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Snider Sparks Flock To 7-3' Win, ock cries Upset Express Wrecked By Rampaging Cincinnati, 57-7 Four Yankee Hurlers Slugged For 12 Hits Bearcats 1st Period Binge Crushes Tribe By DICK WELSH Daily Press Sports Writer Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 3. The rampaging Bearcats of the University of Cincinnati drubbed William and Mary's battered football forces into a 57-7 submission tonight as the Indians absorbed one of the worst defeats in their gridiron other series record crowd for Brooklyn, 36,775. The receipts sent the player pool to a record $608,341.61. plus an additional $83,000 from a pre-series television show.

The booty to be cut up by the two contesting clubs (70 per cent of the player pool) is $483,939.13. The winners will share $290,363.48 and the losers $193,575.65. Although they haven't announced how they will split their money, it is a record amount for Jjoth winners and losers. history. Fi 1 Ford was in deep trouble from ilMlflPr very start.

The 24-year-old upiucid uthpaw got a bad brcak wheft THE STATISTIC WtM Cincinnati Mushing yardage II 37 Flnt downs 1 75 Passing yardage 7 201 Passea attempted I A Passes eeiaptrted I 9 Paste Intcrarpttd I 2 Punl 3 Punting average 'I' 3 Fumbles lost 3 2 Yard! penallied Tigers Score Early To Nip Emory, 20-13 7 1 1 'eadoff man-Gilliam lofted a high iieyaeis, iw, Lead SC Race The under -rated Rhinelandcrs, I playing ihc first game of the season; at home, swept the injury-plagued THE STATISTICS fly down the right field foul line that Hank Bauer over-ran and then let fall just inside. The ball bounded into the stands for an automatic two base hit. After Reese grounded out, Rob-inston lined7 a sharp single to center, scoring Gilliam, and Brooklyn took the lead it never yielded. Hodges forced Robinson but H-S Emory Hanry 203 STATISTICS and clearly outmanncd Tribe otf its: Ruahmaj yardai ys feet from the start, piled up the is 41 First downs lU's through the second and third p.i. attempird Rushing yardaga Passes eemptetrd fN.

--v y- -fit- t--vjtD VMI 12 I6C 40 4 10 4 a 4 II) 3 1 2 5 .15 Richmond in III ioi 3 85 Passing yardaga Passes completed Passes attempted Passes Intercepted Punta Punting average Pallet Inteeepted Punta Punting average Fumbles lost Yarda penallied 43 quarters and lett the rest to their second and third teams at the climax. It was a long night for Jack Freeman's stunned gridders, who had done themselves proud by tying Navy last week, but the Indians had none of steam and finesse left lor tonight. Cincinnati, smarting under a drub Fumbles lost 2 Campanella was given an intentional pass after the third successive) ball by Ford bounced past Berra for a wild pitch. Yards penallied 60 Bristol, Oct. 3.

OP Hampden-Sydney grabbed a two-touchdown margin in the first half, then wcathere an Emory and Henry By ROBERT MOORE Richmond, Oct. 3. Wl Rich THAT CRAZY BALL Up came Snider to hoist a high mond's Spiders, striking for touch- comeback tonight to bing of their own last week at the second-half downs in the first and third quar- fly the screen, near the right hands of Marquette, rammed over Cr niinriaP ti-tlftoKrlrttl'tte Sft clinch a 20-13 victory in a bitterly mice nni wuaiiti iuiaiiuuii vn pair of long payoff runs of 80 and I fought game at Bristol. 3 1 vards and brilliant passing by I was a Virginia Lit ters, took over undisputed posses- jfie'(1 'ine perhaps held fair by the sion of first place in the Southern 'wind. The ball seemed to run down Conference here tonight by downingtne screen, entangling itself momen-Virginia Military Institute's Key- tarily in a piece of bunting before ttle Six con dets, 13-7 it dropped to the ground.

sophomore quarterback Mike Murphy. A second-quarter field goal and a bulldozing 82-yard drive on the ground handed the Bearcats a 30-0 balftime lead, and the Indians were a beaten ball club, although they never gave up. The Bearcats, whose runaway triumph tonight was their highest scoring game since they defeated Baltimore. 67-0. in 1935, tallied two test.

