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PAGE NIN3 RoufeTishburne, 60 -0, To VMI Keydets Stage Thrilling Second Half Comeback To Trounce VPI prints 7-0 -UlJset Over Favored THE STAUNTON NEWS-LEADER FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 23, 1D47 AMA Win Statehampionship Fork Union SMA (AMA-Fishburae) (VPI-VMI) (SMA-Fork Union) SMA CRIPPLED Dimaggio Noses Out Williams By 1 Vote For American League's Most Valuable Intercepted Pass Gives South Carolina 6-0 Victory Over Favored Wake Forest ALLEN, JOHNS PACE ATTACK OF AUGUSTANS EARLY LEAD BYGOBBLERS IS OVERCOME battle. Wake Forest, after wasting Pennsylvania Tops Cornell For First Unbeaten Season PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 27 Pennsylvania's bruising football team smacked down Cornell 21 to 0 today to climax its first unbeaten season in 39 years, Before a crowd of 78,203 the ReJ and Blue air and ground attack, strong enough to overpower six foes and tie Army 7-7, moved into high gear against the rugged Cornell defenders. But Penn's de-v lenses were good enough to de' clde the issue. Led' by Center Charley Bed- narik, Penn players Intercepted six Cornell passes and recovered three of the Big Red's seven By LOUIS D.

RUBIN JR. Leader Papers Sports Writer George A. (Buck) Chap man alternated first and second teams with equally devastating effect as his Orchid Bowl-bound Augusta Military Cadets trampled hapless Fishburne, 60-0, 'to clinch the state prep championship be several thousand shivering In Waynesboro yesterday. I "he victory, coupled with yes' lay's setback 7-0 handed Military by Pork Union, early-season AMA victory by votes to 167. George Keel, Detroit's fine third baseman, flnishetl fifth with 132 points, and George McQuinn, Cinderella Yankee first baseman, was sixth with 77 points.

Seventh and eighth places went to the Indians' Joe Gordon and Bob Feller, respectively. Gordon, whose splendid work both at bat and in the field following his acquisition from the Yankees, was largely responsible for the tribe's first division finish, accumulated 1 59 points, one more than Feller, the league's strikeout king and only 20-game winner, received. Pitcher Phil Marchildon, 19-game winner of the Philadelphia Athletics was ninth with 47" votes and Luke Appling, ageless shortstop of the Chicago White Sox, was tenth with 43. In gaining his one-point margin over Williams in the closest race yet since the present system of voting was introduced in 1938, Dimaggio joined Jimmy Poxx, former Red Sox and Athletics slugger, as the only three-time winners of the MVP award. He is the fifth Yankee player to be so honored, Babe Ruth winning 8, gave the Port Defiance elev en the state crown by percentage Via well as by total victories, be- the award in 1923, Lou Gehrig in 1927 and "36, Joe Gordon in 1942 and Spud chandler in '43 in addition to Dimag In 39 and '41.

FOOTBALL SCORES By The Associated Press East Penn 21, Cornell 0 Rutgers 27, Brown 20 George Washington '40, Kings Point 0. Gettysburg 13, Albright 13 (tie) Midwest St. Louis 14, Dnquesne 13 Western Reserve 13, Case Tech 12 Miami (O.) 38, Cincinnati 1 South 35, Richmond VMI 28, Virginia Tech 14 Davidson 20, Furman 6 South Carolina 6, Wake Forest 0 North Texas State 14, Chattanooga 7 Appalachian 12, High Point 1 Emory and Henry 20, Tusculum 14 Southwest Texas 32, Texas 13 Arkansas 27, Tulsa 13 Oklahoma City U. 35, Western Michigan 7 Far West Utah 40, Utah State 14 Idaho State 25, Colo. Mines 9 Montana 4L Colorado 7 Denver 26, Colorado 20 Brill were high ecorers for the win ners.

Snowbirds (41) G. F. Bradley, 11 0 Baymann, 0 0 Brill, 7 0 Selby, 1 6- Reynolds, Michael, 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 F. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 T. 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dudley, Miller, 0 M.

