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DETROIT ENDS BROWNS’ SKEIN
Walker, Layne Pace
Lions to 17-7 Win
By DICK SMITH
CLEVELAND, Dec. 28 un—The
younger Detroit Lions smashed
through a veteran Cleveland
Browns team today for two touch-
downs and a field goal to win, 17-
7, and cop their first professional
football championship in 17 years.
The alert Lions capitalised on
the breaks and led all the way in
what was essentially a defensive
battle. A crowd of 50.934 watched
in a temperature of about 30 de-
grees.
The longest and most spectacular
run of the day was a dash by De-
troit halfback Doak Walker for 67
yards and a touchdown in the
third quarter. Walker shot through
the left side of the line, cut back
to the right and picked his way
through the entire secondary, ft
was his first touchdown this sea-
son.
It was the Browns’ fourth
straight loss to Detroit, counting
exhibition setbacks in the last two
seasons. The score almost duplicat-
ed the Lions 17-8 victory over
Cleveland to Detroit Nov. I Coach
Paul Brown, who has put teams
in seven straight pro champion-
ship play-offs, beat the Lions only
once, an exhibition in 1850, the
year before Raymond (Buddy)
Parker, 39 year-old Texan, became
the Lions’ bead coach.
Walker had missed seven games
because of a pulled leg muscle,
but he scored 11 touchdowns in his
first year of pro football and six
last year.
The break that led to the Lions'
first score was a poor punt by
Horace Gillom, the league's lead-
tog kicker It wobbled out of
bounds at midfield, only 22 yards
from the line of scrimmage. That
was just before the end of the first
la the last two plays of the quar-
ter, Bobby Layne hit Cloyee Box
in the clear with a 10-yarder, then
bootlegged around left end on the
next play for 12 more. Fullback
Pat Harder fought through th cen-
ter to within inches of a first down
on the Browns' 17 and Walker
picked up those inches.
Layne shot a low pass to Bill
Swiacki for 14 yards and the Lions
wore on the Browns' 1 Walker
gained 5 to offset s five-yard penal-
ty and on second down Layne
shouldered through the middle for
the touchown.
The Browns’lone touchdown tor
Owls, Porkers
In SWC Lead
By HAROLD V. RATLIFF
Associated Frees Sports Editor
Rice and Arkansas were project-
ed ae finalists in the Southwest
Conference pre-season basketball
tournament on the basis of happen-
ings over the week end.
The Owls and Razorbacks were
established as favorites for the
championship game after both
swept through their opentag tecta
impressively and each scored 68
points.
But they meet a couple of strong
offensive outfits to the semi-finals
* Monday night. Both were surprise
ing in the opening round of the
tournament Friday and Saturday
nights as Baylor knocked over
Texas, 27-43, while Southern Meth-
odist was whipping Texas A&M,
87-38.
DOAK WALKER
... 67 yards for TD
lowed by only four minutes Walk-
er's spectacular dash in the third
quarter. Their drive carried 78
yards in 10 plays.
Harry (Chick) Jagada went over
from the 7 with Tackle Thurman
McGraw and safety man Don Doll
hanging on Lou Groza booted the
point.
Another break for the Lions oc-
curred midway in the last period,
when halfback Ken Carpenter
fumbled Bob Smith's punt and Lion
BOBBY LAYNE
... crashes for other
end Jim Martin recovered on the
Browns' 24. A personal foul set
the Lions back 15 yards but they
cashed In for three points when
Harder booted a field goal on
fourth down with the ball on the 28.
Cleveland ........0 0 7 0-7
Dertolt ..........0 7 7 3..17
Cleveland scoring: touchdown,
Jagade. Conversion, Groza
Detroit scoring: touchdowns,
Layne, Walker, Field goal Harder.
Conversions, Harder 2.
BOTH FAVORED TO WIN OPENERS
Wildcats, Cowboys Arrive
For Sunshine Cage Tourney
PORTALES, N. M., Dec. 28
(RNS)—First round brackets for
the fifth annual Sunshine Invite-
Cowboys Boasi
Best Record
In Border Loop
By the Associated press
The Border Conference took a
shut-out last week in basketball.
Three of the members were in
action and aU three lost.
tion tournament were released to-
day, pitting Abilene Christian Col-
lege against Central State College
of Edmond, Okla., and Hardin-
Simmons University against Mis-
souri Valley College of Marshall,
Mo.
