Kingsport Times-News from Kingsport, Tennessee • 10

Vols Smash Bama 14-9 In Annual Grid Classic Bf ESCAR THOMPSON Knoxville Tenn (P) Tennessee came from behind in the last two minutes Saturday to dump Alabama 14 to 9 A hysterical capacity crowd of 50000 saw the thriller The win projected the once-beaten Volunteers into the Southeastern Conference Championship race At the same time as this battle has so many times in the past it put the Vols into contention for a possible post-season Bowl bid The loss was a heart-breaker for Alabama Ten Alabama scored first taking the opening kickoff on its 37 and sloshing to Tenneseses 10 on 13 plays Here Quarterback Butch Avinger took to the air for the first time and it backfired End Doug Atkins intercepted for Tennessee on the Vols 10 but he fumbled the ball when tackled on the 13 and Sandy Helms recovered for Alabama The Crimsons picked up four yards on three plays Then Red Lutz a wingman came rushing off the bench to kick a field goal from Tennessees nine nessee completely bottled up Alabamas vaunted passing attack but the Crimson Tide turned loose a horde of hard-running backs who churned up 314 yards against Tennessees line A sophomore fullback Andy Kozar from St Michael Pa broke Alabamas heart Subbing for Dick Ernsberger regular fullback sidelined with a leg injury Kozar smashed through for both of Tennessees touchdowns Kozar was Tennessees leading ground gainer with 68 yards on 13 bullike rushes The 15-yard roughness penalty the only foul of the bitterly-fought contest was the springboard for Tennessees first score A Tide lineman roughed Hank Lauricella Vol kicker and the penalty gave Tennessee a first down on Alabamas 37 Kozar Reeled off two quick 14-yard off-tackle smashes and then plunged over the two-yard stripe on the second play of the second stanza The flred-up Red elephants a seven-point underdog came back strong after the inter a sensational 76-yard march only to see it bog four yards short of a touchdown Avinger kicked out to Alabamas 39 and with less than five minutes to play the Vols once more proved their resourcefulness by driving to the one Kozar dived over Two of Lauricellas passes feu incomplete and then Hal Payne raced off the bench to replace the little New Orleans Italian He tore off right tackle with a mighty burst of speed and was downed from behind by Jack Brown on Alabamas five Two line smashes mission and stormed 73 yards for their lone touchdown Sophomore halfback Bobby Marlow a human tank raced 42 yards down the sideline for the score The Troy Ala speedster broke off left tackle and outran Tennessees secondary 1 One of the hardest running backs ever seen on battle-scarred Shields-Watkins Field Marlow piled up a massive 132 yards on 15 runs most of them off tackle Not once was he thrown for a loss Trailing 7-9 going into the final stanza Tennessee staged bell Right Tackles Haslam Smith Right Ends Alexander Atkins Ka-seta Quarterbacks Hahn Sizemore John son Mature Left Halfbacks Lauricella Payne Shires Cooper Right Halfbacks Richichar 8herrlU Hill Morgan Pullbacks Kozar Polofsky Drake ALABAMA 3 0 gin TENNESSEE 0 7 0 714 Alabama scoring: Touchdown Marlow Field goal Lutz Tennessee scoring: Touchdowns Kozar 2 Conversions Shires Alabama Tenn see First downs 12 1 11 Rushing yardage 314 190 Passing yardage 17 Si Passes attempted in 17 Passes completed 2 4 Passes Intercepted 1 3 Punts 8 7 Punting average 40 35 Fumbles lost 2 1 Yards penalized 15 0 set the stage for Kozar scoring plunge It was a typical Alabama-Tennessee game meaning the line play was rugged the blocking and tackling fierce ALABAMA Left Ends At Lary Jenkins Curtis Left Tackles Hannah Hunt left Guards Watford Mizerany Centers Lauer O'Sullivan Right Guards Helms Speed Right Tackles Wilhite Selman Right Ends Ed Lary Lutz Quarterbacks Wilson Avinger Brown Left Halfbacks Salem Right Halfbacks Marlow Chlodellt Melton Fullbacks Calvin Compton Burkett TENNE88EE Left Ends Carter Sherrod Gruble Left Tackles Stroud Pearman 4 Left Ouards Jumper Hoiohan Centers Davis Jasper Right Guards Michels Daffer Camp 10-A Sunday October 22 1950 KINGSPORT TIMES-NEWS Dar Crawford Leads Tech In 20-0 Win Over Plainsmen Former D-B Minnesota Mauled By 0 SL 48-0 Star Shines In Triumph 6Giant-Killer Has -New 1 Member Indiana Bops Irish Wolverines Top Badg er Crew 26-13 HAL LITTLEFORD former Tennessee High of Bristol