Big Test for Longhorns in Texas-Oklahoma Clash
The Dallas Cotton Bowl hosts Texas and Oklahoma in a key Southwest Conference showdown. Texas, riding 34-6 and 34-0 wins, seeks to prove its power under Dana X. Bible, while Oklahoma aims to upset the favorite with a 19-0 opener and 46-7 follow-up. A bronze 10-gallon cowboy hat trophy awaits the victor, symbolizing a growing rivalry. Other Saturday games include Rice-Tulane, TCU-Indiana, A and M-NYU, SMU-College of the Pacific, and Baylor-Arkansas.
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U.P
Texas
Dana X. Bible
University of Oklahoma
Bible
Colorado
Louisiana State
Oklahoma
Sooners
Oklahoma Aggie
Rice
Tulane
Houston
Texas Christian
Indiana
Bloomington
Texas A. & M
New York University
New York
Southern Methodist Meeting College of the Pacific
Tyler
Tex
Baylor
Arkansas
Waco
Boston College
Auburn
Texas Christian-Indiana
Texans
Texas Aggies
N.Y. U
Oklahoma Tops Nebraskas Big Six Title Contender
Nebraska’s All American guard and captain hints Oklahoma is the team to beat in 1941 Big Six race. Major Biff Jones must replace nine starters while Oklahoma under new coach Dewey Luster looks ahead. Missouri looms as a strong second with an outstanding sophomore class and Red Wade at quarterback.
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Warren Alfson
Nebraska
Lincoln
Oklahoma
Biff Jones
Biffer
Big Vike Francis
Allen Zikmund
Sooners
Dewey Luster
Missouri
Tigers
Paul Christman
Warren Alison
Red Wade
Iowa State
Kansas State
Kansas University
Kansas
Ray Donels
Yeager
Colorado
Ralph Miller
Wildlife tumbles and talons in border wilds this season
A weekend of frontier wildlife incidents across the Minnesota border area includes a hunter gore by a buck deer after a gunshot, a lynx attack repelled by a man’s dive, and a Chicago scoutmaster witnessing a timber wolf kill a deer. A settler reports a field bass dropped by a large bird. Venice blinds efforts fail in South Africa.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Richard Janes
Janes
Frank
Jones
Richard Koehler
Chicago
Koehler
Sooners Face Texas After Tough Look at Cowboys
Norman awaiting Oklahoma availability as they prepare for Texas with scouts affirming Dana Bible’s strong team. Layden Crain lead the Longhorns while Oklahoma’s Mathews Luster and squad aim to fix rough spots and deploy new starters against a feared foes.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma Aggies
Aggies
Orv Mathews
Dewey Luster
Marvin Whited
Jack Jacobs
Joe Golding
Fufaula
Okla
Mathews
Golding
Jim Tyree
Dub Lamb
Roger Eason
Howard Teeter
Ralph Harris
Mitch Shadid
Jack Marsee
Tyree
Lamb
Shadid
Marsee
Texas
Pete Layden
Jack Crain
Layden
Bible
Crain
Sooners
Rice Backs Bounced For Staying Away
Houston October 8 1950 coach Jess Neely of Rice dismissed halfbacks Willie Smelley and Horton Roberts from the roster for failing to report to practice. Neely said the squad would train outdoors rain or shine for Saturday’s game with Tulane as heavy rain drenched the field.
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Houston
Jess Neely
Rice
Willie Smelley
Horton Roberts
Neely
Tulane
Panhandle grid stars and fanfare fuel crown chase
Amarillo writer notes Panhandle schoolboys eye state and conference titles with strong fan support. Highlights include Amarillo Sandies rallying attendance, ex Sandies in college rosters such as Sweeney Martin Mauldin, and regional reach across Brownfield Pampa Plainview Borger.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
O' Texas
Brownfield
Phillips
West Texas State College
Canyon
Sandies
Childress
Borger
Pampa
Plainview
Connie Sparks
TCU
Moose Hartman
Southwestern
Rice
University of Texas
Sandie
Mike Sweeney
Vernon Martin
Stanley Mauldin
John Sullivan
Cliff Matthews
John Stidger
John Harlow
SMU
Ben Collins
Wichita Falls
West Texas State
Dutch Meyer Gets Set for Air War
Fort Worth Oct 8 Coach Dutch Meyer readied four passers to add scoring punch for Saturdays game with Indiana at Bloomington Kyle Gillespie Montgomery Bagley Nix and Dean Nix named as candidates after two strong defensive showings Meyer aims to boost TCU's offense for the clash with Indiana Bloomington.
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Fort Worth
Dutch Meyer
Texas Christian University
University of Indiana At
Bloomington
Kyle Gillespie
Davey O’brien
Sammy Baugh
Beecher Montgomery
Dean Bagley
Emory Nix
Meyer
Texas Christian
Octogenarian Bags 14-Point Buck in Rifle Area
Colorado Springs dispatch says R. L. Fosdick, age eighty two, and Mrs. Fosdick hunted in the Rifle area and brought back a 14 point buck weighing 400 pounds.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
R. L. Fosdick
Real heroes of the Yankees Russo and Bonham shine
In New York the Yankees celebrate a World Series win with Ernie Bonham and Marius Russo hailed as the true heroes. Paul Krichell credits them for two decisive performances despite modest regular season records, while Joe Gordon’s strong series adds to the championship aura.
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Gayle Talbot
New York
Joe Gordon
Yankees
Gordon
Dodgers
Ed Barrow
Paul Krichell
Paul
Ernie Bonham
Marius Russo
Russo
Bonham
Ernie
Kitchell
Red Ruffing
McCarthy
Vernon Gomez
Live Steam Puts Out Boiler Room Fire
In Quincy Massachusetts Robert Wasserman 35 leaped into a boiler room when his clothing ignited and turned on the steam to suffocate the blaze. He suffered severe burns to the face hands and shoulders but likely saved his life by the self inflicted scalding action.
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Quincy
Mass
Robert Wasserman
Wasserman
Gov Phillips Plans Secret Oklahoma Football Site Visit
Oklahoma City reports Gov. Leon C. Phillips will personally survey the University of Oklahoma football site this afternoon to assess readiness for the Texas game in Dallas. A secret practice session is planned, and the ex-Sooner star jokes he can keep a secret.
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Oklahoma City
Leon C. Phillips
Nation
University of Oklahoma
Texas
Dallas
Phillips
Sooner
Arkansas Razorbacks Scrimmage Aims at Baylor Tilt
Fayetteville Arkansas October 8 Coach Fred Thomson runs another secret practice to fix weaknesses from last Saturday. The Razorbacks prepare for a Saturday game against Baylor in Waco sharpening schemes and conditioning.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Fred Thomson
Arkansas
Razorbacks
Baylor
Waco
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South Africa
Globe-News
Norman
Okioa
Texas A
By Bill Freemon
Amarillo Globe-News
Associated Press
Pendleton “Rangeland
Levi Strays
Island
Blackburn Bros
West Texas
Gov. Phillips
Amarillo Printing CO
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General Tire
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Tire Company
Tyler St
Sixth
Louisiana
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