Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 77

o' Sports foal Estate Industry Section Section Markets Obituaries Classified Richmond 11 Virginia Sunday September 36 1W8 Flattens Texas 34 to 7 Va Tied Terps Win I otre Dame 28 I Duke Purdue 27 I State rc' 1 1 01 Army 28 I California 21 1 Fayom 0 VIHanova 01 Xavy 71 Granby 12 I 14 I Wash 0 I Davidson 8 Va Tech rM ru 1 1 13 1 Fnrmnn 10 wi rc i I pi i Ptr Pm Pm 5 Sox Pound Yanks 7 to 2 Tribe Trips Tigers 9-to 3 to O' New Yorkers Lose Share Of League Leadership BosloiTa Kramer Allows Seven Hits Moses Bags Two Hils One Homer NEW YORK Sept 2V-iPi- llnilinin Jack Kramer rased the first place traffic jam in the Aitirriron League today when he elbowed New York out of a triple tie with a 7-2 virtory that Rave the Red Sox half the leadership Cleveland The 3R-year-old right-hander was in complete charge most or the way Not a hall was hit In the niitrield until the sixth and only even Ventured into that foreign territory during an afternoon of heartbreak for 65607 Yankee customers Kramer an itinerant spaghetti urn Ititil Justice Pilots Carolina Open ing-Day iclory Glioo CIioo Passes Twice for Scores Himself in Longhorn Rout By Cliaiincey Durden Timee-DispatcH Sports Editor CHAPEL I1ILL Sept North Carolina's mighty Tarheels lived up to their presttasnn reputation as the Smith's football powerhouse this afternoon by brushing aside Texas' tall but not too terrific longhorns 34 to 7 The Texans 34-0 victors over the Tar Heels at Austin a year ago were favored over North Carolina on the basis of last week's one-sided triumph over Louisiana State but the Tarheels quickly cut them down to size this bright sunny day Less than four minutes after the first kickoff Choo Choo Charlie Justice whipped a pass to End Art Weiner for Carolina! first score A minute later the same Justice wriggled over for a second Tarheel six-pointer Before the first period was over the same Justice lad stopped cold last year by Texas tossed a pass to Bob Cox for a third Carolina touchdown Whereupon the Texans riding on the passing arm of T-Quartef-hack Paul Campbell struck quickly for a touchdown The score coming on Campbell's long down-the-een- Detroit Gets Seven Hits Off Bearden DETROIT Sept 25 -W Gene Rear den the pitcher the New York Yankees gave up two years ago kept the Cleveland Indians In a tie with Boston for the American League lead today when they whipped the Bnmxiiea In their hark yard 7-2 Bearden limited the TirA to even hits In registering hifwv entrenth victory against onljfc seven defeats in hia first tuflr season In the major league JMP was is third straight against Jetroit without a setback A purple heart Navjfc Bearden was discard Meran the talesman from New Orleans who along with three other St Louis Brownies brought a tout $-100000 on the open market last Winter had his stuff en route to his seventeenth win Jaek allowed only seven hits struck nut six and passed four as he picked his methodical wav down the Yankee hatting order Mnwes Baits Yanks A grav-haired old galTer named Wally Moses who relehrales his thirty-seventh birthday in a couple of weeks continued his ehnsen role of Yankee-baiter with two hits and three runs one his second homer of the season It came off Bob Porterfield shortly after he replared starter and loser Allie Reynolds in the sixth Apparently the shock of reaching first place yesterday for the first time since opening day was too much for the home aide The Yanks quickly chilled the big crowd that helped set a new Yankee Stadium season record of 2312451 by yielding two gift runs in the first inning The 'folks stopped flapping for Charles Keller whose day It was when Boston upped with a couple of runs Actually they never stopped adding another in the third two more in the fourth homer in the sixth and another score in the eighth on a balk Yank Infield Itelpa Box A walk to pesky Johnny Pesky got Reynolds in trouble land the Yank infield did the rest Ted Williams roller