The Wildcats play at 2 p m. Mon-
day and the Pokes take the court
at 3:45 p. m. Should both Abilene
teams win their openers, as they
are generally conceeded to do.
they will meet in the semifinals
of the eight-team tournament Tues-
day.
Texas Western dropped two
games in a tour through the South, p.m.
The Miners wars trimmed by Mis- *
sissippl Southern, 90-61, and Spring
Hill, 66-56. Texas Tech was beaten
by Miami 79-64.
Howard Payne of Brownwood
clashes with the defending cham-
pion of the affair. Southwestern
Oklahoma State, at 7:15 Monday
night in another opening round
tilt. Westminster College of Ful-
ton, Okla., battles the host East-
ern New Mexico University quin-
tet la the first round finale at •
The Cowboys arrived here at 1
p.m. Sunday afternoon along with
Coach Bill Scott, Trainer Joe Grba
Arizona played in the Southwest
Conference pre-season tournament
at Dallas and lost in the first round
and Sports News Director George
Hine, Jr. Scott said that the Pokes
2 A THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
A Abilene, Texas, Monday Morning, December 29, 1952
The
BARBER SAYS
by dick tarpley
Surgeon's Skill, Determination Factors
in Grid Successes of Cowboy Mentor
By ED WISHCAMPER
(Pinch-hitting for Dick Tarpley on Vacation)
THIS YARN REVOVLES AROUND THE TRICKY BAL-
ANCES OF FATE, the skill of a surgeon and the determina-
tion of a gritty high school kid.
It’s about big, strapping Murray Evans, who almost wasn't
a football star and university coach, but a cripple instead.
It was back in 1935, up at Burkburnett where Evans
was reared and played high school football.
"It was Halloween afternoon,” recalls Evans, now head
coach of the Hardin-Simmons Cowboys. “We had a blocking
and tackling practice and I skinned my right ankle, and
bruised it too.
“Our coach (the late Volney Hill) was awfully particular
about bis boys disinfecting any cuts or bruises, but there was
a Halloween party that night and I was anxious to go to it.”
So Evans rushed in the dressing |
rooms, showered, noticed the
bruised ankle and its bleeding, but
to save time he flaked some pow-
der on it, taped It heavily to stop
the bleeding, and went on to the
Halloween party.
“The next morning I had blood
poisoning,” the genial coach re-
calls.
IN COTTON BOWL CAGE TOURNEY
Eagles Face Crozier Tech
In Quarterfinals Tonight
DALLAS, Dec. 28 — The Abi-
lene Eagles, who have had little
opposition in their first two games
in the Cotton Bowl Invitation bas-
ketball tournament, battle Crozier
Tech of Dallas in the quarterfinals
of tourney action Monday night at |
8:30.
Abilene's fast-breaking offense
and full court press on defense
completely demoralized Pleasant1
| Grove as the Warbirds romped to
a 93-43 win Saturday night in their
second game after coasting past
Carrollton. 64-36 in their opener
Friday morning.
Other quarterfinals action is pre-
dominately Dallas. Adamson and
Highland park round out the lower
bracket, while defending champion
and favorite Sunset faces cross-
town rivals Forrest in one of the
Longhorns Arrive
For Cotton Bowl
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upper division games, with North
Dallas and Bailey meeting in the
other contest.
The winner of the Abilene-Cro-
zier Tech contest is generally fa-
vored to move into the finals
against Sunset. Abilene, by virtue
of its straight wins over Highland
Park in Dallas last week, plus
their fine showing in tourney play,
rates high to be that team.
Jerry Turner has been the top
scorer for the Abilene crew, rop-
ing in 12 points against Carroll-
ton and 17 against Pleasant Grove
for a 28 point total. Tommy Estes
ranks second with 24 points, with
B. D. Loving, thanks to a 16-point
effort Saturday night, third with
22 markers. Jerry Bob Fraley has
18 and Dick Wagley 17 to round
up the top boys. Going on down
the list, Tommy Overman has 15.
Bob Fry, Twyman Ash and Bill
Pierce are tied with nine and Tom-
my Seale has six.
One upset bas already been reg-
istered in the tournament, with
Slidell one of the lower bracket
favorites along with Abilene, bow-
ing to Adamson of Dallas in the
second round Saturday night
Slidell held a five-point lead, us-
ing the Oklahoma A. & M. control
ball offense, when things went
wrong and Adamson put on a spir-
ited rally to tie up the game in
the final minutes and then surge
ahead.
