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THE PITTSBURGH PRESS. SUNDAY. OCTOBER 4 1945 DCSllUD tf 7 It ffrf SMOHW By CHESTER L. SMITH Sports Editor PAGE 39 Steve Contos (18) of Michigan State recovering Pitt fumb le on Pitt's 25-yard line in first quarter. State then scored.

Robinson Scampers 93 Yards For Panthers' Only Touchdown Duke Beats Wake Forest In Southern Thriller, 26-19 Clark Shakes Loose for Three Touchdowns On Runs of 69, 58 and 17 Yards WAKE FOREST, N. Oct. 13 (UP) Duke had to call on all its power today to down a fighting Wake Forest team, 26-19, in a Southern Conference thriller Underdog Spartans Show Power And Score Twice in Opening Half Irish Swamp Dartmouth, 34-0 Regulars Play First Quarter Only SOUTH BEND, Oct. 13 (UP) Notre Dame, after establishing overwhelming superiority with its "varsity" in the first quarter of the game, used its second, third and fourth teams the rest of the way to steamroller Dartmouth, 34 to 0. today for the Irish's third consecutive victory.

By CHESTER L. SMITH, The Press Sports Editor Pitt's Panthers unexpectedly stepped on a live wire at the Stadium yesterday and got the shock of their young lives a 12-7 defeat by a Michigan State eleven that had "I'm always sorry to see the baseball season end," a reporter pal remarked wistfully over a tall glass in the press headquarters in Chicago last week. After a pause, he added: "Now it will be football and I never did know what was going on at a football game. Too much confusion. Baseball is a nice, orderly sport.

When the batter hits the ball, he has only one place to run first base. But what about a halfback? Where's he going? Who the hell knows, including me? And everybody tears off in different directions so as to confuse the opponents. "I don't know about them, but there's one guy he always fools. I'm him. A silly pastime, if there ever was one." I observed it was news to me that he and football ever made contact.

"Not often," he conceded, "but sometimes. In 1928 I was unlucky enough to be on my way back from a baseball meeting in Chicago the day Carnegie Tech was to play New York University. Ordinarily, such an important battle would have called for close attention from one or more of our experts but it seemed the Har-vards and Yales were also playing that day. All the master minds were at Cambridge, although I suspect either Tech or NYU could have murdered either, or both. "So the editor sends me word to stop off in Pittsburgh.

The first thing I did was hurry to the hotel where the NYUs were staying to consult Chick Meehan, their coach. 'What's your I ask, and Chick says, 'Same as last 'That's fine, but what was it last "Chick says he is tickled to have me cover the game because he is sure I will not give away any of his secrets. "I tell him I am positive the rival coaches will not get hep to the Violets' inside stuff through reading what I will write and in fact, the public who buys my paper may also be -left in the dark. Chick advises, 'all you need to do is keep an eye on our boy, Ken Strong. He will be the ball "And he was, too.

Meanwhile, I had traced the Strong family back for many generations, so when he cut loose I wrote a biography of him, inserting a touchdown here and there. The editor congratulated me and said he had no idea I had a genius for reporting football. I have been in trouble ever since. "AVhy, it was only last fall that I wandered into the Polo Grounds one Sunday afternoon in November and found the New York Giants playing the Washington Redskins a contest on the gridiron. Thinking I might find Horace Stoneham to talk some baseball, I am strolling past the press boxes when an old operator friend beckons me.

"'Come here, he urges, 'I am in a Then he explains how they have put him on a telegraph wire to send the play by play to Washington where some enterprising gent has rigged up a big board and is charting the game as it goes along. 'Gimme a he pleads. 'I know from nothing about "That made the two of us, but you can't desert a man at a time like that, so I sit down and we go to work. "Frankly, I am surprised at our mutual success. We are moving along handsomely with never a squawk from the other end of the wire, and I am so impressed with our work that I tell my friend to ask our clients how we are doing.

This he does. There is a brief pause before our instrument begins clicking the answer. 'What are they I ask, and my friend leans over and whispers: 'They say everything is fine, but how are we going to get the ball back in the ballpark. According to their chart, it's out in Eighth Ave. "This does not dishearten us in the least, however.

