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FIVE DAILY PRESS, NEWPORT NEWS, SATURDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 19, 1942. Apprentices Drop Opener To Appalachian Gridders, 16-13 Builders Come Back Strong In Second Half With 2 Scores Typhoon Grid Team Battles Apprentice Frosh Tonight Grayson Leads Blue 'Here's How INDIANS ROUT DEATH VALLEY REVE1U7-0 Voyles Keeps Men Under Wraps For Navy Next Week Appren. Appalach. First downs 16 7 Yards gained rushing 215 224 Forward passes attempted 11 5 Forward passes completed 4 4 Yards gained, forward passing i 52 64 Forward passes Intercepted by 0 1 Punting average 40 34 Total yards all kirks returned 45 123 Fumbles 3 2 Opponents fumbles recovered 2 2 Yards lost, penalties 10 40 '4 DODGERS EXECUTE DOUBLE PLAY Billy Herman (left), Dodger second baseman bounces off the ground as he pivots on a double play In the fourth inning of the game with the Pirates at Brooklyn, N.

Y. Thai's Maurice Van Robays sliding too late into second base for the first out on Bob Elliott's grounder to Dodger third baseman Arky Vaughan. Herman took Vaughan's throw, touched second and then rifled the ball to Dolf Camilli at first to nip Elliott. This was back in the "good-old days," for the Dodgers won, 10-3. Cards, Dodgers Swing Into Finals Even Weatherman WESTERN STARS BATTLE GIANTS Wade's Army Plays Last Game Today SYRACUSE, N.

Sept. 18. IV i The Western Army all-stars and the New York Giants two and a quarter tons of football might col lide tomorrow with the Soldiers aiming at a "Win Tor Wade" in their Aarmy relief series finale "We owe the caach (Major Wallace Wade, formerly of Duke) a erand eame and we are likely to produce it Saturday night," an Army player said today, asserting the team blamed Itself for mistakes that lost the Green Bay Packers game last, Sunday. A crowd of 30,000 is expected to fill Syracuse university's Archbold stadium at klck-oif time 8:30 p. m.

(eastern war time), swelling to $180,000 the estimated contribution of the western team's five games for the Army Tmcrgency Relief Fund. Jarrin' John Kimbrough, 210 pounds of gridiron dynamite, was reported in "lop shape" to spear head the Army attack, pointed at a third success over a National Foot ball leabue club. Wade's team has wins over the Chicago Cardinals 16-10, and the Detroit Lions, 12-0. The former Texas A. fe M.

full back has scored five of the team's seven touchdowns, two on 95-yard runs with kickoffs, in games apainst Washington at Los Angeles won by the Red.skins 26-7, and Green Bay at Milwaukee taken by the Pack ers, 36-21. Konald Pitches Third Shut-out Hurling his third shutout in four days while his teammates were blasting the offerings of two opposing moundsmen, Pvt. Bob Konold lpd the group two softball team to the Ft. Eustis championship by taking the deciding game of the scries with the Military Police by a score of 8 to 0 here yesterday. Attending the game were Brig.

Gen. Forrest E. Williford, post com manding officer; Col. Andrew G. Gardner, commanding the service unit; and Col.

William C. Washington, commanding Group two. Approximately 2,000 other spectators were on hand for the contest. Konold kept the M. well In hand throughout the contest, strik ing out eight and allowing only four hits.

Including the sem-finals contest, he struck out 34 men, allowed only 15 safeties, and three unearned runs in four contests on consecutive days. TJ Overpowers Morrison, 38-0 RICHMOND, Sept. 18. Of) Thomas Jefferson high of Richmond used five full elevens today to trounce Morrison high school, 38 to 0, In the city's opening football game. The visitors put up a game scrap through the first half, when they trailed only 6-0, but sheer numbers crushed them after intermission.

And Gold Gridders In 1st Engagement Capt. Grayson Williams leads his Typhoon grid huskies Into the 1942 season tonight when the Harmon men battle the Apprentice Freshmen on the A's athletic field at 8. In the opening tilt of the schedule for both elevens. The Frosh will be co-captalned by Brinkley, 173 pound end from Val-dese, N. and Kuchemba, 175 pound pivot-postman who hails from the Wilkes-Barre high school, Pa.