Finals will be played Wednes-
day night, with presentation of
trophies and selection of the all- 4
tournament team to follow.
Fourteen Rebs
Stricken With
Virus Infection
BILOXI, Miss, Dec. 28 til-
Fourteen Mississippi football play-
ers were stricken with virus infec-
tions today and coach Johnny
Vaught said his Rebels’ Sugar
Bowl chances against Georgia Tech
had been handed “a serious blow.”
The players, all confined to their
rooms, included backs Allen Muir-
head. Lea Paslay, Harol Lofton.
Jim Ingram and Reggie Ott; ends
Jim Slay and Jim Bridges: tackles
Bobby McKinney, Charles Mont-
gomery and Charles Morganti;
and guard Dennis Ott
While Vaught groaned over this
ill fortune, coach Bobby Dodd
flew into New Orleans by charter-
ed plane from Atlanta with his
squad numbering injured backfield
stars Leon Hardeman, Billy Teas
and Dick Pretz.
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DALLAS, Dec. 28 mn—The Texas
football squad came in today to
complete the cast for the Cotton
Bowl game and to start the inevit-
able banter between coaches trying
to get their teams off the spot
A slight disagreement developed
immediately over which wa.. to be
the favorite and by how much-
Texes or Tennessee.
Harvey Robinson, acting head
coach of Tennessee, which flew in
last night said Texas should be a
seven-point choice.
Coach Ed Price of Texas de-
clared, as soon as his squad un-
loaded from a plane this afternoon,
that neither should be favored In
the odds—it was an even-stephen
proposition
Anyway, harried Cotton Bowl of-
ficials were glad to get the two
squads on terra firms and ready
to start their final practice ses-
sions. Tennessee was over four
hours late arriving because of me-
chanical trouble with the plane.
Texas, not to be outdone although
much closer to Dallas than Tennes-
see, turned up over an hour late
for the same reason.
The hectic night had officials
and greeters running all over the
city and going to and from the
airport in an effort to be there
when Tennessee got in. Some of
the folks missed the boat alto-
gether.
The Tennessee squad, 58 strong,
was headed by Robinson, who took
over when Gen. Bob Neyland, head
coach, went to Florida for his
health. But Neyland will be here
to coach the team in the Cotton
Bowl game. He sent word he would
arrive Tuesday to take over and
would direct the Volunteers Thurs-
day when they try to gain a repeat
victory over Texas. Tennessee beat
the Longhorns here in 1951 20-14.
Price brought 52 active players
and four who won't get into the
game. Bob Flinn, a guard; Ferdy
Burkett back, and Frank Finchum,
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There followed a battle that ab-
sorbed most of a year before the
issue was settled. For days he
was in a Wichita Falls hospital
and for weeks after that — he
does not recall how long — be was
abed at home, his foot elevated
with tubes draining off poison of
the infection.
"It liked to have rotted off,"
Evans admits. His doctor men-
tioned to his mother the possibili-
ty it might have to be amputated.
“She wouldn't hear to that,” and
whether the condition ever grew
critical enough to justify the am-
putation or not, the mother was
adamant The leg was saved, and
a brilliant athletic career, too.
Evans hobbled around on crutch-
es for months, as the injury re-
fused to heal. As late sa the sum-
mer of 1936, the doctor put him
back In bed with the leg elevated.
A Burkburnett surgeon perform-
ed three operations in which 84
pieces of skin were grafted before
the wound finally repaired.
Murray missed all the rest of
the 1935-36 school term (his sopho-
more year) but got off his crutch-
es two weeks before the 1936 grid
season opened. But a broken col-
lar bone within the first week of
practice sidelined him most of that
year, and gave the leg a longer
rest
He played his senior season,
1937, without injury.
Evans came on down to Hardin-
Simmons and racked up a spark-
ling career both la the line and
backfield for the Cowboys. Fans
will remember he always played
with a shin guard on that right
leg and even now when he plays
baseball or goes hunting, be has
to do likewise There's a wicked
looking scar to remind him of the
ordeal 4
MURRAY EVANS
• - . wouldn’t give up
tackle, have injuries incurred some
six weeks ago that have not healed
sufficiently for them to play.
Douglas Dawkins, a guard, won’t
get into the game because he drop-
ped below the scholastic require-
ment due to being out of school
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■ “But everybody else—everybody
who has played within the last six
weeks—is in top shape," Price de-
clared. “It will be two good teams.