The game continues until there is a pause while whistles blow and men run out with buckets and sponges. Some poor soul is injured, I think to myself, but apparently his hurts are not serious, for soon they resume, with one alteration. Whereas the ball previously had rested on the Redskins' 40-yard line, it is now on the Giants' 40. "I conclude someone has erred, but who am I to raise an objecting voice, and so we continue as though nothing has happened. "My friend, the operator, nudges me and says the Washington people want to know who made that 20-yard gain.

I replied, 'that is something no one will ever be able to "How was I to know the quarter had ended?" He sighed. "Excuse me," he said, "but I'm going to ask the man for a refill. Maybe it will help me forget." dropped into town with no great reputation behind it. This was not at all as it had been written in the tually all departments. On the first play of the game, Clark slashed off tackle, cut to the left and raced 69 yards, untouched, for the opening touchdown.

The Deacons bounced back and scored less than three minutes later when Sacrinty fired a pass from the Duke 37 to End John Bruno, who lateralled to Dave Harris for the score. Scores on First Play Wake Forest moved out front in the second period when Sacrinty passed 30 yards to Harris, who lateralled to Dave Harris for the score. Wake Forest moved out front in the second period when Sacrinty passed 30 yards to Harris, who lateralled to Dick Demetriou. De-metriou gathered the ball in on the five and scooted across the goal. The Blue Devils came back a few minutes later and tied the count at 13-all when Clark raced around left end for 17 yards.

Clark Goes Again Shortly after the fourth quarter opened, Clark dashed 57 yards off tackle to put the Blue Devils ahead 20-13. Undaunted, the Demon Deacons came back with Sacrinty firing aerials all over the field. Taking the kick off on their own 5, they marched 65 yards for a score, Sacrinty passing to Carol Worth-ington for the touchdown. Guard Ernie Knotts blocked Bo Sacrinty's kick to keep the Dukes ahead, 20-19. In the final minutes, the Blue Devils scored again for a clincher when Al McCully smashed across from the three after Jim Larue's pass interception had put them in the shadows of the goal.

Sutherland Back From Naval Duty Dr. Jock Sutherland, the famed "Great Stone Face" of Pitt football, was a Pittsburgher again today. The former Panther and Brooklyn Dodger coach, a lieutenant commander in the Navy the last two and a half years, returned to the city late Friday. He last served as commanding officer of the Naval Rest Center at DeLand, Fla. Tp complete the cycle.

Dr. Sutherland is occupying the same room at the Pittsburgh Athletic Assn. he had for many years before the war. What 'his future plans are, Dr. Sutherland could not say.

"I'm going to loaf for a few weeks, get accustomed to civilian clothes again and then look for a he chuckled when' asked if he intended to resume coaching. Sutherland's name already has been linked with the coaching post of the Pittsburgh Steelers and several other professional teams. It was understood he has also been approached by several colleges. Dr. Sutherland attended the Pitt-Michigan State game at the stadium yesterday.

It was his first look at the team he once coached since 1942. advance script, which had been in Pitt's favor by estimates that ranged from two touchdowns to more, but the way the game was played it was precisely as it should have been, as the most partisan of the 15,000 spectators would have to agree. The Spartanswere workmanlike, aggressive and able to drain the last drop out of an attack that was built along sound, conservative lines. They made few mistakes and skillfully parlayed their two touchdowns both in the first half to the limit. Pitt Errors Costly The Panthers, oh the other hand, were constantly committing errors of omission and commission, a fatal lapse against so sharp an opponent.

Pitt did not score until the third minute of the last period when Jimmy Joe Robinson, the Connells- ville freshman, picked off a punt on his own seven-yard Jine and went like the wind down the sideline the full 93 yards. After Mike Roussos had place- kicked the conversion on his second attempt the Spartans having been offside on the first the Panthers were back in the game. Back Leads Way As a whole the guests 'from Michigan were sprightly up front in the line, and in Jacwier Breslin of Battle Creek, they presented an all-around back who stood out above anyone else on the field. Breslin drove hard into the middle, sprinted off the tackles and passed and kicked. With Russell Reader, he provided the Spartans with' an overhead threat that had the Panthers bewildered during the first half.

Breslin put over Michigan State's second touchdown after Steve Con tos had provided the lead that was not to be relinquished. A 38-yard forward pass early in the opening quarter sent the Staters on their merry way. Reader pitched it from his own 41 and before Nick Ziegler, the receiver, could be pulled down he was on Pitt's 21. Reader and Contos then teamed up in a good for 17 yards but after a fumble had lost 10, Reader made up six of it with a flip to Contos and the latter shredded Pitt's right tackle for the remaining nine yards. Intercepts Pass The pattern for the Spartans' second score began to take shape late in the period when Constantino Barbas, a substitute end, Intercepted a Billy Wolff pass and sneaked 33 yards to the Panther 22.