The determining factor in the game, Emory's first defeat against three starts, was the fast, hard-charging play of the lighter Hampden-Sydney line. The game was only a few plays old when Stokley Fulton intercepted an Emory pass on the Wasps' 37. In fpur plays, the Tigers were on ROY CAM PAN ELLA CLINCHES SERIES WIN BY TAGGING OUT BILLY MARTIN Waltz Of The Flowers Ballet Ends Promising Yankee Rally On Dramatic Throw From Don Thompson Manager Casey Stengel decided Ford had seen enough action after he got Carl Furillo on a fly to Bauer to end the inning. He brought Gorman from the bullpen to start, the second. The Dodgers reached the bespectacled righthander for a run in tie fourth after two were out.

Loes singled to right and Gilliam hit a double into the right field screen, scoring the pitcher. Junior, incidentally, had another double in the second when Rizzuto, Woodling and Mantle converged on his high pop fly. Rizzuto made a last second stab but missed. The victory, engineered before a crowd of 10,000, kept the Spiders among the nation's undefeated and untied teams after three games. Both of Richmond's touchdowns came on lightning-like bursts.

With the game less than six minutes old, quarterback Tommy Theodose, faking beautifully on the T-fonna-tion's optional keep play, toucked the ball under his arm and raced 51 yards to the goal behind a wave of blockers. Guard Bob Sgro's kick was partially blocked. Trailing by a point, the Spiders touchdowns in each of the final two quarters, most coming On long-dis- six and Dean Tester crashed off tackle to score. tance taunts. the conver- Cabell Rives made sion.

Ihe Indians' defense was no match for the smoothly-operating Bearcat assault troops, who romped for 347 yards on the ground and compiled a dazzling 556 yards of Gamecocks Blank UVA, 19-0; Rutgers9 Splurge Upends VP! Early in the second quarter the Tigers struck for their second touch total offense, making the tale of 'down when substitute quarterback statistics the true tale of the dis The Yanks put two hits together struck again midway in the third Bob Furr rifled a pass to end Ronnie Henry, who ran into the end zone to This time Bill Bauder, who had re-j for the first tune to make it 4-2 placed Theodose at quarterback, 'in the fifth on McDougald's home score. 14-0 AT HALF spotted halfback Lewis Wacker and Martins triple. alone on the VMI 10. passed to I Sain, who came in after Gorman Again Rives kicked the point. him, and Wacker raced unmolested, was lifted for a pinch hitter in the aster.

had seven first downs. The setback is even worse than the Virginia and Oklahoma runaways two vears ago. GAME A TOSS-l The Indians had entered the toss-up contest with at least five players still limping from last week's game. Jerry Sazio, John Bednarik and Bill 'a it ir I it I 1 making it 14-0 at halftime in lavor into the end zone. The play covered jnnn, sin by the fifth easy style Cavaliers Take 1st Shutout In Last 64 Games 50 yards.

Sgro converted. of Hampden-Sydney. The Wasps flew back early in the third quarter with a scoring drive MAPP JONES Sandwiched between those touch but was tbombed in the sixth for Snider's -nbmer, his fifth in series play; a double by Billy Cox, another single by Loes and Gilliam's high beginning on the H-S 49. It was Gobblers Fade After Score In Opening Stanza STATISTICS VPI Rutgers First downs 12 15 Rushing yardaga IS5 234 Passing yardaga 42 50 Passes attempted 14. 11 Passes completed i iMaruiu were ail carricu on inc nciu downs was VMI's second-period stx- before the long night came to 1rnm fl-v.

kewpmt mMs-uAxmxmwiacwnfM Sunday, October 4, 1953 Section pointer. After Johnny Mapp, a scoring tort to Bauer. Ihe final run THE STATISTICS SOUTH CAROLINA VIRGINIA crazy-legged halfback, carried in the seventh came off Art SchaJ- i score. A II 7 punt 50 yards to the Richmond 14. tocK, a little letty, Mcdonald gets nod quarterback Dick Fencel sneaked I run cuoine rooted tne point ana os the Wasps were back in the game 1Af I Paa attampted 21 Pawea aanplatad The Tigers dominated play until intercepted by 3 tYi miniiltfc -f lact 1 1 ti PuntS Duke Pounds Vols over from six inches out.

Royce Jones put the Keydets ahead, 7-6, with a perfect kick. IS 6 21 I 417 I i Passes Intercepted I I Stengel stuck with his pre-game announcement that Jim McDonald (9-7) a 26-year-old righthander, will pitch tomorrow. II. ICUlllf, .1.1.., uiv iui uu. "I- 28.7 2 i.i iniitii lavftic uainb uvawuu Fumblea last VMI's touchdown was the first scored this season against the Dressen refused to name his start- Yards penalized 32 Spiders, who previously defeated Before the game he said he had Randolph-Macon and Davidson.

