Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 73

'r '-i i 4- Section Sports Real Estate Industry Markets Section Classified Richmond 11 Virginia Sunday October 1 1950 Penn Strikes in Third Quarter to Defeat Virginia 21-7 Midi State 14 Michigan 7 4 Dodgers Defeat Phillies 7 to 3 to Send ML Race Into Final Day Cavaliers Lead 7-0 At Halftime All Touchdowns Come on Passes 1 Is Blasted By Snider Campanella Also Smacks Homer By Carl Lundquist United Press Sports Writer MEW YORK Sept The magnificent "mow 'em down" momentum of the Brooklyn Dodgers carried the National League pen rant fight down to the last day of the season today when they crushed the first-place Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 for their thirteenth victory In the last 16 games The Phillies so confident two days ago when they needed only one more victory to clinch their first pennant In 35 years now have to win it tomorrow or force the teams into a three-game pennant playoff which would begin in Brooklyn on Monday On the brink of the most dismal collapse in baseball history the Phillies blew their game today because they had no one to match the home-run smashes of Duke Snider and Roy Compendia Two strong young right-handers Bob Miller of the Phillies and Erv Palica of the Dodgers were Game to Be Aired On WRNL Today The final game In the series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Brooklyn Dodgers for the National League pennant will be broadcast today aver WBNLatgP A deadlocked in a hot scoreless duel when the Brooklyn long-ball power exploded for the first time in the fifth inning for four runs Miller started out nicely by striking out Campanella who was to be his tormentor later on Billy Cox followed with a ground single to center and it looked as if Miller were going to be trouble-free for the Inning when he got Pitcher Palica on a slow bounder that moved Cox to second Abrams Responds But Cal Abrams who went for weeks without getting a hit as a pinch-hitter responded gratefully to being put In the starting lineup In place of the Injured Gene Her-mansld He dumped a single to center that scored Cox with the first run pf the ball game Up came Pee Wee Reese one of the little clutch devils who slways plagues pitchers at such moments He smashed a triple to the extreme center-field comer to score Abrams That was enough for Manager Eddie Sawyer and he put in his usual call to the bullpen for constant Jim Konstanty the relief ace who was making his seventy-fourth appearance of the year one short of the all-time record which was set in 1879 during the of baseball Snider's Smash Today though it would have been just as well had he stayed out on the bullpen bench On the second pitch to Snider the slender slugger stepped in and smashed it far over the right-field screen across Bedford Avenue and into a parking lot where it undoubtedly dented fender That made it 4-0 and the Dodgers were winging Though the Phils had been charged with lack of fight In this mad month that has seen them drop eight of their last 10 games Continued on Page 2 CMumn 5 nuts hr Ctdogaort Joe Bcnzinger Picks Up First Down as Teammates Take Out Official and Ed Mioduszcwski (22) Nips Cine inrta ti 20-1 4 Raps WVli 26-7 Gil Bocetti Stands Out In riumph of Generals By Chauncey Durden Times-Dispatch Sports Editor PHILADELPHIA Sept After wasting its power prodigally during the first half powerful Pennsylvania co-ordinated its running and passing games in the third period to score three touchdowns and defeat the University of Virginia 21-7 on Franklin Field this gloomy gray afternoon With the Cavaliefs leading 7-0 at the half on a first-quarter 60-yard touchdown pass from Quarterback Rufus Barkley to Halfback Steve Osisek most of the Penn supporters among the crowd of 40000 spectators were resigned to another typical Penn display of wasted power But with buck-lateral series of plays added to their old single-wing attack the Quakers struck early and often after the half After three minutes and 48 seconds of the third period had elapsed captain Frincis (Reds) Bagnell lobbed a pass to' End Tom Hanlon that was good for 28 yards and a touchdown At the 11-minute 28-second mark of the same period Blocking Back Dave Coulson passed to Sophomore Halfback Glenn Adams for 14 yards and a touchdown Final Tally Just before the third quarter ended Bagnell threw a long one between two Penn players End John Moses and Sophomore Half-' back Bill and two Vli ginians Cavalier Sophomore Bit King the defensive sideback hit the ball but