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krvn ynrr 'rrv ryry iry iiwinw yr rm I ordham Rips Miami 20 to 0 Record 25000 See Auburn Handcuff Florida 16 to 7 Dull UM Fumbles 5 Times 1 fftiatui Herald Sunday November 1 1953 Gator Never In Game By JIMMY BURNS Herald Sparta Editor AUBURN Ala Halloween and Auburn old grads made merry here Saturday night blissfully aware that the Plainsmen's 16 to 7 conquest of Florida did not give a true picture of a one-sided game before a record crowd of 25500 screaming homecoming fans The din which started in packed Cliff Hare stadium this bright October afternoon was continued in the jammed downtown streets The teen-age goblins were offering your choice of or while adults were trving to pick the bowl in which their Plainsmen should land Florida's Gators nursing bruises and wounded pride flew back to Gainesville fully aware that the two-platoon system despite rule changes still exists in football The Gators flatter than a blown-out automobile tire until they rallied in the fourth quarter to avert the shame of a shutout By LUTHER EVANS Herald Sports Writer NEW YORK FORDHAM 20 MIAMI 0 And let rto one tell you any University of Miami football team ever absorbed a much worse licking or so passively You had to be among the 20-308 in the Polo Grounds Saturday afternoon to believe it It's better that you though The Hurricanes didn't tackle they didn't block they couldn't hold the football and they never got a good look at twice-beaten I ordham's goal It was Miami's first appearance In New York uuring 27 years of football Off their mis-erable showing Saturday they aren't likely to be invited back for 27 more From the opening kickoff the fired-up Fordham athletes controlled the game handling th Miamians as though they were small awed boys pitted against men By the time Joe Yalcb scored The Yardstick Miami Fordham The Yardstick Florida Auburn First down Roshinr yardage Pausing yardage Passes attempted Passes completed Passes intercepted Punts Funtinr aver Fumbles lost Yards penalised 1IYJ 37 4 ft 1ft 318 fit 1(1 it ft a 4 211 5 First down Rushing yardare Passing yardage Passes attempted Passes completed Passes intercepted Punts Punting average Fumbles lost Yards penalised ft! 18 8 1 it 37 4 50 IMS 78 15 448 1 85 were treated to a double-barreled attack They went down before Auburn's team directed by quarterback Vince Dooley and the team commanded by signal-caller field gen-Fordham's Roger Franz (Left With Ball) Looks Over UM Defense Before Uncorking Pass To erals and Saturday afetrnoon at least they had plenty of manpower and talent at their command They got out of tight spots and they kept the Gators hot-tted up until the despairing Floridians rose up in sheer wrath in the fourth quarter and sped 96 yards on eleven plays to score It was gratifying to the few Florida fans in the crowd but it was nevertheless a futile gesture Nine minutes and 15 seconds of the fourth quarter had expired when the aroused Gators asserted themselves but they had been behind the eight ball all afternoon and It was later than anyone thought The Plainsmen had scored with 4IFe Won the Big One Overjoyed Ram Coach Says By ED STORIN' SsecUI To Tha HrralS NEW YORK Trying his best not to seem overjoyed with his performance Fordham's Ed Danowskl calmly pro-thu 'gam'e'oniy "e'ig'hVminums and claimed the victory over Miami most important 35 seconds old teamiof the season for ns i of the season for us Si A rV 4 I A 4V Grateful Explaining himself Ed pointed out that the Rams have 6 date wth Penn State next week and "we needed this victory to put us in the right frame of was our big game because it put us over the 500 mark too "Danowski added seem to be hitting our stride after a shaky The friendly mentor admitted he was plenty before the Miami game fellows have played some awfully good teams and I didn't know what to Danovvski expressed a feeling of satisfaction W'ith his team's all year I would say the line play as probably the best since I have been here at But Ed wanted it known that he wasn't taking anything away from Miami "You fellcws had a lot of tough breaks which put you in the hole he said tough to come back under such In view of Miami's rather dismal performance it was hard for Danowskl to point out any out-standing Hurricanes McDonald was everything they said and I liked that number 32 (Gordon he said A3 if seeking a reason for Miami's surprisingly poor offensive attack Danowski said "We were fortunate to keep you boys bottled up you couldn't get your passes clicking running attack seemed to be off and they couldn't get going They wmre at a disadvantage all afternoon and I know how that can work against Asked to single out some boys on bis own club who he liked he said (Roger) has really come along He play- Turn to Page 6-R Col 3 4 1 'A '-l Fzw'CVw Ov- Football Results SOUTH Auburn 16 Maryland 24 Ole Miss 27 