Rocky Mount Telegram from Rocky Mount, North Carolina • 31

THE ROCKY MOUNT CLEVELAND INDIANS WIN AMERICAN LEAGUE PENNANT (SEE STORY ON PAGE 3-D) MARYLAND. GEORGIA TECH WIN OPENING GRID GAMES SEE STORIES ON PAGE 2 Sunday Telegram SUNDAY MORNING, CLASSIFIED ADS SECTION WHIPS STATE WOLFPACK; DEACONS DEFEAT GW yr'w, miyA ito 'v ivrtvK 1 I 'I 'f IS'lHi 11 SPORTS FINANCIAL (35), George Washington SEPTEMBER 19 1954 pirchout and skirted his SECTION THISSEOUENCE of VPI pictures shows Norb Don left end for a 10-yard gain in the fourth quarter of the game yesterday. In the firsTpicture Nick Maravic (44), Deacon fullback, is shown driving in on Uanz tor rne racKie. ine help with the tackle. The third picture shows Maravic on the ground, Danz falling ond twisting to secona picrure snows uanz rwisring in vara vie arms as Mike ioiris (W), ueacon center closes in to the ground and Soltis pouncing on him.

The fourth picture shows Donz on his face and Soltis falling on him to end the play. (All Telegram Photos ot bW-wake roresr oame py fullback, as he took a MiieDrew; Not Quite Enough Wake Forest Scores In Wright Spawns Gobblers In 30 -5lin Over State To 0 Win Over Colonials QSdnIblsiQii' Along By BOB WILLIAMS Telegram Sport3 Editor NCS VPI First Downs 12 19 Rushing Yardage ....180 317 Passing Yardage 22 21 Passes Attempted 6 4 Passes Completed 3 2 Passes Intercepted By 0 1 Punts 5 5 Punting Average 38.4 32.2 Fumbles Lost 0 0 Yards Penalized ...106 105 i BLACKSBURG. Scot. 18 I Howie Wright, a senior halfback from Dover. touched off an explosive Virginia Tech attack here today to lead the Gobblers to a 30-21 victory over "North State before 9.000 shirt-sleeved fans! Wright accounted for two touch 1 downs and piled up 136 yards in, 131 on a touchdown run early in 'the second quarter.

State, making its debut under new Coach Earle Edwards, also had a brilliant runner in sopho more nauoacK ueorge MannMn, who tallied two one coming on a 93-yard kickoff re turn. N. State hit Paydirt first moving 87 yards la in the fnstj period w-ith Jack Zubaty moving the last four for the score. John Bagoms aoaea me exua By Two JD's GW WF First Downs 7 44 133 18 7 17 236 108 24 0 5 27.4 0 60 Rushing Yardage Passing Yardage Passes Attempted Passes Completed Passes Intercepted By 0 7 Punts Punting Average 27.1 Lost 0 Yards Penalized 25 ihandoff from Consoles and went wide to the right for a 32-yard sprint to the end zone. Makes Strong Bid Consoles, a reserve quarterback made a strong bid for the num- nnt tHlaA In nr.

In. (niovXJ iH 7n (h. thirH LT way in the third quarter. His brilliant play-calling and There's one thing you're going to tike obout this year's Rocky Mount High School football team. Even if they lose every game left on the schedule, which is highly improbable, the 1954 Blackbirds have one characteristic that is going to cause local fans to fall in love with them.

It's a burning determination not -to be beaten, and if they have to lose, not to stop trying. This is a ball club that is going to be driving with every ounce of energy on every play, no matter-bow. big their lead or how much their deficit. thB linmnw. gd Beard added the first four extra points.

Tech ran its advantage to 16-7 hnpa WitH ho U7nlf. backed to its midway the 8nd Armit back in his end zone to kick, George Tec.s All-Southern tacxle witn just 1U second leu in toroush t0 toss Armit penoci' j'a safety. Then the Gobblers nccd- Sophomore Don Divers inst 1 2 more nlavs for another passing, coupled with the Xi hard runs of halfbacks Burt Har- itf- rison and Dick Daniels, gave tne Consoles handed off to Harrisons npocs tho maririnirs nf pam I who went to the 32, and then touchdown, sophomore quarter- back Bill Cranwell running the i final six yards. Wright got his second score early in the third quarter by I sneaking over from the 1 to cli max a 45-yard Tech drive, giving ji the home team a 23-7 lead. But! State struck back when Marin kov zipped down the field 93 wttii nnwpr hnth on thp srr.nmd and in the air.

