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As Record Smasher
BY HAROLD V. RATLIFF
pALLAS, Jan. I.—(AP)—The Meyer spread and Babe
parilli collide in the Cotton Bowl today and offensive rec
ords of the New Year’s Day football extravaganza will be
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. attacks of Texas Christian and
X}Eentucky lash at the scoring rec
ord. That record is A 7 points and
itt was get in 1946 when Texas and
Missouri played. Texas won 40-
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Meyer spread—devised by
D:f:é}e, Meyer, coach of Texas
Christlan—is something to see and
it gets its inaugural in a bowl
game as the sole offensive forma
fion for one team today. Babe
parilli, the great _Kentucky passer
and wizard at hiding the ball when
he isn't throwing it already has
appeared in bowl games and the
results also have been something
to see. "
Neither team has a top season
record—in fact it’s the first time
the Cotton Bowl ever had two
schools that lost four games
apiece—but bowl officials think
the game they’ll put on will be
just the kind the fans like.
This game marks the first time
in history for Texas Christian and
Kentucky to meet in any kind of
athletic contest.
Close Teams
Another thing about today’s
game is that the Cotton Bowl
never before had the teams rated
so close that even the gambling
gentry won't pick one particular
team—it's $5 to $6 and take your
choice.
Parilli, making his last appear
ance in a glorious_ collegiate
career, takes one of the great pass
ing records of history into the
Cotton Bowl. This season he rolled
up more yards throwing the ball
than the entire Texas Christian
team, Parilli completed 136 for
1,643 yards in 11 games. He holds
all sorts of national collegiate and
Southeastern Conference passing
records compiled over three years.
Cage Scores
BASKETBALL SCORES
By The Associated Prflg’j"
EAST
CCNY 72, Univ. of Puerto Rico
Duquesne 54, St. Francis (Pa.)
46,
Yale 62, Pittsburgh 55.
Seton Hall 67, Louisville 65.
SOUTH
Pennsylvania 87, South Carolina
McNeese State (La.) 83, Stephen
F. Austin (Tex.) 61.
MIDWEST
Hope 68, Washington and Lee
Toledo 69, Ohio Wesleyan 53.
Minnesota 73, Arizona 61.
Lawrence Tech 75, Virginia 62.
Akron 79, Colby 66.
Beloit 107, Texas Wayland 73.
: Loyola (Chicago) 83, Bowling
reen 17,
Valparaiso 59, Dartmouth 43.
Brooke Army Medical Center 75,
Taylor Univ. {lnc.) 63.
lilinofs 68, Marquette 57.
SOUTHWEST
Texas Tech 57, New Mexico 52.
FAR WEST
Portland 68, Colorado A & M 66.
s;’ regon State 69, Northwastern
Washington State 68, Puget
Sound 51
Seven of Michigan State’s backs
averaged better than 4.5 yards per
gin\ during the ’sl fooiball sea
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Grid Rivalry
Forms Setting
For Rose Bowl
PASADENA, CALIF., Jan. 1—
(AP) — Prestige, pride and a
fierce sectional football rivalry
formed a natural background to
day as Illinois and Stanford clash
ed to determine 1951 Rose Bowl
honors.
It was champion against cham
pion, Big Ten against Pacific coast
conference in the sixth of this
postseason series that has seen the
iVlidwest dominate the show thus
ar.
More than 100,000 fans, ap
parently could to any proposals to
de-emphasize the sport, streamed
in to watch the biggest spectacle
of its kind. The grandpappy of all
the bowl games was an overflow
sellout. Millions more were to view
it on a national television hookup
and additional millions to hear it
on coast to coast radio links.
Illionis has a good running game
spearheaded by halfback Johnny
Karras and clever passing by sop
homore quarterback Tommy O’-
Connell.
Even more imposing is the fight
ing Illini’s swift, stiff charging de
fense, bulwarked by linebacker
Chuch Boerio, a defense equally as
effective deep in the secondary.
Stanford ecunters with the dead
ly pitching of Gary Kerkorian, one
of the top T-formation quarter
backs in college football and the
amazing pass snagging ability of
All American end Bill McColl. The
inspiring long gainers of Bob Mat
hias olympic decathlon' champion
turned fullback star in his first
season posed another threat.
Illinois had the advantage in
dazzling speed and all around de
fensive strength. Stanford had
weight, size and possibly an adge
in aerial perfection on its side.
Illinois was the favorite. Pro
fessional odds makers quoted 6%
points, in some instance, seven. To
.most observers the odds were
justified,
The fighting Illini came up with
the better seasonal record, 8-0-1,
in a league generally considered
tougher than the coast. Stanford
finished with nine victories and
one defeat.
