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'1941 ''Hi, r- 1 -x VA 7 x- A' Sit Yankees Soften Dodgers For The Kill I at Frcd(ly l)cins from the field after leh) lilt Iy Hussos line drive in the seventh inning. Aiding h.m are Cooky Lavnfictto (left) and. Coach Charley Drcssen. Above, Johnny Sturm, Yankee hurdles into second on a slcal in the sixth so hard that Pcewce Heesc drops Owen's throw. After these two innings, the Yanks turned on the power in the I i a eignui and Drake up llic game villi a two-run rallv.

DUKE SMASHES Russo Wins Own Game COLCHIS TAKES Sports At A Glance NAVY CRUSHES Washington And Lee Loses To Kentucky Lexington, Oct. 4 (P) Washington and Lee's football team, greatly improved defensively but lacking an STAKE RACE AT TENNESSEE IN DURHAM CLASH offensive punch, held favored Kentucky to a 7-0 victory margin today YALE DEFEATS VIRGINIA WITH GREAT RALLY Elis Win By 21 To 19, After Trailing, 19 To 0, At End Of Half With Sizzliiig Liner Off Rival's ncccap Blow Remov es Gallant Old Freddy Fitzsimmons From Game And Paves Way For Yankee Rally 1. IN VA. ELEVEN 40-0 CLASH before 3,000 persons in sweltering LAUREL TRACK weather. Noah Mullins, Kentucky speed demon, dashed down the sidelines 63 yards for the only score in the second period.

Junior Jones place- Defeats Vols For First Time Since 1935 By 19-To-O Score kicked the extra point In Next Inning Sailors Unleash Scorinz Favorite Lives Up To Advance Notices To Register Bv Length Baseball Yankees down Dodgers in third World Series game, 2-1. Little World Series between Montreal and Columbus postponed on account of rain. Baseball on pa pes 2 and 7. Racing Colchis captures the fourteenth running of the Richard Johnson Stakes at Laurel. Fenelon wins New York Handicap in record time at Belmont.

Alsab runs fastest mile ever turned in by 2-year-old to tako Champagne Stakes. Hawthorne Autumn Handicap goes to Red Dock. Bright Trace wins Hanover race at Rockingham. Racing on pages 6 ond 7. College Football STATE By CRAXTLAND RICK Power Tn Final Half Of Game dating hack to the vK-i, youna jerien games.

YALE, 19 (Bv the Antedated Fresi New Haven. Oct. 4-Appar-ently hoprler.ly beaten at the half, leii-nandcr by the name of Marius Gianti, his mates have given him Ugo Russo atrolled over from his DUKE, 19; TENNESSEE, 0 By Ih Aftxocinfrcf Prel Durham. N. Oct.

4 A pile-driving Duke team, which combined offensive lightning with a stonewall defense, broke the Tennessee jinx in a million pieces today, whitewashing the Vols, 19-0. home at Ozone Prk, Long Island, to nothing at all. He Wat Going Great He was pitching his head off and his xaie unleashed a savage aerial and win the third World Series game Hy HON KFI I Lurrl. Oct 4 Living up to h'm advance notices, n. Sterling Clark 'c Colchis, the J.60-for-$2 favorite, won the fourteenth running of the Richard SOUTHERN CAL.

IS WALLOPED BY OHIO STATE Buckeyes Romp Over Trojans, 33-0, By Land-Air heart out against a young, brilliant left-hander, and he was giving Russo by the deadly combination of arm and bat and a miracle. The 27-year-old Yankee southpaw beat the Dodg- running attack in the last two periods to pulverize a startled University of Virgi nia eleven, 21 to 19, today in as thrilling football battle as has ever NAVY, 40; W. 0 By CRAIG K. TATI.OR Annapolis, Oct 4 Navy crushed feared opponent today and established its right to the early claims of great-ness on the gridiron by defeating Johnson Stakes here this Afternoon! The whipping ended Tennessee's the fight of his life until the Yankee pitcher pulled off his near-amputation ers 2 to 1 in the melancholy presence string of victories in regular-season before 18,000 fans who sweltered midsummer heat. of N.100 Brooklyn fans in one of the games at 34.

