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was threatening late In the fourth Washington that didn't know the DAILY PRESS, Newport News, Sundoy, Sept. 21, 1947 1IA meaning of defeat. quarter. Granby capitalized on three Cen The Comets showed the results of over seven touchdowns and JohniThe Aggies mixed a spotty ninnir.f GRANBY TAKES 20-14 VICTORY tral breaks to drive over three touchdowns, with Larry Brown. jentine booted six extra points.Jgame with a deadly passing attack.

losing such standouts as Barny Gill, Henry Foiles, Chuck Stobbs, Chauncy Willis, Red Lucas and W-L Generals Beat Quantico By 13-0 Score Lexington, Sept. 20. With a I freshmen-studded lineup Washing Bobby Skinner and Billy (the Mole; Harrison chalking up the first six other standouts connected with! pointers of the 1947 campaign. Granby football over the past three Norfolk, Sept. 20 tP Experiencing their roughest opening in three years, the Comets of Granby Texas Aggies Romp FISHERMEN! FLY TO OREGON IXLET For A FILL DAY'S fishing.

Leave and return at your convenience. All expense trip includes chartered boat, all transportation, lunch and tackle. Fast New Beech Bonanza Will Pick I'p Party at Any Airport in Tidewater Area years. Although all of their touchdowns came via the ground method tiie Comets failed to exhibit 'Over Southwestern high school squeezed out a 20-14 victory over Central high school of ton and Lee's Generals nevertheless had to rely on a handful of depend 'i. I i-' i 5 e.

zttum flu Washington, D. today at Fore able lettermen to overcome a power their usual pulverizing power and their defense against forward passes had more holes in it than a seive. Granby's downfield blocking so con man Field before a crowd estimated ful Quantico marine eleven, 13 to 0, College Station, Sept. 20. (JPH-The Texas Aggies warmed up for a lugged nine-game schedule before 18,000 in JCyle field today by romping over little Southwestern over the 8.000 mark EACH In Parties of three or more.

25 Three previous years the Comets spicuously connected with past drubbed their opponents by box Comet teams was nil in today's i Texas, 49 to 0. Charter rates for South Dakota Pheasant Hunting Florida Trips or Elsewhere Very Reasonable. DRIMMOND AIR FREIGHT Phone Hampton 7135 car figures, but today it was a dif-iopener. The Aggies had a little trouble ferent story. They ran into a stub-1 Central, taking to the air lanes moving in the first period, but once born well coached team from i to score both of its touchdowns, they started to click, they chased 0 in the State's opening collegiate football show here today.

Charles Harrington, the Nebras-kan brought here last year by Coach Art Lewis from St. Mary's navy preflight, turned his heels to the mai lies twice to bring the Generals both their touchdowns. Late in the first quarter the western will o' wisp halfback slammed through his own left tackle on a quick opening play and took off to his right through the Quantico secondary on a 55-yard gallop. Ed Tenney, of Atlanta, place-kicked the extra point. The W.

L. offensive seemed to foul up again as it had during the opening interlude of the first period. It wasn't until Harrington provided a repeat performance of his first quarter dash that the Generals had the ball game under control. With five minutes of the fourth period remaining, Harrington got under way from the marine's 19-yard line, veering to his right again, to score untouched. The first quarter probably brought out the best football of the day with Quarterback Mike Boyda's superb kicking for W.

L. and Joe Bartos' consistent running for the marines alerting the opening day crowd of 4,500 for the Harrington burst. 0 ACE IN RACES TODAY "Ufohnny Butterfield, pictured on motorcycle above, will be one of the featured entries In the nine-event program of motorcycle racing to be held under sponsorship of Newport News Motorcycle- club this afternoon at Sportsman's park, on Route 258. Time trials will get under way at 1 p. and racing events start at 2 p.

m. Altogether $900 in prize money will be offered, and there will be 27 money places. Butterfield, who has just returned from a 4,000 mile tour of mid-west racing tracks, Is pictured at Springfield, Ohio, where he won his heat and the final, had the best time in the amateur class and was among seven fastest in the class of 200. Pictured at left is John Harley of the firm of Harley-Davidson, while at right is the motorcycle company's engineering department head, Hank Syversten. i.

