Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-02
Bama, Aggies Live Up
To Reps; 50 Scores
Made in IS Games
BY TED MEIER,
Associated Press Sports Writer

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: Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK, Jan. "A rash of
SO touchdowns delighted the 397,-
900 spectators who turned out for
yesterdays 10 bowl football games
from coast to coast, and who saw
most of the favorites win.
The victorious Alabama, Okla
homa A. and NJ, Texas, Miami,
Georgia, New Mexico and Wake
Forest teams all contributed to this
New Year display of gridiron fire.
works, but perhaps the most thrill
ing IT'D" of the lot came In the
very last second of the Orange Bowl
at Miami.
A capacity crowd of $4,000 was
startled as Substitute AL Hudson
intercepted Holy Cross aerial and
sprinted SO yards for a touchdown
to give Coach Spike Harding's
Miami Hurricanes a 13-to-6 tri-
umph. The final whistle blew as
Hudson crossed the goal line in
storybook finish.
Alabama's Crimson Tide and the
Oklahoma sAggies, both unbeaten
and united during the regular sea-
son, lived up to their press notices
by routing Southern California and
st. Mary's, respectively, in the Rose
and Sugar Bowls.
Alabama, spanked by Harry Gill
mer, ended U. S. C.s unbeaten streak
in the famed Pasadena game by
smearing the Trojans, "a to IA, be-
fore $4,000, the largest crowd of
the day. The Southeastern cham
pions turned the game into a one
sided affair by running up $40
score before U. S. c. counted twice
in the last period.
Aggies Come From Rear.
A crowd of $4,000 at New Or
leans, the largest to see a football
game in the South, saw the Aggies
spot st. Mary's a touchdown in the
first six minutes, then come from
behind to take a 14-13 lead at the
half and pull away to 1913 tri-
umph in the second half,
The duel between the two all
America halfbacks, Bob Fenimore
of the Cowboys and Herman Wede-
meyer of st. Mary's, came out
pretty much even-Stephen. Feni-
more gained 100 yards in Is tries
by rushing to Wedemeyer's 20 yards
on seven attempts. In the air,
Herman completed 9 of Is passes
for 155 yards while Fenimore COM
pleted 4 of II for rs yards.
A 42-yard touchdown run by Alan
Dekedbrun, Cornells star quarter
back, and placekick by Purdue's
Tom Hughes gave the East ALL
Stars TT tie with the West ALL
Stars in the Shrine Bowl at San
Francisco before $4,000. Later in
the game the East reached the West
3-yard stripe, but three plays failed
and on fourth down Hughes missed
a field goal try from the Is.
Cotton Game a Scoring Orgy.
Texas and Missouri reached the
heights of the days touchdown orgy
in the Cotton Bowl at Dallas. Bobby
Layne spanked the Longhorns to
|Six scores and a 1927 victory
Touchdowns came so fast that the
$4,000 on hand were hard put to
keep up with developments.
Charley Trippi led Georgia to q
POS victory over Tulsa in the Oh
Bowl at Houston. A crowd of n ,0OC
lsaw Tulsa trail by 7-6 for three
quarters, then watched Trippi throw
54-yard touchdown pass and sew
up victory few minutes later BY
running back Tulsa punt SO yard.
i, for score.
Trailing by 1913 starting the
last quarter, New Mexico came uE
with three touchdowns in the fina
Is minutes to beat Denver, 34-24
in the Sun Bowl at Ell Paso. Dor
Rumley of the winners passed fol
three touchdowns and scored 6
fourth himself.
An intercepted pass in the closins
minutes led to brakes 1872 triumph
over Fresno State in the Raisir
Bowl fray at Fresno, Calf. Ralph
Gruben returned the intercepted
aerial to the Fresno "a, then Jacl
Coupe passed to Charles Mcdowell
for the tying touchdown. Substi-
tute Jim Baer booted the winning
point from placement.
Deacons Pack Delayed Punch.
Wake Forest, behind at the hal
by rs, pounded out three second
half scores to whip South Carolina
26 to IA, in the first Gator Bow
game at Jacksonville, Fla. TIL,
teams had played at 1913 tie during
the regular season.
Tennessee State beat Texas Col
lege, 1876, in the Vulcan Bowl a
Birmingham; Bethun e-Cookmal
whipped Albany (GaD Teachers
800, in the Coconut Bowl at Miami
Knoxville licked Florida, N. l., 1870
in the Azalea Bowl at Orlando
: Louisiana Normal trimmed Lam
4 College, 1876, in the Flower Bowl a
Jacksonville; the Galveston All
Stars won in the Oleander Bowl a
: Galveston by defeating Philadel
: phia's sandlot champs, the Taske
u Bears, 27-0, and st. Paul's Snoy
Bowl-a gag" game between tw
teams made up of high school play
:, ers-ended in a scoreless tie.
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