It was Duke's first victory been witnessed in the His' bowl. It was as though two separate con Colchis' victory was achieved by the over the powerful Vols since 1935. Tennessee is the only team which West Virginia, 40 to 0, in Thompson Stadium. testi were played. The Southerners.

margin of a length over Mrs. Ander Navy LaSalle. Fordham Fordham. has broken better than even in a sparked by their brilliant captain. Bill It was no easy adversary that th on Fowlers Hackle, this one having 40 West Virginia 0 26 Blue 6 7 Navy 7 EAST IG S.

M. 19 Virginia 19 Harvard 0 act in the seventh. The three grisly fates must have laughed again as the portly Dodger veteran limped from the box. barely able to reach the bench with helping arms. But, after all, the 27-year-old Marius Ugo Russo was something to beat.

He held the struggling Dodgers to a lone aeratch scries of games with, Wallace Wade, Duke' head coach. But the nine Dev Midshipmen overwhelmed with superi iJudley, and aided no little by K1 a length and a half to spare in the oddest championship games ever played. Russo, using flashing speed and a dazzling curve ball, not only held the Dodgers to four hits but he practically broke up the game with two out in the seventh inning when he hammered a low line drive through the box that came near re-i Bryant, tallied all their oinU in the or man power. West Virginia fought ils really turned on Die heat for Wade battle for the place with Jofeph Dobbs' Chuckle, Fourth money went to Circle opening two sessions. today.

muring well in the first half and held the Navy to a single touchdown the result of a blocked kick and a sharp Power Decides Battle Duke did all the scorine the first M. lUnch's Sir War. Thrilling Contest Then, with the resumption of play for the closing periods, it was all Yale. With 22,000 shirt-sleeved sun-baked hit through the first six innings. Yale 21 19 Dartmouth 47 Army 19 Cornell 6 Purdue 6 Colgate 7 Columbia 13 21 19 OHIO STATE.

33; SO. 0 By the Associated Press, Los Angeles, Oct. 4 Ohio State stunned a crowd of 60.000 today with attack by the Navy second team. half, and Tennessee didn't muk a The only threat against FiU through It was a thrillinj contest for the big first down until two minutes before But the Mountaineers were worn this period came from Joe Gordon's spectators shouting their lungs out moving Freddy Fitzsimmons' left knee. This was the most poisonous the half ended.

down in the effort, and in th uranrl gathering, for Colcais, despite his vaunted speed, found one member of the Elis with Sopohomores Ed. Tay It was power that told the story lor, Ted Harrison and Capt Alen the 10-horse field which could outrun newer on offensive and defense. Duke. single punch ever delivered' in one of the big October shows. For it removed the game and gallant Fitz Bartholcmy running wild, and making a walloping 33-0 victory over the half Navy routed the visitors from th Umversity of Southern California.

Morgantown hills, scoring three Throttling the Southern California touchdowns in the third quarter and running game with consummate ease two more in the fourth. rushing, gamed a net of 164 yards, to rum from the gate, and the favorite was second until they swung into the spectacular catches, rolled up three only 44 lor long triple in the fifth. But the Flash, who has reached first base 10 times in 12 starts through this series, never scored. The Yankees found Casey an easy mark until Johnny Allen came to his rescue, but Allen's arrival was two pitches too late, with Russo. a basket-ball pluyer from Long Island Duke started its marching on the simmons from the scene at the height of a magnificent performance, one of touchdowns and added the exVa point each time.

Princeton Boston Holv N. Y. Rutgers Delaware Villanova Hamilton 2) 14 13 6 2fl 20 38 21 Backs Share Long Runt opening kickoff, speedy Storcr pacing a running and passing advance anrl sweeping the passers oil their feet before they could get rid of the ball, the mid-Western windstorm added the greatest of his lona career. For Barnacle Bill Busik. Howard CWk.