Pitt eased the pressure shortly after the opening of the second quarter, but the Spartans clamped it on again with another intercep tion, and this time they made it stick. Breslin was the rascal who 'perpetrated the outrage, snatching the throw by Wolff on Pitt's 33 where he was tackled. Contos imme diately swept the right flank for 11 yards and after two short stabs Reader strong-armed a pass to Contos that carried 14 yards to the three. Breslin scored on the ensuing Footboll COLLEGE DISTRICT Mich. 12 PITT 1 Fletchr G.

Hos.25 0 Navy 28 PENN STATE 0 EAST Army 28 Michigan 7 Colgate 47 Lafayette 0 Columbia ....27 Yale 13 Drexel 19 CCNY 7 19 Connecticut 0 Harvard 21 Rochester 13 Lincoln 25 Delaware 13 Penn 49 N. 0 Princeton 14 Cornell 6 Rhode Island. 10 Maine 7 RPI 18 Coast 7 Rutgers 19 6 Tufts 64 Worcester 0 Ursinus 53 Penna Military 6 MIDWEST Alma 13 Albion 12 Bowling Case 7 Capital 38 Ken on 0 Central 26 Wayne 0 Cornell (Iowa) 19 Simpson 0 Dekalb Macomb Tchrs. 6 Denison 13 Wooster 6 DePauw 27 Ohio Wesley'n. 0 Gus.

Adotphus.20 St. Thomas. ..13 Heidelberg 7 Otterbein 7 Illinois Wes 20 Charlestn Tch. 0 Indiana 54 Nebraska 14 Indiana State. 38 Central Norm.

0 Lawrence 20 Beloit 0 Langston 29 Lincoln 13 Marquette ....55 Kansas 13 Miami (Ol 21 West. Mich 13 Milwkee Tchrs.38 Stevens Pt Tch 7 Minnesota 14 Fort Warren 0 Minnesota St. Olaf 0 Missouri 13 Iowa 7 Notre 34 Dartmouth 0 Oberlin 25 Baldwin-WalL. 7 Ohiot State 12 Wisconsin 0 Ohio 20 Cincinnati ...19 Purdue 40 Iowa 0 S. III.

Normal 33 III. Normal 19 Valparaiso ...33 North Central 0 Wabash 0 Ball St. 0 Wheaton 38 Concordia 0 Wichita 25 Cen. Mis Tchrs 0 SOUTH Alabama 55 So. Carolina.

0 Ala. A 6 Benedict 2 Bluefield 21 Shaw 0 Clemson 7 Pensacola 6 Corpus Christi 34 Bergstrom Fid. 0 Duke 26 Wake forest A9 Eastern Tchrs. 7 Murray 7 Fla. A Ala.

State 2 Georgia 48 Kentucky 6 Georgia Tech. 43 Howard 0 Hampton 7 6 Ky. State 13 Knoxville 0 L. S. 31 Texas A-M 12 Milligan 9 Appalachian 7 Mississippi ....27 La.

Tech 21 Mississippi 41 Detroit 6 Newberry 28 Guilford 0 N. Carolina Winston-Salem 0 Springfld. Tch.20 Mo. Mines 13 Tennessee ....23 0 Vanderbilt 7 Florida 0 VMI 21 N. Carolina Wm.

38 VPI 0 SOUTHWEST Baylor 23 Arkansas 13 Rice 13 Tulane 7 Texas 12 Oklahoma 7 Texas Coll 35 Ark. State 9 WEST Aberdeen Wes. 33 Camp Bealr. ..21 Colorado ..21 Concordia 0 Farragut Navy.18 Nevada 19 New 6 Oregon State. .19 Redlands 47 San DiegoNTC.33 St.

Mary's 61 Tulsa 18 UCLA 13 Utah State 44 Washington ft Winnipeg Bmb.21 Northern Nor. 0 Williams 0 Colorado 6 N. D. Aggies Idaho 7 Santa Barb. M.14 Colorado 4 Oregon 6 Pomona 0 USC 6 Col.

of Pacific 0 Texas Tech. 7 California 0 Montana 13 Wash. fl North Dakota. 16 HIGH SCHOOL Adams Twp. Aspinwall Bnrgettstown Clark Coraopolis Donora E.