Ga Tech 43 Duke 48 Alabama 33 Tennessee 20 FSU 12 Wm Mary 7 Florida 7 So Carolina 6 LSU 16 Vanderbilt 0 Virginia 6 Georgia 12 North Car 6 VMI 7 State 6 Army 0 Tulane 0 Memphis St 27 Miss Sou'rn 13 Clemson 18 Wake Forest Furman 7 Wofford 6 Geo ash 25 ash Lee 7 (Can'd) Murray St 33 St 0 Morristown 7 Fay'ville 6 Texas Tech 27 Miss State 20 Little Creek 28 Parris l'nd 7 3 Camp Lejeune Ft Jaekson 34 Ft Eustis 0 La Poly 27 SW Lalnst 7 Rand Macon 26 Hopkins 12 Millsaps 40 SW Tenn 0 Lenr-ltliyne 21 7 Ky 59 Cherry Pt 50 Gallaudet 40 Tenn 21 FSU 7 Florence 14 Elon 13 Carolina 40 Evansville 9 Ft Beng 12 Wesley JC 0 Tenn Tech 13 Tyndall Field 0 Midle Tenn 0 4V Carolina 7 Appalachian 7 Presbyterian 26 Catawba 19 EAST Fordham 20 Princeton 27 Cornell 27 Dartmouth 32 Richmond If Syracuse 21 Colgate 33 Virginia 20 Harvard 42 Maine 45 A In 26 C'n'gie Tech 13 Hobart 19 Coast Guard 25 Thiel 28 St M'chTs Vt) 20 Rochester 25 Miami 0 Brown 13 Columbia 13 Vale 0 Boston Col 0 Holy Cross 0 Rutgers 13 Penn Slate 19 Davidson 6 Colby 13 Quonset 6 St 7 Hamilton 0 Trinity 1 4 Grove City 7 19 Oherlin 12 with Dooley sparking the outfit had covered 46 yards with 12 plays Just to make the victory claim more impressive Freeman's eleven added a touchdown after two minutes and 12 seconds of the second quarter had expired That enabled the Plainsmen to quit for the intermission with a 13-point margin The Plainsmen emphasized their versatility with two minutes and 45 seconds remaining In the third period by producing a 26-yard field goal to lock up the game Coach Bob Woodruff conceded khMyit Jwe So-a 8 vff: Muorc I happy FOOLED BUT GOOD three Fordham players charae in to bring down Don James The UM quarterback deftly slips that his Gators played one of 'performance hen he said "I am their poorer games thus verifying a very grateful man The blocking better than it has been conclusions made in the press their first touchdown at 13:47 of the first period the public address announcer began announcing the victory danca would begin at 9 pm Tile cooperative Hurricanes Jack Hyatt (19) At Polo Grounds Saturday afternoon was back to th- hotel margin grew to 13-0 at 4:25 of the second period when qu-rterback Roger Franz fired a 19-yard fast ball to Andy Naerelli his excellent end With 11:08 consumed in the third chapter the finishing touch was applied by Yalch high-balling 43 yards through bewildered Miamians on a dazzling punt return Andy Gustafson's inexperi- enced crew voyaged past mici-field only twice reaching the F'ordham 46 in the second quarter and the 31 after all their hopes had vanished in the stretch period Both times fumbles wrecked the trips All told the butter-fingered Hurricanes bobbled the football five times They recovered only once the Rams claiming all others Not until 48 long minutes had gone by and it was twenty to ouch did the Hurricanes complete a pass Actually they bad attempted only three earlier against the admittedly weak Fjrd-ham aerial shelter Like in the first half of the Maryland affair the- Miamians seldom were in position to go upstairs Once a second-down fumble by freshman Porky Oliver stymied them after halting Ford-ham's game-opening march They operated principally with the shadow of the goal posts on their backs What might have been except for such a lamentable team effort is intimated by the final passing statistics With Don James hitting 6-for-7 in the late going the loser wound up with eight successes in 12 tosses That added up to 61 meaningless yards Making his tosses count the lanky Franz bombed Miami for 78 yards accumulated on seven completions in 15 pitches Gustafson juggled his backs like hot potatoes particularly the quarterback-right sidebacks in an attempt to bolster his secondary defensively Consequently four James Johnston Carl Garrigus and John Losch offensive work James was the only QB to show anything substantiating Ford-ham scout Charlie Guy'e report that the quarterbacks were Fordha m's newly-discovered rushing game netted 166 yards as its linemen trapped UM forwards indecently When the Hurricanes did get close to their tormentors during the first half the Fordham backs simply ran over them With blocks few' and far between the I'M transportation corps settled for 73 yards on the ground Twenty-seven of that total came in a second period sprint by left half Bill Smith That was about the only moment some 1000 alumni had In cheer other than when the UM band won the halftime show To show how bad things were sophomore right half Rouviere who takes a back seat to no man as a competitor fumbled thrice as Miami lost its sixth straight regular season game away from home That of course ran be traced to the hard-hitting Fordham line stalw arts They came to play And boy did they Best among Miami's forwards was Ed Buccilli soph tackle He made three tackles and figured Turn to Page 4-D Col 3 tfr JNP Soundphoto to The Herald the