Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 16

to Meet Lehigh Rebels Will i 1 Over Dale By 2R 1 3 I tUl Strikeout by Habe HALIFAX Nov 4-(fi-The quiz ue Non read: many tlmea did Bahe Ruih ilrlke out In hi ra reer?" Aiwnuncer (Jerry lar in nf radio nation CJUI of answer In from a woman Lexington Today Timf'-rii'i'iMh 5rfwfi inly oi in limine it lat im Unit Kins at quarterback: LEXINGTON' N'iv I--VMI A mill mH rh nf Injurie hut the man who rnuld have which pli erotnwn at ami Ihe lack nf a takr-rhaige iruviilcd the answer ai Yale1 a(ins "Vho? Xtla Wilfcn Klel-I enieilanw H'hat nuaitfiliarkaif auppnaeilThal'a Pill l-ecknnhy'Mr the niw limn S( a larlety rluitms one you etrr hear of No" nine Hie reply pot from falifaaH for (tie lady: Pat Ruth a a ball player in New York and Hie reeord liuk lie tniek mil LIU) time Ill'll Ions earner Itv Jerry I Jnilipiist I Itiiusla Kieeman ruptured a 'tn-lni lal ntshl and perhap nlleied a ln to leave the ItrU'l with mined emotion in 'their daikhorae bid for the jlVnlrnl dial i lei iliampinnuhlp Kn naite to a 2M-M devlnlmi lover Tboma lliile Ml (Tiealer lli Reli ot llie aertlee of ro-eiplam nueky (I'ilrhiiid Iheir aM ifleat iMi and main outaide HireatThe Intury to til rlshl -les iMiur on Hie elshlh play of the kenuid half when llie lVl-j iiiind halfbai'k die Cnie': ileiidiiis riolier with tkl anli jin II rnrrlea drove off tnrkle In a fourth down nnd three att- lint I Ion lie wm met hend-nn and I felled after a two-yard pickup I 17ie extent of the damase waa innt Immedialely determined but! It wna nmaidered erliHi enough for the 3-10 senior to le carried off on a stretcher ami taken to hospital It later lrarnrd In he suffered A revere muele In llnen lieie SMltudiiv a III It iropt'iiaiMe for the Fngl ami I eiine liial even me un neeia' iunp VMI akipier Jnlin MfKrima1 iiaiial titan plilne a home I Irkmihy intmg pliUl mld-wrel gdiiii on amut'ltml)' rlae'a home iiIi John lluhlrll nl tniira feel In rluh I iedy In Iield 1 Ttie Kciili'U imiri'iiaitiiii'il to imnj aie mt in a lair iNiiincehiick hilt' atlrr Itavine liteir II game umlifiirl rep- Old liial week lit Mem-I file Sidle I wiia otiiy liteir 1 1 it i it na in the pnat f'tur Not I lie ir-rord-lni'Aing liuurter occurred lat week Mme due beginning at 2 VMI quill trrhurk Howard' l-r nerd niily 22 vuU in to-tal olTenae and hi yrad In to break a pair ol ame'-e-arHMin Southern Con I or enee reeord The Key del are favored MX point over Ichlgh a team' wlurh uNired 121 point In win! it Aral three same and J6 etkiiMid He' iliilird I ion Kern In fullback to ndd limie minplr tn the nintiing altii'k Thai 'site I lie Keydyt a quick -li ik-j Ins threesome In lm -k lip liter' piams Kern John T'uyiituuii mid Simn 'e all li'iii'kinen While VMI depend on terd ladtish ileieiid nil ball-eontrol and Hitter It clue! threat la hnlltmi'k lloil Tntlor a 2nVpmmd ttoikhnrae Full-hark Went line nf 17 senior on the Miid I te Carded a a rapnlile slmrly aid- ase runner The Same Tran The Knsineer have alnmlit the same team a the one which' tmwed to the Keydet 7d Ial SiltiirdilVi Nov 5 lMfiO year on a muddy Held It TO Seeks Third VTn At Citadel Pv firrint Cnnripnlrnt CIIARIASTOV Nov 1 William nd Mary I Riven tiel rhame In thiee week reiiimlns to ttie win rolumn when It pliv The Citadel Smithem Conferenee fmt ln II nrtile ktarlrd off like a whirlwind' inniest here Saturday nlsht A erowd or ii 'with vlctorie over I'elaware Tlie Indian who have tnan run it wlnnlnc mrraK (271 It Colsate 30-22 1 and dropped their last four cmne I fftli over-all nvunt to o-l iUedysliurc 113-21 1 A ll-Ovvill lie underdns fiir their jh dwtrici loc to 5-1 nd uprt hy Tuft chirked the tin- fourth same in a row hut IhisAown the Mrrleh In it title Rineer momentum and liack- time the oihla asalnst them are fftiekf with threo touch test to-hark Iossmi to Rutger (S-Oi nmHi narrower only four 'starling next week wilh Lane and Burknell (lR-til followed noin'a jin Charlottesville llie Knlsht TTu I Parent' Pay at VMI ('ruslilns Pefeat oiitrushed 2S1-131 put their onp