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Bristol Herald Courier from Bristol, Tennessee • 17

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ljjT-trTrfrhria 49 If (S i i Sports Classified Ads ism zwm US Also Swing The Sunday Subscribers Of The Bristol Virglnla-Tenpessean Section i i BRISTOL VIRGINIA 'TENNESSEE SUNDAY N0VEMBER4 1951 In CkuIIin nrory 1 Ties Georgia Tech 14-14 Vols Beat Tar Heels 27-0 Unbeaten Engineers Relax Brilliant Wasps Unleash Attack Lauricella's Great Work Sparks Win Dazzling Back Tallies Twke Passes For 3rd Sets Up Fourth One By Will Grlmsley I CHAPEL HILL Nov 3 Hank Lauricella potent" little butcher knife passed and flashed North Carolina into submission today to extend the winning streak of the number one football team to 16 games The 169-pound ball handling wizard from New Orleans La scored two touchdowns passed 7 To Be Rudely Awakened 'Br Sibling SlappT ATLANTA Nov 3 WV-Unbeaten Georgia Tech relaxed 'for a moment when victory looked won in the final quarter today and Duke used the lape to score a startling 14-14 tie 1- Tech was the fifth ranked team in the Associated Press poll The game rough but clean ended with about 400 fans -44 and players on the field The tension packed stands partially when' a Tech back was tackled roughly by a Duke man on the final play of the -game It -wa a legal play game k- 'V Bob Miller Chick Davis Creed Bruce Lead Drive To 3rd Smoky Loop Title By Gen Thompson Weathering a bitterly fought first half that saw the scora stalemated 7-7 at the intermission Emorv and Henry spark ed by the cagey quarterbacking of Chick Davi ana the brilliant running of Bob Miller and Creed Bruce unleashed its power in the last two periods to beat down fired-up East Tennessee State 28-7 and nail up the Smoky Mountain Conference championship for-the third consecutive year The game fought out between two well coached re--sourceful and bard fighting teams wss credit to the brand of competition in the Smoky Mountain loop and waa repleted with brilliant running and aavage forward wall play that gave fani terrific entertainment in bitter cold weather -East Tennessee State making an all-out effort to knock Emory and Henry from the conference shortly after the fourth quarter began and was set up when Ben-jie Howze fumbled Bob Miller's soaring punt on the Stat 17 and tackle Phil Long pounced on the ball Miller was roughed on the kick but the Wasps declined th Bruce picked up Ipur yards on the first play and Davi knifed for B'Eat Football BUCCANEER Fullback Jack Carter it brought to earth after making a short gain for East Tennessee State against -Emory and Henry at Municipal Stadium last night Creed Bruce is the man who pulled him down Coming up for the Wasps are Pat Spurgeon (55) and Buckles (47) Emory won the game 28-7 to capture the Smoky Mountain Conference crown for the third year and write up a strong bid for a third appearance in Johnson Burley Bowl on Thanksgiving Day CHAPEL HILL C- Nov 3 StaUsUc ot tho North Carolina-Tannao-set fame: Co Pint 11 Ruahtng yardage Paaatng yardage Si Passes attempted 14 Passes completed Passes Intercepted Punts 10 Punting average 41T Fumbles lost 1 Tarda penalized TINN 13 80 SO 4 0 SIS 1 45 Annual City Championship Grid Clash Friday Night STATISTICS State Kmery First Downs IS SO Rushing Yardage HI SSO Paaslng Yardage SO Pasaea Attempted 14 Passe Completed IS 4 Passes Intercepted hy 1 Punta Punting Average IT Fumblee Lost by I I Yards Penalized 104 T4 played with the same teams would give the northside Bearcats of Coach Homer (Tige) Harris the edge Virginia fell -before Tazewell High 25-t) in the opening game of the season and the Vikings of Coach Everette Holt were handed a 32-7 setback by the same outfit two weeks later But a more recent game which in this affair is only over the gives Virginia more of an edge Tennessee was spanked 27-6 by Erwin High xf the Big Five Conference-1 whereas the- Virginians held the same team to a 7-7 deadlock a week later These comparisons are only for fh record As for previous city The grand climax of high school football in Bristol the annual City championship battle between