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Yf i Jl- 4s I -Yyr LV i-u- r' 1 4 'T Wake Forest 6 i (Pan 4 A vjTom Siler Says Page 2 Sports Static Page 8 rm Financial News Page 10 yYYY Classified Ads Pages 1-12-13-14-15 me Jr i B-Sectioo KNOXVILLE (2) TENNESSEE SUNDAY MORNING OCTOBER 1951 I A BOB WILSON'S SPORT 1 Control Than Feller Hits on 10 of i 15 Passes js 4 Tiger Bobbles Help Jackets Score Early Rubber Football Proves Aid to Aerial Work -i -yJ 'A offense operate as smoothly as silk He even reached into his bag of tricks and came out with the razzle-dazzle stuff that Bobby Dodd used when he was playing for Wade turned the tide of the battle with a 16-yard touchdown gallop He took the ball dropped back and fiddled around in the hackfield faking to throw the ball then took off goalward He kind of threaded his way through the red-shirted Rebs as old Dodd once did to a touchdown against Vanderbilt 4 You've heard of those guys who can-thread a needle with a pass Well what Wade did early in the fourth period to start the Commodores roiling after they dropped behind 20-7 Roderick was away down the field and two Rebels were jam-up on him when Wade fired a pass The ball hit right in Roderick's hands with the Rebels grabbing for it Roderick wheeled and raced on for a touchdown The pass and run netted something like 48 yards J-: TWO KNOX BOYS SHINE FOR VANDY TWO KNOXVILLE BOYS played a big part in triumph Bob Hines a former Young High captain and John Hall (SEE SFORT TALK Face 3 CoLl) els and Wade accounted for 240 yards of it with his aerial bombs That just about tells the story of why the Commodores are heading back to Nashville tonight singing a victory song In four games this season the Commodores' masterful pitcher has shown better control than Bob Feller He has thrown 80 passes and 'completed 48 of them for a total -of 643 yards Although he has hit only three thouchdown passes he has figured in practically all of the scoring this season While Wade was the mainspring of the Vandy offense he was by no means the whole works He has two great receivers in Ben Roderick a 195-pound six-footer from Massillon and Ted Kirkland a 196-pound 8-5 star from Marianna Fla Both of the ends made remarkable catches as the Rebels swarmed around them to bat the ball down And the Commodores are no slouches jn the running department either In Dick Foster Roy Duncan and Allen they have backs who can really carry file mail In fact it was the scampering of Foster and Duncan that carried the Commodores to their first-quarter touchdown -v 1 But Wade eclipsed every other back on the field slick ball-handling and passing wizardy enable Coach -Bill CRUMP STADIUM MEMPHIS Oct Sound an air raid Warning lor the Tennessee Volunteers and sound it loudly Gen Bob Neyland had better start early preparing a stout defense against bombarding Bill Wade Jrf or the Volunteers may suffer a similar fate that befell the rugged Ole Miss Rebels here this afternoon passing wizard was the difference between the two hard-scrapping teams as the Commodores upset the previously unbeaten Rebels 34-20 The Marines should give the Vanderbilt sharpshooter a marksmanship medal His eye shots in the second half broke the game wide-open He fired 32 times against the Rebels and 17 of them found their mark At least 10 of the others "bounced off the fingertips of the receivers The Commodores amassed a total of 380 yards against the Reb- Vols Beat Mocs font Losers Steal Jimmy Wade Frosh Back Leads Tennessee Hal Ledyard's Passing Keeps Visitors Afire By HAROLD HARRIS A third-string Tennessee freshman safetyman and a blond-haired Chattanooga T-quarterback hogged the limelight yesterday as Tennessee maintained its undefeated record with a 42-13 decision over the Moccasins Jimmy Wade playing his first college football game and hailing from Lynchburg Va Earl Dukes of Chattanooga is first to cross Goal This Year: V' YY Bp tom hleb ATLANTA Oct Darrell Crawford Georgia Tech's football "brain and aerial arm led the undefeated untied Yellow Jackets to a convincing 25-to-7 victory over Louis iana State today -r' The ex-Kingsport star throwing as he never threw before and directing a versatile attack was the mainspring of an attack that delighted the 21000 spectators at Grant Field Tech's triumph even more one-sided than the score indicates erased the previously-undefeated Tigers as an SEC threat and definitely established the Jackets as one of the stronger teams Rookies See Action It was power against finesse and varied and last attack won In fact the Jackets had the Tigera thoroughly