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BILL BOGART
Sports Editor
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Section One
SPORT WORLD
SPORTS DESK
Phone No. 109
Second Place at Stake as Wildcats Battle Tigers
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ALONG THE
Sports Front
By BILL BOGART
Newa-Telegrnm Sport* Editor
Pro Football
Proves Puzzler
For Sports Fans
(Ru Amotiatrd Prt<m)
New York, Nov, 16.—The coming
weekend may not be the most vital
of the National Football League’s
1950 season, but it has a strong
claim to being the most confusing.
Si)c professional gridiron games
are scheduled for Sunday. And
five of the six involve first place
in one or the other of the NFL’s
divisions.
' This unusual situation arises
from the fact that three teams
are battling for the iead in each
section of the pro loop.
The Los Angeles Rams are in-
front in the National Conference
— --------------------- ------------ —------------—---r , (with the New York Yanks and the
Mt. Pleasant invades Sulphur Springs tomorrow night n ;t,,„ deadlocked f .
and to the winner goes second place in District 15>A. The j end place. Each of the three has
elevens have identical records in loop play—four wins and i lost twice. Los Angeles holds a
one loss—and on paper they appear to be fairly evenly half game edge by virtue of hav-
matched. j >nK played one more game than
Each team was defeated by Mt. Vernon. The Titus |both the Yanks,and the Bears’
eleven felt the axe earlier than the Wildcats and conse- In the American Conference,
quently has had time to recover. The Sulphur Springs V^e JJLJJ over°™® Philadelphia
eleven hasn’t playd up to par since defeating North Dal- j gagies and the New York Giants,
las. Last week against Paris, the Wildcats hardly re- who are tied for second. And as
Sembled the team of old. } in the National Conference, the
It will likely be one of the most interesting contests Browns hold their margin in the
of the season regardless of the outcome. The breaks may American Conference because
determine the winner in this struggle. ? the>' h»Ve p1^ °"e moreJ *a">e
M A"”'!!".h°“81] fh?‘“ wa“ r Winnsboro over:"1",^°>Th 'e’JI,, J
SP^r. Neither club has won a district contest and the Giantg all have lo9t twice.
loser will occupy the cellar this season. T. „ v .. .
■ ^ lnnsboro potentially has a good club, but injuries is eertain t0 untangle a bit on
have hurt the Red Raiders this year. Coach Mickey Mayne Sunday.
had his boys ready for Sulphur Springs and they played! the Rams face the Yanks in'
their best game of the season. The Red Raider line ap
pears stronger than that of Gilmer and that
are basing our Selection on.
Play in District 15-A is brought to a climax this week
and so is this business of guessing. From our vantage
point, it looks like this Friday night:
Mt. Pleasant over Sulphur Springs, £1 to 13.
Mt. Vernon over Commerce, 28 to 7.
Winnsboro over Gilmer, 12 to 7.
Selecting the winner of the Mt. Vernon-Commerce
game was easy, but making a decision between the others
was not.
— ‘i i " •-i • iiiinff - i
DEFENSIVE QUARTERBACK—
June Davis of Denton, who play-
ed full back in high school, is
concent fating on linebacking in
Texas’ two-platoon system this
year. The junior letterman calls
the defensive signals.
Fireworks Due
As Brothers
Face on Field
(Bn Auocmltd Prtm)
Houston, Nov. 16—Once in a
while brothers will be teammates
on college football teams. More
rarely, they will be playing on op-
posing teams. But when brothers
play directly Opposite each other
in the line, there will be fireworks.
The situation will happen Sat-
There’s good news over at East Texas State. Bill
Engle, rugged performer from Greenville, is ready for at
least limited action after being out with an injured leg
for over two weeks.
4The big back is the Lions’ ace^ugnal caller, and is a
passer, pass receiver, blocker and^nner. Since his de-j unless, of
parture from the lineup, the Lions have looked like a dif- dumped,
ferent team.
Southwest Texas is the Lion foe Saturday and the
game will be unreeled in the new Memorial Stadium in
Commerce. The Bobcats have a dangerous passing at-
tack and Coach Bob Berry has been drilling his team on
new pass defensive patterns all week.
urday when Rice invades College
(New York’s Yankee Stadium. The | Station to play Texas A&M. The
is what we j position of one or the other must'Owls regular offensive left guard
is Gene Little of Corpus Christi.
the San Fran- He is scheduled to throw a lot
cisco 49ers in Chicago. If they win
as expected, the Bears will move
into a first place tie in the event
of a Yank victory over the Rams.