Both of these men. were outstanding on their school teams, and end and tackle, respectively. On the local school and Apprentice fields yesterday afternoon the two squads ran through the final light drills before the big moment. Head Coach Joe Jenkins, formerly of Furman, ran his men through some signal work; while Harry Harmon, high school mentor, pushed his boys through a corresponding workout. The only local man on the Ship builder's starting team is Henderson, at fullback.

Bradd, at the half- spotlight, is from Hampton: whil two Crewe representatives appear in Williamson, 208 pound tackle, and Sebastian, end. Tentative starling lineups: (weights in parentheses). High School App. Frnsh LE Snnford Brinkley (173) LT Reese (175) (199) LG Akers (160) Harris (177) House (168 (195) RG Stinson (160) Tucker (185) RT Lassiter (208) RE Avery (170) QB Wl'ms (153) HB Ross D. Draper (173) HBHarris (165) Bradd (166) FB Saunders (185) REDS SCORE 4 IN 9TH TO WIN Hallett Blows Up After Hurling Duel PITTSBURGH, Sept 13.

(Pi- Big Jack Hallett, rookie strike-out king up from the International league blew up in the ninth Inning of a brilliant hurling duel with, Johnny Vandermeer 'tonight and the Cincinnati Reds scored four times to beat Pittsburgh 5 to 1. Doubles by Linus P'rey and Max Marshall, each with ths bases loaded, featured the big rally. It was the 17th victory for Vandermeer. Hallett fanned seven and walked but two batters while Vandermeer was striking out eight and passing three in the first eight frames. Each permitted four hits.

Colchis Topheavy Favorite In Race HAVRE DE GRACE, Sept. 18. (IP) R. Sterling Clark's Colchis today loomed a topheavy favorite in the $10,000 added Potomac handi cap, mile and one sixteenth test for three-year-olds which features the Havre de Grace race card tomorrow. Nine horses were named to go to the post in the 24th running of the Potomac, with Colchis top-weighted at 121 pounds.

NORFOLK, Sept. 18. (Pulling their punches in the presence of Navy scouts, the William and Mary Indians rolled over a hopelessly outclassed Hampden-Sydney footballe team, 27-0, ia the opening game of the 1942 season here io- night before 8,000 spectators. Canny Carl Voyles kept ue Indians under wraps, although using the first team or more than half the game. William and Mary plays Navy next week-end.

The game was devoid of spectaca lar football except for two long touchdown plays, one a 37-yard sprint by. Bob Longacre in the first period and the other a 45-yard pas3 from Jackie Freeman to uiemi Knox in the third. Lanky Garrard "Buster" Ramsey. Indian candidate lor national honors, cleared the path for Long acre's run which gave the Indians their first touchdown of the game, Johnny Korcsiowski, who went in as substitute fullback, plunged over from the two-vard line for the sec ond period score after William and Mary had recovered a liger iumme on the 14. In the third Quarter, the Indians added two more touchdowns, one by Harvey Johnson, All-Southern conference fullback, who bulled the ball from the Tiger 30 on four plays, and the other bv Knox on Free man's long pa.ss.

PULASKI TAKES SECOND BATTLE Even Playoff Series With Senators, 3-1 PULASKI. Sept. 18. OT Making their base wallops count, the Pulaski Counts took the second came or the Virginia league playoff finals to night, 3 to 1, to even the aeries with the Lvnchburg Senators. The contest was a pitcher's battle between two tiny hurlcrs, Walter Smola of the Counts, and Dick Tate of the Senators.

Both allowed six hits, but Lynchburg failed to col lect more than one in any frame, The Senators lone run came IrM the first inning and was a gift. McKeanna, first up, drew a walk and went to second when Smola threw wide in an attempt to catch him off the bag. Lombardl filed to center and Deese fanned but Wes Ferrell, the Senators' boss, came through with a single, moving Mc- Kenna to third. McKenna scored when Alvls errorcd on his throw to first after scooping up Pratt's in field blow. Smola threw Copcheck out at first to end the frame.

