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Kingsport Times from Kingsport, Tennessee • 7

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4 4 am iumosport mMEyrnwapoMy le 1934 PAGE SEVEll trasia'SiStBSl A- -a Topples' Ole Miss Gophers Forced To Resort To Air To Defeat Michigan ALABAMA DEFEAT PROVES GREATEST UPSET UI COUNTRY LAST MINUTE PASS IN FINAL QUARTER ATTACK WINS TILT Wildcats Battle Tie With Dogged Ohio StateTeam Christians Down Aggies In Aerial Cunning 34-6 Tilt CAROLINA SNARES NEW YORK BATTLE AS THIRD VICTORV By JAY VESSELS MINNEAPOLIS Oct 15 (AP) mighty men of the gridiron their x)werhcnise dynamited today by a scrappy Michigan wrecking crew unveiled a puizling TULANE TRIPS RICE WITH OYH TACTICS WRffflKG 26 TO 17 Green Wave Cpncerts Aerial Tactics- of Rite and Adds Ground Attack to Win During Magnificent Game By ED DESOBRY NEW ORLEANS Oct 18 (JP) Tulane up-an-coming Green Wave not only stole thunder but counted on the ground as well in a magnificent 28 to 17 victory today Hie contest was spine-tingling throughout and showed Tulane possessed a backfield -sparked by Warren Brunner with a versatile attack Today too 226 pound Ernie Lain rose to the height and almost single-handed nearly gained victory on bis Unerring passes and runs before 24-000 fans Rice seemed on the way to a steamroller victory in the first few minutes with a 48-yard drive -to the Tulane 'M0 Tulane however took the ball on downs and pmrted out to the 44 Lain connected for three passes to the 25 and Matt Landry guard place-kicked a field goal from a difficult angle A Tulane drive followed by an exchange of fumbles and punts placed Tulane on 33 Hays passed beautifully td Paul Krueger sub for Stanley Nyahsn on the 25 and he eluded several to score Bob placement was blocked Shortly after the kickoff Butler intercepted a Lain pass on the Rice 25 and Brunner then passed to Ralph Bodney end for another touchdown with only 45 seconds remaining in the half Billy placement was good Tulane started another drive in the final period and Payne Cassi-bry and BrunnCr ran spectacularly to put the ball on the Rice three from where Harry Hays sub for Brunner scored place kick was blocked An intercepted pass gave Tulane the ball on the Rice 40 and Butler made a brilliant run off tackle to the 3 Brunner scampered through for the score kick was good Lain threw passes desperately in the closing minutes often to see passing attack to come from behind with six minutes to play and win 7 to 6 Some 55000 iiomecoming saw the Big Ten champions retain the historic little brown jug in a game ha which! Coach Fritz huskies gained the edge in Everything but the score In the last quarter with Michi holding a 6 to 0 edge after a great 90-yard inarch Coach Ber-nle squad called on the Injured Harold Van Every triple threat halfback to search for success through the air Van Every shot a perfect strike from his own 48-yard line to Bill Johnson substitute end who took the ball on the Michigan 18 and plunged to the 14 with three Michigan players taking a ride Two plunges took the ball to the ten Van Every pitched an-tather strike to Wilbur Moore He grabbed it on the Michigan three and with -a trio of Wolverines banging on hit the goal George Faust placekicked the extra point Michigan went into the fourth quarter with the hall oi the Minnesota 21 and fourth down Here Harmon crossed bp the Gophers and shot a short pass to Smick on the Minnesota seven Three plunges jfot six yards and Ktomer shot over his own right tackle to score Smick missed the extra point Douglass Slates Tilt With Slater Douglass high football eleven will play Slater high school as Its next gridiron opponent at Bristol next Thursday night at Bristol It will be first game of the Season The Douglass squad lost to the College Hill high grid outfit 12 to 6 with Reece carrying the ball for only counter in the second period The loss to Cleveland i was the first defeat for the locals this- season i FORDHAM BATTLES PURDUE TO 6-6 TIE Boilermakers and Rams Take Ride for Ufa But tie Ends Only' In A Tie NEW YORK Oct 15 Ford Rams took Boilermakers for a ride for life today but all they got was a tie 6-6 score that amounted to a stunning upset viewed by 31000 sweltering spectators 3 -Gordham victimized by three gallant goal line stands in the first half during which the Ram backs led by sophomore Leonard