the Virginia High Bearcats and the Tennessee High Vikings defending champspia set for Friday night in Municipal Stadium As for a favorite in the traditional clash which has perhaps produced the keenest rivalry of any two high schools in the Appalachian area there is none Favorites in the past haVe been established only by the fans Players of both teams look forward to the game -with eagerness that surpasses point spreads Comparative scores of games SOUTH Emory IT But 7 Alabama 16 Georgia 14 Auburn 41 La Coil-fa Vandy Chattanooga 14 Clemaon 31 Waka Foraat Duke 14 Georgia Tech 14 I tie) Washington South Carolina 11 Kentucky Jl Miami IJTla 1 Tennessee 37 North Carolina a Mississippi State 10 1 Virginia Citadel 0 VMl JS Davidson 1J 60 Virginia Tech 30 Pen 11 Morrii Brown 47 South Caroling Stata I vans villa 7 Eastern Kentucky West Virginia Stata 14 Virginia State 13 Western Kentucky 44 Delta State 4 Hampden-Sydney 35 Bridgewater Camp Leleune SO Quantico 13 LSU 6 Mississippi 4 itiel Presbyterian 30 Catawba Georgetown 11 Maryville i IA4T Southern Cal 30 Army Boston 52 NYU 4 Princeton 11 Brewn 4 Bucknell 14 Temple 7 Holy Cross 34 Colgate 1 Columbia 31 Cornell 20 Dartmouth i4 Yale 10 1 Rutger IS Fordham 7 Maryland 15 Missouri 4 Notre Dame 16 Navy 0 Purdue 26 Penn Stata 0 Bice 21 Pitt 13 Gettysburg 14 Dickenson Carnegie Tech 14 4 0 Massachusetts 6 Vermont 0-Rhode Island Bute 25 Springfield IS Amherst 11 Tufts 11 Johns-Hopkins 10 Swarthmore 8 6 11 Ursinua 0 Maine 14 Colby 0 Bowdoln 37 Bates 11 Lehigh 1 Muhlenberg 1 Connetlcut 10 New Hampshire St Lawrence 10 Hotstra 0 Williams 20 Union 0 Norwich 20 Mlddlebury IS West Virginia 15 Western Reserve 1 Coast Guard IS Northeastern IS Itiel St Bona venture 13 Youngstown I Albright 1 Scranton 0 Weslarn Maryland 6 Drexel MIDWEST Morris Harvey 11 Heidelberg 30 Toledo 11 Ohio 4 Marshall 30 TPI IS Detroit 7 Bradley 6 Illinois 1 Michigan 9 Wisconsin 6 Indiana 0 Iowa 20 Minnesota 20 (tie) Colorado 47 Iowa State 20 Kansas 27 Nebraska 7 8klahoma 33 Kansas State 0 hio State 3 Northwestern 0 A quick witted public address announcer called lor the National Anthem and when the Star Spangled" Banner was completed the crowd had calmed and left the stadium In an orderly fashion Tech" was a 13-point favorite to win Its seventh consecutive game A 125 man delegation from Orange Bowl was In the stands but what effect the tie score might have on selection of a New Day Orange Bowl team was unknown A Tech homecoming crowd of 38000 had leaned back in the fourth quarter when Tech looked safely home for Its seventh Victory The score was 14-7 and Tech had been going great But then quarterback Darrell Crawford elected to pass and will never finish regretting it As It had been doing all day Duke rush line poured through on little Crawford and he had to throw as best he could Dud Hager of Duke caught the pass instead of a Techster He took the ban on his 15 and ran to 35 Worth Lutz passed to Blaine Earon Jack Klstler punched at line and on the sixth after the interception Lutz I scored from the two I Ray Green his second conversion and that tied the score 14-all After the half Tech tan 11 times in a 58 yard march to a score The second touchdown came when two big Tech linesmen Ray Beck and Lamar Wheat shattered line Wheat deflected a Duke punt Beck caught it and ran 52 yards to a touch-down Duke and Tech stayed on the ground a great majority of the time today Pass iptercentions however set' up both of Duke touchdowns Crawford miscued with two minutes to go in the first half and heaved straight into the anxious arms of Duke halfback George Grune Grune got the ball 40 and ran to the 11 Freshman quarterback Barger with all the poise you would expect in a senior called for a pass play Lutz another frosh fired to end Blaine Earon on two Earon went across the goal in a flying leap Green converted TUTKE GEORGIA TECH M4 Duke acorlng touchdown! Earon Lutz conversion Greene If Georgia Tech coring: touchdown Crawford Beck Rodf era Murray Smashes Morehead 14-0 1 MOREHEAD Ky Nov 3 Murray kept out front in the Ohio Valley Conference football race today by downing much-beaten Morehead 14-0 In 30 