whipped to halftime enabling Coach Bobby Dodd to give his sophomores and yearlings occasional opportunities to work up a sweat in the latter part of the second half smooth manipulation of his runners added up a total of 254 yards on the ground than twice the LSU total Crawford hit 10 out of 15 aerials to close to 110 yards and one touchdown Tech by this performance established itself as a dangerous contender all the way with Auburn Vanderbilt and Duke furnishing the opposition in that order in the near future This game was notable to an other it was the first major college gaiqe in which a rubber football was used In fact Quarterback Crawford attributed some of hia throwing success! to the snug grip afforded by the rubber oval LSU Scores First Tech virtually donated LSU 7-0 lead in the first six minutes' Whan the LSU attack? bogged down Jim Barton 1 punted to Chappell Rhino playing safety in place of the injured Jakie Ru dolph Rhino fumbled the kick and Warren Virget claimed it to the Tigers on the Tech three Chet one whack at the line sufficed to the touchdown and Cliff boot left Tech trailing by 7-0 LSlTs own mistakes permitted Tech to come back quickly third-down quids kick was partially blocked by Ray Beck tolling out of bounds -within a yard of midfield 17-yard bullet toss to Lum Snyder a tackle playing off the line on a spread play and one ground play moved the ball down to LSUs 28 Two plays later- Leon Hardeman took a pitchout from Crawford slid past the right end and rambled all the way a 25-yard dash to the touchdown Glenn Turner failed to convert giving Tech a driving incentive to move downfield again Y- YY Merris Intercepts Linebacker George Morris gave the-Jackets the green light-tor grabbing one of one of three LSU passes near midfield' 1 Turner rammed through two tacklers and ran 27 to the LSU 2L The running attack stalled an the eight Turner held the bell and Pepper Rodgers kicked a field goal from the 15 to give Tech a 9-7 edge LSlTs mediocre kicking continued to harass the Tigera who already had victories over Ala buna and Rice Barton flubbed a wobbler off the side of hia foot and out-of-bounds to a 10-yard kick and the Jackets moved swiftly from the LSU 37 Crawford threw to Hardeman for 12 and to Buck Martin to 19 mixed in a pair of rushes and Tech had a first down on the one Two offside -penalties delayed the but finally on the sixth play of that series of downs Hardeman leaped pver the massed Tigers This time kick TECR Vised INess 11 srt ImMv Tsidscs mimJM if Vtidlii SssSIMMslt spsisif IT ko 11 -f PiMta ms st ae ff LSO is mr ns st a was good and Tach had a 19-7 lead LSU Hammers Away Y'Y Meanwhile Barton Jim Leroy Labat and Billy West ham- meted away at the Tech line But the passing wasn't good enough to oil up the ground machine Late in the second quarter they drove 53 yards but again George Mor-ris speared an LSU aerial near the goal line Whatever transpired in the LSU dressing room at halftime help Labat fumbled the Tech kickoff and barely got back to the 12 Three plays gained exactly lng and Bob Sherman blocked AI fourth-down kick The ball bounded out of the end hone to a safety giving Tech an 18-7 bulge and points by every method known to football Crawford Hits Again Tech got one more and called It a day Hardeman ran the LSU free kick after the safety from the 30 to midfield Turner's romp off right tackle was big Jblow in this drive moving the ball to the six Crawford drilled a touchdown pass to George Maloff in the end zone Turner's kick ran the count 33-7 and the remainder of the contest waa merely a formality Dodd 'jerked Crawford fnthe second minute of the last quarter and gave Rodgers a chance He also sent freshman Jimmy Morris into action in place of Rhino the safety man Soon Morris fumbled a high punt1 on the five and the Mg end whose alertness set up LSUs earlier tally grabbed the ball to LSU Tech however held and took the ball on the four yielding less than a yard on four plays Later the dauntless Tigers rode back again to the Tech 11 but the Jackets spilled them to 13 yards in losses in two plays Luttrell Is Umpire NOTES: LSlTs Bill West Jed the rushers with 56 net yards Hardeman topped the Tech halfbacks with 52 Bill Luttrell ex-Tennessee star served as umpire in game When it became apparent late in the third quarter that LSU waa beaten' Tech students sang: "My Heart Cries For You" a bit of sympathy which LSU doubtless could have done without The LSU coaching staff hustled off to Athena after the game to see Georgia play Maryland at night The Tigers play Georgia next