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i ! II TWO MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE 23 TO 7 TO ? Middies Crushed In Final ; Quarter, After Touch down In Third Period , Baltimore, Md Dec. 2 (U.R) 'Anny'i oni of flum and gravy roared to tneir first undefeated season In 28 years today when (two lowly plcbes, a bull-should ered boy from the bayous and t lightning-like lad from Los An ' gcles, carried the Cadets to t i 23-to-7 victory over Navy's fight- I KiJ.Lj Their backs to the wall In the 'third period when the. terrific , tars scored a touchdown to melt t their 9-0 lead to two slim points, i the 'gray-clad men from the ' banks of the Hudson called in ' their two all-American aces, , Felix Blanchard and fleet-footed i Glen Davis, and the pair came : through to carry the cadets to 5 the mythical .national gridiron championship. ; ' It was Blanchard, the batter- s mg fullback from Louisiana by l way of South Carolina, who ' blew the Middies down In the : early moments of the final quar- -, ter with the touchdown that once again put Army In the lead. "And it was Davis, the free- ' wheeling halfback from the , west coast, who raced an even ' 50 yards over the moth-eaten I municipal stadium gridiron be ' fore a roaring crowd of 66,659 ' fang to put it irrevocably on Ice. ; ' They had gone into this game, i the men from the Severn and A t m y's undefeated black ; knights, with the Cadets 2-to-l (favorites to score their ninth . consecutive victory. There was a question whether the mighty ' Middle line would atop the bat- taring Army backs. And for , time it appeared as If the kids from Crabtown were going to do it again. The Middles had beat I en Army five straight years, and ; it looked bad for the Cadets as OPEN - LONG'S CAFE I CENTRAL POINT Breakfasts, Lunches, Dinners Under New Management 7 A.M. to 11 P.M. Mr. and Mrs. Wright MEDFORD STILL hew iJoiv Under Construction FIRST COME FIRST SERVED Reserve Yours How! Sunday, Dec. 3, 1944 Navy drove them back deep into their own territory In the first quarter. But finally -the Cadets recov ered their poise, the striking power and finesse which had led them to eight straight previous victories as they rolled up 481 points tops for any team in this nation. When the final whistle blew, as cold shadows lengthen ed over the sun-swept but near freezing field, Army had come back to the long-awaited top. The churning legs of Blanchard and the flitting form of Davis had carried it to its first un beaten season since 1916 and the third in Army gridiron history. In nine games they had pow ered to a staggering tctal of 504 points and finally they had the measure of the Navy, . GEORGIA FEEBLE, Athens, Ga Dec. 2 U.R Georgia Tech's Yellowjackets won the southeastern conference football title with touchdowns to spare today, defeating Geor gia s Bulldogs 44 to 0. The game was "no contest after freshman George Mathews, flinging a 19-yard pass over the goal line to End Charley Mur- dock, provided the first touch down in the-flrst period. Two minutes later, after a pass-inter ception by Allen Bowen, the En gineers scored again. The victory enabled Tech to complete its season with only two defeats In 10 games. The At lanta eleven will bring that rec ord to the Orange Bowl game at Miami Fla , on New Year's Day, when it meets the University of Tulsa. . 00TBALL TEAM TO BE . GUESTS OF LIONS CLUB Larry Neely, president of the Medford Lions club, announced tnat Medford high school foot ball team, winners of the state championship, have been invit ed, with Coaches Al Simnson and Ed Kirtley, to attend the regular Wednesday night dinner meeting at the Hqlland Hotel. TOOLMAKER WINS Miami, Fla., Dee. 2 (U.R) Toolmaker, carrying I'orter Rob erts in the saddle, slipped past the leaders at the three-quarter mue pole and went on to , score an easy victory in the $2,000 Florida purse at Gulf Stream park here today, " VIRGINIA WINS Norfolk, Va., Dec. 2-rU.R) The University of Virginia Cava liers ended their season here to day with a convin'cing victory over the University' of North Carolina Tarheels 26-7. Mm To meet the urgent demand for Cold Storage Lockera we are expanding this department and making available these 300 lockers. These lockers are CENTRALLY LOCATED AT RrrJHF -JUST BLOCKS FROM MAIN ,,5aET.Th.ey ccel LONGER HOURS, too from 7:00 A. M. til 10:00 P. M. If you wish to reserve one of these lockers we suggest that you ACT NOW.A $2.00 deposit will hold any one of them and the first applicants will get the convenient waist-high boxes. No tel-nhone reservations can be accepted. See us at oncel A-0HE BREWING CO Clicquot Club Bottling Co, . 