Johnson City Press from Johnson City, Tennessee • 11

1 7 Tech Trounces Vols 28 To Tracy Only -Spark For Tennessee Bucs To Play MTSC Teanf Here Saturday Hard-Running Blue Raiders Arc Sparked By Fullback Clifton Tribble Afternoon Game VOL STAR Tom Tracy above sparkled on offense Saturday-but the Tennessee Vols still lost a 28-7 decision to Georgia Tech Tracy was the top rusher with 98 yards in 15 carries Tracy was Associated Press back the week last week for his brilliant play in 26-20 win over North Carolina TECH-VOL Georgia Tech quarterback Wade Mitchell piles overj the top of the Tennessee line for a three-yard gain in the first quarter of Saturdays victory over the Vols Two unidentified men haul him down On the ground is Tech tackle Carl Vereen (76) (AP Wirephoto) By MERCER BAILEY ATLANTA Nov 6 (ff)-Georgti Tech took three of favorite weapons a pasa Interception a punt return and a clutch defense and used them today to trample the Vols 28-7 in a Southeastern Conference football gama Wade Mitchell aopho-more quarterback did everything and did It well and with two aoph omore halfbacks Jimmy Thompson and George Volkert led the wlnnera explosive fourth quarter victory drive Tom Tracy batter lng fullback carried the load for the Vols and he gave defense fits But he have enough help Three Fast The game was tight as a new pair of shoes until the fourth quarter when Tech broke it up with three swift touchdowns Tech marched 73 yards with the opening kickoff fullback George Humphreys scoring from the one on the 11th plsy of the game Tennessee tied It in the first play of the second quarter when John Majors dove In from the two to climax a 10-play 51-yard drive In the third Tech halted Ten nessee at Its two and took over at Its own nine when Majors fum bled on fourth down Score The Yellow Jackets rammed 91 yards In 14 plays for their first score of the final period Humph reys diving over from the one Then Mitchell intercepted TL pass and raced 36 yards to the Tenhessee eight Three plsys later he threw a two-yard jump pass to Henry Hair in the end zone Volkert scooted 65 yards with punt for final touchdown Tracy the top ground gainer had himself another fine day blasting the middle of line for consistent gains He was the top rusher with 98 yards Jo DLcarrles Humphreys who contributed 46 yards to first scoring drive led Tech runners with 66 yards in 13 carries Thompson a half pint halfback whiz started Tech on its second scoring march with a 21-yard scamper to the 48 Mitchell trapped when he faded back to pass eluded a covey of Vols and picked up 28 more Short gains covered the rest of the distance Continued On Page 2-B Cod 2 PORT East Tennessee State College and the Middle Tennessee State College Blue Raiders will collide here at the college stadium at 2 pm Saturday in the game to decide the Volunteer State Athletic Conference title The contest looms as one of the highlights of the area college football season East Tennessee State and Middle Tennessee both tackled a rough schedule with the Bucs boasting a 4-2-1 worksheet currently and Middle Tennessee in its first seven contests won three lost three and tied one The tough Blue Raiders Just last week upset powerful Florence State of Alabama 27-28 to snap an unbeaten streak of six games for the Lions Rough Sledding East Tennessee State coached by Hal Littleford former University of Tennessee star has its work cut out for it the next three weeks after taking the week off this past Saturday The Bucs play MTSC then face Florence State the following Saturday Five days later the Bucs meet Appalachian State of Boone in the' 10th annual Burley Bowl grid game here at Memorial Stadium Coach charges will get down to hard work this week in preparation for the Raiders 'who defeated the Bucs 34-28 in a free-scoring game last year at Murfreesboro The Bucs needed the week off after tough encounters with Eastern Carolina which they tied 6-6 and Tennessee Tech which they lost 21-7 The ETSC gridders are still re covering from some of the bruises suffered in those two games Wilson Uncertain Pete Wilson of Athens first