Ash-mont piled up 251 yards from rushing scored on a 49-yard spring by Esbmcnt in the period only to have Purdue come back to tie the score Hero of the Bollermakel retiirn dfive was Lou Brock who capped a great day of running and kicking with a 17-yard touchdown rush early in the final period Both 'teams badly rushed by lines that reared to superb heights in the crisis missed chances for victories with placement kicks that were carbon copies Pete try for Fordham was wide and high and so was the desperate try made by Brock Purdue would have lost the game by at least two touchdowns had it not been for a magnificent secondary when the goal line was threatened by the hard driving elusive enemy backs In that frantic second period the Rams lugged the leather to Purdue's one inch two yard and 13-yard lines only to faiL players drop perfect ones until Steakley held on and lateral ed to Stokes Green end on the Tulane 30 On the next play Steak-ley sub for Williams took pass for a score and Landry converted from placement Commodores Take Rebels 13 to 7 as Southeastern Conference Battle Ends In Favor By TOM SILER NASHVILLE Oct 15 A savage fourth period attack highlighted by a last minute 31-yard touchdown pass carried the resourceful Vanderbilt Commodores to a 13 to 7 victory today over the" University of Mississippi The two Southeastern conference- elevens both undefeated and untied before today's game treat-ed the 15000 spectators to a thrilling: spectacle of crushing ground and dazzling overheads that seesawed the ball up and down -the field all afternon The Rebels surprise conqueror of Louisiana State three weeks ago led 7 to 6 when there was only 57 seconds left to filay with the ball on 43-yard line a 33-yard pass having been ruled complete because of interference by the Rebels' secondary Falls Over Goal Lunny Hollins picked up- four at guard and then tossed to Dutch Reinschmidt for 19 yards and a couple of plays later faded back and southpawed another aerial this time to Hardy Housman sub fop Keene who caught -the ball on the 3-yard line and fell over the goal line as he was tackled Captain Preacher Franklin added- the extra point from placement When the final gun sounded seconds later thousands of Vandy supporters ecstatic with joy swarmed on the field and carried the victors to the clubhouse on their shoulders Late in the third period the Commodores trailing by 6-0 got underway a smashing running attack with Sophomore Roy Huggins sub for Ford as the spearhead and drove the ball to the opposing 7-yard line Early in the fourth period Housman took the ball on a reverse and went off tackle for the first tally Joe A try for the point from placement was blocked by Autry Rebel center The Mississippi clan coached by Harry Mehre mixed passes and runs in the third period to smash their way to the Vanderbilt four-yard line registering a first down at that point Three line plays failed to dent the line for more than a yard and then Parker Hall wheelhorse of the invaders bulleted a payoff pass over Jthe center of the line to Gene Blackwell in the end zone Massengale sub for Whit-ington placekicked the point -Jbmble Ruin Chances In the second period fumbles twice thwarted Vanderbilt scoring efforts the two miscues coming within the five-yard line The Rebels recovered both of them and kicked out of danger The Rebels threatened several times once going to the four-yard line in the first period but the Vandy line repulsed the drive and took the ball on downs The summary: Mississippi Pos Vanderbilt Blackwell LE McElreath Hart LT Holdgraf Kinard LG Henderson Autrey Agee Lyles RG McLemore Dossett RT Smith Murphy RE Franklin Schneller QB Hollins Hall LH Keene Whitington RH Reinschmidt Tillman FB Ford Score by periods: Mississippi 0 0 7 0 7 Vanderbilt 0 0 0 13 13 Scoring: Mississippi touchdowns Blackwell Point after Massengale (sub for Whitington) placement Vanderbilt touchdowns Housman (sub for Keene) Point after Franklin placement Subs: Mississippi ends Ward 'tackle Parker center Crowe backs Dodson Massengale Smith Lehnhardt Smith and Bradley Vanderbilt ends Evans Hinton tackles Gaulden Komisar guard Ellis Anglin center Jackson baeks Marshall Huggins Perry Officials referee Kaic (Georgia) umpire Burghard (Mississippi college) head linesman Waddey (Georgia Tech) field' judge Slate (Boys high Atlanta) Invite You To Visit Their