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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 27, 1946

Page

11

Army Beats Duke 19 0 in Air Driven Victory

Army quarterbacks three touchdown passes, led by Arnold Tucker, to defeat Duke 19 to 0 ending Army's 24 game win streak. Glenn Davis and Barney Poole scored, Duke's Bob Davis and Doc Blanchard starred on defense and offense. Duke threatened late but Army held on for the shutout in New York.

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Unbalanced scores across college football week

Scores recap shows Colorado at New Mexico 13 14, Texas A and M 17 Baylor Rice 18, Tulsa dominating Kansas 86, many others scattered with inconsistent results and multiple 0s and 7s across conferences. Notable upsets and close games appear among Texas tech Denver 6 and West Virginia Syracuse.

Associated Press Southwest Colorado New Mexico Texas A. and Baylor D. Rice Texas Tulsa Kansas New Mexico Teachers New Mexico Highlands Texas Tech Denver Central Oklahoma State Southwestern Oklahoma Tech Abilene Christian McMurry Southwest Louisiana Louisiana Colese Sul Ross New Mexico State Texas Mines OB Ty Rei Houston Kilgor Army Duke NYU Gettysdule Purdue Aetna A. Bates Maine Penn Navy Lehig Connecticut Boston U Brown Cornell Princeton West Virginia Syracuse Rutgers George Wemninecon Columbia Dartmau

Lujack Sparks Irish Victory

Notre Dame overwhelmed Iowa 41 to 6 at Iowa City as Johnny Lujack led the charge with seven completed passes for 136 yards and a 48 yard touchdown run after recovering a fumble by Jim Mello. The Irish avenged past losses and broke the Hawkeyes home winning streak against Notre Dame.

Iowa City Notre Dame Iowa Johnny Lujack Hawkeye Lujack Jim Mello

Seminole's Indians Lead 6-A Race Heading to Tohoka

Seminole's Indians ride a four game win streak to the top of District 6-A as they travel to Tohoka to face Coach Jim Foust's Bulldogs, who hold a .400 district mark. Sundown vs Post may be the featured 6-A clash while Seagraves and Denver City duel to shake a 3-2 standing. O'Donnell's Raggies meet Slaten Timers with first conference win at stake. Tohoka 12 Sundown 60. Breton 0,eeeee Andrews 3 Pot Denver City 33 Dense 0 Seagraves 13, Kermit 38.

Seminole Indians Tohoka Jim Foust Bulldogs Sundown Andrews Bing Bingham Antelopes Post Roughnecks Seagraves Denver City O’donnell Raggies O'Donnell Breton Eeeee Andrews Dense Kermit

Buster Dixon Leads ACC to 27-0 Victory Over McMurry

Abilene Christian College Wildcats, led by full back Buster Dixon with three touchdowns and W. T. Smith adding one, beat McMurry 27-0 in a Texas conference game. ACC advances to a share of first in the standings after the win.

Buster Dixon ACC Abilene Abilene Christian College McMurry College Texas Dixon W. T. Smith Wildcats McMurry Southwestern

Vols Dumped By Deacons at Knoxville Upset 19 to 6

Wake Forest handed Tennessee its first loss of the season, beating the Vols 19 to 6 before about 25,000 fans. The Deacons dominated from the opening kickoff with a 66-yard drive ending in Clay Croom’s one-yard TD plunge and added two more scores as Tennessee battled to tie 6–6.

Knoxville Tenn Demon Deacons Wake Forest Tennessee Vols Bob Neyland D. C. (Carhead

HSU Cowboys Roll Over Tempe 46 to 6

Hardin-Simmons defeats Arizona State in a Border Conference game on a neutral field. Rudy Mobley opened with a three yard TD after an 80 yard drive, with Mobley later intercepting a pass to set up another score. Al Johnson hit Walter Hedrick for a 58 yard completion and Hedrick scored unchallenged on the same drive.

Sweetwater Hardin-Simmons Cowboys Arizona State Bulldogs Tempe Rudy Mobley Mobley King HSU al Johnson Walter Hedrick Hedrick Johnson

Stymie Wins Gallant Fox Handicap at Jamaica

In New York on October 26, Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs’ Stymie became the second horse to surpass $500,000 in lifetime earnings by winning the Gallant Fox Handicap at Jamaica by three lengths. Lucky Draw finished eighth as the favorite.

Stymie New York Ethel D. Jacobs Jamaica Lucky Draw

Twin Main Bill Tops Mat Card

Lubbock wrestling fans will see a double main event at Sled Allen's arena on Wednesday night. Al Getz of Pittsburgh faces Leo Jensen while Eddie Gideon meets Tommy Martindale in the other feature. Wayne Martin misses last week due to a shoulder injury, out three to four weeks. George Bruckman debuts against George Curtis to open the show. Tickets go on sale at Wylie's Drugstore Wednesday at 9 a.m.

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Aggies rally to beat Cue Institute in late rally

North Texas Agricultural College scored three touchdowns in the fourth quarter to defeat Cue Institute of Kerrville, delivering a late surge on October 26. The win featured a strong finish and key plays that sealed the victory for the Aggies.

Aggies Arlington North Texas Agricultural College Cue Institute of Kerrville

Officials To Discuss Baseball For East Texas

Kilgore Texas October 26 Representatives of 16 East Texas cities will meet here tomorrow at 1 pm to continue plans for organizing East Texas baseball leagues for the 1947 season. Tentative Class B and Class C leagues were proposed at Longview last Sunday. Cities expected include Kilgore Longview Tyler Wichita Falls Marshall Greenville Lufkin Jacksonville Henderson Bryan Temple Texarkana Paris Corsicana Sherman and Waco.

Kilgore East Texas Longview Tyler Wichita Falls Marshall Greenville Lufkin Jacksonville Henderson Bryan Temple Texarkana Paris Corsicana Sherman Waco

Buffaloes Edge N M Aggies 21 14 Homecoming crowd cheers

West Texas State Teachers beat New Mexico A&M 21 to 14 before about 6000 fans and 20 West Texas high school bands. Key scores came on a 23 yard pass to Metz LaFollette and a 7 yard pass from LeRoy Reeves to Lloyd Johnson. Aggies replies included a third quarter kickoff return TD by Jerry Nezum and Mel Harris 55 yard interception return.

LeRoy Reeves Lloyd Johnson Johnson Melton Jerry Nezum Aggies Aggie John Rawlings Dallas Mel Harris Frank Burke LaFollette Buffs

Monarchs Ring Migration From North To Gulf States

Large swarms of monarch butterflies migrate each autumn from Canada or the United States to the Gulf states, following southern routes to overwinter and return.

Canada U. S Gulf States

Penn Defeats Navy 32 19 Behind Minisi Three TDs

Tony Minisi starred for Penn scoring three touchdowns and throwing for another as Penn topped Navy 32 19. The versatile back racked up most of the scoring in the first half, securing the early lead and allowing a leisurely second half.

Philadelphia Tony Minisi Penn Navy Quakers

Field Trials Set at Corsicana Texas Open Championship

A. P. Mays announced here today that the Texas open championship field trials start December 2 on a 15,000 acre preserve at Malakoff in Henderson County.

Corsicana Association Malakoff Henderson County A. P. Mays

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