week and Maryland a week later The Atlanta area was one of IS sections blacked out of the Notre Dame-SMU telecast today as part of the NCAA survey TV and football crowds GEORGIA TECH 10 9 0-35 LOUISIANA STATE 7 TamMawm: ISO ftewnan: Tech Hardman ltakmf Extra point: Sti-tfifOcM Turner 3 TkH Safety: Ga Tech (Sherman Mocked pant aUck lolied back thraash end Sana) BABE BEATS ROMACK romraTwGRTH Oct Mrs Mildred kaharlas fired a eight-iron into the cup today as she nipped Barbara Romsck of Sacramento Calif- 1-up in the Texas Open at River Crest 'Country Club Mrs Zahar ias meets the defending champion Beverly Hanson of Indio Calif- in championship round' Football Roundup-r noth- 1 1 34-yard to Vlr-gets ed 7 140-yard Life for Breathers Major College Grid- Scores (Other Scares Page 3) SOUTH 42 Chattaneeg a 13 Tenn Generals Upset Undefeated Virginia 42-14 Puke Conies Back Benners Paces Mustangs Dtipatehco Washington and Lee Georgia Tech and Tulane were the giant killers in major college football games yesterday Their victims lost for the first time this year 'V The Generals dumped previously undefeated Virginia 42-14 Tech smashed oral 'public under-estimated the Chattanooga team and what happened in the game demonstrated that opinion was wrong "Chattanooga had a very fine football team beautifully coached and was proficient In every port of the game predict the Moccasins will go a long Way "I would also like to take the opportunity to any that never seen a better quarterback than (Hal) Ledyard His passing was snperb and his running effective His poise and selection of plays were excellent have to Improve our pats defense and blocking en offense If we are to be a factor In the conference The Vols lode too sharp in any department-file blocking was far below par the tackling was off and the defense was fooled repeatedly by the clever Moccasin Split-T Tide Scouts on Hand 1 Maybe they didn't want to show too much one can never quite tell Alabama victim of a third straight defeat Friday night at the hands of Villanova (41-18) had its scouts on hand Tide Head Coach Harold (Red) Drew and chief scout Malcolm Laney were in the stands getting the dope on the Vols They have been too greatly impressed by the way the Vols performed performance topped that of any passer on the Shields-Watkins turf in many seasons For three quarters of the game he completely baffled the Vol defenders before two of his bulletlike heaves were gobbled up first by halfback Joe Mature and then later by Wade on hia first long touchdown romp The interceptions incidentally were the first against the Moccasins this season Completes 14 of 28 The Moccasin quarterback fired 29 passes and 14 were completed for a total net yardage of 179 yards Tennesssee probably showed its greatest improvement in the passing department The Vols didn't try half as many as the Moccasins but they wound up with a much better nine completions in 12 tries for' 149 yards net gain! In the first two games they had completed a total of only six Hank's Aim Improves Hank Lauricella chief hope for an All-American (See CHATTANOOGA 3 7) A wax the fair-haired boy for the Vols the Moccasins It was Hal Ledyard a rubber-armed native of Chattanooga who wasn't considered good enough to make his high school team Wade Scores Twe Wade broke wide open what had been a highly! nt cresting and uh-e dly close game with a pair of snectacular fourth period eh down runs on an intercepted pass and a punt return He raced 34 yards for a TD with one Wade of errant tosses and later electrified the scant crowd nf some 15000 spectators with a dazzling 54-yard punt return to close out the scoring Ledyard up to the time Wade took over had been almost the whole show His dazzling passes time and time again ripped defenses for lengthy gains and set up both of the Moccasin touchdowns The scores incidentally were the first against Tennessee who had shut out both Mississippi State and Duke Game Was Enjoyable When Wade went into his act the Vols were comfortably ahead by a 28-13 score no runaway but interesting enough Chattanooga had entered the game a 34-point underdog but had managed to make it a very enjoyable contest for the fans despite a dismal performance for the Vols His two touchdowns added to the first two scored by Andy Kozar and one each by John Davis and Herky Payne made the bookies look not too bad Freshman' Vic Kolenik kicked aix-for-six extra point attempts and may have stolen the job from Captain Bert Rechichar who sat nut the game with a shoulder bruise Neyland Praises Mocs "'While his i Vols rated No 3 in he