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Florida 20 Tennessee 19 Vanderbilt 27 Sewanee 6 'Texas 7 Auburn 0 Iowa V.P.I. 13 North Carolina 7 Georgia Tech 12 Alabama 35 Notre Dame 6 Tulane 13 Northwestern 20 7 Michigan State 16 irhiPnn 0 THE BEACrTT MES FINANCIAL-CLASSIFIED SPORTS NEWS, COUNTY VOL. XXVI: No. 239 Full Coverage of Palm Beach County SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7, 1934 DAIIT SUNDAY 523 VMM OSTTI GATORS BEAT If I ti am, 21 Grid Stars Who Saw Action On Three Fronts Saturday Afternoon MGUGINS SQUAD TAKES 10 1 10 TURN IN ITS WIN FLORIDA STAGES THRILLING RALLY FOR ITSJC1Y Both. Teams Score Twice In Fourth Quarter at Blacksburg a fit A4 Texas Invades Crimson Tide Crushes Game Little Sewanee Squad, 35-6 And Beats Notre Dame, 7-6 Commodores Serve No tice They Are Out For Dixie Title Too Much Dixon Vanderbilt (27) Pos.

Ga. Tech (12) IMasman Kalz Guffee LT Williams Dickison LG D. Wilcox Struvhorn Preston Lucas RG 3. Wilcox Brown RT Dean Wrotan RE Gibson Dixon QB Boyd Oliver LH Perkerson Peebles BH Ferguson Beck FB Tharpe Vanderbilt 7 14 6 027 Georgia Tech 0 6 0 13 Vanderbilt scoring: Touchdowns Oliver; Simpkins (sub for Peebles) Guffee, and Geny (sub for Plasman), points from try after touchdowns Plasman (3). Georgia Tech scoring: Touch-downs Martin (sub for Perkerson); Roberts (sub for Boyd).

By the Associated Press ATLANTA. Oct. fi Unloosinp- a heavv aerial bombardment, Van derbilt University drove to an easy, 27 to 12 victorv over Geor gia Tech on Grant Field this alternoon and stepped forth imo tne cnampionsnip picture or the Southeastern Conference. The Commodores, baffling the Golden Tornado eleven with a continual barrage of forward passes sailing from the deadly hand of quarterback Randall Dixon, chalked up their second straight conference victory, having defeated Mis-BissiDDt Statn fllrenriv. and left In the wake of their vaunted power a threat for further foes.

Vanderbilt's colorful squad carried out to expectations the system, of their old master. Colonel Dan McGugln who nearly always sends his team onto the field armed with passes, punts and prayer. Touchdowns answered the prayers, passes carried the gold and black to victory and punts forced most of the fighting into Georgia Tech territory. In running up a 21 to 6 lead In the first half. The Commodores benefitted twice by the eagerness of yellow jacket backs to bat up passes, Vanderbilt ball hawks grabbing two batted passes that netted touchdowns.

With the game about eight minutes old, Dixon slipped back for long of the type for which Vanderbilt Is noted. Dick Plasman, great end, was the intended target but Pug Boyd slapped at the ball and It dropped Into the hands of Bobby Oliver, towheaded halfback from Valdosta, who dashed 20 yards for a touchdown. Plasman added the extra point from placement. The Commodores moved again in the first period, featured by a 32 yard sprint by substitute Doug Simpkins, but the Engineers stopped the drive on tha six yard stripe. As Georgia Tech gallantly tried to stem the Vanderbilt assault with a passing attack of its own tha Yellow Jacket secondary knocked another pass into the hands of a Commodore that paved the way for a touchdown early in the second period.

On the first play afterguard Dickinson had intercepted a Tech pass on the letter's 37, the Golden Tornado batted one of Dix-son's tosses into the arms of substitute Dubois who was downed on the six-yard line. Dixon then fired a short pass to Simpkins, subbing at halfback, that, ranir itn tnur-h. down. Plasman converted. The Engineers, taking advantage) of a short punt and aided by aa 18-yard sprint by Johnny Ferguson, scored midway the second period as Sun Dial Martin, substitute halfback raced around right end for six yards and a touchdown.

