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SORTS THE COUEIER-JOURNAL, LOUISVILLE, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2, 1951. FOOTBALL SECTION 2 Vols Last-Quarter Rally Beats Texas to edge to the Longhorn 13, then Lauricella plowed left tackle to the one. Kozar blasted center for the touchdown and that was the ball game. Shires kicked this extra point. The Tennessee ground game snapped to 295 yards while the Vols gained 45 in the air.

Texas smashed to 146 rushing and 97 passing, Lauricella twisted and dived to 131 yards as the leading ballcarrier. Byron Townsend, magnificent Texas fullback, rammed out 105. The great comeback of the Vols in the last half was a sight to behold. They were behind in the end zone for the score. Shires kicked the extra point.

Billy Porter's accurate kicking put Texas in position to tie the score early in the second quarter. Once he booted to the Tennessee three and another time he pinpointed outside on the 11. Tennessee was penalized to its one yard line for illegal use of the' hands and Jim Lansford, massive Texas tackle, bulled through to partially block Lauricella's Don Cunningham fell on the ball on the Vol eight. Plunges by Townsend and H. J.

Shands edged the ball only three yards but on fourth down Townsend crushed over left end for a touch 14-7 at intermission and taking a beating. But they were not to be denied. No greater rally for victory ever has been witnessed on this field. It was a sad ending for the coaching career- of Blair Cherry of Texas. He retired as of today.

Cherry was presented with an automobile -by Texas fans before the game started but his team couldn't present him with a last victory. Lauricella got Tennessee a lead midway of the first period with a great 75-yard run that put the ball on the Longhorn five. Three plunges netted only a yard, so Hal Payne passed to John Gruble TKnnIbyg IHtepnirit Kentucky Earns Its Greatest Football Triumph In History To, Snap Sooner String At 31 New Orleans, Jan. 1. The University of Kentucky today earned and I mean earned its greatest football since it took up football in 1681.

In a game that was a reversal of the late-lamented Kentucky-Tennessee tussle, the Wildcats crashed Oklahoma's national cham-. pions to earth so forcefully that the Sooners fumbled repeatedly. And the Wildcats hawked the ball so closely that they collected virtually all of the bobbles and converted them into scoring opportunities. They ended the Oklahoma winning streak at 31, and richly deserve all of the honor that goes with such a signal achievement. The national champions made more first downs, but Kentucky more The champions made more yards, but tucky more points.

Stopping Oklahoma was something no other team had done since Santa Clara's win in the first game of 1948. It was a man's job. The Cats couldn't keep them from roaming up and down field all afternoon but smothered them when the chips were down. It was a 'marvelous defensive achievement. Explosion Kentucky followers got their most pulsating thrill of the whole football season before the game was two minutes old.

The Cats, who had received, got nowhere, and punted to the Sooner 25. On the very first Sooner play, big Bob Gain crashed into Claude Arnold back of the scrimmage line and Arnold fumbled. Bob Gain and Walt Yowarsky pounced onto the ball. It was U. on the 22.

'The yells of delirious excitement rocked the stadium. Babe Farilli dropped back, passed perfectly. Shorty Jamerson jumped high in the end zone and took it for a touchdowni It was Kentucky's most perfectly-timed play of the season and her most satisfying. 4 ii- a if? -ass 'i By HAROLD V. RATLD7F Dallas, Jan.

1 (AP) Hank Lauricella, a string-bean with power in every ounce, swept Tennessee to a touchdown with three minutes to go today as the Volunteers whipped Texas 20-14 in a battering, slashing Cotton Bowl Game. The little fellow brought Tennessee a victory no one in the jammed bowl thought could happen especially after the first half. A frenzied Texas drive died oh the Tennessee 22-yard line with only 17 seconds to go to throw the crowd of 75,349 into pandemonium. Heralded as a defensive struggle, the game turned into one of the big offensive shows of the year. The percentage boys of Ten-nesee, making no mistakes, cashed in on a Texas fumble for the deciding score.