Predict Sellout Of World Series Cards' Tickets ST. LOUIS, Sept. 18, A quick sellout of reserved seats for the St. Louis end of the world series was predicted tonight as the Cardinals office was wamprd with mail orders from both local and out of town customers. More than 12,500 applications for tickets have poured in during the last two days, with a majority of them asking for a pair of card boards.

Sales are limited to two tickets to a person." Counting several thousand extra seats around the playing field the capacity of Sportsman park will be increased to near 40,000. All the box seats are sold. Officials regarded the heavy early rash as an indication the demand for seats would be greater than in 1934, when the last world series was played here. Mountaineer Ace Breaks Away For 90 Yards In 1st Period The Apprentice gridders came Vack strong iiv the second half to i score two touchdowns, hut, turn-via ruuusii sv4icji a swui ana sniity Appalachian eleven had demonstrated throughout the first two-periods that they were too big a first dose for the ShiDbuilders The Mountaineers from Boone, N. stood on top at the final whistle, 16 to 13.

Outweighed ten pounds to the man, Beattie Feather's men more than made up that loss in tonnage with speed and craftiness. Plugged vy uit-ir jieia captain. Bill Horn-beck, plays in the first half rolled off the Mountaineers like clockwork: it was as though Hornbeck had mapped out in advance the exact territory his cpnprakhin -arac to cover. It was the 165 pound Appalachain quarter-back that brought the overcapacity crowd the largest ever to witness, a game on the A's field to its feet six minutes after play began with a brilliant 90 yard run, behind perfect blocking, to score the first touchdown. From that point on it was Appalachian a.ll the way for the first half.

The lighter Mountaineer line cleared away, the A's forward wall almost at will; the speed and shiftiness of the Boone boys backfield had the Maroon and Gold gridders buffaloed. The Shipbuilder's only scoring threat the initial half came in the second period when a 14 yard pass from Hoffman to Brinn, seemed to be setting the stage for a touchdown But there, within 25 yards of needed points, the A's fumbled, and Harris, irosh left-end for Appalachian, re covered. Then, following an exchange of 40-yard punts, the Maroon and Gold boys tried a lateral; but the signals were mixed, and when Ayres bumped Into Brinn, Ratteree, Boone, tackle, picked up the ball and ran over the goal for the second score. Coming back strong in the second nan, me as iook tne kick-oii on their own 35 and pushed a sustained drive down the field to score within five minutes. It was Hanbury doing most of the plugging.

The Mountaineers stopped the Builders on the ten yard stripe for three downs, but the locals were not to be denied and Hanbury whipped a short pass to Perry over the goal. Crocker's placement failed. A's 35, the Boone boys moved down to the ten; but there they were held for a scant 5 yards in four plays. On the next play, Hanbury lat-eraled to Brinn, and when the ball slipped through his fingers, the Feathermen scored a safety. After Hornbeck's punt was partly blocked, the A's took the ball on their own 40 and began another tally-resulting drive.

Hoffman picked up 17; Hanbury gathered a first down in two tries; Brinn took-off on a reverse around left-end for 12 more; Hanbury placed the ball on the 5 stripe, and then took it over for the final score. The game ended a few moments later, after Cross had intercepted Hanbury's pass on the Apprentice 40. Pos. Apprentice Appalachian LE Perry Court LT Rama (c) Kirk LG Lafoon Felton Strickler Sinclair RG Crocker Brevard RT Roulet Polite RE Henderson Sigmon QB Hanbury Hornbeck RH Mayberry Hollars LH Brinn Mull FB Wetzler Leonard Score by periods: Apprentice 0 0 6 713 Appalachian 7 7 0 216 Scoring: Appalachian, touchdowns, Hornbeck, Ratteree. Placements, Mull, Horbeck.

Apprentice, touchdowns. Perry. Hanbury. Placement: Crocker. Substitutions: Apprentice: Ends, Link, Bou ton; tackles, Eveley, Car-mean; guards, Efrid, Pennington; centers, Shivers; backs, Hoffman, Polick, Chappell, Ayers, Morgan, Smith, G.

