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SECTION SrORTS "AimSE SECTION SPORTS AMUSEMENTS FINANCIAL CLASSIFIED FINANCIAL CLASSIFIED 8 NEWS, VIRGINIA. SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 5, 1941. 0 lo Duke Breaks lennessee Jinx, Overpowering Vols, 19 Dodgers Throw Higbe Against New York In Effort To Even Series VPI Upsets Georgetown, 3-0; W. Yields To Kentucky, 7-0 Hampton Backs Bring Commodore End Crashing To Earth DONALD YANK SLAB CHOICE FOR 4TH GAME HDaily IPuESSIiYCS DEVILS THROW UP DEFENSES IN LAST HALF 45,000 See Wade's Team Score In First 2 Periods (By George Wright) 4 TODAY BEGINS a 15-day rest and respite from the everyday chores of the Daily Press sports desk for this correspondent. A two-week vacation with Sunday off In which to relax.

In which to re National Leaguers Yield In Third Game By 2-1 Score (Continued From Page 1-A) tire from the active life of the ports editor and just be plain Mr. Fan once more. Ton know, a great many fans think that the Sports Editor's life is one of complete freedom and ease. But no, Mr. Fan, the Sports Editor is working while you are silting back enjoying SiVVash U.

and Boat Harbor A. C. battle it out down there on the gridiron, or the diamond or the court. but got steadier as he went along. After walking one man in each of the first two innings he didn't give another pass during the rest of the game.

The only hit off him In the first six innings was comic. Joe Med-wick, a slugger of good repute, topped a curve and the ball rolled tantalizingly along the third base line while the Yankees hovered over it and waited for it to go foul. Instead the ball stopped dead just inside fair territory about half way to third base and Medwick received credit for a single. The other safety, In addition to the two that made the run in the eighth, was a tremendous double by Two-Gun Pete Reiser against the centerfield wall at the start of the In the press box, the soul is raking his dictionary and the back of his mind to find a new means, a DURHAM, N. Oct.

4. A pile-driving Duke team, which combined offensive lightning with a. stone-wall defense, broke the Tennessee Jinx in a million pieces today, whitewashing the Vols 19-0. The whipping ended Tennessee's string of victories in regular season games at 34. It was Duke's first victory over the powerful Vols since 1935.

Tennessee is the only team which has broken better than even in a series of games with Wallace Wade, Duke's head coach. But the Blue Devils really turned on the heat for Wade today, A crowd of 45,000 fans packed Duke stadium for the crucial battle, played in 89-degree weather. Duke did all the scoring in the first half, and Tennessee didn't make a first down until two minutes before the half, ended. It was power that told the story power on offense and defense. The best picture of the game can be seen in the statistics.

Duke, rushing, gained a net of 164 yards, to only 42 for Tennessee. Duke started its marching on the opening kickoff, speedy Moffat Storer packing a running and passing advance to Tennessee's 12. There, however, Storer fumbled, and lost 12. Two plays later, with the ball still on the 24. big Tommy Frothro tried a placement which failed, but before onrt th new phrase, a new method of bringing his readers the clear and complete picture of the game.

His eyes must bring to those absent a picture of the contest Just as the fan in the bleachers or stadium saw it. Yes, friends, it's a rough life and this corner will be glad to settle down and relax just for a few days. It will be a chance to calm- down. This constant excitement from one day to the next is trying. seventh.

Fans Medwick. Camilli But Russo was supreme, striking out Medwick and Dolph Camilli, the '7' 7 i I I i -s v- 'r 4 i 4 I ta -j 7- 1 1 t'- i 1 I '4 I "4 1 -v jr. '-r -r ii I- 1 I Iv. 4 v-w I 4" I 4" i latter for the second time during the game. He also fanned Reiser to open the ninth and make a total of five strikeouts during the game.