Runt Wild six and two third innings old FitJ I to Tennessee's 12. There, however. c- wo more touchdowns in the thud oummy iwioine ana jsnerry Werner The story of the first half, briefly, University, putting the silencer once 40 years old, working in his twenty-second season, had matched Russo's Storer fumbled, and lost 12. Two plays later, with the ball still on "the 24, big Tommy Prothro tried a placement more on helpless Dodger bats. In theiwas 1,181 tne B'ue was unable to period.

The second came on a repetition of thojre bewildering reverses and bend of this six-furlong dash. Maurice Peters, on the Clark representative, rode confidently on the choice, however, and he had Colchis close to Hackle as the latter sped on the front end well into the elbow. Chuckle, unable to keep up at the atart, nevertheless was third most of the trip. 1 Swinging for home Colchis was able performance with a shutout double reverses behind the line of shackle Dudley. 19-year-old whirling dervish from Bluef.eld, Va.

Dud Amherst 7 Citadel 6 Syracuse 0 0 -Penn 0 Brown. 6 Williams 7 Cincinnati 13 0 Lafayette 0 0 P. M. 0 Centre 3 Rensselaer T. 0 7 Oberlin 6 0 Colby 7 Hiram 0 Lowell Textile.

0 0 0 Wesleyan 7 Conn. 6 American 0 12 Hartwiclt 7 Vermont 7 Potomac State 0 C. N. 0 Muhlenberg. 0 N.

Hampshire. 6 which failed, but before the end of! FiU had thrown off the burden of nrst three games Yankee pitchers have held the Dodgers to a mo h-eaten team batting mark around .180. Yankee bats haven't been any too the first quarter Duke started another middle age as he mowed the Yankees scrimmage, plays hatched up by the Bucks' new coach. Paul Brown. It ley, living up advance notices, 1 1 .1.

came on the heels of an 87-yard down inning by inning to keep even pace with Russo's younger arm. Down Goes Fitz busy, tfut Joe DiMaggio at last broke parade, accomplished in 11 smashes at uiuiru uie nrsi loucnaown on a flanker from the 2 a.iu pitched a iong pass, which Jim White, of Elizabeth through his slump with two singles. Batting Weakness The cyanide cup was handed to Frib: in the fatal seventh. There were two City, N. caught behind the goal the line.

48-Yard Past The other touchdown was a pass, good for 48 yards, from Fullback Jack march from its 41, where Johnny Butler had fumbled in Duke territory. Two sophs, Davis and Long, paced the Blue Devil drive, which carried to the two-yard line, and then Long scored over center. Kurmazin kicked the extra point, just two plays before the quarter ended. Cifera' Fumble Costly Bobby Cifers, Tennessee's ace soph. No bull club batting can expect to win a World Series, and this weak- line for what was the Southerners' final wore.

out with the irrepressible Joe Gordon on second base. Hubso, at but, tugged for a pushover, suddenly lushed a low (Iiuf to lii end. Boh Shaw. Tim I wan Haverford 45 Rochester 13 Tufts 20 Norwich 21 Grove 19 R. I.

39 Hobart 13 Coa.st 13 Mass. 8 6 M'ine Alfred 19 Trinity 9 25 Buffalo 6 Bucknell 12 20 fi Brooklyn 12 Slippery Rock 6 Youngstown 12 In between LJ Bryant, of Staunton, ran the ball for long gains, and Busik and Clark passed beautifully either for touchdowns or long gains which led up to six-pointers. The defeat wax the worst suffered by West Virginia since 1932 when Pittsburgh won from the Mountaineers by the same margin. The most recent ml verse score of a higher total was the 4.8-to-O margin rolled up by Washington and Jefferson in 1914. Hie Midshipmen were able to use all of three full teams and the fourth player in aome positions.

