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C41 SUNDAY NEWS, SEPTEMBER 28, 1947 Lions Win, 40-28, After Baify Hugged Rutgers By Hy Turkin On the short end of a 27-0 score in less than 17 minutes, Rutgers fought back to stun 23,000 Baker Field fans by capturing the lead in the fourth period, but Columbia's favored Lions finally roared into action for two quick TD's that brought a 40-28 triumph in the local grid season opener yesterday. Gene Rossides starred for the winners, going over on a quarterback sneak with the winning score. Or r. (( fx I Is iiiiirwfrw'iirinfTiininrii Ti iti -ittn fi -jfiift-rtiyi-i mi It Mnmnnii ii iiiiiw iimii- UwmMmtmmmmmmmmmmmmm mm ar i-w nwn urn mr nils Light-fingered Light Blue Caught in Act NIW9 ,0, The gridiron is one place where thievery is not only condoned, without threat of penalty, but ea- eouraged with cheers. Yablonski, big fullback for Columbia's Light Blue warriors, gave home fans something to cheer in the opening quarter as he filched a Rutgers pass.

Armmedl IBeafrs Assault; Clhairii fty Gets Pu irse By Joe Trimble There wasn't a cent bet on the long-awaited match race between Armed and Assaull yesterday at Belmont, and that was just as well because it wasn't much of a Tace. Armed, the great gelding from Warren Wright's' Calumet Farm, led from the first step and roared away from his rival in the stretch to win by. eight lengths before a crowd of 51,573. Th time for the mile and a quarter was 2 :02. 4, well over the track record of 2 :00.

Armed picked up the purse of $100,000 and Wright, who received a gold cup, immediately made Ho. COLUMBIA. Swiackl L.T v-thaunhneway RUTGERS Garrabrant Pandick Valentin 1 ara -Shctitka E. Gardner GKlemovieh 'J airit Heritarc Sowick Bum, K.Kf;ehrke RoHHjM Hmnr KM Olwn F.B Yablonaki Rntrer Columbia 21 Winkelreid Malekoff 7 28 91 is Columbia touchdown Kneserov (later, al and cutback inside npht tack) for 60-yard run. 1:4 it of lt): Yablonaki 3-yard center riiah 7:44 of lirt); Olaon 9-yard (weep of left end.

10:69 of lat): Gehrke (5-yard pas from Roxeidea to roal line. 1:51 of 2nd): Roide (1-yard quarterback weak. 0:08 of 4th); Yablonaki (end ot 4th). Con version Yablonaki 4 (placement i Hirer touchdown Herinr (30-yard ran with paa from Bom. of 2d): Burn (half-yard quarterback aoeak.

5:45 of 31: Hatchell (38-yard pan from Burn into end aone, 10:17 of 2d): Herin (24-yard break thrcurh rirht tackle. 5:45 of 4th). ConTeraion Her. itave 4 (placement). Referee David H.

Buchan. Temple. 1'mpire Len Dobbin. Fordham. Head linesman John C.

Winter. KieM judce Robert J. Jamieon. F. A M.

Timekeeper Carl A. Reed. Sprtnrfield. quick-kicked deep into Rutgers' territory. A roughness penalty gave the visitors.

the ball past mid-field after the first plunge. Columbia stiffened, so Hering kicked out on the Lion 3. Russell kicked to midfield. Three rushes brought Rutgers to the Lion 26. Hering then broke through right tackle, shed men in the secondary and eluded Kusserow's desperate dive to make paydirt standing up.

Heritage converted to give Rutgers the lead, 28-27. Rossides returned the kickoff to Rutgers' 48. Nork pitched to Yablonski on the 30. Van Bellingham bulled to the 21 and Yablonski made the first down. A Rossides-Swiacki pass went to the 6, Rossides plunged to the 1, then repeated for TD.

Yablonski's kick was blocked. Rutgers tried to drive back, but then came the crushing break of the game. On a bad pass from center, a trick snap through Burn's legs, the ball caroomed off Malekoff, who kicked away the ball as he chased it and Yablonski recovered in the end zone for a TD. Yablonski converted. Final: Lions 40, Rutgers 28.

