Kingsport Times-News from Kingsport, Tennessee • 19

Hi 7 ft i ij 1 i I 1 TIMES NEWS SPORTS "AND CLASSIFIED o1 SECTION October 9 1951 J3be Couch-Leads Lynxes To 1 13-0 Win Over Dandridge BuHlrMn tja TM It 421 143 1 By BILL DALE Sports Editor The Lynn View Lynxes behind the power running of' Ron Quil-' len Carlyle Powers and Dave Couch rolled over Maurjf High of Dandridge at Fred Johnson 8tadium Saturday afternoon 13-0 Quillen Powers and Couch led the Lynxes to 422 yards- gained rushing for thfe afternoon picking up 16 first downs to only eight for the visiting Maury outfit Couch increased his scoring lead to 64 points by scoring both Quillens try for the extra point feU short Mike Haulsees 27-yard pass to Couch midway in the drive was the biggest chunk of the march The remainder of the quarter Lynn View threatened contiguously but failed to dent the Maury double stripes Powers gave the Lynxes possession of the ball on Maurys 14 when he intercepted a pass on the 43 and returned to the 14 On the first play the Lynxes fumbled away the scoring oppor tunity Lynn View threatened again In the final minute of the first half when Haulsee passed 13 yards to Quillen and Couch's aerial was palled in by Claude McPherson for 20 yards to move the ball to the visitors' 20 as the half ended The Lynxes came back to open the second half by driving to the Maury 21 before losing the ball on downs Maury then opened up their ground attack moving to the Lynn View touchdowns Quillen accounted for the extra point with a perfect placement After a scoreless first period Lynn View took Maurys punt on its own 28-yard llnffeand started goalward for the first score of the game With Quillen Powers and Couch carrying the load the Lynxes moved to the nine-yard stripe where Couch took a pitch-out run into a couple of Maury tacklers spun away and crossed over the goal line for the score uprights with his placement and give the Lynxes a 13-0 decision Maury threatened in the dying minutes of the garni when Oeorge took to the air on the Lynn View 44 and completed two straight aerials to Richard Dona-hoo for 81 yardswto move Inside the Lynxes' -13 Marshall Hill then picked up three yards to the 10 as the cointest ended The victory was Lynn Views second of the season against two defeats and one tie First Down Yards Gained Rushing Yards Lost Rushing 3 Yards Oainsd Fasrin Total Offsnss Passes Attempted Passes Completed Passes Intercepted Fumbles Fumbles Lost Penalties Punts Punt Average Score by Quarters: DANDRIDGE A LYNN VIEW t-tt Scoring touchdowns Lynn taw Couch mine-yard run 13-yard potnt-QuiUen iplacemenIL Dave Couch Scores TD To' Whio Pirates Lynn 40 before losing the ball on downs Jimmy Bettis Bill Oeorge and Ken Bishop led the Maury offense The Lynxes then started their second touchdown drive Quillen picked up a first down on the Maury 45 then Couch took a pitchout and scampered 29 yards before being knocked out of bounds by Bettis on the Maury 16 Quillen added three and on the same pitchout play Couch rambled the remaining 13 yards to paydirt Quillen split the 1 The SpaDirds Bj BILL i-p 'vf 7- a yo I 'td A 'o -V 1 (T-N Photo By Xetnon OVER FOR EXTRA POINT JOHNNY SPRIGGS under plleup scored the point sfter touchdown tor the Sullivan High Pirates in their tilt with the Johnson City HUltoppers WAYNE PETERS (62) ot 1 Sullivan and Johnson Citya TOM ROBERTS (68) took on unidentified defensive back breaks up end EDMOND LEAGUE from tail- Isenberg Notre Dame Unscored On Many of the big time football forecasters predicted Notre Dames Fighting Irish! to have their poorest season in years this 'season but cdach Terry Brennan in his second year as head football coach has piloted the Irish to three straight victories thus far and has been unscored on Notre Dame rolled over Southern Methodist in the opening game of the season 17-0 then defeated Indiana 19-0 and Friday night blanked Miamis