In the final period the Midshipmen reserves experimented with formations, employing a spread and also trying a couple of plays from the widely used setup. W. Vs. Uses West Virginia began its plays from a but most of the time shifted into a lox, which is similar tn the single i i i smash through the box. The ball struck just to show the Trojans the invaders could score through the air as well as on the ground.

came into the lineup for Butler, and Graf made the first touchdown from BoDby miscue led to Duke's second touchdown. Cifers fumbled the catch the two. Charles Anderson, 2C0-pound Negro end star, made the second on a new bus been th main Dodger flaw. For example in the seventh inning Pete Reiser finally ended his hitting drought with a double to left. Pete was the first man up and this was Brooklyn's second hit In the wake of Reiser's long drive the roar that came from Brooklyn throats sounded like a zoo full of lions.

But neither Med-wick, Lavngctto or Camilli could move Pete a foot farther as Ducky and Dolph struck out, leaving only a boding hush upon Die lielft. noth clubs are ridinn along on brilliant pitching. of a punt on Tennessee's 15. The hall shovel pass and a 16-yard sprint down bounded into the end zone and Red Ursinus 7 Fitz just above the left kneecap and bounded at least 40 feet upward before finally settling in Reese's hands for the third out Here was one out that was just as murderous as two home runs, for it sent Fitz from the mound to the hospital and about the same moment it sent Tom Daley, a Brooklyn fan, to hi grave a.t the Dodger supporter dropped dead in his box. Russo couldn't th? side stripe.

running behind perfect interference, skirted his left end for a 26-yaid dash and score. In the second half Yale, instructed by Coach Nelson to "shoot the works" and "keep the kicks away from Dudley," wasted no time in following instructions. What happened was hard to believe unless you ac tually saw it Taylor Scores For Yale Taj lor, ex-freshman star from Short Hills, L. collaborated with Bartholcmy and Harrison to place the ball on the two from where he went nr ding, Duke substitute, fell on it. Dick Fisher, one of the fastest men Capital Westminister.

Morris-Harvey on the field, skirted the Trojan right end for 29 yards for his touchdown and streuked slantwise oft his own right tackle for five yards and his SOUTH Gannt's kick for the point was low. Duke's third touchdown came four minutes before the end of the half. This time the march started on Tennessee's 47. Wartman, substitute back, picked up 11 at right tackle. Two plays gained only two yards, then Storer passed to Gaptt on the 23, and the ball bounded off Gantt into the air.

Wart and brilliant pitching causes light .1 wiiiu. lluilMIIK .1. UW KJfll lK other contr.but.on to the day's scormg fi iff have done any greater damage to the Brooklyn cause if he had used a machine gun and a hand grenade. The vi 1V i nming. The heavy artillery on both ide has been rolled into the gravel ditch, al dnx kicking arrangement.

The came was nlaved under a hot Kicks Extra Points ion.c leii-nanucr ana ritz were! Soon after, Ferguson, a sophomore from Loveland, raced a kick back 25 yards to Vircinin'a 15. nj completely out of action The Leon Schoenbaum, a and once again the Navy drew a deadlocked at 0-0 in one of the bestiV, most man grabbed the ball and ran 23 yards, tiri never looked i if th.v haA anK xanKee trotted in each time to kick fo- the full coterie of scouts from teams that loughby moved the oval to th fW untouched, for the score. Cantf. kick I WnU it chance against Fitzsimmons' head. 'i oeries nan! -u.

i cn" Winn nit- i extra point. He succeeded in three of! will be met later in the campaign, his five tries. (Lafayette. Cornell. Tenn and others Duke 19 Miss.

14 Va.Tcch 3 Kentucky 7 Tulane 32 Clemson 27 North Carolina 20 Wake 52 Georgia 34 Florida 46 W. and 51 42 Ga. Tech 20 27 i.Ui came heart bwiiu Mini came win wnere crimsons nass: Tennessee 0 Alabama 0 0 W. and 0 Auburn 0 N. C.

6 Davidson 0 Furman. 13 South Carolina 6 Tampa 6 7 Tenn. 0 0 Southwestern 0 for the point was blocked lapped on Hackle, but this one, shipped down from New York for the stake, refused to yield without an argument, and the pair raced tightly aligned until they were halfway through the home lane. Draws Away Gradually Colchis drew into an advantage that was not to be denied, and in the concluding stages the Happy Argo gelding was moving away from hiy company. Hackle was not seriously threatened for second honors, while Chuckle was a length in front of Sir War at the end, the latter just nipping Equipet for fourth.