to first base was picked up and heaved low to second by Tom I (enrich who was trying for a force That was error No 1 Then Vcrn Stephens smashed to Third Baseman Bobby Brown who forgot to catch the hall before he made his play As the hall squirted to left Pesky scored SUB nwt br 01M1 Miami's Mel Olix Gets Deadlock From a Virginia Lineman But the Redskin Plunged Over in the Second Quarter Sun Bowl Champions Came From Behind Twice to Battle Cavaliers to a 14-14 Standoff Before Over 15000 felt he Yankees because Hangs 14-6 Defeat On Davidson Virginia Ties Miami In 14-14 Standoff By Billy Anderson Times-Dispatch Sportt Writer SCOTT STADIUM CHARLOTTESVILLE Sept The University of Virginia's Cavaliers made their 1948 debut today before over 15000 spectators and were hard pressed in battling to a 14-14 standoff with Miami University of Oxford Ohio Sun Bowl champions Coach Art Guepe's team fought a gallant game but the Redskins of Coach George Blackburn not only matched the Cavaliers in never-quit stubbornness but also on the scoreboard Virginia opened hostilities with' CHARLOTTE Sept William and smooth-working football squad holding bark for the clash with Wake Forest next week sailed to a 14-to-6 win over Davidson tonight with the reserves carrying the action after the first period Some 10000 chilled fans watched the William and Mary workout The third team brought Into ter pass to the End Ben Proctor six-foot-three-inch sophomore All that scoring concentrated in the very first period Thereafter until midway of the fourth quarter the game settled down to a dogged defensive battle The going was extremely rough with 15-yard penalties for illegal use of the hands numerous and debited to each team Interreptlon Counts Midway of the fourth period the Tarheels cashed in on an intercepted pass by Wingback Bill Flamish for a fourth touchdown with Justice circling his left end to score from two yards out An other intercepted pass this one by Sophomore Fred Sherman plus a 15-vard penalty assessed against the Texans when Tackle Ed Kelly a towering 225 -pounder hauled off and flattened 190-pound guard- Bill Wardle set up the Tarheels' final score Sophomore Billy Hayes Fullback Hosea Rodgers' substitute from Arlington crashing over from the one-yard line The startling victory disproved a belief held by some football observers that Coach Carl Snavely cannot get a squad ready for big game in early season The Tarheels were slightly more than terrific today The offensive op' eratives in Snavcly't two-team scheme of play were superb The defensive set of players had down to the proverbial defensive Playing a five and six-man line against the Longhorns Carolina bottled up Texas backs who seldom had a chance to run The attack was restricted to Campbell's passing And even in the air the offensive was backfiring on them 13 pass completions of 33 passes attempted gave the Longhorns a respectable showing in the statistics table but' the statistics fail to tell the real story of a contest that was one-sided from he first time Justice and company got their hands on the bell Blocks Deadly After Texas had received and failed to gain Justice took matters quickly into his own hands by taking long punt and bringing it back 39 yards to the Texas 41 The blocking of the Tarheels on the run was beautiful and ail but deadly and an indication of what was in store for the Longhorns In just three plays'the Tarheels scored from the 41 and the first of those plays was an lncompleted pass down the center slot from Justice and intended for Cox On the next play Carolina sent Rodgers far out to the left as a flanker Justice took the snap and started to his left but handed the ball to Wingback Johnny dements 165-pound junior from Crewe dements racing to the right behind a wall of interferers swept 21 yards to the 20-yard stripe before he was brought down Justice then passed to the left to Weiner the big end from Pennsylvania gathering in the ball about the eight-yard line