Kingsport Times from Kingsport, Tennessee • 6

't ML fl rm Big Five Resumes Yith Two Games' On Friday Night Richmond Averts Shutout On Late 45-Yard Air Raid Ex-Shoemaker Grid Coach Enlists In tlavy 4 a vysvsN yw fir Ss ssivSt -l Al 9 '-ik i 4 1 2 i nz 7 -t Nyffl -v- i irf By Barton Pattie Richmond Virginia Gobblers won their fourth Southern Conference football game of the season aturday making feet two quick touchdown thrusts missing two others by a few an adding a late game field goal to topple Richmond 16-7 before 7000 Jv 4 I- 'A spectators- wa8 a fourth period thriller with Tom Nichols 1 throwing a 20-yard aerial to Bay Jacobs 150-pound Petersburg Va Gillette Passes Cavaliers To 34-7 Victory The standing in the Big tve Conference race remained undisturbed last week as all clubs refrained from league competition with three teams Elizabethton Erwin and Kingsport marking time before uncorking the home strefch drive The big game of the week matches in and out club now definitely on the upgrade with Mule once beaten powerhouse from Elizabethton The Friday night brawl has already stirred up local fandom and unless the Indians can whip the Cyclones the Brown team annex its second straight Big Five championship A tie would do no good and would create an exact duplicate of the 1941 final standings providing the Indians could 'down Johnson City on Nov 20 By beating the Cyclones Kingsport would retain a chance to tie for the title by overcoming Johnson City The Hilltoppers are host Friday to Erwin and Cap Blue Devils beaten only by the Cyclones would be in a triple tie for the top If Kingsport downed Lexington Va iP slfnder Turnbull Gillette from Courtland Va passed the University of r-ginla to a 34 to 7 victory over Wash-lngton and Lee Saturday 4000 spectators Big Stone Gap Tackles Unbeaten Applachla Wednesday Gate City The unbeaten untied Covington High gridders coached by Carl Wisp former Shoemaker High mentor will attempt to give their genial coach a going away present Wednesday when they tangle with a once-tied Clifton Forge for the Valley District championship In addition to the championship setting Covington and Clifton Forge have been rivals for more than two decades and only in 1932 was Covington victorious over its ancient enemy Wise a graduate of King College Bristol in 1937 who coached at Gate City for four years has enlisted in the Navy physical education program and reports before Nov 25 at Norfolk Va for an eight week indoctrination course His First Crown? His boys who have clicked like real champions with the modified Notre Dame attack will be out to give Carl his first championship in six years of coaching Covington has run up 307 points and held the enemy to 13 in romping through seven straight rivals Clifton Forge tied Harrisonburg 0-0 the same team which Coving ton downed 13-7 Clifton Forge will have a tremendous weight edge with a 300 pound tackle another tackle hitting the scales at 211 and a fullback weighing 212 heaviest boy weighs 185 pounds so Wise will rely on speed and deception to win His club shifts into a box formation from a with the ends splitting on occasions to set up blocking angles I Wise reports he has five All-Conference candidates in Borner fullback Miller tailback Sprouse left end only a freshman Braden left tackle and Vick right guard Borner has scored 13 touchdowns and Sprouse in reality a fifth back has run up 12 touchdowns The Notre Dame attack shakes him loose on nd around plays and pass snatching ability also accounted for plenty of scores The game Wednesday has evoked tremendous interest and 4000 reserved seats placed on sale Wednesday have been sold mite who took the ball on the gallop and ran the remaining 25 yards to the goal line untouched Tackle Max Katz placekicked the extra point Lost Only To Indians Tech beaten only by William and Mary in eight games scored early in the game on a 25-yard payoff pass play engineered by two rookie backs Joe Foltz and Fred Ashworth the latter being on the re ceiving end The Gobblers added another tally in the second period when Jack Gallagher hard-running veteran went over his right tackle on a fake reverse 18 yards to score Roger McClure blocking back who has been the most consistent placement kicker in the conference for two seasons had his first try for an extra point blocked but made the second McClure booted a 28-yard field goal in the fourth but missed another from the 30 in the same quarter and was wide with a third try from an angle 18 yards away in the first period Foltz a skinny speedster and the mauling Gallagher alternated at tailback and were offensive stars Foltz missed a touchdown by a yard in the first period and in the third period Gallagher led a march which carried 46 yards before the battling Richmond forewall threw up a barricade on the three and took the ball Richmond staged a spirited 43-yard drive just before the interims sion whistle which carried to the one-foot line before it bogged Jack Wilbourne 170-pound Salem Va soph triple threat wheelhorse of the Richmond backfield launched this Spider thrust with a 14-yard sprint to the VPI 29 The