for former Sooner athletes in the sorvice, only. Octe 10, 1944,

 

 

OKLAHOMA 21, TEXAS AGGIES 14

Crowd--filled Taft stadium in Oklahoma Gity full and slopped over..eeBill figgers it
about 15,000 and Uncle Billy doesn't miss it fareeee3oth sides, the entire south
horseshoe, wooden bleachers in north end all filled.....eThen they sat around the
playing field six deepese.it was our first game in Oklahoma CityeeseseDale is taking
four home games there this year, Texas Ags, Texe Christian, Okla. Ags and Nobeeee
fhe idea is to take foothall to the population centers in time of war, giving war
plant populations a chace to see them and obviating the need for transportation,

WEATHER=-Coole About 65. Clear, reat night for game.

Summary--TA led first dovms, 15-14...0kla, most rushing yurdage, 220 to 141.,.TA
most rorwurd passing yardage, 131 to 5l...iWo hit 4 of 6 however, Lebow pegging them
&lle..We intercepted one pass for 4 YoSeesethsy out-punted us, 47 to 50eeeethey had
most yards kick-runbecks, 141 to 63.eeneither tcam lost the bail on a fumble.,ewe
were penalized 51, they 26,

First quarter--Okluhoma drove 74 yerds to touchdown on the ground with Lebow,
Louis Dollarhide and Charley lieard ruming cleverly behind the blocking of our
strongside blocking shield, Red Dinkins, Harley, Tigurt and “arley Smalley, the
Alabama boy...-eLebow barrelled over on fourth down for thetouciteeseDub Wooten, who
never placekicked a conversion before in his life wmtil this full, hit the goal kick,
Second quarter..eWe rolled 75 yards to a second touchdown, this one in six plays, all
TUS, WO paSsSeeeeThe thrill play was a G2eyurd reverse by Charley Heard who was
bumped out on their Seyard line....Lebow took three bucks and went over on fourth
downesesWooten did his stuff..eeilo led here 14-0 und Snorter put ina whole second
texmeseeiIn four plays foxas.A.and M had a touch, Cashion passing to Spires for 44
vurds and six pointsee..abruham goaledes.e}467..-,Snorter rushcd his tired start:-rs
buck to put out the firese.eThird quarterseeeeorton cut loose with his tomadic
rushing offensive and they. marched 80 yards to the tying touches.,Our line fell
apart like it had been laid open by aswiftly-yanked zipper....Yutes, Southwest
conference leading scorer, made it....Abrahan goaledeeeeon our first team, tooeece
Many thought we were througheeeeSwell rally by Vadetseseeefourth quarter--They kicked
t> us and back we came along "The Lebow Road"....'Jithout surrendering the ball we
marched 69 yards in 13 plays to the winning touch....Lebow scored ite.-.Boy how he
wis drivingeseelle can buck with tho besteeeeHe threw throe passes along the route
vais time, shot-gunning two to Wooten and one to Dollarhide, last year's sub from
Tdabel.eeeOQld automatic Wooten did his stuff....2l-l4...."Jere those babies licked?
ooselicck nNOeeseethey ripped us to shreds trying to score in final moments but Homer
Sparkman, our 148-pound blocking back, saved two touchs, once with a peach ofa
tackle in open field, once by slapping down a td pass....ut the finish Heard tossed
his red helmet 30 feet into the air and our boys huddled, like highschoolers, right
out in the middle of the field and gave 15 rahs for Texas A and Llgeeedl unusual
tribute, for collegions, to a great fighting tcameseethe game was rough, hard but
Cle@nesectionte idoucrief, of Dallus, their tackle(what « hoss} We ran away from hin
all night and still he got us) and captuin and Dub, our cap, were buddies at Chi-
cago this summer in allestar gumoeeesthey kept their boys in linesseseelt looks like
a great serieSee.ethe crowd ate it UPeeesthey return to Norman in 1945-46-47-48 for
four more EameSeeeehurry back, you footballers, we are going to need plenty of help
against those babiese.esthcy play for K8CPSeeeefine team, fine coaches.

This woek..e.texus at Dallus...e45-year oli rivaleys.e.eBill Cross says the crowd
wilT “go -30,000....not bad for wartine ulthoush still way off the crest crowd of
44,791 in 1941 when they shellacked us 40—Tecee 3ible had two cripples, Layne, his
new tailback, and Plylem, his 260-lb,. tackle...she held them both out of last week's
defeat to powerful Randolph Field but they are ready for us..eele have Bob Mayfield,
our fine center, limping while Red Dinmins has a charloy horse us hard as steel....
may not play...+KOMA(1,520) uni KTUL(1,430) and several Texas stations will carry it.