The Charlotte News from Charlotte, North Carolina • 11

mmnrwwzsi ij SUNDAY OCT 11 THE CHARLOTTE (N C) NEW? A CLEMSON RECORDS FIRST SCORE TO DEFEAT STATE a i Lambert Hits Tackle Late In Game For Win I OVERPOWERS DAVIDSON TO WIN 18 TO 6 Gobblers Come Back In Final Period To Cop String Around 5000 Persons See Seeond Conference Game Fleming Is Outstanding By WADE ISON A determined Clemson College Tiger eleven that would not be denied crashed ever a touchdown in the fourth period here at Central High School Stadium yester- day to defeat State College's Wolfpack 6 to 0 in second annual Southern Conference classic A crowd of approximately 5-nno heads witnessed the conflict The touchdown was the sweetest Coach Jess Neely ever saw his beys i for it was the first time they had broken into the counting columns this season LAMBERT DOES 8( ORING Johnny Lambert a hard chaiglng mbutltute left halfback did the work ploughing off his own right tackle for the necessary two yu'ds vn the fourth down after Fred Hook had made first down on the seven-'ard line charge staited on Its own 48-yard line The tally culminated throe and a fraction qunrteis of furious football varfare during which a faster charging Clemson line turned back Wolfpark thrusts consistently and kept practically all play In State's territory Six to nothing indicates In no wist the superior p'ay of the Jnuga-leers but It does spell the tale of a dogged Walfpack that was fiercest when Its back was to the wall HERE'S THE REASON State' failure to click can he laid to three eausea namely: falluie to block poor Handling of punts and had passing from center The right feet of the young Bob Gieason at the outset and Bob Mc-Quage who entered the game at quarterback twice appeared to be State's best weapons Once the high stepping Oreason lifted the igskln for 60-some yards from the line He was standing i tho very shadows of his goal posts 't this Inbtant the ball actually ravelling over 70 yards In the air But the fates went hack on Bob -nd several of his better kicks sidled ut of bounds before they reached vlf their distance IlERS OPEN EAST Cle nson started fast after kkk-''g to State and having a punt nomed bark to them on the third down from the State 26-yard line luck Prlestcr speedy Clemson qusr-cr returned the boot on the thhd own and when Charley Jeffrey umbled the oval Vic Fleming who as perhaps the game's most out-tandlng player lecovered on the late 35-yard line Here Clemson set sail for the goal Belmont Wins In a game the first half of whlih was played between halves of the tlemsnn-N Mate battle and which was finished after the major contest the Charlotte Cubs lost a close aflalr to the Belmont High Juniors 1 to 0 A punt off Grant's font In the third quarter was blocked by Armstrong of Belmont and the play was ruled a safety Diennnn and lemmer starred for the victors while Grant and Berg shone for the Cubs end on the fouith try Hook placed the ball on State's seventeen fo: a first down Prlester streaked to the nine on the following play out the ferocious Wolve checked suddenly The third down saw the billllautly Tigers Down Wolfpack Georgia Gives 0 i Eli Yale TJiird Lacing In Row Brilliant Georgia Sophomores Shine in 26-7 Victory Witnessed by 70-000 Persons Yale Bowl New Haven Oct 10 TJP) Georgia brought a great football machine into the Yale Bowl today and while more than 70000 persons looked on defeated Yale 26 to 7 in the ninth annual contest between the two schools Ey Its victory Georgia earned tha right to share with Harvard the honor of being the only schools ever to whip a Blue eleven thiee times In NEVER ANY 1)01 BT I There never was any doubt con-i coining the outcome of the game The 1 veteran Southern eleven took charge of matters soon after the opening kick-off and the game ended with the ball deep In Vale territory The Bulldogs of the South destined to become one of the most powerful outfits lit these United States before the season ends com-i pletely outplayed Vale In every de-paitment of play The Eastern eleven was able to make but four first 1 downs and pained only 73 yards from scrimmage which by the way was exactly ten more yards than they I lost I While the hard charging Georgia forward wall was stopping Captain Alble Booth and his mates Its backs led by a couple of high riding swivel hipped hard plunging sophomores riddled the Ell first line of defense for 13 flist downs and 258 yards of these mild way past