A Rams' victory will leave the
| be altered,
i The Bears face
Bears in second place all alone, JS'eigJjs 210 pounds. His kid bro-
course, the Bears are
fullbacks this year. Or we might say. former fullbacks,
since their conversion into linemen. Take Bud McFadin
for instance. The man mountain from Iraan came to Tex-
as as a fullback but is now a leading candidate for All-
American honors as a guard. Other converted fullbacks
f^L'Tom Stolhandske of Baytown, right end on offense;
Jim* Lansford, Carrizo Springs, defensive guard; Line-
backer June Davis of Denton, defensive ace; and Paul
Williams, Lufkin, defensive end. . . . Other Steer linemen
who played in the backfield in high school include Guard
Jim Pakenham of Lonview, Don Cunningham of Graham,
and John Adams, Baytown. . . . Junior High will wind up
pipy tonight when it entertains the Mt. Pleasant eleven.
Gzme time is 7:30 p. m. ’ Second place in district stand-
ings is at stake.
Kittens Entertain Cubs
In Benefit Tilt Tonight
The Yanks ha^e been establish-
ed as a six and a-half point fa-
vorite o%'er the Rams, despite an
early season 44 to 28 win by the
Rams on the west coast. The odds-
makers apparently feel that the
home field will help the Yanks.
Then, too, the Yanks’ pass defense
HERE and THERE: Texas has made good use of has improved greatly since the ear-
‘ Her game with Los Angeles. The
Rams are strictly a passing team,
with their entire offense resting
on the throwing of Bob Waterfield
and Norm Van Brocklin. The
Yanks not only have a top-notch
air attack with George Ratterman
pitching, but also have an explo-
sive rupning game.
The odds are that there will be
no change this weekend in the
National Conference race. The
Browns are meeting Washington
at Cleveland, the Eagles are en-
tertaining the Chicago Cardinals
at Philadelphia and the Giants are
invading Baltimore to engage the
Colts. The Browns, Eagles and
Giants all are heavy favorites.
The Sulphur Springs Junior
High School Kittens close out the
season tonight when they play host
to the Mt. Pleasant Junior High
Cubs. Game time is 7:30 p. m.
This contest has heen labeled
ss a benefit night for the Kittens,
with the proceeds going toward
the purchasing of letter jackets
for the squad members.
Mt. Pleasant and Sulphur
Springs, like their older brothers,
»^deadlocked for second place
m^fctrict standings. Each has
heen defeated once and that was
by Mt. Vernon’s Junior High elev-
en in each case.
The winner tonight will finish
the season in the runnerup spot.
Miss Sherry Elliott, Junior High
Football Queen, will be crowned
In ceremonies between the halves.
Mac McMullan’s hand will also
stage a performance.
Admission price is 50 cents for
adults and 25 cents for school
children.
Jarrin' John
To Watch Smith
(By Aatoctatrd PrtmI
College Station, Nov. 16—Texas
A&M’s greatest football player—
the famed John Kimbrough—will
be at College Station Saturday to
watch the fellow many say will
succeed him in the annals of Ag-
gieland.
All-American in 1939 and 1940
and the model all Aggies seek to
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Ted Williams
Plans Revamp
Training Grind
(By Aucriated Prtm)
Miami, Florida. Nov. 16—Slug-
ging Ted Williams of the Boston
Red Sox arrived in Miami for a
fishing trip and announced that
he plans to take charge of his
spring training program.
He said he does not want to go
through another spring training
period like last March and April
Williams said his pet peeve was
having to appear in 37 of Boston’s
38 exhibition games. He added
that he has not discussed his
spring training plans with Mana-
ger Steve O’Neill or General Man-
ager Joe Cronin.
Williams said if he had enough
money, he’d quit next season. But
he said he has to plsy because high
taxes have prevented- him from
saving enough money to retire
He told newsmen not to misunder-
stand him—he loves baseball. But
Williams maintained that he will
not keep playing for the love of
the game.
emulate—Jarrin’ John will be
looking over one Bob Smith, the
man who has led A&M from obliv-
ion into the bright light. Satur-
day, the Aggie? play Rice at Col-
lege Station. ^
V j||fith, who already has,gained
tnore yards with the ball than any
back in Southwest Conference
memory, will be ___
Rice in Jthe next to last game of
the season,' barring a bowl" bid.
of blocks in the direction of the
Aggie defensive right tackle. The
tackle is Gene's younger brother,
Jack Little.
