor the
lovely local Nancy Crane. Nancy
is the daughter of Roy Crane,
creator of Captain Easy and
Buz Sawyer, and a former
Sweetwater man. Nancy lives
in Orlando, Fla.
* * *
That is all— ...............
Wan tart Contest Hoc
Before a very smell but pa-1 neither team making much head-
triotic crowd the naxy ex-team way. The powerful Army squad
While trout anglers throughout
the remainder of the country
have put away their gear for the
winter. Pacific coast fly spinner
and bait addicts hit the jackpot
as runs of sea-run rainbow and
steelhead enter streams from
northern California to Brit-,
ish Columbia. Here’s Don C.'
Wiley of Palo Alto, Calif., with
a couple of limits of steelhead
taken from the Gualala River,
north of San Francisco. Caught
witli artificial lures, they weigh
from seven to 13‘V pounds.
Traberf And Angyl
Won Singles Play
In Jr. Net Tourney
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 1 (UP) —
Trabert of the University of Cin-
cinnati and Kenneth Ar.gyl,
Hamtranck, Mich., won the
singles championships last night
in the national small boys and
junior indoor tennis tourna-
ments.
Trabert, who was first seeded
starter in the junior singles, took
an easy 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 final match
from Steve Potts r.f Memphis.
Angyl won over Alfred Kuhn of
Evanston. 111., in the boys di-
vision, 6-4, 2-6, 9-7.
Angyl earlier had wor. a sur-
prise semi-final match over sec-
ond-seeded Tim Coss of Wash-
ington, D. C. Kuhn had set up to
the finals by beating top-seeded
Ted Rogers of Washington.
Trabert also was co-winner in
the junior doubles. He teamed
with Dixon Osburn of Texas
Christian University to win over
Potts and Allen Fischl, New
York, 6-1, 6-2, and 6-4.
Rogers and Coss won the
boys doubles by polishing off
Angyl and Richard Potter, also
of Hamtramck, 8-10, 6-3, and
6-2.
Barney Ewell Is
Declared A Pro
For Taking House
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 1 (UP)
—Barnell Ewell, an outstanding
track star on the U. S. Olympic
team, today was declared a pro-
fesional by the Middle Atlantic
Amateur Athletic Union for ac-
cepting a house and lot from his
Lancaster, Pa., neighbors.
Frank N. Percival, secretary
of the Middle Atlantic AAU, an-
nounced that the ruling was
made by Judge Harry S. McDev-
itt, president of the Middle At-
lantic district and a member of
the National AAU’s legislation
committee.
Although Ewell, who was no-
tified of the aciton by letter, has
the right to appeal the ruling,
the former Penn State star said
he would make no protest.
Reached at his home in Lan-
caster, Ewell said: “I am living
ir the house and am proud of
it. The people of Lancaster were
awfully nice to give it to me and
it certainly would be ungrateful
if I were to fail to acknowledge
(he gift or seek some way out.”
Ewell, who had f iled an entry
for a track meet in Philadelphia
this month, was a member of the
victorious U. S. 400-meter relay
team in the 1948 Olympics and
also finished second in the 100-
yard and 200-yard races.
Aggies Drop 69-52
Verdict To Scrappy
Baldwin-Wallace
CLEVELAND, Jan. 1 (UP)—
Billy Turnbow of Texas A. & M.
collected 18 points last night but
it wasn’t enough and his team
lost to Baldwin-Wallace, 69-52.
Johnny Popp was high point
man for the winners with 16
points. Baldwin Wallace led at
the half, 34-17.
Baylor Wins Over
Wake Forest In
Dixie Bowl 20-7
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Jan. 1,
(UP)— George Sims, Baylor’s
great pass stealing halfback,
snarked the Bears’ to a 20 tb 7
victory over Wake Forest today
in the "Battle of the Baptists” be-
fore 20,000 Dixie Bowl fans.