the secondary defense and streaked 75 yaida for Georgia's second touchdown II VI A DOZEN TA KEES During his solo flight down the field Key shook off half a dozen Yale tarklcs without losing Ills stride Geoigla's first score came earlier In the period when Red Leathers a guard Intercepted Tommy Taylor's short pass on 45-yard line and behind a solid wall of Intel ference lumbered to a touchdown This was the only scoring during the first half but Yale twice nmdp serious gestuies The first Ell thicat came on the kick-off Just after Leather's sore Captnin Aible Booth Yale's mighty mite grabbed kick and behind perfect Interference raced 75 yard3 to 21-yard line where he was stopped by Downs Georgia safety man Downs was forced to dive through three Yale lnterferers to make the tackle Roberts Georgia full back and Wilbur Yale's best tackle engaged In a fist fight at this point and wete removed from the game nevermore to return STARTS OVER AGAIN A pass Booth to Birres pined the ball on the flve-yaid line but tha Southerners braved and took tha ball on downs kick was poor and Yale started all over again on the fifteen yard line On tho flist play the unfortunate Taylor was thrown for a 27-ymd loss and the Blue attack ended then and there Soon after the third petlod opened Yalo capitalized on a Georgia tumble -(Mora nn Third Sport Page)- Makes Bid Yankee Stadium New York Get (UP) New York University bid for recognition sa a potential contender for eastern football honor today defeating Georgetown Unt-veialty of Washington 34 to 0 Harvard Ovrrpowern Camhilrige Mi- Gt (UP) Clemson Mowing Joiinny scorin'' halfback bhown in the top photo running: behind the powerful interference that helped him beat down the State eleven for a 6 to 0 victory here yesterday This was of the series of play that led up to the score The bottom picture shows Red Espey State center just after he intercepted the Clemson pass in the first quarter to end the initial threat Florida Repels Mighty Charges Outweighed Sixteen Pounds to Man Davidson Beats Back Virginia Tech Tor Two Periods By ERNEST MILTON Blacksburg Va Oct 10 The Davidson College Wildcats fought and fought hard here today and for three periods held supremacy on the gridiron of the I Gobbler? but the much heavier Virginia eleven wore down the stamina of the scrapping Presbyterians and scored three touchdowns in the final period to give it an 18 to 6 victory It was no means an Inglorious defeat it was simply a more pow-erful eleven than they haw faced this season Ol TVV EIGHED PLFNTY It was an eleven that outweighed Davidson over sixteen pounds per man and a team which had la its bRckfield one A1 Casey who did damage and lota of It to the Wildcats in those final fifteen minutes But Casey did not get started until the Wildcats had obtained their six- point lead He led two drives one which sent Robinson for two yards and a score and another in which he went three yards to a tally But his sidestepping sprint for 48 yards and a touchdown six plays after th Gobblers scored their first counter was the most disheartening of all to the Wildcats MU DC ATS EXTRA MILD Davidson seemed headed toward a victory at the end of th half but Coach Neal perhaps mixed eome w-arm words with a few straight thrusts during the rest period The Wildcats had themselves scored and had held or thrown I backs for a total gain of minus 35 yards during those few two periods The Gobblers came back at the beginning of the third Infuriated They threatened ln that period but were held six yards from the goal The final quarter was the vle-tery-perlod for them Don McQueen and Bruce Peabody featured Davidson's offensive ln the second McQueen almost driving single-handed from the I 3S to the Gobbler's two-yard line where they held On the next drive Peabody featured going seventeen yards-In three plays the final two for a score first quartfr The first quarter was scoreless period but the Wildcats had a slight advantage The Davidson team played ln errltory practically all of the time and aa the bracket ended they were on The Gobbler 30-yard line third down and four to go SECOND QUARTER Starting from that point the Wildcats drove toward a touchdown only to be stopped two yards from goal McQueen featured the drlv which began on the Glbbler 36-marker carrying the ball ten out of eleven tries for a total of 37 yards Peabody returned the punt to the Gobbler 33 and this time the Wildcats did not