degree weather Some 2800 homecoming day fans aaw the hometown Eagles close out an eight-game schedule in which they won one and lost sfeven The record Is one of Coach Ellis worst at Morehead He had predicted the outcome before the season began The contest was marked by 16 fumbles Morehead recovered 11 Murray bobbles and the Eagles I i l1 I I i 'i: 1 i 4 I i 1 1 lr it 11 1 Jl I 1 I '1 I 1 for another and set up fourth during his limited appearance in th first and third quarters- One of the touchdowns was spectacular 27-yard sweep around his right end in the first period when he weaved his way goal-ward behind Incisive blocking senior field general a strong candidate for All-America honors played only half the game Tar Heals Thraatan Rocked back on their heels for most of "The cold sunny afternoon the frustrated Tar Heels beaten in five of their seven games roused themselves for two menacing gestures just before the final gun They traveled 66 yards to the 10 where vicious de fense rose up to swallow the threat A few moments later they rolled down to the 10 again with first down and goal to go Three line plays moved the Tar Heels to the five but that was as far as they could go A desperation fourth-down pass failed Lauricella conceived and executed th touchdowns with such aai that lh gam took on a rl diculoui apct for th 41000 spectators including th Unitad States and British Ryctar Cup golf teams He sailed a 25-yard pass to halfback Bert Rechichar for a touch down at 6:42 In the first pdHod and less than seven minutes later he cut loose again on his 27-yard scoring run In the third period the phantom-hipped Louisianan struck again with another 25-yard pass to end John Davis to put the ball on the one Lauricella then plunged over Hard-running fullback Andy Kozar scored the final touchdown on an eight-yard plunge after Lauricella put the ball into position with a sharp 18-yard pass again to Davis TENNESSEE 13 0 14 0-37 NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 4 Tennessee scoring: Rechichar Lauricella 1 Kozar Rechichar 1 Hometown Boy On Rebel's Retreat Card This Week almost like homecoming at Retreat this week with a former hometown boy Eddie Malone appearing on the wrestling card Thursday night The top feature of the night will be a tag team match pitting Red Roberts and Moody Palmer against Tex Riley and Malone in a best of three falls 80-minute time limit affair Preliminary bouts will be the usual two single fall matches with a 30-minute time limit The local boy Malone will tangle with Roberts in one of the opepers while -penalty -five more Then Bruce in thre plays went to the three the one- foot line and then into the end zone for the tally Spurgeon lifted his kick "between the uprights and the Wasp had stretched their lead to 21-7 79 Yards la I Plays State still fought back took th kickoff and rolled to the Emory 35 on the passing arm of Cecil Puckett and the running of Ford and A Wilson With Buccaneer fans envisioning a touchdown that would put State back into th game Tommy Kellerman a great defensive tar for Emory through-" out the night blasted Buc hope by intercepting paw on the 11 and returning ten yards to th Watp 21 From here Emory in brlllisnt offensive explosion rolled 79 yards for its final touch- down on just five plays Davis passed to Bob Howard as a starter and the big end caught the ball and raced to a first down: on the Wasp 44 Chick fired to" Walter Hankins his other flank-man and the chain moved to th State 43 Faking a pass Davir handed off to Miller on trap play and Bob blasted down the middle for 23 yards and the third consecutive first down on the State 20 Davis went overhead again rifling to Hankins who made a falling catch on the Buccaneer nine From here Miller knifed off tackle cut into the secondary and raced into the end zone with tackier strewn on the ground behind him Spurgeon methodically booted the point and Emory had its hard-earned victory at 28-7 Wasps Threaten Again Scoring was over but Emory still had one mor-- dangerous threat left This was written up by a reserve eleven piloted by freshman Tommy Horwatt Bobby Jordan whose tackles