Sims, a kinky Texan who was
second in the nation in pass in-
terceptions. pulled a Wake
Forest pass out of the air and
raced 58-yards to break the
spirit of the Baptists from North
Carolina.
Sims also upset the Deacon
passing game sirjglc-handed, get-
ting into nearly every aerial
play.
But the senior halfback was
the goat on Wake Forest’s only
touchdown. He let a bouncing
punt toucli him and a Wake
Forest man recovered on the
Baylor 13. Wake Forest scored
from there easily.
Sims’ 58-yard run set up the
first touchdown for Baylor in
the first two minutes of the
opening period, fur the rest of
the hall, Wake Forest seemed
like a team with its spirit brok-
en.
downed the fighting pray ag-
gregation IS to 7 with former
Mustang star Buddy Hedrick
carrying the mail for Navy's
first quarter score.
Navy scored on a smash ov-
er right guard by Hedrick after
Swabbie end Jim Taylor had
pulled in a hotly contested pass
on the Army 12. Bill Holhert’s
kick split the uprights, Navy
led 7 to 0.
For the remainder of the first
half the two teams batted heads
from the *T” formation with
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109 residents.
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Underdog Longhorns
Defeat Georgia By
41 To 20 At Miami
MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 1, (UP) —
A mammoth Texas line ripped
holes through the Georgia Bull-
dogs today for ball carriers Tom
Landry and Randall Clay, and
the underdog Longhorns won a
11 to 28 victory in the 15th an-
nual Orange Bowl game.
The 60,523 roaring fans watch-
ed Georgia's famed passing
quarterback, Johnny Rauch,
throw the Bulldogs into a 28-27
lead 10 minutes before the game
ended. The Texans would not be
denied victory in this highest-
scoring of 15 Orange Bowl
games.
On the winning touchdown
drive Texas marched from its
own 31 on line plays and a short
pass to the Georgia 39.
With Georgia’s defenses
spread for a pass, Texas quarter-
hack Paul Compbell handed the
ball to Landry who went to the
12 yard line.
Clay carried to the eight and
Byron Gillory to the two from
where Clay scored and kicked
the extra point to put the Long-
horns in the lead.
They applied (he clincher a
moment later when Rauch lost
the hall at the Georgia 25 on a
gambled fourth down pass.
Landry banged out 11 yards
and Clay went over from the
four yard line with only -15 sec-
onds remaining.
The lead changed hands five-
times during the game. Georgia
went out in front during the
first minute when lumbering
fullback A1 Bodine intercepted
Campbell's pass and hammered
71 yards down the sidelines for a
touchdown.
The Texans, who never did
l-tlieve the pre-game cries that
tlwy were a third-rate outfit
which didn’t deserve a howl bid,
came right back.
A 63-yard march on power
plays gave them a score when
fullback Ray Borneman wont
over from the three.
in all, Texas gained 332 yards
on the ground against 56 for
Georgia.
began to gradually move down
the field only to be halted by
the halftime gun.
The first three Army passes
were intercepted as the alert
Navy defense changed from the
regular defense to an unorthodox
spread. Given time to fathom
the Navy secondary a passing
combination Doll Feagan to
Towner Leeper, Feagan to Dis-
muke, was worked to near per-
fection as the second half got
underway.
Navy taking advantage of
breaks and an annulled kick took
over inside the Army 40 and in
five plays Bobby Dulaney crash-
ed the middle for a touchdown
from the 6. The extra point try
by Bill Holbert was blocked and
Navy led the fighting dogfaces
13 to 6.
Putting its revised passing
from hte single-wing and other
plays staright from center for-
mations into action the Army
began to move and scored as
Doll “Corky” Feagan hit Jack
Owens in the end-zone for Ar-
my’s lone tally. Owens made a
falling two handed catch as he
went down smothered by two
Navy defenders.
Bob Brown, Army utility man,
drop-kicked a neat one pointer
directly between the uprights.