Huntingdon Ford City Franklin Freeport Glassport Grove Hopewell Hurst Kiski Latrobe Ligonier Marion 13 Windber 7 13 Verona 7 32 Chester 0 32 St. Luke 0 20 Neville 0 45 Charleroi 0 .6 Derry Boro. 0 20 Leechburg ....13 13 Greenville 0 2(5 West 7 26 Elizabeth 0 33 Titusville 6 6 Monaca 6 6 Jeannette 0 19 Mercersburg 6 6 Altoona 6 12 Penn Twp 0 26 East Pike 6 18 Turtle Creek ..14 13 Sharpsburg 6 Munhall Plum Point Marion. 29 ML Morris 0 Ramsay Sewick'y Twp. Swissvale Trinity Vandergrift Waynesburg 19 Trafford 12 20 Im.

Concep'n 0 24 Braddock 0 7 New Brighton. 0 32 Butler 0 40 California 0 Scores before a crowd of 20,000. It was Galloping George Clark, the whiz-kid from Wilson. N. who spelled the difference between the two teams.

He shook loose for touchdown runs of 69, 58 and 17 yards. The underdog Demon Deacons, sparked by Tailback Nick Sacrinty, forced the Dukes to go the limit. In the matter of statistics, Wake Forest showed a superiority in vir- Columbia Trims Yale, 27 to 1 3 Lightweight Back Stars for Lions NEW YORK, Oct. 13 (UP) Gene Rossides. a lightweight halfback with a buggy-whip for an arm, led Columbia's Lions to a 27-13 victory over Yale today as Ivy League football bounced back with a bang.

Rossides had plenty of help from Les Thompson, an end, who made catches all over Baker Field, and from Lou Kusserow, his hard-driving mate in the Columbia backfield. A crowd of almost 30,000 yelled themselves red-faced as Yale almost ran the home-team Lions out of the stadium in the first half. Plenty of Red Faces And there were plenty of other red faces, too, among the fans and writers who had refused to believe Game's Statistics COLUMBIA TALE First downs 14 115 Net yards rushins: 1T5 16n yards passing 146 12 Forwards attempted 1 Forwards completed 8 5 Forwards 1 2 Balls fumbled 3 1 Ball lost on 3 3" Yards penalized 25 that Coach Lou Little was serious when he described this team as one of his best. Paul Walker, Yale's end who towered over the field all day, started the scoring when he made a circus catch of Art- Dako's pass on a 34-yard play, climaxing a 73 yard march in the first quarter. Columbia Comes Back Columbia roared back to Yale's 26 but old Eli stiffened and inaugurated an 84-yard march of its own to the Columbia five.

An interception stopped the drive but the hard-driving Yale backs kept the play in Columbia territory. A field goal attempt by Nick Fus-silli failed but Dave Eicher intercepted a Columbia pass and took it to the Columbia 12 from where Yale quickly scored, with Tom Scannell going over on a reverse from the five. Columbia fans were feeling pretty sad but an entirely different flock of Lions came out for the second half and Rossides became the star performer. His first pitch was a 20-yarder to Thompson. The latter tock the ball on the Yale 45 and staggered across the goal with Bulldog tacklers snapping at his ankles.

Passes for Touchdown Three minutes later Rossides connected with a shot to Thompson in the end zone from 22 yards out. Tony Venutclo kicked his second extra point and Columbia, leading 14-13, had the game in the bag. The third touchdown was anti-climactic but it produced the thrill of the day because Rossides violated all the textbook rules about ball-carrying and reversed his field four times when seemingly trapped on his own 40. He got away with it and at the last moment let go with a heave to Emil Ladyk, who came to rest on the Yale one. Kusserow scored on a sweep around end and Walt Kondratovich went the same route for the culminating score just before the game ended.

Position COLOMBIA LE Laiiyko LT Smith LG Venutolo Smadark RG Holdnak KT Bowers TALE Hooiws Ballard Ontario Eicher HoUina-shead PE Thompson Walker Will Dakos LH Rocsides Penn RH Kondratovich Kirk Kusserow Scannell rclumma 0 14 13 Yale 6 7 0 0 13 Scorinr Walker. Scannell. Thompson 2. Kusserow. Kondratovich.