Nevly Enlarged and Redecorated Men's Clothing Store Volunteers of Tennessee In Limelight After Shaiteriiig Championship Dreams Of The Crimson Tide By HERBERT BARKER NEW YORK Oct1 15 (JV-Tbe roof fell in on mighty today taking a heavy toll of the undefeated but unscatched such -major powers as Pitt Texas Christian Minnesota Notre Dame Oklahoma Tennessee and Duke The East South Midwest and Far West all contributed-to the casualty list as Holy Cross Penn Navy New York University Brown Columbia Cornell Michigan Wisconsin Alabama Mississippi and Oregon all fell by' the wayside Biggest Upset defeat was perhaps the biggest surprise of the day The Tide easy conqueror of Southern California in its first test fell victim to Tennessee power and the individual brilliance of George Cafego and the Volunteers won 13-0 Cornell hailed as one of the greatest arrays yielded to Syracuse 19-17 the winners scoring all their points in- the final quarter Holy Cross unbeaten "since 1936 was nipped by undefeated- Carnegie Tech 7-6 Penn was surprisingly upset by an alert Princeton team 13-0 Navy -was stopped by Yale 9-7-as Gil Humphrey passed for a touchdown and then kicked a game-winning field goal- Columbia with Sid stopped cold was trounced by Colgate 12-0 New York University yielded to North Carolina 7-0 while Brown after fighting strenuously for the first half bowed to undefeated Dartmouth 34-13-Wolverines Lose In the Mid-west potent Wolverines out gained Minnesota all the way but were beaten by the margin of a point after touchdown 7-6 Wisconsin- hitherto undefeated was no match at all for Panthers who rolled' up a 26-6 count Mississippi which had scored a sensational victory over Louisiana State several weeks ago itself fell victim to a late (See GRIDIRON UPSETS page 8) TOPCOATS HATS Ui I ALCjJ Bristol Tenn New York University Loses to North Carolina As Ex-Ford a Prep Player Grabs Limelight In Battle By EDDIE BRIETZ YORK Oct 15 (JP) Jiifa (Sweet) Lalanne North Carolina's highly publicized backfield staf do his well-known stuff to day but a Fordham prep school star named George Stim-weiss did and the 1 Southerners made It three in a row over New York University 7 to 0 before a gathering of 15000 The result was something of an Upset for Coach Mai big and powerful Violets were favorites to hang up their first triumph Since the schools began their intersectional warfare three years ago St irn weiss attended to that Not only did he fling the pass that pkv-ed the way for the lone and winning touchdown but he kept the Violets in the hole most of the afternoon with his kicking His boots averaged 49-yards good kicking in any league Lalanne the boy for whom the Violets had been pointing played only a few minutes Either they kept him under wraps or he get started for the best he could do wqs a two-yard gain on one of the few times he lugged the ball and a bit of kicking which by no means could be compared with Harris Moriarity of Birmingham Ala who umpired the game was stricken with a heart attack midway In the final period and died before he could be taken from the field Following a play in mid-field Moriarity collapsed The game was halted and physicians summoned from the They announced later the official had died instantly For Sports Fans Is Carl Hubbell married? Where does he live during the winter? A Hubbell was married January 25 1931 to Lucille Narrington of Meeker Oklahoma where Hubbell makes his home How many times has Teddy Yarosz been beaten by Billy Conn? A Conn defeated Yarosz twice in 1937 The first bout occurred on June 30 and the second on Sep tember 30 Both fights were stag ed in Pittsburgh Pa and Conn won both times by decision in twelve rounds How many former southern college football stars are now members of the Brooklyn Dodgers professional team? A They have Parker formerly of Duke Raich Kercheval of Kentucky Jim Whatley and Joe Kilgrow of Alabama Beattie Feathers of Tennessee Kinard of Mississippi Eddie Berlinski of North Carolina State and Jim Sivell of Auburn Which Clncinnate Reds players took part in the 1919 World Series against the Chicago White Sox? A Rath second base Daubert first bast Groh third base Roush centerfield Duncan left field Kopf shortstop Neale right field Wingo cateher Rariden catcher Eller Reuther Salleee Ring Lu que and Fisher pitchers Magee pinch hitter Smith pinch runner Was there a pro team