latest AP poll successfully upheld their place Gen Bob Neyland too well pleased with the showing But he spared no words in praising the fine all's round performance of the Moccasins in general and Ledyard in particular' Neyland's post-game statement follows: i "Before theJuli game the gra- 42-13 Parelli Puts Back in Win Column Babe Pitches Two as Kentucky Ends -Losing Habit 27-0 By AMorloltd fm LEXINGTON Ky Oct 13-End Bob Fry blocked a Mississippi State punt in the first quarter to set up a touchdown and erupt long dormant scoring punch in a 27-0 football victory here tonight Kentucky loser of three straight games by a total 11 points found its punch against the defensive-minded Mississippians and scored its other touchdowns on drives of 59 76 and 44 yards Mississippi State on the other hand mustered only one serious threat but it fizzled against a stout Kentucky defense at the Kentucky nine after a 89-yard advance in the opening minutes Babe Parilli All-America quarterback candidate pitched two touchdown passes as Kentucky vacated the Southeastern Conference cellar with its victory The cagey Parilli used a fixture of straight and a spread single wing offense in directing Kentucky to a touchdown in each quarter Fry Block Punt Fry a junior tackle who 'also plays defensive end slashed through untouched to block freshman Bobby punt from the Mississippi State 39 scoop up the free ball and ran it to the three Halfback Ed Hamilton plunged for the first touchdown Kentucky scored again two minutes before the half with Fullback Tom Fillion bulling the last yard to cap a 59-yard drive Two Parilli passes and a 12-yard hike by the Kentucky Babe with a fake pass featured the advance Gruner Leads Drive A Collins punt that little Emory Clark hauled back to the Kentucky 24 started the Wildcats winging to another tally: in the third Halfback Harold Gruner carried the brunt of the ground thrust and Parilli added a pair of vital passes to take the Mil to the eight Parilli then pitched to Fillion at the goal Tackle Frank Fuller pounced on Willis fumble at the Mississippi State' 44 to start the last Kentucky scoring drive Two minutes- after the last period started Parilli hit End Jim Proffitt over the goal-' Wildcat Lina Holds Halfback Harry Jones who had converted 'after the first three touchdowns missed the extra point try after -the final one -A pass interception by Halfback Bucket Joseph of Mississippi State on the Kentucky 48 early in the opening period started the lone State threat -Two first downs carried to the Kentucky 14 but little Frank Brandi the 126-pound quarterback lost 12 yards on a pass attempt and two plays later Kentucky took over on the nine aeon by periods: MISSISSIPPI STATE 0 0 0 0 KENTUCKY A S-3T Kentucky worta Touchdowns Hainfl-ten FUUob 2 Proffitt Points Iowa Staters Triumph 32-6 AMES Ia Oct Iowa defense' proved its best offense today as the Cyclones romped to a 32-6 football homecoming victory over Kansas State Some 16000 fails saw fhe cyclones take their first Big Seven Conference triumph and their second win in four starts this season' The lowans scored in every quarter and by every route touchdown safety field goal and conversion -v ured they would rebound from last defeat The actual margin of victory was a safety made in the first period when Bobby Dillon tackled Frank Silva in the end zone Texas' only touchdown came in the first quarter on! a two-foot buck by Carl Mayes after Jones had set up' with a- 16-yard sprint' Oklahoma made its tally on a 96-yard inarch by the entire backfield Eddie Crowder final i A i 4 a i i i i I I i a Duke 27 SUte 21 Kentucky 27 Misaissippi SUte I Maryland 43 Georgia 7 Auburn 14 Florida 13' Georgia Tech 25 LSU 7 Tulane 26 Holy Cross 14 Carolina 21 8 Carolina i Wash Lee 42 Virginia 14 William A Mary 7 Wake Forest West Virginia 24 Rfchmend 6 Vanderbilt 34 Mississippi 26 Hiwassee 2L Marlon 21 East Tennessee Stato College 27 Maryville College 6 Canon Newmqn 34 Union (Tenn) 6 Murray (Ky) 23 Marshall 13' Shepherd 14 Salem (W Va) 6 Western Kentucky 26 Morebead (Ky) State 7 Louisiana College 27- Northwest era State 6 Mississippi Senthem 41 western Louisiana EAST Brown 29 Rhode Island State 11 Cornell 42 Harvard 6 Dartmouth 28 Army 14 lUinois 41 Syracuse 26 Princeton 11 Penn 7 Rutgers 55 NYU 6 Lafayette 14 Muhlenberg 71 Bneknell 11 Kent SUte 7 Boston 16 Camp LeJeuae 6 Colombia 14 Yale 1 MIDWEST Colgate 21 Western Reserve 7' Michigan 21 IndUna 14 lews 24 Pitt 17 Iowa SUte 21 Kansas SUte 1 Kansas 21 UUh 7 Michigan Stole 26 Marquette 11 Penn State 15 Nebraska 7 -Nerthwestern 21 Minneseto 