shak- GW Blanks Tech 13-0 In Opener BLACKSBURG Sept CP-Sparked by a hard-charging line and the running of Freshman Andy Davis the George Washington Colonials upset Virginia Tech 13-0 in a Southern Conference tilt here today A seaspn-opener crowd of 11 000 in Miles Stadium saw the once-beaten Colonials completely outclass the Gobblers to spoil the coaching debut of Bob Me-Neish The Colonials singlp-wlng attack rolled up a total of 202 yards rushing The best the Gobblers could do working from a formation was a meager 27 yards net gain on the ground George Washington marked up its first touchdown midway of the second period Davie returned a Tbch punt to the Tech 46 to set up the tally Two plays later he rifled a pass that was intended for End Henry Bartellonf The ball bounced off fingertips as he leaped in tjie air and it was snatched before it hit the ground by Jim Kline who was downed on Tech's six Kline skirted left end for the score on the next play Colonials Strike Again The Colonials struck again in the third period After GW took possession on the 50 Davis reeled off gains ot 16 nine five and two yards as the Colonials powered to the Tech four-yard stripe in seven playm Davis smacked the line twice and Spangler once but the ball was still inches short of the goal On fourth down Spangler dove over center for the touchdown Davis who is going to college In his home town of Washington never broke loose for any sensational gallops but was the workhorse of the Colonial back-field He hit the line and skirted the ends for repeated gains a number of them good for 10 yards and more Playing in the tailback spot hedid all the Colonial passing Six out of 18 of his heaves were good for 107 yards Quarterback Bud Fisher handled most of the passing chores for the Gobblers who completed four out of 13 for a gain of 96 yards Fisher a sophomore from Bed-' ford Pa rifled a pass to End Otey Meriwether in the fourth period for a gain of 30 yards to the GW 36 On the next play however George battering-ram line ended any scoring ideas Tech may have had Substitute End Chuck Jones raced into the Tech backfield and smeared Fisher for a 12-yard loss as he tried When Bobby Doerr houneed to action in the closing minutes never would fully recover from his war injuries which nearly cost him hi life Gene spent two years in the hospital before he was able to walk A miracle operation which necessitated aluminum plates In his hesd and right knee saved hla life Fifteen Men In Order A partisan Tiger crowd of 30-0R7 paid fans had visions of a no-hitter for awhile as the 28- esr-old rookie southpaw retired the first IS men in order man Eddie Llpon worked tearden for a pass to open the rst Innin for Detroit hut was -asrd by a double play Therc-'tcr Bearden mowed the Tigers iwn like tenpins in a howling 'ey until George Vico opened tue last half of the sixth with a i histling iwo-hagger off the night-field screen The Indians supported Bearden with a 11-hit attack against five Ringers starting with Virgil Trucks the loser Lou Kretlow Art lloutteman Stuhhy Overmlre and Paul (Dizzy) Trout followrd in that order None escaped uinlshment Three of them Krrt-nw lloutteman nnd Overmire ere on the receiving end when lie Tribe wrapped up the game thefifth inning with five-run barrage on four hits three bases on halls and two Detroit errors TilinnTi bitwoitYa is a witrwn ir 4 1 1 i uew Eft ft fill ISm HHIItll Snti if I i IS 4 4 Minim if tttnar eMII SWalxflfM If 4 1 MMO ft I 1 fluill I 4 1 I I It I 1 IS 1 1 SaSiiMm 1 1 t4fSt Iva Trwln a I I I Si-mlao 1 dmiifiMt Orsmtfi mMIM 1 1rri 1MM Tram 9 1 Hurricane Upsets Byl0to7 By Walt Drewry Times-Dispatch Sports Writer LEXINGTON Sept Fur man's Purple Hurricane cashed in on a Washington and Lee fumble in the last two and half minutes of the season's opener for both teams before 6000 fans here this afternoon and trimmed the Generals 10-7 It was only fifth victory in the past three years but a sweet one for (Red) Smith a former coach