Hurricanes 14-0 Brennan now 27 years old coached the Irish to a 9-1 record this year and from all indications the Notre Dame outfit will come close if hot equal or better last years mark The Irish get a strong test next Saturday afternoon when they take on powerful Michigan State in a nationally televised contest Paul Hornung has assured Brennan he is a capable replacement of graduated Ralph Gugleilmi who engineered the Notre Dame team the past few seasons Hornung passed for both touchdowns against Miami Friday night and has done a remarkable job in kicking a field goal and extra points this season Jones Named Coach Of Year Carl Jones former Dobyns-Bennett and Tiisculum star was named coach of the year at Americus Georgia High School the past year in Region 1-A Jones was named coach of the year in the annual coaching clinic in Georgia this summer The former Dobyns-Bennett gridder lost 15 lettermen from last years squad but has come back in fine style this season by winning three of four games defeating Cordile 32-7 Baimbridge 41-3 and Valdosta 7-6 Americus lost to Thomasville 13-6 Jones was also named Coach of the Week at Americus last week for his teams fine showing against one of the top teams in Valdosta Being elected the coach of the week in Georgia is quite an honor Jones said- Edmunds Shines In First Game At State Erskine Edmunds former' Sullivan High grid star shined in his first game Thursday night with the East Tennessee State Baby Bucs against Mars Hill College -Edmunds started the season with Clemson College but dropped out to enter East Tennessee State The 170-pound fullback practiced one day with the freshman team on Wednesday then got into the game on Thursday against Mars Hill which the Baby Bucs won He carried the ball around seven times for 100 yards gained rushing scoring one touchdown When a play was caUed the boys in the huddle would tell Erskine how to run the play and all went well chnun ai Aibm On the first play Erskine carried he broke through the 0 PhUDder 8mto Ar 4l- Rut (M1 Mars Hill defense and raced 50 yards before being pulled down from behind on the 20-yard line On the next playj Bun vticp iow he carried over for a touchdown 1 The 100 yards picked up gave him an average of 14 plus yards gained per carry At the expense of his fine showing in the fust game with only one days practice Erskine was moved up to the varsity Vols Break Losing Streak The University of Tennessee broke a six-game losing1 (p streak Saturday afternoon by picking up their first deci- (po Tchr Einboro Pl( sion under coach Bowden Wyatt 13-0 over Chattanoogas Tchr Clarion iPm Tchr 27 Brockport (NY) Moccasins Tchr 7 After being held scoreless in the first half John Majors! grVJ sTocrVTnl 7 broke the scoring ice with a 35-yard touchdown run in the! cIr5S? third period and gave Tennessee its second touchdown of Rutdoiph-Mtcon ii western uarjuod the season central Mlctitjsn 41 Illinois State 0 A1 Carter put the finishing touches on the game with r20 CmciDnu 20-yard jaunt in "the final period Miami iouio 47 Toledo 1 The Vols will be out to avenge last years 27-0 loss td Alabama next week when they meet the Crimson Tide in Birmingham Sports Briefs David Couch Lynn Views shifty halfback leads the area scorers with 64 points The Knoxville News-Sentinel was too sure of themselves before the Kingsport-Chattanooga game last week writing a story in advance stating the Purple Pounders rolled over the Indians by a big margin Hal Miller former Dobyns-Bennett All-State and All-America tackle and Georgia Techs All-America is now acting as coach and player of Fort Jack-son South Carolina service football team INCOMPLETE PASS An pass intended for Sullivans left back Bill Micmgan State 38 Stanford 14 Ohio State 27 Illinois 12 Wichita 14 Okla A ft 7 Marshall 28 Western Mich 0 Yale 46 Columbia 14 Navy 21 Pittsburgh 0 Boston College 26 VUlanova 14 Hobart 6 Buffalo 0 (tie Carnegie Tech 26 John Hopkins 6 Lock Haven 20 California 'Pa 7 Shaw 0 Virginia Btate 0 (tiei Southern Univ 61 Xavier (Lai 6 Bethany (WVi 46 DaU Elkins 0 Butler 20 Ball State 13 Central State tOhio 19 Va 8tate 9 Illinois Normal 16 Eastern Illinois 13 Denison 34 Kenyon 0 Lake Forest 6 North Central (HI 9 Micron 68 Otterbeln 0 Tat lor 12 Manchester 9 Indiana Central 13 Anoerson 6 Chicago Illini 26 Eureka 1)1 6 Washington 7 Southern California Denver 61 Montana 13 Colorado A 14 Wvommg J3 WirDiD DALE Eastern Open Tourney Led By Stranahan casin 35 1 At Carter 158-pound sophomore speedster from Sarasota Fla raced 20 yards for Tennessees second touchdown esrly In the final period Carter subbing for Majors took a bad pass from center dribbled the ball picked it up and then outran a flock of Chattanooga defenders across the goal line Another bad pass from center prevented kick for the extra point Chattanooga put up a fine defensive battle but was able to get its spllt-T offense rolling for only one serious spring threat Just before the first half ended fullback Jack Matkowski caught the Vols defenses down with the draw play and aped 37 yards to the Tennessee 26 Ther was time for only one play and quarterback Bobby Case's pass fell incomplete in the end zone 13-7 Ledford Gets Topper TDs In Victory Lawson Tallies Bucs Marker Spriggs- 1 Stars At New Post By DOUG DALTON -Sports Writer1 The Johnson City Hilltoppen edged by the Sullivan High Pi- rates in a non-conference football contest here at Fred Johnson Park Saturday jilght The HUltoppers got real jolt from Sullivans newfound bulldosing fullback Johnny Spriggs who was shifted from guard after last weeks loss to RogersviUe Johnson City resUy fought tor their victory against the hard charging Spriggs and fleetfooted Bill Isenberg Larry Ledford showed equal speed and skill for the winning Johnson City eleven Thq HUltoppers took an early lead in the or 1 spotlight but It was a nip-and-tuck battle aU the way and several times it looked as though the sturdy Pirates were going to make it a more even contest Early In the first quarter Larry Ledford bulled his way across the goal for the first touchdown The HUltoppers started their 44-yard touchdown drive when Dub Ray recovered Sullivan's fumble on the Pirates 44-yard lins Camp-bell Ledford James and Hundley worked the baU to the Sullivan five but two off side penalties placed the ball back on toe 15-yard line Ledford went off tackle for toe touchdown Wayne Evana kicked a perfect placement for toe extra point giving toe HUltoppers their early 7-0 margin After an exchange of licks Johnson City took toe ball on their own 32-yard line and moved toe ball back to toe 46 Ledford set saU off tackle for 64 yards and the TD that ended Johnson Citys scoring for toe game In toe second period Johnson Citys quarterback was attempting to punt but slipped and drop-ped toe ball He picked up it up but before he could kick he-was' mobbed by toe full Pirate line and Sullivan took toe ball on toe Johnson City 24-yard line Johnny Spriggs drove through toe line for a total of 15 yards placing toe baU on toe nine yard line Isenberg took to toe air and hit Car- son Lawson intoe end tone for toe touchdown Spriggs bulled across for toe point carrying the entire Johnson City line with him The half ended with toe Hilltop pers holding a 13-7 lead Neither team seriously threaten-ed in the third period but it was hard-fought battle between the 20-yard lines In toe -final minutes of the fourth quarter toe HUltoppers-drove to the one foot line of Sullivan but the gun sounded as Ledford slid out of bounds and toe Sullivan Pirates fell victims to the Johnson Cltiana by the early score of 13-7 Johnson City 13 612 Sullivan 6 7 9 7 Scoring Johnson 'City Ledford (2 plunge 15 yards 54-yard run) Extra Point Evans (placement) Sullivan Lawson (pass from Isenberg) Extra point -Spriggs (line play) Virginia