Draper. Ends, Knott; tackle, Leonard; guards, Ramsey, centers, Cleatwood; backs, Steimer, cross, Hoffman, Nichols. Virginia Grid Camps CHARLOTTESVILLE, Sept. 18. (p) The University of Virginia suffered a heavy blow today when Frank Crenshaw of Washington, first string center, learned that a leg Injury suffered Thursday involved a fracture that kill keep him from playing the rest of the season.

Virginia has been without a veteran center since Billy Suhling, captain-elect, entered military service. Crenshaw, former fullback, was developed as a center in spring practice and was pleasing coaches with his play when he was injured in pass defense practice. LEXINGTON, Sept. 18- Harry Harner and Bill Babcock provided the offensive spark today as the Washington and Lee gridders staged their third scrimmage in as many days. The pair alternated on ball toting Jaunts of 25 to 30 yards.

LEXINGTON, Sept. 18. (IF) Joe JMuha continued his stellar punting in the V. M. I.

football practice today, which also included a hot drill for the ends on Julius Minton, guara. appearea ready to put up a battle for the Jacobs blocking trophy won by his predecessor. Billy Walker. Duke and Sophomore Bo Cop-pedge, tattling for tackle berths, also looked good. Warneke Hurls As Crucial Cubs-Cards Games Begin Today CHICAGO, Sept.

18 (TV-Lon Warneke, the Ol' Arkansas hum mingbird, will be on the firing line against his old teammates, the fiercely battling St. Louis Cardinals, in the first game of the important two-game cub-card series opening at Wrigley field tomorrow. Opposing him will be Morton Cooper, the Cardinals' famed 20 game wmner, who will be seekin his 21st triumph to keep the Red Birds in the lead for the National league pennant. Warneke, former Cub who was re turnea to the Chicago club on waivers by the Cardinals in mid summer, declared he bears no malice toward the St. Louis crew, but that he was going to bear down to the very limits of his physical capa bilities.

Manager Jimmy Wilson of the Cubs revealed that Warneke asked to pitch. The triumphant Cardinals, victorious in 34 of their last 40 games roared into Chicago tonight with Pitchers Cooper and Lanier primed for the kill. Three weeks ago the Red Birds were 7Vi games out of the lead. Today they're in front by three games with eight to go. If they can win six of their next eight, they can't miss a tie for the pennant.

If they win seven out of the eight four with the Cubs, two with Cin cinnati and a pair with Pittsburgh- they win no matter if the Dodgers never lose another game. After their Sunday game with the Cubs, the Cardinals return to St Louis to finish their campaign, opening Monday against the Pirates. Whirly Favored Over Alsab In Featured Race PAWTUCKET, R. Sept. 18.

rP) Whiria way will go from the inside and Alsab from the outside gate tomorrow when those outstanding horses of the turf are sent off in their winner-take-all race for a $25,000 purse over Narragansett Park's mile and three sixteenths course under scale weights. Those respective post positions regarded as relatively unimportant because both have made a practice of coming from behind to win, were drawn today by President James E. Dooley. who suggested the duel last Saturday when Alsab was withdrawn from the Narragansett special, won handily by Whirly. Both thoroughbreds were exer cised lightly this morning and early tomorrow they will be blown out, probably over three-eights of a mile.

Portsmouth Takes Second In Series GREENSBORO, N. Sept. 18. 4V-The Piedmont league's 20-game winners in the 1942 season hooked up in a 'jeautiful slab Opposes Brooklyn as Phils Series Opens BROOKLYN. Sept.

18. MH Things haven't been bad enough for the Brooklyn Dodgers, so today the weatherman prevented them from sitting down to what they had hoped would be a soft touch against the Philadelphia Phils. They might have been fooled anyway, because the tailcnders were no easy target for the St. Louis Cardi nals earlier this week, but never theless a string of victories over them now is Brooklyn's last hope. The Dodgers are haunted by the spectre of the 1930 campaign.

That year Brooklyn led the National lea gue longer than any other club, was well out in front in mid-August and was second two weeks before the season closed. But St. Louis swept into Ebbets field and captured a three-game series. It was the be ginning of the end and the Dodgers not only skidded out of the pennant fight, they slipped all the way to the bottom of the first division. The Dodgers are mathematically secure from any such a shift in the standings this year, but their collapse has been just as complete with six defeats in their last seven games.