Fitzsimmons matched him in l- fectiveness as long as he was on the mound, although he gave up lour hits during his term. It was his artistry with these men on base that endeared him to the crowd. After Joe DiMaggio led off with a single for the great sluseer'i THEY'LL WAIT Of course, we'll miss those midnight snacks with the boys in the press room or that talk with the Dodgers' Number One fan, Oliver L. McNeal on the bank steps in the wee morning hours or sitting back in the high school athletic office and chatting with Harry The Harmon about the merits of Georgia and North Carolina fried chicken or visiting with friendly Suey Eason at Hampton. But those things will have to wait.

They will hold for another first hit the series, Fitz made the next two men go out to Camilli and thejhird send a fly to the out neia. first quarter, Duke started another Red Rolfe led off the fourth with march irom its 41. whptv a single and John Sturm, who Butler had fumbled in Duke territory. forced him, was picked off first by Owen, the Dodgers' quick little catcher. FIRST Fleet Moffat Storpr.

whn nin Then came the big emotional mo time, later in the season. This corner will be back at this 100 yard dash in less than flat ments of the game. With two out in the fifth Joe Gordon tripled against typewriter Monday, Oct. 20 with a pitched Duke into scoring position full head of steam. the wall in front of the left field cany in me nrst quarter.

Without yielding the ball after klrlrnff rrni-. grandstand. The drive struck 10 feet marched from its 25 to Tennessee's up on a railing and bouncer! back to the field. 1A fetorer passing to Steve Lach twice and to end Kith It was the Yankees' only extra There the drive hoeppd a harf nam base blow of the game, but it was a terrific swat that made the Dodger from center costing 12 yards. Storer lans tremble at the thought of more iriea to pass, failed, then Tommy Prothers tried unsuceessfnllv to come.

Phil Rizzuto was purpose ly passed and stole seconl to set up field goal. Tennessee took over and a thretaening situation, but Fitz pun tea out of danger. Cornell Big Red Rolls Over Syracuse, 6-0 ITHACA, N. Oct. 4.

(P) Cornell's green Big Red, minus 20 of the regulars who romped over Eastern gridirons for the past three years, struck with a sudden aerial thrust today to upset favored Syracuse, 8 to 0, in a game marked by offensive lapses on the part of both teams. A lucky forward, from Ken Stofer An exchanee of nunf kpI t.ha. Simmons, sweating until his uniform was as wet as if he had been under a shower, fanned Russo on four Balmer is throwing a block otr the churning legs of the Commodore end to stop his forward motion. That is Balmer' leg jutting out to the left. Maury won, 6-0.

Complete details of the game will be found on another sports page. Shan Thomas, Maury high school's pass-snagging end, is nailed by Gene Edmonds (left) and Fred Balmer (right), white shirted Crabbers, after taking an aerial from Dinky Itudiger during the Hampton-Maury game at Darling Memorial parkX The magic eye of the camera stopped Thomas in his downward plunge and he is poised in the air. Note Dukes back to their 31, and when three plunges netted only five yards, Tom Davis tried to punt. Balitsaris, Tennessee end. niled in tn nn.rt.iv pitches.

The heat was on Fitz even more intensely in the sixth when Sturm opened with a Texas league single into short center and after Red McClures Field Goal In 3rd blocked it and Karazln recovered for Duke. A pass, Davis to soph-more Bob Gantt put Duke up on Tennessee's 40. Rolfe had fouled out trying to sac Indians Run Roughshod Over Randolph-Macon, 51-7 q. rifice, Tom Henrich walked on four Davis faked another nass. dashpd to Roy Johnson, set up the winning Period VPI Victory Margin bad balls.

around rieht end in Tennpwpp's or touchdown. 4 MRS. MARTIN STATE CHAMP 7TH TIE Long and Davis banged over guard to the 15. Two more bucks carried This brought DiMaggio to the plate and the throng quieted as Joe waited out a 3 and 2 count. But mDMIAM DAM I William and Mary It was early in the second period when Stofer faded back to his own 45 to toss a 40-yard left-handed forward which Johnson took on the Syracuse 20.

