“The Sports Corner”
Six Top College Teams Emerge Winner?
By The Associated Press
Nino of the nation’s top ten
college football teams were in ac
tion Saturday, and six of them
came through with victories. Up
set victims were second-ranked Il
linois, fifth-rated Auburn and
tenth-rated Ohio State. Auburn
lost to Mississippi State, and it
was a double blow because Aub
urn had been unbeaten and untied.
The scort of that game was 13
to 10.
Another team previously un
beaten and untied was Princeton.
Rut, no more. Harvard upset the
Tigers 21 to 7.
With Auburn and Princeton
having been beaten, only one team
remains unsullied — top ranked
Texas. The Longhorns ran their
winning streak to eight games by
edging Baylor 7 to 0.
A fourth period fumble meant
the ruination of Illinois, and Mi
chigan upset the Illini 14 to 8.
Third-ranked Mississippi had no
problem beating Tampa and ran
up a 41 to 0 score.
Navy’s fourth-ranked Middies
poured it on Maryland and won
42 to 7.
The sixth team in the Associated
Press poll, Oklahoma, came from
behind with two touchdowns and
pne field goal in the third period
and beat Iowa State 24 to 14.
Seventh-ranked Alabama had
the day off. but eighth-rated Pitts
burgh was plenty active as it
whipped Notre Dame 27 to 7.
Michigan State’s ninth-ranked |
Spartans defeated Purdue 23 to 0 i
The number ten team, Ohio State,
was upset by Penn State 10 to 7.
Looking at some other games:
Rice edged Arkansas 7 to 0. Ok
lahoma State scored its first vic
tory of the season, beating Tulsa
33 to 24 — A 27-yard field goal by
Dave Fronek with about 98 sec
onds to play gave Wisconsin a 17 to
14 decision over Northwestern.
Nebraska rolled to a 23 to 9 victory
| over Kansas.
Washington quarterback Bill
I Douglas engineered six straight
1 scoring drives for the unstoppable
Huskies who whipped California
i 39 to 26 in their drive toward the
| Rose Bowl.
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IT'S LEAKING ! ! 1
An intriguing announcement
: went out over the public address
system during a basketball game
at the Civic Center in Charleston,
West Virginia. The voice over the
speaker asked a man holding a
particular claim check to hurry to
the coat room. The voice ex
plained:
“Your coat is leaking.”
—
I American banks clear some 15
i billion checks a year.
Why do we give so much extra service at no cost? We have
to. We're not the largest hush operator in N.W. Alaska.
We’re only No. 2.
MUNZ NORTHERN AIRLINES
Referee’s Card Voided
MIAMI BEACH UP> The Miami
Beach Boxing Commission has
changed the decision of Fridav
night’s heavyweight bout between
George Chuvalo and Tony Alongi.
Originally scored as a decision in
favor of Alongi it now has been
called a draw by the commission
After the decision, Chuvalo’s
manager protested on the grounds
that there were discrepancies in
the scorecards of the officials.
The commission held a hearing
Saturday and announced that ref- j
eree Cy Gottfried admitted his card
was incorrectly scored. The com
mission declared that scorecard
null and void and that left the j
decision to the other two card;,
one by Judge Williams Bunny Lo
vett who voted for Chuvalo and
the other by Judge James Ruby
who voted for Alongi. That, of
course, made the final verdict a
draw.
GOLD DIGGERS LEAGUE
High team series — Morgans
2151, Oogruks 2111, BIA 1999.
High team game — Morgans
797. Oogruks 717.
High individual series — Men:
Bill Burand 546, Pat Durrett 503,
Geo. Lienard and Dick Deems 500.
Women: Ike Schick 521, Sharon
Bell 454, Fay Lienard 432.
High individual game — Men:
Bill Burand 225, George Lienard
190, Pat Durrett 185. Women: Ike
Schick 180. Fay Lienard 180.
Oogruks
Munz
Morgans
Flyers
BIA
Faakers
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WEEKEND PRO FOOTBALL
GREEN BAY, Wise. (*» — The
Green Bay Packers have retained
their share of first place in the
Western Conference of the Na
tional Football League, winning
their eighth straight game, 28 to
7, over the Minnesota Vikings.
The triumph set the stage for
a showdown between the Packers
and t e Chicago Bears next week
for the Western Division lead. The
Bears, who share first place with j
Green Bay, beat the Packers in
the season’s opener. Each team has
an eight and one record.
NEW YORK to — The New
York Giants vaulted into a tie for
first place in the National Foot
ball League’s Eastern Conference
by whipping the Philadelphia
Eagles 42 to 14. That victory, plus I
a surprise loss by the Cleveland
Browns to Pittsburgh, created the
deadlock.
PITTSBURGH UP) — The Pitts
burgh Steelers have defeated
Cleveland, 9 to 7. and knocked the
Browns out of undisputed posses
sion of first place in the Eastern
Conference of the National Foot
ball League. The Browns now
share the top spot with New York.
Each team has a seven and two
Texas University Rules
Negroes Can Play Varsity
AUSTIN, Tex. UP) — University
of Texas regents have voted to in
tegrate varsity athletics at the
school. An unwritten rule at Texas
has prohibited Negroes from par
ticipating in varsity sports al
though they have been allowed to
take part in intramural sports
since they were admitted to the
school back in 1950.
The ruling by the regents gives
the athletic director at Texas, Dar
rell Royal, the authority to rule on
Negroes playing on varsity teams.
record.
• • •
ST. LOUIS UP) — The St. Louis
Cardinals have edged the Wash
ington Redskins, 24 to 20, and
pulled to within one game of the
Eastern Conference lead in the
National Football League.
* • •
BOSTON UP) — The San Diego
Chargers edged the Boston Pa
triots 7 to 6 and dropped Boston
out of what had been a three-way
tie for first place in the Amer
ican Football League’s Eastern Di
vision.
* • •
CHICAGO UP) — A pair of field'
goals by Roger LeClerc and an
impenetrable defense gave the
Chicago Bears a 6 to 0 victory
over the Los Angeles Rams.
WEATHER BUREAU REPORT
Cloudy with occasional snow to
I night — Gusty Southeasterly
winds — Little change in tem
perature.
Nome data last 24 hours as of 7
1 a.m. today: Temperatures: highest
19, lowest 14. Maximum wind 25
miles an hour from the East. Sun
rise at 8:24 a.m., sunset at 3:07 p.m.
Comparative Data — Tempera
; tures year ago today: high 23, low
i 02. Extremes on this date since
; 1907: Highest 37 in 1937, lowest
I —13 in 1908.
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