reason McKrnna feel hi ovM xrthvk to Furman palnR Rame via Wayne jdub will he on ita l't brhav lor pircedcd rnishins defeat at Keenan' aerial to Use for a Oddly the Key (let haven't been handa of Virginia Treh exactly anuishinR In re: 127-tM Hrlda State (22-0) 107-67 rdee in drowuns Iheir -rrw AMTitofMM I II Knd lloli CooIlNitigh (M) Tackled After Taking laaa for Klglit-Yard Oain (ieorge Washington Hnlfbnck John Carncclolo (21) Makes Stop In First Period Colonials Defeat Spiders by 160 SP0RTV1EW Hv CliamuTv Dunlcn at Tiines-DisfMtch Storli Editor Conlinued on race 16 Col 2 year followinR losses nieirj Tulane tld-Rt but the The Reil Blnik Slorv 116-same undefeated trine WHv Trite I snapped in 10VI hy The Citadel xj land a season-ending los to hart and Winston New lorn tn pp Rinia Tech follmved Last of the 1910 Army-Notre Pxme football znm whieh Bftep thl 1nnJ thark to on a muddy field and was won i-6 hv the Hist VMI could Ret no Have To Tay The Price and Winston New York 410 pp 191 1 Fail Ixu'k and a season-emling loss to ir- uiinki HX-iinsi still a hn -3 overall feel it'll 1 rmTn 4 ji this week iThu do I iwm bm iir If( nmtM emrSir Hi sum Indians who nNiii Bowman a ix tackia: at hopes ot won't (l tlchto 18 Col 1 asses for Pair In SoutlicrnConfcrcnccTilt 4th-Ranhed Plays Duke Today Ity Koseoe Puckett Timr-Dipatch Sports Writer WASHINGTON Nov 4 With offensive-defensive star Earl Stoudt out of action Richmond's Spiders weren't very stout either on defense or offense here IN HIS i Holt Rinehart Ulaik wrote was played of Knute Rorkne' teams: thn a lie with the Rifted (Marchie) Schwartz broke loose off our'iHixt time out (Army's) left tackle and ran 46 yard throtich the messy field for a touchdown and (Frank) Carideo converted On a dry I trpr oiiv 4 field we micht have headed off Schw-artz Yet on a dry field I I Hi LJAI Notre Pame micht have scored long before To paraphrase an old saying on the road to a losing coreboard both Rutters are pa vei with Ah yes the the might-have-beens and the Ifw which play such a tremendous part In these our lives and In history The little things w-hich turn Into momentous happenings through "amazing deviations wrought by chance" The classic example is that of William the Conqueror the hastard Puke who took Fngland for his own kingdom and shaped the world even as we know it today On a sunny morning 933 year ago Robert Puke of Normandy was traveling with his retinue on a dusty road In Kataise A the Duke's retinue reached a turn in the road the ruler they called Robert le Diahle spied Arietta the tanner's ilr 'nd' hack Bnhhy Waters MU owr hor -hub In th frant yrt of to Ontooltorm in Its class The Piiadel 1 ne vnaiiri However the are entertaining even season Continued on Page Thomas Jefferson George Wythe Hy rhil Homer and once on an end Thomas Jefferson cored inrrrrPinn bv Jcff last night then vn rwo otnrr ina Bit The Associated rrrsi Outsider Navy tests Duke's Atlantic Coast Conference lead- Friday night as they were shut out 16-0 by George Durha linn State matches iti air Defeats hy 14 to 6 power against that of Wake Forest at Winston-Salem in today's hrad- Washington's coming Colonials The Colonials grabbed an early lead on Warren Corbin's first -quarter field goal and Iced their third 7ombail teams Southern Conference victory of the season with third North Carolina plays at demand fourth-period touchdowns son In the only other con'erencc zone pass Art half In enemy territory defensive without scoring before a jubilant homecoming anothPr rvi through Ihe air Irh Mao land I nt Penn The game marked a return to crowd of 60(10 jtth the Chlonlals touch- n(l Smith Carolina plays came on passes with' Louisiana State in a night for Booth who earlier The wonder is GW nirv 1-3-1 jdmvns half had boon moved up to strength- overall run up a hieher q1Ia rt rrtvck nil! Hardy pitch- game Virginia has an open date Cnnerri-jm a small line He played the score as it rlpid Ihe Spiders inR WVPn yan1 to end Andy Wlin srn I'Utviit nn Ihn ffwvltn1 and for yard nn the ground and An estimated 