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Elizabethton Star from Elizabethton, Tennessee • 3

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Elizabethton Stari
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Elizabethton, Tennessee
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ELIZABETIITON STAK-Sunday September 25 1943- -PAGE THREE ItJl lira inieonirv: Murray (Mlashes Tennessee Tech '5 Tennesseans in Washington Football Fever Attacks ennessee Congressmen fX lyUfe Dugger Sets Up Only Milligan Touchdown BRISTOL Va-Tenn Sept 24 Emory and Henry Wasps scoring in every quarter and fumbling away two other opportunitees at the one-yard in the first half drubbed Milligan 27-7 in Municipal Stadium tonight for their first victory over the Buffaloes since 1939 The victory gave a quick lead as the Smoky Mountain Conference race got underway Emory jumped out in front with a safety early the game when guards John Harrington and Dick A i $50000 for an airport tower -and authorization for 300 houses at Smyrna Air Base and 300 more at Camp Campbell I Vv COOKEVILLE Tenn Sept 24 Murray State flashy backs flipping the pigskn about like a baseball breeded to a 23 7 victory over Tennessee Eagles in an' Ohio Conference foot-all game here tonight It was the opening game for both teams but the Ken'ueky visitors had their split-T formation' working smoothly and the result was never in doubt after a first-quailer passing and running surge which carried the Eagies from their own 36 to Murray's 11 The thoroughbreds relied chiefly on a razzle-dazzle ground game that pickpd up yardage almost at will Backs Winfred Dill Billy Furgurson and Tom Covington sparked the -Murray attack Hester dumped Jack Bible behind his goal line as he was attempting to run the ball out after a clipping penalty had set the Buffs back to the one-yard line The Wasps struck for their first touchdown in the same period when Chick Davis rifled from the Milligan 44 to Tiff Kiser who' the final score at 27-7 for Emory Excellent kicking by Bob Miller and Bobby Cyphers and George Dugger featured the game Lineups Emory and Henry Left end Kiser Law Left Tackle Heldreth Farns- Tennesseans in Washington By Harry Snyder AH Special Washington Service WASHINGTON Sept 24 Members of Congress are not immune from the annual epidemic of football fever Rep Percy Priest of Nashville returned to Washington this week ubblmg with over the gridiron fortunes of Vanderbilt And Senator Kefauver dusted off a photograph of the University of 1922 team and put it on display in his office Priest majority whip of the House returned looking refreshed and fit He said he punctuated his visit home with a one-week stay in the Great Smokies where he did nothing but-relax slept 13- hours straight the first time I went tq he related 1 M'owed that up iust lounging around and resting I o-jih isn didn't hike or undertake anything more strenuous than a little a i 13 a a caught the ball on the 19 eluded' worth Orr Senator Kefauver and Rep Albert Gore are scheduled to return- next week from a short trip to Europe Accompanied by their wives the legislators made the trip to -attend a meeting of the interparliamentary union Dr Frank Prescott of jthe University of Chattanooga is winding up more research work in the library of Congress He has been working on executive veto in American States and For eight weeks he has been exploring material in the big The project was undertaken under a grant-in-aid from the Carnegie Foundation It grew out of a study Dr Fr'es-cott made in connection with- the constitution revision commission last year hope to get-it published some he Navy Torpedoed: By Southern Cal LOS ANGELES Sept 24 Southern Trojans looking mid season sharp opened their 1949 footall season with a 42 to 20 triumph over Navyto-lay Jay Roundy fleet Trojan halfback set the tone of the intersectional clash five minutes aftqf it began when he took a Navy punt and returned it 67 yards first of a parade of touchdowns Before the contest ended for the of 62787 fans USC a team many think may wind up in the" Rose Bowl had hit the scoreboard for six touchdowns and as many extra points College Scores Tennessee 10 Missi sippi 0 Noith Carolina 26 NIC State 6 Nebraska 33 South Dakota 6 Tulane 28 Alabama 14 Maryland 34 VPI 7 Kentucky State 54 Ga State Villanova 27 Penn State 6 Army 47 Davidson 7 Pittsburgh 13 William-Mjry 7 Georgetown 20 Holy Cross 13 Illinois 20 Iowa State YO (tie) Michigan 7 Michigan State 3 -Ohio State 35 Missouri 34 Ohio University 17'W Virginia 7 Purdue 6 0 Lincoln 6 Marys (Calif) 7 0 WHO SMILE Harry Mercer visiting industrialist from New York seemed to enjoy being