Points aiter touchdowns Fusilh. Venutolo 3. Substitutes: Columbia Ends: PohertT. Frwlal. Tackle: Hampton Bnr.

Bowers. Greim. Kaleda Guard: Schecter. Centers: Thomas, Blonder. Backs: Olson.

Bleasdale. Caruso. Nork Yale End: Tackles: Herron. Prreevich. Guard- Shaffner.

Backs; 5a- Terese. Dunklin. Gher. The Ivy League team, making its first midwestern appearance of the season before 45,000 fans, didn't have a chance. The Irish rolled up a 13-point first period lead and then added a touchdown a quarter although Coach Hughie Devore poured 50 men into the game.

First Play Scores The way Devore's youthful and surprising team smashed to victory left the impression that Notre Dame is a much stronger team than Game's Statistics, NOTRE DAME DARTMOUTH 1 First downs. 334 yards 84 yards 4 Forwardn attempted 2 completed. 1 intercepted. 1 Fumbles 1 lost on fumbles. S.5 Yards 1 4 30 rated.

The 1945 Irish now have whipped Illinois. Georgia Tech and Dartmouth, rolling up an aggregate score of 81 to 7. The Irish scored on the first play of the game. Quarterback Frank Dancewicz pitched 39 yards to HaJf-back Phil, Colella. The fleet freshman took the ball on the Dartmouth 30, eluded the Big Green secondary and scored standing up.

Substitute Stan Krivik dropkicked the conversion and the Fightin' Irish were off to a roaring start. Regulars Benched Early In complete command, the Irish sefit their running power at Dart- mouths flanks and moved from midfield to the Easterner's four-yard line late in the first period from where Dancewicz passed to End Bob Skoglund for the second touchdown. Krivik fumbled and was sAiothered on his conversion attempt, but the Irish led 13 to 0 and that was enough for Devore, who benched his first stringers. Notre Dame's second string quickly got the idea. In the second quarter Bill Zehler slashed over right tackle from the 24 and scored standing up.

In the third quarter Krivik made it No. 4. and in the final quarter, Deutsch fumbled on his own 14 where the Irish recovered and sent Joe Yonto over in six plays. Position NOTKE DAME DARTMOUTH L.E Skoglund Rusch L.T Phleg-er L.G. Masirangelo Bisaie Walsh Alexander R.G Rovai McKinnon R.T Berezny Harvey R.E Cromn Gould Q.B Dancewicz Frost.

Colella Howard R.H Brennan Stevens F.B Ruffferio Swanson Notre Dame 13 7 7 7 34 Touchdowns Collela. Skoglund. Zehler. Krivik. Yonto.

Points after touchdowns Krivik 3. Skoglund. Substitutes: Notre Dame Ends: Leonards. Flynn. Ooela.

Bush. White. Clark. O'Connor. Hoebins.

Burnett. Tackles: Fischer. Vainizi Russel Glaah 1Tiirrnka Debuouno. Raba. Guards: Potter.

"Scott. Oracko. Fallon. Fay. Skalmazek.

Lesko. Centers: Grofhails Shrlhr fttanrxral frok. Backs: Gasparella. Ratterman. Tn-pucka.

Anzsman. Zbler. Gompers. AiTtone. Slovak.

Heman. Panelli. Krivik. Yonto. Dartmouth Ends: Falkin.

Birdsll. Tackles: Johannessan. Boyd. Guards: Hoekelman. Centers: O'Neill.

Backs: Deutsch. Howard. BeoKer. Sullivan, Powers. Fromson.

O'Brien. Miler. Lyle Clarno (Bradley). rtm- P're t. Kriegrer t)hio Field ludee Bernard Darlinc: fBeloit).

Linesman t. i. curtiss tChK-ns-o). bowl label, swamped South Position ALABAMA S. CAROLINA L.E Gibson arris L.T Terhzzi McDonald L.G Bush Ball Gambrell Meeks 3 Tilippim Belmly Tassidy Couch R.E Grantham Self Isom L.H Morrow Maginn 5H Corbit Brembs Grant Sid'man Alabama 27 14 14 0 55 Touchdowns: Grant Q.

Pettu. Gilmer. Tew. Hodjres. Scales 2.

Points after touchdown Morrow- 7. Substiutes: Alabama Ends: Cam. Moorer. Stiener. Tackles: Whittley Collins.

Hixon Guards: Wozniak. Green Center: Mancha. Lockridse. Backs: Gil mer. cale.