Tech Tops Florida Slate 24-20 TALLAHASSEE Fla Oct Virginia Tech built up three touchdown lead in toe first' three periods then Just squeezed through to a 24-20 victory over Florida State tonight as toe Seminoles rallied for three touchdowns In the final period Virginia Techs winning margin was provided by one of Vic Beards three conversions and a 23-yard field goal by Frank Webster -Webster came off toe bench to boot the field goal In to fourth period from the 13 Vic Prinzi sneaked over from the one for toe Seminoles first touchdown BUly Odom took toe Tech kickoff after Websters field goal on his own 11 and went 89 yards without a hand being laid on him tor toe Seminoles second touchdown The Seminoles started another drive after gaining possession on their own 41 Lee Corso sUd off right tackle for a touchdown Virginia Tech 14 7 324 Florida State 26-76 Virginia Tech scoring Touchdowns: Burke (39 runs) Beard (3 run 47 run) Scrrugs (6 run) Conversions Beard 3 Field goal Webster (23) Florida State scoring Touchdowns: Prinzi (1 run) Odom (89 kickoff return) Corso (4 run) Conversions: Proctor a )) rr A 1 So i i 3 Warren Leads State College To 28-18 Win MARYVILLE Tenn Oct 8 OP! Dickie Warren scored three times twice on passes from Howard Tibbett as East Tennessee State came from behind tonight to win a 28-18 football victory from Maryville Warren's third touchdown was on a three-yard plunge in the third period Maryville which held the Buccaneers scoreless during the first period took the opening kickoff and drove 69 yards with Jim McCall climaxing the march with a 13-yard scoring run around right end Buddy Whites conversion was wdde East Tennessee State came back in the frantic second period after Maryville missed a field goal from the ETSC 25 The Bucs took the kick returning the ball to the 50 from where they drove for their first score on Tibbetts 18-yard pass to Warren Thomas rock kicked the first of four conversions for ETSC Richard Craig then kicked to the Maryville 5 and McCall returned the ball In a spectacular 95-yard touchdown run for the Scotties second score Bob Bean missed his conversion ETSC 0 14 7 728 Maryville 66 0 618 ETSC scoring: Touchdowns Warren (3) (18 pass from Tibbett 13 pass from Tibbett 3 plunge) Krause (1 plunge) Conversions: Rock (4 Maryville scoring: Touchdowns McCalb (2) (13 run 95 run) White (3 plunge) Emory-Henry Whips Eagles By 25-7 Score JEFFERSON CITY Tenn Oct 8 OP) Emory and Henrys Wasps forgot to read the script for Car-son-Newmans homecoming here tonight hanging a 25-7 defeat on the Eagles The victory assured the Wasps the Smoky Mountain Conference football title The fired-up Virginians who dropped an 8-ft decision to Hamp-den-Sydney last week looked like a new club as quarterback Ray Chapman passed for two touchdowns and halfback Cokie Kitts ran 4or the other two 1 The Emory forward wall completely bottled up the heralded single wing attack of the Eagles Chapmans brilliant punting he averaged 416 yards on five kicks kept the Eagles backed up during (he greater part of the game Emory and Henry 6 6 0 1325 Carson-Newman 0 0 0 77 Emory I Touchdowns: Kitts 2 (38 run: run) Cublne (33 pass from Chapman) Stevenson (27 pass from Chapman) Conversion: Cubine Carson-Newman scoring -Touchdown: Bacon m3 run) Conver-version: Murdock Ole Miss Rebels Edge Past Vanderbilt By 13-0 Score By ESCAR THOMPSON KNOXVILLE Tennessee looking like anything but a major football power downed Chattanooga 12 to 0 Saturday to snap a six-game losing streak After a scoreless first half In which they fizzled away three scoring chances the Vols got up enough steam to score touchdowns In the last two periods handing Coach Bowden Wyatt his first triumph Tailback John Majors slipped off left tackle cut back and sprinted 35 yards midway in the third period for the Volss first touchdown Fullback Tommy Priest a place-kicking specialist converted The