Roberts, 0 Marshall, 0 B. Roberts, 0 Gibson, 0 Hickland, 0 Totals 20 VJ5.D.B. (12) G. Tate, 4 Praley, 1 Riser, 0 Aldridge, 0 Smith, 0 Moore, Swindell, Anderson, 0 Black, Totals' 5 12 BY INJURY TO SPEARS By JIMMY HACKER Leader Papers Sports Editor Captain Bob Spears, Bob Horvath. and Wood Beasley watched most of Staunton's annual Thanksgiving football classic from the sidelines and- their, absence made the difference between a great ball club and a mediocre one as Staun ton Military Academy suffered a 7-0 upset defeat at the hands of its ancient rival from Fluvanna County, Pork Union Military Academy.

Billy Duke, swift little 155-pound halfback, sped 45 yards in the third period for the game's only score. Yost added the extra point from placement, and when the final whistle sounded It marked the first time since 1.943 that the Hill toppers had fallen before another state military school foe. Pork Union turned the trick that time. SMA Line Collapses Beasley. injured in, Staunton's losing effort at Admiral Parragut two weeks ago, was not even in uniform and when Horvath, his sidekick at guard, went out in the second stanza with a bad leg the Blue and Gold forward wall, well-nigh invincible all season.

Just folded up. Fork Union's line completely rushed the locals off their feet, spilling the carrier before he could get going, dumping passers on five different occasions before they could even get rid of the ball, and blocking two kicks and partially blocking another. Spears' toss, of course, was the biggest one, and his injury came on a sensational piece of running. The locals had been backed against their own goalllne when Allan Vedder, back In punt formation in the end zone, loftod a pass out to Spears standing o- the twelve. The big bruising fullback from Ypsllanti, Mich, raced down the field 85 yards before he finally was hauled down from behind on the three.

On the tackle he received a bad thigh in- Statistics: S. 130 14 8 41 First downs 4 Yds. rushing (net) 53 Passes att 15 Passes, comp. 1 Yds. gained passes (net) -1 Passes inter, by 3 yds.

gained biter, passes 19 Punt. avg. (from scr.) 25.3 25.6 Yds. all kicks ret 63 7 Fumbles I Opp. fumbles recov.

0 Penalties 50 50 Jury. Benched for the remainder of that period, he got in for about four plays in the second chapter, but it was no go. Quarters three and four went by and he remained on the bench. Staunton not only lost Spears on that particular play, but also lost a golden scoring opportunity that had it materialized would have put the Blue and Gold ahead. An official ruled clipping against Staunton on the Fork Union 32, the resultant 15-yard penalty moving the ball back to the 47.

The Hilltoppers were unable to move it from there. Fork Union Gets Break Pork Union got a break in the first five minutes of the contest when Guidon broke through to block Spears' punt and Cataldi recovered on the 28. Blair threw one incomplete pass then hit Cataldi, a lanky lad, on the five. Three running plays netted but a yard as Staunton's front men stiffened and on fourth down Love attempted a field goal from the 14 but the ball hit one of the uprights and bounced dead in the end zone. There were only ten first downs between the two teams, seven of these coming in the first half.

Only two came in succession, the visitors moving 38 yards on three plays in the second period. Staunton Picks Up First Staunton picked up a first down following the opening klckoff when Tom Dandelet broke over guard for 13 yards to the 41, but Fork Union dumped two running plays for a three-yard toss then recovered a blocked kick on the 26. The visitors moved from there to the five on that 21-yard pass, Blair to Catadi, but Staunton held, the fl.U 1 M- -4 the locala took over on the M- I Fork TTnlnn. however. rec ZZJZ- after breakins: over center nicely.

ran into an official and fumbled, the visitors recovering on the 27. A holding penalty set them back to the 43, three passes netted eight yards, and Yost kicked into the end sone. CnKial Play Then came the crucial play of the game for Stauntoa Spears had bulled his way for nine and one-half yards: on the next play a holding penalty moved the ball back to the 15, and Allen Jones, back to pass, was dropped on the seven. Vedder then dropped back In punt formation in the end sone, but instead of kicking he lofted a pass to his right. Spears took It on the twelve and started for the Pork Union goal.

He missed it by three yards, but the play was partially nullified by the clipping penalty, and he was injured. Prom the 47 Staunton was unable to gain and the two clubs exchanged kicks as the quarter ended. Second Quarter A Repetition The second period was almost a repetition ct the first. Staunton NEW YORK, Nov. 27 (P) Joe Dimaggio, star centerfielder of the world champion New York Yankees, today won the American League's most valuable player award for 1947, by the narrowest possible margin, one slim vote, over Ted Williams, the circuit's batting king.