Yi nnihnnnQnn COVERING Be Faithful Takes Win In Hawthorne Gold Cup Chicago, Sept. 20. (JP Be Faith-1 stake in Hawthorne's history. ET3 Ft. Eustis, Navy Eleven Battle To 0 To 0 Deadlock r- A The Pal Price Headley pair went to the post favorite, with Be Faithful at odds of 5 to 1, Be Faithful returned $6.80 and $5.00, The comparatively heavy Fort Eustis "Hell-Divers" fought the still heavier Little Creek Naval Station team to a 0-to-0 tie in a game wit- W' 'it with Letmenow returning $3.60 andj' Eustis, slow in getting started, defended its goal with bulldog tenacity Finest Fabric's spell definite luxury superb tailoring achieves the ultimate in distinguished appearance and comfortable fit ciiality and value are noteworthy.

SMARTLY DRAPED SUITS ful, five-year old daughter of the famed Bimelach, captured the Hawthorne gold cup today in a finish that was so inconceivably close that the crowd of 21,681 spectators were kept waiting seven minutes while the judges decided the order of finish. Be Faithful, owned by Mrs. E. E. Dale Shaffer, Lexington, wife of a retired Chicago newspaper publisher, was declared the winner by a nose.

Letmenow, a sprinter and with Plumper and entry owned by Hal Price Headley, also of Lexington, was second. In the saddle youth and age battled it out. Be Faithful was ridden by 39-year-old Willie Garner. Let-nienow was handled by Threal Williams, a 20-year-old apprentice. In third place, a length and a half in back of Letmenow, came Edward Woynow's Stud Poker at odds or 19 to 1, which finished a neck ahead of Joseph A.

Goodwin's Jack's Jill, winner of the 1946 gold 7J0. OThe victory was worth" $38,500 to 3 Mrs. Shaffer. It was the richest $3.20 and Stud Poker paid $7.60 to show. Be Faithful ran the mile and, a quarter In 2:03 1-5.

It was a tough race for the Lex-, ington, breeder to lose, for Letmenow figured to set the early pace and then give way to his stable-mate Plumber as the six-year-old mare did so successfully in the recent $25,000 added Ridwill memorial. Letmenow's early rivals was Jack's Jill and Stud Poker and they remained In that order until approaching the finish line when Be Faithful came up on the outside. The victory for Be Faithful, which also won the Beverly handicap at Washington park, raised her earnings to $94,800. the entire first half of the game. Coaches of both teams evidently were depending on brawn since.most bf the plays were line plunges.

The second half was a different story. The "Hell-Divers" got in stride and put on a drive which the Navy halted on its own 20-yard line. From then on it was a back and forth battle until the final gun. The Eustis team averaged 206 pounds In the line and 170 pounds in the back-field while the Navy outfit averaged 206 47 in the line and 195 pounds in the backfield. Each team made seven first downs.

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Then the Phils tied it up in the fifth on a of singles and Emil Verban's double. But Buddy KeiT sent Heinzelman down to his tenth defeat against six wins in the eighth when he smashed his seventh homer into the upper left field stands and scored behind Hansen, who had singled. The linescore: Phila 100 020 0003 5 0 flew York 200 100 02x 5 7 3 Heintzelman and Lakeman; Han-ten and Cooper. Pirates To Open Season Saturday With Fort Bragg Hampton institute's Pirates will play host to a. Fort Bragg, N.

C. rmy eleven next Saturday afternoon in the first game of a nlne-m oie schedule. The klckoff is slated 2:30 p. m. on Armstrong field, new section of stands seating about 2.500 people has enlarged the eating capacity of the stadium this year, and another section will be completed during the season.

Though injuries to two quarterbacks ill slow the Pirate attack Saturday, Coach J. Morgan Griffin has at least two sets of veteran backs and a dozen lettermen to man his forward wall. The Fort Bragg game will be followed by the Pirates' first 1947 conference tilt, a game with J. C. Smith university on Armstrong field Oct.

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