The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19
Missouri, Paced By BFinkman, Set For Cotton Bowl
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Columbia. Mo Dec. ip-luPl- Loyc BrlnkmAn. Missom1s leadine grounc-Rainer and scorer. VII have 10 exchange his chrisiEnas dinner ai his PerryxgIie. Mo home Tor a trip to the Cotton Boxl with tae Missouri football team this year but missing his mothers annual feast win be nothing new Tor the ex- Army Air Force tail-gunney. hS iasi two Christmas oinners were glsh crew members O. the i5th Army Ar Force in Italy. Before be received his dlscharge on points thls year. Brinkman served % months in the Army Air Force and was credited with 50 combat missions.
 Mrs. Brinkman told her son be- fore he left for the Cotton Bowl with his Missouri teammates that he wouldn't go without another Christmas dinner this year.
 Out Of The World
 Mon said that she would pre- pare a special dinner just for me when I got back from Dallas" Brinkman said. And with all the trimmings"
 To the 3,o07 citizens Of Perryville. the curly-haired Brinkman is some thing of hero. But for his l5-year old brother. Glenn Loyd Is some thing out of the world.
 When Loyd starred for Perryville High School in track. basketball and football, his biggest booster was his smaller brother. Glenn.
 Attending the University of Mis- souri and playing football under Don Faurot was one of his earliest ambitions. But the call to service in l943 postponed this dream until he was discharged this year
 His football days were nearly put to an end. he figured, when his crew had to make a forced landing in Italy.
 Landed On Stomach
 "The right landing gear was shot away and we had to land on our stomach" Loyd said. T guess I'm lucky to be alive and to be able to start in the Cotton Bowl. have to pinch myself at times to tell wheth- CT it's dream or If it's true"
 It didn't take the freshman back field star long to become acclimated to the gridiron after his stretch in the Army Air Forces. F1e scored six touchdowns in nine-game season for total of 36 points to top Mis- Souri'S scorers.
 His biggest single afternoon this fall came in the Iowa State game when he scored the two important touchdowns that gave Missouri a 13-7 win. On the third play of the game Brinkman took hand-off from quarterback Leonard Brown and galloped 51 yards to score.
 Brinkman was Missouri's out standing defensive back. known for his deadly tackling. He started in every game except the Nebraska game when he was out with an in- jury.
 Stout Forward Wall
 Missouri had the stoutest forward wall in the conference, allowing only 32 poinis in five league games. The left side is perhaps the strong est. Jim Kekeris, the leagues out standing lineman at tackle, Bob Eigelberger, all-conference guard, and Ralph Boots" Stewart, all big six center, played high school foot ball together at Mckinley in St. Louis. Most of Missouris ground gaining plays opened through this trio.
 Two seniors will be in the start ing lineup for Missouri, Eigelberger at guard and Bill Whitaker, 29-year old end from Connellsville, o. Eigel- berger probably will be named the Cotton Bowl game captain.
 Missouri coaches were optimistic about the return to form of Bill Dellastatious, flashy back, handi- capped this season by injuries. The Washington, D. c. halfback showed his best form of the year in the sea- sons finale with Kansas, going across for one of the five Tiger touchdowns. Dellastatious was ex- pected to be in top form New Years Day but wasn't listed as a likely starter.