Rice's Gene is six feet tall and
Ml. Vernon Needs
One Win To Cop
District Tide
Mt. Vernon’s undefeated, un-
tied Tigers can sew up the District
15-A football crown Friday night,
by defeating the Commerce
eleven.
The Hunt County team is given
only an outside chance of stop-
ping the high-geared Mt. Vernon
team.
Meantime, Sulphur Springs
plays host to Mt. Pleasant in a
battle for second place honors.
Each team has been defeated
once in district play. Mt. Vernon
did the honors in each case.
The celler-dwellers, Winnsboro
and Gilmer, will each be out to
get of f the bottom as they meet
at Gilmer Friday night- Neither
team has won a game in ^five
starts this season.
Pittsburg ended play last week
by defeating Commerce. The Pir-
ates finished district play with
three wins and three losses for a
.500 average. They lost to Sulphur
Springs, Jit. Vernon and Mt.
Pleasant.
Where They Play
Mt. Pleasant at Sulphur
Springs.
Mt. Vernon at Commerce.
Winnsboro at Gilmer.
District 15-A Standing*
Team —
W
L
Pet.
Mt. Vernon
5
0
1.000
Sulphur Springs
4
1
.800
Mt. Pleasant
4
1
.800
Pittsburg
3
3
.500
Commerce
2
3
.400
Winnsboro
0
5
.000
Gilmer
0
5
.000
ther Jack is two years younger and
15 pounds heavier. Both are
sophomores.
Jack caught up with Gene in
eligibility when Gene played a
season at Del Mar Junior College
in their home town of Corpus
Christi. He was out a year at Rice
last season.
Both of the boys were standout
players in high school at Corpus
Christi. Their paths separated
when they went to college. Gene
wanted to join his old high school
chums at Rice. Jack went to Col-
lege Station with some of his high
school friends.
And when Saturday comes
around the two brothers will have
a good blocking session with each
other in College Station.
Longhorns Prep
For Tough Tiff
With TCU Frogs
(By Amorimird Prtu)
Dallas, Nov. 16—The University
of Texas football team whipped
through a rough scrimmage yes-
terday, but most other Southwest
Conference schools were content
to skip the rough contact work.
“Just had to do it,” said Texas
Coach Blair Cherry of the long
scrimmage. He said he and his
staff had to find out how the
Texas offense would work against
the male of defenses Texas Chris-
tian University is expected to
throw up Saturday,
Texas Christian, meanwhile, was
worried about ace quarterback
Gilbert Bartosh, nursing an in-
jured knee. The knee “popped”
out Tuesday but yesterday-he was
moving around and commented
“maybe that was what the knee
needed. Maybe it popped back
asjt should be.”
fTrog coaches didn’t share his
optimism. They think he might
not be able to play more than
half the game against Texas.
Southern Methodist expects to
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CONVERTED FULLBACK—One
of eight former high school full-
backs now seeing a service in the
line for the University .of Texas,
Jim Lansford of Carrizo Springs
is a standout defensive guard or
tackle. He is a 235-pound junior
letterman. ’ ' *
Contest Friday Night
Ends Gridiron Season
Texas Selects
Top US Teams
As Bowl Foe
(By Amoriatrd Prettl
Dallas, Nov. 16—Who’s going
to play in the Cotton Bowl New
Year’s Day?
The annual guessing contest is
now officially open.
Army, Oklahoma, Kentucky.
Princeton, Clemson, Tennessee?
What’s your pick?
Yesterday all schools still in the
running for the Southwest Con-
ference championship were to fur-
nish the executive secretary of the
conference, a list of teams they’d
like to meet in the Cotton Bowl—
if their team won the title and re-
ceived the invitation to act as
host club.
Grubbs last night said he had j
received the choices of Texas and !
Texas A&M, the two schools still
contending for the championship, j
What were they?
“I can’t say,” said Grubbs.
“That’s a confidential matter.”
But an authoritative source at
the University of Texas said Ath-
letic Director Dana X. Bible and
Coach Blair Cherry had named
“all the top teams—Oklahoma,
Army, Kentucky and all the others
we thought might be available.”
Texas A&M officials had no
comment But it was understood
their choices were generally the
same as those of Texas.
Texas is the only team with a
perfect record in conference play.
A&M has been beaten once. All
others have two or more losses.
Texas this week plays Texas
Christian and A&M meet* Rice.
Everybody expects the Thanks-1
giving Day game between these
two to settle (1) the conference
championship, and (2) which will
go to the Cotton Bowl.