A few minutes later, Guffee, Vanderbilt tackle, leaped Into the air to snag a Tech "pass and race 33 yards in the goal unmolested. Plasman. again place-kicked the extra point. With Dixon heaving passes right and left, the Commodores marched to the Jacket goal early In the third period, the touchdown coming as Geny, a substitute end slipped into the end zone to receive a 20-yard forward from Dixon. As Vanderbilt's sturdy line repulsed all thrusts, the Golden Tor-nado resorted almost entirely to passes In the fourth period.

With Phillips and Shorty Roberts, regu-lar quarterback, throwing the ball. Roberts slipped to the side of tha field early in the period, jumpd high to grab a pass on the goal line from Hays, substitute halfback, for Tech's second score. Both of tha Jacket attempts for extra points were wide. Neither team threatened thereafter. Harvard Triumphs Over Bates, 12-0 CAMBRIDGE, Oct.

6. UP, Capitalizing two first period scoring opportunities with a pair of touchdowns, Harvard's new football edition turned back a second half uprising by a courageous Bates College eleven to gain a 12-to-0 victory in its opening game today. Held to a single first down In the last two periods and unable to show but little offensive power after the first 10 minutes, the Crim-Bon aggregation was none too impressive, but it had the contest well in hand at all times. Fred Moseley and Ckri the first string "Kted the two touchdown, sg.yaId- ing at the eoncl.iio of th. march on the 73- game and tM two Bates pen- ErieVw.

ntr'butln What a Rally Florida (20) Fob. V. r. I. (13) Rogers I K.

Thomas Ktarbuck LT Banks Turner LG English A. Brown Whalcy Hughea KG Ochs Starke KT Dodge Rlckct BE Negri W. Brown QB Smith Chase LH Holszclaw Beckwith BH Carpenter Stobs FB Dlckerson Score by Florida 0 7 0 18-20 V. P. 1 0 0 0 1313 Summary Scoring touchdowns: Florida, Chase, W.

Brown 2. Points from try after touchdown, Starke, (placement) Rogers, (Pass). Scoring v. P. I-, touchdowns Smith, Dlckerson.

Point from try after touchdown, Negri (placement). Bi the Associated Press BLACKSBURG, Oct. S. Virginia Tech gambled desperately too desperately for victory in a nerve tingling fourth quarter today and Florida's Gators rallied successfully and spectacularly to win the football game, 20 to 13. Scoring twice within ten minutes after the final perio'd opened, the Virginians swept into the lead only to see the lads from the Far South tie the score at 13-all and then go ahead to win when the Techmen gambling everything on victory took to the air.

With the ball on his thirty-yard stripe and three more minutes to go after the 'Gators had deadlocked the score, Tech's field general elected to paBS. The charging Florida forwards swarmed over Duncan Holtzclaw, Tech halfback, before he could turn the ball loose and pounced on the pigskin on Tech's 22-yard line when it bounded out of his arms. A few moments later Wally Brown skirted Tech's right end for the winning touchdown. Chase passed to Rogers for the extra point. The Gators held the upper hand throughout the first half, rolling up seven first downs to one for Tech a spectacular 35-yard dash off tackle by Captain Smith early in the game.

Tech, Its back to the wall, was fighting in its own territory most of the time. Chase, Gator halfback, opened the scoring early in the second period, climaxing a 35-yard advance with an 11-yard dash over guard. Starke added the point from placement. Virginia Tech served notice of the final period fireworks with a third quarter attack that netted five first downs in a row. Keeping possession of the ball almost the entire way, the Techmen twice penetrated beyond the Gators 10-yard stripe, once reaching the four.