Outstanding players for the
seamen were, J. L. Light, Bill
Holbert, Baxter Lambert, Bud-
dy Buck, Jack Taylor, Jim Tay-
lor, Shirley Hedrick, and Wins-
ton Robison.
Standouts for the Army were:
Towner Leeper, Doil Feagan,
Bob Brown, Morris Guelker,
Kenneth Dismuke, John Berry,
and “Chunky” Ritter.
The game was considered a
success despite the empty seats
or. the ends and is “definitely in
the books for a repeater next
year.”
The Cooties marked their
stamp of approval on the guid-
ance of both teams and com-
mended Johnny Freeze, coach of
of army, and “Cot I on” Spencer
the navy mentor.
Bowl Game Results
Texas 41, Georgia 28 (Orange).
Clemson 24. Missouri 23 (Gat-
or).
Oklahoma 14. North Carolina
6 (Sugar).
Kentucky State 23, Greensboro
A. & T. 13 (Vulcan).
William & Mary 20. Oklahoma
A. & M. 0 (Delta).
Baylor 20. Wake Fores! i
(Dixie).
Wilberforce 6, Prairie View 0
(Prairie).
Villanova 27, Nevada 7 (Har-
bor).
1-last 11, West 12 (Shrine).
New Football Rules For High Schools
Set Up By Federal Athletic Assembly
CHICAGO, Jan. I (UP) --
The National Federation of
State High School Athletic As-
sociations announced 5 changes
in football rules at the close of
its four-day meeting yesterday.
The changes:
1. If a foul occurs during a
backward pass or fumble there
will be no mandatory loss of the
ball.
2. A team may hold distance
legally gained before a foul oc-
curs.
Sooners Overpower
North Carolina 14-6
In Sugar Bowl Game
NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 1 (UP)
Oklahoma’s Sooners struck for
two breath-stopping touchdowns
today and then forged a Gigraltar
strong defense 10 smash North
Carolina, 14 to 6. before 85,000
amazed patrons in he 15th Sugar
Bowl football game.
The betting odds were even as
the two gridiron powers clashed
amid perfect lootabll weather,
but the smashing nature of the
Oklahoma victory came as a sur-
prise. It was North Carolina’s
first defeat of the season.
The booners played their
Southern Conference opponents
off the field, scoring in the first
and third periods and keeping
the Carolina offense stalled to
the head-butting-a-brick wall
all afternoon.
Tiie lone Carolina touchdown
was a donation, handed by a re-
covered Oklahoma fumble on the
Sooner 30 yard line. •
3. On punt returns, the penalty
for a foul usually will be mea-
sured from the point of return,
not affecting the original point.
4. On free kicks, there will be
no second kick if the ball goes
out of bound, Instead, it will go
to the receiver’s 40-yard line,
or to the line where it went out
of bounds, whichever is most ad-
vantageous to the receiver.
I 5. If ar. Ineligible receiver
catches a pass in or behind the
scrimmage line the penalty will
lie five yards instead of 15.
There will be no penalty for in-
cidentally touching the ball.
H. V. Porter, executive secre-
tary, said there was “consider-
able discussion” of a proposal to
permit players to advance a
fumble. He said the state of
Oregon will be used again next
season as an experimental field
for study of the matter.
NORTHWESTERN WINS
PASADENA, Cal., Jan. 1, (UP)
A desperation 43-yard touch-
down romp into the dusk by
halfback Ed Tunnicliff in the
final three minutes brought the
Northwestern Wildcats buck
from the brink of defeat today
and gave the Big Nine its third
consecutive Rose Bowl football
victory—20 to 14 over California.
Playing without the services
of All-American fullback Jackie
Jensen for ail hut five minutes
of the last half, the underdog
Golden Bears made a brilliant
third- period comeback before
the 92,000 partisan fans to take
a 14-13 lead.