it bounced off Dauber's hands into those of Moses Moses grabbed the ball on the' Virginia 20-yard line and raced -untouched down the sidelines for and the game's final touchdown Carl Senpier kicking specialist whose name was not ing eluded on the squad roster in the program added the extra point with place kicks after each touchdown Virginia which had held two Penn threats late in the second quarter to leave the field at halftime on the long end of the score never was able to get a drive under way during the second half a the Cavaliers were badly outplayed outmaneuvered and overpowered by the Quakers Only once in the second and then on the next-to-last play of the game was Virginia inside 50-yard line -Still Virginia had looked like the winner during the first as -attack sputtered and stalled and the Cavaliers brought savage tackling into play After Penn had received to open the game and was forced to punt Gene Schroeder the offensive end who plays safety for Virginia on defense grabbed kick inside the Virginia 10-yard ribbon and brought the ball back 75 yards Schroeder ran to his right on the play faked a handoff to King and set sail Two or three good blocks gave him an open field all the way but two missed blocks -for which he slowed down enabled Corbo to bring the Cavalier down 16 yards short of a touchdown -Two running plays resulted in a loss of four yards and then two passes the first by Barkley and Continued on Page 5 Column 6 163-pouhd Halfback Dick Bunt- -ing who almost matched Williams as the day's individual star slashed 78 yards for a fourth-' period touchdown by Sophomore Bud Wallace that tied the score 6 at 7-7 Then came the closing desperation drive by Notre Dame which covered 66 yards and was capped by decisive heave down the middle to Mutscheller North Carolina a 13-7 winner over North Carolina State last week played like a high school team in the opening minutes -Kickoff Fumbled Tom Higgins fumbled Notre opening kickoff A few minutes later Wallace fumbled and Mutscheller recovered on North Carolina's 10 Three plays later with the ball on the three Williams stepped Continued on Page 4 Column 1 Leahy Is Jittery Even After Victory SOUTH BEND IXD Sept ust Ilk I Coach Frank Leahy of Notre Dame aatd of hia football 14-7 victory today over North Carolina "I wasn't fooling when I said before the game that It would go either way by one touchdown Wo have the folks- any more" was a tough one to sit through" Leahy added He was sitting In the calm Notre Dame dressing room sweating and munching on nn orange "The whole North Carolina team was the Irish eoaeh said "That Xrv Holdash Is a fine a handy lad to have with you So Is Dick Bunting good all around" Playoff If Needed To Open at Brooklyn BROOKLYN Sept If a playoff Is necessary to determine the National League championship the first game will be played In Brooklyn next Monday October 2 and the second and third the following days In Fhladelphla This was announced today by Ford Frick National League president Under league rules a three-game playoff la required Should the playoff require all three games the World Series would probably start on Friday October 6 It opens in the National League city and then moves to the American League park Yankee Stadium after two games There has been only one playoff In National League records This was In 1946 when' the St Loula Cardinals beat the Brooklyn Dodgers In two straight games Wake Forest Beats Spiders By 43 to 0 Deacs Mix Speed With Deadly Passing Special to The Times-Dispatch WAKE FOREST CL Sept 30 Wake Deacons demonstrated tremendous power and speed and mixed it effectively with a deadly passing attack to score an impressive 43-to-0 victory over the University of Richmond Spiders A sparse crowd of only 8500 saw the Deacs in their- first home contest A Richmond fumble in the early minutes of the opening quarter set up the first touchdown Recovering on the 14-yard line Wake Forest scored in exactly four plays with Quarterback Ed Kis-sell passing seven yards to Halfback Guido Scarton Midway of the first period the Deacs moved 46 yards for their second tally in exactly four plays The touchdown came on the old statute-oMiberty play with Scar-ton racing 20 yards down the sidelines The third touchdown came midway of the second period and climaxed a 64-yard drive covering Continued on Page 3 Column 8 Washington and Lee was content to play it safe in a game which for a while in the first half threatened to develop into a riot West Virginia lost 80 yards through penalties It was