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THE GREENVILLE GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAHULIHA ffCNDAY. NOVEMBER 17. 1946 GINIA MILITARY TURNS 'K CITADEL, 26 TO Undefeated Georgia Rolls Up 41-0 Victory Over Auburn PAGE TWO BAC Place-Kickers Gain Little Gridiron Glory Tennessee Rallies To Whip Boston CollegeTeam, 33-13 IE TIH PHSCITS rami re BULLDOGS TO EASWICTORY I 7 i If Colgate Downs Syracuse For Retiring Kerr SYRACUSE, N. Nor. iAl Colfmte'i Red Raider went ail oat for the "old man" U-day as they upset a heavily favored Syracuse eleven, 25-7, to hand their retimit; coach, Andy Kerr, the victory he wanted above all etber.

An overflow crowd of 36,060 fans was In Archbold stadium for the traditional upstate rlasale and pay their respects to the canny Colgate coach who was saving goodbve to this ancient rivalry after 18 years aa chief of the Raiders' football forces. The Raiders, beaten in all four of their major games this season, trailed 7-6 at the half bnt opened op their bag of tricks in the third and fourth quarters to win easily. only 10 men and the absentee wai not missed until they had kicked off. But when the 11th Tennessee player swung into action, the Vols lost little time pulling into a 13-13 deadlock. Walt Slater ran the second of the five interceptions his forces made against Panciera about five yards to Boston's 35 to start a drive that ended with backfield spare Bob Lund faking a crash and rounding his right end for a seven-yard romp over the Eagles' goal-line.

That tie lasted until the fourth minute of the finale, when, needing a first down, Nevland returned the irrepressible to the tail-bark slot. He smashed for the needed yard, then passed to a mate on the 25 before carrying four times In a row and clinching the game with a four-yard scoring smash off tarkle. That would have ended the scoring against a cautious rival but the Eagles decided to gamble rashly with passes, and during the last three minutes, Mark Major raced 68 yards for a with a Panciera heave and Slater galloped three-quarters the length of the field with a similar snatch for the Vols' fifth and last six-pointer. mm i imi sml it IuM it Trim Whether you're 16 or 60, we can teach you to fly New regulations now make flying available to everyone. In just couple of hours a week in spare you can get wings oyf today for complete information and a trial flight.

The unsung hero of collegiate football if not the water boy or the cheer leader but rather the player who is called upon to kick points after touchdown. They practice their specialty at very opportunity and often get in for just one ploy the conversion attempt. Here are four extra-point artists whose toes have been clicking on college gridirons this fall. FRED EARLEY Notre Dame One of the outstanding collegiate conversion men this fall is Fred Earl ey of Notre Dame. In the first five games he made 21 extra points for the Irish.

He's from Parkers-burg, W. and had two previous seasons at Notre Dame and one with Navy. Frank Guess, a substitute back at the University of Texas, is an- Duke Trounces Gamecocks, 39-0 (Continued From Page One) almost immediately after that bombshell aerial, as Floger Intercepted a Gamecock pass on the South Carolina 24. Another pass Interception by Duke was kept from becoming the basis for a touchdown jy the half-time whistle. Duke was stopped by a fumble on the South Carolina 15 soon after the third period opened.

But the Gamecocks were not able to get out of the hole and Duke scored its fifth touchdown on the next series of plays. The penalty that put Luper out of the game and set Duke back 41 yards deprived the Blue Devils of another apparent score. With the third teams for both sides in. South Carolina got to the Duke 36 on a fumble recovery, but that was all for the Gamecocks. r.

4 FRANK GUESS Texas JACK RAY Army Carolina Aviation MUNICIPAL AIRPORT PHONE 4517-W Wolfpack Trips Virginia, 27-7 RALEIGH. N. Nov. 16 aim Two fleet tailbacks sparked the onn uaronna state Wolfpack to an impressive 27-7 victory over a scrappy University of Virginia foot- Dan team Detore 18.000 fans today. Held scoreless bv the Vinrinfa In the first period, the Wolf- pacK struck in the second period to score one touchdown and with tailbacks Gwyn Fletcher, of Barium Springs, N.

and Howard (Touchdown) Turner, of Rocky Mount, N. supplying the spark then racked up three more touchdowns in the next half to down the stubborn Virginia squad. N. C. State tallied on the first play of the second period with Fletcher knifing across from the three, climaxing a 31 -yard march.

jim xsyier kick was not good. A recovered fumble by Leslie Palmer, N. C. State fullback, on Virginia's 21-yard line In the third period set up tie Wolfpack's second touchdown. Five players later Palmer rammed over from the one.

