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...Crimson won this year's contest against the Big Green, 20 to 14, with fullback John Culver scoring two of the varsity's three touchdowns...
...University of Alabama's Fullback Tommy Lewis of Greenville, Ala. is a solid (6 ft. 190 Ibs.), steady-looking athlete, but under his crimson jersey there burns an impulsive pride of state and university. When Tommy Lewis, 21, was taken out for a rest in the second quarter of the Cotton Bowl game with Rice last week, his Alabama was trailing by only one point. Lewis himself had scored a first-quarter touchdown for the Crimson Tide. But soon, from his seat on the bench, Tommy saw real trouble coming: far downfield, on the 5-yd. line, Rice...
...Fullback Lewis sprang to his feet, dashed onto the field at just the right moment and brought Halfback Moegle down with a tooth-rattling tackle...
...fact was that Alabama was not full enough. Slender, fleet-footed Dick Moegle got away for three long touchdown runs in all, and Rice made a fourth touchdown in the final quarter on a 75-yd. sustained drive. Alabama lost to Rice, 28-6. Fiery Fullback Lewis apologized to Rice's Moegle for his moment of aberration. Dick Moegle grinned and said, "Forget it." Tommy Lewis, who wept unashamedly in the dressing room, moaned: "I don't think I'll ever get over...
Clasby, who formerly had been named to the All-Ivy League team, the U.P. All-Eastern team, and the sports writers' All-Eastern team, was followed in the balloting by quarterback Peter Van of Army, passing ace Richard Carr of Columbia, and end Henry Lemire from Holy Cross. Crimson fullback John Culver received honorable mention for the award...