Big Stone Buccaneers (above) travel to Appalachia for an Armistice Night game that mag decide the Wise County Conference championship now held by Appalachia If Big Stone should trip the home team Coeburn now tied with Appalachia could clinch the championship by beating Norton Friday The Big Stone squad: front row left to right Assistant Manager Sally Lane Anderson Barker Carmody Spivey and Carr second row Graham Robinette Jessee Grubb Cockran Reeder Holton Coach Barker third row Sanders manager Trent Jones Hill Staltard Gibson Wells owl Cummings fourth row Blanton Jessee Stone Edens Beverly Hill Ml Trent Gillian and Dixon Elizabethton and Johnson City in a row and Erw-in beat Johnson City Tennessee High Bristol will be favored to take the city title Friday when Virginia High provides the opposition The Paul Mackey charges warmed up by running over Pete Morristown: array 34-12 Johnson City trimmed Maryville 14-0 also on Friday The Big Five Standings: since the 52-year-old renewed 1ft 1922 Gillette had a 656 passing aver age and he intercepted two Wasb lngton and Lee passes did his punting and played an outstanding defensive game Completes 23 Tosses Tabb" who rated only a substitute status in the Cavalier backfleld at tfie seasons start tossed 35 passes and completed 23 for 268 yards and four touchdowns which were scored two by Eddie Krelck and one each by Tom Dudley and Henry Uihlein Uihleln Soso bucked across one counter Only three of passes were intercepted All scoring was crowded Into tne thrill-packed second and fourth Srioi with Light Horse Harry Hamer covering 45 yards in two one pass one to bring the Generals their only score after Virginia had put across two touchdowns Virginia counted again before half time and added two addi tional touchdowns on Gillette Underdog Navy Licks Penn 7-0 Turkey Shoot Set For Sunday Appalachia-Big Stone Tangle In Crucial Game Wednesday Steamrollers Davidson 43-14 The Kingsport Rifle and Gun Club in collaboration with the Unaka Rod and Gun Club will sponsor an old fashioned turkey shoot next Sunday at the Pine Sinks Farm on the Johnson City highway The farm i3 nine miles from Kingsport and the events start at 12 noon Approximately 75 have indicated they will Compete and events will be held for men and (From State News Service) Appalachia Va The Wise county pigskin classic pits undefeated but once-tied Bulldogs against Big Stone Gap here at 8 Wednesday (Armistice Day) in the windup of the bitter con ference race The Bulldogs unbeaten over a two year stretch and tied only by Blue Knights are deadlocked for first place with the Blue Knights Appalachia must win to continue the tie for the top for Five St Paul their passing In the fourth period The Cavaliers and Generals jockeyed position througpthe half which saw A Navy eleven which bluffing when it made its one big threat of the game in the first period Saturday astonished a near-capacity gathering of 74000 in Franklin field by defeating a hightly favored Penn football team which was forever a menace but never quite could make good The score was 7-0 the points resulting from a 59-yard march midway in the first quarter the march climaxed by an 11-yard pass A Hamberg to Ben Martin Martin took the ball in the end zone for the touebdowm Oreal Crepeau came in and placekicked the extra point and the Middies dug in to protect that lead faithfully the remainder of the regulars played jwomen prizes have been donated Richmond Savage Sasmor Gill Silianoff Fisher Katz Sizer Fenlon Gleason Pace Wilbourne Pos LE LT LG RG RT RE QB LH RH FB Va Tech Wilson Mengulas Fuller Hoffman Belcher Judy Chasen McClure Foltz Ashworth Blandford last game They are Co-Captain Maynard Holbrook Jim Jessee Sanford Evans Roy -Fraley and Red Woody The latter missed the finale due to influenza The standings: Charlotte IP Craft and-steadfastness gave North Carolina a 43-14 victory over Davidson College before 13000 spectators here Saturday Carolina showed naked power a number of simple reverses worked into its pattern to hand the losers one of their worst wallopings of the faU Georgia Tech beat the Wildcats 33-0 The victors struck with venomous severity from the opening kickoff when Hugh Gox returned 61 yards to tfee Davidson 27 until the final play when Johnny Pecora archec' a pass to Vernon Thomason was good for 25 yards first Working of the Generals then Gillette of the Cavaliers set the other team back under its own goal posts by quick kicks Two holding penalties against Virginia on successive plays set up a Washington and Lee touchdown On a triple flanker play Hamer passed 25 yards to Russell Harner went back to pass again but was trapped and broke away to tun 25 yards for a touchdown Russell placekicked the point by Johnson City and Kingsport stores as follews: Johnson City Sears Roebuck hunting coat Montgomery Ward hunting- pants tackle box London Hardware all wool hunting shirt Park Belk outdoor clothing Kingsport Montgomery Ward gun case smoke stand Bowers' hunting cap' Park Belk outdoor clothing There will be only one entry fee A mark on charred shingles will be the targets Wake Forest