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Jorkrr Armed 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ault IWt Kililie Arrril Armed moved into command at the atari and drew away Into an eay Ica.i, "Ml steadied a lonr and drew away in the final aixicenth to finih in hand. Awmilt teadied alonr in the early runninr moved up rounilin the far turn iinitor prenaure turninir for home, maiie a determined bid but. could not menace the winner and waa eased up when fully beaten Inside the final mtcenlh. FIRST PERIOD Rossides took Hering's kickoff on his goal line and churned back to the 27. Kusserow raced 15 around right end.

Olson reversed to midfield. Kusserow took a lateral and cut inside the i-ght end. Steaming through a few tackle rs five yards beyond the scrimmage line, Lou veered to his left in eluding the secondary, picked up three blockers at the 20 and had an easy time into pay dirt. Yablonski's placement was good. Rutgers started moving to ball Into Lion territory but Malekoff fumbled and Rakowski recovered for Columbia at midfield.

Six plays later Yablonski split center from the three and also converted. Yablonski intercepted a Bums pass to start the next TD drive tapped by Olson's nine-yard scoot around left end. Yablonski did the toework gain. Score: Lions 21, Ratgers 0. SECOND PERIOD After an exchange of kkks, Columbia started a TD drive from the Scarlet 35.

Ground plays carried to the 5, where Rossides bulleted a pass to Gehrke on the goal line. Karas kick was blocked. Mayne ran the kicEoff back to Rutgers 32. Burns then heaved more than 50 yards to Herring on the Lion 30, and the half back had ro Lion between him and the goaL Heritage converted. A fumble by Nork on the Lion 18 a few plays later, recovered by Read, led to another TD fon the Scarlet.

Burns pulled it with a quarterback sneak. Heritage converted. Burns' mighty right arm, aided by the stiff wind, unleashed another TD pass before halftime, a 38-yard heave to Hatchet in the end zone. Heritage toed another Score: Lions 27, Rntgers 21. THIRD PERIOD Fumbles and intercepted passes tudded early play around the middle of the field.

Columbia started a drive on its SO and, operating against the wind, stuck to ground plays to unreel three first downs to Rutgers' 12. On the first pass attempt, Vigh intercepted Rossides' pitch and stepped out on the 1. Winkelreid rush to the 11. Hering went 5 and Sabo 14. Winkelreid duped the backers-up and went to the Lion 47.

Sabo spun 8, Hering 5 more for a first down. Here Columbia stiffened and regained the ball via an out-of-bounds kick on the 19. Score: Lions 27, Rutgers 21. FOURTH PERIOD On the first play, Yablonski 'cr. .1 Army Wins, 13-0, on Villanova Fumbles By Gene Ward The remnants of a once great Army football team had to resort to a pair of fumble recoveries yesterday afternoon to gain a 13-0 victory over vengeful Villanova before 28,000 in West Point's Michie Stadium.

Bungling backfield assignments, failing to open holes on crucial plays, the Blanchard-less, Davis-less Cadets scored once in the first half and once in the second Both tallies were set up by recovered Villanova bobbles, the first 13 yards from the goal line and the second, 23 yards out. Quarterback Bill Gustafson and halfback Win- plans to turn the money over to chanty. Due to the cuestionable condi tion of Assault, which forced the banning of waeerine. I feel that the money should be turned over to worthy charities. So, the net from the purse, after taxes are paid, will be given away.

The Red Cross will be given $30,000 and the Runyen Cancer Fund the same amount," he said. "The rest will be turned over to charities which I will designate at a later date." ARMED'S POKE $742,900 The owner of Armed made his decision before the race was rVin. The purse counts in Armed's total earnings, which have reached $742,900. Assault has banked $623,370. Doug Dodson sent Armed out of the gate flying and he had a three-length lead inside of a quarter of mile.