The visitors staved off these drives but Tech had the ball again at Florida's 20 after Beckwith puni-ed short Just as the quarter ended. This time the fighting Gobblers could not be denied. With the count fourth down and five to go, Holtzclaw flipped a pass in the flat to Captain Smith who wriggled out of a tackler's arms and galloped across the goal. Negri's try for the point missed by inches and Tech trailed, 7 to 6. Tech gained the chance for its second touchdown drive on a "break" of the game.

Tech kicked off and Stolz, fumbled on his ten-yard line on the second play. Charles Wagley, alert sophomore center, pounced on the oval. Holtzclaw knifed through to the six and an offside penalty put the ball one yard short of the goal. Dlckerson bucked over guard for the score and this time Negri kicked goal as Tech supporters went wild. The joy was shortlived as the Gators took the klckoff and passed and ran their way 70 yards for the tying touchdown.

A fighting Tech line, braced by substitutions, stopped the runnlnh attack at their 45 and it lookea like the uprising had been quelled. With the count fourth down and eight to go, the Gators outsmarted the Tech pass defense. Wall) Brown, wide open just beyond tn scrimmage line, took the pass and raced through behind three interferes who formed before him like a flash and cut down the Tech tacklers. In their running attack the Gators rolled up a slight advantage of 12 yards, gaining 136 to Tech's 124. Florida, however, had an overwhelming advantage in passing, pulling 121 yards on five aerials, while Tech tried nine and completed one for a gain of lb yards.

Princeton Crushes Little Amherst, 75-0 PRINCETON, N. Oct. 6. UP) Displaying an even more powerful attack than that which carried it through an undefeated season in 1933, the Princeton football team burled little Amherst today, to win its opening engagement 75-0. Not since 1890 when the Tiger team defeated Columbia by 85-0, had a Princeton eleven gained such a decisive victory.

It was made more pleasant to a majority of the 10,000 spectators by the fact that Coach Fritz Crtsler used and found capable a host of substitutes. At the upper left are a couple of huskies who do their football chores out on the west coast. The lad squatting over the oval is Howard Christie, pivot man of the California Bears. Right next to him, about to heave a pass, is Jay Hprnbeak, great blocking quarterback of the University of Washington the eleven that humbled Southern California yesterday. At the upper right are two of Tennessee's ace backfleld performers, fullback Palmer who about to receive the ball.

Just above 4s Ken Moeller, a lad who snags passes for California, shown demonstrating how he does It. Right next to him Is Ed Bromlnski, heaver extraordinary for Lou Little at Columbia. South Bend By the Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Oct. 6. The Longhorns of the University of Texas, led by the brilliant Bohn Hilllard, stampeded through Elmer Layden's first Notre Dame team Saturday for a 7 to 6 lntersectional victory before 33,000 fans.

A brisk north breeze played havoc with kicks, and fumbles led to the scores of both teams. Texas won In the first two minutes when George Melinkovich fumbled the klckoff and Jack Gray, Texas left end, recovered on the Notre Dame 14 yard linc. Hilllard and High Wolfe pounded at the Rambler tackles and on the fourth play Hilllard scored, and then booted a place kick for the point. Notre Dame lost a chance to tie In the next period after Buster Bae-bel, sub quarterback of the Texas eleven, fumbled a punt, kicked it back toward his own goal, scooped it up and then dropped it again where John Michuta, Irish tackle, covered it on the nine yard line, Fred Carideo and Melinkovich plunged to the three and Pilney swept out past the end to be thrown outside one yard from the goal, then Melinkovich hit left guard for a touchdown. Millner tried a place kick, but the ball went wide, and with it Notre Dame's chance to give Its new coach an opening victory.

Scores by periods: Texas 7 0 0 07 Notre Dame 0 6 0 06 Texas scoring touchdown: Hilllard; point from try after touchdown. Hilllard (placekick). Notre Dame scoring: touchdown, Melinkovich. I This Year's Team Looms AsQntroTBest Ever 1lad At School LProspects for one of the great est BWlJUIIUIlg aquaua lit um uiaiuty of Palm Beach High loom this year with over 125 candidates out up to present writing, Coach Lyle Hiatt, whose charges captured third honors at the state meet at Winter Park last spring, has his splashers working out every afternoon after school at Lido Pool and with so many of his speediest performers from last year back In school, has visions of turning In a win in the state meet this A total of 77 turned out at the Initial call the early part of the week and the group grew every afternoon until a total of 125 had reelstered by Friday. In this group are a bunch of well-known names Including that of Vltol Shepard, Palm Beach youngster who made such a great showing at the A.