It "two or three in mind." Russ Meyer Punta 4 3 Punting average 42 SB Fumbles lost 3 0 Yards penallied 37 By CHUCK CAPALDO New Brunswick, N. Oct. 3 Ufl A spirited Rutgers University football team shrugging off the loss covered I esters tumble on the H-5 37' With Tony Fantino putting new-life into the Wasps, Emory went was VMI's second conference loss (l5-5) and Bob Milliken (8-4) were down to the two where Fantino, the To Grab 2 1-7 Win; Barger Sparkplug possibilities but some thought he would go with a "sleeper," rookie vomers were noronng ai ine nnisn but none appeared serious, outside of Sazio, who was a doubtful starter as late as this afternoon. Bill Bowman, the Tribe's jarring fullback, was cornered most of the night by the big Bearcat line as were all phases of the offense. TRIBE OFFENSE FAILS The Indians failed to get their offense moving after recovering two early fumbles by the Bearcats and Cincinnati put the ball into play at its 20 after Sumner had kicked into the end zone.

On first down, Dick Goist, Bearcat halfback, cut through left tackle, picked up sharp blocking and went the distance untouched for the game's first touchdown. Sumner made" a desperation dive at the 10 but failed to stop the flying Goist. in as many games. The Spiders scored on the fourth nlav after they gained possession of powerful little 5-5. 170-pound By CHARLES KARMOSKY Daily Press Sports Editor Charlottesyille, Oct.

3. A surprisingly strong University of South Carolina football machine shut out Virginia's Cavaliers for the first time in 64 games this afternoon and Johnny Podres (9-4), a lefthander. speedsters, plunged through center of a touchdown on a referee's quick whistle surged from behind today to hand highly favored Virginia Tech its first loss in three games, to score. Cubine's place kick was blocked by Fulton. With less than two' minutes remaining in the game, H-S wrapped it STATISTICS Duka Tennessee! the ball for the first time.

The drive began on the Richmond 22. Wacker raced around right end for a first down on the 37. Ralph Scarpo, Wacker's running mate at halfback, added two more, and Wacker picked up another first down on the 49. Theodose then drifted behind a on fullback Ted Sctiwanger's fumble on the kickoff on Tennessee's 29 to rolled to an easy 19-0 victory with a three-touchdown burst in the last! i A shirtsleeved crowd of 10.000 First downs 14 Rushina vardaaa 2Sfl The Yanks raved about Thompson's fine throw that nipped Martin for the last out, "I set him in, said third base Coach Frank Crosetti. "I thought he'd make it asy.

The throw wa unbelievable." "I thought I could make it myself," said Martin. "If 1 thought there was any chance of it being close I wouldn't have gone. But up when halfback Tom Poland took 13 171 55 set the stage for the Blue Devils' a pitchout and raced 62 yards to 'nine minutes -of the second quarter. Ppin, 47 watched Rutgers score all its touchdowns in the second half and kick off its 85th football season on the right side of the ledger. The Gamecocks or coacn Kex puut 2 score.

Rives' kickwas no good, leaving jEnright, who were expected to I line of blockers and raced 51 yards to the goal. the final marker. A penalty put the'ball back on the Vol 41. Then Barger lofted a pass to halfback Lloyd Caudle who raced across from the 18 untouched 4 I 7 SO I 5 owit 01 Pn.tii score The Gobblers from Blacksburg. S5 The score came at 4:22 of the III! IJIU31 cutiuvtircaa impugn lilt Puntinf average Fumblea lost Yards penalized opening period.

The extra point try 93 i LEFT ENDS lyrd. Janshege. LEFT TACKLES Miller, Westfall. LEFT GUARD Slier. CENTERS Kllnar, Poss.

RIGHT GUARDS Boiley. AIM. RIGHT TACKLES Ramer, Drake, Wain- by Pisanelli was made and the Bear cats led, 6-0. quoted as high as 1 5 points better than Rutgers on the basis of their 20-7 upset of the Unversity of Virginia the week before, led 7-0 at halftime and seemed headed for for the touchdown. Halfback Dale air and not via the overland route, concentrated their scoring with a maximum of efficiency as they required only five plays to put the pigskin across the goal line three HAMPDEN-SYDNEY LEFT END Henry.

LEFT TACKLES Stokea. Mutser, LEFT GUARDS Lee, Tucker. CENTERS Wooleett, Meade. RIGHT GUARD Fultnn. RIGHT TACKLE Ene lee.

