¶ The College All-Stars. 13½-point underdogs, looked like pushovers for the World Champion Detroit Lions, but by the time the 25th annual All-Star football game (at Chicago's Soldier Field) was over, the college kids had twisted the Lions' tails in a 35-19 victory. After a slow start, the All-Stars put pressure on Lion Quarterbacks Tobin Rote and Bobby Layne, soon got their own offense going. Two Cleveland Browns draftees, Quarterback Jim Ninowski and Halfback Bob Mitchell, teamed up on spectacular pass plays of 84 and 18 yds. for touchdowns. Bobby Conrad of Texas A. & M., who had never kicked a...
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