on kickoffs had the fans fuzzing started th threat by returning a punt to midfield Two runs and a Stats penalty put the ball on the Buccaneer 26 Brownie Polly blasting through on second down went for a first down on the 14 An off-side penalty against State moved ball to the nine but on the next play Davis intercepted pass on the three and returned to the Buccaneer 11 State bad timt to run just two plays and th game was history State suffered a blow to its defensive strength in the first half when Kenneth Bryan 225-pound tackle and Little All-America candidate was carried from the field with a fractured jaw He was taken to Mountain Memorial Hospital for examination and then removed to Memorial Hospital in Johnson City Several other players up In the bruising with Wil-mer receiving a painful eye TINNSSSIS STATS Davu Boone Ik White Calhoun Johnson Porter DeFillipo Alvarez Henderson Fry DtCirla Jones Harvey Mad Puckett Reave Johnny Puckett Linger Ford Cour Secrist till games Tannat holds lh victory margin alnca 1911 (available record only data batk this far) Th touihiidors haYa won 25 whila Virginia ku worn th crown 13 time Th only tie for th laurel waa in 1949 a acora-laaa deadlock Seasonal records of the two elevens this year show the Bearcats with a 5-2-1 mark while Tennessee has won only two games and tied one In nipe starts Only two members of the 1950 All-City team are playing this season They are Ralph Campbell of Virginia High guard and Charles Almond of Virginia fullback Hassell Wooten Franklin Cross Joe Long and Dewey Wilson all given honorable mention berths last year are back to lead Virginia this year Jitmt Polish Up This Weak Coach Harris said yesterday that the Bearcats will probably hold their final scrimmage on Tuesday then spend the remainder of the week polishing up on offense and defense The veteran Bearcat mentor said are not taking the Tennessee-Oak Ridge game as an indication of what we will face Friday He added that Virginia should be in top shape for the game with Jimmy Goode a back returning to the squad Goode has been out with a broken thumb but will play with a cast on In the Viking camp only comment was concerning the Friday night game with Oak Ridge As for that 39-7 "loss Holt said hope we can give Virginia a better game than that but the Oak Ridge club is the best I have faced since I have been at Tennessee Holt added the Viking outfit would spend most of the week polishing up on plays taking care to avoid any injuries Jimmy Barker Viking tackle injured his knee Friday night but Holt said it would be Monday before the extent ot the injury was determined Allen Bradford center watched the game from the sidelines but will likely return to the squad this week With the uncertainity of the outcome one of the largest but insisted he came to swap I crowds of the season is expected yarns not with Hank to jam the stadium-to -watch the Greenberg tannual game 7 throne dominated play in an initial quarter that law the Waspa unable to escape from their own territory State was first to score but after Emory returned to the field In the second half Davit gave a auperb exhibition of play-telec-tion aa he picked holes in the Buccaneer defense with skill and precision Millar 8eors Tbre Timas Bob Miller Little All-America star spearheaded the Wasp attack going across the double-stripes on three scoring thrusts and gaining at crucial moments throughout- the game Bruce wrote up the other Emory TD with big Pat Spurgeon clearing the uprights each and every time on his four placekicks for extra points State capitalizing on an early break when Don Jones recovered fumble on the Emory 36 kept the Wasps with their backs to the wall almost the entire first period The Buccaneers after recovering the fumble drove on to two yard line where Cecil Puckett was jarred loose from the ball and Stan Brown recovered for the Wasps Slate Takes Lad Shortly afterwards the Buccaneers got another break setting up their touchdown when Jim Humphreys fumbled on the seven yard line after intercepting Cecil pass In the end zone Johnny Puckett recovered -for State In just two plays Jerry Ford slashed over for