Hodses. Tew. Fedak. Robertson. Pettus.

South Carolina Ends: Smith. Daniels Tackles: 'Mortimer. Strobe). Guard: Har rison. Center; Cumminss.

Backs: Sharkey Hanson. Carr. touchdowns in the second period and two more In the third. Third and fourth stringers played the last period which was scoreless. Alabama made 447 yards rushing while South Carolina ended up with a net loss of one yard.

Game's Statistics PTTT MICHIGAN STATE number first 14 downs, rushinsr. First downs, forward passing 8 downs on 1 Net yards gained, rushinjr. f4 pains from forward passes.130 Net guns from lateral passes Tet yards from offense Tlavs.lP4 Yardage of intercepted passes, as of punt 43 of kickoff returns. 47 Net yards gained. Forward nasses thrown I.i in 8 1 1 29 ion 12 Oi 303 15 3 1 orward passes completed passes interoepted.

Laterals completed Number of pejialties. lost, on 3 4 14 45 or punts. 41 15. Average distance nf 15 2 lost on 4 Fumbles 5 Own fumbles recovered 5 0 Opponents' fumbles recovered. 1 1 play a sweep to the short side.

The Panthers were a thoroughly whipped and startled team at the intermission. They had made only three first downs to nine and had not penetrated inside the Spartans' 20-yard line. Pitt Comes Back But they did come back to dominate the entire third period when State had possession of the ball only three times. Pitt might have won a touchdown for its efforts, but on one occasion a lateral by Jack Smodic backfired for a 14-yard loss and later on State was able to fend off a drive that carried to the 12-yard line where a last ditch pass came to grief. There was one more opportunity awaiting the Panthers, after Robinson's spectacular run on which he played hide and seek with the sideline almost all the ay.

Smodic Thrown for Loss The gate was opened by George Ranii. who got in front of a Breslin pass on Michigan State's 48 and lugged it to the 35. But once again the game Staters threw sand in the machinery and when Smodic's fourth-down pass went awry, the Spartans took command on their 29. With minutes remaining Ziegler nipped the last Panther threat when he charged and threw Smodic for a loss of 14 yards as the latter essayed to pass. Ziegler not only dropped his man on the 10-yard line but forced Leo Skladany to punt and turn the ball over to the Staters.

All they needed to do then was hang on and wait out the clock, which they did with ease. Position PITT MICHIGAN STATE L.E Skladany Ziefler L.T Chuffi Vezmar L.G Mattioli Black C. Kosh Pae.l RG Rami Lamssies R.T Johnson Esbaueh R.E McPeak Huey Ralko Conti L.H Robinson Reader R.H Zimmovan Contos Roussos Breslin Michigan State 0 12 Pittsburrh 0 7 1 Michigan State scoring- Touchdowns Contos. Breslin. Missed try for point Jlalasra 3 (placement kicks.

Substitutions Pitt: End 1 m. Takles Rozanski. Cerrone. Guards Rozanski. Center Smith.

Backs Wolff. Smodic Wertman, Douglas. Foley. Lozar. Michigan State: Ends Barbas.

Mszza Tackles Tipton. Tesin. Guards Godfrey. Pojawowski. Center Stewart.

Back Johnson. Malar a. Borart. Aronson. Foster LHendricks.

Keteree Koine K. Barnum in. Hmpire 1. C. Gibson ()Vth ern.

Field iudse Russell H. Rir Lebanon Valley). Linesman Joel 7 Nnrcnaller Heidelbere everything we did went wrong. Oi whole attack was ofT." The Spartan dressing room was bedlam of joy. Charley Bachman, a former Noti Dame star himself, offered the ir formation that he was figuring an over -confident Pitt team.

"We knew they had only Notrr Dame in mind," Bachman said "and so we made plans to take advantage of it. "Shaughnessy has a green team just as we do, and you Just can figure these freshmen out In advance. One Saturday they're perfect and the very next one they do everything backwards." W. and J. Loses Its Opener To Army Hospital Team Presidents, Outweighed 20 Pounds fo Man, Bow, 25 to 0, to Superior Forces CAMBRIDGE, 13 (Special) Washington Jefferson College's football opener was spoiled here today by a heavier Fletcher General Hospital eleven as the Presidents bowed to a superior Harry Frazek fumbled on his 49, Wilson recovering for Fletcher.