Golf Stymie
QOutlawed By
USGA Meeting
NEW YORK, Jan. 1 — (AP) —
Golfers starting the New Year
with a round of their favorite game
today had a belated Christmas pre
sent . outlawing of the hated
stymfe-.
Linksmen from the lowliest duf
fer to the top-money pros alike
could rejoice in the new, stan
dardized rules which went into
effect today throughout the world.
The one which will make the most
persons happiest is the one doing
away with the stymie.
Today a golfer whose ball is
blocked from the cup by his op
ponent’s can politely request the
opponent to remove the offending
ball and mark the spot. Yester
day, under the old rules, he had
to try and go around or over the
ball, with frequently disastrous
results.
The rule changes came about
when the representatives of the
U. S. Golf Association and the
Royal and Ancient Golf Club of
St. Andrews, Scotland, got to
gether last May.
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Tennessee Views Grand Slam
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In Victory Over Terps Today
BY STERLING SLAPPEY
NEW ORLEANS, Jan., I.— (AP)—National .champion Tennessee goes for a football
grand slam today in the Sugar Bowl against the Maryland Terrapins.
Both teams, Tennessee of the
Southeastern Conference and
Maryland of the Southern, piayed
their way into the Sugar Bowl
with unbeaten, untied football.
One of them, barring a tie, slips
from the pinnacle a couple of
hours after the 2:45 p. m. (EST)
kickoff and leaves the victor with
a ranking among the football
greats.
Vols Favored
A victory for the Vols — and
Sun Bowl—College of the
Pacific (6-4-0) plays Texas
Tech (6-4-0) at El Paso, Tex.
14,000,
Tangerine Bowl — Arkansas
State (10-0-1) vs Stetson (8-1-
2) at Orlando, Fla. 12,000,
Salad Bowl—Houston (5-5-0)
vs Dayton (7-0-2) at Phoenix,
Ariz. 21,000
Oleander Bowl—San Angelo,
Tex., Junior College (6-2-0) vs
Hinds (8-2-0) at Galveston,
Tex. 10,000.
Steel Bowl—Texas College
(4-2-1) wvs Bethune-Cookman
Junior College (6-0-2) at Birm
ingham, Ala. 5,000.
Prairie Bowl—Prairie View
College (8-1-0) vs Arkansas A.
M. & N, (6-2-1) at Prairie View,
Tex. 10,000.
Illini Start
Big Ten Play
Unblemished
NEW YORK, Jan. I—(AP)—
Illinois ,the nation’s second ranked
cellege basketball team, heads into
the Big Ten campaign with an
unbeaten record in seven games,
The Illini, nosed out by Kentuc
ky in the Associated Press’ last
weekly poll, whipped Marquette
68-57 last night at Milwaukee in
one of the two games involvoing
teams ranked among the top ten.
In the other, Seton Hall's Pirates
defeated Louisville 67-65 for their
eighth successive victory. Seton
Hall is ranked tenth.
Minnesota, which furnishes the
Illini with the opposition in the
Big Ten opener Saturday night,
turned back Arizona 73-61 on the
same card at Milwaukee,
Johnny Kerr, Illinois’s 6-8 cen
ter, paced the defending Big Ten
champions with 15 points, Big Ed
Kalafat was Minnesota’s scoring
ace with 16 tallies. Roger John
son, Arizona guard, was high man
of the doubleheader, however. He
dropped in 23 points in a losing
cause.
Except for victories by Ivy
Leaguers Yale and Pennsylvania,
touring teams did not fare too well
in last night’s major engagements,
Yale measured Pittsburgh’s Pan
thers 62-55 with Ed McHugh and
Jerry ILabriola each scoring 17
points. And Penn breezed to a
87-64 conquest of South Carolina
at Columbia as Dick Heyman
flipped in 20 points.
Dartmouth, however, failed to
keep pace with its Ivy mates and
lost to Valparaiso 59-43.
Northwestern ended its pre
league tour by dropping a 69-58
verdict to oft-beaten Oregon State
at Corvallis.
Tigers Throw
Triple Threat
In Gator Tilt
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 1—
(AP)—Clemson has the triple
threat of tailback Billy Hair and
Miami has the passing of Jack
Hackett and a diversified running
attack to strike a pretty good bal-l
ance in the seventh annual Gator
Bowl game here today.
Miami is favored by three
points, though the Hurricanes have
lost halfback Frank Smith and
tackle Joe Bartolovich with in
juries, The team speed of Miami
and the will to avenge last year’s
upset by Clemson in the Orange
Bowl give the Hurricanes their
edge.
Miami also was favored in their
game a year ago. Clemson domi
nated that one most of the way
and won when Sterling Smith
tackled Miami's Frank Smith in
the end zone ror a safety,
“Without Smith, we don’t have
a boy to break up the game,”
Miami Coach Andy Gustafson said.
