Betas sweep hill titles
Winning football championships have become a tradition at the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house.
Monday the Beta A's defeated the KU Law team, 14-6, to win their 11th A League Hill Championship in the last 13 years. The Beta No. 1 team won their 7th B League Hill title in the last 10 years by downing the Templin Hayjacks, 8-0.
On the first play of the A League game, Beta's Dave Swift intercepted a Law pass to set up the Beta's first touchdown. The Beta's scored on the next play on a pass from George Jackson to Steve Ridgway.
The extra point try failed as a pass was knocked down in the end zone.
In the next several minutes, both teams were plagued with pass interceptions that halted scoring drives on both sides.
A pass interference call on the KU Laws helped give the Betas better field position deep in Law territory to set up their next scoring drive.
The touchdown came on a pass from Jackson to George Chase to make the score 12-0. Dave Swift scored the extra points on a pass from Jackson.
The KU Laws threatened again toward the end of the first half, but the Beta's stubborn defense held and they took over on downs.
The KU Laws' only score came in the fourth quarter when Joe Jeter hit Steve Pickard in the end zone with a pass. The extra point failed making the final score 14-6 in favor of the Betas.
Defense was the name of the game in the B League game as neither the Betas nor Templin scored in the first half.
Both teams threatened several
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times, but were not able to punch across a score.
The Beta's touchdown came in the second half when Larry Aldrich tossed a pass to Bob Gardner. Claude Aldrich collected the extra points on another pass from Aldrich to make the score 8-0.
Templin threatened late in the game but a key interception halted their drive.
Last year the Beta "A" team also defeated the KU Laws, 27-6, to take the championship and the Beta No.1 team beat the College Kids, 15-0, to capture the B League crown.
Canton, Ohio, is considered the birthplace of professional football. The National Football League was organized in this city in 1920.
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