drive covered 60 yards and featured two passes besides Majors sprint Majors first hit end Buddy Cruze for 12 yards and then connected with end Roger Urbano for 13 to put the ball on thfe Moc Tag Match On Mat Program Wednesday Frank Jares Southern Jr Heavyweight champion teams up with Lee Bowman against Herb Welch and Don Wayne in a tag match at the Civic Auditorium Wednesday night Jares who holds the title in six southern states will be making his first appearance here in two months Herb who is in the best shape of his career will be meeting Jares for the fipt time Herb has been wrestling through the lower southern states and is set on regaining the title he once held Bowman is making his first appearance in Kingsport and weighs 210 pounds He halls from Chattanooga This match will be a two best out of three falls one hour time limit In the single matches Jares will meet Welch and Wayne takes on Bowman The preliminary contests will be one fall matches 30 minutes time limit Rice Owls Nip Clemson 21-7 HOUSTON Tex Oct 8 (INS) Taking the breaks as they came Rice Institutes Owls erased the Clemson Tigers f- om the undefeated list tonight I Owls winning handily by a count of 21 to 7 before 37500 fans at Houston Norton Whips Pound 6 To 0 NORTON Va The Norton Black Raiders pushed across a second period touchdown then held on to defeat the Pound Warriors 6-0 in a District Eight tussle Saturday night Norton took over a short Pound punt in the second quarter on the Warrior 32 and nine plays later Gary Fletcher Mt over from the Kmb I Thereafter the Moccasins never were able to generate enough power to penetrate th Vol 30 A stubborn Chattanooga line turned back Tennessee threats on its 8 and 13 in the first quarter Again in the second quarter the Vols moved down to he Moccasin 26 where Priest's field goal try failed Tennessee's single wing attack fizzled and sputtered badly until Majors made his payoff run The Vols picked up only four first downs and 66 yards rushing before the intermission A sunbakfd crowd of 13500 witnessed the game Chattanooga 0 0 0 00 Tennessee 0 0 7 613 Tennessee scoring touchdowns: Majors (35 run) Carter (20 run) Conversion: Priest Engineers Nip LSV 7-0 In SEC Battle BATON ROUGE La -Georgia Tech called on a tong range scoring punch a 46-yard 'pass from sub quarterback Toppy Van to Oeorge Volkert to down Louisiana State University 7-0 here I Saturday night in a bitterly fought I football game before a record breaking crowd of 60000 Tech was denied a touchdown when the officials said Jimmy Thompson stepped out on the Tech 40 on an 85-yard punt return late in the second quarter But the fourth ranking Tech speedsters proceeded to march 60 yards for their score in three plays after being denied twice earlier in the first half by stout LSU stands Volkert bucked for two Then Johnny Menger sprinted 12 yards around end to the LSU 46 On first down Vann a second string quarterback who scored all three of Techs touchdowns against Southern Methodist last week pitched a deep pass to Volkert who hauled it in on the LSU 25 dodged two tacklers and raced over for the score Penn Is Defeated By Princeton 7-0 PHILADELPHIA UPi Tommy Morris a third string sophomore halfback sparked Princeton to a soggy 7-0 victory over (Pennsylvania Saturday to extend Penns losing streak to 12 games Morris a long-legged runner came off the bench to lead a 59-yard touchdown drive in the third period He reeled off runs of 10 23 9 and 8 yards and then scored from the two Fullback Dick Martin kicked the extra point MEMPHIS tit Defending South-eastern Conference Champion Mississippi ably directed by quarterbacks Eagle Day and John Bla-lack powered over touchdowns In each of the first two quarters then staved off a surprisingly potent Vanderbilt aerial attack for a 13-0 win Saturday night Vanderbilt could do little on the ground against the rock-ribbed Ole Miss line But turning