Humbles VMI Team 28-0 Team Coeburn Appalachia Big Stone Gap Norton Wise East Stone Gap St Paul 4 4 4 3 1 1 0 Pet 1000 1000 800 600 200 200 000 0 0 7 6 0 VPI RICHMOND 7 0 When Southern Methodist bowed at Texas 21-7 it marked the first defeat in Aus-' tin since 1932 Coeburn is favored to roll over Norton on Friday night in the finale of the county conferencje East Stone Gap meets Pennington Gap Friday in a non-league affair Big Stone knocked out of the league race by Coeburn by a 19-13 count now can strike a blow to aid the Blue Knights by tripping Appalachia A win for the Buccaneers would give Coeburn the title provided of course they could hurdle Norton Friday If Big Stone should upset Appalachia the Buccaneers would tie the Bulldogs for the runnerup slot The Appalachia team has copped the county crown for the last two seasons running Both Appalachia and Big Stone rested this week end in preparation for joust Meanwhile Coeburn warmed up for Norton by flattening Pennington Gap 54-0 on Friday Paced by Echols Pardue and Large the Blue Knights romped to an early 22-0 lead and then made it 33-0 at the half St Paul closing its' season with an out-of-conference game bowed to Abingdon by a 33-0 count The winners tallied in every period VPI Touchdowns Ashworth Gallagher (sub for Foltz) Field goal McClure (placement) Point after touchdown McClure (placement) Richmond scoring Touchdown Jacobs (sub for Gleason) Point after touchdown Katz (placement) Yesley Ferrell Virginia Loop Pilot Suspended 6372 lilies William Mary Subs Romp 40-0 Over Randolph Winston-Salem IP Wake Forest's Demon Deacons taking control of the play from the open ing kickoff smashed through Virginia Military Institute for a 28 to 0 victory in a Southern Conference football game before 6000 fans here Saturday The Deacons scoring on the seventh play after taking the initial kickoff rolled to two touchdowns in the first period one in the second and added a fourth score in the final period Wake smashed through for two of their scores on power plays and went into the air with the brilliant Cochran pitching for two other scores as it rolled up 463 yards on both the ground and in the air The Cadets with Joe Muha their all-Southern Confer ence back limping in and out for the first half were never able to stem the tide of march and made only one bid for a score driving to the wake 11-yard line on two long passes and a 18-yard run by De-shavo in the third period but the Deacon reserves in the game at the time rose to throw back the threat Wake Forest had everything in its favor in the statistics posting 18 first downs against 5 for the Cadets rolling up 362 yards on the ground against 40 for VMI and connecting for five passes out of eight attempts for 111 yards VMI threw 21 passes completed four for 83 yards Emory Henry Bows 6-0 To Apprent ice Durham iP Suspension of Wesley Ferrell former major leaguer and 1942 manager of Lynchburg in the Virginia League for 60 dayi of the 1943 season was announced Saturday at the office of Bramham president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues The announcement said Ferrell vaa charged with taking his team from the field and causing forfeiture of a play-off series game at Newport News last summer after me of his players had been ejected iy an umpire Ferrell according to eclsion refused to permit his team continue play and abused the umpire with profanity President Williams of the Virginia League suspended Ferrell and fined him $200 but later removed the suspension and permitted the pilot to continue in the series Bramham held that Ferrell must pay the fine and remain suspended for the stipulated 60 days of next season regardless of the league in which he might contact RAWSMMEP niGIIT MULTAN 4 IMEH Lii by TTr- Williamsburg Va IP Using their reserves most of the game William and undefeated football team trounced a scrappy Randolph-Macon squad by 40-0 here Saturday Coach Carl Voyles of the Indians used only three regular linemen and two regular backs in the first half rolling up a 19-0 score The Indians were held scoreless in the first period being hampered by penalties £he regulars played throughout the third and scored twice Harvey Johnson the Indians all-Southern Conference fullback tallied from the six and later took a 17-yard pass from Tailback Bob Longacre for a tally The Big Johnson added extra points from placement after each of his ouchdowns and returned to the game for another conversion in the fourth for a 15-point total for the afternoon Johnny Korczowski starting fullback was the offensive star of the second quarter He slipped off right tackle for 30 yards to score after one scoring jaunt had been nullified by a penalty and then came back a few minutes later with a four-yard plunge for a tally He broke even in two conversion attempts Another touchdown game on a 17-yard pass from Buddy Hubard to Ned Bucher Hubard spearheaded -another thrust to the ten and Klein went over for the score R'dolph-Macon Pos Wm Mary Newport News Va IP Unable to muster a scoring punch more than once the Apprentice School gridders outplayed the visiting Wasps