For two and half periods vet eran Joe White tried passes both! long and short but they just didn't click. Consoles depended on screen passes and made them work. The Deacons made two serious threats in the first half by push ing deep into the Colonials' territory. But each time they were stopped. Colonial Threat Then as the second half open ed, George Washington set off on 53-yard sustained drive that looked as if they were headed for pay dirt.

Wake's big tackle from Rocky Mount, Bob Bartholomew, put a stop to this threat. The Colonials looked as If they were set for a touchdown when quarterback Bob Strum handed to halfback Len Ciemniecki on their own 49, and Ciemniecki broke away to the Wake 25. Three more plays put fullback Norb Danz on the Wake 17. Ciemniecki on the next play was thrown for a loss ed the ensuing kickoff to the Tech 33 and then Tech, in the person of Wright, wheeled into action. The elusive halfback, named a co-captain for the game, hit right tackle, got free and simply outran three State defenders to travel Toronto Defeats Ottawa, 31 To 6 OTTAWA, Sept.

18 UPI Toronto outpassed and outran Ottawa be- i IVZ ig xuui i day in a game televised in the United States. Dick Shatto, former University of Kentucky back, scored twice for the Argonauts in the first and fourth quarters. Halfback Gene Wilson, from the University of South Carolina and end Al Pfeifer, ex-New York Giant, tallied one each in the second quarter. Bill McPai'lane, Canadian born halfback, counted Toronto's final touchdown on a 50-yard pass interception in the final period. Herb Hecker, former Los Angeles Ram who was traded to the Washington Redskins but joined the Argonauts instead, converted all five touchdowns and kicked an 11-yard field goal.

Alex Ponton booted a single to complete the Toronto scoring. Second Half by Bartholomew and the Deaconj took over. The game's first score came after an 81 yard drive by the Deacons, and only eight plays after White was injured. White was brought down hard after he carried wide around left end for 11 yards. Consoles relieved White and passed to Stowers for a first down on the Colonials' 15.

Consoles handed to Parham for three more yards, then to fullback Bob Frederick who spun his way to the 10. Daniels carried for one yard. Then Consoles shot a pass through the middle to Stowers in the end zone for the touchdown. The conversion by Dick Travagline was good and the Deacs went ahead 7 to 0. Wake Forest's second touch down was set up by on a bad punt UJ VV -DUl WCaVCl.

X1C glib UlL short punt from his own nn r. Daniels took a hand off and went the remaining 32 for the score. The- extra point was good on a pass play from Consoles to end Jack Late in the second period George Washington moved into Wake Forest territory for the first time with a play that went to the Wake 46. Quarterbac kBob Strum had passed short to fullback Bill Weaver for a 36-yard run to put the ball on the 46. In the third period, the Colonials took the kickoff and drove from its 31 to the Wake Forest 17 before the Deacons took over on their 19.

This drive was. sparked by a 26-yard passMrom Strum to halfback Len Ciemniecki. It was then that Wake Forest began its long -touchdown drive, with Daniels and Harrison doing the bulk of the gaining. In the closing minutes, George Washington again threatened with a thrust to the Wake Forest 20 with a 39-yard pass from John Saffer to George Baird, who caught the ball after an unintentional and comical juggling act. point after ihe first two touch- downs.

Freshman guard Bob Tal- berts placement split the uprights after the third. A slim crowd of 5,000 watched Little, who proved the biggest thorn in VMI's side, add insult to injury with seconds remaining in the third quarter when Dav- son's margin was only 12-0. Just when the Keydets were makinir one nf their bieeest bids out to tne 25. VMI started out as if It intended to run the Wildcats off of Wilson Field. Ihe Keydets rolled downfield with the opening kic'- Davidson scoring: Sportsmen's Meet Jim Reid, popular and well known sportscaster for Raleigh radio station WPTF.

will be guest speaker at the Sportsmen's Club meeting tomorrow night at Josh Bulluck's at 7 o'clock. Reid will give a detaMed talk on the Big Four football teams-Duke, Wake Forest, Carolina and N. C. State and will also open himself to a question-and-answer period. His appearance Is an annual Sportsmen's Club feature, All members and anyone wishing to join the club are urged to attend this second meeting of the grid season.