and University of Tennessee football star is shown above making with the chalk during a skull session of the Fort Jackson Red Devils Littleford is the new coach for the Army team at Fort Jackson Miss where he is a coporal in the Army Hal Littleford Coaches Grid Team At Ft Jackson Tommy Bryant Tom Bryant Leads Coehurn To Top Place Coeburn Va (Spl) Coe-burns Blue Knights paced by the brilliant halfback Tommy Bryant took over first place in the District 8 standings Friday night by defeating St Paul 25-20 Bryant accounted for three of the Knights touchdowns one on a pass play to Hugh Buchanan another on a 70-yard jaunt and the last one on an 80-yard punt return This was Coeburns seventh district victory and moved it ahead of the conference pack Appalachia who defeated Gate City by a 13-2 score Thursday night rests in second place with 6-0 worksheet St Paul In being handed its first loss of the season dropped to third place in the standings Wise which was idle last week end continues to hold the fourth slot with a 4-2 record Cllntwood used a 38-6 victory over Big Stone to tighten its hold on fifth slot Big Stone remained in seventh place while Norton romped over Pennington 40-13 to keep their sixth place position Gate City is in eighth place with one win one tie and four losses Pound chalked up its first win of the season a 26-0 triumph over St Charles to move into ninth place Pennington and St Charles are still searching for a win to bring up the rear Atlanta Ga (Spl) Darrell Crawford came back off the injured list here Saturday to lead Georgia Tech to a 20-0 victory over battered Auburn The junior quarterback that calls Kingsport Tennessee his home scored once and passed for another touchdown to keep Bobby Dodd's Yellowjackets at the top of the Southeastern Conference with an unbeaten league record after three games Crawford missed the LSU and South Carolina games due to his injury The Yellowjackets have lost twice outside the conference A crowd of 22000 sat in the rain which lasted nearly all the mud splattered game At the start runners for both teams slipped and skidded about but in the second quarter they found footing From then on they were surefooted despite the mire Tech scored once in the first half after a pass interception on Auburns 29-yard-line Bob McCoy stole the Plainsmen pass for the touchdown But Techs first half score came after what was more of an Auburn error than Techs ground gaining ability McCoy Scores Auburn quarterback Allen SSeTSSL?" 'J2S rlng a third period touch- down 'rom Don Heinrich to give Washington a 13-6 lead But Hughs best along with Heinrichs two-touchdown passing wasnt enough before the relentless Illini attack which had to overcome deficits of 7-0 7-6 and 13-6 and break a 13-13 tie in the final period Clemson Football Player Killed In Motorcycle Crash Roanoke Va UP) Pooley Hubert Jr a Clemson football player and son of the former VMI coach and Alabama football star was seriously injured and a teammate killed when their motorcycle struck a car as ft rounded a curve on Route 220 a mile north of Rocky Mount Friday' The Clemson player killed was Rinaldo Villardi of Plainville Conn Iowa State Ties Missouri 20-20 Columbia Mo (P) Bill Weeks threw three touchdown passes to end Jim Doran Saturday to gain the Iowa State Cyclones a 20-20 tie with the Missouri Tigers in a Big Seven Conference football game Missouri scored the hard way rushing tackled but dangerously got off his pass anyway The ball sailed straight to Tech halfback McCoy on Auburns 29 McCoy easily ran down the sideline to a touchdown Tech passed and powered to the Auburn 40 to the 12 and -to the 35 on drives which failed to produce a score Just before the half ended Auburn was threatening on the Tech 14 An unnecessary roughness penalty and ineompleted passes stopped the Plainsmens threat Open Up Passes In the final quarter Tech decided to use its famous razzle dazzle passing game After a series of runs mixed with passes Tech scored on Darrell Crawford's quarterback sneak from the one foot line Five minutes later Crawford passed to end John Weigle who lateraled to tackle Lum Snyder who ran to Auburns 13 The play covered 40 yards With one minute to go in the game Crawford passed to Weigle in the end zone for Techs third touchdown Auburn 0 0 0 0 0 Ga Tech 0 6 0 1420 Ga Tech scoring: touchdowns MeCoy Crawford Weigle Conversions