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Section IV Sports News A -M Business Richmond 11 Virginia Sunday October 11 1953 Tech Scoring Late Hands Richmond First Defeat By 21-7 Illinois II Ohio State 20 rage 2 California 10 IMiiiNvlania 0 Trims GW 14-0 Swamped 4 Stout Spicier Defense Cracks On Fumble Pass Interception Shaughnessy to Visit Richmond on Wednesday Tom Theodose et Scores for Losers On 57-Yard Gallop Cavalier Sophs Pace First Win of Year Strempek Is Standout By Ben Pope Times-Diapatch Sporta Writer ALEXANDRIA Oct The University of touch-down-starved Cavaliers reached out greedily with both hands in the first three minutes of play to pick up their first score then matched George Washington touchdowns the rest of the way to capture their first victory of the year 24-20 this bright Au-tum afternoon A crowd of 9500 saw the Colonials six-point favorites suffer their first defeat Craning from an early 12-point deficit GW took the lead early in the second half 13-12 but failed to hold it through the Mapp and Lavery Frank Shaughnessy president of the International League will come to Richmond Wednesday to discuss with Major EL Haddock and other Richmonders the possibility of Richmond's obtaining a franchise in the Triple-A International League Shaughnessy advised Dr Haddock yesterday from New York of his intended isit Pressing league business necessitated returning to Montreal International League headquarters following the completion of the "Little World at Kansas City Thursday night (Montreal winner of the International Shaugbnessy playoffs defeated Kansas City American Association Shaughnessy winner four games to onet The International league president expressed keen interest in Major Haddock's and Richmond' attempt to gain entry in AAA baseball The and the city's enthusiasm is such Shaughnessy siad that he wants to see first hand and before the International meeting at Montreal on October 18 Richmond'! possibilities as a Triple-A city looking forward to meeting with Mayor- Haddock and other Richmonders" Shaughnessy said yesterday "The American League's drafting of the Baltimore territory which I have not jet been officially notified of presents several problems for our league None of those problems can possibly be solved until our league meeting Meanwhile looking forward to my visit to Richmond Virginia End Ray Quillen Quillen Made the Catch for AP Wlreotwte Leaps Out to Catch Pass Against GW in First Period 30-Yard Gain as Two Unidentified Colonials Close In Three forTouchdmcns WVU Cashes In Fumbles To Blast 40-14 Barger Leads Duke to Closing TD Thrilling 20-14 Win Over Purdue By Steve Gubark Timea-DipatcK Sporta Writer BLACKSBURG VA Oct 10 In the final period here today before 8000 fans Virginia Tech's Gobblers cracked a prodigious Richmond defense that had plagued them like a curse Shoving over two late scores the frustrated Gobblers barreled to a 21-7 triumph that ended the spell of the Old only undefeated collegiate team The game was a crackling defensive show by a Spider forward wall that repelled a total of eight major Gobbler scoring threats Mistakes that would jade even the most enthusiastic soul cost Richmond dearly a short punt leading to the first Gobbler touchdown a fumble to the second and a 40-yard pass interception and run-back giving the Hokies the clincher in the final two minutes Richmond shackled on its own account by the Gobbler front line explored Tech territory only thrice in its long trying afternoon The Spiders only touchdown momentarily tying the score came late in the second stanza when Quarterback Tom Theodose worked his pet keep play and wiggled 57 yards for the score First Down Doubled Tech rolled up 254 yards rushing practically all of it in Spider territory and outgunned the Richmonders 18-9 in first downs The Gobblers scored first on the opening play of the second period on a one-yard quarterback sneak by Johnny Dean And except for tying burst held the upper hand offensively throughout Doug Creger broke the tie with a two-yard bolt in the open ing minutes of the final period and Fullback Don Booth most effective ground-gainer added the icing with his slither' ing return of an intercepted Theodose aerial But the heroes today were blue-shirted linemen chiefly Eric Christensen Red Keville and Bob Sgro who finally yielded under the tremendous hammering Once with Tech having a first down on Richmond's one-foot line the embattled Spiders rose up mightily and Tech after three exasperating tries and an offen sive penalty had to settle