string quarterback sat out the Tech game after being hurt in the Carolina engagementWilson is still recuperating and the Buc coaches are hopeful he will be able to start Saturday Another back second string quarterback Don Riley and two linemen Bill King and Bill Ford gre also still recovering from past injuries If Wilson is ready to go Little-ford will probably start him at quarterback Ed Foster and Dickie Warren at halfbacks and Buddy Saulsbury at fulllback Joe Davis Harold Poe Riley Buzzy Breed-i and Malvin Chapman are also likely to see plenty of action lq the line Fred Quarles is scheduled to start at center Jack Boone and Bob Merritt it ends Don Rawls and Grayson Dawson at tackles and Joe Collins and Jack Barker at guards Other forward wall stalwarts Continued On Page 2-B Col 5 of two the in JOHNSON Pfes-CHHOMCLE SUNDAY NOVEMBER 7 1954 SECTION B-PAGE ONE MTSC OFFENSIVE Quarterback Jimmy Dunlap ((No 22) in the foreground and Fullback Clifton Tribble (No 72) in the background are the offensive sparks of the Middle Tennessee State College football team which plays East Tennessee State College at 2 pm Saturday at the college stadium Tribble has averaged 10 yards per try in previous Blue Raider games Unbeaten Arkansas Levels Rice 28 To 15 By RAY STEPHENS LITTLE ROCK Ark Nov 6 undefeated Razorbacks drove to two final quarter touchdowns to come from behind and smother the Rice Owls 28-15 for their seventh straight football conquest of the season The victory put the Porkers in the position of needing no more than a tie with Southern Methodist next Saturday to win their first clear-cut Southwest Conference title Auburn Nips Miami 14-13 In Upheaval BIRMINGHAM Ala Nov 6 Iff) Auburn Tiger led by a great fullback in Joe Childress defeated sixth ranked Hurricanes today 14-13 in a tremendous football upset The victors smashed for their touchdowns in the final quarter after trailing 13-0 Childress led a 73-yard scoring march six minutes before the game ended with quarterback Bobby sneak yard away getting the score Two minutes later Childress blasted into the end zone on a four-yard gainer after tackle Frank recovered a fumble on Miami 27 Childress added both extra points Miami capitalizing on" an alert pass defense scored in the second period on a 13-yard pass from Carl Garrigus to end Tom Pepsin and the third on Mario 53-yarder on a fake handoff Childress gained 164 yards rushing in 29 carries Miami 1 1 Auburn Miami (coring: Touchdown Papain BonoflgUo Conversion Oliver Auburn scoring: Touchdowns Freemen Childress Conversions Children 3 Mitral Albert First downs Rushing ytrdtge 19 373 Pawing ytrdtge 15 30 Passes attempted 7 13 Passes completed 3 3 Passes Intercepted by 3 0 Punte 3 5 Punting average 32 4 Fumbles lost 1 Yards penalised 53 UCLA Blanks Oregon 41-0 LOS ANGELES Nov 6 (ff)-Halfback Jim Decker rolled around right end and ran 91 yarda for the knockout touchdown and unbeaten UCLA the No 1 football team went on to crush Oregon today 41 to 0 The dramatic run late In the sec ond quarter sent the Pacific Coast Conference kingpins into a safe 21-9 lead and came on the first play after the and scoring threat of the afternoon died on the Bruin nine This was the eighth victory for UCLA registered before 46435 fans and with It went any faint hope Oregon had of going to the Rose Bowl Coach Red Uclans ineligible for the bowl engagement under the no-repeat pact with the Big Ten acored on a 70-yard drive in eight plays the first time they got the ball Primo Villanueva the kid from Calexico fired a 16-yard pasa to end Rommle Loudd for the opening touchdown The Bruins scored again early in the second quarter on a tix-play rock and sock 50-ysrd thrust with fullbackBob Davenport a 203 pound crusher hitting the middle of the line for the final four yards Oregon recovered a fumble by Villanueva on the UCLA 29 and quarterback George Shaw led the Webfoots within scoring distance only to surrender possession of the ball on downs at the UCLA 9 came spectacular trip of 91 yards and Oregon was through OtKoa UCLA T14S 14-41 UCLA (corlnt: Touchdown Loudd 3 Davenport Decker