Dimaggio, who previously had earned the most valuable honors in 1939 and 1941, compiled a total of 202 votes to 201 for the red sox slugging 6uuftelder in. the vote of the 24-man committee of the Baseball Writers' Association of America for the Kenesaw Mountain Landis Memorial Award. The balloting for third, place also was decided by one point, with Lou Boudreau, shortstop-manager of the Cleveland Indians nosing out Joe Page, lefthanded relief pitcher of the Yankees, 168 BOWL TEAM PAUSED HERE ON TUESDAY The Burley Bowl-bound West Chester, Pa State Teachers College football team, 37 men. strong, worked out on the main Staunton Military Academy gridiron before proceeding on to Johnson City, where it defeated Carson-Newman 20-6. West Chester, coached by Glenn Killinger.

former Ail-American at Penn State and later an outstand ing professional performer, Is one of the few major or minor unbeaten Steams in the country. It had come through nine previous games unscathed, and it was on the basis of that record that the teachers got the Burley Bowl invitation. During the workout here Tues day West Chester revealed in Wayne Schneider probably one of the top kickers in the country. Some of his boots going 75 yards beyond the line of scrimmage, ana there was not enough wind to aid him to any great extent. None of his kicks went less than 45 yards.

Killinger declared that he would stack Schneider against any kicker In the country, and didn't limit that to college performers. Also playing for West Chester Is a scrappy 157-pounder who has been selected to the All-Eastern second team at guard. That selection isn't confined to smaller schools, either. It includes them all large and small. West Chester's regular season rec-Muravlan, 20-0; Drexel, 33-13; Pennsylvania Military College, 33-0; Albright, 20-7; Lock Haven, 14-6; East Stroudsburg.

6-0? Rider, 35-0; City College of New York, 47-0, and Millersville, 6-0 Assisting Killinger who was highly commendable of the athletic facilities on Tho Hill, are Jim Bonder, line coach; Jack Yohe, backfleld, and Russ Sturzebecker, assistant. Snowbirds Win Over VSDB Girls The Snowbirds defeated the VSDB girls, 41-12, In the season's opener Wednesday. Bradley and The next tally, set up by a 27-yard punt return by Hushebeck, cr.me when Allen took over the ball after Johns and Tyrell had advanced to the 7, and squirmed his way througn for the score. Johns' placement made it 35-0. That was No.

1 for Allen. He made No. 2 on a brilliant 54-yard sprint shortly after Dick Belins had moved the ball to the 48 on a classy 14-yard dash. Then, two plays later, he Intercepted a PMS pass on the Waynesboro team's 31 and galloped the rest of the way, to score again and make It 48-0. It was Charlie Winston's turn next.

The dependable center waited only two more plays, and then he intercepted i pass and sped 45 yards with It, to score standing up and advance the count to 54-0. About this time everybody was willing to call it a day, but AMA got hold of the ball via the punt method and drove down the field once more, Heppner going over to finish things at 60-0. The game ended two plays later. The Fort Defiance cadets will leave for Chattanooga, and the Orchid Bowl contest with McCallie School of Chattanooga on Deo. 4.

The game takes place two days later. A.M.A. Pishburne Grove Gardner T-Harris Cole Sykes Brown Thomas Edwards Edson Devereaux Mohler Jordon Ramsey Lasslter Hushebeck Haragon Tyrell Hunt Carmlchael Swindal Johns Volt A. M. A 6 16 13 25-60 Scoring A.

M. A. touchdowns. Al len 3. Johns 2, Heppner 2, Belins and Winston; point after touchdowns, Moon 3 and Johns.

Safety, A. M. A. Substitutions A. M.

A. Bones, Noble. Hamlin. Philhower. Moon.

Hit- chens, Winston, Adelberg, Heppner, Vome. Allen. Turner. UpdyKe. Gre gory, Dean, Bowers and Jones.

Fts- burne, Nevin, Isabel, Garet, Wilk. Officials Thomas, referee; Lut-trelLi umDire: Deavers, headllnes- mas, and Klvighan, field judge. CHARLOTTE, N. Nov. 27.