Vol Passes Pay Off The forward pass, supposed to be quite foreign to Tennessee, proved the weapon that really put the Vols across. The game was played in a drizzle of rain that made the field and the ball slippery. But it didn't hamper either team appreciably until late in the battle. In the dying minutes, with Texas leading 14-13 and Pat Shires, sophomore Tennessee back hating himself for missing the conversion attempt that would have tied the score, Jimmy Hill intercepted a Ben Tompkins pass and ran into Texas territory. The Vol surge was halted temporarily as Andy Kozar, power-man of the backfieid, fumbled on the Texas 41 and Bud McFadin of Texas recovered.

But on the next play Gib Dawson fumbled for Texas and Hill pounced on the ball on the 43. Tennessee then relied to the touchdown, with a pass from Lauricella to Bert Rechichar that gained 26 yards, setting it up. Kozar rammed tackle for two Kozar Tops Dallas, Jan. 1 (U.R) Andy Kozar, whose two touchdowns brought Tennessee its 20-14 Cotton Bowl victory over Texas today, was voted the outstanding back in the game by sportswriters covering the classic. His only serious competitor "was Hank Lauricella, the Tennessee tailback whose sparkling runs helped fashion the three scoring drives.

Kozar got 33 votes and Lauricella 27. Bud Sherrod, Tennessee end, nosed out Texas Ail-American guard Bud McFadin for the outstanding lineman honors, 14 votes to 12. rV4 And Again Hardly had the Wildcat cohorts recovered their breath when tyie Sooners bobbled again on their 28 and Doug: Moseley of Kentucky curled his bones around the leather. Pandemonium of New Year's Eve was nothing like the roars that shook Tulane's giant stadium as the referee signaled that it was Kentucky's ball. Parilli's pass to Ben Zaranka in the end zone went right to the wingman's arms, but the kid dropped it as he fell.

It was a bitter pill, but in no wise Babe Pariili Zaranka's fault. for the ball. Wildcats Reallv Start the rest of the quarter, with the Sooners getting the best of the ground work and the Cats recovering just enough each time on the boots. Then the Cats really got moving with six minutes left in the half. Jamerson caught a pass on the sidelines.

He was hit hard as he grabbed it but hung dn to it like a champion. The crowd jiim still as the teams lined up again, and Pariili Si. ft v. If IT JEUf HIGH to clear the way for Hank Wildcats after their historic every effort to remove him from the arena and made shambles of the defenses both Kentucky and Oklahoma put up in attempts to corral him. The huge throng rocked the bowl with laughter at the incident.

It seemed slightly amusing that the big league operators of the Sugar Bowl should be plagued with a problem usually associated with high school fields and sand-lots. fired one to AI Bruno. Bruno caught it easily on Jamerson the 12 and dragged a tackier to the one. Jamerson carried it over on the next play, and you should have seen the Kentucky crowd. Hats, pennants, horns, programs, all went into the air.

The roars continued through the next kickoff. Tennessee Guard Vernon Lyons (92) gives Texas' Bob Raley (41) a sample of the Vols' vaunted Lauricella. Despite the good block, Lauricella picked up only two yards on this second quarter Another The excitement and tenseness were getting too much for old ladies and little children. Oklahoma fumbled again, and once more the eager Cats curled around the ball. Thi3 time it was Pat James on the Sooner 46.

Three passes were Bob Gain cut down, but Dom Fucci contributed the boot oi Clemson Nips Miami 15-14 On Safety In 4th Quarter parade. He gained most of the distance and scored, from the Texas five with a blast over guard. Then came Shires' futile try for extra point his fourth miss in 41 attempts this season. Tompkins completed five passes for 97 yards. In the last-gasp drive by Texas he engineered the Longhorns along magnificently, but it was slippery turf that hurt Texas in the clinch.

Back to pass he fell on the Tennessee 25 for a loss of yards and that eventually enabled Tennessee to take over and hold the ball until time ran out. It was the first bowl game Texas ever has lost. It was Tennessee's first appearance in the Cotton Bowl. Aitoclated Pri Wlrrphoto blocking power as he tries play in the Cotton Bowl. ing the ball to Clerruson's 5 on a beautiful field-reversing, shifting, snakey run of 55 yards.