2000 saw the South Sider played the line on defense 1 1 CuhL CMom ftlaiuJ tkaH'HA mi JofoniBi tanner's hut In leaning over her tub Arietta exposed a well- on dow turned and rosy ankle which caught the and Taney oT held George wytne to one in tne lL Robert le Diable He ordered his retinue to continue apace while he rtis mounted from his charger and approached Arietta At closer Rdme inspection the Puke found Arietta even more enticing And Strangely the opening day so-history was made inf the night proved crucial Now had any one of many conditions prevailed other than Second-line quarterback Jimmy ythe the lhp w'a' nPPcI on dwns 14-6 -t City Sta- lhc TwJny 4n- Midlothian Wins District Title By Trouncing Fluvanna 34-6 Pulling caught the kickoff at! his 13-yard line and returned --J Gjda jn tjc thirrl stanza and four yards to halfback Lou Desimone in the fourth Returns to Richmond trying to unpackage an offense that would offset the loss of the hard-running Stoudt dusted off Its old attack at times employing three fullbacks at the same time But if the Colonials were taken by surprise they certainly didn't take long in ad justing their defenses The Spiders who lost their other first unit halfback Art D'Arrign to a third quarter- Fourth-ranked Navy winner of seven games this year and 10 in a row since Isle last season shapes up as the severest test to date for the surprising Duke Blue Devils Duke with a 5-1 record is 13th in this week's Associated Press poll Bowl game scouts will be among the expected crowd of 40000 as both teams have stirred the interest of the postseason game operators Coach Bill Murray has sent six teams against the Middies in his nine previous seasons at injury carved out just 49 yards Duke nd hnx ypt to wj rushing and were held to 112(tipj( anrt two Navy through the air ihnxe been his lot The lat three the one that did at the time the Puke made the turn in the road who knows? Had it been a rainy day Arietta would not have been washing If Me had been washing In the hack it 73 yards to the George IVyt he! yard rather than in the front yard the Duke would not have 12 before Wythe's Ronnie Bell! seen her Had she not been leaning over her tub at the moment could bring him down Robert spied her that pretty ankle would not have been ex- Three plays later Tecjay had CARYSBROOK Nov Bob posed Any one of many "mights" would have prevented the Its first on fullbackiq Midlothian to Duke's dalliance with Arietta Ed Garthright's three-yard rush Gro District 2 football No dalliance no IVilliam the Conqueror No William the The other two TDs bfth'chamnlonhin here Fridav artor-Conqueror no commingling of the Norman and Anglo-Saxon jeame on long runs from crim-i pi nassino blood No mixture of Norman and Anglo-Saxon blood no mage Magill moved the British Empire No British Empire no you no I no Kennedy- 'Jeff lead to 14-0 in the second rBiwtl-m TwHan m--Wna VBrH Nixon election quarter taking the ball I period when Schweickert raced The Trojans marched 39 yards The tackle cut tine to hi left nkirt-i nevr trailed 13 yards after breaking throughjwith' James Bland plunging 1 ing the secondary and racing 8 i ariertakinsthe opening kickoff' the line on a quarterback sneak across from the two 'yards far the score from his and marchin" 59 'ards in fivp The play climaxed a 50-yard Tw0 big plays gave the Fly'S 16 playn far a touchdown Flu- drive in which Schweickert ran in hpir on A Most Peculiar Circumstance NOW FOR A "MIGHT' and if in Earl Blaik's life Richmond's only serious first-half scoring threat fell hy the wayside with two incomplete passes from the GW 15 and after intermission the Spiders' attack sputtered ax they lost three fumbles It was their second straight whitewashing and the setback left them with a 1-4-1 conference mark and 1-5-1 over-all Taking the opening kickoff on a counter play for 38 yards to the Midlothian 35 Following a four-yard loss quarterback Keith Denhy passed to Carter Morris on a touchdown play good for 39 yards back Newky West small butrtthe Hucoa far hc- no sluggard