(JP) Striking in the closing seconds of the first period after pass interception, set the stage for a 58 yard touchdown march. South Carolina's Gamecocks handed favored Wake Forest a 6-0 defeat here today. The underdog South Carolinians outrushed their heavy opponents and held their vaunted passing game in check -as they closed out their Southern Conference cam-palng by inching third place In the-circuit. The game's only score resulted from a sudden shift in the tide of CITY CAGE LOOP BEGINS PLAY MONDAY The schedule for the Y.M.OA. Men's Basketball League was announced Wednesday by Bill Lamer, league chairman.

Seven teams two more than last year make up the circuit that is all set to start on Monday, Dec. 1. Gays', defending champs, are not having a quintet this year, the same being true of the Commonwealth, last year's run-nerup. Managers of the seven quintets are: Glenn Cline, Beverley Manor Independents; M. Palmer, Staunton Presidents; Earl Quick, Quick-Livick Bernie Coyner, Staunton Athletic Club; Bill Wilson.

YMCA Triangles; Ashby Campbell, Nehign Bottling W. S. Lamer, Staunton Boys Club. The Schedule Mon. Dec.

1 Beverley Manor Ind. vs. Staunton Athletic Club, Quick Livick Co. vs. Staunton Boys Club, Staunton Presidents vs.

Nehi Bottling Co. Dec 4 Quick Livick Co. vs. YMCA Triangles, Staunton Presidents vs. Staunton Athletic Club, Nehi Bottling Co.

vs. Staunton Boys Club. Mon Dec, 8 Staunton Presi dents vs. -Beverley Manor Nehi Bottling Co. vs.

YMCA Triangles, Staunton Boys Club vs. Staunton Athletic Club. Dec. 11 Nehi Bottling Co. vs.

Quick Livick Staunton Boys Club vs. Beverley Manor Staunton Athletic Club vs. YMCA Triangles. Dec. 15 Staunton Boys Club vs.

Staunton Presidents, Staunton Athletic Club vs. Quick Livick YMCA Triangles vs. Beverley Manor Ind. Dec. 18 Staunton Ath.

Club vs. Nehi Bottling YMCA Triangles vs. Staunton Presidents, Beverley Manor Ind. vs. Quick Livick Co.

Dec 22 'YMCA Triangles vs. Staunton Boys Club, Beverley Manor Ind. vs. Nehi Bottling Quick Livick Co. vs.

Staunton Presidents. Dec. 29 Quick livick Co, vs. Staunton Boys Club, Staunton Presidents vs. Nehi Bottling Co, Beverley Manor Ind.

vs. Staunton Athletic Club. 5 Staunton Presl dents vs. Staunton Athletic Club, Nehi Bottling Co. vs.

Staunton Boys Club, Quick Livick Co. vs. YMCA Triangles. Jan. 8 Nehi Bottling Co, vs.

YMCA Triangles, Staunton Boys Club vs. Staunton Athletic Club, Staunton Presidents vs. Beverley Manor Ind. Jan. 12 Staunton Boys Club vs.

Beverley Ind, Staunton Atn. Club vs. YMCA Triangles, VMI scoring: Touchdowns, Gantt 2, Patton, Ragunas. Points after touchdown, Graf 4 (placements). Tech scoring.

Touchdowns, Wingo DeShazo. Points after touchdown, Orr (for Hess) 2 (placements). Richmond had failed to gain It.h th kfoknff and vii Vianstost with the klckoff and was handed a 15-yard penalty for holding, and Wilbourne booted out to Lex, nailed in his tracks on the Spider 32. Lex lost two trying to run to the left In the mud, and two passes failed to find their marks. Then Magdziak whipped a 12-yard flip to end Bob Steckroth for a first down on the 20.

Cloud knifed through the line to the 14 and then rammed into the middle for a first down on the nine. Magdziak rifled a short pass to end Lou Holtsma on the five. On the next play. Cloud sifted through the Spider defenses for a touchdown. The contest was less than six minutes old.

And for the Spiders, it could well have ended right there. For the Indians were yet to come through what may have been their most brilliantly-played quarter of any this season. That was the second when they made three touchdowns, all of them on passes into the end zone. Starting on their own 34. the Indians rolled 66 yards early In the stansa.