This time Byler's kick was good for the extra point. N. C. State came back early In the fourth period with another touchdown. OH MORE THOUSANDS Fumbles Prove Costly To Citadel Dunfee Scores Touchdown LEXINGTON, Va, Nov.

16-iIV- Virginia Military Institute, keeping one eve cocked on its Thanksgiving Day date with Virginia Tech at Roanoke, took things easy today but succeeded in paining a 26-7 decision over an outweighed eleven from the the citadel before a crowd of 3.000. The victory, the fourth of the season for VMI, kept the Keydets home slate unblemished in three appearances. Bob Thomason once again was the trigger man in the VMI offensive. The Cadet ace's passes were responsible for three tallies, and his running was also a constant factor in the game. VMI got underway when Thomason tossed to End Fritz Crytzer from the Bulldog 42 early in the second stanza.

Crytzer took the ball on the 22 and scampered over for the Initial tally. Joe Carrington converted. The Keydets kicked off, but The Citadel fumbled two plays later and End Mike Ducko recovered for VMI on the 37. On the very next play, Tony Ragunas went all the way in a crash through right tackle behind superb blocking. Carringtons kick was blocked but the Keydets led, 13-0, at the half.

FUMBLES COSTLY Another fumble by The Citadel started a third VMI drive in the third quarter, when End Monk Maier recovered a bobble In mid-field. Thomason passed to Vince Ragunas for a gain to the Bulldog 18, and another pass, Thomason to Ducko, put it on the threes Tony Ragunas bulled his way across for the third score, and Carrington converted, making It 20-0. Mike Gustave bucked over lor the fourth touchdown, after Thomason's passes set up the score, but Carrington's attempted placement was blocked, ending the Keydet scoring lor the afternoon. The Citadel spent much of the afternoon deep In Its own territory, but was quick to capitalize on its only scoring opportunity. VMI fumbled on its own 34 In the final period, and the Bulldogs pounded on the ball.

Just three plays later, Dunfee swept around right end for 31 yards and the counter. Jack Henderson's boot was good. CITADEL Pos V. M. I.

Foxworth LE Ducko Margavage LT Mills Williams LG Skladany Haltiwanger Louis Henderson RG Thompson Bailey RT Gorman Fidler RE Maier Dewlad QB Ragunas Shalid LH Gantt Louis RII Thomason Pickard FB T. Ragunas V. M. 1 0 13 7 626 Citadel 0 0 0 7 7 Citadel scoring: touchdown, Dun-fee (for Louis). Point after touchdown, Henderson (placement).

V. M. I. scoring: touchdowns, CryUer (for Ducko), T. Ragunas 2, Gustave (for T.

Ragunas). Point after touchdown, Carrington (for Louis) 2. Michigan Tops Wisconsin Team ANN HARBOR, Nov. 16. (JPh-Scoring twice In each of the first and last periods, Michigan whipped Wisconsin 28 to 6 today to keep alive its hopes for a share of the Big Nine football title.

A crowd of 64.415 fans watched as Michigan kept the ball In Badger territory practically the entire game. ARKANSAS WHIPS SMU FAYETTEVILLE, Nov. 16. W) The Arkansas Razorbacks clinched at least a tie for the Southwest conference football championship by defeating Southern Methodist university, 13-0, before 16,000 homecoming fans today. "Take Our Word J9 1 3 Pit A if Vl: 01 BULLDOG BOSTON, Nov.

18-yP) The Boston College Eagles did nothing wrong for the first 12 minutes and very little right the rest of the game while being overwhelmed, 33-13, by Tennessee'! late-surging Vols In their third lntersectional football clash today at Braves Field. Those 1941 Sugar Bowl rival went Into action, both with Wake Forest defeats behind them, and the Eagles stunned the 40.500 crowd by out-playing the highly regarded Vols by the widest of margins to sain two rapid-fire touchdowns. But after freshman Don Panciera tossed touchdown passes of 32 and 18 yards to Johnny Killelea and sub fullback Ed Burns, the Eagles clipped their own wings. They fumbled twice and gave the Vols three interceptions during the second period but those five mis-cues cost only one touchdown. The flashy J.