the touchdown and Jim Fry came in to boot the point that put State out front 7-0 Emory losing a touchdown late in the quarter when Bob scoring thrust from the two was nullified by a penalty had to wait until the second canto to deadlock the score The Wasps traveled 56 yards for its tally after Matlock had punted to the Emory 44 After the drive reached the State 23 Bruce knifed through the line for five yards Then the brilliant Miller spurted around end on a pitchout and raced 18 yards through the State secondary into the end zone placekick knotted the score at 7-7 Tulsa 35 Oklahoma Agle Drake 15 Great Lakes Riley and Palmer will battle it out in the other -This is the first time' Tex has been here since last summer and the fans will welcome him back It will also be the first time Malone has wrestled in Bristol for several years and some of the fans will remember that Eddie started wrestling here whil still in school He has made quite a name over the country and for three years has wrestled as the Green Flash a masked marvel Roberts is just the boy to make a hometown lad look bad since he is smarting from a defeat handed him here last week by George Colonga 1 Wichita 10 Houston 14 Western Michigan 20 Butler 4 Depauw 14 Indiana State 13 South Dakota 25 Iowa Tchrs Ripon 13 Carleton 0 Grinell 7 Cornell llowa) Kent State 27 Bowling Green 37 (tie) Miami 10) 37 Buffalo 7 Ohio Wesleyan 11 Mount Union 11 Knox 6 Coe 0 Hanover 14 Taylor I Centre Central 6 SOUTHWEST TCU 30 Baylor 7 Arkansas 33 Texas Aggies 11 Texas 10 SMU 13 Arkansas AM dr 30 Sam Houston Cincinnati 13 Hard in -Simmons 13 WEST UCLA 11 California 7 Oregon State 40 Washington 14 Stanford 11 Washington State 13 San Diego Navy 30 San Jose Stata 11 Oregon 14 Idaho IS Wyoming 34 Montana 7 Utah 34 Utah StSte 30 Brigham Young 21 Colorado A 4fM 16 Ryder Finals Today PINEHURST Nov 3 (JP) Britain's Ryder cup golf learn today found iltelf in the same tight spot lho Unitad Slate team waa In two yaara ago but whathar It can match tha last-day victory march of tha Amarlcant in tomorrow's aight alngles matches is something alia 1 Uncle Sam'a lads winners of this competition six of eight timet th last four in lucceaaion need only an even aplit to retain th trophy Their sweep of three of Friday's lost the ball three out of the five I four-team matches gave them a times they fumbled 1 decided edge Lightning Play By Virginia Beats Citadel CHARLOTTESVILLE Va' Nov 3 (UP) crackling Cavaliers struck like lightning through The vaunted defense today to win an easy 39-0 victory before the smallest home crowd here since World War II Ten thousand shivering fans watched Virginia roll up 411 yards against the Bulldogs rated third defensively in the Southern Conference Virginia scored in every period and let The Citadel inside the 30-yard line only once The second time the Cavaliers got the ball they carried to the six in four plays and halfback Jimmy Ashwell split left tackle to score Freshman quarterback Mel Roach made the first of three conversions Fullback Gerry Furst smacked over guard near the end of the first period after Captain Joe Palumbo recovered a fumble on The Citadel 11 LSU Ole Miss Tie BATON ROUGE La Nov 3 (UP) Cold-fingered Louisiana State and Mississippi played red hot football for only five minutes in the third quarter tonight and their Southeastern Conference football game ended in a 6-6 tie Virginia Military Pounds Davidson College 35-13 Penalty Kills Chance Another Wasp penalty killed off a golden opportunity when Bill Frei broke through to recover Cecil fumble on the State 15 An Emory lineman was offsides on the play and the ball went back to State Halftime saw the Buccaneers in possession again after containing an Emory drive that finally stalled on the Buccaneer 30 State shot Its bolt in the first two periods and once the" second half was underway Emory and Henry took command with Davis calling one of the greatest offensive games of a brilliant quarter-backing career Bogged down by rejuvenated defensive play State move the ball as the third period began and Matlock was forced to punt with Saltz taking the ball on the Wasp 31 Davis