for a field goal attempt from the 12 All told Tech made three futile field goal attempts so well did they respect Richmond's dug-in trenchmen The victory was second over a State foe and lifted it to the front of the Big Six championship race Hokie rooters never will have reason to doubt the Gobblers comeback qualities so well did they recover Continued on Page 5 Column 4 I By Shelley Rolfe Tima-Dipatch Staff Writer DURHAM Oct Jerry Barger an imperturbable 60-minute man faked a handoff nto the middle and then swept right end on a seven-yard touchdown run with' 40 seconds remaining to bring Duke a 20-14 victory over Purdue this afternoon before 30000 Homecoming Day onlookers Engineering a 60-yard Duke drive in the closing minutes quarter With Quarterback Rives Bailey and End Fred Moyer combining on a 51-yard pass play late in the period and utilizing a 14-yard keep play by Bailey in the final quarter the Cavaliers had enough to stave off the aerials of Ray Fox and Bob Strum Virginia got that first taste on the first play from scrimmage after kicking off to the Colonials With the ball in play on the GW 20 Len Ciemnlecki hobbled a flipback from Strum' tried to pick it up on the five lut fumbled again with Henry Strempek rushing in from the Virginia secondary to scoop up the ball and carry it over John Poker's kick was wide as were all Virginia placements during the day Potter Scores The Cavaliers went ahead 12-0 before the first period was over setting up the tally with a 34-yard pass from Bailey to Ray Quillen who was knocked out on the GW 5 Three tries at the line finally sent Pete Potter over from the one GW which completed 11 of 26 passes took to -the air in the second quarter moving once to the Virginia 29 before giving up the ball On the next GW series Fox missed three straight and after two Inesmpletions on the following group finally connected from his own 21-yard line with Rlchi" Gaskell behind Bailey for a 79-yard scoring play Joe Niedbala made a desperation dive for the fleet end at the 10 but got nothing but grass stain The teams exchanged interceptions until the half After Virginia punted out following the second-half kickoff GW started the same pattern again with some help from CSem-niecki who raced around right end at midfield dodged Niedbala and finally was dragged down on the Virginia six After a 15-yard penalty against the Colonials Strum hit Gaskell for their 21-yard score Dick Gaspari whose kicks beat VMI 14-13 missed this one but GW still held a 13-12 edge Bailey's Revenge Bailey whose defensive territory had been invaded by Gaskell took a bit of revenge as he faded back from his own 49-yard line and sighted Moyer cutting across the GW 25 Moyer took the pass on the side line and started down as Ciemnlecki missed the tackle at the 15 and Strum could do no better at the 10 The score came with four and a half minutes left in the third quarter The Cavaliers truly a hungry bunch after opening losses to Virginia Tech and South Carolina had not quite satisfied their appetite Bailey started this one too pulling In a Fox pass which tipped a GW fingers on the Colonial 41 Back to pass the Highland Springs youngster skirted right end for 12 yards to the 29-yard line Line smashes by Strempek and a 10-yard run VMI Blanks The Citadel By 14 to 0 CHARLESTON Oct 10 tW Virginia Military Institute sparked by the running of Johnny Mapp and Charlie Lavery spoiled The homecoming celebration herd today with a 14-0 victory over the Bulldogs Mapp who leads the Southern Conference In scoring with 36 points got oft the longest run a 52-yard touchdown Jaunt in the first period and rolled up an Impressive 116 yards by himself Lavery a sub halfback reeled off several gains of more than 20 yards and was a thorn In the Bulldogs side all afternoon The Citadel while threatening several times never was able to advance closer than the VMI 24-yard line Mapp brought the crowd of 5500 to its feet early in the game when he took a pitch-out eluded two tacklers at the line of scrimmage cut to the right-side line and scooted to pay dirt unmolested Second Score VMI tallied again in the third period after Lavery rumbled 29 yards to the Citadel 17 An unnecessary roughness penalty against the Bulldogs one of many against them during the afternoon put the ball on the two and Quarterback Dave Woolwine went over on the next play His placements after both touchdowns completed the scoring The contest was marred by numerous penalties with The Cita del receiving most of them Twice the penalties halted potential Bulldog