at Hantpden-Sydnev and all-time Furman great making his debut as gridiron boss at the South Carolina school Leading 7-3 late in the final quarter Brian Bell usually a very dependable fellow fum bled -and Harry Biermann Fur man's alert 180-pound junior end from Bellmore pounced on the loose leather the Generals' 10-yard marker Two plays later Quarterback George Pruitt the Purple's passing whiz from Greenville who caused Coach "Pappy" Lewis' lads quite a great deal of concern with his tosses wept back to pitch once more Finding the defense scattered he decided to run instead and romped across- the goal line standing up Wingback Johnny Little booted the extra point from placement Furman Counts Yield Goal Furman had counted in the first period on a field goal by Little With the ball on the 18 Pruitt received the ball on the 28 pfaced it to the ground and Little sent it through the uprights from a 45-degree angle to give Furman a' brief 3-0 lead The Generals came back with a 58-yard touchdown march Bell returning the kickoff 30 yards to the 42 Quarterback Mike Boyda hit Bell with a pass good for 19 yards after Charley Continued on Page 4 Column 6 Terps Whip Richmond By 19-0 Count By Shelley Rolf The Lu Gambinoless University of Maryland football team at City Stadium last night opened its 1948 season with a dazzling display of ground power that meant a 19-0 victory over the University of Richmond in a Southern Conference game played before 10000 onlookers Completely outclassing the Spiders all the way the fast Old Liners collected touchdowns in the first third and fourth quarters without using too many of Coach Jim split tricks and without showing too much of the loss of the -bald-headed Gam-bino who was declared ineligible by the Southern Conference earlier this month In fact one of the fellows taking over for Lu Jim LaRue gave the crowd its biggest thrill with an 80-yard punt return early in the fourth quarter for the final Maryland touchdown The first Maryland score came late in the opening period after the Terps had fumbled away two earlier scoring opportunities and was produced on a 65-yard drive Vern Seibert finally went eight yards for the score after taking a handoff from Vic Turyn Taking A 6-0 lead into the intermission Continued on Page 5 Column 6 failed to stop a last-minute scoring drive however Both scores of the defending Southern Conference champs came on passes from Quarterback Tommy Kprczowski Davidson Helpless The Davidson offensive was held helpless until midway in the last period when the Wildcats drove from their own 15 to score on the last play of the game The mighty Tribe warmed up early in the game when Davidson Halfback Jake Wade Jr fumbled on a punt return on his own 40 and Fullback Jack Cloud recovered On the next play Korczowski looped a long forward to Right End Lou Hoitsma who snagged it on the seven and stepped over for the score Fullback Buddy Lex made good his placement Another Fumble Another Davidson fumble in the second period set up the second score Cloud grabbed the fumble of Left Halfback Carl Sheppard within the shadows of the Davidson goalposts On the next play Korczowski tossed 4o Left Half Henry Blanc for the score and Lex added the extra point Kramer Mnwi Brim Ill Minni TUn-hai 8 fttOYIP "all Oil til6 li'6 8t 1 the half William and Mary turned loose only five plays tonight as Coach Rube McCray guarded his power for the Wake Forest game In the last minutes Back Continued on Page 4 Column 3 ah-rhea ikrhaa TlMaaaki if 1 1 Ruaute aa 111 IVkr Sh mil Hmrirh lb 4 I 1 1 Williama 4 1 1 Rrnun lb 4 1 I A'nwn aa 1 A 4 IJIMMaaaia cf 4 I IMrrr lb 4 A A I terra tf 411 Miwi rf I 1 Kallar 4 fowl man Ik 1 I 1 a Niarhm I A A Tbbhaia a lull atlrmmM lb 1 I Kramar 4 1 lhMrQinnn 1 rmHii ib a a 8 4 a aRaunr 1 Rnnalita 1 aMapra 1 A fnMarnaM a rJnbnaaa I A A Starr a 1 William limlma Hrark-h Hnnm Siuuie: Kiaiurr tUrabra and 41nrlninn 1WI km Pmihln MlrawriM llrnimh and on hnm-lfctatiHi 4 Xrw lurk Mur na