Patton (2) STATISTICS Ann Arbor Mich (P) Chuck Ortmanns brilliant passing and off tackle smashes led Michigan 4o a 28 to 13 rout of previously-unbeaten Wisconsin 8 a ay before a homecoming crowd of 91202 It was Michigans first Big Ten win The big Milwaukee blond sparked the Wolverines to a 20-0 lead late in the third period and then left the game to watch his mates add the balance The Wolverines rated 10 places below 16th-place Wisconsin in the Associated Press poll were in complete command most of the way They scored on Ortmanns 16-yard of ftackle smash in the first period Ortmann added a beautiful 29 a touchdown pass to quarterback Bill Putlch late in the second period The rugged Michigan tailback then teamed with line-smashing Do Dufek to run the ball 52 yards all on the ground for a third touchdown early in the third period Dufek went the last yard Dufek quickly added another touchdown when 1 -consin quarterback Bob fiftrus-kas pass was intercepted in his own territory Wisconsins only scoring came late in the final period after Coach Bennie Oosterbaan sent in the Michigan reserves UCLA Upsets Cards 21-7 Los Angeles (P) Stanford's football team tumbled out of the unbeaten ranks and its Rose Bowl hopes got a shocking jolt Saturday at the hands of the astonishing Bruins of the University of California at Los Angeles Writing another chapter in 1950s book on major grid upsets the twice-beaten Uclans sank the favored Stanfords by a 21 to 7 score to the surprise of 58143 fans most of them delighted UCLA homecoming day enthusiasts Coach Red Sanders spirited Bruinsfound three golden scoring opportunities and promptly hit the Jackpot with three aerial blasts to sew up this Pacific Coast Conference game Ernie Stockert the giant sophomore end was the pass catching hero of the first two touchdowns in the second quarter He caught one from another sophomore Ted Narleski for six yards and the next for 39 yards from Johnny Florence Minneapolis (JP) Ohio States Buckeyes used everything in their book to overwhelm Minnesotas hapless and badly outclassed Gophers 48 to 0 in a Western Conference football game Saturday The defeat the fourth in a row for Minnesota was one of the worst drubbings ever absorbed by a Gopher squad It was the third victory in four starts for Ohio State which has lost only to Southern Methodist thus far this year Passes and a pass interception were used by Ohio State to set up and score their first four touchdowns Then Just to prove they had the power on the ground as well they sent ball carriers over for the last three scores in the fourth period Another touchdown was called back because of a clipping penalty Striking swiftly the first time they took the ball last years Rose Bowl victors and conference co-champions scored Just thre minutes and 19 second after the game started From then on it was just a question of how high they wanted to run the score The Buckeyes put two touchdowns across in the second period another in the third- and three more two of them within six minutes of each other in the fourth period Spartans Hang Up 34-6 Win East Lansing Mich (JP) Michigan States Spartans tuned up for Notre Dame scoring a sparkling 34-6 victory over a rugged Marquette eleven Saturday The Spartans who hope to give more woe to the Irish next week lashed out by ground and by air They scored in all but the last period when Coach Biggie Munn poured in reserves A crowd of 29029 attended Standouts in the Michigan State attack were the reliable Everett Grandellus who reeled off several long runs including a 35-yard touchdown sprint end Dome Dibble and a sophomore fullback find named Dick Panin Marquette 0 6 0 0 6 Mich State 14 6 14 034 Western Tueky Raps Georgetown Bowling Green JCy (P) Western Kentucky 8tate piled up a big first half margin over Georgetown College Saturday and then coasted to an easy 41-13 victory over their cross state opponents By DALE BURGESS Bloomington Ind (P) A stocked-up Indiana University team burned big holes through Notre Dames line Saturday for a 20 to 7 victory that guaranteed the losers their worst season since 1945 Bobby Robertson stocky Indiana halfback scored two of the touchdowns with the help of some of the crispest blocks ever thrown by an IU football team Notre Dame looking sluggish in comparison with Indianas prancing Hoosiers was three touchdowns behind before it showed any