Bruins Edge TCU's Trickery in Defensive Drill
Heavy drills at Southwest Conference practice as Baylor and TCU sharpen defenses for a pivotal weekend. Baylor aims to stop the Horned Frogs spread while Texas and SMU prepare for Dallas.
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1951
Page
8
Heavy drills at Southwest Conference practice as Baylor and TCU sharpen defenses for a pivotal weekend. Baylor aims to stop the Horned Frogs spread while Texas and SMU prepare for Dallas.
Temple retains first place in the Dallas Morning News weekly Class AAA football poll with all first place votes for the third straight week. Palestine joins in second, with Breckenridge Stephenville Grand Prairie rounding out the top five. Longview moves to sixth after beating Gladewater. Midland holds seventh as Brownwood drops to ninth and Vernon slips to tenth after a 4 7 win over Sweetwater. Other teams named include Brownsville Conroe McAllen Galena Park and Texas City.
Eight district showdowns loom as unbeaten teams clash with playoff implications. Anson travels to Stamfort and Lockhart to Gonzales as top games carry district titles, while districts Tahoka at Balls, Van at Terrell, Dekalb at Atlanta, Adline at Huntsville, West at La Vega, and Gatesville at Lampasas shape the slate. Silsbee forfeits two district wins, Beaumont French loss alters stakes. Carthage meets Center in a key 27-A collision.
Pennsylvania coach George Munger denounces the de-emphasis talk about football players as students. He defends spring practice and the two platoon system, saying they reduce injuries and boost performance at Penn. He notes Ivy rivals and West Coast critics in the debate and emphasizes discipline and study alongside athletics.
A roundup from Bay town and nearby areas reports strong waterfowl numbers at Ball's Bayou Ranch south of Alta Loma. Local anglers including Jeff Harbour and Irwin Pringle caught a 16 inch speck a pile of sand trout big gafftons and a 40 pound drum while spoons were used. Trophy deer records planned at Jim Nelson Sporting Goods with four top awards for first registration most points widest antler spread and longest antler.
Phillies manager Eddie Sawyer, backed by a three year contract, offers to trade most of the 1950 pennant team except Richie Ashburn and Robin Roberts. President Bob Carpenter stresses value in kind for outgoing players as they aim to rebound from a 1952 second division.
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