relinquish possession until theyp tallied Peabody featured here eParce pass-ed to King for eleven yards and first down eParce made three and on the three next plays Peabody carried the ball seventeen yards the final two netting the touchdown Davidson was on the Gobbler 37yard marker as the half ended Score: 1 0 Davidson 5 third quarter I gave warning that It waa going places In tha third period A1 Casey returned punt sixty yards to DavldsonS 80 but a penalty of the Glbbler set them back Thev were soon back on Davidson's 30 Here Hardwick fumbled and Johnston recovered for Davidson Casey returned a short kick however to Davidson's 38 snd I started for a touchdown The Wildcats tightened and took possession of the ball six yards from their goal As the third period ended the Gobblers were on Davidson's 25 marker FOIRTH QUARTFR: Robinson featuring two firt were made to Davidsons Portertleld went two yards for a touchdown tcoie: I 6 Davidson 6 Less than two minute later the redoubtable Casey had scored Hardwick intercepted eParce' paa in midfield Two plays netted a yard and then behind perfect lnterfer-enee Casey raced 49 yard for a touchdown Score: 13- oav ldon 6 I toward the close of the period (the Gobblers tallied for the third time btareng on their own 48- yard line the Gobbler forward ripped Davidson's line to shreds and excellent backfleld lnterfer- enco Casey led the slashing attack that eventually sent him three yard for a touchdown Score: Davidson 8 The game ended a few minutes later I MS) aimer Hark LT i La Down cn ter fwrt Trim Dtvlnoa (Si Raker WKner BUthi Gardner l'ony RT MGiItfUid A Johnnrm QB Kin EH Perc RH Peabody McQueen Ponerfield C'n'ev Hrdwlck I Robijon iDWmsoV 1 i il-0 0 8- trofu Tpurhdownn Pur- I fifir'd Cmey 1 1 1 Dvidvmv icorin l)nihd'n Pt-abidy 1 ut M'liphv luuftMk O'lley Dvid 'mi I mi Bid Cannon Ui-klfi Kuyken- dill I nib guard Og ten Birrier eeCer Muainfil hl(hck Mills CU! tun 'j nil ISuL OLD LINERS UPSET 0 COUNT Clemson Too Much Tipers Make Dozen First Stale Gain 207 Yards rlad State line bieak through ard loss Lionel Harviu for a four-yaid I tunled ln fimst ln-loss Prlester broke loose off left clivldua! performance of the day when late ln the second quarter he slipped off right tackle twisted his tackle bui was stopped on the two-lard line from where State kicked One sophomores Of 20 Wins Is Ended In Game Notre Dame Never Able to Get Inside Eighteen-Yard Line 1st Downs Scarce Soldier Field Chicago Oct In a titanic football struggle on a field that resembled a quagmire Notre Dame and Northwestern battled to a scoreless tie today A ciowd of 73 000 huddled under umbrellas and raincoats In Chicago's big Lake front stadium saw Notre Dame's stHn? of twenty straight virtor'es halted by a big powerful Noithweatein team that just filled to score by a scant thiee yards srwts OFF DEFEVT Thrice driven back to Its own goal line after disastrous fumbles ln the second period Notre Dame staved off Northwestern's attack at these critical moments and came buk to outplay the Wildcat by a acant margin ln the final half Not- Dame made four first downs and Northwestern three and that Just aboue reveals the offensive strength of the two teams Notre Dame fumbled eight times and these mHplajs came near spelling disaster for the Fighting Irian In the second period Northwestern fumbled nine times but recovered five times whereas Notre Dame lecovered only twice NF'AFR INMDE FIGHIFItN Notre Dame was never Inside Northwestern's eighteen-yard line But twice ln the final half It seemed that the Fighting Irish were on their way to victory In the third period an Inspired Northwestern line rose up halt Notre Dame's march on the 37-jard Jme and then In the fouith period a rostly fumble stopped the Irish with the goal line only eighteen yards awsy Field Goal Wins For Sewnncc 1-0 Charlottesville Va Oct TO (UP) "Happy" Jeffries stood on the 20-vard line and drop-klcked hi first field goal in three )ears of varsity play to give Sewanee a 3 to 0 victory over Virginia here today The rival Southern Conference schools who had not met on tha grtdtron before today since 19fi8 played on virtually even term In midfield Sewanee making ten first dowrs and Virginia nine EON k( OKING FFFOHT Neither trams could push nearer A touchciou11 than the 30-vard until in the final period when wannn pushed to (lie eleven-yard mark only to be forced back Then Jeffries a substitute Halfback came through with the field