sent the Wasps into spread forma tion then quickly went back to an orthodox attack and they relentlessly ground 69 yards tor a touchdown that shot Emory into the lead for the first time hi the game Miller Davis and Bruce led the march that rolled on to the State four from where the broke through tackle for the touchdown Again Spurgeon converted and th Waspa had taken over at 14-7 third touchdown cam Miiir were banged encounter Frazier cut over his left SAST Left end MorrUon Jone Lft Brygn Left Huddle Hall Hicks Right Right tackle Right Don lock Cecil Howze Left felt Baldasano Right ney Nelson Lloyd Fullback-Carter IMOftV Left Henkin ton Left Lon Left ruard Lillej Glover Rice Roy Miller nlc Right Fret Wright Richt Mumpower Slant Howard Bentley Brookman Davit phrev Laft Bruco Bontlay Right man Jordan Spurgaon ET STATE EMORY ET State Fry Emory leering: 3 Bruce (pUcekickm) Officials referee fTenneaitee) iTenneaeee Wetleven) Jacinon Notre line Fargason banged away at the VMI line twice before he got the last foot A bad pass from center ruined try for the extra point The lineups: DAVIDSON Ltft Klly Rankin Edwtrdl Ltt tackle Freeman Wrifht Loy Lett guard Davit Kler Whtsnnt Nlncal Perkin Right Pierce Buxton Davi Right Branch Tuckar Reynold Right Turk Oake quarterback Ruth Archer Left Thacker White Right Wade Gulton Brown Targuaon Gray VMI Left Grumbling Quiaanbary Maua Left Elay Boxlay Variant Lanford Left guard Goodwin St John MacDonald Hamer Riplv Trombetta Carlton Robinson Gilbert Klin(r Right Bonntt Haidars Lalgh- ty Silar Right Frankanbergar falph McGovam Right Patraa Byrd Brehany MarchaAd Kln-alow Woy left Wood Portaiik Wool-wine Jacquea Right Toley Mapp Powell Fullback Birge Hudson Moxley Powell ran over to put the Key-dets out front 14-7 When Wade went back to kick he was nailed on the Davidson 38 after a bad pass from center and VMI took over Brehany handed off to end Neal Petree who passed to Powell good lo the 25 Brehany then shot a screen pass to Grumbling at the scrimmage line and Grumbling went the remaining distance Substitute quarterback Ed passes set up the fourth touchdown Freshman Tim got 10 yards aroUnd end and toss to freshman" end Tony Mazza got a first down on the Davidson 20 Birge scored on an' end aweep that saw Foley throw a perfect block on the Wildcat safety man to make the run possible Davidson quarterback Ruth got his passing arm to working prop erly in the fourth quarter when the score was 28-7 On three consecutive completions from Ruth to Bobe Turk Dick Kelley Wade and Fargason the Wildcats marched from their 38 to one-foot LEXINGTON Va Nov 3 (INS) Military Institute rolled over an injury-ridden Davidson eleven 35-13 today before a cheering homecoming crowd Stu Foley reeled off a 67-yard touchdown run for the most dramatic play of the game the rest of whiich was highlighted by the methodical hammering of the Key-dets against a Davidson team deprived of 17 Injured players The victory pulled VMI into a tie with Mainland and Duke for the Southern Conference lead Each has a 3-0 league record Three thousand spectators watched the game played in the wet and cold Freshman Dave Woolwlne sparkled throughout the afternoon for VMI He returned the kickoff which followed Davidson's first touchdown on a brilliant run out front the Keydet 40 Minutes later Woolwine intercepted Wildcat quarterback Jack pass on 45 Bre-hany and Powell picked up 14 yards on successive running plays to the 31 was down to the 10 on th quarterback jneak 0 ANO HSNftV Clingenpeel SUJ Leckev Buckle Brown Walken CUne Teago Raa Lethco Summer Neblett Peecoo Looney Horwatt Hum- Bob Millar Fraaior Salt Bruce Keller- Brace Holly 7 4-7 coring- ford (plicekickl Bob Min Spurgeon 4 Sam Bartholomew B4 Bowery Huntet Dame) field 4 SCORE FOR OAK Pictured above is avid Griffith (17) brilliant Oak Ridge High School tailback as he circles his left end for 28 yards and a touchdown Friday night against Tennessee High Coming in in a vain attempt to bring Griffith down is Sherrill Wolford (partialy behind Griffith) and Bob Draper Viking halfback at left 1 I l- -A i'-t.

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