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Sweetwater Reporter
Friday, Dec. 26, 1!)47.
Sweetwater, Texas
PAGE TWO
Published each afternoon except Saturday. Also Sunday morn-
ings by the Sweetwater Reporter, Inc.
Entered as second class matter at postofflce In Sweetwater,
Texas, under act of March 3, 1879.
Elmer Wright ... Publisher
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upon being brought to attention of the publisher.
Chinese War Lord
Faces Showdown In
Colorful Career
SHANGHAI; Dec. 26, (UP)—
A Chinese warlord who rules
over a Feudal Kingdom in a
place called Taiyuun in Nortli
China is getting ready for the fi-
nal showdown in his swashbuck-
ling career.
Marshal Yen Hsi-Han faces a
stiff battle. Communist forces
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are all around him and now they
are infiltrating into Yen's isola-
ted stronghold.
The 66-year-old Marshal once
ruled over his dilapidated walled
city with an iron hand. The two
short railroads, the farmlands,
and a large industrial plant all
belong to Yen, backed up by his
private army.
Nominally Yen governs for the
Central Chinese Government.
But actually he is answerable to
no one, since liis army has stood
off both government and com-
munist forces since the Japanese
surrender. There are no govern-
ment troops now in the area and
it's obvious Yen doesn't want
them there.
The desire of the people he
rules is a different question.
Many yearn for the Kuomintang
to take over. Others are begin-
ning to be stirred up by the com-
munists so-called "new democra-
cy." This 'warlord's struggle to
rue his kingdom without inter-
ference from either the central
government or the communists
is one piece of the complicated
jig-saw puzzle that means Civil
war in China.
Carloadings Of
Santa Fe System
Given For Week
Santa Fe system carloadings
for the week ending December;
20, 1947, were 28,200 compared
with 29,721 for the same week in
1946. Cars received from con-
nections totaled 11,299 compared
with 10,740 for the same week in
1946.
Total cars moved were 39,499
compared with 40,461 for the
same Week in 1946. Santa Fe
handled a total of 39,697 cars in
the preceding week of this year.,
A detour is the longest dis-
tance between two driver points.
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Bowl-Bound Teams
Back In Action For
Hew Year's Gaines
DALLAS, Dec. 26 (UP)—It's
bark to work today for the fool-
ball bowl teams. Almost all the
squads in the annual New Year's
Day classics had Christmas Day
free. But today, all of them get
back to the grind that will end
next Thursday.
At Santa Clara, California,
the eastern all-star squad is set
for a morning and afternoon
scrimmage in preparation for
their Shrine game. The east
squad had a special Christmas
present when four of their stars
were released from the infirmary
after attacks of intestinal flu.
George Connor of Notre Dame;
Glen Treichler of Colgate;
George Savitsky of Penn; and
Larry Olsonoski of Minnesota
are back and ready for action.
The Rose Bowl squads, Michi-
gan and Southern California, al-
so are due to resume practice
after a holiday layoff.
More than 300,000 fans will
sit in on the Big Five bowl games
next Thursday. The Rose Bowl
is expected to draw the largest
crowd, 93,000. The Sugar Bowl
is next with 72,000. Then comes
the Shrine game—not formally
a "bowl" game, but one of the
New Year's Day classics any-
way, with 60,000. The Orange
Bowl game is expected to draw
about 60,000. And the Cotton
Bowl about 45,000.
S porto
PURTU
By Gene Martin
Ha Returns Home
Sammy Baugh is at home fol-
lowing the completion of his 11th
season in professional football.
Though the Redskins went
through an unsuccessful season,
Sllngin' Sam enjoyed one of his
most successful years in foot-
ball.
* * *
Pre-Bowl Favorites
Attention is now being turn-
ed to January 1 when the bowl
game blast will turn loose. The
home state is the most repre-
sented of all but many pre-game
pickers do not believe the Lone
Star Staters will be rough
enough to win a majority of
their contests.
Harry Grayson, NEA Sports
Editor believes Texas' main
hope lies in the University of
Texas who meets Alabama in the
Sugar Bowl. Grayson believes
the game will be a high scoring
affair with Texas to be the win-
ner. His prediction is 34-27.