goal for the winning aiore Hi rbert Bryant Virginia guard attempted two field goals unsuccessfully Virginia (0) I Luton I tton "rlt on I tbompon IE Condon I Rohrboueti LG B-vant Ci nut Ren dtbuts fin RT RE Orvtt QB HsffU LH S'rvrni Mm FB lrv SMmson Ksl orrrun Mel lord rrnicns rhllllps Harm EM AM IKCIMA a 3 3 0 0 0 0-0 8 ortng Eled gaol Jiffrl' Idrnp kn ki Oiticu'v Releree Preset iMry-IsinD umpire B'cnck ineorgereani neid Ju i C1V iMiclugin hradllnci-ntan Smvilie lAitnv Hold Cake Race At Chapel Hill On 23rd By DULY AR Till Chapel Hill Oit The eighth annual Hike will be run here October 21 Ai viillng lo Intramnul 1 1 milt ion 1 leaded 1 ir i nr ia le 0 event at fa ohm and Dorn 130 to 275 undent have pm tietpvicd annually in this unique event By BAILEY GROOM fast charging line spelled the difference between victory and defeat in the State game yesterday and also paved the way for dozen first downs to three NAVY BY 6 Rush Line For Slaters I)ovs Against Three for From to 50 Davidson Preps For Dig Crowd cr DavhKnn Oit 10 Athletic authorities at Davidson (allege tire piepnlng for one of the largest croud ever to visit Davidson for a foot hall game The ociaslmi Is the lomlng engagement next su tird tv with the Duke I Diversity Blue Devils ami It will also he the nniiiiil hornet oniing dii for hHiiiiiiI of fill Pieshjteriau Institution Jo care for the Influx of visitor all available sealing equipment Mill he plated on Rich-ardsnn Field MeCachmi Stars As Cadets Battle Marines To Draw Parris island Oct 10 An liwplied Oakrldge Mlitary Institute eleven held the Tarris Island Mailncs to a ecoielex tie today at Lee Field The colleglnns outplayed the Gyrenes in all department fev thiee-qnarteis but lacked the finl-h-Ing pun MiCsiluen and William- stars td for Oak Ridge and Glatdlan and Qotko shone for the nines WiimaU Defeats cv Campbell 13-2 MMnca'e Oct 10 Junior today turned in a 13 to 2 vutirv over CrTipbp 1 Colic In a i low an! hBTi-lo izht game he The vi-Liis vvea In giext form and with Joe Holliwsy and Cirstni storing touchdowns had little Double taking their victory a I I i I 1 I Game Ends As Line Is Neared 1 01(10 lleld Gainesville I la Oct Despite the strenuous elforls of Johnny Branch Rip Musser and other lar Heel hacks ivlm ran wild until the storing zone was reached Florida stiffened when Its goal line was threatened ami held the I Diversity nf North Carolina to a sroreless tie Imre today Three times did the flashy bat ks fiom North Carolina sweep the ten-yard line and as many times were they repulsed On the last occasion Hanes dying slum at the line was slapped back as he attempted to go over from less than a foot away and the field Judge's hoin Immediately Indicated the close of the game BREAKS PREDOMINATE It was a bnt'le ln which breaks predominated Never have two teams shown more willingness to give the other fellow a chance lntciceoted passes fumbles and whatnot bieak-lug up drive after drive The flist hall was lirgely a punting duel with neither outfit managing to ptoduee a consistently successful attack But shortly after the third period opened the fliewoika began to work Johnny Fountain fumbled and Mclver recovered for North Carolina I on 27 yard stripe Branch and Chandler blashed tho line tor a first down on the fifteen and in two tries Slu-ser had the ball on the five Then Florida made its lc stellar stand Chandler and Sluer failed at the center of the line at end but the Gatois were penalized to the one-yarj marker But Slusaer waa tossed back and tho ball went to Florida on Its three-ynid line C'AROIINA'S LONG DRUE In the fourth period Carolina started a drive on Its own twenty -(More on Third Sport Pge) 1s Slake Winner laurel Md Oct (UP) Burning Blaze the Valley Lako Stable' chestnut son of Big Blaze and Mexican Tea won the $10000 added Rlcpard Johnson stakes today strengthening his claim to being tne best among the seasons two-year-old colts The Loma stable's hopeful winner Tick On wns second about a length away with Talr by Pair third and fmuth Burning Biae ran tha six furlongs over a fast track In 1 12 4-5 and paid $1070 for a $3 mutel tltkPt Middies Lose First Affray ft Mvjlnmt Inivrisitv gave mvshington oit to Navv II flist defeat of flic 1031 season at Griffith Madium today (i-l) before a itdorful crowd of 20-COO Including Secretary nf Navy Adam and Maryland' Governor Albert Kitrlile It was Navy's first visit to Washington since 1922 when the Middle met