Behind good blocking, Fitz fed him a curve and he flied It to the seven. Long picked up five more to the two and then burst throueh for the touchdown. Miba I UilUimifl imiU Scores In Everv to right and Keller, the. Yanks' home run king, followed with a measly grounder to Camilli. MUI1INS' DASH BESTS Gobblers Stop All Hoya Threats With Rushing BLACKSBTJRG, Oct.

4. (IP) .1 t- he ran to the 8, where a diving tackle by Syracuse's Tommy Maines Karmazin's placement for the extra point was good. Duke 7, Tennessee 0. Tennpssp.fi t.nnlr t.ho IdrknfT and nirnrrpn nrntfT renoa in neai When Fitzsimmons left the Yanks saw their opening and bolted hauled him to earth. Stofer immediately hit the center through it headlong.

Rolfe Starts Rally sophmore Bill Gold piled through for nine yards as the quarter ended Duke 7, Tennessee 0. of the Syracuse line. It gave ana Rolfe's single to start the rally the ball rested on the Syracuse SECOND Dukp muffled Tennessee' running Bests Mrs. O'Brien In Finals By 2 And 1 Margin RICHMOND, Oct. 4 UP) Mrs.

Lily Harper Martin became the would have been a double except for a great stop by Rightfielder (WILLIAMSBUKU Randolph-Macon was no match for William and Mary's football machine yesterday as the Indians rode roughshod over the visitors under a boiling autumn sun, 51 to 7. Barely 2,000 spectators saw the teams play while the mercury Roger McClure, of Glasgow, W. booted a beautiful field goal from placement in the third period today to give an inspired Virginia Tech football team a 3 to 0 victory over a heavier and highly favored Georgetown university eleven. three. Stofer then cracked through left tackle to score but TJrschel, Who replaced Joe Martin in the Cornell backfleld, missed the try Dixie Walker.

Henrich rifled a attack and an exchange of punt3 after the third kickoff gave the home-team the ball on Tennessee's 48. Wartman sifted through tackle for 11. Thre nliineps hroiiphf'. a man? grounder through Camilli and even though Coscarart backstopped, the women's golf champion of Virginia Tech, swamped 37-14 by Kentucky climbed Into the 90's for record Oc Yankee beat the throw for a single. DiMaggio again waited out a full count and this time blasted another tober heat here.

yards and then Storer flipped ta and regarded as a breather for another great Georgetown team, sur for the seventh time today by defeating 2 and I Mrs. George Owens for point. Irish Defeat Indiana, 19-6 The Jackets made only two lust single Into right center to score prised the crowd of 5,000 by out- rushing the big Hoya line and hold of Petersburg and the Country Club of Virginia in the 18-holes downs, both In the early moments of play. Shortly after the kickoff. Sophs Fail, First Team Wins, 16-10 NEW YORK, Oct.

4. (P) Ford-ham's football veterans recovered a game which one of Its star spangled sophomores almost lost today. With passes by Steve Filipowiez to Blackie Slumenstock and a 28-yard field goal by Steve Hudacek all Cotton bowl campaigners the Rams came from behind to shade Southern Methodist, 16 to 10, before a crowd of 28,500 that almost fell asleep through the first three quarters but never got a -chance to sit down through the last one. In the first half of that final; Rolfe and put Henrich on third. Keller followed with a liner to left ing the fast 'Georgetown backs in Generals Play Superb Defensively LEXINGTON, Oct.

4. MP) Washington and Lee, playing a courageous defensive game, held a superior Kentcky team scoreless today except for a 63-yard touchdown Jaunt by speedy Noah Mullins, senior Wildcat back, In the second period. Junior Jones, sub back, placekicked the extra point to give Kentucky a 7-0 victory. Mullins had crossed the goal line on the first Kentucky play of the game but his 36-yard dash was nullified by the first of numerous penalties called on both teams. About center for another single and Hen' check.

finals of the annual state tournament on the Hermitage course. Isenberg passed 18 yards to the Jacket 48 and two plays later rich loped home while DiMaggio uani, wno triea ior it, ianea to noia it. Up spun the ball, and Wartman dived for it, nabbed it and carried it over the goal for a third touchdown. Karmazin's placement failed, and it stood Duke 19, Tennessee 0. Tennessee drove from its 35 to Duke's 35 with Johny Butler and Bill Gold toting.