301 NORTH FIR STREET IS FOR BIG SIX TOGA Oklahoma City, Okla., Dec. 2 (U.R) The University of Okla homa Sooners today bounched back from last- week's disaster at the hands of the Oklahoma Aggies, snowing Nebraska under a touchdown avalanche, 31-12, and winning their second con secutive Big Six conference foot ball title. It was the first time Oklahoma had repeated as league titlist and the fifth victory the Sooners gained over Nebraska. ine uKianomans took com mand of the game almost from the opening minutes, scoring once in the first period and add ing three more in the second for a 25-0 lead at halftime. Light rain began falling short ly before the klckoff, holding the crowd to 3,500 the smallest home attendance for Oklahoma this season. The Nebraska Cornhuskers were unable to dent the first line Oklahoma defense, notching both of their touchdowns in the first and fourth periods against second and third string Sooner subs. E South Bend, Ind.. Dec. 2 (U.R) Notre Dame's youthful Irish, with a roaring second half- fin ish which netted 21 points, end- ea tneir ism football season in glory today by defeatina the Great Lakes Blue Jackets, 28-7. to gain revenge for a disastrous beating suffered a year ago. Notre Dame, with a startine lineup which averaged only 18 years of age, won its eighth game of the season before 38,000 fans, by out-fighting and out- running the veteran Great Lakes team. A year ago, Great Lakes hand ed the 1943 Notre Dame national champions their only defeat of the season, in the last 45 seconds of the game, but today Notre Dame won back that lost glory Dy stepping out from a 7 to 7 halftime tie. ... PAPERBOY WINS -Inglewood, Calif., Dec. 2 (U.R) Harry L, Warner's Ja per boy came surging forward from third place in the stretch to cop the $25,000 added American handi cap today. WANTS MORE! Football Scores By United Press Army 23, Navy 7. Georgia Tech 44, Georgia 0. Louisiana State 25, Tulane 6. Notre Dame 28, Great Lakes 7. Arkansas 41, Arkansas A & M 0.' . Oklahoma 31, Nebraska 12. Rice 13, Southwestern 7. Southern Methodist 9, 'Texas Christian 0. 1xas Tech 7, South' Plains AAF 6. Denver U 27, Colorado College 13. . . T 6 IN! FRISCO! OPEN San Francisco, Dec. 2 (U.R) Master Sgt. Jim Ferrier of the U. S. army, former Australian golf champion, blazed around the Harding Park course In a six-under-par 66 today to take Jhe lead at the halfway mark of the $14,500 San Francisco open tour nament with a 141 total. Ferrier, a- 215-Dound slant from Camp Roberts. Calif.. oost ed his sizzling score to add to his 75 shot yesterday for a total of just one stroke better than that turned in by Mark Fry, the Oak land star, who had led the star studded field through the first 27 holes. - -s.-. The ' big professional, who came to this country from Aus tralia in 1939, was out in 33 and back with the same score, sink ing long 20-foot putts on three greens on the way out and dis playing phenomenal driving and iron play on the trip home. TITTLE'S PASSING Baton Rouge, La., Dec. 2 (U.R) Little Jack Tittle completed passes all over the Tiger stadium today to lead Louisiana State university to a 25 to 6 victory over Tulane s Green Wave. The almost unfailingly accur ate passes of Tittle provided the highlights of the game, which al' so was sprinkled literally with breath-taking laterals and fake reverses. RICE OWLS WIN The Rice Institute Owls, tied for fourth place in the Southwest Conference, defeated Southwest ern University's Pirates, 18-7, today in the season windup. TEXAS CHRISTIANS IN HECTIC BATTLE Dallas, Tex., Dec.: 2 (U.R) Flashing a brilliant running at tack that clicked when their passing game bogged down. Southern Methodist university closed a dismal southwest con ference season In a hla? nf glory today in chalking up a 9-6 upsei victory over ine cnampion Texas Christian eleven that re turns hfTi . .Tnnnflrv 1 nffnlnsr UKianoma A. and M. In the Cot on bowi. Definite the tnw unri - rhp game was s thrilling affair that kent some ftnno ehivcrfnir fnn on edge until the final whistle. The spectators got t h e i r monev s worth rinnncr nn map. onds crammed with aotlnn Inst before the halfttmA nhictla n. bMU forced into a three-point ieaa on Kotianch's Z2-yard field Wal, only to see it switched to a three-noint deficit on tha en. suing kickoff as Randy ran down the sideline untouched for a touchdown. Then, to open the second half, the Methodists brought the crowd to its feet with a 61-yard sustained march, highlighted by Ivan .Cunningham's 3 9 - y a r d SWeeD to the six. Anr) pllmavorl by End Folsom's end around play mai got ine six points necessary for victory. . Harry MullWtry for TCU's extra point was blocked by a host of red-shlrteH wnne K.otiancn s try was wide. Heroes of the day for SMU, which had won only one confer ence game against Arkansas to date, were Cunningham, bul ky Ralph Ruthstorm, c. D. Allen and Folsom on the offense. The