of the resilience generally expected of scored-on Irish teams It was the first time Indiana had beaten Notre Dame since 1906 and the sellout crowd frolicked on the gridiron long after the final gun It was the first time Notre Dame had lost two games in one season since 1945 Its previous loss this year was to Purdue another Hoosier state rival 28 to 14 A bit of irony was noted in Notre Dames inability to stop the high knee drives of Robertson whose home is only a few miles from the Notre Dame campus He ripped off 18 yards in 18 carries and scored Indianas third touchdown with an 83-yard run down the sidelines He turned a complete somersault scoring the second from the four-yard mark NOTRE DAME 8 0 7 0 INDIANA 8 7 7 030 Notre Dame zcorlng Touchdown Gander Conversion Caprara Indiana scoring: Touchdown Luft Robertson 2 Conversion DAchllle 3 STATISTICS Notre Dame Indiana First down 13 73 Rushing yardage 93 313 Passing yardage 15! 03 Passes attempted 25 2 Passes completed 17 7 Passes Intercepted Punts 3 4 Punting average 3 3 So Fumbles lost 3 Yards penalized 20 37 Temple Marches Over Wayne 9 26-0 i 1 a 1 phia UP) Contained for three periods by a fighting underdog Wayne University team the Temple Owls exploded with a 20 point final period torout the midwestern-ers 26 to 0 in the first football meeting between the two at Temple Stadium It was the third win in four starts for Temple DENVER WINS 42-3 Denver (JP) Denver's downtrodden Pioneers could do no wrong Saturday as they smashed to a surprisingly easy 42-3 victory over the Brigham Young Couragars By PALMER FREEMAN Special Correspondent Ft Jackson Miss (Spl) The name of Cpl Hal Littleford Jr new coach of the Fort Jack-son Red Devils is no stranger in football language Fact is opponents of the University of Tennessee probably wish it hadnt been so familiar during Littlefords four-year stay with the Volunteers A break-away runner a forceful and accurate passer and a punter of renown Littlefords name is still fresh on the minds of North Carolinians They re member a 35-7 licking their UNC Tarheels took from Littleford and Company last year It was Littleford not Charlie Justice whose name glared in the Sunday morning headlines following the game It was Littleford who was the big cog in turning in the victory Hes been a great athlete for a long time If you dont believe it just ask anyone who knew him at Tennessee High of Bristol Tenn Theyll tell you Littleford was voted hands-down the best athlete the school has ever produced Then ask the boys in the Southeastern bonference Theyll tell you he was named (he best backfleld man in the loop in 1948 Also Littleford was captain of the Volunteers a mighty name in football during his senior year Littleford was graduated from Tennessee High in 1943 He had been captain of the schools grid team for three years The University of Tennessee offered him a scholarship but yncle Sam stepped in and said Greetings boy the Army needs you So Littleford went to war Not only did the grldster see action on the front -but while overseas he played for the 1st Division He returned home and made himself welcome to the Tennessee Volunteers and unwelcome to UT rivals Hal was graduated from Tennessee last spring Then he was married to lovely Miss Mary Moss of Morgan City Miss They had settled down at Johnson City Tenn where Hal was backfleld coach of East Tennes see State College when the Army posted another summons to the Littleford house Now hes back in the Army fold playing a new role and doing well Cornell Stops Yale Streak With 7-0 Win Ithlcar Y' (JP) Jeff Fleisch-mann Jarred stubborn Yale from the unbeaten ranks with a second period touchdown for Cor nellj fourth straight victory 7-0 Saturday while 32000 gaped at Yales fierce play The aroused boola boys from Yale 14 point underdogs to highly ranked Cornell put up a rousing battle before succumb ing to superior power Only in the closing minutes of the second period was Cornell able to generate a scoring drive Then it took a fumble by a Yale sophomore halfback Jerry Conway to start it off Cornell lunged 62 yards in 10 plays with Flelschmann crashing over from the 2 at 11:56 Conways fumble snared by Todd Kolb on his own 38 gave Cornell its chance Cornell 0 7 0 0 7 Yale 0 0 0 0 0 Cornell scoring: Touchdown Flelschmann Conversion Kirk Duke Rolls Over Spiders 41 To 0 Richmond Va () Tom Powers a 185-pound