bail--Rnmtld 3 IHwirrflrld 1 Miair Hrmokh Ink mnliuN I'Orirrf ld I li flair la 1 II it br Hr Starr tG-md-mam Wild pilrli KrynoM Mart Im-ir( Rmwilda I'mplraa- Hnaim-I kmi rasamlls and Muauam 1:43 AifrndaKa AS4M paid IMib MM4SM Tnlatf JIIIITI iftiMli out far OtAarii te Stb iVhIiiI 11 SU in4I an aoi a snapqing verve which seemed to bode no good for the Ohioans and marched 62 yards for the 'first score a brilliant 26-yard run by Baraev Gill Norfolk speedster But with eight minutes left to go in the second quarter the Miami Braves took to the warpath for 38 yards in only eight plays with Mel Olix plowing through the middle from the one-foot line Taylor Tallies After the halftime intermission Virginia again rolled goalward the second time that it gained possession James Leavitt intercepted one of aerials on the Miemi 38 and ran the ball hack 10 yards Joe McCary and Johnny Papit carried up to the 16 from where McCary faking an end sweep rifled a pass to Floyd Tayloe open in the end zone However the Miamians undefeated in 11 starts were deter' mined to keep their unblemished record The Redskins required only half a dozen plays to march 66 yards for the game-tying touchdown a 24-vard pass from Olix to Captain Paul Shoults That was the ball game from the point of view but it was not the end of thrills for the majority of the fans who remained to the last play Statistically Miami Best Scrutiny of the statistics shows that Miami had the better of the going in all but one department runback of pass interceptions Here the Cavaliers with one gained 41 yards Miami although throwing up a sturdy defense against the Virginia aerials did not make a single interception The Redskins led in net yards rushing by 202 yards to 138 Black burn's basic T-formation plays with his own improvisations also outgained the Cavaliers by 122 yards to 67 on passes Miami madq good of 10 of 19 efforts Virginia on six of a dozen The punting was as close as the final score indicates too Miami kicked four times for an average of 348 Virginia punted five times for an average of 344 In the final analysis it was a great duel between two swift-striking corps of backs The invaders were sparked tv Captain Shoults Mel Olix and Sam Wip-ple The stout cause was carried ably by Quarterback Joe McCary Fullback Grover Jones and Halfback Johnny Papit Ralph Shoaf Absent Doubtless the Virginia offense suffered somewhat with the- absence of Ralph Shoaf converted halfback from fullback The sturdy Roanoke star who is Eastern Intercollegiate Light Heavyweight txpdng champion pulled a muscle in his left shoulder in a scrimmage Continued on Page 5 Column 3 TIm Main WarU i Sait RnuitiMU IpIiwi I ltnMa m4w Mu Out law Upna Tan-haw ha-TIcx Outlaw Kwlmi Thrn haw Hu-Ml! WaknfwM IVwhle Mili-fcall aahw Mi RaiMBwa: Uorrtna Houdrau aarl Rnhuarn: Titan Ltlma ami Vli-o Ml rsialiiMt 11 IwtrnM Sana halla Raardf 4 Trnrka Krrtlnw Otnmlra I Mnhanala Swiiks 4 Trurka 1 Tram 1 Off mark I a 111 Innme: Hmi'inuaa hi (ivilimt MU Tram 4 Si I luma': Kratlnw I Is Wwwilw I hi 1 1-1 Will law I mini Trsrka V-ilasaa amn Pawiwlln Marat Tinr-IU aaT Continued on Page 2 Column 2 Continued on Page 5 Column 5 Results of Yesterday's Contests Thomason's Passes Conduct Keydets to Victory Over Catawha in First Test by 28 to 6 Score STATE MMimend 0 Davldaon WAL 7 Amhsrst 1 RocfMotr A Holy Cross IS Oaorgctown 7 Gmtyabura tS Droaol 0 Lafayatta S3 Fordhom 14 Bucknoll Ib Alfred Ithaca (NYI 7 Bridgeport 0 Williama 14 T7 Norwich St Mlchaola 13 Vermont Wagnrr 14 Panccr 13 Dr vena S3 Quenrot (R I) NAS 0 Mauachuutta 7 Bates Lincoln 40 Army Cham Cantor I Md) 0 Clarkson 10 Champlain CoHapo 13 Slippery Rock 30 Westminster 0 Dickinson 13 Thiol 0 Franklin and Manhall 13 Lthlgh 13 Want Vlrplnia 34 I Wooster 4 Vo Union 10 Va St 7 Clarion Tchra 33 Choyncy Tchra 0 Fairmont State 10 Glcnvillo 7 uhlan barp 37 Boston 0 Pa Military Collage 13 Delaware 7 Davla and Elkina 32 Bethany 0 Suequehanna 13 CCNY 7 California iPa) It Edinbora (Pal 0 hipponaburg 