Hoffman and Rocky Dibari worked the ball to the 15 from where Hoffman passed to Cupa in the end zone for a score. First downs were 14-2, Fletcher. Position w. J. FLETCHER L-E Keeler Cumramn Koval Jackson LG Fee Moor RoedT gg Munshoer Caswell J.

Gillespie Bender Love Wilson IBucheit Chupa LG Frar-ek Hibaari William? Hodapp Vujnovich Hoflman Fletcher 0 6 fi 13 25 Touchdowns Goldfadden Chupa 2. Wilson. Points Bender 1 placement 1 Substitutions w. Hulinzs. Shulin.

Anastas. D. Clarke. Elder. Turick.

H. Clark. Fletcher: Goldfadden. Smith. Albaurb, McCord.

Referee Kirke. Cmrire Field Judye Clemenson. Linesman Eurmeon. Alabama's Crimson Tide Swamps South Carolina MONTGOMERY, Oct. 13 (UP) Alabama's Crim son tide, already wearing a ni ce i xtxiuiiiirt, ou-u, ueiuie a.

uuwa oi nere today, Alabama pushed across four quick Panthers Simply Forgot To Prepare for Spartans Notre Dame beat Pitt at the Stadium yesterday, eve though the Irish aren't scheduled to show up there unt: next Saturday. Although reluctant to do so, even Coach Clart force, 25-0. The Presidents, outweighed almost 20 pounds to a man, fought gamely, but gave way after holding their own in the first quarter as rietcher, paced by Bill Hoffman, former Syracuse fullback, scored once in the second and third periods and twice in the final quarter. The first touchdown came on a blocked kick. Marching down field for 83 yards.

Fletcher saw its first scoring threat go by the boards when the Presidents held and took over on their one-foot line shortly after the second period got under way. Tunt Blocked But on the attempted kick-out, Carl Eucheit's punt was blocked and recovered in the end zone by Al Goldfadden for a score. That was all the scoring during the first half. But the Presidents were on the defensive throughout, mainly because of the weight advantage held by Fletcher. Fletcher added another tally In the third period on a 69-yard march, sparked by Big Hoffman, who ripped the President's line to shreds.

A series of six first downs placed the ball on the goal line and after two attempts, quarterback Ed Chupa went over on a sneak for his first of two scores. Pass Intercepted Two touchdowns marked the final period. Bucheit's pass to End BUI Keeler was intercepted by John Hodapp. who returned it to the W. J.

30. On the second scrimmage play Hoffman fired a pass to End George Wilson in the end zone for a touchdown. The final marker resulted when touchdowns in the first period and then coasted to the easy victory! over an outclassed Gamecock squad. With Fullback Fred Grant plunging for big yardage and Harry Gilmer passing accurately, the Tide rolled to huge yardage throughout the game. Grant scored the first Tide touchdown five minutes after the game started with a two-yard plunge through center, and moments later Grant was across again after taking a pass from Gordon Pettus Gilmer went in at that point, passed 15 yards to Norwood Hodges, and then crossed up the -South Carolina defense by circling right end and stepping off 50 yards to a touchdown.

The fourth touchdown of the period came on a 10-yard dash by Lowell Tew, another of the Tide's fast stepping backs. Alabama rolled across two more Powerful St. Marys Crushes Stagg's Team SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 13 (DP) Coach Jimmy Phelan's rough-riding St.

Mary's Gaels powered their way to their fifth consecutive victory without defeat today as they smothered Amos Alonzo Stagg's under-manned College of Pacific team. 61-0. INDEPENDENT Cathedral 27 Clinas 21 Osborne 24 St. Cyril 20 T. V.

42 B. Hnets. 6 Woodland St. Bede J3 Pointview 12 Edgeworth 0 St. Henry 0 Shamrocks 0 Cres.

H. Wild-. 0 Dixon 0 Shaughnessy had to admit it. In pointing for the boys from South Bend, the Panthers overlooked their battle with the Michigan State Spartans. If they did let it enter their minds, it was only to think of it as a dress rehearsal a glorified scrimmage.

If you please. "We figured a team that could beat Kentucky by only one point wasn't much to worry about," Shaughnessy admitted in the dressing room. "There's no use trying to kid anyone, we were getting ready for Notre Dame. Of course, we should have beaten Michigan State anyway, but we didnt. "It was Just one of those days.

Everything they did went right and.

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