Kentucky at Mississippi State

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  The Key West citizen. (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, Florida, October 22, 1952, page 1

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  Crimson Tide Hopes To Whip Ole Miss Sat. TUSCALOOSA, Ala. Up Ala bama viii try to get back on the winning side of the ledger Saturday against Mississippi State. The dope sters figure the Tide should do il by a one-touchdown margin. ‘Bama Coach Red Drew enters a vigorous dissent. Mississippi State has its best team in five years” he said. “Joe Fortunate is one Of the best Of fensive fullbacks and line hackers in the nation. Jack Parker has developed into one Of the best quarterbacks in the Southeastern Conference. “While we were taking a zoo beating from Tennessee, State handled Kentucky with ease. We came out Of the Tennessee game in bad physical condition and o. e. Phillips, Jerry Watford and Bud Willis probably will miss the home coming day game” State Coach Murray Warmath says, however, that Fortunate may not get to play. The 222-pound battering ram received a sprained ankle in the 27–⁠14 victory over Kentucky and missed all Of the second half. I’VE viii do our best, but tina, may not be good enough” said Warmth, the former Tennessee line star. without Fortunate, our ground attack viii be severely handicapped, and Alabama is one Of the nations top ranking teams on pass defense” Parker is the second leadine scorer in the Conference with Il points. Alabama’s main offensive threats are the passing Of quarterback Clell Hobson and the running Of right half Bobby NARROW. Both were well shackled in the Tennes. see game. Another ‘Bama threat Is Bobby Luna, 1s5.pound sophomore LEFT half, who has scored IS points fol third place in the Conference. Both teams have a Al record The only defeat for each came at the hands Of a mutual foe Tennessee. The Volunteers edgeC State, 14–⁠7, in the season opener and smashed ‘Bama, 200, las weekend. The Tide and State have met IS times since 1896. with Bans winning a., losing seven and tyinl two. The last two games were battles. Alabama won by lit il 1850 and 10 last year. State las won, 40, in 1871.

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 19, 1952, page 45

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  Mississippi State Top, Kentucky as Parker Figures in 4 Scores STATE COLLEGE, Miss, Oct 18.-Jackrabbit Jack Parker, Mis- sissippi State quarterback, ran 70, two touchdowns and threw story. book passes for two more to crush Kentucky. 27–⁠14. today before $4,000. Twice Parker, calling his fourth game Of major college football Iweaved and toe-danced behind the line of scrimmage. logged by Ken lucky tacklers, before firing touch. down passes. Kentucky was plagued by FUN Ibles-six Of them-and untimely penalties. The one bright moment In Kentucky’s dark afternoon wa. the magnificent running Of sophomore Allen Fetch. a Newcastle, (Pa), fullback. AS the second period opened Kentucky engineered a drive to the State a. There Ralph Paolone. a mainstay in Kentucky’s Of tense, fumbled a handoh and Mis- sissippi States end. John Santillo bounced on the ball. Zerk Wilson and Joe Fortunate worked the ball to the Kentucky 80. and Parker uncorked his first scoring pass. On the following kickoff, Ken lucky Halfback Wallace Mitchell fumbled on his own 20 and Dennis Fulton pounced on it for the Maroons. Three plays later, Parker got of looping pass that bounced out of Norman Duplain’s arms into Wilson’s for States second score. Kentucky found its first spark with Fetch. From the Kentucky “a, Fetch carried eight out Of 10 plays to the Mississippi /. Herb Hunt scored. The third Mississippi touch down came as Parker sneaked over from the three. In the third period, after two 20-yard passes Parker scored from the one-foot lime. In the fourth period Dick Shatot hit Steve Meilinger with q a. yard Kentucky touchdown pass Kentucky 80 10 I’ll Mississippi STATE : - o 20 z %; Kentucky Scoring: Touchdowns--Hunt Meilinger OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 2. | 9. Parker 2. Corversions-Parker 8.

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Officially, Kentucky leads 26–⁠25; as played, 26–⁠25 in 51 meetings, counting the 43 since this game.