Bradley Brown Con-varilona Hermann 4 Brown Tulane Ties Alabama 0-0 since 1936 While a capacity crowd of 38000 looked on in War Memorial Stadium here the great Henry Moore riddled the Rice line and aophomore tailback George Walker passed with perfection to give the Hogs an eight-game winning streak starting with the final game of the 1953 season Long Gains Rice had appeared to be unstoppable on the ground where Dicky Moegle undoubtedly the best running back Arkansaa haa faced all year and a bevy of talented companions time and again racked up long gains BENCH VIEWS Hilltoppers Move Toward Crucial Game An Upset Is An Upset-Nothing Else By Jimmy Smyth' Sports Editor Bowl talk is fluttering among area high schools and in spite of a rematch between Eliza-bethton and Kingsport in Tobacco Bowl 'it looks like the game come to pass Knoxville West apparently has a strangle-hold on a bid to the affair in Greene county and Elizabethton looms as the team the West outfit will play However other teams including Johnson only-once-beaten HilHoppers are being talked for bowl spots Johnson City took its role seriously Friday night and bumped off Erwin 7-6 in the last two minutes and 15 seconds to put itself in a good spot to share the Big Five title with Only Kingsport remain as a possible stumbling block for the Toppers and likely that playing at home Dobyns-Bennett will rate the favorite However Coach Niles outfit will probably be taking this one very very seriously nI: Kingsport a couple of years ago kept the Hilltoppers from being undefeated by knocking them off 6 0 at Kingsport in the final game of the campaign Last year Johnson City nudged the In- dians here Kingsport will be out for revenge and also to wrap up the Big Five Conference crown Actually the Tribe would seem to have more at stake However Johnson City is particularly eager to atone for its lop-sided 38-7 loss to Elizabethton only one on the Hilltopper rCC The Cyclones were especially impressive in that victory to the extent that Johnson City suffered a certain amount of embarrassment because of the size of the margin NEW ORLEANS La Nov 6 (ff) Sardisco and Bryan Burn thome a pair of shifty guards throttled ball carriers today and sparked punchless Tu lane to a 0-0 deadlock with the favored Crimson Tide A homecoming crowd of 22000 watched Sardisco and Burnthome tear big gaps In the Alabama line and dump halfback Bobby Luna time and again Alabama never was able to get more than seven running and passing plays Jnto any one drive Each team lost scoring tunities In the closing seconds of the lirst half Luna passed 66 yards to halfback Bobby Tharp on the Tulane 8 where he was overhauled by Tulane halfback Willie Harrison Time ran out be fore the next play big scoring chance Georgia Gages Gators 14-13 to the goal in seven plays with quarterback John Nisbet sneaking acrosa from the one Jack kick was wide March 73 Yards The aroused Razorbacks took the kickoff and marched 72 yards to go ahead 7-6 Arkansaa moved goalward on short plunges and superb passing The young tailback completed four throws to account for 58 yards of the drive and then carried over from the two to score Preston Carpenter made the first of his three conversions A weird play which caught the Rice team standing idle gave Ar- kansas its next touchdown early in the third period Walker took a punt from Atchley Proctor on hi 27 and moved to the 31 where he was hit Walker spun away from the tackier and raced the rest of the way to a 73-yard run' Rice Retaliate Rice retaliated quickly Moegle returned the kickoff 43 yards to the Arkansas 38 and six play later Rice had its second- touchdown Proctor sneaked across from the one The next fimeTUce gotJhe ball the Owls drove to the 17 where Arkansas held The Owls sent in Jerry Hall a reserve fullback and Hall booted a field goal to put Rice in front 15-14 Arkansas took the kick and drove 72 yards with the help of a 15-yard penalty for unnecessary roughness to go ahead and to stay Moore plunged across from the one to wrap It up IC0 0 4 4 4 Arksnsse 4 7 7 Rice scoring: Touchdowns Nisbet A Proctor Field