Miller Grove
Man Bags 1st
Hopkins Deer
First resident to bag a deer as
the season opened in Hopkins
County Thursday was Don John-
son of the Miller Grove commun-
ity.
He got his buck, an eight-point-
er, on the farm of Frank Tubb in
the Flora commifhity.
The nimrod was in Sulphur
Springs displaying his deer at
9:30 a.m. Thursday. The buck
weighed 174 pounds.
This was the second deer killed
The Sulphur Springs Wildcats
reach the end of another foot-
ball season tomorrow night when
they entertain the Mt. Pleasant
Tigers.
Second place in the final Dis-
trict 15-A standings is at stake as
these two powerful clubs collide.
The winner could possibly tie Mt.
Vernon should the latter be up-
set by Commerce tomorrow night.
The Hunt County eleven is rated
only an outside chance of defeat-
ing the Mti Vernon club, how-
ever.
Five starters on the Wildcat
eleven will be representing Sul-
phur Springs High School on the
gridiron for the Inst time. Don-
ning Wildcat togs for the last
time are Leroy and Eroy Harry,"
twins who play tailback and end,
respectively; Jeral Duna-
by Johnson. He bagged another
several year* ago in Southwest
Texas.
Said Johnson: “I’m really more
proud of this deer than the first
one^I killed. It shows there is
some good hunting in Hopkins
County as well as in South Texas."
TWIRLING KING
(By Amociatrd Prtm)
Miami— Bill Allen, internation-
: al champion baton twirler who will
; perform his act at the 17th annual
I Orange Bowl football game here
New Year's Day, can do 280 baton
tricks. His top thriller is tossing
the baton more than 100 feet in
the air and catching it behind his
back.
vin, guard; and Junior Burns and
Bob Gideon, a pair of hacks.
Two of the seniors, Eroy and
Gideon, win serve as co-captains
in the important struggle Friday.
Coach Whizaar White’s eleven
and Mt. Ploaaant beast identical
records in district play. Each has
heen defeated once and by the
same -club, Mt. Vernon. AU other
circuit foes bowed before the two
elubs.
It will be the singlewing versus
the T formation tomorrow night.
The Wildcats will utilize the sin-
glewing attack while Mt Pleasant
runs from ,the T.
Mainspring of the Tiger attack
ia Charles Smith, a faat, 175-
pound youngster who may be the
district’s leading scorer with 131
points. He has scored 18 touch-
downs and kicked 23 extra points.
Sulphur Springs will match his
running power with Mack Pogue,
who is the Wildcats’ leading scor-
er. He has scored 16 touchdowns
in nine games for 96 points.
The Wildcats have heen met*
effective in the air this season
than Mt. Pleasant, and it is gen-
erally conceded that they will have
the edge in the passing depart-
ment when the two teams take the
field.
In Leroy Harry, the Wildcats
boast the most effective flinger
in the district, and he is regard-
ed also as one of the beat in the
state’s Class A circles.
Mac McMullan’s band will stage
its usual entertaining program and
an added attraction will find Miss
Ann Salmon being officially
recognized between halves as the
1950 Football Sweetheart.
25 Ball Players
Picked in Draft
(By AtttntUd Prim)
Cincinnati, Nov. 16—Twenty-
five players have been drafted
from minor league clubs by 13
major league teams. The major
have tackles Neal Franklin and |eajfue clubs paid a total of 3239,
Hal Quinn and backs Val Joe
Walker and Gene Roberts on hand
for the game with Arkansas.
Arkansas Coach Otis Douglas
concentrated his practice yester-
day on defense.
Rice, drilling for A&M, was
cheered by the prospects backs
Sonny Wyatt and Georg* Glauser
would be in good physical shape.
The Owls went through a long
dummy scrimmage yesterday.
Texas A&M worked on a de-
fense to use against Rice’s T for-
mation,
Baylor, idle this week, skipped
through a lengthy drill.
Penn State’s night football de-
rolling against font at Syracuse this season mark-
ed the first setback under the
lights in five tries for State.
500 for the draftees, who include
22 men picked up from triple A
clubs.
The Chicago White Sox were the
most active in the draft market.
The White Sox drafted four play-
ers.
The St. Louis Cardinals, the
New York Giants and the Brook-
lyn Dodgers did not claim any
players in the draft.
The Kansas City club of the
American Association was hardest
hit by the major league draft
Three selections were made from
tha New York Yankees’ triple A
farm club.
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