Mallios went over on a pitch-out from Schneidenbach on the next play and Gordon Watson booted the extra point. A couple of minutes later Miami had scored again and was in front. Watson Kicked Toint Throwing from his own end zone, Schneidenbach passed to Edward Lutes at midfield and Lutes raced to the Clemson 17. A few plays later. Jack Hackett passed to Frank Smith from the 17 for the touchdown.

Watson toed the point and then Miami was in front 14-13, and the preponderant Miami crowd was in ecstacy. Then came the penalties and the emergence of another Smith Statistics Clemson Miami First downs 19 7 Bushing yardage 144 112 Passing yardage 178 100 Passes attempted 18 Passes completed 9 5 Passes intercepted 8 4 Punts 4 5 Punting average 30 40 3 Fumbles lost. 1 0 Yards penalized 30 Sterling into the heroic spotlight. Clemson should have won. Statistics favored them all around.

The Tigers, from a colder clime, seemed to wilt a little in the second half. The U. of L. basketball players (here for a three-gime trip) could have obtained tickets, but not a single one of the 14 players went to the game. Florida is new to practically all of them and they preferred to swim, fish, play shuffleboard or' enjoy the other sights that abound in Miami.

They meet Tampa at Tampa tomorrow night in the first game of their three-game trip. This could be a toughie. They whipped Tampa by only 10 points in Louisville. Tampa, that night, was a good ball handling and excellent shooting team. Its only handicap was a lack of height.

MIAMI (14) Martin. L.T. Allen. David. L.Cr- Arcangeletti.

Lyden. Vari. Mastellone. RG. Diamond, Bartolovich, Bouyoucaa, Mariutoo.

R.T. George, Carapella. IE. Jelley, Chwahk, Schultr. Czao.

linski. Schneidenbach. Hackett. McDonald L.H. Smith, Del Bello, Tremont.

Me Clokey. Castagno. RH Dooley, Vacchio, Bow, Foxx. Tedder. F.B.

Mallios. Stolk, Shiver, Ciarplinsld. CLEMSON (IS) L.E. Hudson. Gaskins.

L.T. Mooneyhan. Patton. LG Manos, Rogers. C.

Brunson. Wade. DiMucci, Crawford. Childress. B.

Smith. T. Gillespie. Grigsbv. E.

C. Smith, Calvert. Rushton. QB. Hendley Wyndham.

H. Jack Calvert. Cook, Hair. H. Mathews.

Knoebel. Cone, Radcliff. Miami 9 14 01 Clemson 0 1 IS Clemaoa Scaring: Touchdowns, Con. Smith; safety. Sterling Smith (tackled Frank Smith in end zone); conversion.

Miami Scoring: Touchdown. Mallloa, Smith; conversions, Watson 2. down. Tompkins kicked the extra point. Texas shot ahead late in the second period when its passing started clicking.

The Longhorns tallied on a 67-yard surge climaxed by a 34-yard toss from Tompkins to Dawson in the zone. Again Dawson converted. Tennessee got past midfield only once in the first half. But the Vols opened the second half by marching from their 23 down to the Texas 30 before losing the ball. Tennessee roared 82 yards for a touchdown early in the final period with Kozar, the great iine-rammer who netted 92 yards for the day, putting on a one-man U.L.

football team victory over Miami during the season and forced the Cardinals to be satisfied with a 13-13 tie, the only blot on Miami's record. It was a hard-fought, clean game. Up to the turning point today, only four penalties, had been called. ''Then with those six minutes to go and Miami clinging to its 14-13 edge, Mallios caught a Clemson punt on the Miami 21 and raced for a touchdown. This would have put the game in the bag, but Miami was guilty of clipping on the play.

Set Back To Six The ball was brought back and the Hurricanes were set back to their own six. Three plays later, another 15-yard penalty was inflicted on Miami for unnecessary roughness. They now found themselves on their own eight. On the next play, Miami got another 15-yard penalty for clip- ping. Now the Hurricanes were punished back to their one.