He increased it to four lengths during the next three field Scott were the scorers. FIRST PERIOD: Army put Villanova in a bole a few minutes after kicking off when Vinson fired a quick-kick to the visitors' 4-yard line. From there in the session was all Army, but they couldn't score. Rowan ran 45 yards off tackle to the Villanova 5 in mid-period but the play was nullified by a penalty. Then Vinson, with a nifty, hip-swinging run back of a punt, good for 18 yards, put the Cadets in a nice spot on the Villanova 37 and runs by Rowan, Stuart and Scott advanced the leather to the 28 as the period ended.

Score: Army 0, Villanova 0. SECOND PERIOD But this Army drive, launched in the opening chukker, fizzled out as Rowan and Scott were smeared in attempted plunges. After an exchange of punts, Army began all over again from its own 48., A to favor his sore left foreleg at they paraded to the post. Never in the race did he make a misstep and the only conclusion to be reached is that Armed is a superior horse. ARMED ANSWERS CALL "He's the same horse I've been riding all year," Dodson said after the race.

I was never in doubt. I had to tap him twice with the bat when Assault threatened to com up to us, but he moved off nicely after that and it was easy. I eased him up a bit in the stretch becausa he'll be seven years-old January 1st and I think he'll need some strength then. DISQUALIFY BEWITCH The Matron Stakes, fourth on the program, resulted in the most sensational disqualification at a New York track since mutuel betting was instituted in 1940. Calumet's Bewitch, a 1-3 choice, won but was disqualified for crossing the track just after the break from the gate and repeatedly interfering with C.

V. Whitney's Ghost Run. The latter ridden by Ruperto Don-oso, started from post position No. 4 and broke alertly. But Dodaon, aboard Bewitch, crossed over from Post 10 and bumped Ghost Run 4 couple of times before finally gaining clear going in the middle of the track.

Vaudeville, a 45-1 shot, Inheritance and Ghost Run then batted Bewitch down the six-furlong straightaway with the Calumet filly springing from the others 60 yards from the finish and therl holding on to outdistance Inherit ance, ridden by Job Jessop, by ft neck. FILMS SHOW FOUL. Donoso claimed a foul as soon as he came off the track and tha stewards then examined motion pictures of the race. The films showed Dodson's rough riding and down came the big No. 10 fronj ths odds board in the infield.

Down also went $331,197 which was bl across the board on Bewitch. The defeat was the first of hef (Continued page eighths. Then, on the turn toward the stretch, approximately five eighths from the finish, Eddie Ar-caro made his move with Assault. The big brown baby picked up his high gear and closed the gap from four lengths to one and a half. "I thought we had a chance then," Arcaro explained later.

"I went to the whip but he just couldn't go any faster. So, when I knew we were licked in the stretch, I eased him up." Assault appeared to be running freely throughout but ha did seem Po. ARMY JFeir VTIXANOVA Brown Ferry Pavalko Komnrnicki Barkor Sanduaky -) Baroanr Gordon -Steffy enry R.T Bryant H.ETrent Q.B Taliffa Bchmid Shelley Capriotti P-innriell .0 7 0 IS F.B MackmuU Army Villanov OOO- 0 Army touchdown ftuMafaon (Id-yard cut-back play. 12:60 of 2d) Scott (2-yd. end aweep.

7:30 of 3d), Conversion Steffy. Official: referee Albi Booth, Tales umpire Jim Coo tan: linaaman Phil Genthner. N. Y. field Judre Nap St.

Pranci. Springfield: timer Vantur-dam. Wealeyan. plunge and then the first aerial of the game, a forward with a lateral tacked on the end, Gustafson to Trent to Scott, picked up a first down on the Villanova 40. From there, Gustafson directed ground thrusts, with Rowan, Stuart and Scott lugging.

The final play sent Scott around the Villanova right end for the TD, but a holding pen- (Continued on pagt iS cot i) i Vv 'its (NEWS fotoa by Holf) Army's New Mr. Inside Goes Ontsidc Elwood (The Ripper) Rowan, (arrow) who's filling Doe Blanch ard's line-bucking shoes in the West Point backfield this season, fools Vitlanova by skirting his awn left end for a gain of 45 yards. Ha carried to the five, bat the play waa called back. Army Offside..