ball to John Bookman who roamed 15 yards to the Hurricanes' 30 to pick up a first down SEC Boss Hopes OB Extend Pact By JIMMY BURNS Herald Sport Editor AUBURN Ala Now that the Orange Bowl committee has slammed the gates of its New Year's football game on all but the Big Seven and the Atlantic Coast the Miami organization commands new respect The Southeastern Conference for example is just beginning to realize that it will miss the Orange Bowl as a haven for one of Its teams blame the OBC but I hate to see the SEC left Bernie Moore commissioner of thgt organization said here sent some mighty good teams to Moore continued I would hale to think the Orange Bowl would be closed KUSSROW us Like other SEC coaches and officials Moore agrees that if Oklahoma and Maryland meet in Miami on Jan 1 the OBC will have the Game Of The Day The SEC is hoping that the two-game pact will not box The Auburn line outcharg-ed the Gators in the first half and the Florida secondary defenders found Plainsmen backs more elusive than Halloween pranksters The statistics throw more light than the 16 to 7 score on this game The figures also show that Florida lived up to its reputation of playing more effectively in the second half than the first Auburn fresh from a 34 to 7 thrashing of Tulane acquired 244 yards rushing and 141 via ten of 15 attempted passes The Gators held to no first downs in the opening half came bark to register six and add 78 yards to their 24 in the first half Hailed as a devastating offensive team beaten only by Georgia Tech the Plainsmen demonstrated that they have defensive skill and power too They turned to interceptions the soundest defense and intercepted three attempted Florida thrusts One by Dooley certainly averted a touchdown early in the game Dooley or Freeman are likely to change their minds about pass- Turn to Page 41) Col 1 fc 1 Hurricane Band Won NY Hearts By IRVING LEVINE Herald Slaft Writer NEW Maybe if the University of Band of the Hour had played in the feature event the score would have been different Saturday For while Fordham won the ball game the smart-stepping bandsmen easily captured the halftime show But the show presented by the Band of the Hour was something new for the Polo Grounds fans and they loved it Starting with which won a burst of applause from the crowd the bandsmen and twirlers went all-out to impress the crowd After saluting Fordham by spelling out presenting a comedy dance and extended order drill the band produced the climax the Moon over Miami extravaganza The New Yorkers preparing for a long cold winter were treated to the sight of bathing beauties basking under palm trees and beach umbrellas Two noted composer-conductors were on hand too Miami's Henrv Fillmore led the combined Miami-Fordham bands in his "American's before the game and Edwin Franko Goldman conducted the bands in his "On the during the halftime production The Band of the Hour received a tribute after the game when some 500 fans crowded round to applaud them he extended and that by 1956 the SEC eligible to supply a New principal in the Orange Bowl I told the OBC that under the new system none of our teams can retain more than SS5000 from a bowl Moore said would have put the Orange Bowl on even terms with the Cotton and Sugar Bowls in MOORE bidding for our Among Nation's Top Teams 9 of 10 Uphold Honor NEW YORK wt Here's how the top ten college football teams as determined by The Associated Press weekly poll fared today: 1 Notre Dame defeated Navy 38-7 2 Maryland defeated South Carolina 24-6 3 Baylor defeated Texas Christian 25-7 4 Illinois defeated Purdue 21-0 5 West Virginia defeated Penn State 20-19 6 Michigan State defeated Oregon State 34-6 7 Southern California lost to Oregon 13-7 8 Georgia Tech defeated Vanderbilt 43-0 9 Oklahoma defeated Kansas State 34-0 10 UCLA defeated California 20-7 i I Ind: (Pa) 25 Lock Haven 0 St 40 Ohio 13 Temple 7 Bainbridge 7 Conn 6 New Haiup 0 Villanova 21 Xavier (Ohio) 14 Lehigh 20 Bucknell 6 Lafayette 34 13 Delaware 18 Muhlenberg 6 AmliPrst 13 Tufts 6 Worcester Tech 12 RPI 12 Wilkes (4 Adelphi 13 Northeastern 33 Vermont 18 Kings Point 49 Bklyn- Col 0 Crsiuus If Wagner 6 Mooster 35 Allegheny 7 Brandeia 38 Mass 14 Norwich 38 Middlebury 27 Wesleyan 27 Swartlimore 13 Rhode Island 18 Springfld 6 Turn to Page 81) Col 3 I Moore believes the Big Seven entered Into this pact only because it is trying to get howl competition re-established for Its organization and will not extend the two-game pact Regardless of what happens it is obvious that the OBC headed by President Bruce Macintosh has gained higher standing from the agreement negotiated by Van Kussrow and his Orange Bowl schedule committee I Hockey Results AMERICAN LEAGUE rtuffalo 3 Syracuse 0 Pittsburgh 4 Providence 2 Cleveland 4 Hershey 3 A TIOXA LE AG I Chicago! Montreal 0 Boston 3 Detroit 1 Toronto 4 New York I i- A lAaaaaaa -t -s A i.