Attempting to run the ball out of his end zone, Frank Smith was smothered by Sterling Smith, the squatty guard from Greenville, South Carolina. As Sterling lay on the ground after dropping Frank, his mates flopped on top of him and hugged and kissed him. When the game was over they carried him off the field on their shoulders, one of the rare times a lineman ever has been so honored. The first Jialf was all Clemson and it looked as if it was going to be a rout this half. Miami made only one first down and netted a total of only 39 yards rushing and passing, while Clemson was piling 158 yards.

Clemson's tricky single wing seemed to have Miami baffled, especially when Fred Cone, the fullback, struck through the line or whenever Cone handed off to the tailback, Billy Hair, a fine performer, for a pass play and then faked a run through the middle. This play gained Clemson its first touchdown and so baffled the Hurricanes they didn't seem to know where the ball was. The ball was on the Clemson 49 when Hair, taking a handoff from Cone, hidl the ball behind his back further to mislead the Hurricanes. Passed To Hudson He then passed to Bob Hudson, who was downed on the Miami four. One third down.

Cone bulled over from the one for the touchdown. Charlie Radcliffe kicked the extra point and it was 7-0. The very same play gave Clemson its second touchdown early in the third period. The ball was on the Miami 21 when Hair passed to Glenn Smith for the score. Eadcliffe's kick this time was blocked by Bob Schneiden-bach.

Frank Smith, later to be tackled for the losing two points, gave the Hurricanes new life by carry Bryant Calls Cats Best In Country By JOHNNY CARRICO, Courier-Journal Staff Writer New Orleans, Jan. 1. "God love you." That plain but sincere tribute from Paul Bryant expressed the feelings of the year a punt out on the- one-foot line. That wrapped up the first half. Serious Penalty The Cats held the Sooners at midfield early in the third, but a 15-yard roughing penalty on third down gave Oklahoma first down on the 35.

Another play made it first down on Kentucky's 24. Bang, bang at the line and Kentucky was backed down to the four. The Cats held once, twice, three times. A pass on fourth down was missed by inches. The Cats looked like He was off balance as he reached Movina was applauding Every man gave Claude Arnold once more Mr.

Moseley wrapped Pat James The score was 13-7. Six It champions on every play there. everything he had on every move. A punt out to the 50 eased the situation plenty. Bad News Kentucky fans were horror-struck when their Ail-American tackle, Grain, limped off the field with a leg injury with five minutes left in the third.

The big guy came back later, however, and the whole stadium applauded. Another Fumble The Cats cracked Billy Vessels so hard that he fumbled, with a minute left VOLS-TEXAS Tenn. Texa First down 18 12 Rushing yardage 295 14 Passing yardage 45 97 Passes attempted 14 Passes completed 3 5 Passes intercepted 1 2 Punts 7 Punting average S3 29 0 Fumbles lost 1 1 Yards penalized 35 85 TENNESSEE (20) L. E. Gruble, Sherrod L.

T. Stroud. Smith, Stokes. L. G.

Campbell. Daffer, Bordinger. C. Davis, Jasper. R.

G. Michels, Holohan, Lyons R. T. Haslam. Pearman.

Donahue. R. E. Kaseta. Atkins.

Q. Hahn. Sizemore. L. H.

Payne. Lauricella. Sherrill. R. H.

Rechichar. Hill. Moran T. B. Kozar, Pruett.

Polofsky, Ersn-berger. TEXAS (14) t. E. Procter. Georges, Menasco.

L. T. Vykukal. Wilson. L.

G. McFadin. Sewell. C. Rowan, Barton.

Reeder. R. G. Arnold, Cunningham. R.

T. Jackson. Lansford. Milburn. R.

E. Solhandske, Williams. Adams. t. B.

Tompkins. Jones, Page. L. H. Shands.

Ochoa. R. H. Dawson. Dillon.

Raley. F. B. Townsend, Davis, Price, Porter. TAnn-- 7 ii 90 Texas 14 014 Tennessee Scoring: Touchdowns, Gruble, Kozar conversions.