RIGHT ENDS Hardy, Byrant. QUARTERBACKS Taster. Purr. LEFT HALBACK Poland. RIGHT HALFBACKS Sommerbahl, Sumner fumbled at his 34 and By ESCAR THOMPSON Knoxville, Oct.

3. Duke stabbed quickly for three touchdowns in the second period today and then held on to defeat Dave Faulkner recovered for the wrlght. Bearcats, setting the stage for the its third victory in a row. But Rutgers caught fire for one Boye converted. Tennessee, which misfired on scoring opportunities in the first and final periods, took the next kickoff and marched 55 yards for its lone score.

Jimmy Wade, starting tiis first game at tailback in the Vol times. Lehev. RIGHT ENDS Guy. Ralph, Dooley, erinim. QUARTERBACKS Fencel.

Woolwlna. Jonee. LEFT HALFBACKS Foley. Lavory. Boxlcy.

RIGHT HALFBACKS Mapp, Collins. FULLBACKS Carter. Servldea. RICHMOND LEFT ENDS M. Thacker.

Aadreeenla, Virginia's defeat marked the first jbairs unbeaten ranks. score in the third quarter, went ahead, 14-13, with another early in the fourth on fullback Don Dun when I looked up there was Campy with the ball." "That was the bird on Nellie's hat," said Dressen as the Dodgers stormed into their clubhouse. Instead of being two down and ready to be counted out, the club had rallied to take two in a row, squaring the series. "1'U annouce my pitcher after batting 'practice tomorrow," he said. "Some people didn't expect me to come back with Erskine yesterday and others thought I was nuts for starting this boy (Loes) today.

But my bosses told me 'Go right ahead Charlie. We're behind you in everything you do." time in Cavalier history that they've lost their first two games. can's second straight conversion. single wing attack, skirted left end CHrJak. Land added icing to the cake with a They didn't have much more than four yards for the touchdown.

Fullback Tom Tracy converted. Recovered fumbles twice gave FULLBACK Rlvaa. EMORY AND HENRY LEFT ENDS Meore. Yarbrough. LEFT TACKLE Beacon.

LEFT GUARDS Lackey. Heeler, Olne.ua. CENTERS Rule, pitta. RIGHT GUARDS Glover, Cawood. Richards.

RIGHT TACKLE Lent. RIGHT ENDS Cublna. Dean. QUARTERBACKS Howerton. I son.

Chapman. LEFT HALFBACKS Polly. Fantino. Bentley. RIGHT HALFBACKS Dean.

Kltts. FULLBACK Bruce. SCORING SUMMARY third counter with two and one-half minutes to go ih the game. After a scoreless first period, Duke got its Split-T attack rolling an dreeled off its three scores with-ina six-minute span. Tennessee punched over for its touchdown in the second quarter.

A shirt-sleeved crowd of 30,000 saw the game break wide open after a 15-yard personal foul on Ten a prayer after the first half despite a march of 60 yards in the third quarter that stalled on the Game A quick whistle by Referee John second touchdown. Joe Miller banged to the 31 and then Pardine took a wide pitchout from Murphy and shot down the sideline, again behind sweeping blocks by his linemen, and went the distance to score. The extra point by Pisanejli was perfect and the Tribe, stunned and bruised, trailed by 13-0 with six minutes gone in the first quarter. Bowman rammed the Bearcat line for 15 yards after a booming Cincy kickoff. It was the first offensive sign of life the Indians had displayed, but an offside penalty Set Handed, Page C-5, Col.

1 LEFT TACKLES W. Whacker. Kevllia. LEFT GUARDS Sgre, Halllnan. CENTER Peeueh.

RIGHT GUARD Berry. RIGHT TACKLES Frostlck. Garcia. RIGHT ENDS Chrlstansen. Curlay.

QUARTERBACKS Theodose, Beuder. LEFT HALFBACKS Wacker. Elliott. RIGHT HALFBACKS Scarpo. Evans, A ray.

SCORE BY PERIODS Ebert of Duquesne the first time cock 26. For most of the last two Tennessee scoring chances, but Duke's line refused to yield yardage when it would have hurt. The Blue Devils halted Tennessee on its 14 in the first quarter, and within a Rutgers got the ball cost it a touchdown. Ebert's embarrassing call nul periods South Carolina called on its reserves freely. HAMPDEN-SYDNEY 7 8 20 ft IS EMORY AND HENRY Gamecock Co-Captain Gene Wil 0 7 0 IS VMI 0 RICHMOND nessee two.