Then Wartman leaped UD to intereeDt, Butler's nass anri In the final period with the time aerialed to Talarlco, who lateraled to McEvoy for a first on the Indian went to third. The fact that French and Allen stopped the Yanks from Mrs. Martin, who advanced to the finals yesterday by overcoming Mrs. Don O'Brien of Richmond, 3 and 2, SOUTH BEND, Oct. 4.

(JP) Sophomore Angelo Bertelli and the veteran Dippy Evans, slippery fullback, led Notre Dame's Fighting almost gone, Georgetown attempted a passing attack which Tech smothered. there on proved only incidental, 36. 1e highlight of the game was fought Mrs. Owens on even tearms Bobby Smith, product of Lane The loss of Fitzsimmons was not the only body blow suffered by the through the thirteenth and then Irish to a 19 to 6 victory over Indiana today before 45,000 spectators, Jimmy Howard's 90-yard runback of high school at Charlottesville and a the Duke battering ram started again. forged ahead on the fourteenth and fifteenth with sub-par golf.

the second half kickoff for a toueh-down. Eight Indian backs divided a spectacular running and aerial Tech sophomore, set up the Tech score by quick-kicking and then Dodgers, however, and possibly in the long run not even the most important. For Billy Herman, Brook The defending champion was lacn picKea up la yards around right end but on the next play Long fumbled and Leonard simonetti re period, the Texas Mustangs tied the the scoring, none counting more attack producing touchdowns in the first three periods. recovering the ball when Dornfield, forced to shoot a birdie on the six score at 7-7 on a 49-yard forward teenth to halve the hole with her lyn good-hlttlng second baseman, strained his side in batting practice sub for Doolan, fumbled the kick on Georgetown's 30. covered for the Vols.

The half nri. passing play, and then took a 10-7 than once. The Jackets held the Indians at bay most of the opening period. The victory was Frank Leahy's second in as many starts as the hard-fighting opponent, and then ed with the ball at midfield, Duke lead on Joe Pasquas 44-yard field and had to retire from the game Smith made 15 yards through the 3,000 fans saw the game, played In heat so intense that the players tired perceptibly. goal that was set up on a fumble coasted to victory with a par five on the seventeenth.

The Portsmouth star, applying the pressure Johnson tallied first, going over tackle from the nine. Isenberg by Benny (The Fabulous) Babula, line. Lively, sub for Wheeler, fumbled the next pass from center for a 10-yard loss. Gallagher, sub for After Mullins had scored In the the Rams sophomore fullback. DiocKea Johnson attempt at a on the incoming nine, was four But in the last eight minutes Fill- 1 Tennessee 0.

Another Duke touchdown came with stunning suddenness. Putting after two penalities had nulified long end runs by bounding Bill Wartman, Duke sailed the ball downfleld to Clfers on Tennessee's 15. The sODhmore tailback hnhhlerf under par for the 8 holes. James, whipped a pass to Lively for 9 and another to Chasen for 6. second quarter, Bob Herbert Junior fullback, smeshed through the line and ran 27 yards across the goal, but a penalty on Kentucky for hav In other matches today, Mrs.

powicz's long, accurate passes first brought the Rams a 10-10 tie on With the ball squarely in front placement. Early in the second quarter, Ko-var kicked out on the Jacket 43. Freeman and Bucher in two plays carried the ball to the Jacket 30 and repeated for another first on W.XW. Hamby, Roanoke, defeated Mrs. H.