B. Proctor, who tossed the Vols into a last-second 18-14 win over Mississippi last week, set It up by contacting Jim Powell, an end replacement, with a 10-yard heave into Boston's end zone. When the second half opened, the Vols, upset either by their six-point deficit or General Bob Ney-land's rest period remarks, started WE CAN TEACH YOU TO FLY OF SAPI MILES get it soon. your driving $65 pirn fax a your your Come 1 VENTAN YABLONSKI Columbia with the Lions this fall and also made two field goals. Ray, called "Oats' by his classmates, has yet to win his A but he will this season.

Ray was given his first opportunity at extra points against Co- mmma. He succeeded six times in seven attempts and followed this feat with single conversions in the 19-0 victories over Duke and West Virginia Spart T-Dips Midgets, 6 To 0 The YMCA's 100-pound Red Midgets fought another close football battle on the Cleveland Park field yesterday morning, but came just short of wresting the decision from a peppy team from the Spartanburg The final score was 6-0, with Spartanburg on the long end. The Spartans tallied near the end of the first quarter after a sustained drive, sub Bobbie Joe Taylor going over for the touch down, and seemed on the way to an easy victory. The Midgets found their defensive spark, however, and from then on it was nip and tuck, with time running out on the Midgets at the half as they made their most serious threat. T.

L. Rhoden was the spark of the Midget at tack, while Phil Smith at right end played the best defensive game on the field. Stars for the Spartans were Evans at right guard, Mize at left end. and halfback Van Patton. GREENVILLE Pos.

SPAR'BL'RG Phil Smith C. Godshall Billy Adams Jimmy Crooks Bobbv Clark J. Hothersall R. Robbins Joel Gray RE RT. RG.

C. LO. LT. LE. QB.

RII. LH. Edwards Powell Evans Allen Kavounis Roper Mize Escue Patton Smith Alford J. Robinson II. Billy Smith T.

L. Rhoden Yale Overpowers Princeton, 30- 2 NEW HAVEN, Nov. 16. (JP) Yale's high-powered and smooth-working football team, beaten only once this season, rolled over its oldest rival, Princeton, by a 30 to 2 count before a capacity crowd of 70,000 in Yale Bowl today. The easy triumph, after spotting the Tigers two points on the opening kickoff, preserved Coach Howie Odell's record of never losing a game to a Big Three opponent.

Auburn's Tidwell Shares Individual Honors With Chunking Charley COLUMBUS. Nov. 16 UP) Georgia clinched an almost certain Sugar Bowl Did today, wrupping Auburn, 41-0, to remain one of the last unbeaten, untied gridiron powers of the nation. The Big Red team, led by half back Charlie Trippi, pounded through Auburn almost at will for a 27-0 advantage at half-time. Thereafter the second-stringers held off Travis Tidwell and company and scored two more touchdowns in the closing minutes of play.

About fans saw the worst beating in the history of the two schools, which besan football relations in 1892. Four years ago, on the same field, Auburn derailed Georgia's Rose- Bowl team, 27-13, In the most thun derous upset of the season. But this was not the day, nor was Auburn the team to repeat that acnieve- ment. TRIPPI IN FORM Trippi, Georgia's candidate for the All-America honor won by Frankie Sinkwich in 1942 and 1943, slashed Auburn's line and faded through the fingers of would-be tacklers. He scored two touchdowns, and plaved brilliant defensive football.

Yet he was not the individual star of the day. That honor went to Auburn's slender freshman half back, Tidwell. The 175-pounder from Birming ham, was tne striding power and the defensive bulwark of the Auburn team. After the game, his coach. Carl Voyles.

said proudly: "Trippi didn't show up Tidwell, even though Georgia won the game. Trippi had more help, that's all." Wally Butts also paid tribute to the Auburn yearling, describing him as "a truly great back." The complained his own team was weak at center and at the and evaded comment on advance feelers from bowl-sponsors. The statistics told this story of the opposing stars: Trippi carried the ball 15 times, gaining a net of 70 yards, and completed one pass out of five tries for eight a total of 78 yards in 20 plavs. Tidwell ran with the ball 18 times, gaining 46 yards, and completed six of twelve passes for another 43. He was credited with a total or 89 yaras on 30 plays.