Ooal Hell Arkensee Touchdown Welker Moore Conversions Cerpenter (3r Middle Tennessee Nips Murray 21-13 MURFREESBORO Tenn Nov 6 -Iff) Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders outran the Murray Kentucky Thoroughbreads 21-13 today in a fast-moving Ohio Valley Conference football game A MTSC homecoming crowd of about 3500 watched the Raiders come from behind in the second quarter and grab a lead which they held for the rest of the game Mvrrij 4 4 7 MS MTSC 14 1 Murray scoring: Touchdown Holt Utley Conversions Wall MTSC scoring: Touchdowns Reynolds EeeH 3ooverkms-JIley 4- But upstart Hogs were not to be denied and twice came from behind Hie game had been billed as a duel between Moegle and the top rusher and leading scorer and Moore who stands second to the Rice ace in both departments Neither of the men let the fans down both turned in sparkling performances Moore noted for his high diving Warren Leads ETSC Scoring Dickie Warren with four touchdowns leads the East Tennessee State College football team in scor- ICored one Arkansas JACKSONVILLE Fla Nov Georgia hung its stuttering offense on a pair of Florida fumbles today and scored a 14-13 victory to hold first place in the Southeastern Conference football race Charlie Madison was the' hero of heroes for the Georgia Bull dogs His two conversion kicks produced the margin of their third SEC victory to go along with one tie But the alert Georgia line play was responsible for both scoring opportunities That big quick line shook Flor Bob Davis loose from the football on the first series of downs and Georgia moved 40 yards for a quick six points Gera llltZu Florida 7 Georg! scoring: Touchdowns Harper Clemens Conversions Madison 3 Florida scoring- Touchdowns Simpson Davis Conversion Allen touchdown and set up another with three short bucks into the line The Arkansas star carried 25 times for 85 yards Moegle was by far the outstanding player on the field The big swift halfback never got across the Arkansas goal line but he carried the ball 21 times for 117 yards returned four punts for 73 yards caught three passes for 27 yards The Owls were the first to score Joe Bill Wilson fumbled the second period and Don and mg Buddy Saulsbury and Ed Foster have each tallied three times to account for 18 points apiece Tom Rock has converted 10 extra points Buc scoring in seven games four of which won against two losses and a tie is as follows: Player Eitre Palnle Total Dickie Warren 4 Buddy Baulebury 1 Ed Boater 3 Buaxy Breed log 3 Joe Davla 3 0 Tom Rock 10 Harold Poe I -O Oeorfe Bailey 1 Don Wbletler 0 1 Malvin Cbapman 1 Total IS 4 13 34 is is came in the third quarter Tulane drove from Its 49 to the Alabama 12 on the running of fullback Bob by Saia and Otis Gilmore On fourth down at the 12 quarterback John Caruson passed to end Harry Duvigneaud in the end zone Duvigneaud standing alone drop ped the ball AUbsma Teles First down Rushing yrdge 11 Passing yards 41 Passes attempted 13 Passes completed 4 5 Passes intercepted Punte -10 10 Punting average 43 3 Fumbles lost 3 Yards penalised -00 70 Wasps Trim Carolina EMORY Va Nov 6 Underdog Emory and Henry battled Western Carolina to a scoreless tie in the first half and then erupted for a two third quarter touchdowns and a final period safety to blank the Catamounts 16-0 before large Homecoming crowd here today The Catamounts drove deep into Wasp territory three times in the first half but Emory and Henry defenses stiffened to hold each time Tommy Rasnick scored both of the Wasp touchdowns one from the Western Carolina five and the other from the two Irvin Cubine kicked both extra points Emory and saftey came after Sonny Holmes freshman halfback from Hermitage High mounted another Wasp threat by lugging Terry punt 40 yards to the Western Carolina 4 The Catamounts dug in and took the ball on downs but move from the four On fourth down Terry Swanger dropped back tS his end zone to punt A high pass from center sailed oyer his head and out of the end zone for an automatic safety Western major threat came late in the game after tackle Hubert Edwards recovered a