R. Behrens, Newport Hudacek's placement, and then of the goal on the 10-yard stripe, McClure, with Wheeler holding, sent News, 1 up in the first flight defeated lifted them in front for good. With 33 seconds to go, the fireplug full it, sought to recover, but missed and a placement high over the goal posts for three points and ultimate back from Kulpmont, dropped tne bail roiled into the end zone where Clyde Reddins. substitute back and let fly another pitch. the filth inning.

No one outside the club knew of his injury until after he had withdrawn, but it was learned later that his side was so sore that he might not be able to play tomorrow and might even miss other games. His batting as well as his experienced keynoting for the infield are sure to be missed and if the other battles are as close as the first three, might be decisive. Manager Leo Durocher settled upon Kirby Higbe, winner of 22 games during the regular season, to work tomorrow's fourth fracas, which, along with Monday's game, will be played in Brooklyn. Atley Donald, a righthander who was Manager Joe McCarthy's alternate choice for today until Rus- ing a back illegally in motion likewise cancelled this score. Lightning reversals in the tide of fortune preceded Mullins' bona fide score.

From deep In his own territory, Jones attempted a long pass that was Intercepted by Jack Roehl, General's soph reserve back, on Kentucky's 32. eight; Mrs. Grayson Dashiell, Richmond, turned back Mrs. Neil Wessels, Roanoke, 4 and 2, in the second flight; Mrs. Charles Bur-cher, Newport News, defeated Miss and 2, in the defeated eight; Mrs.

Blumenstock cut in behind the Georgetown had several scoring tackle, fell on it for six more points. Irish head coach and marked the second straight week that the Hoos-iers had lost in the young grid season. Bertelli, talented young passer, set up the first two touchdowns with aerials and the third came on a driving ground attack. But Evans was the man of the hour when a few yards were needed, scoring all three touchdowns on sohrt punches into the Indiana line. Indiana reached the Notre Dame 49 yard line in the first period and never improved on that mark in tht rest of the game except for the one sudden touchdown thrust.

This came midway of the third period when Earl Doloway passed 29 yards to Ken Smith. Just as he was tackled he lateraled to Charles Jacoby who ran the remaining 25 yards to core. Gene White'i placement was wide. i SMU left halfback, roped the bail Karmazin's placement was low. Duke 13 Tennessee 0.

opportunities, but each time a fighting Tech line rose to check the threat. in on the four-yard line and went over for a scoring play that covered W. Ashby Jones Jr, Richmond, won THIRD Third period: Duke, opening up the third Quarter with more of th the 17. The same pair carsied the ball to the seven where Freeman passed to Vandeweghe to score. Ramsey added the point from placement Kovar returned the kickoff 23 yards to the Jacket 33 where Good-low intercepted a pass on the Jacket 32.

Freeman, trapped on an 'attempted pass, got away to give the Indians a first on the 21. Bucher picked up nine and Korczowski made another first on the eight. Freeman picked from Miss Cornelia Anne Larus, 36 yards. FIRST Virginia Tech quickly made a first FIRST Penalties mined Fordham's early same terrific nower. Ditched nnd down through the line after receiving the kickoff but thereafter neith Frank Socha, Junior fullback, was rushed Into the game replacing Capt.

Bobby Pinck and fumbled on the first play. Carl Althaus, soph end from Louisville, recovered for Kentucky on the 36 and Fullback Richmond, 6 and 5, in the third flight, and Mrs. R. J. Cornfield, Richmond, defeated Mrs.

Frank R. Walsh, Richmond, 8 and 5, in the defeated eight. Mrs. Martin and Mrs. Owens, who drove to Tennessee's 41 after takinj Butler's punt on Duke's 26.

Tennes er team could gain and a kicking drives but Blumenstock later got loose for 18 yards and a first down, Fordham's first, on the S. M. U. Here two line plays made only two duel continued until near the end of the period. The Gobblers got an see stinenea, tooK the ball on downs, and Butler booted to Duke's is! so's upset stomach righted itself, was named for Sunday's session by (Continued on Page Si CoL 5) (Continued Page CoL t) (Continued on Page Is CoL 1) the Yankees.

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