Duel of Texas QBs Nears Showdown in Memorial Stadium
In a key Texas grid clash, Jonor's To Best Man faces Jones of Texas A&M as both split-T quarterbacks duel for supremacy. Graves and Fath provide competition, with passing totals close and touchdowns tight, setting up a decisive Thursday night tilt that could decide the conference race. The clash caps a weekend slate including SMU vs Texas Christian and Rice vs Baylor.
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Penn Cornell Thanksgiving Day clash aims for Ivy crown
In New York on Thanksgiving 39th Penn Cornell game looms as Ivy title decider with Penn favored to win. Texas Texas A M also draws interest as the Longhorns have clinched title and Cotton Bowl berth. Navy submarine snorkel voyage Hong Kong to Pearl Harbor covers 5601 miles in two days.
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Pearl Harbor
Oklahoma Clubs National Leaders In Offense Rating
NCAA released stats one week from the 1952 season end showing Oklahoma leading in total offense, rushing, and scoring with Tulsa, Michigan State, and Princeton also high. Tulsa tops passing and overall attack. Oklahoma trails in passing yardage but leads in rushing and scoring among major teams.
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Fordham
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Cincinnati
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Houston
Miami
Ohio
San Jose State
Californians
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Oklahoma A&m
Tesas Tech
San Jose
California
Maryland
Tempe Ariz
State
Loyola of Los Angeles
Thanksgiving Football Picks Parade From Fratey’s Follies
In the final Fratey’s Follies, Army beats Navy in a marquee game. USC tops Notre Dame while Washington defeats Washington State. Colgate, Holy Cross, Fordham, and Georgia Tech win key matchups as traditional rivals clash nationwide in a festive, opinionated spread.
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Navy
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South Carolina
William & Mary
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Texas
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Rice
Baylor
Houston
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Texas Tech
Bivins Seeks Upset Of Charles In Chicago Showdown
Jimmy Bivins predicts a win over Ezzard Charles in Chicago Stadium television bout. Charles favored 3 to 1 as promoters eye a future title clash with Rocky Marciano or Joe Walcott. Also notes amateur statisticians claim a 9-year-old man consumes about 81 tons of food in lifetime and Afghanistan wind speeds reach 110 mph on southwest frontier.
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Jimmy Biying
Ezzard Charles
Bivins
Charles
Rocky Marciana
Joe Walcott
Charles Bivins
Jim Norris
International Boxing Club
Time Alliance
Neb. Om
Jim Yanders
F. P. Killian
Yanders
Killian
Maryland Aces Named To Play With South Shrine Game
Maryland quarte rback Jack Scarbath and tackle Dick Modzetewski, All America candidates, were named to play with the South team in the Shrine charity game to be held Christmas night in Miami. The North selected two quarterbacks, Dave Samuels of Purdue and Harry Agganis of Boston.
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Fla
Jack Scarbath
Dick Modzetewski
Maryland
Dave Samuels
Purdue
Harry Agganis
Boston
Derby Heads Turkey Day Racing Card
Thanksgiving program starts 2 15 p m at Arrowhead Park Speedway Houston with a Destruction Derby closing the show Promoter Roy Huston says the jalopies top field will compete Cecil Wilfott Southwest stock car champ last season is the man to beat in the 50 lapper Two 15 lap semi finals and three 10 lap heats will also be run Arrowhead shifts races to Thursday for the holiday.
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NCAA Official Says Televised Clashes Hurt Attendance
NCAA director Asa Bushnell says Notre Dame Oklahoma telecast on Nov 8 reduced attendance at all college games by 10 to 25 percent based on a spot check. Father Edmund Joyce of Notre Dame questions direct attribution to TV and criticizes NCAA limits and revenue sharing. Coleman and Penn officials dispute coercion and recall past threats over televising games.
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Munn Guides Spartans To 24th Straight Victory
Michigan State coach Biggie Munn, named United Press Coach of the Week, discusses his team’s 24th straight win over Manitowoc Maronette, depth and heart powering the undefeated season. He notes 61 players used in one game and reflects on Notre Dame as the toughest test and future losses from 19 seniors.
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New York
Biggie Munn
Michigan State
United Press
Maronette
Munn
Biz College
Notre Dame
Mune
Michigan
Texas Rose Bowl Game Called Off for 1952
Tyler Texas junior chamber sponsors announced there will be no Texas Rose Bowl game this year. Efforts to sign an opponent for Tyler Junior College, the host team, failed as prospective visiting teams waited on word from Pasadena. Possible opponents included Del Mar Corpus Christi, Barone Muskogee, and Hinds JC Mississippi.
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Tyler Junior Chamber of Commerce
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Muskogee
Okla
Hinds JC
Mississippi
Argentine heavyweight Brion to meet Narodico next month
Brion, who beat Big Boy Wilson on Tuesday in Tampa, will face light heavyweight contender Danny Narodico here next month. Brion delivered a listless performance relying on left jabs, leaving Wilson with crimson cuts. The report notes his prior top form in a loss to Ezzard Charles.
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Tampa
Fla
Cesar Brion
Big Boy Wilson
Aiken
Danny Nardico
Brian
Ezzard Charles
Wilson
Flyweight Champion to Marry in Tokyo
World flyweight boxing champion Yoshio Shirai and his fiancee Miss Toshiko Shioya, together over a year, plan to marry December 17. Announcement came from Shirai's American manager Dr A R Cahn on Wednesday.
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Tokyo
Yoshio Shirai
Toshiko Shioya
A. R. Cahn
Good Neighbor Remembered in Memphis Estate Bequest
Max Wolf left half of his $10 000 estate to Miss Mabel Howles, a neighbor who had aided him and his mother for twenty years, after his death in Memphis Tennessee.
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Tenn
Max Wolf
Mabel Howles
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