Quarterback Tom Ml-kuia gained but two on one thrust ttiree first downs the first time it got the ba)l, started another drive late in the first period and had progressed to a first down on the South Carolina 34. Ernie Lawhorne, a junior back from Macon, then Intercepted a pass on the Deacon 25 and lugged tl.e ball back to his own 42 before being spilled. Bishop Strickland, a compactly built 190 pound speedster from Mulllns, S. burst- through the middle for 13 yards to the Wake Forest 45. Then Jim "Droopy" Atwell got til to the act.

The Spartanburg, S. senior ate half the distance to the Deacon goal and made it a first down on the 19. Strickland carried twice and Giles once for another on the six. The Strickland-Giles duo then made it fourth down on the three from where Strickland sped around nis own left end if or the score. Lane's conversion attempt was no good.

i Texas U. Defeats Texas 32-13 COLLEGE STATION, Tex, Nov. 27 Texas Blistered Texas A. and 32-13, today in a rough and tumble game that saw Bobby Layne close his college gridiron career with a blurry of passes and runs that whipped the Aggies for the eighth straight year. A crowd of 41,000 watched the mighty Longhorns, beaten only by Southern Methodist this seaspn, roll up 26 pounds in three quarters and coast in.

Fleet Billy Pule, Tom Landry and Layne battered A and virtually at will, but Texas couldn't stop completely the great passing of Stan Hollmig and Buryl Baty. Layne passed for one score, set up another, made one touchdown himself and quarterbacked the Longhorns flawlessly. Nehi Bottling Co, Quick Livick Co Jan. 15 Staunton Ath. Club vs.

Quick Livick YMCA Triangles vs Beverley Manor Staunton Boys Club vs. Staunton Presidents. Jan. 19 YMCA Triangles vs. Stauntou Presidents, Beverley Manor Ind.

vs. Quick Livick Staunton Ath. Club vs. Nehi Bottling Co. Jan 22 Beverley Manor Ind.

vs! Nehi Bottling Quick Livick Co. Staunton Presidents, YMCA Triangles vs. Staunton Boys Club. Jan. 26 Staunton Presidents vs.

Nehi Bottling Beverley Manor Ind. vs. Staunton Ath. Club, Quick Livick Co. vs.

Staunton Boys Club. Jan. 29 Nehi Bottling Co. vs. Staunton Boys Club, Quick Liv ick Co.

vs. 5TMCA Triangles, Staunton Presidents vs. Staunton Ath. Club. Feb.

2 Staunton Boys Club vs. Staunton Athletic Club, Staunton Presidents vs. Beverley Manor Ind, Nehi Bottling Co. vs. YMCA Triangles.

Peb. 5 Staunton Athletic Club vs. YMCA Triangles, Nehi Bottling Co. vs. Quick Livick Staunton Boys Club vs.

Beverley Manor Ind. Mon, Feb. 9 YMCA Triangles vs. Beverley Manor Ind, Staunton Boys Club vs Staunton Presidents, Staunton Ath. Club vs.

Quick Livick Co. Thur, Peb. 12 Beverley Manor Ind vs. Quick Livick Co, Staunton Ath Club vs. Nehi Bottling Co, YMCA Triaigles vs.

Staunton Presidents. Mon, Peb. 16 Quick Livick Co. vj Staunton Presidents. YMCA Triangles vs.

Staunton Boys Club, Beverley Manor Ind. vs. Nehi Bottling Co. Playoff Peb. 19, 23, 26, March 3 and 6.

into the line, then took an 11-yard pass from Lex. Cloud carried three straight times and picked up ten yards. Lex fired a long pass to Herb Popllnger that was good for 46 yards all the way to the Richmond four." After three plays lost six yards, Magdziak's fourthdown pass to Blanc was caught by the Jefferson City, Tenn, junior as he fell to his knees behind the final stripe. Pos. W.

M. Richmond LE Steckroth Maclachlan LT Sazio Vermont LG Safko Zlzak Thompson Jones RO Ramsey Curtier RT Caughron Hodges RE Holtsma Long QB T. Mlkula Bolen LH Popllnger Wilbourne RH S. Magdziak Billingsley PB Cloud Ralston William and Mary 7 21 0 733 Richmond 0 0 0 00 William and Mary scoring: Touchdown. Cloud 2.