7 Kutttewn 4 SOUTH Duka 0 North Carolina State 0 Georgia Tach 13 Vanderbilt 0 North Carolina 34 Ttxaa 7 Lenoir Rhyte S4 teat Carolina Tchra Kan lucky Xavtor 7 Bradley 14 were is Tampa 13 -Union 4 Kentucky State 01 Fort Knee 7 Memphis State 13 Louisville 7 Tonn Poly InoL 2S Canon Newman 7 Goerglo 14 Chattanooga 7 Penn Military 13 Data wan 7 Mleaieaippl 14 Florida Clemaon 53 Presbyterian Mleaieaippl State 31 Tenneaeeo 0 College 14 Delaware State 0 Tulane -Alabama 14 Wilbert oree 13- Carolina A AT 7 MIDWEST Hiram 0 i Kenyon 0 Akron 14 Findley 0 Franklin 0 Canterbury 0 Wayne 34 Southern Illinois 0 Adrian S3 Port Huron 0 Notre Dame SS Purdue 37 Michigan 13 Michigan State 7 Iowa 14 Marquette It Indiana 35 Wisconsin 7 Illinois 40 Kansas State 0 Hardin-SImmone 7 Cincinnati 7 Arkansas State It Little Rock JC IS EvanavHlo 18 Western Kentucky 0 Andoraon SS Earlham 0 Continued on Pige 6 Column 2 for the lone Catawba touchdown The six-pointer ran their record to scoring in 79 consecutive games That Catawba score failed to detract from a clean-cut VMI victory that began when Jack Hutchinson left halfback from Greensburg Pa Intercepted Lee Spear's pass and went 75 yards for the first period touchdown Bill Graf booted the extra point from placement as he started a string of four straight extra point kicks for the day Thomason Stars Bobby Thomason one of the South's finest passers opened up with his sterling tosses in the second quarter His pass to End Maryland 1 MmT4 nrana IS WaafilfiBtan IS vail ss Vtralnta 14 Miami 14 Cat Ifard IS JTmory and Hanry 7 Car nail 47 Nnw York linlvarafty Army SS VIHanova 0 Columbia S7 Rutaara 4 MaIm IS Shod laland Slat 7 Watt Vlralnla Tach 0 Shmmrd IS SsuUMrn Mathedlat S3 Plttaburgb 14 Vain SS Brawn 13 Canal Quard Acadmay SO Arnold 0 Brooklyn Col S4 Now Havon Toaeb: 0 Colby 14 Amor lean International 0 Maryland Stato 87 Merrit Cellrao 0 Bnwdoln SS Tufts 7 Ifomla St Navy 7 St Francla SI Wllkna 0 Biaamoburs Tehra 7 ManaflaM Tchra 0 Scraytaa IS Moravian 14 Fairmont Stato IS Glonvlllo 7 Wool Vlborty 13 Lock Havon 7 jiorwyrd 1 Bluoflald Stato ff ''Jr IS Moralioad 7 llTlSlL1 Lowroneo 7 Hobart 13 Coloato SS Buffalo 0 yards and a touchdown Minutes later the Leeds Ala senior set ud another that Vince Ragunas finally made with a buck from the one-foot line The fourth and final VMI score came in almost the same way as Thomason brought the Keydets to the Catawba one-yard line with a pass to Patton and Rav Tamalis smacked the line for the tally Graf added the twenty-eighth and final VMI point from placement An estimated 6000 spectators watched the two teams break even in first downs 10 apiece The Keydets however were way ahead with 146 yards gained from rushing to 55 and held an equally ample edge in pfag 156 yards to 69 Hutchinson's 75-yard reoeJfor a first-quarter touchdown provided the lone thrill in that period es the teams sparred with punt exchanges passing gave the second auarter an entirely different complexion Thompson Helps Cameron Thompson a senior guard from Culpeper jumped into the spotlight to help Thomason in setting up the third score The latter broke through the Indian line to block Joe Popp's attempted -quick kick Jimmte Gill Roanoke end fell on the ball for VMI on the Catawba 11-yard line Thomason flicked a short pass to Harold 1 Retd who was standing en tha Continued on Page 2 Cc3umBSA LEXINGTON VA Sept 25-in Virginia Military Institute opened its 1948 football season here today with an impressive display of running power and passing accuracy in defeating the Indians of Catawba College 28-6 The Keydets handled a reputedly rugged Catawba team with relative ease: They scored in every Quarter but the last VMI might have snapped national collegiate record of having scored in 78 straight games but for a fourth-quarter fluke Hie Indians tallied when Donald Lambeth senior guard from Lexington CL grabbed an attempted pass that was partially blocked and scampered 24 yards was good for 41 Claude Patton 4l I.