vs college all-star football game at Providence I in September 1938? A The Chicago Bears defeated the College All-Stars 26 to 14 at Providence September 1 1938 In baseball when a player bats out of order who may be declared out the player who should have batted or the one who batted in his place? A The player who should have batted CARSON-NEWMAN BEATS TUSCULUM Eagles Romp Roughshod Over Pioneers to Hjmd Team 51 to 0 Beating JEFFERSON CITY Tenn Oct 15 (A3)1 The Carson- Newman Eagles went on a wild scoring spree today at the expense of a light Tusculum team downing the pioneers 61 to 0 The Eagles started early Halfback Davis skirting end for 27 yards to score standing In the first period Quarterback Catlett accounted for two more in the second racing 10 yards for first and 30 for the second Biddle substitute fullback drove 55 yards for the fourth marker in the third period Two more were added in this stanza on pass inter-peptioos Davis grabbing one and center Davis collecting the other A brace of touchdowns by Biddle and Tarr ended the scoring in the final quarter COLLEGE STATION Tex Oct 15 (JP) Bodily almost incredibly easy unbeaten Texas Christian blew the Texas Aggies off their own field today with ground and aerial cunning 34-6 Seven minutes after the opening kickoff before 25000 the massive Christians grabbed Davey coat tails and started scoring Dick Todd the broken fielder tried valiently on two kickoffs -to chop the lead returning 65 and 50 yards before IQ Aldrich the 200-pound center tackled him FOOTBALL SCORES (By The Associated Frees) EAST Albright 14 Catawba 0 Swarthmore 14 American 6 Amherst 41 Rochester 6 Bates 26 Arnold 2 Boston 25 Upsala 0 Bowdoin 14 Williams 0 Carnegie Tech 7 Holy Cross 0 Colby 6 New Hampshire 0 Colgate 12 Columbia 0 Dartmouth 34 Brown 13 Gettysburg 21 Drexel 12 Purdue 6 Ferdham 6 (tie) Georgetown 33 Randolph-Ma-con0 Army 20 Harvard 17 Dickinson 26 Delaware 0 Lafayette 27 Washington A Jefferson 0 Maine 13 Conn State 0 Rhode Island State 20 Mass State 0 Franklin Marshall'20 Muhlenberg 7 North Carolina 7 New Yprk Manhattan 20 Providence 7 Lowell Textile 13 Northeastern 13 (tie) Princeton 13 Pennsylvania 0 Syracuse 19 Cornell 17 Michigan State 26 West Virginia 0 Yale 9 Navy 7 Trinity 6 Hobart 6 (tie) Penn State 59 Lehigh 6 Penn Military College 26 Ur-smysr0 BrbokTyi College 13 Rensselaer Poly East Stroudsburg (Pa) Teachers 27 Trenton (NJ) Teachers 6V Villanova 35 Centre 6 SOUTH Tennessee 13 Alabama 0 Vanderbilt 13 Mississippi 7 Georgia 28 Mercer 19 Duke 6 Georgia Tech 0 Maryland 14 Western Maryland 8 The Citadel 9 Furman 6 Virginia 14 Virginia Tech 6 Virginia Military Institute 13 Richmond 6 Erskine 0 Wofford 0 (tie) Cincinnati 7 Tampa 6 Washington and Lee 8 Kentucky 0 Tulane 26 Rice 17 Oglethorpe 19 Rollins 12 Murray (Ky) Teachers 47 Birmingham-Southern 14 Tenn Poly 7 Western (Ky) Teachers 6 MIDWEST Notre Dame 14 Illinois 6 Minnesota 7 Michigan 6 Indiana 0 Nebraska 0 (tie) Ohio State 0 Northwestern 0 (tie) Pittsburgh 26 Wisconsin 6 Oklahoma 19 Kansas 0V Ohio 28 Ohio Wesleyan 0 Miami (O) 53 Findlay 0 Western Reserve 40 Baldwin-Wallace 0 Wooster 0 Case 0 (tie) Bowling Green 7 Wittenberg 0 Xavier (Cincinnati) 52 Transylvania 6 Iowa 27 Chicago 14 Iowa State 16 Missouri 13 Dayton 17 Toledo 13 Ohio Northern 59 Ashland 14 Butler 12 DePauw 0 Evansville 26 Franklin 6 Earlham 0 Wabash 0 (tie) Ball State 20 Manchester 14 Hanover 12 Indiana State 6 Oberlin 18 Hamilton 6 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 42 Texas 6 Baylor 14 Centenary 0 Texas Christian 7 Texas A 6 Trinity 6 Abilene Christian 0 Texas Mines 7 New Mexico College 6 Colorado Mines 60 New Mexico Normal 7 ROCKY MOUNTAIN Brigham Young 7 Utah 7 (tie) Denver 7 Utah State 0 George Washington 13 Colorado Washburn 20 Colorado College 0 FAR WEST California 20 A 7 Stanford 27 Oregon 16' -Oregon State 13 Washington 6 Southern California 19 Washington State 6 Idaho 26 Gonzaga 12 Texas Tech 19 Montana 13 UACHea ULCER PAINS YOU MAKE THIS 2 St K0 RISK UC8A TEST Thousands praise Udgo Try it for relief of nicer and stomach pains indigestion gas pains for heartburn burning sensation Bloat and other conditiooa caused byoxcost UDG A Tablets TODAY Absolutely safe to use They must help you or YOUE MONEY letU bo rtlujuUd At Kingsport Drug Company and all good drug stores EVANSTON1 111 Oct 15 (JPf NorthWestern braked down by forward