Penn Stale Navy deprived of Its great star Bullet Lou Kirn wa unable to heck the late attacks of Maryland a backs Kirn entered the game for short time ln the second parted He made two five yard gains heftre his weak ankle gave way Chung Hoon Hawaiian halfback went in for him roi PDOUN DlllA Maryland started a drive 'n the third period that carried the ball will into Navy's territory Pi asc went over for the touchdown when he icelved a long past from Chal-meia Maryland's attempted dtop-ktek to add the extra point was blocked Navy then begun an offensive 'drive taking the bull to within five yards of Maryland's goal The strong Maryland line held and the Middies lost the ball ori down Sivy (flt Smith tanr 1 linnipvoi 1 it tie I'ndei wood nrvmi BP oil Dennv T-rhirgl tH Konrad RH Campbell FB Pr Cur'iM li1 1 Mllche 1 Krsjcnii hrsnan Nairn 1 IT LO Center RO PE QB Mood Chlmen Barter NVVY MARYLAND 0 () 11 11 0 0 0 a TtiiPhilown Praur Marvtid Bub inland Fube Murhol' May Pop-''man S-it'no Miv Kl-nan IGrgoi Nnv iron lnchllgi Ch ing Hun Krn Eici Campbell Md'icurf Dennv Bum le Konrd Reedy Thomp-on Himpven Fmils Official Migoffm iM'ch'nn) rl-e-cp Crowley iSvrtiU'P1 umpire jn luntMck iPennylvmi hedineimit Stott iMicfugn red judge Oldest Classic Rnlegh Oct 10 --One ol the ildrst foothill chwdis In Nuth Caiolms will be sUiyert this week whin Mate college sin Waite for- afternoon 3 39 a fealitie of the North Carolina tout Fair That same line thiew State for a total of 31 yards clear losses while State broke tiuough and stopped the Tiger for backward gains ol nine yards State made 50 yaida from scrimmage Clemson made 207 State thiew ten forward passe-and made 60 yards two passes Intercepted Clemson threw four and made nothing one being Intercepted PINT AVLRVGE SAME State punted eleven time for an average of 40 yards and had one blocked Clemson punted nine time for an average of 40 yards but had none blocked State lost ten yaids thiough penalties Clemson five State made thiee first downs tan by passes one by a 23-yard gallop i by McQunge Clemson made (delve llist downs from scrimmage and one touchdowm State fumbled four time and lost the ball once Clemson fumbled four time (lemon (SI Homing Dnzirr Proctor Fnrdhamlcl Hoc Divs Craig Fomier Hirvln limit Helnemmn and lost It tv EE tr LO Confer na RB QB LH RH PB cr SUt (fl) Scholl Cobhici Duke pey LeForte A VMIao i Oreason Jiffiev Coo Dellinger CumIMtev to safety Oreason doing the hon-01 The coggy centerline of the field tended to hold back Clemson when Hook shot back six yards on the first down and on the second lost the distance by his fumble which he recovered MISS SfORINO (IIVNCE Clemson seemed surely on Its way to the pay-off line until Red Espey snagged Prlester' pass Intended for a mate on the fifteen-yard line Mope Cumtskey fumbled the pass from center but recovered for a five-yard loss and Greason again kicked out and Into Clemson territory But Prlester dashed back a dozen yards to State's 45 where ho fumbled and Romeo LaForte recovered for State as the first period ended Clemson was In a rage and after two down netted four yards ln losses Greason kicked to the Clem-son's two-yard line from whore Prlester dashed back to his nineteen Tho game was growing into a booting duel hcic kicked around rileter's forty-yard lift and Fleming "gain recovcied to give the Tigers fresh start on their own 45-yard -(More nn Third Sport Paid- Seals Win Wrlgley Field Los Angeles Oct 10 The Ban Francisco Beals won the 1931 Farlflc Coast hasehall pennant her tonight by winning their fourth straight game from Hollywood The score 5 to 4 Tulane Is Victor New Orleans Ls Oct (UP) Tulane Unlverslt severed a smashing 40 to 0 victory over a weaker Spring Hill aquad here today The entire Tulane aquad was given a chance to perform aa Spring Hill fought a losing battle from the flrat five mtn-utea of play A crowd of about 6000 aaw the game Scoring Touchd wn Lam- bert ibs Clemson A VII RO Clark OB Lambert LH Wert RB It vers IF Cnop-r IK looming LH M) PH Slate (Jammu IE Mr- Qimre OB Wilson LH Toll LG Rove RE Uliev Nelm RE Mc-Lawhnrn RH Official Biikk Dm id-on i releree Pow 11 ivv tcnmiini uniplie c(or headiiueeman Jnry ibewanrei field judgg Riv Morrison Jr fourteen inn nf th Souther Methodist roach I playing fool hill for Highland Pirk High of light New Hampahlre eleven here today Ill If Pallas Texts powerful football machine swept to a 39-0 vl tory over 1 I '8 mtnp mq ywH.