Br The Associated INnt ncludlnj nitht timet of Stluriiiy, Sfpt. 181 NATIONAL LEAGUE SATURDAY'S RESULT New York 9, Philadelphia 1 Cincinnati 5. Chicago 1 Milwaukee at St. Louis, night 'Only games scheduled) Won Lost Pet. Behind ew York 93 54 .833 Brooklyn 86 59 .589 .586 .483 .473 .462 .408 .356 7 22 2314 25 33 x-Milwaukee 85 60 Cincinnati 71 76 Philadelphia 77 78 si.

Louii 67 Playing night game. i Sunday's games V1 0yrk-simm' "4I v- Hearn 8-8l or McCall 12-3) Chiaeo at Cincinnati Cole (3-7) vs. Fowler (12-81. Milwaukee al St. Louis Buhl (27) vs.

Lawrence 12-6). Brooklyn at Pittsburgh Meyer (10.5) vs. Friend (5-11). AMERICAN LEAGUE SATURDAY'S RESULTS Chicago 6, Baltimore 2 Cleveland 3. Detroit 2 New York at Phiiadephia.

night Boston at Washington, night Won Lost Pet. Behind Cleveland 40 .728 x-New 4 .671 Chicago 92 Detroit 64 8.1 .435 43 x-Boston 63 82 .434 43 x-Washington 62 83 428 44 Baltimore 51 97 .345 Sfi'i x-Philadelphia 49 97 336 57 Playing night game. SUNDAY'S GAMES Cleveland at Detroit Garcia (18-8) vs. Aber (5.10). New York at Philadelphia Morgan (10-5) vs.

Portocarrero (7-17). Boston at Washington Parnell (24) vs. Porterlleld (13-14) or Pascual (3-6). Batimore at Chicago-Pillette (9-14) vs. Trucks (19-8).

Football Scores COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCORES By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SOUTH Mississippi State 27, Memphis State Hampton Institute 12, Fayettevtlle (NO State 8 Shepherd 14, Fairmont (W.Va.) State Davidson 19, Virginia Military 0 Virginia Tech 30, North Carolina State 11 Georgia Tech 28, Tulane 0 Morgap State 33, Fort Meade 0 Wake Forest 14, George Washington Mississippi State 27, Memphis State Maryland 20, Kentucky 0 Tampa 31, Mexico City College 26 MIDWEST Kansas State 29, Colorado A and I Great Lakes 14, Camp Carson 7 Minnesota Duluth 7, Augsburg Dakota Wesleyan 6. Huron (SD) I Carleton 21, Cornell (Iowa) North Dakota 27, Bemld.lt 12 Indiana State 40, Eastern Illinois SI. Olaf 13, Grinnell 13 (tie) Iowa State 34, South Dakota State I St. Josephs (Ind) 35, Earlham 1 SOUTHWEST Texas 20, LSI) 6 WEST Iowa State .14. South Dakota Stale 0 Texas Christian 27, Kansas Kansas State 29, A and 8 Great Lakes 14, Camp Carson 7 Western (Colo) State 40, Adams (Colo) Statt 14 Washington 7.

Utah I Oregon 41, Idaho 0 Wabash 14, Valparaiso 8 Indian Central 26. Taylor 8 Evansville 30, DePauw 7 Ball State 40. Hanover Alma 26, Anderson 9 Central Michigan 42, Iowa State Teachers 21 Oklahoma 27. California 13 Oklahoma A and 14, Wyoming I EAST Rhode Island IX Northeastern land 13. Northeastern 7 (Pai si.t.

Teacher jo, Edinboro Calllnrnl: 7 To Take 14 By CLARENCE LANE Telegram Staff Writer WAKE FOREST, N. C. Sept. 18 After a scoreless and other wise uneventful first half, the Wake Forest Demon Deacons rolled up yardage fast in the second half of their 1954 football opener here this afternoon and beat the George Washington University Colonials 14 to 0. I A sparce, crowd of about 5.000 sat in sweltering temperatures I to see the Deacons, sparked by the clever quarterbacking of Nick Consoles, score once in the third period and again in the fourth.