Colchis' score came shortly after it was announced that Alsab had won the Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park, and there was immediate discus-lion of the prob-aty of their meeting again in the Spalding Lowe Jenkins here on October IS. since both re eligible and both are being pointed for the stake. Third Stakes Score AUab and Colchis raced to a dead beat in the Eastern Shore at Havre i Grace. In addition to the Eastern Shore, Colchis also won the Ral Parr at Pimlico in the spring, so this was his third stake score, and it was worth SS.200 to Owner Clark, sportsman from Jew York and Virginia. Trainer Vincent Mara represented Clark in the unsaddling area following the rare, receiving a trophy from Mrs.

Itiihard Johnson, widow of the former Laurel president, for whom the race nauied. Colchis' performance was a good one, the geldihg racing the three quarters Jn 1 13 over a fart track while carry-in- top weight of 119 pounds and being tight with the pace from start to finish. ravine jmt won the Richard John-in w.th Colchis, the Clark stable and Tramer Mara completed a ron- near tear nn nwav n. i.i;v oui incy cnecred uiie ui creuuies Tennessee missed a chance to score Jvnithern California could never getall were represented. up when Hugh Casey replaced the veteran and put on their Hint imixtruti.t In the third quarter when Storer', jf'ur mint whs bl.keft Jrfl land- ThompMin Stadium was sold out long in advance of the game, and snareo: after a bit of juggling by Harriwiti for the second tally.

Then, playing as though inspired, a substitute, Al Martin, of Minneapolis, intercepted a short pass, which looked scoring charge. scape Hueh Casev eum in to face Komg. They were held to one first down in the entire first half, and it wasn't until late in the game, when the Buckeye lineup was siiotted with rrom now on, the Dodgers should lour line singles in a row from very few tickets remain for the final Annapolis contest with Lafayette next nave the edge I toning, and they covered on Duke 36, A pass, from Butler to Al Hust, was good for 10 and Duke was penalized five more. But then Bob Slater fumbled, and Luther more as though it had been jolted out riennch. U.Maggio and Keller, and this noisy fusillade was more than will need it with the feather-duster the 22 extra players Brown brought week.

The official attendance was along, that the first-down count began 20,126. oi rosser lurnbull Gillette's hands, on Virginia's 30 early in the fourth enough to give' the Yankees all they MIDWEST bats they are taking up to the plate. This at least is the first time in a World Series duel that the winninc uempsey crabbed the ball for Duke. to climb. The shutout was in a manner great Tennessee winning quarter which set up the score.

Balitsaris L. needed back of Russo's complete mastery of Dodger bats. A double by Dixie Walker and a single by Pee Wee punch has been an infield out retiring revenge for the visitors. The Trojans neese brought the sail! fighting Indiana 6 Iowa 0 0 Kansas 3 Miami 7 Washington U. Winconxin 7 Colorado 6 Ohio 0 Duke J.

Smith Karmazin Burns Burnett Ooodard McDnnouRh I'lanrcki i'hnthro Miorrr Lath Long 0 019 Simcnett Romine Orave Ectrnlston Hust te Kiillef Hi hwnrUlnmr, Nolin Duke K.T r. I. II If 11 7 12 a outluckcd them by one point in the first game of this series back in 1937. and in 1931 the S. C.

warriors eased out by a uiie-touchdowu margin. The first Ohio Slate invasion of California gridirons was in 1921, the year California handed the Bucks a 28-0 defeat in the Rose BowL This 33-0 will help balance that score. TVtinesse 0 rcorlng: Tnurhdown Duke iMnu, Red Notre 19 Nebraska 14 6 Northwestern. 51 45 Kansas 19 28 Missouri 21 Western 7 Case, 33 19 la. State Tchrs 32 37 Lake Forest 21 Ohio Wesleyan 19 Kenyon 12 Dcpauw.

