Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-18
SPOTLIGHT
ON
SPORTS
Is Everybody Hoppy?-Noi
BY MERRELL WHITTLESEY


ST. Patricks before ending To-day workplay stay at
Miami Beach.
1t was a gorgeous Sunday morning temperature in
the 80s gentle breeze took some Of the sting
from the suns rays and whipped the towering palms
that could be and heard through the windows at
St. Pats.
The elderly priest made mention of the number of
obvious visitors present. and commented the smiling
happy faces.
rs it because you are in Miami Beach on such
beautiful morning that makes you happy?" he asked
"Or is it because Notre Dame beat Oklahoma"
After the chuckles had subsidized, the good father
admitted his approach to the Irish victory had not been
very confident one.
Il was afraid to watch it on teevision" he said II
afraid they going to give awful beating"
THERE DOUBTLESS WERE MANY other happy faces
from coast-tocoast yesterday but there unsmng
ones too at Norman. Okla, at College Station Tex at
Knoxville Tenn and at Clemson, S. C. There just wasn't
much for those folks to be happy about
There four glorious years and AZ continuous
victories for the Okahomans to reive but somehow the
two each end of the streak will leave extremely
painful memories Each time it had to be Notre Dame
the one the Sooners wanted the most.
The television of the Cadillac Hotel Miami
Beach was jam-packed Saturday afternoon, with the
guests including of the Maryland players and coaches
There armchair quarterbackng the spottng of de-
fenAes similar to those used by the Ter and play
calling.
When Notre Dame failed to score after having first
down the yard line in the second PERIOD George
Cooke first president of MaryandS Terrapn Club said,
THAT brings back memories"
happened to the Terps in the Orange Bowl the last
time they played the Sooners first down the three and
no touchdown
AS the game progressed each minute or two would
bring remark of II believe Notre Danes going to beat
EN- could have been the before teevision sets
everywhere. The Sooners couldn't move the ball.
***%
ALMOST EVERYBODY PRESENT THOUGHT the Irish
a
enough-when they had fourth down and three to for
q touchdown in the fourth quarter.
But you know, they went for the three, and Dick
Lynch made it easily That the ball game the end
of winning streak and victory that will last for years
eontractwe for Coach Terry Brennan The Irish defense
which actually the game, BANKED Oklahoma for the
first time in 124 games
They're going to need escaators in placing the top 20
teams this week. because going up and are
coming down, and it could be very confusing.
Five of the eight places in the four major bowl
filled and outside of Notre Dame you'd have to say
the biggest connections caused by Mississippi and
Rice.
SOMETIMES THE NEWS travels slowly from oxford,
80 miles from nowhere in Mississippi Ask
Jim Tatum about oxford. Remember, Ole Miss was the
team that broke Maryand's 19game winning streak in
1882 Big Jim said 1t because of that 80ile bus
ride from Memphis.
Anyway, Ole Miss hasn't been getting too much at
tention up way this year. But after beating good
Tennessee the Rebels can't miss the Sugar Bowl and
very likely will play the Southwest Conference runnerup
Mississippi has lost only to Arkansas and has only Mssis
sippi State remaining.
Texas AIMS defeat by Rice shock probably one
OF the biggest of Paul Bryants Bear right
schedule for unbeaten season and the Cotton Bowl
but Rice changed all that the Aggies beat Texas in
their lone remaining game and Rice gets by Texas
Christian and Baylor they'll wind up tied for the
ference title at SCI In that event Rice would get the
Cotton Bowl berth with the Agges going to the Sugar
Bowl And, of course, Texas could get into the bowl
picture by knocking off the Aggies.
Speaking of bowls, it's nice to get that Rose Bowl
situation cleared up Ohio State is going the Big Ten
team and the Buckeyes going to play Idaho No. not
Idaho College of Pacific No, that's not the It's
Oregon.
The Pacific Coast Conference lists nine members and
four them ineligible for the bowl and the fifth Idaho
doesn't play tough enough schedule, so it looks like
Oregon is going Anyway the Pasadena parade usually
is pretty.
AND is THERE A sADDER man in America today
than Cemsons Frank Howard. who has out of wise
crack9 Frank wanted that Duke game than he ever
wanted TO beat South Carolina And the Tigers gained
&e SPOTLIGHT on SPORTS, Pqke Al