Miami Hurricane, December 07, 1945

              The Miami
Hurricane
Vol. XX
Coral Gables, Florida, December 7, 1945
No. 9
Ashe Appoints Committee
To Allocate Bowl Tickets
Students, Touchdown Tommy Sound Off 4s Team Gets Bid
'	By Edith Shier
School spirit, which began to show itself in all its glory at the Auburn game last Friday night, reached its climax with the gigantic parade on Monday. While glasses were “officially in session,'’ students were singing, yelling, and cheering in downtown Miami. Touchdown Tommy was credited as making the loudest with car horns and the band
noise,
running a close second.
Excitement ran high as the line of cars, which more than completely circled the school, began to move. "We want the Orange Bowl” was chanted by over a thousand students. Cheerleaders were in the starting car, the color scheme of their uniforms carried out by the miles and miles of crepe paper which decorated the cars.
Traffic was tied up on Flagler street as the whole motorcade stopped while cheerleaders led the students in excited and enthusiastic songs and cheers. Policemen were not immune tc the effervescent spirit and orange and green streamers waved from their motorcycles. . All was not in vain when it was revealed that the final ballot of the
Orreige Bowl committee was cast unanimously for the Hurricanes. A thousand cheering students with the intilnidating Touchdown Tommy beneath their window, at the El Com-odoro hotel, might well have been an :mportant factor in the final decision.
Cheerleaders on the balcony quieted the students so effectively that even a pin would have been hea-d had one been dropped. Mark Brown, Student association president, leaned over the railing, cupped his hands and shouted, “It’s unofficial j but we’re in!” A wild cheer went up. such as has never before bech heard from U. of M. students, and: students indiscriminately hugged and kissed each other and bystand-(Continued on Pag# Six)
EIGHT VICTORIES, one tie and one defeat ago an untried Hurricane eleven was destined for mediocrity. Today they are destined to meet Holy Cross in the Orange Bowl classic.
It took the concerted effort of the squad and coaching staff to put the Hurricanes on their comfortable pedestal, but, as always, some players stood out, either by virtue of ability, fortitude, breaks, or all three.
Presented here are the most valuable players on the University of Miami football team for 1945 as chosen game by game through a magnificent season that produced many stars.
Pictured from left to right on the top row are Joe Krull, Ernest Ma-zejka, Harry Ghaul, Don Jones, Gene Hancock. Second row: Bill Corrigan. Bill Frantz, Eddie Del-Grande, A1 Hudson. Third row: Vic Mell. Mario DiMarco, Bill Levitt, Ed Cameron.
Men students who would like to be ushers or gatemen for the Orange Bowl game. New Year’s Day. should report for a practice session at the stadium, Sunday, Dec. 16, at Gate 5. Be there promptly at 3 p.m.
« « * * « * Hjort, McCracken, Rasco
To Serve On Committee
Dr. Bowman F. Ashe, president of the University, appointed a committee yesterday afternoon to handle the distribution of Orange Bowl tickets for students.
Serving on the committee are Dr. E. V. Hjort, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, who was made chairman; Dean R. A. Rasco, School of Law; and E. M. McCracken, dean of the School of Business Administration.
The exact amount of tickets allotted to students has not yet been decided.
“A limited amount of tickets will be ready about the first of next week,” said Dr. Ashe. “There are not enough to go around, but there will be a system worked out whereby everybody will get an equal chance.”
Rose Irwin, chairman of the social committee, when asked about plans for organized student participation in the Orange Bowl classic, stated that no definite plans have been made since the Orange Bowl committee is in complete charge of arrangements. However, it is possible that there may be a student cheering section, and tentative plans have been made for a dance to be held after the game, she added.