A. U. meet in the junior division here last April. Included In the crew of veterans back are Mavorette and Harriett Riddle, Dot Burke, Mary Claire Foster, Irene Fremd, Anne Agnes and Helen Martin, Jane Harvey, Valerie Molyneaux. Betty -Gene Thorpe, Betty Harvey, Doris Davis, Polly Brown, Nora Filer, Kate Ferrln, Virginia Whitaker, James Mahoney.

Louis Sartor, Allen Shepard. Vitol Shepard. Colin Robinson, John Mott, Ellsworth Schultz, Gene Barto, Fred Seelman, Mickey Frary, Bob Frary, Bob Hart, Martin Gold. Devereux Deakin. Glen and Jim Brower, Rick Albertson, Jimmy O'Bannon.

Several of this gang will not be available for high school action, being post graduates, but will be available for A. A. U. competition. A newcomer at the high school, John Porath, from Detroit, looms as a find.

Tulane Has Little Trouble Subduing Plainsmen, 13-0 By the Associated Prcsa MONTGOMERY, Oct. 6 Alabama's Crimson Tide rolled over a scrappy Sewanee eleven 35 to 6 In Cramton Bowl this afternoon in the opening game of the Tide's defense of the 1933 Southeastern Conference title. Led by Dixie Howell, Alabama' brilliant halfback, the Tide ran up 21 first downs against two for the Tigers from the University of the South and completed eight out of 15 attempted passes. Sewanee score came in the second quarter as Ruch, Tiger fullback intercepted an Alabama pass on his fifteen yard line and sprinted 85 yards for a touchdown. The Crimson line smothered Ruch's attempted placekick.

Alabama started its scoring in the first after Poage's weak punt went out of bounds on Sewanee's 35 yard line, Demyanovich, the Tide's powerful fullback, plunged through to the 20, and Howell passed to Angelich on Sewanee's 11. A moment later Demyanovich went over for the score from the one yard line and Riley Smith converted. On the first play after the kick-off, Ruch of Sewanee attempted to paas and Angelich Kama halfback, Intercepted the pass and stepped 25 yards for the score. Again Smith converted. Howell brought the stands to their feet at the third quarter opened by breaking through right tackle, reversing his field and dashing sixty yards for a touchdown.

Again Smith converted. Another Alabama drive 4ed by Demyanovich and Boozer, a sub back, carried the pigskin down to the Sewanee two yard line and the pile driving fullback split the line open for the score. Smith booted his fourth straight point. An intercepted Sewanee pass led to the final score in the fourth quarter. After White, sub fullback, carried the ball to the 18 yard line Boozer slipped away around left end for a touchdown.

Gandy, sub end, converted. Score by periods: Alabama 14 0 14 735 Sewanee 0 6 0 06 Alabama scoring. Touchdowns, Howell 2, Angelich, Boozer and Demyanovich. Points after touchdown Smith 4, Gandy (from placement). Sewanee: Touchdown, Ruch.

Gaels Best Bears In Great 7-0 Tilt EERKELEY, Oct. 6. (JP St. Mary's galloping Gaels wrote a vivid chapter into their 1934 football history with a stirring 7 to 0 victory Saturday over California's giant Bears, a feat that brought thunderous ovation from 65,000 frenzied fans. Four minutes after California had won the toss and kicked off, the alert Gaels, who learn their football under smiling Edward "Slip" Madigan, saw and seized their chance to rush over the touchdown that turned the tables on a time honored gridiron foe.