surrounded by the beautiful majorettes of the championship Elizabethton High School Board (and who Mereer was caught with the beauties by the photographer at the Cyclones Blue Devil football game Friday night The majorettes are (left to right) Dons Lee Roe Sue Williams Betty Webb Carol Chapman (Mercer) Eleanor Edens Peggy Martam Patsy Hill and Sylvia Browning Left Guard Frei Hester Crouse Center Earp Right guard Via Harrington Right Tackle Neblett Clark French Right Howard Roy Miller Cochran Das is Pippin Left Bob Miller Kellerman James Right Painter Wilson So-kol Spurgeon Booher Cy phers Milligan Robet Calhoun Dowers McSword Left Wright Scaringi Atkins Center Winters Bemat Right Vaccaro Broome Bibb RighLTackle Grindstaff McCall Right Middleton Glowacki Quarterback Lambert Goff Hale Left End Kennedy Ililher Franks Right DuggerXaughlin Beeler Fullback Bible Beeler 2 Boston 2 Pennant Races At A Glance Rep Pat Sutton with the vigor of youth came back to Washington ready for action He immediately found a fight to get into It concerns a hill authorizing $300000000 for military construe tion The bill was approved by the House Armed Services Committee and then bo'tled up by Chairman Vinson (D-GA) Vinson said he put on the brakes because he was afraid It geJ through this session of Congress Some of his colleagues believe Vinson is all wrong They want the bill called to the floor for action Sutton is among them And he is among those who signed a petition to force Hie bill from committee so it can be debated Sutton's interest stems from msw hick a feet his district These include a $300 000 fence construction around a secret project- near Camp Campbell Horse Show Opens Wednesday JOHNSON CITY Sept 24 (AV-JohnSon greatest horse show is just a few days away The event which by show time may feature nearly 150 horses -will be held Wednesday and Thursday nights at the baseball park The show will start at 7 30 Bible and galloped across Bill kick pushed lead to 9-0 Early in the second period another Emory drive broke when Pat Spurgeon fumbled on the Milligan one-yard line and Roberts recovered for the Buffs Shortly afterwards Emory sparked by the brilliant Bob Miller drove into the same position -only rto have Davis fumble andJco-captain John Vaccaro recovered for Milligan Miller went nine-yards to the Milligan goal line three minutes later after Spurgeon had intercepted pass but this time the Wasps were penalised 15 yards for illegal use of hands annulling the run 31illigan in turn drew a 15-yard penalty for roughness putting the the ball on the 2-yard line and Davis scored behind superb blocking kick was wide but Emory had a lg-0 lead at the half The Wasps scored again sooh after the third period began when Miller intercepted pass on the Milligan nine Miller 'pieke d- -u p-- i and Day is he rilled to Miller who stepped across for the tally Again Pippin missed tlje conversion Reaving the score at 21-0 lone touchdown came late in the third period when -eoige Dugger Gintercepted a pass and returned 16 yards to the Emory 18 A roughness peualty put the Wasps back to their three and quarterback Don Lambert scooted around end forthe tally Dugger converted the point with a placekick A fumble by Bible recovered by Flankman Bob Ilowerd on the Milligan 31 et up touchdown nthe fourth period Davis AMERICAN LEAGUE Pet GP TP New York 93 54 633 7 Boston 92 55 626 1 7 Remaining schedules: New York: Home Boston 3 Philadelphia 3 Away Boston 1 Boston: Home New York 1 Away (6) New York 3 Washington 3 Northwestern 20 Kentucky 19 LSU Tennessee State 19 USC 42 Navy 2a California 29 St Stanford 44 Harva-d Wisconsin 41 Marquette UCLA 41 Iowa 25 Notre 49 Minnesota 48 Washington 27 0 Indiana 6 20 Virgmia George Washineton 13 Georgia Tech 12 Vanderbilt 7 Duke 67 Richmond 0 Quant tco a incis-V4v-VM 1 7 SMU 13 Wake Forest 7 By The Associated Press NATIONAL LEAGUE Pet St Louis 95 54 635 Brooklyn 94 55 63 1 Remaining schedules: Loir sr-Home 1) ChcagO-l Away Chicago 3 Pittsburgh) 2 Brooklyn Home (1) Philadel phia 1 Away Philadelphia --g- --g- of the-XwQnjghts GIGLI TO SING IN EGYPT I QCirp i ami oG ig li he famous Dalian tenor will sing winter opera season mis year df was announced here 21 Hardin Simmons BaylorYO0 Smith- Carolina 6 Mrs Pr'eas is chairman' of the show and John Bowers -Similar-shows 'at Nashville Knoxville Kingsport and other southern cities will direct it Officials will include Pf-leeger as ringmaster Fred Meyer of Bristol announcer and Doss Staston of Framuin judge entry list is made up of horses from a wide territory as far away as Miami Fla and as close as many Upper 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