wingback from Cumberland Md scored all six touchdowns here Saturday as Dukes Blue Devils routed the University of Richmond Spiders 41-0 in a Southern Conference football game played before a slim crowd of 4000 spectators Powers took passes from Billy C9X for three touchdowns and crossed the goal three other times on gunning plays Syracuse Defeats Holy Cross 34-27 Worcester Mass (JP) A hard hitting and alert Syracuse football team powered to a seemingly comfortable 20 point lead over Holy Cross Saturday and then had to fight hard In the final period to pull out a 34-27 decision over the Crusaders The Brooklyn Dodgers were involved in all three of the longest games ever played in the National League The games went 26 23 and 22 innings Wolfpack Surprises Maryland Middies Upset Trojans Navy Takes First Season Win rom Southern Cal 27 To 14 Highly-Regarded Terp Crew Crushed By ISC State 16-13 College Park Md (JP) An in-jin the final period and were well spired North Carolina State team on their way to a third in the that 'capitalized on every chance closing minute and held fast when the chips However Alex Webster inter-were down upset heavily favored cepted a long Maryland pass in University of Maryland here the end zone to end the last Saturday 16-13 Maryland chance of pulling the game from the fire for the Joe Mooney tailback on the Wolfpacks single wing outfit homecoming day crowd of 24502 scored the two State touchdowns' A magnificent defense al one on a 13-yard off-tackle Maryland kept knocking at the gallop In the first period and door saved the Southern Confer-the other on a three yard plunge ence contest for State in the third Three times in the first half North Carolina State scored its Maryland passed and plunged its Hauff and Bill Powers to rip apart the ponderous Trojan line Twice when they failed in scoring territory he called on Roger Drew to kick field goals from the 21 and 17 yard lines in the third quarter Navy zoomed away to a 14-0 halftime lead after killing off jtwo Southern Cal threats at the start of the game The Trojans traveled to the Navy six and 13 mostly on the passing of quarterback Frank Gifford in a scoreless first period The fired up Middles broke out their best running display of the season then They went 34 yards in five slashes Powers banging over from six yards out They followed with a 60-yard march the only pass being on the end when Zastrow threw eight yards to Baldinger inches from the goal The big Navy quarterback took it over himself Quarterback Wilbur Robertson and his left-handed passes finally got the Trojans over the goal By GEORGE BOWEN Baltimore -(A)- A crew of hard-hitting Navy backs ran rings around a hulking Southern California football team Saturday to score the Middies first triumph of the season 27-14 Navy pulled -away to a 20-0 third period lead before an estimated 24300 sun-warmed fans in Memorial Stadium The West Coast invaders came to life with two last quarter touchdowns but the Middies rebounded for another one of their own to clinch their initial triumph in four games under coach Eddie Erdelatz Quarterback Bob Zastrow showing the form that earned him third team All-America last yeap skippered the Middies in the third defeat in four games for Southern Cal The 200-pounder ran over for two himself after getting Navy into position with comparatively sparse but effective use of his passes with a strong running attack Zastrow principally called on sophomore Fred Franco Frankie way past the State five yard line And three times the rugged line and tight pass defense held and first two points in the seventh play of the game Johnny Scar-b a tli Marylands sophomore quarterback threw a lateral over Maryland lost the ball on downs The first Wolfpack touchdown came when Elmer Costa scooped up a Maryland fumble on the Terp 23 Mooney ran off tackle for a first down on the 23 and hit the same hole on a fake reverse on the next play and crossed the Ed Modezelewskis he6d and the ball bounded toward the Maryland goal 23 yards away John Tencick Wolfpack back touched it as it skittered over the goal and through 'the end zone earning a two-point safety for his club Maryland fought desperately! goal line to win V9m ami thpl State scoring: Touchdown: to Moo-Safety win me game ana save me nev 2 conversions Barkoviki Terps national standing They Tenckk punched across two touchdowns.