Two Daily Workouts
On Schedule For
Penn State Lions
DALLAS, Dec. 26, (UP)—
Coach Bob Higgins gave his
Penn State Nittany Lions a tur-
key dinner today and then put
them through a surprise scrim-
mage.
Higgins says the scrimmage,
primarily an offensive one, was
a little ragged. But he says he
still was pleased.
Two workouts are slated for
tomorrow, a morning session
and an afternoon one, with a
similar program in line for Sat-
urday, as the Lions buckle down
in preparation for a tough battle
against Southern Methodist Uni-
versity in the Cotton Bowl Jan-
uary 1st.
On the bench during today's
tussle were Co-captain and Right
Tackle John Nolan, who had a
sprained angle: Reserve quarter-
back Walter Palmer, who had a
cold, and Dennie Hoggard, a re-
serve end, suffering from an up-
set stomach.
The players will visit down-
town Dallas for about an hour
tonight for the first time since
their arrival in Texas on Tues-
day. They are quartered at the
Dallas Naval Air Station.
The Lions exchanged gifts this
morning in their own Christmas
party, and later were treated to
a turkey dinner at the Air Sta-
tion.
Mustangs Resume
Practice Today
DALLAS, Tex., Dec. 26 (UP)—
The Southern Methodist Foot-
ball team will resume practice in
Dallas this afternoon for its
Cotton Bowl game with Penn
State after a five-day Christmas
vacation.
The players got off for five
days because Coach Matty Bell
feared that they might become
stale if they were over-worked.
From the minute they hit the
practice field this afternoon,
hard work will be cut out for
them every day except Sunday.
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Reasons for both teams scor-
ing heavily will be Bobby Layne
of Texas and Harry Gilmer of
Alabama. Gilmer can run as well
as pass, but. Grayson believes the
Texas clubs speed will spell the
difference.
In Dallas the SMU Mus-
tangs are established as (> \'2
point favorite over Perni
State—but Grayson says he
doesn't believe Doak Walk-
er and Gilbert Johnson can
show the Nittany Lions any
passing tricks.
Penn State's strategy will be
to rush SMU's passers rather
than back them up, which is the
usual custom in the southwest,
Grayson adds, and the State Col-
lege will give the Dallas party
the surprise of its life.
Mississippi is a 7 point fav-
orite over the Horned Frogs of
TCU. Clark Nealon of Houston,
who likes both SMU and TCU,
will again be mistaken, says
Grayford, because there is ton
much of the battery of Chuck
Conerly atid Barney Poole.
William and Mary is a six
point favorite over Arkan-
sas in the Dixie Bowl at
Birmingham and Miami of
Ohio is a slight favorite
over Texas Tech in the Sun
Bowl at El Paso.
Nevada is favored over North
Texas Stale in the Salad Bowl
at Phoenix in a real grudge bat-
tle. Hardin-Simmons is rated an
edge over San Diego State in
the San Diego, California, Har-
bor Bowl.
* * *
Other Favorites
Other bowl choices are Geor-
gia Tech, 13 point favorite over
Kansas in the Miami Orange
Bowl; Michigan 14 1-2 point fav-
orite over Southern Cal in the
Rose Bowl; East is a 7 1-2
point favorite over the West in
the Shriner's game in San Fran-
cisco; and Georgia 7 1-2 point
choice over Maryland in the
Gator Bowl at Jacksonville.
Rounding out the bowls is
College of the Pacific over Wich-
ita in the Fresno Raisin Bowl;
Marshall of West Virginia over
Catawba in the Orlando, Fla.,
Tangerline bowl; Hawaii over
Redlands of Southern California
in the Honolulu Pineapple Bowl
and Missouri Valley over West-
chester, Pa., Teachers in the
Tampa Cigar Bowl.
♦ * *
! Timmons Gets Honorable
Mention
The Dallas News' All-State
Schoolboy selection is headed by
Byron Townsend and Gordon
Headlee of Odessa but Freddie
Simmons, Bert Clark and Clar-
enCe Lawson, all of Wichita Falls
gained three berths on the squad.
The "squad" is properly named
as Wilbur Evans selects a team
both offensively and defensive-
ly. Townsend, Headlee and
Chuck O'Neal of Corpus Christi
were the only players on both
teams.