The second-half play served to reassure the Wake followers who feared a bad opening after last week's poor showing in a scrim mage with Virginia. Coach Tom Rogers' re-shuffled eleven settled down to good foot ball after a slow first halfwarm- up. Their first score came with two minutes, 45 seconds remaining in the second period when Consoles, standing on the Colonials' 10, passed easily into the waiting arms of left end Ed Stowers, wnc stood just over the goal line. The second score came mid-way in the fourth quarter when Dick Daniels, left halfback, took a Birds, Cavaliers Drill For Games COLUMBIA, S.C., Sept. 18 The University of South Carolina first and second football teams walloped the third and fourth teams, 46-0, here today in a scrim mage played under game regula tions, complete with Atlantic Coast Conference officials.

Halfback Mike Caskey broke loose for a 72-yard touchdown run from scrimmage, returned an in tercepted pass 62 yardsifor a score. Halfback Carl Brazeu scored twice, once on a 28 yard run, next on a 26 yard pass from quarter back Harold Lewis. South Carolina opens a week from today at West Point, N.T, against Army. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Sept. 18 I Virginia's Cavaliers today went through their final heavy scrimmage prior to next Saturday's season-opening game here against Lehigh.

Coach Ned McDonald sent his charges through a two-hour offen- ive session against a rugged band ot freshmen. Six touchdowns were scored, two by sophomore halfback Stan Knowles, who put on a bril liant display of running on end Sweeps. nthpr rflvalt.r whn rrnsAprl thp Roal line were Herb Hartwell, Bill Bonney who streaked 70 yards on the option play Willie Dvorak and Dan Rose, who tallied on a screen pass from Bill Clark. Kicking Specialist Sept. 18 New York Giants yesterday added Ben Agajanian, kicking to their National Football League roster.

Agajanian, seventh best scorer in the league last year with 36 extra points and 10 field goals was obtained on waivers from th? Washington Redskins. He'll be with th Giants when they meet th Green Bay Packers in an exhibition here tonight. Gorman Back PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 18 (fl -The New York Yankees today recalled Tom Gorman, 28-year-old riehthander.

from their Kansas City farm club of the American Assn. He'll report in New York Monday night. Gorman had an 0-0 record after 28 relief appearances for the Yan- cf "CIU'C V- July. He compiled a 3-2 log while Davidson Beats Keydets In Conference Tilt 19 0 The Birds showed that trait Friday night in defeating Salisbury. With four minutes left, not many of the 3.500 people who watched the game gave Rocky Mount much of a chance squarter to win.

When those fourth-quarter penalties hit everytime the Birds threatened, it was enough to take the wind out of any team's sails. But noMhe Blackbirds. They just rrurriped their backs a little 'higher and kept coming, more determined than ever. When a team can fight against the bad breaks like that, and make their own breaks as the Birds had to do, you can't help but admire the boys. A TOUGH ONE After the trip back home, end Bruce Etheridge limped into Senior High dressing room and groaned, "Man, do my feet hurt.

In fact, I'm sore all er." That was quite understandable. The game was a rough, rugged grind, and Etheridse had played every minute of hi. He was tired, and feeling the pain of his lumps, but he was also happy. One other bov played the full game, and after a brisk shower, he looked as if he could go and do it all over again. That's big Donald Stallings, the 225-pound tackle who plays a bruising brand 'of football, something Salisbury found out.

Stallings was one of the top Blackbird line performers, and it must be said that the line certainly -did Its share in' helping notch the victory. Salisbury tailback Paul Roberts was rushed hard and fast everytime he tried to pass, and one of the first boys in on him was usually Stallings. Flaye Hammond, senior guard, came out of the fray with the satisfying knowledge that he had pjayed a great game. Coach Knocker Adkins said of Hammond's performance, "He ws by far our best, our steadiest defensive man in the line tonight. He played the best game of his high school career for us." Jimmy Davis, sub guard, also showed up well on defense, as did Pat Warren at left end.