Northwestern Loses To Iowa Gang, 20-7 DYCHE STADIUM, EVANS-TON, 111., Oct. 6. UP-Iowa's Infantrymen, striking savagely three times, conqured Northwestern' air minded gridiron forces Saturday 20 to 7, in a dazzling offensive battle at Dyche Stadium. Northwestern staged a brilliant aerial raid, but for all of the accuracy of George Potter's right arm, it could not overcome the battering drives of Dick Crayne, the Hawkeye's 195-pound fullback, nOr thA twidt.infr SnilirmlnfV vnB r.f Oze Simmons. Vols' Strong Eleven Turns Back Valiant Tar Heel Gang 19-7 CHAPEL HIIX, N.

Oct. 6. M) A valiant hand of Tar Heels of the University North Carolina were turned hack by a strong and aggressive Volunteer football team of the University of Tennessee here this afternoon, 19 to 7. The Tar Heels led through half the game by a one-point margin, both elevens scoring In the opening minutes of play, but determined Tennessee offensive rolled over a touch-, down In each of the last periods. Krouse, Vaughn and Dorsey carried the burden for Tennessee.

Score by periods: Tennessee A 0 6 7 19 North Carolina 7 0 0 07 Tennessee scoring: Touchdowns Krouse, Vaughn, Dorsey. Point after touchdown Dorsey (placement). North Carolina scoring: Touchdown W. Moore. Folnt after touchdown Daniel (placement).

WILLIE G0GG1N LEADS WASHINGTON MEET Shoots Par-Busting 67 To Set Pace In Opening Round Bv the Associated Prest WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. Long hitting Willie Goggin, San Francisco pro, shot a record breaking 67 Saturday to pace a field of 100 golfers in the national capital open at Kenwood. A rain-soaked course with pools of water on many greens proved no handicap to Goggin or to Wild Bill Melhorn, Louisville, pro, who trailed the Californian with a sub-par 69. Par is 70.

Goggln's 67 was one stroke below the record for the tournament set last year by Tommy Armour. At the end of the day's play, 58 professionals and 5 amateurs had qualified with an 80 or better for a final 36 holes Sunday. The pros will battle for $2,000 in cash prizes, $600 for the winner. Roger Peacock, Washington, topped the amateurs with 71 which gave him fourth place for the day. Bobby Cruickshank, Richmond, pro.

finished third with Chandler Harper, Portsmouth, amateur who turned professional for this tournament pushed his way into fifth place with 72. Bracketed with him were Charles Schneider of Concordvllle, and Charles Lacey, of Great Neck, Long Island. Washington State Humbles Trojans LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6 VP) Washington State outplayed and outthought Southern California Saturday to send the down to defeat in their first Pacific Coast conference game 19 to 0. Fifty thousand fans saw the fighting Cougars make the breaks work for them in the first half and then score on their own in the second half.

Goddard, a quarterback with a well educated toe and great throwing arm, and Brett, a tall end who starred both on offense and defense, offered a puzzle the Trojans never solved. Stanford Tramples Over Oregon State In 17-0 Encounter PORTLAND, Oct, 6. OP) Pouring on the power In the second half, the mighty Stanford Cardinals blanked Oregon State College 17 to 0 today In opening their drive towards the Pacific Coast conference football championship. Jim Moscrlp, fancy-stopping Stanford end, started the string of victory points In the second period. He kicked a field goal from the 23-yard line, aa straight and true as Dizzy Dean's fast ball.

After being held away from a touchdown by the margin of 12 Inches early In the first quarter, the Cardinal running attack finally began functioning in great style In the last half. Captain Robert "Bone" Hamilton and Charles Lead-better rang up touchdowns in the third and fourth periods, respectively. Moscrlp converted the two extra points from placement. TO WIN OVER OLD EL Star of Rose Bowl Clash Last January Scores Twice; Score 12-6 By the Associated Press NEW HAVEN. Oct.