Blanc (sub for 8. Magdziak). Ragazzo (sub for Steck-roch) 2. Point after touchdown, Magdziak ft Urom placement. ROANOKE, Nov.

27. (IP) Roll ing with the momentum of the famous Plying Squadron of the Twenties, a fighting Virginia Mill' tary Institute eleven roared back in the second half today to defeat Virginia Tech 28 14 a Thanksgiving Day crowd of 29,000 which broke all records for attend ance at a sports event in the" Old Dominion. Bobby Thomason, the Leeds, Ala bama boy with the magic throwing arm, tossed three touchdown passes in the hectic second half to stow away a ball game which seemingly was a Tech victory when the teams left the field at half time with Tech holding a two-touchdown lead. The final Keydet touchdown was scored through the line by Vince Ragunas, riymoutn, naiinack alter a Tech pass had been intercepted on the five-yard line in the waning minutes of the game. The charging Tech line opened holes in the Keydet defense and rushed Thomason and Joe Veltri, the New Kensington, boy who also tosses the leather, on all their pass attempts in the first two quar- ters.

Even then, the Alabama throw ing ace might, with luck, have connected for two touchdowns. Harold Reed dropped one In the end zone which was laid right in his arms and Dick DeShazo, a Roanoker who played a great game for Tech, came in fast to knock another from the grasp of Joe Gantt, of Lynchburg, over tne goal line, Gantt was on the receiving end of two of those which counted for six points each in the second half and it was Reed who intercepted a Tech pass to pave the way for Rag unas' touchdown. Claude Patton, of Decatur, Ga caught the third sue cessful pass thrown by Thomason. Thomason started his fireworks when the game was only a few min utes old with a 14-yard pitch to Gantt who was downed on Tech's 28 after a 30-yard After Reed dropped a pass behind the goal Gantt tried a "coffin corner" punt on fourth down from the 22-yard une, out it roiled over the goal. Tech took over on the 20 and on the first play.

Sterling Wingo, Tech speed merchant from Richmond, slipped through left tackle, cut for the sidelines and raced 80 yards for a touchdown. Ross Orr booted a perfect placement. The Techmen came right back after the kickofL DeShazo returned a punt 28 yards to the Keydet. The VMI line came to life and threw Tech backs for 15 yards loss In two plays, but the setback was only temporary. After an exchange of punts Floyd Bowles passed to end Oren Hopkins for a first down on the Cadet 24 and Ray Beasley slipped through the line for ten yards and a first down on the 14.

DeShazo rammed to the five as the. quarter ended. As tihe second quarter opened DeShazo ripped through for two yards and on the next play swung wide on a lateral from Bowles to score standing up. Orr again converted. llie Flying Squadron of the Squadron Twenties which made history with its undefeated season was recalled during the half when its members presented Blandy Clarkson, VMTs retiring athletic director, with a silver service In mid-field.

Tech presented a silver plate, Pos. V.MJL Va. Tech LE Patton Hopkins LT Schluter Hess LG Cobb Barbour Carrlngton Burns RG Thompson Cooke RT Mills Ittner RE Reed Meriwether QB Leek Wingo LH-Gantt DeShazo RH Ragunas Collum PB Tamalis Smith V. M. 1 0 0 7 21-28 Va.

Tech 7 7 0 014 Jack (Flying) Cloud had ram med over from the five In the first period and from inches out in the fourth. Between those touchdowns, Wlngback Henry Blanc had taken one of Stan Magdziak's passes for ten yards and a tally, and freshman Vito Ragazzo, an end, had scored twice, once on a 13-yard flip from Magd-siak and the other on a 21 -yard pitch from Joseph (Buddy) Lex. Magdzlak converted five times in as many attempts. With two minutes remaining, substitute fullback Bernie Hof-bauer "Ftole" the leather out of Pat Haggerty's fingers for Richmond and raced to the Indian 16, The tribe was penalized 15 yards for unnecessary roughness, put-ting the ball on the one. Graham Brimm.