touchdown drives and another set up the final Keydet tally About the only bright spot in The offensive picture was the fine running of Halfback Ray Allen White used sparingly he was the only consistent gainer the Bulldogs had Mapp Goes 48 Yard VMI took the opening kickoff and marched from its own 12 to The nine but an offside penalty and a stiffening Bulldog line forced the Keydet to relinquish on downs on the 12 The Citadel got nowhere and kicked to the VMI 48 On the first play Mapp took a pitchout from Woolwine cut to the right aide-line and was off to the races Woolwine added a point in placement The Citadel appeared to have a drive under way when the first period ended They moved from Continued on Page 4 Column 8 Continued on Page 5 Column 1 Faloney Leads Maryland Through Georgia 40-13 ago to be one of the heroes of the Blue Devil triumph against Tennessee Barger passed 56 yards to End Howard Pitt to set up a Duke second-quarter touchdown which matched a Purdue first period score He fired a 50-yard shot to Halfback Red Smith for a touchdown early in the fourth quarter and then after the Boilermakers had stormed to a 14-14 tie Barger it was who maneuvered the Dukes swiftly and relentlessly towards the touchdown Seven Big Play Duke advanced from its 34 to the seven in nine plays all of them on the ground and all of them marked by driving runnig Then it was Barger's turn He faked a handoff to' Fullback Jack Kistler then swung smartly to the right Barger was within a step or two of the goal line before a Purdue defender made a pass at him Sophomore Daly Boyd missed the extra point Duke kicked off and Purdue in a mood for a desperation play saw Barger rate more time The Boilermakers put the ball in play on their 26 with time for one more play It was of course long pass a something which had kept Duke looking nervously to" its air defenses all afternoon Quarterback Roy Evans pitched one deep The pass was intended for End John Barger standing in at quarterback for the Injured Worth Lutz made the payoff play to win a race against time and to keep the Blue Devils eighth ranking team In this coast-to-coast hit parade undefeated and untied It was a day of stirring triumph for Barger a chunky 174-pounder from Salisbury CL who lost the No 1 quarterbacking job to Lutz early last season and then reclaimed it 30 days ondary almost into nibble in the first half with 11 completions in 16 attempts and 153 yards gained through the air had three passes back fire into interceptions in the third quarter one for a Maryland touchdown and the other two hellring to set up Terrapin scores Maryland cruising to its fourth straight victory without defeat racked up second half touchdowns on interception a 12-yard smash by Chet Hanulak and a fancy Dick Bielski-to-Ed Vereb lateral pass play covering 11 yards That last Continued on Page 3 Column 3 MORGANTOWN VA Oct 10 IB West Virginia University cashed in on fumbles for three of its six touchdowns today in scoring a 40-14 victory over a stubborn Washington and Lee football team A 55-yard sustained drive a 30-j'ard run by Substitute Halfback Bob Moss and 22-yard jaunt by Center Chick Donaldson with an intercepted pas yielded the other three West Virginia touchdowns A crowd of 14000 saw the Mountaineers defeat their first Southern Conference opponent of the season It was West third straight triumph The outclassed Generals used passes for their big j-ardage chunks in a 68-yard drive for one touchdown in the second period An aerial from Halfbark Bill Sargent to End Jack Hare for six yards was the touchdown jriay A 47-yard touchdown run by Sargent on a pitchout from Quarterback John Shively climaxed an 80-yard drive in the third period covered the entire distance cm the ground Unsuccessful on the ground began passing after' the ifext kickoff The Generals moved into West Virginia ter ritory for the first time early in the second period Quarterback Joe Lindsey com pleted tosses to Halfback Carl Bolt for 33 yards and to End ITfiUCIIBOM 4 -J -i MM as i Continued on Page 4 Column 7 Jack Hare for 15 yards as the Generals advanced from their 32 to the West Virginia six In eight plays Then Sargent passed to Hare for the first touchdown Another fumble set up West third tally Left Tackle Bruce Bosley broke through and smeared Halfback Eddie Landis who was trying to pass Landis fumbled and Bosley recovered on the 19 Halfback Carl Norman carried twice to a first down on the nine and a penalty moved the ball to the five Wyant scored from there on the next play 30-yard touchdown