6. Al Barabas, who led Columbia to a Rose Bowl triumph over Stanford last January, repeated his act here Saturday as the Lions downed Yale 12 to 6 in the season's football opener for both teams. Nearly 20,000 rain-drenched spectators, primed for one of the blg-zest Inaugurals In the. annals of Eastern football, saw the fleet an wirv Barabas score both of Colurr hla's touchdowns and miss a thiri by a bare inch or so a few mlnutas before tne timeneeper souna taDS. Out-nlaved In everv departmen of the game except passing, Yale rushed out a young master of the passing art named Jerome Roscoe, who tossed them from all directions in the last period to dent the touchdown column once and save the Blue from the chagrin of a shutout.

Midway of the first period Barabas sprinted and side-stepped 71 yards for a score. In the third, he led a thunderous 75-yard march down the field and took the ball over himself. Score by periods: Columbia 6 0 6 012 Yale 0 0 0 66 Columbia scoring Touchdowns: Barabas 2. Yale scoring: touchdown Kelly (sub for Train). Field Goal Gives Badgers 3-0 Win MADISON, Oct.

6. (A) A field goal that culminated a 63-yard drive in the last few seconds of play, gave Wisconsin a 3 to 0 victory over Marquette in the Badger's opening game today. Time for only one more play remained when the Badgers decided to stake their chances on a goal from placement. Mario Pacettl, husky Badger tackle, stepped back to his 20 yard line and booted the ball between the uprights just before the gun sounded. is kicking and quarterback MoseS By the Associated Prest NEW ORLEANS, Oct.

6. Tulane University's Green Wave took a calm 13-to-0 victory over the Au burn Plainsmen here today In a game which sometimes looked like a Sunday Bchool picnic on which somebody forgot to bring the lunch. Bucky Brian. Tulane halfback. who can usually be counted on for a couple of spectacular runs, took the ball on the Auburn 17-yard line In the second quarter after Charley Kyle, Tulane end, recovered a Plainsmen fumble, and ambled around left end for the first score Simons place kicked for the extra.

Things see-sawed then, until the third quarter, when little Monk Simons, Tulane half, Bryan and Stanley Lodrigues took turns in carrying the ball down the field until Simons tossed a beautiful pass from the 15-yard line, to Dick Hardy, end. who took it on the goal line and went across standing up. Simons place kick for the extra point was blocked. Then, in the final quarter, with only a scant time to play, Auburn came to life after Hamp Williams, Auburn end, recovered Bryan's fumble on a bad pass from center on the Tulane 27-yard line. Robert Coleman, Auburn substi tute fullback, plowed through for extra yardage gains.

On the 11-jard line, Aubry Hill, substitute quarterback, hurled a fine pass into the hands of Williams behind the goal line. Williams took the ball, held it momentarily, and then dropped it as ne whb tackled. Score by periods: Auburn 0 0 0 0 0 Tulane 0 7 6 013 Summary: Scoring Tulane touch. downs: Simons, Hardy; points after touchdown, Simons. First downs, Auburn Tulane 12.

Penalties, Auburn 10; Tulane 20. Post-Times Series Broadcast Will Be Given Again Today If you haven't made your plans for enjoying today's world series clash between the Cardinals and Tigers, why not be one of those in a ringside seat at the American Legion arena on Clematis street for The Post-Times broadcast? Direct from the playing field at St Louis by radio, with Bob Eaves of Neel Electric In charge of operations, the play-by-play results are brought to West Palm Beach and flashed to the fans via a huge magnetlo scoreboard. Simultaneously with the actual action fans here can visualize the play by watching tne big board. A crowd of 500 or more were In the audience which listened in on Saturday's broadcast. There are plenty of seats under cover and It's much more fun to be with the gang.

Game time today Is 2:30 o'clock West Palm Beach time. Kings Landed Six kingfieh. weighing from 8 to 18 pounds each, were caught oy E. L. Jones of Atlanta, Federal tr.ni-neer, and W.

Manly King of this city, while fishing Saturday in the Gulf Stream aboard Captain Frank Soderberg's Sallfish. Each angler caught three fish. 4.