assessed 75 yards in the opening half for five major rules infractions The Washington and Lee penalty loss was 65 yards 30 being assessed in the first half Bocetti Romps 34 Bocetti contributed only one touchdown to the Washington and Le total collecting the final one on a 34-yard run through left tackle on an optional keep play his hand was evident in the scoring of the first three With a minute of the first quarter remaining he handed the ball off to Ray Leister who pitched a pass to Dave Hedge for the first General score on a play which covered 30 yards With the second quarter two minutes old the boy Coach George Barclay calls "Big Bo" faked forward then to his right before pitching to Randy Broyles who turned left end on an 11-yard touchdown run A 17-yard pass from Bocetti to Leister put the Generals deep into West Virginia territory late in the Continued on Page 4 Column 5 Indians Take To Air Lanes For Triumph Intercepted Pass Sets Up Triumph By Walt Drewry Times-Dispatch Sports Writer WILLIAMSBURG Sept 30-William and Indians struck through the air three times this afternoon to turn back the University of previously pnbeaten Bearcats 20-14 in a rough-and-tumble game played before only 7500 spectators In the second period Paul Yew clc pitched to last star receiver Captain and End Vito Ra-gazzo on a play covering 47 yards Six minutes later the Tribe took advantage of a fumble and cashed in with Ed Mioduszewski hitting Yewcic who was standing on the goal line with a scoring pitch But even that would not have been enough for Cincinnati paced by a human buzzsaw by the name of Bob Stratton held a 14-13 margin with 10 minutes and 15 seconds still to be played The speedy junior from Stubenville Continued on Page 3 Column 2 lied to score one in the third period and twice in the final Maryland struck early on a 68-yard drive with Scarbath circling end from the 22 Tackle Bob Dean made the first of five conversions pass defense leaked badly in the second period and let Maryland score twice after a Navy drive bogged on the nine Scarbath lobbed a screen pass from the Navy 41 to End Stan Kamash in the flat and Karnash picked up his blockers and scored The next time Maryland got the ball Scarbath passed from his own 41 to End Pete Augus-burger on the Navy 30 and the big wingman lumbered into the end zone passing and a running play took Navy a length from the goal but Maryland braced and turned back five quarterback sneaks yielding extra Continued on Page 5 Column 6 By Shelley Kolfe Times-Dispatch Sports Writer LYNCHBURG Sept Led by Gil Bocetti the wonderful workman Washington and Lee this afternoon greeted Art (Pappy) first University of West Virginia football team by whacking the Mountaineers 26-7 before a Municipal Stadium crowd of 8000 Lewis who coached the Generals from 1946 through 1948 saw his day end in disaster as Bocetti passed pitched ran and faked the Generali to their first triumph over the Mountaineers since 1930 and their fifth of a 55-year-old series West Virginia which officially became a member of the Southern Conference this Fall and which was playing its first league game has won 29 times Four games have ended in ties This was the first time in the history of the series that the teams did not meet at Charleston Va Generals Strike Early The Generals who collected their first two touchdowns within three minutes of each other took a 19-0 lead into the half-time intermission and built their margin to 26 points with the third quarter two minutes old After that Football STATE Wak Faraat 43 Richmond 0 Virginia 7 Virginia 7 Virginia Tack 21 Cincinnati 14 Bluefield 7 Carolina 26 Canon Newman 20 Virginia Union SI Ji Waah and Lag 2S Quantico SI William and Mary 0 Virginia Stata 25 Hampden-Sydney as Emory A Henry Groanabors AST 30 EAST Malna IS -fthadg laland Coigata Navy SI Army 28 Maryland 35 Pann Stata 34 Georgetown 14 Columbia 42 Hobart 12 Vale 36 Brown 12 St Lawrence 14 Union 7 Lehigh 21 Csaa 20 Alleghany 12 Rocheatar 12 Holy Croea 21 Dartmouth 21 Nerthcaatem 2S Arnold 13 Fort Dave no 16 Wgreeat ar Tech IS Cornell 27 Lafayette 0 Princeton 66 Wllllama Coaat Guard 41 Norwich 0 American International 25 Conn 14 nowdoln 1t Tufta 13 Trinity 40 Sew a nee Adelphl SB Aqglea Indiana Tctwe at Mansfield 14 Loulavllla 40 Buffalo 10 Camcglo Tech 20 Davie a Elkina 12 Trenton 13 Klnga 7 Maas 31 Batca 0 Dread S3 Urainua 0 Edlnbora 13 1 Clarion 7 Susquehanna Wagner Thiel 13 Hiram Upeala 25 Moravian IS Washington 32 Lycoming Ship pan (burg Amherst 11 Alcorn 60 32 Kutztown 7 Colby 0 Edward