SUBS COME THROUGH Adkins thought the Birds played a fine game. "We looked awfully good, I thought," he said, "especially our reserves. They came through fine when we needed That is encouraging, in view of the fact that Kocky Mount has little depth at any position. one of the reserves who really looked good Friday night was halfback James Parker. Parker runs with a great deal of power and has deceptive speed.

Hii primary vftlu iriday night was his stellar defensive play. He moved in fast on many occasions to make important In tact, a great many of tne-tackles were made in the secondary, by both teams. Time and again it took tackles by halfbacks and safety men to stop somebody from going all the way. Adkins said he thought the Blackbirds tacklingin the line looked "awfully poor" at times. Coach Bill Ludwig of Salisbury made the same statement about his boys.

That was due partly to the hard, crushing drive the backs on both teams were pouring on when they slammed into the line. Many times backs were met hard and solid at the line of scrimmage, but somehow managed to come out of the pile up and get a few more yards. r' BACtyS WORK HARD All the first-string backs had to work hard for the yardage that Rockyjrfount ground out overland, with Bunny Bell serving as the work horse. Bell carried 15 times for 92 yards, an average of six yards per carry. Ray Harper gained 53 yards in nine tries and Fred Harris picked up 33 in eight carries.

When you get boys to do that kind of leather lugging, you'll be tough to handle. The Birds have proved that. Bell looked extremely good on smashes through and the power and speed he showed on his 25-yard scoring jaunt for the first Bird touchdown was nice to watch. going to give the opposition a hard time all season, as will Harper and Harris. All three boys, however, were injured in the game.

Bell and Harper suffered leg injuries, Harper getting his late in the second quarter and Bell in the third period. The youngsters who took over for them, however, played well. Harris, a defensive terror throughout the game from his halfback spot, hurt his shoulder on the game's last play when he crashed into Richard Moffit who might have been headed for paydirt. But after Harris nailed Moffit, Etheridge, slammed into the Salisbury star to make certain he wasn't heading anywhere in particular. Right now it Isn't known how long any of them will be out, or whether they will be out at all.

The Blackbirds hope they'll be back on the field next week. They'll be needed when Rocky Mount opens its conference schedule here against Goldsboro next Friday night. VICTORY NOTES Harris made the trip with little equipment, leaving everything behind except his shoes Salisbury's colors, like Rocky Mount's, are black and gold, and tye home team scrapped up enough stuff for Harris to go with. Salisbury, like Rocky Mount, has a young team, but one that looks good Horace- Billings, sports editor of the Salisbury Post, made the statement, "It should be some game down there next year when these two teams meet." Some 75 sandwiches were made to carry on the trip, giving the boys something to eat on the way back The food, like Harris' equipment, was left in the dressing room. The boys didn't go hungry, however.

They were treated to foot-long hotdogs before leaving Salisbury .,,.,) Barbara Romack Holds Women's Amateur Lead VMI 8 146 53 16 4 1 6 39.5 4 60 First Downs 7 Rushing Yardage 80 Passing Yardage 31 Passes Attempted 12 Passes Completed Passes Intercepted By 3 Punts 1 Punting Average 29.3 Fumbles Lost 2 Yards Penalized 85 with the ensuing kickoff and Al jj Mgens kick ieu jj-h. Interception of a Billy Franli .7 lin pass enabled Tech to score again in the final period. Cranwell snagged the ball on the State 31 and five plays later quarterback Johnny Dean scored from the 1. Marinkov led a State drive of i for the final Wolfpack marlfPr mnmpnt.s latpp crashing the final yard himself. THE LINEIPS: N.

C. STATE LE-Lodpe Backer, Gall LT-Dunnigan, Spivey. LG-Nardone. Dess. Davis.

C-Tonn, Henry, Vivino. RC-D'Angelo, Szuchan, Frazier, Bar-chiesi. HT-Prire, Bagonis, trgovitch, RE-Brown, Lowe, Armit. QB-West, Barringer. LH-Teer, Marinkov, Kilyk.

RH-Sechorn, Zubaty, Glesdorf. FB-Langston, Makever, Meadlock. VPI LE-Petty, Herndon. LT-Jamerson, Cruickshank, Richards, Dalell. LG-Kerfoot.

