Evening star., 1942-12-11

other back in the conference was
so honored
Governali A Standout.
1t is doubtful if any player in the
country accomplished more, with
less support, than black-haired, dur
able Governali. His passing per-
formances are down in cold figures
81 completed in 165 attempts for 10
touchdoWns and l,442 yards. The
touchdown total ties the modern
record established by Davev O'Brien
Of Texas Christian in 1888; the yard
age total is just IS yards short of
the record held jointly by O'Brien
and Bud Schwenk of Washington
University. ST. Louis.
What is not so apparent is just
what Governali meant to a Colum-
bia team that was outmanned week
after week Columbia never has
what other schools would consider
adequate manpoWer. This year, the
Lions had even less than usual.
They won few games but they were
in the ball game always-and solely
because of Governali. His passing
record becomes all but incredible
when it is taken in conjunction with
the admitted weakness of the Co.
lumbla line. He never received the
protection record breaking paSser
gets from his mates. Rushed con-
stantly by far superior foes. Cover
nall pegged away coolly and ac-
curately and successfully even when
the defense knew beyond a shadow
of a doubt that pass was coming.
Paul Was Columbia's Team.
Perhaps his greatest performance
this season was against Colgate
when he completed II of 25, includ-
ing three for touchdowns. Colgate.
al that time. was one of the East's
good teams, certainly far better
fortified all along the way than
Columbia.
1t should be remembered also that
GoVernali did virtually all of Colum-
bias kicking, averaging just a shade
under 40 yards in Sc boots. and was
an effective runner although per-
force the Lions had to use the air
ways most OF the time Add to all
this the fact that Paul was a 60
performer. and the best de-
teIlslve player on the team. and you
begin to get the idea that here is a
really fine football player.
Lou Little, who coaches Columbia
teams with conspicuous success. IS
no drum -beater for either himself or
his players. But after Columbia S
final game, Little had this to say:
Imagine what Governali would
have been if he had had a team
around him to give him the sort of
help that Davey OBrien had, when
he was playing on championship
team. Governali had help, the ut
moSo that our boys could give him.
But We didn't have the manpoWer.
Without Paul. We wouldn't have been
in the ball game at any time. He
passed, he ran, he kicked, he brought
down from behind some of the fast
est runners football has seen. and he
took batterlng week after week
without ever word Of complaint
and was always on deck for the next
scrap
DObbs Paced Tulsa.
Dobbs, who packs 100 pounds on
his 6-foot- t-4-inch frame, was the
principal reason for Tulsa's un-
broken string of 10 victories. This
was especially true in Tulsa's vic
tories over such major rivals as
Oklahoma and Baylor and, to a
lesser degree, over Arkansas.
Tulsa so far outclassed the oppo-
sition III its own conference, the
Missouri Valley, that Dobbs was
used sparingly for the most part.
The Golden Hurricane beat every
team it faced by not less than %
points and thus simply did not need
to take full advantage of Dobbs'
great football talents. The Hurri-
cane ran up 427 points against the
opposition's 80. taking Oklahoma,
Baylor and Arkansas over the hur-
dies by a collective 87-7 score.
There can be no question of
Dobbs' class. His merits were con-
ceded by rival coaches and by every
football expert who saw him play
A fine defensive player and an au-
dacious field general, Dobbs was a
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