field goal was set up when Ruthstrom returned Jackson's punt from the TCU 44 to the 19. BATTLE FOR LEAD (Bv United Pr...l The Washington Redsklna In. vade the New York Polo grounds tomorrow for th rrf of a home-and-home game series witn tne New York P-ianta n an attempt to break their first- piace tie in the eastern cham pionship of the National Pro fessional' Football leaeiie. S-e c o n d-place Philadelphia piays me iirooKjyn Tigers and, should the Giants nH 'Skinc split in their two meetings the Eagles could take the eastern title by winning their final two games. r . Bill Paschal, the Giant ;Wk who won the league ground- gaining attack as a rookie last season, will lead the Giant at tack. Sammy Baugh and Frank Filchock, Redskin passers, will start in a plan to thwart the Giant defense tactics. Since its founding In 1855, Pennsylvania State college has awarded . 30,586 degrees of which 26,324 were bachelor diplomas. IOH3 GSH ll of . K 1 1 upturn0 f I ft mTS 1 j v ' ill! ,IlRrTDWiBS L.C.TAYLOR CO. Ill SO. RIVERSIDE PHONE 296S Si DIEGO NAVY FIVE DDI TROY; Los Angeles, Oec. 2 (U.R) The undefeated San Diego Navy Training Station basketball team pulled away from Southern Call fornia's Trojans in the second half tonight to register a 33 to 28 victory. The previously unbeaten Tro Jans held a 0 to 8 advantage at the end of a tightly defensive first half, but the Bluejackets, led by Center Les Pugh, put on the pressure in the second half and pulled away easily. Pugh was high point man with 14 points, while teammate Pete Jayroe registered eight. Jack Morley and Bob Webster each netted six for the outplayed Tro jans. Seattle, Dec. 2 (U.R) The University of Washington to night' defeated a Sandpoint Na val Air Station squad 36 to 35 in a see-saw non-conference bas ketball game. The score was 12 all at half time. High scorer for the winners was Dale Dykeman with 12 points, matched by Navalairs' Don McMillan who ran up. an even dozen tallies for the losers. ARKANSAS BEATS SISTERjCOLLEGE Fayetteville, Ark.. Dec 2 (U.R) The Arkansas Razorbacks flattened Arkansas A. and M. 41-0 here today in a battle less one-sided than the score would indicate. The first period was scoreless but the Porkers hit their stride when late in the second, Gordon Long fired a long forward to Mike Schumchyk for a 60-yard gain and a touchdown. Young converted. The Porkers scored again when Baldwin intercepted Canda s pass on the Arkansas 3,7 and went to the Aggie 27. Two plays later Baldwin scored. Young again converted. - i The third was scoreless but Arkansas made up for it in the fourth, scoring four touchdowns. DOUBLE TRAGEDY Wichita, Kan. (U.R) Recently Mrs. J. W. Sehrader was notified that her son, Pfc. Robert Sehra der, had. been killed in action. Two', weeks later she received word that another son, Sgt. War ren P. Sehrader, had died in France of accidental gunshot wounas. SERVICE BONUS HENEWED Chicago (U.PJ-Federal Judge Michael Jj. Igoe has authorized oavment of a S10 hnnila tn Mnh of the l.HflO. pmnlfwnM nt Va Chicago surface lines now in miniary service. Tne company, which is in receivership, has paid the bonus annuallv since tne war began. Most of the borax mined In the United States comes from Inyo, Kern and San Bernardino counties, California. mm h. if ".Tib, t Our mechanics are factory-trained track experts. They have the "know how" to do good job and the tools and equipment to do It quickly! Naturally we're busy but if youH phone or call for an ap pointment well give you service yon can depend upon and at the tlmo we promise! BASKETBALL East Lansing, Mich., Dec. 2 (U.R) Michigan- State made a triumphant return to the basket ball court tonight after a year's absence, defeating Drake univer sity 44 to 38. The Spartans were led by For ward Sammy Fortino, Detroit who scored 21 points. Fortino not only sparked the Spartans on the offensive but was one of the game's outstanding defensive stars. . By United Press Brooklyn college 52, Yeshlva Columbia Middies 70, Colum bia 54. Cornell 83, Rider35. City College o: New York 53, Montclair State Teachers 46. - Illinois 64, Chanute Field 25. Michigan State 44 Drake 36. . Indiana 44, Camp Atterbury 22.' New York university 62, Ft. Hancock 30. LEADING JOCKEY Y Miami. Fla.. Dec. 2 (1I.P) Boggy Permane, one of the out standing jockeys of the racing World, todav SUKtnlnpri n hrnkan left collar-bone in a spill when his mount Epamlnondus bore out on the home turn In the first race at Gulfstream park. rermane, who made racing history at the sprint meeting, at Tronical nark last Vfni tunc rushed to the Hollywood clinic for observation,- where It was disclosed that he uran ennln rt from a slight fracture of the left arm. Via Mail Tribune Want Ads. 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