These players fought for a rebound, but it looks like Ray Dombro-
sky of Brooklyn St. John's is out to take a (lancing partner from
teammate Tom Toian. 28. Caught in the middle is Iowa State's
Dudley Kuiseh, 7. In the background, left, is Ames’ Charley Herbert
The Hodmen turned the Cvcluncs into Zephyrs at Madison Suuare
Garden. 71-47. ,
Doak Plays Greatest Game
As SMU Wins By 21 To 13
DALLAS. Tex., Jan. I—(UP)—
Southern Methodist University's
brilliant Doak Walker played the
greatest game of his career today
to lead his snorting Mustangs
to a 21-13 Cotton Bowl victory
over University of Oregon which
could not quite get started.
The Doaker, I948’s top collegi-
ate star, scored a touchdown,
kicked two extra points and con-
stantly upset Oregon's hoard ol
startegv as the Southwest Con-
ference champions snorted past
the co-champions of the Pat ific
Coast Conference.
An estimated 69,000, jammed
even into the aisles of the big
saucer on a crisp, cloudy after-
noon. vv Walker and Big Kyle
(Killci Role, a bull of a sopho-
more, break down the Oregon
line, regarded as the toughest on
the rocky slopes of the Pacific.
The 19-year-okl Rote showed
compeitc disregard of the bulky
Webfool fflnvards as he burst
off tackle, shook off two defend-
ers in (lie secondary and sped 36
yards for a third period touch-
down.
An anticipated passing duel be-
tween SMU’s Gil (Tit Ann i
Johnson and Oregon's Norman
Van Brocklin did not materialize.
But Van Brocklin was a for
midable foe for the Methodise
and he showed the fans that the
buildup he had been given was a
worthy one.
With Oregon trailing by two
touchdowns in the fourth period,
Van Brocklin looked great. He
faded to midfield and shot a bul-
let pass to End Dick Wilkins of
Portland on the 24. On the next
play, he fired a pass to Wilkins
in the end zone, and the rangy
Wilkins went high, pulling it
down for a score.
Van Brocklin set up tbe other
Oregon touchdown, later in the
final period, with a 50-yard pass
to End Darrell Robinson on the
SMU four. Two plays later,
Gempp Bell scored from the two.
SMU didn’t need its trustv-
armed Johnson, and he saw only
limited action, because Walker's
passing on this day was as good
as his running and his punting.
A Walker pass, to Roto who went
high on the 20, put the Metho-
dists Ir position for their la#
touchdown. Walker and Frank
Payne tarried SMU to the Ore
Ron two and Gene (Chicken)
Roberts a reserve track, crack-
ed over
Walter's touchdown had come
in the first nine minutes of the
game, upping a 12-play, 50-yard
series that began with the kick-
off. His touchdown dive was
from tic iwo.
Band Doak kicked the fir.fc
two extra points for SMU, the#
yielded to Joe Etheridge who
made -the third. Chet Daniels
missed the first and was good on
the sefm<I try for Oregon points
after touchdown.
Not . the smallest part of his
briiliati! afternoon was Walker’s
punting. He shared the chore
with time, and they gave SMU
a stuining 08.7-yard per kick
average. ,
Wvirile ffhtst period, Walker
caught Oregon flat-footed wit#
an SllAard quick kick that rolled
out on the six-inch line. Rote
got off an 88-yard quick kick
in tin second half.
Schroeder Takes
Sugar Bowl Crown
In Top Tennis Vie v
NEV ORLEANS, Jan. 1 (UP)
Ter Schroeder of La Cresenta,
Calif, the ration’s second rank-
ing anateur player, took over
permanent possession of the Su-
gar Bowl tennis trophy today
by bating Earl Cochell of San
Frardsco yesterday to win the
singles championship for the
third time. 40
Sclroedei>a star on the victor-
ious U. S. Davis Cup team for
the past three years, completely
outclasses second-seeded Coch-
ell es he swept to a 6-2, 6-3, 6-3
triumph before 1,300 chilled
farp Schroeder previously had
wor lie Sugar Bowl singles titles
in'1941 ar.d 1947.
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