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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1948
Page
17
New York November 16 AP reports college football is on pace for a record offensive year. Major teams have scored 17,432 points in 954 games so far, with a predicted rise above 1947 levels and a surge in touchdowns, extra points, and yardage as passing and scoring trends intensify nationwide.
New York letters discuss Red Rolfe's likely impact as Detroit Tigers manager on rookies, praising Yale alumni turned pros, plus notes on Joe Louis plans to open a Chicago auto mechanics school. A statistical roundup analyzes Michigan Notre Dame Army schedules, and a humorous item about Harrell Rip Collins’s kickoff injury-free long punt, with coach comments.
Oregon athletic director Leo A Harris said California rejected a private playoff challenge for the Rose Bowl spot, renewing a public call to decide the conference representative by on-field results. A California reply cited classroom duties as the reason. Both teams top the Coast Conference and may finish tied. Meanwhile in Cincinnati the Very Rev Bonaventure Oberst CP superior of Bethany monastery near Jerusalem, died in Ohio at 67 after returning to the U S last May.
Gettysburg h College coach Hew Bream backs free substitution for more players. Brown's Rip Engle and others argue it favors large programs and erodes endurance tests. Amid such talks, Columbia’s Lou Little seeks broader NCAA input as coaches push for possible changes.
In a chaotic list of bowling scores from the Danta Fe League, teams including Rangers, Canyons, Caverns, Kansas Cityans, Diesels, Scouts, and others posted varying totals led by standout performances such as McKirahan Casey Veasey and Lee Posey. The record also notes a wild burst of insects mistaken for smoke at St. Louis Church in Buffalo New York.
Odessa Shrine Club seeks both Dallas Cowboys and Texas Mines to play in a January 1 charity bowl at Odessa. W A Miller says talks with Border Conference schools are ongoing and guarantees are being framed to fit local support. The teams tied 27 27 in El Paso on October 30, and proceeds aid Permian Basin children.
Edmond Oklahoma November 16 Central State College may play Ouachita of Arkansas in the Texoma football bowl in Denison December 11 College officials said they would seek permission to participate if offered a bid Bowl officials announced in Denison that Central was one of several Southwestern teams approached after Southeastern State College of Durant rejected a bid
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