Wolfe, Bowman. C-Prater, Hall. RG-Unger, Haren, Daley, J. Locke. RT-Preas, Brown.

RE-Jones, Tiling. Hedrick. QB-Dean. Cranwell. LH-Wright, Anderson, Ebert.

RH-Beard, Scruggs. Wolfenden. FB-Divers, Webster. both girls playing amazingly good golf. This is the second such postponement in the tournament's 59-year history.

In 1925, at St. Louis heavy rains forced- postponement of the final between Glenna Collett and Alexa Sterling Fraser, finally won by Miss Collett 9 and 8. Miss Romack, 21-year-old insur-. ance salesman, took a three-hole lead over Miss Wright at the sixth hole, lost it at the 12th after two sparkling birdies by the tall girl from LaJolla, and then went two holes ahead by winning the 14th and 17th. She won the 14th by sinking a difficult 12-foot putt for a par four and the 17th with a conceded par four after Miss Wright, short and in trouble, had taken a double bogey six.

Miss Wright, already winner this year of the low amateur title in the women's national open and both Tarn OShanter amateur crowns had three bogeys and one double bogey on the first six holes. Miss Wright upset defending champion Mary Lena Faulk ol Thomasville, Ga and Miss Rom- ack crushed Mrs. Marjorie McMll-len of Decaturville, 111., in yester- semi-finals, neither losing a hole. LEXINGTON, Sept. 18 (ffl(to score, Little faded across the Sophomore Dyke Little, a wil- field and intercepted Voolwine's lowy quarterback from Hickory.jpass on the Davidson 5 and raced N.

threw two wucnaowu passes here this hot. sultry afternoon to engineer Davidson's Wildcats to a 19-0 Southern Conference football victory over Vir- By WF GRIMSLEY PITTSBUipH, Sept. 18 (fl Little Barbara Romack of Sacramento, held a two hole lead over 19-year-c4d Mickey Wright after the first 18 holes today in their water-logged match for the women's national amateur golf championshipa match which played peek-a-boo with a raging thunderstorm. The final 18 hole3 of the unprecedented, two-day title battle will be staged at 1 p.m. (EDT) tomorrow over the Allegheny Country Club.

Rain and crackling lightning forced the two young California rivals to take cover at the second hole this morning after the match had started a half hour late and there was a delay and three postponement before play was resumed jinder almost impossible conditions. A bolt of lightning ssruck a flagpole and" shredded an American flag flying over the ninth green. Rain, which at times reached down pour 1 proportions, pools of water on several of the greens and made mush of the sauil traps. However, rain wSsiSed- about midway of the round and the match finished under clear skies with ginia Military Institute 59 yards to the Davidson 3. Wth time running out in the; a penalty and a poor pass from first half, Little stepped back af- Center stopped the march, ter three line plunges had Wed, Davidson scored the only touch-to score from VMI's one and fp-down tney ever reauy needed ped an arching, end zone pass into; snorlv after end Charlie Byrd the outstretched fingertips of off a poor kick that sailed homore end Tom Newton.

I outside on the VMI 26. Harlt Midway the third period, Little smith and Henry Brown Rot eight struck again with hisNJeadly arm ly-ds between them, and VMI He fired this one straight penalized 15 yards for hold-the middle on a play starting onng. That put the ball on the 1. the VMI 24. and -halfback Don! Don- Comer --carried twice and McRee.

vet anotherj sophomore, gained only inches through the plucked the ball out of the air on line. the 3 and stepped unmolested Jntoj Smltn was knociie(j down on the the end zone. scrimmage lire and the Wildcat. A fourth sophomore also sharedsdrive seemed ready to come to in the glory, of Davidson's first naughti But tllen Lltle caUght the gridiron victory since 1952. fiatfooted with a looping was halfback Don Campbell, to Newton over the goal, intercepted of DAVIDSON 0 6 6 7-19 Dave Woolwines passes and romoed 36 yards for the 1p--.

VMI 0 0 0 0-0 period touchdown that wrapped fh fnr th WHrlrnU up the game for the meats newton, MCKee, tampDeu, won- Newton missed theffy for extra, version; Talbert. I (Fa) State Teicheri appearing in, 11 games. -A" 1.