Shires 2. Texas Scaring: Touchdowns. Townsend, Dawson; conversions. Tompkins 2. Oklahoma 41.

Nebraska 14. Oklahoma 60. Kansas 7. Oklahoma 19. Oklahoma A.

15 Oklahoma 14. N. Carolina 8 (Surer Bowl), 194 Oklahoma 48. Boston College 0. Oklahoma 33.

Texas A. M. 13. Oklahoma 20. Texas 14.

Oklahoma 48. Kansas 26. Oklahoma 48, Nebraska 0 Oklahoma 34. Iowa State 7. Oklahoma 39.

Kansas State 0. Oklahoma 27. Missouri 7. Oklahoma 28. Santa Clara 21.

Oklahoma 41. Oklahoma A. Se 9 Oklahoma 35, La. State 0 (Sugar Bowl). 1950 Oklahoma 28, Boston College 0.

Oklahoma 34, Texas A. St M. 28. Oklahoma 14. Texas 13.

Oklahoma 58, Kansas State 0. Oklahoma 20, Iowa State 7. Oklahoma 27. Colorado 18. Oklahoma 33, Kansas 13.

Oklahoma 41. Missouri 7. Oklahoma 49. Nebraska 35. Oklahoma 41.

Oklahoma A. M. 14. By TOMMY FITZGERALD Courier-Journal Staff Writer Miami, Jan. 1.

Sterling Smith was just as plain as his surname. season an effective but un-glamorous plugger at guard for Clemson, but today in the 17th annual Orange Bowl football game, he discovered his first name. His performance was nothing but sterling as he enabled Clem-som to beat Miami 15-14 in a thrilling, constantly unsettled, battle by tackling another Smith, named Frank, for a safety in the fourth period. Trailing 7-0 at the half and 13-0 early in the third quarter, Miami looked as beaten as the average citizen after last night New Year's eve celebrations. Then quickly Miami was in front 14-13 and still held this lead with' six minutes left.

Team Seemed Whipped Clemson looked whipped. Even its most faithful partisans among this record Orange Bowl crowd of 65,181 wouldn't have wagered a Confederate bill on its chances. But poetic justice asserted itself, poetic justice in the opinion of at least three of the observers, basketball coaches Peck Hickmari and John Dromo of the University of Louisville, and Louisville Business Manager Bo Clayton. It was a penalty that cost the Walt Yowarsky in the third, and Here's The Sooner String Norman, Jan. 1 (JP) Defeat of Oklahoma by Kentucky in the Sugar Bowl today was the first for the Sooners since the opening game of the 1948 season.

Santa Clara beat the Sooners 20-17 in San Francisco's Kezar Stadium, September 2j. The Sooners' unbeaten, untied nki.hnm- 4i msouh t. liimself around it. Kentucky was knocking on the 33. Three plays and it was first down on the 23 to open the fourth frame.

Then first down on the 13 with '13 minutes left to play. Three plays failed and it was here that Gain returned to try a field goal. He missed, but it was close. Ouch! The Sooners jumped off from there, and within four minutes were deep in Kentucky territory, knifing off three and four yards at a itime. Then with the ball on the 17, Vessels passed 'over the goal to Green.

The Oklahoma stands made the most of that one. Kentucky's followers string is the best by a major college football power since Pittsburgh won 33 consecutive games between 1914 and 1919. Notre Dame's 39-game unbeaten string was ended by Purdue in October this year, but the Irish had two ties marring its record. Missouri Valley stacked up a 41 -game streak between 1941 and 1948 among the smaller schools. The 31 consecutive victories over three seasons were: 1948 Oklahoma 42.

Texas A. M. 14. Oklahoma 20, Texas 14. Oklahoma 42.

Kansas State 0. Oklahoma 33. Iowa State Oklahoma 21. Texas Christian 18. all Kentuckians about the performance here today.