of Emory and Henry beating them 6-0 here Friday night Apprentice School showed superior running power piling up an even dozen first downs to a meager three by the Wasps Coach boys used everything from long passes to the ancient statue of liberty play in their attempt to halt the onrushing Maroons On the third play of the second quarter Ollie Hanbury drove through the center of the E-H line from the one-foot line with what proved to be the only score of the game try for the conversion was low and wide A sneak pass from Twitch Griff fith to Bill Dixon in the Tinal period was good for 40 yards but on the succeeding play Dave Draper grabbed a Wasp pass to end that threat Eagles Devour DvIs 28-0 Stay Unbeaten Riverland Victor Over Whirlaway Bows To Aon bar 1 Miss Stale Nips Tulane Club 7-0 World fame has never blunted the razor edge of curiosity Constantly on the search for the highest type of the strange and unbelievable he has made Believe It Or Not more fascinating than a show never want to miss Willcox Jackson Steiner McMahon Kranitzky Sessa Moberg Camp Kovar Isenberg McEvoy LE LT LG RG RT RE QB LH RH FB Vandeweghe Safko Brown Gooden Clowes Fields Knox Forkovitch Bucher Hubard Korczowski Baltimore Louisiana Riverland fashioner of two 'of the biggest upsets of the racing year in the last week had the tables turned on him Saturday as he was edged out in the $4130 Grayson Handicap before a crowd of 15000 persons at Pimlico The four-year-old gelded son of Coldstream the sensation of the turf after his startling triumphs oyer Whirlaway and Alsab just have the necessary speed when the chips were down in the stretch run of the mile and a half Grayson He was defeated by a veteran router Miss Helen Aonbarr which was the second choice of the crowd margin at the wire was a neck and Riverland held a six-length advantage over the third horse Hal Price Equinox Abbe Pierre was last in the field of four William and Mary scoring touch downs Johnson 2 Korczowski 2 Bucher Klein (sub- for Bucher) point after touchdown Johnson 3 Korczowski (placements) Boston JP After stubbing their oes on 10-yard line during 4ie first few minutes of play Boston undefeated Eagles settled down to touchdown-a-period gait and overwhelmed the Owls before a 20000 crowd at Fenway Park Saturday Coach Denny high-powered operators while piling up a total yardage of 416 yards against 39 scored twice on one-foot bucks besides registering on a 25-yard pass from Mickey Connolly to Johnny Killelea and a 48-yard dash by substitute Bernle Lanoue Shortly after they fumbled away Lheir first scoring chance the Eagles demanded another one by blocking one of Fullback George punts on Temple's 35 yard line Mike Holovak then banged to 25 and Connolly tossed his touchdown pass to Killilea Another Sutch punt started the Eagles on their second touchdown jaunt late in the second period After Ed Doherty ran it back four yards to 48 Lanoue twisted through the right side of his line and raced into the end zone Holovak was the first Eagle to bang over the last 12 inches on fourth down but before he did so in the third quarter Connolly set the stage by passing from 40 to Charley Furbush the left end on five The final scoring drive midway through the finale started in midfield with the ball within a foot of the Temple goal line Boudreau went over Connolly made three successful conversions and Commane one Duke Power Crushes Maryland Club 42-0 New Orleans IP Minus Lou Thomas their blonde scoring punch Greenies went down 7-0 before Mississippi State here Saturday as a Homecoming crowd of 28000 looked on Yet except for one flash of weakness a shaky 11-yard punt by Mil-ton Pittman in the second quarter Tulane 'apparently would have held the defending Southeastern Conference champions to a scoreless tie pigmy punt bounced weakly out on his own 34 and State went all the way on three ground plays Blondy Black who had come in to tee off just such a drive slammed 13 yards around left end to the 21 Charles Yancey slicked off tackle on a fake reverse to the 18 and Lamar Blount ran wide of right end to score standing Georgia Navy Whips Auburn Eleven 41-14 Durham Demonstrating a power reminiscent of other better days Blue Devils roared back from the depths of their worst season in a decade and scored almost at will Saturday in crushing a highly regarded Maryland team 42-0 before a crowd of 7500 The Duke team which entered the game stinging from three previous defeats struck twice for touchdowns in the opening period scored once in each of the next two quarters and topped the day off with a two touchdown final stanza Columbus Ga Naval Pre-Flight school powerhouse featuring some of the outstanding gridders bowled over Auburn 41-14 Saturday in a free-scoring battle of offensive tactics Some 6500 fans saw the game strength even in losing was evidenced by the fact that the Plainsmen out-rushed and out-passed the Sky Crackers but the future pilots took advantage of every break New York A national record for wagering was established the daily double at Empire City $95572 The former record $94008 was set at Belmont Park May 30 i 4 i.