scored on a 60-yard sprint outracing the TJ safety Magill besides rolling up the longest run of the night added mark Fluvanna lost its first sive standout along with Trojans' Doug Rodgers James Clay Twice the quarterback pullpd down Fluvanna runners following long gains In the fourth period he intercepted a Fluvanna pass and returned it 88 yards for a TD Bill Kincaid set up the first touchdown of the fourth period when he recovered a fumble on the Fluvanna 33 Ihp Mnd Midlothian Fluvanna games the teams played resulted in deadlocks Finest Two of the nation's finest pHssers match arms at Winston Salem North Carolina State hax the No 5 ranking man In quarterback Roman Gabriel and Wake Forest mill counter with Norman Snead No 9 in the NCAA major college standings this week Gabriel has completed 72 of 128 passe for 834 yards ij66 completions In 138 attempts 7 have netted 76-4 yards State's 3-1 ACC record is second hpst in the conference buck of Duke's 4-0 Wake Forest a pre-season tide favorite is 2-2 and a loss to Stale would eliminate the Deacons from the race Clomson and North Carolina Continued on Page 18 CoL 7 district game in four starts and is now 3-4 overall Schweickert's touchdown pass put Midlothian ahead to stay both extrai points with his placements The Wythe point try was missed when Buddy running try was stopped short Richmond George Washington 1 Midlothian aeorlng: Touchdown! Schwolckirt 1 (15 quarterback anaak II pail Intarcaptlonli Kirtlcy 111 paaa from Schweickert Martin 1 plunge) Bland (1 plunge) Conversions Martin 4 (placements) Fluvanna acorlngi Touchdown Morns (If pass from Donby) small slanding army After all we had won the WRr that made the safe far democracy" had won fie war that was to put an end to war forever Who needed soldiers and officers? First the enlisted men and noneoms were offered a year's pay to resign Then the offer was extended to officers Blatk wanted a military career but where was it? Disgusted he resigned His resignation was turned down all the way up to the Secretary of War but accepted by that Cabinet member On March 17 1922 Blaik arrived at his home town of Day-ton Ohio The fallowing day he received a letter which had been forwarded from Fort Bliss The letter was from Gen Douglas MacArthur who when superintendent nf West Point had been cadet benefactor counsellor and Idol MacArthur who had been assigned to the Philippines wanted Blaik to go with him as his aide letter had been written and mailed on Marrh Blaik recalls In his autobiography "and had reached Bliss Ihe same day I left If the general had written It a day parlier I would have withdrawn my resignation and stayed in the army No matter what the size of the army nr the philosophy of Congress as to the possibility of any future wars I knew that where MacArthur waa the days would not be dull If I had become MacArthur's aide and stayed in service I never would have become a football coach as I have always held in highest respect the career of a soldier" If MacArthur had written and mailed that letter one day earlier Earl Blaik unquestionably would have become one Continued on Page 18 Col 4 FO Corbin Guide 7 pm from Hardy (Cor bln kick) Deelmono 4 paia from Hardy (paaa failed) Stalistirs Richmond Flret downi Ruahing yerdaqa 40 Paeeing yardage Ill Paaaee Z14-M Paaaea Intercepted 1 Punta 1-11 Fumblea loet I Yard! penaliied JI Despite clear weather and aThe aerial went to end Billy solid turf fumbles dulled theKirtley who took it on the action Thomas Jefferson had four of them recovered by George three in the first half In the AM two periods i George Wythe had four chances to score go for naught Twice the Chancellors were 15 yards away and were stopped once a ground attack that stalled Continued on Page 17 Col 3 -14 Thomao Jefferson Georgo Wythe Blue Devils Humble John Marshall 39-0 Thomao Jofforoon acorlng Touch-downn Garthrlght (4 rum Mamill (M run) convaralonai Magill I (placements) George Wytha Touchdowns: West Itt run) VPI Shooting for 5th in Roiv Against Davidson at Blacksburg By T-D