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will definitely be able to utilise
Joe Simpson in tournament play,
although he will not start. Simp-
son has been ailing with a knee
injury but has recovered faster
- . - - than expected. I Many a fan has probably won-
play in the Sunshine Collegiate Abilene Christian players James dered since the signing of Sammy
Cobb, Bin Johnson, James Brown, Baugh as full time associate coach
Rex Bennett and Gordon Cocker- whether that doesn't mean C
ham started arriving here at noon Cowboys will be taking to the air
today, awaiting the rest of the next fall.
Wildcat crew driving In from Abi-
lene with Coach Bugs Morris They
were to arrive about 6 o'clock.
to Arkansas, 68 51.
Hardin-Simmons still has the
best season record. The Cowboys
hove won four and loot six. They
Tournament at Portales, N. M.,
Motidsy. Tuoeday and Wednesday
Arianna will appear in the con-
solation bracket of the Southwest
the
Rice had little trouble trouncing
the defending tournament cham-
pion. Texas Christian, 68-49, and
Arkansas licked the visiting team
Artsona—08-81
Thus Monday night when the
tournament is resumed. Rice will
be playing Baylor and Arkansas starts next week
will take on Southern Methodist.
Conference tournament Monday
and Tuesday
Double-headers will be played
at Canyon Monday and Tuesday
nights. Monday night Texas Tech
engages New Mexico while West
Texas State plays Pepperdine
Tuesday night Tech meets Pepper-
dine and West Texas State tackles
New Mexico.
That’s the sum total of action
for the week Conference play
The annual “Tip Off'' banquet
was held Sunday night for parti-
cipating teams and coaches.
Second round action starts st 7
o'clock Tuesday night
‘That depends on the boys we
have to work with,” says Head
Coach Evaro, as he reminds that
three of the four 1952 quarterbacks
will be lost by graduation.
The receivers will be back —
Ends Chester Lyssy of San An-
tonio and D. C Andrews of Sweet-
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During the week Texas A&M lost [ Team
two games la pre-tournament Ramos
play, the Aggies fell to Colorado Arizona
A&M. 65-52, while Baytor was drop- Tent"
ping before Vanderbilt, 73-66, and west Texas
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Austin College, 87-66 Misstasioot southern so. Texas Western “I.
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25 20
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water, plus Wingback Riley CrossT A.
of Sweetwater Tournev Opens
But Quarter Dee Windsor of Lev- I Mill IVY VPUH
elland will be the only veteran
passer back. The only support in A. .
sight right now as an understudy APTIOA OOee
to John Henry Lyle of Grandview, Alllvll 1 VWU I
a freshman last season who was |
sidelined most of the time with BROWNWOOD, Dec. 28 — De-
injuries He threw 21 touchdown tending champion Pampa won't be
passes and completed 5 of 130 back to defend it's title, but run-
tries in his last high school year, ner-up Amon Carter Riverside of
but he is yet to be tested on the Fort Worth and a star-studded field
college grid. of 15 other teams open the an-
nual Howard Payne Invitation tour-
nament here Monday noon
Five teams from the Central
West Texas area will start the
long climb towards the finals as
the tourney opens. These include
Snyder, Sweetwater, Ballinger, Cis-
co and San Angelo.
Arlington Heights and Millsap
start things rolling at 12:30 p. m.
with the first game. Snyder and
Comanche meet at 1:40 p.m. Fl-
No doubt lota of lads from the nals in the three-day affair will
Texas prairies will yearn for the be Wednesday
chance to learn passing under Sam- Brownwood High, 59-57 victors
my Baugh. Evana hopes so, of over Abilene earlier in the season,
course. is the pre-tourney favorite with
Baugh can make things look so Sweetwater rated as the darthorse
easy in passing, the Cowboy top Sweetwater lost out to Lubbock to
hand muses. He can throw on the the finals of the Odessa affair last
And two tossers, only one of
them experienced, is by no stretch
of the imagination a well-heeled
passing staff in last college foot-
ball company.
"Well know more after spring
training," Evans thinks. But st the
moment the aerial talent which
Sammy Baugh will have to work
with isn't much to about about.
back to defend it’s title, but run-
in good condition and in the proper
mental frame who play Thursday.
I don’t know how the bookies ar-
rive at their odds. They must have
information that isn't available to
us. But I would say we’re even."
Texas has been established as a
point and a half favorite.
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Back in Action
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Three of the five Texas Confer-
ence basketball teams return to
action this week. Nobody played
any games last week due to the
Christmas holidays.