Jack Wil bourne, then Brimm again and Ed (Sugar) Ralston all took turns hammering into the Indians big line, and each time the answer was the same-no touchdown. There was never any doubt about the outcome of thi3 one. The Indians struck like lightning the first time they got their hands on the pigskin fumbles. Lynn Dorset, 150-pounder front Dairfleld. Conn, kept mvader from above Cayuga's waters in the game for three quarters with his aerials, but tob many of his tosses backfired.

Bednarlk stols two and one each was intercepted by Fanjuhar Jones, Harry Eden-born, Art Littleton and Johnny Quinn. 'Bama, Teas Set In Sugar Bowl NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 21. The University of Texas accepted an invitation to meet Alabama in the 1948 Sugar Bowl ga tar the Southwestern powerhouse trounced Texas 33 to 13 today. Thus the mid-winter sports classic In New Orleans will bring together two of the outstanding teams in the Southwestern and Southeastern Conferences.

Sam Corenswet, president of th Sugar Bowl, announced late today that Dana X. Bible, Texas University athletic director, had advised of the Longhorns acceptance of the invitation. 7rT" Alabama's acceptance was announced by the Sugar Bowl last SaUirday, leaving littJe doubt that the other half of the classic, which Is staged before more than 70,000 fans, would be the mighty Texas eleven. kicked, Pork Union picked up a first, then Babe Dahlgren intercepted a pass at the Staunton 42. Vedder was forced to kick when Staunton couldnt gain, the ball rolling dead on the 15.

Here the Staunton forwards rose up and tossed two plays back to the five and Yost kicked out on his 28. Fork Union Recovers Fumble That gave the locals a break but they couldn't take advantage of it. After Chuck Nevens had been toss ed for a yard toss Spears, back in the ball game in a somewhat dazed state, fumbled and Mason recovered on the 27. Fork Union moved the stales twice when Waldron and Yost picked up 38 yards in three plays to th Staunton 35, In three more plays It was a yard short of a first and on fourth down the whole left side of the Staunton line dropped Yost tor a yard toss. Dandelet, Hunt, and Jones move4 for a first to the 40, and Duke intercepted Jones' pass at the half.

The visitors got possessio ball on the second half opening klckoff when clipping was called against Staunton. Referee William Garber explained that the infraction occurred while the ball waa free, therefore it was given PUMA on the SMA 39. It could go nowhere, however, and punts were exchanged again. befort Staunton picked up another firsV Hunt, substituting for Spears, ripping off 1J yards to his own 36. Th locals' forward movement stopped there and Veddert blocked kick wat recovered on the 33.

Hunt Intercepts Pass Fork Union ground out another, first to the 22 but Hunt stepped in' to intercept a pass at the 25. Unable to gain, Vedder'a boot was downed on his own 45. It was then that Duke broka loose. On a quick opening play over center, the fast little halfback was into the secondary and well on his way before you could say "scat." There wasnt a hand laid on him. Yost, kicking from the portslde.

added the point, and Chat was tho scoring for the day. Most of the final stanza was taken up with kicking, and there was only one first down, that coming in the final minute when Fork Union moved from its own 32 to its 43. Lineups: Pos. Fork Union Staunton lE-Cataldl Smalling LT Guidon Thompson LO Mason Horvath C-BossoIina Weston RO Oickerson Dahlgren RT Frankeberger Wood RE Greenwood Guerrera QB Shati (c) Vedder HB Duke Dandelet KB Baker Nevens FB Yost Spears c) Scoring: Pork Union: Touchdown, Duke; extra point, Yost (placement). Substitutions: Staunton-End, Wll-helm; tackle, guard.

Jacobs: center, Schweder; back.s. Ray, Hunt. Pork Union: Ends, Dumpsey, Love; tackle. Murphy; guards, AdXiiia, Waschler: backs, Blair, Origin, HIL Marttne. Psrker.

Paul. Waklron. Officials: Garber (Richmond referee, Kaempt (R-Ml umpire. (Richmond) field Jutfge, Ad-tins (H-S) headiinesman. not anotner prep outni Virginia has come through its season unbeaten.

60-Yard Punt xinst Pishburne, AMA was cally invincible. Led by lull Don Johns and fleet scat Lanky Allen, AMA roamed and down the field almost at ilL Only once during the entire contest were they forced to punt. that sole punt was a 00-yard jut by Johns. Meanwhile, the rugged AMA for ward wall, led by tackles Chas. cordon and Bill Harris, smothered any signs of FMS offensive actlv ity.