ran the first time he carried the ball added another West Virginia touchdown and made the score 27-7 at the half The attack worked smoothly against the Mountaineer second string on an 80-yard thrust that produced the visitors second touchdown in the third period A 10-yard ran by Sargent and a 16-yard gain by Bolt around right end moved the Generals to their 46 Fullback pro Barrel-Iona picked up seven through the line Sargent Set Sill Then Sargent took the right end route on his 47-yard touchdown nm West Virginia was unable to mount another successful attack until the fourth period Then with the first string back in the game the Mountaineers capitalized on a fumble for a touchdown Center Bob Orders recovered fumble on the 21 Stone Norman Wyant and Fullback Tommy Allman battled to the four in four plays Norman went off tackle from there for the touchdown West Virginia muffed ore touchdown opportunity before Donaldson end-4 the scoring by Intercepting a pass from Sargent and raring 22 jards to the goal The scoring ha nee which misfired came when West Virginia's Frank Fed-rovirch a guard recovered fumUe on the seven On the next play Mountaineer Fullback Danny Williams fumbled and Tackle Harold Brooks recovered to regain the ball for Stone made an unsuccessful attempt early in the fourth period to boot a field goal from the 35 after a drite had stalled on the Generals' 26 West Virginia had the best of it in ground gaic-d statistics picking up 292 yards rushing for 1 154 for It was closer la the air where et Virgin- gained A9 yard azunst 60 foe I the Generals Each team pleted four pas-es 1 Talcing possession on its 45 on a punt West Virginia went to the 11 on the next Continued a Page 4 Column COLLEGE PARK MD Oct 10 (UP) Maryland marched through Georgia 40-13 today on a touchdown route paved by the brilliant running passing and kicking of Quarterback Bemie Faloney The Maryland magician scoring twice himself and running the devastating split-T attack with magnificent precision outperformed the great Zeke Bratkowski whose passing kept Georgia In the game for only the first half Faloney got the Bulldogs In the hole early in the game with a magnificent punt that rolled dead on the Georgia two Before the first half- ended he had passed to Bill Walker and Dick Nolan for two touchdowns and ripped over himself on a sneak from the one With Georgia trailing only by eight points as the second half opened Faloney broke the Bulldogs back by picking off a Bratkowski pass on the third play of the quarter and steaming 35 yards down the sidelines for a score Before the Mack-haired Faloney left the game midway through the third quarter he completed seven out of 10 passes for 148 -yards and had one 12-yard touchdown thrust and a 51-yard jaunt on a keep play called back on penalties All Georgia could muster was Bratkowski's passes and The Brat gave it all he had He steered the Bulldogs 88 yards in the second quarter completing seven out of nine passes and clicking off Georgia's first six-pointer on a nine-yard pitch to John' Carson Just before the half ended the Bratkowski-to-Carson combination meshed gears again with four'-completions that swept Georgia to the Maryland three from where Jim Cam-pagna circled end for the score The Terrapins held to a 21-13 lead at half time exploded all over Byrd Stadium in the third quarter mainly by wrecking Bratkcswla passing The Brat who bombed the sec Football Results Abflrns Christian IQ Florida Stata 7 Stata 17 Davidson 7 Kontucky LSU' Appiachian 32 Lancir-Rkyna 4 CAST Pittsburgh 14 Nabraska Army 17 Dartmouth Tala is Columbia 7 Prlneaton Rutgsro 7 Rhedo Island IS Brown 13 MuWanbarg 20 Holy Cross 40 Navy IS Harvard IS Syracuaa SO Lehigh 17 Lafayette 7 Bueknatl Cornell Colgate 10 Fardham 13 Buffalo Penn Stats oaten 13 Nat Agriculture 17 Bkvn College 14 California 40 Pennsylvania Amherst IS Bowdoln Rochester it Union IN V) 7 Northeastern 4S Brando West Cheater TUwa 17 Delaware IS Colby SO Norwich 7 Trinity iCorml 7 Tufts 14 Serins fie Id so Massachusetts 7 Hiram 11 Grave City I Kings Point 24 RPI Carnegie Tch 27 John Hopkins Wirtiama 7 Middlebury 7 Bates Westminster 32 Bethany (W VaI Morgan SL 2S Lincoln i PaI 0 STATS VFI SI Illcttmtn 7 Virginia 24 Gaorgg Waadlngtan SO VMI 14 Tha Cltadat 0 Mamndan-Sydnay 14 Bndgawatar mary and Hanry SI 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Creger Virginia Tech halfback through the Richmond line for the second Gobbler touchdown in game at Blacksburg Trying to stop him are A1 Pecuch (44) Continued on Page 5 Column 3 7.