Only the fact that they are billeted with the Phils for most of the remaining days in the season keeps their hopealive. The Redblrds were enroute West today determined to hold their lead through eight remaining single games with the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds starting tomorrow at Chicago. If they do not lose more than one 'of these, the Cardinals can finish on top no matter if Brooklyn wins all its games. Jefferson Ties Danville High ROANOKE, Sept. 18.

(Jf) ferson high school's gridders gained at will in midfield today against a strong, heavy Danville team, but when the chips were down and a few yards meant a score, the visitors clamped on vise-like defensive strength and the 1,200 fans who saw the game in the new stadium had to be satisfied with a 7 to 7 tie. Jefferson, making its bid for Its second straight win in the new bowl, outgained its foes steadily, picking up 11 first downs compared lo two for the Georse Washington eleven. but only in the second quarter could the locals push across a score nd that was on an 18-yard pass from Clay Bear to End Eddie Sharpe, Woodrow Wilson Gets Hard Earned Win PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 18, Woodrow Wilson high school scored a hard-earned 6-0 victory over an underdog South Norfolk eleven here tonight in the opening game of the season. A crowd of more than 4,000 saw the Presidents, repulsed on the ground, make their lone tour.hdowii in the second period on a 30-yari pass from Capt.

Marty McLaughlin to Quarterback Aubrey Coggins. WAR FOOTBALL IN PRE-FLIGHT TESTING TODAY NEW YORK, Sept. 18. A wartime football season will get its pre-f light test tomorrow. In another week the campaign will be in full flight, but tomor rows program oi a dozen "major games is merely a preliminary to the main event, marked by ap pearances of the service teams that have stirred up a great deal of pre liminary talk.

Two of the navy's four pre-f light schools at the University of Iowa and St. Mary's (California) will send their "varsity" teams into action against college opponents. So will the Jacksonville, and Corpus Christi, naval air stations and the army posts at Fort Riley, and Camp Grant, 111. The rosters of these service teams look like a coach's happiest dream, but until they have played a few games there's no telling whether they "will be as great as the number of famous players on their squads indicate. The sailors and soldiers get only about an hour a day of grid practice after putting in a full day at their regular duties and as a result the teams are as Coach Bernie Bierman of the Iowa Seahawks puts it, even though the players aren't.

As a result, tomorrow's standout game likely will be the all-college clash between Kentucky and Georgia, Southeastern Conference rivals. Georgia, with Frankie Sinkwich back again supported by Charley Tnppi, Lamar Davis and an experienced cast, is one of the conference favorites. Other all-college games include North Carolina State-Davidson, a Southern Con ference tilt; Clemson-Presbyterian, Virginia Tech-Catawba and Iowa-Washington university. PLANS CHANGED IN TITLE BOUT NEW YORK, Sept. 18.

JF)lti a shift from the original plan to make po payments to any "private interest" from the forthcoming Joe Louis-Billy Conn fight, the sports writers committee handling the bout agreed today to take $135,451.53 from the gate to pay off debts the two heavyweights owe. Of this, Louis owes to Mike Jacobs' 20th Ccn tury Sporting club and $41,146.03 to John Roxborough, one of his co managers. The other $34,500 is owed by Conn to the 20th Century Sportmg club. The committee, after a stormy session over this development, announced that "it is imposible to conduct the fight under the original plan suggested by the war department, which was that there should be no payments due anybody or for any private purpose in the promo' tionof this fight," which is to be put on October 12 in Yankee Stadium. Southern Teams Begin 1942 War Schedules Today CLEMSON, S.

Sept. 18 Clemson's inexperienced Tigers "get off to another football season to morrow, meeting the Presbyterian college Blue Stockings in Clemson's new stadium. The kick-off is at 4:30 (EWT) Clemson holds a slight advantage in team weight averages. 177 to 173, but Presbyterian has 13 lettermen to the Tigers' eight. COLUMBIA, S.