7 Sen Methodist 27 Notre Dame 21 Ohio State 1 Wisconsin (tie) Oklahoma A A 41 Wichita 1 Cincinnati 21 Louisville 6 11 Qainey 11 SOUTHWEST i Baylor 1 Arkansas 7 Texas 1 Oklahoma 7 Texas Tech 23 Texas Christian 11 ir Rice 21 Navy 14 Texas A A 81 Trinity 11 Tulsa 41 Henston 27- Hardin Simmons 36' Arlsean State 14: East: Texas State Lamar Tech 'V Y'Y i--- Idaho 11 Mentona 9 Washington 61 Oregon I' Stanford XI' UCLA 7- -California 41 Waahiagteii SUte 31 -Southern CaUfernia ll Oregon State A-' Colorado 34'Mbsoari 11' Colorado A A 14 Wyoming 7 Colorado State 21 Montana Stole 1 PREP SCORES MeCsUie 12 CelnmMa MUitotry I i-: isiana State 25-7 and- Tulane knocked off powerful Holy Cross 20-14 Southern Methodist University with mighty Fred Benners hitting 22 of 41 pass attempts for S26 yards and four touchdowns dropped Notre Dame -from the comeback trail 27-20 Duke Rallies 1 Elsewhere around the country how the major games went: Tennessee dumped Chattanooga 42-13 after a tough fight Duke scored twice in the fourth period to edge North Carolina State 27-21 and powerful Michigan State the No 1 team in fhe country had to come off the floor for the second straight week to score a pair of desperation touchdowns and beat Marquette 20-14 But Notre Dame' the big surprise of the early season was not so fortunate The Irish who fought themselves to the No 5 position in the weekly Associated Press poll after being written off before the season got under way bowed to SMU for their first defeat in three games- Wie As Expected Illinois' and 'Texas "won their games as expected but Wisconsin threw the Big Ten race into confusion by holding Ohio State to a 6-6 tie The Buckeyes 1 were favorites to dethrone Michigan as champion but the Wolverines upped and swamped Indiana 33-14 Illinois polished off Syracuse 41-20 and Texas scored a notable triumph over Oklahoma and broke a three-game jinx in the process'-9-7 Michigan State had a tough time of it and was trailing by 14-6 at tue half after Jim Leahy had passed to Jim Tobias for both Marquette touchdowns But in the list quarter A1 Dorow tossed a 80-yard bullseye to Billy Wells for one score then set up the other with another flip that traveled half the length of the field to Paul Dekker Leroy Bolden took it over from the 13 Irfah Are Stopped Notre Dame cope with the accurate arm of Fred Benners who put on a one-man show He passed for every SMU touchdown 'The Irish took to the air themselves in the last period for their final score1-' The Texas victory ever Oklahoma national champion last year was a bitter pill for the Sooner Bud Wilkinson's charges though they had an 'unbeatable hex on the'Loagborns and fig? I ly bulled over from the two mini la Victor Illinois had no trouble at all with Syracuse and also set itself as a team to be watched in the Ten It was the same story Georgia Tech the No 8 team in the nation The Bulldogs gave Louisiana State one score in the first period but closed the gates thereafter Ohio State was fortunate to tie Wisconsin The Badgers stopped All-America Vic Janowicz and grabbed a 6-0 lead in fhe second period On a pass from Johnny Coatta to Hal Faverty The Buckeyes tied it in' the fourth period mainly through the efforts of Bernie Skvarka who took a punt return bade 63 yards That put the ball on the five whence Janowicz passed to Don Armstrong for the score Wake Forest Falls' VV Tulane put the crusher on the vaunted Holy Cross offense while William and Mary stunned heretofore unbeaten Wake Forest' 7-6 in two of the top games in the South In others North Carolina blasted South Carolina 21-6 Vanderbilt licked Mississippi 34-20 and Auburn upsets Florida 14-18 v- In the East' Princeton set itself up as the team to beat to the Ivy League title by 'whipping Penn 13-7 for its 16th' straight victory Dartmouth turned back Army 28-14 In other Ivy League encounters Cornelly toyed with Harvard 42-6 and Columbia abut out Yale 14-0 Penn State visited Bobby Reyn-lds-less Nebraska and came -out on the better half of a 15-7 decision in an intersectional affair Northwestern defeated Minnesota 21-7 in a Big Ten encounter while in other Midwest contests KAnsas overeame Utah 26-7 Iowa stunned Pitt 24-17 Iowa State battered Kansas State in a Big Seven game 32-g and the Oklahoma Aggies whitewashed Wichita 43-0 in a Missouri Valley Conference test TECH -Leon Hardeman ti Georgia Tech halfback fakes a pifehout from Darrell Crawford to drive through Louisiana State for 29 yards end a touchdown ri i 1 1 Hostetler goes over standing up in' third I V-'V'-V '-''J 1 i -v 111 1 mrnArn r-i hrt.