Earning honorable mention at
tackle was the Mustang Captain
JameS "Brute" Timmons.
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Ready For Final AA Contest
HSU Cowboys Return
To Practice For
Harbor Bowl Game
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Dec. 20,
(UP)—Uotli Highland Park and
Brackenridge of San Antonio
will wind up practice in San An-
tonio today in preparation for
their meeting tomorrow for the
state class double-A schoolboy
football championship.
The Scotties left Dallas this
morning. They will arrive in
San Antonio around noon. The
Highlanders will work out in
Alamo Stadium shortly after
their arrival. The Eagles will
put the finishing touches on their
workouts also.
Both coaches are slightly
confident of victory. Their
teams are in near top shape. <
The sensational Highland
Park back, Rusty Russell, Jr.,
still is nursing an ankle injury.
But his coach believes Russell
will be ready for action tomor-
row. Tackle Charley Shaw of
Brackenridge, too, favored an
injured ankle. He probably will
be ready to start tomorrow,
however.
Both teams worked out Christ-
mas as if it were any other day.
The Eagles, garbed in basketball
sweat suits, scrimmaged against
.Highland Park plays yesterday
morning. The Scotties got in
their first outdoors workout in
Dallas since Monday. They
polished up their offense while
wearing full battle dress.
It is believed that Alamo
Stadium's attendance record of
24 and one-half thousand will
tumble tomorrow.
HSU Cagers Face
SMU Monday Night
In Cowfown Tourney
ABILENE, Dec. 26, (Spl.)—
Hardin-Simmons basketeers will
return to the campus Saturday
following a week of Christmas
holidays to resume practice in
preparation for their Monday
night clash with SMU in the
opening rounds of the first an-
nual Fort Worth collegiate invi-
tational basketball tournament.
Rated the underdog as they
face the Methodist cagers, the
Cowboys have started Border
conference competition with two
wins in as many starts. Follow-
ing dedication of their new gym-
nasium. Rose Field House, they
defeated the University of New
Mexico Lobos, 58 to 57, and on
on the following night outscored
the New Mexico Aggies, 54 to 44,
displaying a much improved
style in the second game as they
coasted to the easy victory.
In addition to their two con-
ference wins, the Cowboys have
defeated Oklahoma City univer-
sity, later falling to Loras col-
lege, Bradley university and
Kirksville, Mo., State in intersec-
tional tilts.
More than 8,000 new varieties
of dahlias were produced with-
in a ten-year period.
ABILENE, Dec. 20, (Spl.) —
The Hardin-Simmons university
Cowboys, with their eyes on
their fifth bowl game in 10 sea-
sons of play, return to practice
Friday after five days of Christ-
mas vacation.
Contact work and running sig-
nals will be the order of the day
as Coach Warren B. Woodson
rounds his charges into tip-top
shape for their New Years Day
clash with the Aztecs of San Di-
ego State in the second annual
Harbor Bowl.
Two Cowboy regulars will be
conspicuous by their absence—
captain-elect J. W. Steadman, an
end from Cleburne who is out
with a foot injury, and tackle
Tom Proctor of Abilene, former
state Golden Gloves heavyweight
titlist and extra point artist who
is favoring an injured hip.
Woodson has indicated that
Friday and Saturday will be
spent in scrimmage sessions
with particular emphasis being
placed on defensive formations
in an attempt to work out some
method capable of halting the
Aztec's powerful ground attack.
After Sunday's rest, the Ranch-
ers will board two special planes
Monday to carry them to the
West Coast and a workout on
Coronado High's gridiron.
The Cowboys, incidentally,
have won two, lost one and tied
one in previous post-season ap-
pearances, including three Sun
Bowl engagements and one show
in the ilMated Alamo Bowl. Jan-
uary 1 will mark State's first
bowl appearance.
Kramer-Riggs Meet
In New York Tonight
NEW YORK, Dec. 211, (UP)—
The long-awaited tennis match
of the times, .lack Kramer
against Hobby Riggs, is all set
for tonight. The blonde Jack
will face Riggs across the net
at Madison Square Garden in
New York, in the first of a series
of five-set matches which will
be played across the country
and around the world.
Riggs is rated as tops among
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