Wasp fumble on the EAH 29 Tommy Lewis sprinted 19 yards to the 6 on second down but center Billy Earp intercepted a pass on his one and ran it out the Wasp 35 to end the threat WMUra Cwm Emt u4 Krmry Boory and Henry ncorinc Touchdowns Rasnick 3 Conversion Cubtne 3 Aaftty SviBier With two Big Five wins now Johnson City could bounce right back to the top and a tie with Elizabethton for the loop crown IT COULD BE that in view of the scribblings of Kingsport scribe Frank Creasy the Dobyns-Bennett team may be feeling its against the Hilltoppers Creasy irked because I said here recently that Johnson City was in the seat and would probably have much to say wins the Big Five came out with a bribing defense of 12-7 win over Elizabethton and criticized Johnson role as a Well the record shows Johnson City is still just as much in the seat as before 7 The Hilltoppers have plenty of potential in this last to pick up half of the championship itself to help Elizabethton to a share of it by beating Kingsport or to acknowledge Kingsport as the sole champion by losing to Dobyns-Bennett With no particular desire to defend myself in the matter I coing to quote from a letter sent to the Kingsport Times-News by Carroll L' Cockrum 809 East Chilhowie Avenue Johnson City A copy was sent to me and to the Elizabethton Star Sir: letter is in reference to an article in your newspaper oi today November 3 1954 entitled Teamwork Is Margin In written by Mr Frank Creasy I would like to say at the outset that this letter is in no way meant to belittle the fine effort of the Kingsport football team last week in winning over Elizabethton In fact while watching the game I felt that the Kingsport club was playing better than I had previously believed possible and I do not believe that I have ever witnessed such excellent coaching in a high school game as was displayed by Coach Williams last Friday night He is to be congratulated for his fine strategy and for the spirit of his squad am a resident of Johnson City and having never lived either in Kingsport or Elizabethton have no particular interest in either team except in their relation to the Hilltoppers In his eagerness to Mr fcmyth of the Johnson City Press and Mr Luther of the Elizabethton Star Mr Creasy overlooks the fact that Mr comments were 1 included in an editorial and should have been answered in kind and not in a featured article so many words he states that Mr Smyth is in error in reasoning that Johnson City bolds the key as to who does or does not via the Big Five title look at the facts Should Johnson City beat both Erwin and Kingsport they win tie with Betsy for the crown Should Johnson City bow to Erwin and win over Kingsport Elizabethton wiU hold the title alone Should Kingsport win over Johnson City of course they will again be champions Howev-r since Johnson City figures in two games and Kingsport la only one I think that Johnson City is very much the driver's seat and I do not feel as if I am holding a steering wheel by a clever use of comparative scores Mr Creasy insinuates that he doubts that Johnson City will give Kingsport much of a game and then disregards comparative scores altogether in stating that Dobyns-Bennett would have beaten Betsy last week on either a wet or a dry field By this method of comparison it is a matter of record that the Indians should not have been al- lowed on the same gridiron with the Cyclones he sneers at the statement of Mr Hayes of Elizabethton those who saw Friday game realize that a return match of the two games on a dry field and under normal conditions -v- Coh tinned On Page 2-B CoL 3 Toweel Tops Valignat JOHANNESBURG Nov 6 Iff) Willie Toweel South African ban tam and featherweight champion outpointed Andre Valignat world ranked French bantamweight in a 10-round bout tonight Toweel dropped Valignat for a count of six in the eighth and was a clear winner on point 11 1 I vrwtn TRRFF YARDS FROM Bob Moore Erwin Blue play The Blue Devils missed the extra point attempt a miscue which Hassamm vancedthe ball from the 16 on a quarterback sneak scored on the next son City won 7-6 I I.