The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-21
okIohomo A. And M. Countered Power With Speed So Cinderella Teoms Collide In Cotton Bowl
By RED CHANGE The Original Naturalization fWritten for NEA SerYicel

New York.-Cinder derella teams of the Great Southwest and Midland areas, neither of which was more than casually regarded at the sea- sons start, meet in the Dallas Cot ton Bowl on New Years Day.
 Members of the Oklahoma A. and M. and Texas Christian squads are the kids from across the tracks who confounded critics by winning the Missouri Valley and Southwest Con- ference championships, respectively, and dominating the field extending from Nebraska, in the northern peak of the Valley area, to the gulf.
 Limiting their activity chiefly to the Southwest Conference, Dutch Meyers T.. c. U. Horned Frogs upset preseason predictions by coming home ahead of favored Texas and Rice.
 Jim Lookabaugh's A. and M. Cowboys spread their activities 8 bit more, defeating Denver, in the Rockies; Oklahoma, champion of the Big Six; Arkansas, Texas, Texas Tech and West Texas of the southwest area, and Tulsa, the Miami Orange Bowl contender.
 Speed and heart won for the Lookaboughs. You have to add the latter ingredient when you glance at some of the scores. Take this one: A. and M. 46, Tulso 40. FASTEST IN AGGIE HISTORY
 The Oklahoma Aggies are in their 45th year of intercollegiate football, and their fastest set Of backs in all that time made the Pokes the darlings of the Okla homa gridiron. They averaged PAP points a game, struck for touchdowns from every point from their own goal line on down the lot.
 All-American Bob Fenimore works in 8 backheld that includes Cecil Hankins, a 9.9 sprinter and basketball star, and Jim Spavital, 190-pound freshman fullback capa- ble of 10.2.
 At left end is Neill Armstrong, 90-pounder, the nations lead- ing pass receiver with 39 catches in 1943, and contender for top honors with "A catches this fall.
 F'enimore has a record of .635 in pass compilations. With receiv- CTS like Armstrong and Hankins, two of footballs most difficult men to cover, and with thrower like Fenimore, who is a 9.7 man in track and great runner in foot ball, the Cowboys were an offen- sive headache to defensive clubs.
 With a break-away runner like HankinS at right halfback, and an exploding fullback like Spavital, rivals were hard put to set de- lenses. The Pokes sometimes broke from the T, usually they struck the strong side from the single wing. and when rivals stopped that, the Aggies sent Hankins streaking to the weak side on a reverse.
 BUILT AROUND FIVE MEN
 When it was toughest at Tulsa, with the score tied 40-40, the yer satile Cowboys blossomed into a double wing, and Fenimore drop ped 50-yard pitch into the arms of the fleeing Hankins for a touch down that they're still talking about down that way.
 It wasn't all offenSe. Big Ralph Foster, tackle back from the wer, led a line that was as green as the infield in September, but able to halt Oklahoma. the Big Six kingpin, in Its tracks in late Mo- vember. Aggie reserves, all IT, year-olds, came slowly. but they were ready down the stretch.
 It was dangerous to throw or kich against the Cowboys. When rival clubs looked downf1eld at Fenimore, Hankins and Spavital in the Aggies secondary they usu- ally preferred to hit the line.
 Picked as All-Oklahoma for the Aggies-the state had four fine clubs in the Navy Boomers. Tulsa. Oklahoma and the Cowboys-were Fenimore, Hankins, Foster, Arm strong and Jake Colhouer. guard. They were the backbone of the team.
 Jim Lookabaugh countered power with speed and speed won.