Newberry Sinks Clinton, 31-25 NEWYERRY, Nov. 16. The Newberry high school Bulldogs defeated the Clinton high school Red Devils here last night, 31-25 before a large and enthusiastic homecoming day crowd. The game was replete with thrills galore and had the fans on their feet throughout the contest, cheering many long and spectacular runs for touchdowns. Guy Danielson, Bulldog tailback walked off with the honors with three touchdowns while Alvin Cul-clasure was a close second with two.

Dick Mack was on the passing end of three counters while King was a tower of strength in the line. Newberry trailed at the half 13 to 6 but racked up four touchdowns In the second half to win. The entire Clinton team played a high type class of ball. Gastonia Downs CHESTER, Nov. 16.

Gastonia, N. scored late In the fourth period on a 50 yard pass from Rowland to Snyder to defeat Chester's Cyclone, 26-25, here last night in a high school thriller staged before 5,000 fans. It was the first defeat in nine straight games for Chester this season. For Christmas and The New Year A gift he'll appreciate is a handsome pair of paiamas in sturdy broadcloth or fine rayon. Duke S.

C. First downs 12 2 Yards gained rushing (net) 75 -41 F'd. passes attempted 11 23 Fd. passes completed 5 3 Yards by f'd. passing 110 38 Forward passes intercepted by 5 8 Yards gained, run-back of intercepted passe 37 0 Punting average (from scrimmage) 39.5 26.2 Total yards, all kicks returned 29 139 Opponents fumbles recovered 2 3 Yards lost by penalties 118 122 other prolific PAT maker.

He tallied eight against Colorado and six against the Oklahoma Ageies. In the first six games he scored 22 points for the Longhorns. He's from Wharton. Tex. Two other place-kicking stars are Ventan Yablonski.

Columbia back from Worcester, and Jack Ray, West Point senior from Breck-enridge, Tex. Yablonski converted eight times in his first six games TCU Team Dips Favored Texas Longhorns, 14-0 FORT WORTH, Nov. 16. IP) Texas Christian's Horned Frogs led by Carl Knox, 150-pound tailback playing his first year in Southwest Conference competition, outplayed the Texas Longhorns today to gain a 14-0 victory. That knocked the Steers out of the running for the conference championship.

It is the third time since 1911 that an underdog Christian eleven has overcome strong odds to beat the Longhorns and spoil their title chances. Knox was not the only star of TCU's homecoming victory, however, for the entire Frog team, particularly the forward wall, stopped cold the Texas ground and aerial attacks with the exception of one scoring threat in the first period. A strong, cold wind. Plowing lengthwise of the field, was at the back of the Frogs when they push ed across scores in the second and third periods. Knox set up the first touchdown with a 77-yard quick-kick.

Texas took the ball on its 32 but could not. gain and a punt by Frank Guess was good for only 12 yards, going out on the Frog 48. Eleven plays later, Knox passed to end Lipscomb from the 11-yard line. Lipscomb was In the clear in the end zone. Shortly after the second half opened, Halfback Bill Cromer droD-pel back to punt for Texas.

The entire center of the TCU line broke through to block the attempt, with tackle Harold Kilman recovering for the Frogs on the Texas 11. Tailback Lindy Berry made a first down on the one. On the next play David Bloxom, 210-pound fullback hit center for the second score. Halfback Tom Bishop made both conversions good to complete the scoring. Rock Hill To Play In Bowl ROCK HILL, Nov.

16. Rock Hill high school's state championship football team will be pitted against an "outstanding" North Carolina high school eleven in a "Carolina bowl" game here December 13, the local Junior Chamber of Commerce announced officially today. Cleatus Brazzel, chairman of the Jacyees' bowl committee, said he had contacted "a number of North Carolina schools" and most had indicated they would accept an invitation to represent the Tar Heel state in the game. Among the teams he has communicated with, Brazzel said, are Morganton and Albemarle, both unbeaten this season. The Rock Hill Junior Chamber of Commerce will sponsor the game and hopes to make it an annual affair.

This year's tilt, slated for Friday night, December 13, will be played in Rock Hill's Municipal stadium which has a seating capacity of Tickets will go on sale as roou as the North Carolina team is chosen probably next Tuesday, Brazzel said. Players and coaches participating In the post-season meeting will be awarded plaques or trophies. Ware Shoals Dips Simpsonville Hi WARE SHOALS, Nov. Shoals High rolled to a 13-0 victory over Slmpsonville's Whirlwind here last night in the second gnme played this season between the two teams. An earlier game resulted in a tie.

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