7 0 Dayton 7 Mich. Normal 0 McElwee Leads Visitors Just before the tussle. Coach Bill Kern appointed halfback Dick McElwee captain for the game. Navy had its hands full to score in the first half. In fact, the Moun-tainers gamed more ground, and it required a forced brek by the second team in the second quarter to get a touchdown.

The break was a blocked punt Dick Opp, tackle and second team captain, raged through West Virginia wall to block quick kick by McElwee on the West Virginia 29 yard line, where Lar. Wangganrd, Navy end recovered. Clark Scores The Midshipmen did not hesitate to take advantage nf their hard- won opportunity. Clark slashed off i T. Mcuonouani.

wartman (tor usu' luiiiL ner luucnaown Mrmun uiacementi. Ohio State Two passes. Taylor to Hoopes, placed the ball on the 12 from where Hoopes, reversing the process, heaved a wiile one over his left end to Br-thulemy, wln snared in touchdown territory with nobody to bar him. Virginia Yale L. Bartholin Steckmesser L.T Kemp -G Westleldt Suhun Moseley McTernan Frhle.el R.T Maaee Preston Thompson Neil Srvmonr Pu" I Taylor Hrvant RK Hrr Miinhall B.

Wlllou.hb. MVm periods; Vualnla 7 II 0 0-t" Yale 0 14 7 21 Virtlnia arorlni ToiirM-n Iiidl Rrvant. While uh lor 1'oinl fie-r touchdown, ftrhleslncer luh (or Sieckmesner'. plseemeni. Yala Touchdowns Taylor.

Harrison. Barihole-mjr. Point sfter touchdown, Sevmour. 2 placement); Dent uub lor Thompson) placement. uie siae.

com iteese and Herman were injured earlier in action, but for all that the still fighting Dodgers held grimly on againM wrecking breaks. Northwestern Routs Kansas State, 51 To 3 Evanston. 111., Oct 4 (VP) Northwestern University, with several sophomores playing brilliantly, routed Kansas State, 51 to 3, today before apectati.nJn Dvche Stadium. Crosby Filly Entered Melbourne, Australia. Oct.

4 (P) Bing Crosby's filly. Miss Hua, has been entered in this year's 2-year-old track classics. Anderson Statistics ixigcra meir lone tally in the eighth. With 30.0(10 or more throats calling for rally In the ninth, the entry from Ozone Park threw the net around Reiser, Medwick and Lavagetto without wasting any precious time. As the third game ended, leaving the Yankees with a 2-to-l lead on the series count, no one could make any suffering soul from Brooklyn believe that old Fitz.

on two good legs, wouldn't have finished a l-to-0 victory. For up to the fatal shot that left him wounded and helpless the old-timer was on the crest of a great afternoon. No team ever hits back of Fitz, which means no resting spot for a 40-year-old arm. In his three World Daniel Tennessee fl Lehigh Marietta N. Dak Ashland.

Wheaton De sales Otterbein Carleton Knox Marshall 111. Duke 14 164 IS a u. 8. c. Hmdle Wilier Thomas Clreen Vrrrr Croa her RobrrlMm RlrdsAW VV Vtutlrk nrt down 5 Yards aained rushinr.

net 42 Forward paaitra llrninlrd a Forward romoleied 1 110 Howard Hiwetl MoiiMon Htfittirrtnon ltallahrln ner Klnkada (ra( Oh fttate Southern Cat It r. 'oi. aiimpi. irtr. paKri frcuuve ontiMe when Abbe Pierre leH from start to finish in the West-(Contlnuedon Page 6, Column 4) a brk- mterrepled paea 0 1 ToA 1 kicks returned 77 7 3i ono Ohio State Bconna Touchdown ra (Continued on Page 3, Column 2) lummrft wnvr.ii Lleft tackle for four yards, and fed 55 Anderson.

Shaw. Fisher 2i. Point from fry lost by 35 jner toucnaown: benoenoaum lor HaUa brin) 3. (Continued on Page 4, Column 4) i 1 1 1 a a ai.

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