Sept. 18. tfP Freshmen football hopefuls ran Tennessee plays against the varsity today as the University of South Carolina Gamecocks intensified practice for their meeting with the Volunteers here Sept. 26. The squad's strength was brought to 30 with return of reserve End Bill Neely, who registered for school yesterday after dropping off the squad two weeks ago.

DURHAM, N. Sept. 18. JPh The Duke Blue Devils broke a string of three consecutive scrim mages today and only light workouts were held in this afternoon's session. There is still a battle on in the line for starting positions and at present only Bob Gnatt, end, and Jake Poole, tackle, appear definitely set to get starting nods against the Davidson Wildcats in Winston- Salem Saturday.

SE CONFERENCE ALLOWS FROSH VARSITY POSTS ATLANTA, Sept. 18. W) In a sober meeting described by one member as "the last rites" for big time football, the Southern confer ence agreed today to grant varsity eligibility to freshmen atnlctes. "This meeting," Dean C. M.

Sur ratt of Vanderbilt told the extra ordinary assembly, "is in the nature of extreme unction for big football the last rites, so to speak. Next year, if we have eleven men and you have eleven men, we may get together and play. That is about how it'll be." The 12-member federation, in sn executive session, voted 9 to 3 to permit first-year men to play on varsity teams, but steadfastly re sisted proposals which would have extended similar eligibility to junior college transfers and transfers from schools which have abandoned football. Negative votes were cast by Alabama, Kentucky and Tulann, Secretary W. D.

Funkhouser said af tor the meeting, Those voting affirmatively were Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Louisiana State, Mississippi State, Mississippi, Tennessee and Vanderbilt. In inter-conference games, t-r in games with independent schools, Dr. F'unkhouser said, use of freshmen will depend upon acquiesance by the opponents. Probable Pitchers NEW YORK, Sept. 18.

OT Prob able pitchers in the major leagues tomorrow (won-lost records in parentheses) American League Boston at New York Butland (7-1) vs. Chandler (16-4). Washington at Philadelphia (2) Wynn (9-16) and Hudson (10-16) vs. Savage (0-0) and Fowier (6-16). Cleveland at Detroit Harder (11-14) vs.

White Chicago at St. Louis Humphries (12-12) vs. Muncrief (5-8). National League Philadelphia at Brooklyn Melton (9-18) vs. Davis (15-61.

St. Louis at Chicago Cooper (20-7) vs. Warneke (11-9. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh Walters (14-13) vs. Gornicki (5-5).

New York at Boston Hubbell (9-8) vs. Tost- (10-8). tonight and Woody Johnson of Portsmouth came off the winner by 1-0 over Joe Ostrowski of the Greensboro Red Sox, Each gave up seven safe blows but a double by Henry Schenz and Lester Smith's single accounted for the game's only run, in the fourth inning and enabled Portsmouth to square the finals or the snaugh- nessy series at one game apiece, Greensboro won last night by 5-1, known as the Tex Oliver who coached University of Oregon teams the last few years. Oliver will match collegians with a crew of likely cadets moulded into one team and a squad of officers which numbers such former all-America stars as Larry Lutz, Vic Bottari and Frank Albert. Stagg's Pacific team, which has had the benefit of only 10 days of practice, is expected to run second in the scoreboard tally.

But before it is over, the navy preflighters will have been mystified, temporarily at least, by the ingenious formations, "pee-dingers," "flea-flickers," et al, which the, oldest coach of all has conceived since he first started teaching the sport at Springfield college, In 1330. i Stagg Keeps Rollin' Along To Begin 53rd Year As Grid Coach II 1 1 LA I I tH product or thm 1 p. jJLf lyj i )W or mor old; 1 ''J STOCKTON, Sept. 18. VF) --Amos Alonzo Stagg, 80 year old dean of football coaches, adds another chapter tomorrow to an already Incomparable career, one that bridges the 19th and 20th centuries and, like old man river, just keeps rollin' along.

His college of Pacific team opens the season against the St. Mary's navy preflight school. Stocky, yhite haired Mr. Stagg will be fidgeting on the bench in his 53rd successive year as a full-time coach. The game assumes additional im portance in that it will be the first competitive appearance of the navy's west coast training center for its budding aviators.

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