“Hair is the kind of boy who can
do it. We’ll have to pound it out
or throw it.”
Clemson Coach Frank Howard
said: “Our boys are ready. I don’t
know whether we can win, but
we're going to be in there trying.”
A capacity crowd of 38,500 is
expected. It is the first time the
bowl has been sold out in ad
vance and the fans have been
promised warm, cloudy weather
with little chance of rain.
they’re favored by a touchdown—
would give them a remarkable
store of success—an unbeaten sea
son, the No. 1 national ranking and
a major bowl triumph.
Last September writers picked
Bob Neyland's squad to be best
in the country. Then, for 10
games, Tennessee rolled forward
with only an occasional splutter.
At the en dos the season the
Vols had justified their selection
as the country’s premier team. A
victory over Maryland today
would round out as successful a
season as any could ask.
Just a few hours before 82,000
fans shove and wedge their way
into the Sugar Bowl, Bob Neyland
still was muttering highly com
plimentary, but strangely familiar
statements about his opponent—
“ Maryland has the finest team ai
Tennessee team ever played—
team without a weakness—great
power—very fine coaching.” |
That's the usual pre-game bill
THE BXNNER-HERALD. ATHENS, GEORGIA
BY JOE REICHLER
NEW YORK, Jan. I.— (AP) —College football closes its turbulent 1951 campaign
today but not before it gives off with a parting 11-gun salvte that will be heard and seen
from coast to coast.
About 435,000 fans are expected
to file into the 11 bulging bowls
from Florida to California and
millions more will watch and hear
the games on their television and
radio sets,
The Rose Bowl at Pasadena, the
oldest of all the post season grid
attractions, undougtedly will have
the largest audience. Besides the
100,000 who will see the Stanford-
Illinois spectacle in person, mil
lions more will follow the game
on TV (NBC) and radio (NBC) at
sp. m. (EST). No other bowl will
have network TV,
Illini Favored
Illinois (8-0-1), the Biz 10
champion, rules a six-point fav
orite to whip Stanford (9-1-0,, Pa
cific Coast title-holdeg in the
sixth renewal of the pa® between
the two conferences.
Perhaps more fan interest will
center around the Sugar Bowl
clash at New Orleans. This one,
to be watched by 85,000 fans, pits
Tennessee (10-0-0), the No. 1 team
in the Associated Press poll,
against Maryland (9-0-0), the
Senior Bowl
Mentors Eye
Today’s Games
MOBILE, Ala., Jan. I—(AP)—
Coaches Paul Brown and Steve
Owen kept an ear tuned to the
New Year’s Day Bowl games to
day while K sending their Senior
Bowl squads through their train
ing paces.
Seventeen of the top performers
to play in the North-South con
test here Saturday are partici
pating in four other bowl games
this afternoon.
An injury to one or more key
players in the New Year’s Day
games could tilt the odds in the
evenly-matched Senior Bowl game
in either direction.
Unexpected loss of two star per
formers from the west coast cost
Brown some of his power on the
North squad, and probably gave
Owen’s South team a slight edge.
Pat Cannamela, Southern Cali
fornia guard, switched to the Hula
Bowl in Hawaii, and Hugh
McElhenny, Washington back, was
unable to make the trip here. Both
stood out in the East-West game.
To replace Cannamela, how
ever, Brown picked up Bob Grif
fin, Arkansas’'s all Southwest
Conference utlity lineman, who
got a leave from the Marines to
play.
Owen’s South squad won both
the first two Senior Bowl games
on the strength of powerful pass
ing attacks.
Owen will be watching the New
Year’s Day Bowl reports for con
ditioners especially on backs Babe
Parilli of Kentucky and Hank
Lauricella of Tennessee, and line
men Ted Daffer and Bill Pearman
of Tennessee; Jim Mackenize and
Doug Moseley of Kentucky and
Lamar Wheat, Lum Snyder and
Ray Beck of Georgia Tech.
Brown will be listening for re
ports on backs Ed Modzelewski
and Bob Shemonski of Maryland,
and linemen Stan Williams and
Ken Casner of Baylor and Bob
Ward of Maryland.
Players in the Senior Bowl ac
tually join pro ranks since they
get paid for their efforts. The
winners receive SSOO each, the
losers S4OO each.
Steel Bowl
Resumes Play
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This Season
BIRMINGHAM, Jan. I—(AP)—
Bethune-Cookman and - Texas
College clash today in the first
Negro Steel Bowl game since 1941.
Both teams lost only two games
each during the season. Bethune-
Cookman, a Daytona Beach, Fla.,
Junior College, won six games,
while Texas (College, of Tyler,
Tex., won four and tied two oth
ers.