pass interceptions was held to a scoreless tie by a dogged Ohio State eleven before 38000 specta tors today The outcome was decided on the first play of the second period Jack Ryan brilliant halfback failed to dent the Buckeye line from the five-yard mark and the Wildcats lost the ball on downs Northwestern had the decided offensive edge but the Wildcats escaped defeat only by the narrow margin that kept Center Charley attempted field goal from whizzing over the crossbars in the final two minuted DUKE BLUE DEVOS TRIP GEORGIA TECH Powerhouse Strikes Quickly In Second Htf to Take Yellow Jackets 6 to 0 DURHAM Oct 15 (P) powerhouse struck quick ly at the first of the second half and defeated Georgia Tech 6-0 here today in an inter-conference game witnessed by a crowd of 28000 The touchdown a seven-yard right tackle slice by Wesley McAfee ended an advance covering 85 yards which was started by Bob spectacular 60-yard return of the kickoff opening the last half Passes On Fourth All the scoring power then was packed in the next five plays McAfee in two tries got four yards at tackle tijen tried a pass which failed On the fourth down he shot the ball litce a bullet to Jim Marion for 14 yards to Georgia seven-yard stripe McAfee then ran far to his right cut back through a wide hole and crossed the goal line virtually untouched Coach Wallace Wade rushed Anthony Ruffa a tackle and point-kickipg 4 specialist into the gapie to try for the extra point from placement but the ball sailed wide Blue Devils had a clear edge over the invaders from the southeastern conference but -the crowd was kept on a nervous tension by fumbles pass intercep tions and daring sometimes costly plays by the Georgia Engineers TRIO RALLIES WIN FOR ARMY CADETS Victory Over Improved Harvard Team Is 7th Consecutive for West Pointers By BILL KING CAMBRIDGE Mass Oct 15 (JP) The stout-hearted cadets rallied three times today after be ing mowed down by terrific aerial blasting to gain their seventh consecutive victory over a much improved Harvard team 20-17 before 45000 football fans With five minutes remaining Charles (Huey) Long prevented a third Harvard touchdown by intercepting a pass on his one-yard line and running it back to his 20 There he launched an aerial that Woody Wilson caught in mdflelc and carried it to within 12 inches of last line He was over-hauled by Torbie MacDonkld Long crashed Inside tackle and Army banners were raised on high for the first time Pull Into Deadlocks Twice before the Cadets pulled into deadlocks but Harvard appeared to have them beaten after the Injured Clarence (Chief) Boston broke a 14-14 tie by place-kicking a 20-yard field goal The two' other army touchdowns were turned in by Art Frontczak on 27 and 80 yard runs HarVardwith Ben Smith ploughing in magnificent fashion first scored on an eight-yard pass that Don Daughters received from Frank Foley in the end zone The slippery Frontczak scored on the sixth play of the second half Harvard set up its second touchdown when MacDonald rolled a punt to 3 and Wilson returned it to his 45 Bobby James wiped out 35 yards by contacting Captain Bobby Green through the air and then turned a perfect pass at MacDonald in the end zone Georgia Defeats Mercer College ATHENS Ga Oct 15 Georgia remained among the unbeaten' of football today by downing Mercer 28-19 in a wild and wooly game splashing with offensive color but drab on the defensive side Landrum jolted the highly favored Georgia team in the early minutes of play when he snatched a punt and pranced 60 yards to a score Pledger added the point 4 Where You Will Find Complete New Lines of HART SCHAFFER and MARX SUITS and FLORSHEIM SHOES STETSON 8 ARROW SHIRTS 4 And a Wide Selection of MEN'f FURNISHINGS I 0ARAAOUNt -That Will Please You! State Street Colgate Thwarts Columbia Passes To Gain Victory NEW YORK Oct 15 Red Raiders threw up an airtight defense against Sid Luck-jman's passes when it was necessary today and in so doing handed the Columbia jLions theft first set-back of the season 12 to 0 before 301000 fans Not only was Luckman throttled in the pinches but one pf his aerials was intercepted and run back by Howard Herman 50 yards for second touchdown in the final period Out of the 16 passes attempted by the all-America candidate only five were com- pleted for 48 yards.

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