Pishburne made only one first down and was held to a net loss if five yards rushing. They com. leted seven of twenty passes. ut gained only 39 yards net there- y. AMA, on the other hand, piled" 321 yards on the ground and more through the air, picking 18 first downs in the process.

A that was despite the fact that che Defiance cadets received penalties aggregating. 125 yards, compared to a five yard total doled out to Pishburne. Lanky Allen, whom Coach Chap- man had threatened to turn loose it opponents all season long, and is time did so tallied three times his big day, one of them a clas-" "i-yard Jaunt through the en- tS Johns, stocxy iuu- AMA FMS AS 18 rushing (net) 321 -5 itt 14 4 7 0 i' 66 39 fasses by 4 1 Yds. G. Int.

Pass. 81 -13 Yds. aU kicks Ret 98 53 Punt Avg. from Scr. 60 24 Fumbles, by 1 1 Opp.

Fumb. Rec 1 Yds. Penalized 125 5 Blocked punts, by 1 back, scored twice and averaged 75 yard each time he carried the ball, and that average would have been higher had the goal line not been only a yard or two distant. Don Oarmichael. a fast-moving halfback, also had himself a mighty fine day, and so did Dick Belins and Jiggs Tyrell, while quarterback Jack Hushebeck and Don Heppner combined some neat run- ntng with sharp passing and astute quarterbacks.

Line Plays Well AMA's big edge' was equally evident up front. In addition to Harris and Jordon, center Bill Devereaux and guards Luke Sykes and Jesse Mohler looked good, as did ends Jim Groves of Staunton and Chuck Ramsey. The second-string line didn't suffer by comparison with the starting forwards, either, and center Charlie Winston not only shone on offense and defense, but Intercepted a pass and galloped 45 yards to score. The Augustans got off to a quick start when Johns booted his 60-yard punt and Jim Grove tackled receiver ''Snooky" Hunt of Pishburne in his tracks on the PMS 15. Then Bill Harris crashed throuph the line and recovered a FMS fumble to give AMA the ball on the nine, from where Don Johns lugged it across without delay.

Then, after Pishburne couldnt get anvwhere despite two 15-yard pen alttes against Augusta, and was forced to kick. Johns, Hushebeck, Carmlchael and Tyrell combined to off fiv first downs and leave the ball on ihe three-yard line when the quarter ended, and Chapmen sent in the second string. Reserves Tally The reserves promptly drew a flve-yara penalty on the next play; but thereupon Joe Volpe and Heppner combined two line plunges, to score, making it 12-0, Heppner carrying. Moon's placement was good, making it 13-0. Again FLshburne couldn't get anywhere, and then a bad pass from center on fourth down permitted Augusta to smear quarterback Mar-agon on the AMA 16 and take over the balL Dick Belins Immediately eat loose around the end to score standing up, making it 20-0.

It became 22-0 a short while later, when another bad pass from center, coming while Pishburne was backed up in the deep recesses of its own territory, splraled over Maragon's head and past the end tone into the crowd for an automatic safety. In the second half Johns, Huse-becki Belins and Carmlchael took turns reeling off three consecutive Itrst downs, and advanced the ball to the one-yard stripe, from where Johns piled over lor the core, mak. tagitn-fc William And Mary Clinches Conference Crown With 35-0 Victory Over Spiders By ROBERT MOORE RICHMOND, Nov 27 (P The University of Richmond Spiders has one big Thanksgiving afternoon objective today to score their first point against William and Mary's big Lndlans since R. N. (Rube) McCray took over tho coasting chores at the Williamsburg reservation in 1944.

When dusk had gathered and the 15,000 fans had left City Stadium a mass of empty seats, the Spiders had failed again, and William and Mary had rolled up 35-0 score that gave the Indians their second Southern Conference championship in six seasons. Nobody could say, though, that the Spiders didn't go down swinging for they suddenly found themselves on the Indians' one-yard ribbon with two minutes to go and a first down coming up. When Richmond came up to that last do-or-die opportunitf. William and Mary had already put on one of its most dazzling performances of the campaign, the last before the husky Tribe makes its post-season appearance in Birmingham's Dixie Bowl on New Year Dap..

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