Abilene Christian, leading the
conference in season play and also
in conference competition, and
Howard Payne compete in the Sun-
shine Intercollegiate Tournament
at Portales, N. M., Monday, Tues-
day and Wednesday McMurry en-
gages Southwest Texas State of
the Lone Star Conference at San
Marcos Friday and Saturday.
Texas A&I and Austin College
rest this week, too.
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Vaught said the 14 players had
been segregated from the other M
members of the Rebel squad and
placed under the care of Dr. Delix
Linder, team physician.
Later team trainer W. I. Knight
said “they just have colds, they
say it is a virus type.”
He added he thought the 14 play-
ers would be able to work out to-
morrow "unless something else
comes up."
The trainer said be thought the
players would definitely be "all
right" for the game on Thursday
Mississippi arrived at this Gulf
Coast resort community yesterday
and in a drizzling rain opened final
drills for s New Year’s Day date
with Georgia Tech's unbeaten and
untied Engineers.
“The doctor has been busy giving
penicillin today," Vaught said,
"and we are unable to say now
when these boys will be able to
run, throw behind him and do just weekend. San Angelo, however,
about anything else you can think I has two wins over the Mustangs.
Other games in the first round
Monday include: Sweetwater vs.
Stephenville at 2 80 p.m.: River-
side and Ballinger at 4 p.m.: San
Angelo vs. Cisco at 5:10 D. m : TIvy
of Kerrville vs. Temple at 810
om: Brownwood vs. Lampasas at
7 80 nm and Fort Worth Tech
vs. Graham at 8:40 p. m
Trophies will be awarded in the
winner and runner-up in the cham-
vionshio bracket and to the con-
solation champion In addition gold
miniature basketballs will be Riv-
an to the members of the cham-
ionship team and to the 10 play-
ers selected on the all-tournament
team. Watches will be given to the
championship coach and to the
Inner-up coach in the title brack.
of. And no rookie lad can expect
to learn all that just because Sam-
my knows how. But the Circus
Slinger can sure teach the boys
plenty of the fundamentals of the
passing game, and there’s plenty
of reason to hope that H-SU foot-
ball will be even more colorful
and exciting in the future than it
has been in the past
if not it won’t be because of
any shortage in coaching talent
Funk-Murdock Bout
Tops Rassle Action
At Fair Park Arena
CLASS A PLAYOFFS
SEMIFINALS
Wink
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FINALS
Wink
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Van
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Johnson Top Driver
In Speedway Race
Charles Johnson copped top hon-
ors In the season s finale at the
Abilene Speedway Sunday after-
noon. winning the Australian pur-
suit, semifinals and first beat with
A W. Underwood winning tae fea-
ture race.
Three smash-ups took place dur-
lag the afternoon, with drivers
Maurice Babb and Shorty Dillard
being injured
Underwood beat out Glen Bry-
an. Bill Smith, Bert Bryan and
Wayne Niedecken for the first
money to the feature race with1
Wallace Hickman chasing Johnson
across the finish line In the semi-
final race Neidecken was runner-
up to Johnson in the pursuit event. I
Niedecken won the trophy dash ;
over Bin Smith with Johnson Wal-
। lace Hickman and Underwood win- .
ning first places in the three heat
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the main event at Fair Park Arena in terrible shape for Tech, the
tonight when Dory Funk and Frank Mississippi mentor added.
Murdock battle in the finale of the . Besides his ailing players, Vaught
had other problems, too:
"I don't know which to worry
about the most—Georgia Tech’s
offense or defense."
The Rebel mentor said this twin.
current tournament to provide
competition for Danny McShain
The title bout to set at the arena
next week.
An added attraction brings two , . , ——
of the top colored women wrest- pronged puzzler is one of his big
lers, Bobo Wingo and Ethel John- gest concerns to planning overall
son together in a grudge battle, strategy for his Mississippians
In an earlier match this year Win- against Tech
go tore one of Johnson’s ears loose ’T
causing the injured performer to *** ******
miss out on a month’s work
Ace Abbott of Abilene returns
to the local arena to tangle with
Rey Urbano in a one-fall or 20-
minute time limit affair. Farmer I
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the second match of the night.
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FRANK MURDOCK
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FARMIR JONES
vs:
BUCK LIPSCOMB
—0-
ACE ABBOTT
RFY URBANO
For Res. Ph. 4-9914
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The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 143, Ed. 1 Monday, December 29, 1952, newspaper, December 29, 1952; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1652243/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Public Library.