to passes the Commodores moved deep into Mississippi territory three tifnes The halftime whistle killed the first drive goal line interceptions the second 4Wo Meanwhile Mississippis usually strong air attack sputtered against an alert Vanderbilt line which threw the Rebels for tosses time and again Mississippis first touchdown came with the game just five minutes old A 13-yard runback by Billy Knard ol an end zone Vandy punt coupled with a 15-yard roughness penalty gave Ole Miss a first down on the Vanderbilt 5 Fullback Paige Cothren plunged over from the 2 three plays later Midway in the sacond period a mediocre Vandy punt gave Mississippi a first down on its 49 The Rebels second unit directed by Blalack carried the ball to the 7 in six plays From there half back Billy Lott went off tackle to score i Cothren converted after the sec ond touchdown A 15-yard holding penalty forced him to kick the first extra point attempt from the 17 It was wide Brumit Meets Cooke For Golf Title Today Frank Brumit takes on Virgil Cooks for the Rldgeflelds Fall Championship this afternoon at 1:30 Fred Saylor and Russell Derby will make it a foursome by having a playoff for medalist champion Both golfers tied ior the honors qualifying play Arkansas A 26 Wilev 12 Mavville 12 Ellendale Normal 8 Mines 55 Sioux Falls 6 Morntnghide 13 North Dakota 7 Jamestown 21 Minor 7 8 State 28 Augustana (SO) 8 St John 33 Hamltne 21 St Cloud 13 Mankato 6 Concordia iMlnn 20 Guitivui Adolphus 13 8t Olaf 40 Carleton 13 Omaha 20 Bradley 13 Franklin 14 Roe Poly 0 St Joseph's 27 Indiane State 9 Georgia Tech 7 L8U 0 Findlay 29 Ohio Northern 0 Western Kentucky 12 Morehead 7 CarsonNewman 7 28 Maryville 19 4 Jefferson 6 0 9-Brown 0 14 7 0 0 9 9 (tie) 0 Brooklyn College 9 6 Massachusetts 13 7 0 Guard 7 0 Maine Maritime 9 Vermont 0 Ashland 0 American International Forest I 12 0 2 Northwestern wionin 'pursu NFL Baltimore 24 Green Bar 20 Texas Christian Tops Tide 21-0 TUSCALOOSA Ala (PI Jim Swink a 6-foot-l junior scored all three touchdowns and rolled up 139 yards rushing Saturday as he powered Texas Christian to a 21-0 gridiron victory over a fumbling Ala-bamateam It was the Crimsoq Tides sixth loss in a row and the ninth consecutive game without victory a record unparalleled In Bamas football history Swink averaged 77 yards in 18 times he carried the ball His most spectacular run was a 65 yard touchdown sprint early lq the third quarter the first score of the afternoon 1 Kansas State Romps To 42-0 Decision MILWAUKEE Wl The -Kansas State Wildcats romped through Marquette University's football defense and smashed Us offensive tactics Saturday night to trample tbs Warriors 42-0 BALTIMORE () Frank Stranahan sank a seven foot birdie putt on the 18th bole Saturday and snatched back the lead in the 617-500 Eastern Open Golf Tournament: The putt gave the wealthy young muscle-man from Toledo Ohio a) Bruideis 20 1 two-under-par 70 for the third' round and dropped him seven under at 209 tor 54 holes of the 72 hole event It also enabled Stranahan to ease one stroke ahead of Ed Oliver of Lemont HI who finished moments earlier with a 70210 Art Wall of Pocono Manor Pa-whose 69 was the days hottest round came one notch back at 211 in a tie with Billy Maxwell of Odessa Tex Maxwell fired a 70 Emory ft Henry 25 East Tennessee State Geneva 46 Washington East Carolina 13 Elon Depauw 41 Oberlin Rice 21 Clemson 7 Mississippi 13 Vanderbilt 7 Dartmouth Holv Cross 15 Colgate Cornell 20 Harvard Pnnceton 7 Pennsylvania Amherst 20 Bowdoin Delaware 14 Lai telle Maine 9 New Hampshire Rutger Jl Muhlenberg National Aggie 13 Springfield 14 Colby Connecticut 18 Hamilton 48 Wagner RPl 9 Kings Point Wesleyan 14 Coast Williams 26 Middlebury Newport Navy 25 Rhode Island 19 Slippery Rock 9 Northeastern 18 Maryland 28 Wake West Virginia 47 Tenesaee 13 Chattanooga Michigan 26 Armv Minnesota 18 for his third straight sub-parj round 9.