About 3,000 are expected to be
on hand for the kickoff at Legion
Field at 2 p. m. (CST).
of fare from Neyland whether it’s
the Sugar Bowl or a scrimmage
against Tennessee scrubs.
Tatum Praises
Jim Tatum of Maryland is far
more lavish with praise for the
opposition,
“You know, I'd rather my boys
played against a school with great
material and a poor coach than to
play against a great cuvach with
poor material,” Tatum says.
“Now look at this Tennessee
outfit, will you? Tennessee has the
greatest of material. And look
who they got for a coach—Bob
Neyland.”
Three All-Americas will be on
the field—tailback Hank Lauricel
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AP’s No. 8 team.
It is the only game involving
two unbeaten untied teams and
comes close to being the world
series event of college football,
Coach Bob Neyland's Vols are six
point favorites,
About 75,000 will sit in on the
Cotton Bowl tilt at Dallas featur
ing Kentucky (7-4-0), a South
eastern power, and Texas Chris
tian (6-4-0), stalwart of the
Southwest. Although each team
has been beaten four times during
the regular season, it will be
looked upon with avid interest
since it is probably the only game
without a favorite.
Razor Thin Favorite
Two of the highest scoring teams
in the land clash in the 18th an
nual Orange Bowl classic at Miami
when Georgia Tech (10-0-1), tied
only by Duke, meets Baylor (8-1-
1) before 65,000. Georgia Tech is
a razor blade thin favorite.
The pairings and records of the
remaining Jan. 1 bowl games:
'Gator Bowl—Miami (7-3-0) vs.
Clemson (7-2-0) at Jacksonville.
This is a rematch eof last year’s
Orange Bowl game in which Clem.-
son nipped Miami, 15-14. Miami
is a one-point favorite in this one.
A crowd of 38,000 is expected.
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Slight Edge
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ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. I—(AP).
With one bowl victory already to
their credit, the Arkansas State
Indians were given the edge as
they entered the Tangerine Bowl
here tonight against Stetson's Hat
ters.
The Hatters, however, were
back to full strength after Coach
Joe McMillen restored star back
Herb Werner to the squad. Mec-
Mullen hdd suspended Werner for
failing to appear at practice Mon
day but later said Werner was
late because of circumstances be
yond his control,
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trounced a bigger camp Breklin
ridge team 46-12 in the Evans
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Tech, Baylor Clash
Rated Tight Squeeze
BY BEN FUNK
MIAMI, Fla., Jan, 1, — (AP) — Georgia Tech's fast
moving Engineers and the rugged Baylor Bears, two of the
nation’s top ten football teams, clash in the Orange Bowl
today in a game rated as close beforehand as any in the
18-year history of the Florida classic.
Tech compiled the best record
of ten victories and a tie in win
ning the co-championship of the
Southeastern Conference and fifth
place in the final Associated Press
national poll. Baylor won eight,
lost one and tied one while emerg
ing as runner-up in the mad
Southwest Conference scramble,
The Bears were rated ninth in
the country, |
Seven Touchdowns
Even the odds-makers couldn’t
make up their minds. It was 6-5
and take your choice, Visiting
newspaper experts thought the
score would be four touchdowns
to three, and were about equally
divided on the winner,
The kickoff before 65,000 fans
lucky enough to get tickets was
scheduled for 2 p. m. (EST). The
weather man forecast a game
time temperature of about 80,
with a cooling southeast breeze
off the ocean,
The game was to be broadcast
over the CBS network and tele-
Chicago—and Quarterback Bill
Sommers of Gary, Ind., who led
his team to the Refrigerator Bowl
triumph.
A record sell-out crowd of 12,-
000 was expected.
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vised locally.
Both coaches were confident,
George Sauer said the Baylor
team is “the greatest I have ever
coached,” and he called his All-
America star, Larry Isbell, the
best of the current crop of eollege
quarterbacks.
Dodd Confident
Coach Bobby Dodd also classed
his team as the best he's worked
with at Tech, and he expressed
doubt that Baylor could go for the
necessary number of touchdowns
through his defense, which in
cludes auother All - America,
guard, Ray Beck.
There were forecasts of an
aerial duel between Isbhell and
Tech’s Quarterback Darrell Craw
ford, although the season’s records
show that both teams relied
heavily on ground attacks. Baylor
scored only 11 of its 34 touch
downs through the aiy and Tech
only 14 of 40 that way.
And Dodd declared that Tech
would take to the air “only If and
when they stop our running
plays.”
Isbell completed 105 of 214
passes for 1,430 yards and ten
touchdowns during the seasen.
Crawford clicked on T 7 of 136 at
tempts for 1,153 yards and 12
touchdowns.