Haltoack Ked Mnitti raced across for the touchdown and then kicked the first of two extra points. Hampden Sydney Scorlna: Teuehdowne lified a 63-yard payoff pitch from quarterback John Fennell to halfback Steve Johnson. Fennell faked to halfback Joe Triggs whose phony nlunee fooled the Gobblers' line son provided the biggest scoring VMI Scoring: Touchdown Fencel. Conversion Tester. Henry, Poland.

Converslana Rlvaa 2. thrill of the cool Indian Summer Afore World Series Stories On Page C-3 Jones. Emery and Henry SooVIno: Touchdowns See Cavaliers, Page C-4, Col. 1 Richmond Scoring: Touchdown Theodose. Dean, Fanttna.

Conversion Cublno. The Vols, who suffered their Waeker. Conversion Sgre. See Rutgers Rally, Page C-2, Col. 4 second straight setback under the guidance of Coach Harvey Robinson, were baffled by the quarter foot of the goal in the waning monenys of the game.

Caijdle and Smith, taking pitch-outs from Barger on the option play, were Duke's most effective ground gainers. Caudle picked up 89 yards in 13 runs and Smith netted 58 in 12. Duke outrushed the Vols 256 yards to 17! and picked up 14 first downs to 13. -f '5f -y vn. naanaaaaaa mmm back option play as Duke swept 65 yards for its second score.

Quarterback Jerry Barger, subbing for hte injured Worth Lutz, called on halfback Bop Pascal! for the scoring romp after running plays had worked the ball to DUKE 0 21 021 TENNESSEE 0 7 0 07 Duke Scoring: Touchodwns, J. Smith. Pascal, Caudle. Conversions, J. Smith 2.

Boyd. Tennessee's one. Tennossao Scoring: Touchdown, Wade. Col Duke guard Jim Logan pounced! version, Traey. FOOTBALL SCORES- Mississippi Southern 42, Tampa Delta State 40, Howard Tennessee Wesleyan 27, Hiwassee Abilene Christian 13, Midwestern 7 Quinn 7, Bethuene Cookman Wofford 19.

Partis Island COLLEGIATE STATE Cincinnati S7, 7 Rutgers 20, VPI 13 Carolina 19, Virginia 0 Richmond 13. VMI 7 North Carolina 39. Wall East Tennessee 3t, Western Carolina 7 Hampden-Sydney 20, Emory and Henry Randolph-Macon 13, Shepherd 13 (He) EAST Princeton 20, Columbia 19 Holy Cross 19, Colgate Vale 13, Brown Penn 13, Penn State 7 Navy S5, Dartmouth 7 Deleware 26, Lehigh 13 Muhlenberg 18, Bucknell 13 New Hampshire 14, Rhode Island IS Carnegie Tech 21, Allegheny 12 Alfred 55, RPI 7 St. Lawrence 18. Hofstra 7 I.

College 25. Hampton Institute P. C. 26. Virginia Lnion 6 SOUTH Duke 2f, Tennessee) 7 Maryland 20, Clemson Georgia Tech 6, SML 0 Kentucky 26.

Florida 13 George Washington 20, C. State Alabama 21, Vanderbllt 12 Wake Forest 18, VlUanova 12 West Virginia 47. -Waynesburg 19 Auburn 13, Mississippi Franklin and Marshall 47, John Hopkins Mississippi Slate 21, North Teuu State 1.x -fa I 13 Tuftf 6. Worcester Tech Lock Haven 25, Mlllersvllle Bloomsburt 26, Mansfield State 7 Ursinua 32, Susquenanna 14 Lebanon Valleye 15, Wilks Dickinson 7, Washington and Jefferson MIDWEST Notre Dam 37, Purdue 27 Michigan State 21. Minnesota Illinois 33, Stanford 21 More Scores on Page C-5, Col.

4 fmii ui i iliiisaaaaaaaaasaasiaiiiaaia Arkansas 13, TCU 6 Teias 28, Houston 7 Texas 14, Georgia 11 Michigan 24, Tulane 7 I.SU 42, Boston College 6 Appalanchlan 21, Elon 19 East Carolina 13, Catawba 6 Maryland State 7, Morris Brown Fisk 13, Toskegee) 7 1 a.OT.r. as nitfrirriG TliCrTC rnSDr VDC HULA-HIPPED BEARCAT ELUDES BOWMAN VPr Bobby Scruggs, Left, Halted On Attempted End Sweep By Rutgers i Dom Del Bene Escaped Tribe Co-Captain To Chew Up 28-Yard Gain.

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