for former Sooner athletes in the services onlye Oct. 3, 1944

 

NORMAN NAS ZOOMERS 28, OKIAHOMA 14

STATISTICS....earned first downs: Zoomers 9, Sooners 7e Net yards gained tushings
Zoomers 241, Sooners 119, Forward passing: Zoomers completed 2 of 5 for 45 yards,
Sooners completed 3 of 16 for 60 yardse Interceptions: Zoomers 3 for 70 yards e
Punt returns: Zoomers 3 for 21, Sooners 2 for 456 Kickoff returns: Zoomers 2 for
46, Sooners 3 for 113~ Blocked punts: by Zoomers le Total yards: Zoomers 435,
Sooners 349¢ Fumbles -that cost possession of ball: Zoomers 1, Sooners Oe Penalty
yardage: Zoomers 100, Sooners 67.

BRIEF PLAY-BY-PLAY... efirst quarter..eseLebow, Sooner tailback, brought kickoff back
48 yards to Sooner 46, then Sooners marched 52 yards to a touchdown in 10 plays,
most of them weakside bucks by Lebow and spins by Billy Wright, our Lubbock, Texe
freshman, One pass on the march, Lebow hitting Red Dinkins for 11 to the Zoom 18.
Lebow scored the touchdown on a drive over guarde Wooten kicked goal,, Sooners 7,,
ZoomerSe Homer Sparkman, our 148+pound blocking back, turned their line-backer
nicely on this drives. Then the Zooms went inte actions Sitko and Eshmont can run
behind that 203epound linee They smashed back 50 yards with only a clipping penalty
stopping them. Lebow punted. Tommy Meason, our Ardmore freshman, interferred,
giving them ball on our 41, and Sitko, Great “akes' star last year, slashed around
end 41 yards to a touchdown-and Miller kicked goole 77. Theywent ahead 10+7

in the second quarter when Lebow's quick kick was partially blocked and Miller hit

a nice field goal into the wind from22 yards off. In the third quarter our pass~-
ing game boomeranged all over the field. Williams, their center, intercepted Meason
toss and they marched 44 yards toa touchdown which Welsh scorede Miller missede
Zoomers 16, Sooners 7. A little later Lebow overshot his receiver and Eshmont
intercepted the ball and ran 60 yards down the sideline for mother touche He was
opening and shutting like a jackrabbite Miller missede Zoomers 22, Sooners Te

At this point Snorter took out our fagged first team and put the subs ing saving his
varsity for the college schedule. The Zooms caught our freshman safety out of
position and Herron pegged 50 yards to OtBrion who was behind everybody and s cored

- easily. No goale Zooms 28, Sooners 7e Then our second team backfield of Meason,
Basil Sharp, Bobby: Estep and Louis Dollarhide scored with three minutes lefte Ester
-prought back Cox's punt back 39 yards to the Zoom 18(it is mow late in fourth per-
iod) and on next play Dollarhide swept his weakside end for 18 yards and a touchdow
standing. Den Weir, Kerrville, Tox, freshman, goalede Zooms 28, Sooners 14

HURT eeeeDinkims, our starting left end, cramped a nerve in his shoulder..ee.firchie
Bradley, our second team wingback, smashed a knee but it isn't swollen and he may
play later, although probably not in next gamee

THE LOW DOWN seeethey were too big, too experienced and too goodeeeeFour former
"pro" players in their club, Eshmont(New York Giants), Guards Clem Stralka(Washing-=
ton Redskins) and Roy Stuart(Detroit Lions) and Conter Rex Williams(N.Y. Yankees)

- yeeThe surprise of the game was the way they smothered our passes with their 5-man
lineeeeee couldn't peg the ball away from their three line-backers, especially
Williams, the middle onee.»eThey out-eweighed our light wartime club 16 pounds to th:
man and after horsing them out of the way on our opening touchdown drive, our kids
got awfully wearye.e.We ought to look much better against college tcamSe

THIS WERKee.el¥e meet Homer Norton's Texas Aggics 8 p.me Taft stadium, Oklahoma City,
October Teesetoxas Aggies are goode..sThey beat Bryan Arny hir Field 39-0 and Texas
Tech 27=l4¢eeseeThey are a T formation team and Mac, who scouted them, says they are
fast and their line charges hardesge.Two radio stations will broadcast: KOMA of
Oklahoma City with Al Donaldson at mike(1,510 kylocycles) and Humble Yil company

of Toxas with Ves Box at mike(try KRLD, Dallas, 1,080 kylos). KTUL of Tulsa will
pick up KOMA's broddecast, So long for this times