for former Sooner athletes in the service, only. Oct. 31, 1944.

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OKLAHOMA 34, TEXAS CHRISTIAN 19

THE LOWDOWN. e.+.eOklahoma won with a fourth quarter punch after TCU rallied thrill-
ingly to score three touchdowns in the third quarter....the score thenws 21-19
Uklahoma..eeHowever Bob Mayfield, our center, and Elvin Jackson, our sub guard, in-
tercepted TCU passes in the fourth quarter and we drove to a touchdown off each
interceptionse..eThe game was a little weird in that we outshone them a bit in their
Speciality, forward-passing, scoring two touchdows uerially on them and intercepting
three of theirs to set up the game-winning touchdowns, while they outran us slight-
lyeeeeDutch Meyer, their coach, gambled, using virtually an eight-man line to choke
our running....However this left his secondary thin and Lebow soon began passing
through it....The return to action of Red Dinkins, our left end(out three weeks with
a balky "charley") definitely helpedeseeeRcd is a rough boye

PLAY-BY-PLAYeeeefirst quartey: Dinkins, our game captain, celebrating his first game
singe Gctober 7, blocked Jackson's punt so solidly that the ball bounded back across
the goal, Dinkins following and covering it for a touchdown. ». Wooten Zoaledesees=-O0
-eeeesocond quarter: Wooten partially blocked Mason s punt and TCU was penalized 15
for protesting the referesc's decision to give Oklahoma the ball, which left us hold-
ing it on their sevene...Lebow passed in the left fla$ to Heard for the td,.und Dub
godledeceel4-O.eeethird quarter: led by Joe Kucera, thoir tailback who played last
year at Rice but was moved by the Navy to TCU, the Frogs came out on fire....receiv-
ing our kickoff, they marched 78 yards to score with Merle Gibson, their fine pass-
catching end, stealing behind our defense to take a long 43-yard pass f rom Kucera
and scoreseeeMullins missed go abe.esl4-6....0klahoma then received the kickoff and
scored in six plays, Lebow firing a long pass over their safety to Wooten....Wooten
goaledec-c2l=Geeeelhey received the kickoff and marched 70 to another touch, Kucera
again pitching to Gibson in the end zone who made a wonderful catch with Sooners all
aroundeseeFlowers missed godlesee2l-12...elthree pluys later they scored again when
we kicked out short after being penalized to our one, and Kucera bootlegged 32 yards .
to pay dirteseeliullins goaledesee2l=-19.eeefourth quarter; Lebow punted 50 yards to
put them back on their 11 and when Aucera tried u pass, Mayfield intercepted it and
ran 18 yards to their six....efrom there Lebow churned over standing on a weakside
bucke sesWooten dideses.23-19,eeelie@ neurly scored again, Basil Sharp, our freshman:full
from Shawnee, going 33 yards on a ripping buck with the TCU safety tagging him by
one foot to prevent an 86-yard td. rune.e..They stopped us, Lebow punted, they had

to pass and this time Jackson jumped into the uir and intercepted Harly's deflection
to give us the ball on their RMMNNMM 45...eLebow cutback for 13, Sharp biffed tackle
for 4, Bobby Estep, our 138-pound wingback from Phillips, toxas, ran 28 to a touch
standing on a weakside reverse with Wooten blocking their end...eWooten missed goal
after hitting 8 in rowWeeesie has booted 16 of 19 this year, 842 percont...eO0n the
next to the last play of the game Estep nearly scored again....sHe intercepted a pass
and returned it down the sideline, weaving end dodging, 50 yards, swan-diving over thir
the go&l.ee,However officials ruled he had stepped out on the Frog 13 and with one
play left we didn't have time to scoreseesesed4-196

SUMMARY..eeFirst downs earned, texas Christian 8-7...enet yurds rushed, Texas Chris-
tian, 162-158....forward passing, TCU hit Smmfichimimx 10 of 18 for 109, Oklahoma 7
of 16 for 954.eePass interceptions, Yklahom, 3 for 55 yards, TCU 1 for 18...eall
kick returns, Oklahoma 5 for 108, TCU 7 for 77...eetotal yards, Vkluhoma 447-366..0+
fumbles that lost ball, Oklahoma 1....epenalties, Vklahoma, 55-50.

SHORTS.e...Snorter used only 7 subs, Ends Preach Burgert, Jim Marr, Tackle Millard
Cummings, Guards Steve Sawyer and Elvin Jackson, Center Al Vogel and Back Tom Meason,.
Mayfield, our center, played a wonderful game. He had tleyer's short pass game all
figured out, grabbing the Frog receivers before they could tum after catching the
balleeesAlthough the Frog bullecarriers came to him every conceivable way, full
steam, cutting and slowed up from missed tackles, Mayfield wrapped tem up in hig big

aYMSeeeeHe wis sure firesee lait stadium nourly full, 12,314...However it wasn t as
big as the 15,415 that suw us nose Texus Aggies there three weeks agos