Sports Writer I twice in two years both times BLACKSBURG Nov over Catawba High-riding Virginia Tech I Moseley possibly fearing some raced 50-yards for the fourth Hopewell score McGuire added the conversion as the half ended Minutes after (he second half opened Hopewell intercepted a Phil Hill pass only to fumble on the next play allowing the Justices to move to the Blue Devil 31-yard line the deepest JM penetration in the game The third quarter Hopewell score came when Hughes blocked a JM pitchout recovered end raced for the TD Midway in the fourth quarter Toner took a JM kick 48-yards to the six Billy Sol-yan spent two down moving the ball to the two After utilizing the third down inching the ball another yard Sloyan plunged over on the fourth for the Anal tally and the Blue Devils evened its season record at 4-4 complacency and partly because some standouts deserve a rest will have six new starters in his Tech lineup There will be a completely new backAeld with Elmer Reed at quarter-back Johnny Watkins and Buddy Perry at the halves and Warren Muccaroni at fullback Reed starts because Warren Price hn a minor muscle pull in his left arm Up-front the its fifth consecu-is suppose! to be the score here Saturday against lowly Davidson If that's so Tech may request a shutout The Gobblers haven't been scored 'upon yet in the Southern Conference while blanking West Virginia William Mary Richmond With the anticipated triumph and Special to The Times-Dispatch HOPEWELL Nov 4-Hope-well won its third straight game Friday night with a 39-0 pounding of John Marshall on the winners' home field Fullback Lynn Ackerman teamed up with Donnie McGuire to halt the Justices attempt to pick up Its first win of the season A scoreless first quarter ended with the winners recovering a JM fumble and inarching to the latter's five-yard line McGuire plunged over for the game's first TD to open a 27-point Blue Devil second quarter The winners followed by blocking a fourth down JM kick on the 12-yard line Ackerman passed to Charles Hughes for the conversion The Hopewell kick was brought up to the JM 25 and fumbled on the npxt play with a Blue Devil recovery Six plays later Ackerman scooted two-yards off tackle for the score The scoring spree was not stopped until after Ackerman took Toner late in the period and'i 15-yard pass from Cliff: clubs running into scheduling problems elsewhere found they needed an additional game this season and got together Davidson if nothing else should be ready The Wildcats have played only once in the past three weeks losing to Richmond 35-6 heat the Spiders 20-0 last Saturday Top Wildcat threat is halfback Boh Cordle a 155-pound soph who has good speed The QB also is a soph Kent Tucker In something of a statistical oddity Davidson top-rated In the SC in total defense because Davidson in throe non-league games yielded only one touchdown apiece to Catawba Wofford and Presbyterian The last two however were 6-0 losses In SC competition The Citadel heat Davidson 21-15 and of course there was that Tech would moe in the SC newcomers are guard Jim Paine title chase a half-length ahead' (for Duncan Ilolsclaw) andeen-of VMI which is playing out- ter Rickey Tolley tfor Charlie side the conference Both haveillines) 3-0 league marks I Davidson has beaten Tech The oddsmakers figure David-'only twice in 13 meetings the son has about one chance in 25 last coming in 1951 (Moseley's of defeating the chance first year) by a 32-29 margin Frank Moseley gives 'em TheiTcch got its revenge the fnl-jldcats hne lot their last lowing season 27-11 and then Hopewell 417 4 J- selT mwl last game at Chester Douglas Freeman backs Dave Fahy (11) and Tom Ranson (32) dose in to help bring him down NINE YARDS OVERHEAD Thomas Dale end Ilcrishaw plucks a pass from the air for a nine-yard gain in the first period of Hopewell Ack-ennen 1 (1 -off tackle 44 paea frnin Toner) Hughee 1 (M pees from Gulre (J recovered pitchout): Me Quire (I and run) Solyan (1 ell Ua) Convaralonai McGuire sum Rfd tit wim Nolh35-6 Richmond affair.