Waters 0 Maryland Scores 35-21 Over Outgunned Middies Irish Stagger to Win Over Carolina by 14-7 Gobblers Bow In Opener By 61 to 21 Star-Studded Marines Prove Far Superior BLACKSBURG Sept Sophomore laden Virginia last-half comeback failed to deter the Quantico Marines from a 61-21 football victory today at Miles Stadium The passing combination of Quarterback Eddie Lie-Baron to End Bob McElroy was too much for the lighter younger and less experienced Techmen A stadium full of spectators was treated to long runs and passes by both teams such as Sterling 61-yard run in the third quarter for first score WIngo's run came within two minutes' playing time after Marine Bill Hawkins took the kickoff for 85 yards to score fifth score of the game and the first second-half score The first score came midway in the first quarter when Quantico took the ball from their own 28 on a succession of plays interrupted by penalties to Tech territory where Back Ed John son raced around end for 35 yards and then three plays later went over for the first score In the second quarter while Tech was scoreless Quantico scored affter Intercepting Shakeep pass on the 26 Sparked Continued on Page 5 Column 2 Battlefield Takes Victory In Futurity Big Stretch Second Rough Tumble Third NEW YORK Sept GeorgS Battlefield wrapped up honors as the champion two-year-old hone of 1950 when he slammed down to the wire today to win the $106415 Futurity £takes An eighth of a mile from home Greentree Big Stretch appeared to have the race-rich-est in the world for juveniles all sewed up Then Eddie Xrcaro aboard Battleship unlimbered his whip and batted the speedy chestnut son of War Relic-Dark Display home in a breathtaking drive It was so close at the wire the result was held up while the judges looked at the photograph' Victory by Nose The pictures showed nose in there just ahead of Big Stretch a nose worth a net $81715 to Widener president of Belmont Park Big Stretch trying to duplicate for Greentree the victory of Guillotine in last Futurity was three and one-half lengths ahead of the third colt Mrs Frances A Rough Tumble Results Anderson 7 Manchester 0 Wabash 7 'Sutler 7 Bethany 7 Marietta 0 Mlddlebury 13 Wesleyan 13 Clarkson 27 Hofatra IS Dickinson 26 Grove City 0 Scranton 20 8L Vincent 7 Pann A 12 Albright 7 Gettysburg 10 Maryland Fairmont 7 Concord 5 Liberty 13 Calif (Pa I Denison 20 Washington 4 Jofftraon 0 Westminster 13 Juaniata 12 Montclair National Agr 0 West Va States '-Howard Petsmae 14 Shephard 7 Bridgeport 1 Ithaca 6 St Francis 20- Wilkes Muhlanburg 16 Bucknell 13 SOUTH Tech 0 Tennessee 0 Tulane 14 Maryland Stata 34 Grambling 6 FrankilndMarahall 20 Johns Hlpklns 14 Tampa 13 Camp Lejeuno 7 Duka 28 Pitt 14 Arkansas Teaat State' 6 Miami 54 Bowling Groan 0 Vanderbilt Auburn 0 Florida 27 Dunueene 14 Furman 32 Davidson 20 Stetson S3 Wofford 20 Maroan 20 Dataware Eraklne 12 Tennessee Xavier 65 State 0 Langston IS Tennessee State 6 Morehouse Dillard 7 Mies Ind 66 Campbell 0 Murray 21 Missouri Minas 0 Kentucky Elisabeth City 13 Veorhees Presbyterian 21 WCTC 6 Continued on Page 3 Column 1 COLLEGE PARK MD Sept 30 Scurrying Johnny Scar-bath and man-eating line swamped game but outgunned Navy football forces 35-21 today before fans but the Middies made it a fight until the final gun Time and again the hard-charging Maryland forwards crushed through the Navy line to swamp the Middies passing Quarterback Bob Zastrow 1949 flash The attempt at the hipper dipper tactics which Navy's new coach Eddie Erdelatz brought from the pros were inhibited by visiting tackles In the backfield The Maryland forwards also dug in on the goal and refused to yield even the length of the ball to stop one Navy drive Scarbath Maryland quarter-hack gave a dazzling demonstration of running as well as passing from the split but Navy ral SOUTH BEND IND Sept 30 Modern greatest reign of invincibility tottered but held firm as Notre Dame weary and worn staggered to a 14-7 opening win over a North Carolina team that nearly played the Irish off their feet In the second half A 26-yard touchdown pass with only 2:20 minutes left from heroic Bob Williams to End Jim Mutscheller a combination that accounted for both Irish scores produced Notre Dame's thirty-ninth straight game without defeat Carolina Fumbles An Irish capacity crowd of 56430 saw Notre Dame confidently capitalize on two North Carolina fumbles for a 7-0 lead in the first four minutes of the game -and then fight with its back to the wall the rest of the way The Tar Heels marshaled by tr 'W.