The happy Bryant added, "You're the best in the country," but it was lost in the ear-deafening clamor of the victory celebration that rocked the U. K. dressing room. At one blow, the Southeastern conference champions had erased the bitter memory of the Tennessee defeat and the loss to Santa Clara in the 1950 Orange Bowl. This was a feat for Kentuckians to recall with pride ever afterwards; the Big Blue ended the longest victory string in modern football although the oddsmakers said it couldn't be done.

Thrills Come Mile A Minute Thrills came a mile a minute in this 17th Sugar Bowl classic but one of the biggest was furnished by big Walt Yowarsky. The 208-pound Cleveland, Ohio, giant rocketed through the Sooner line to smash down the Oklahoma greyhound Billy Vessels for a five-yard loss on the Kentucky seven in the third quarter. That bruising Jolt took the heart out of Bud Wilkinson's club and they failed to push across a touchdown that might have meant at least a tie and possibly a victory. "Shorty" Jamerson's great catch in the end zone for the first Kentucky touchdown seemed almost miraculous. Already a Kentucky colonel, "Shorty" deserves to be made a general for that heart-grabbing catch.

Equally sensational was the flip Al Bruno took over his shoulder to set up the Cats'' other marker. Brought Big Ovation More thrills were provided by the marvelous "Babe" Perilli and his arrowlike throws and Dom Fucci with his back-breaking punts. Dom laid one out on the Sooner one-foot line that brought a thunderous ovation. Oddly enough, one of the first visitors to the Oklahoma dressing-room was a fellow who could well commiserate with Wilkinson. He was Notre Dame Coach Frank Leahy; the Irish saw a record win string snipped by Purdue early this season.

The Sugar Bowl officials are renowned for their ultra efficiency and almost time-table precision in handling the classic. However, they hadn't figured on the whimsy of a frisky, black pooch that delayed the game several minutes. The capricious canine resisted Ruby 1-2-3 Courier-Journal Sports Editor Earl Ruby picked major bowl manses 1-2-3 but missed on the fourth. He accurately predicted victories by Kentucky, Tennessee and Michigan, but Miami's 15-14 loss to Clem son foiled him. ft" minutes to go.

Jay Kirke -IN And Another Sooners hard Oklahoma recovered deep were left. The ball with 16 called time out. down field it of Kentucky football Fumble The Cats crashed the. on the next punt. Vessels, the receiver, bobbled again, and Yowarksy in Sooner territory.

Three minutes Cats failed to score and lost the seconds to go. Oklahoma immediately They were on the 15 a pass far could be a touchdown Dick' Martin intercepted it, and Kentucky's greatest triumph was in the bag. Binoculars Are Put to Good Use Early Birds Get Music The gates opened at a.m., and by 12:30, when the classic festivities began, the stands were half filled. Oklahoma's and the U. PC's marching bands, a group of 75 pretty, but goose-pimply Apache Belles, entertained the early birds.

All binoculars in the press box were in use at one time only when the scantily-attired belles were performing. Jay Kirke Himself Writers were hoisted to their lofty crow's nest via an elevator. Manning the lift was one of Louisville's most beloved baseball immortals, Jay Kirke. Jay works at the International Building the rest of the year. He has charge of the porters, maids and other help, but this one day he comes out to mix with the writers he has known for so long, and to reminisce of the early 20's when he batted out more safe hits than any other player in the Association before or since.

Really Cold The big day hardly dawned at all, the clouds were so dark and foreboding. By noon, a high' wind whistled through the stadium and rain seemed certain. The sun made a weak attempt to pierce the gloom at 1 p.m. but quickly gave up." Prayer By Faducahan A prayer for peace preceded the game. It was led by the Rev.

J. D. Grey, pastor of the First Baptist Church, here, a native of Paducah, and former athlete at Tilghman High. BoMBHHBMiHMBMBHBHaaKBMaa8 aasijiMM mttmummmm i i a urns i Courier-Journal Phota i ARE WE HAPPY? Among gleeful Kentucky supporters are Mrs. Charmoli, Mrs.

Whalen and Mrs. Hartstern in front row, and their husbands. Jack Whalen, Butch Charmoli, assistant Manual football coach, and Fred Hartstern, in the back row..

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