The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 12

12-A THE MIAMI HERALD Saturday Sept 25 1954 Cns Empties Micnch ls Storm Hits Carolinians 41827 See Miami Overwhelm Furman 51-13 wiipwpaw Jv mm s-S1 4fijJ 4 -0 rv A J'J'jKi A Mi 'E -'Ik hZ XfNt1' -aL Sfc jwI 1st Team Activity Limited P- -j 's- f-ikm' By LUTHER EVANS Herald Sports Writer Even unsung kids who merit chances in family scrimmages got in their licks Friday night as the University of football team tore Furman apart 51 to 13 at the Orange Bowl At that the size of the slaughter was tempered by Andy compassion Had he not emptied his bench down to the last callow able-bodied reserve Miami might have scored 100 points Ask any of the 41827 Firm Night fans who established a record for an opening night crowd particularly the more tender- The Yardstick Furman Miami Flrat downs 13 19 Rushing yardage 51 Passing yardage 149 21 Passes attempted 35 A Passes completed J4 2 Passes intercepted bf 8 0 Punts 9 3 Punting average 138 849 Fumbles lost 0 1 Yards penalised 6 115 Staff Photo bj Bob East The Hole Was Big Enough For A Truck So Johnny Bow Found No Trouble As He Powers His Way Upfield 26 Yards To Furman's 29 Yard Line Extra Work Faces Miami As Coach Looks to Baylor By JIMMY BURNS hetald Sport Editor hearted who went home long before the third quarter ended It was not a fair test of the ability That will have to wait until Big Boys arrive next Friday About all you can say for Furman's niis-matched squad predominantly freshmen was that it had guts Such was proven when the reeling visitors fought to their second touchdown as the game died Working less than 15 full minutes the first team got the football three times scored three times As early as the second period a pair of fourth stringers fullback John Siegel and Walter Shields had muscled into the scoring act Miami got off to a 7-0 upper hand in the introductory period broke loose for 24 in the second struck for 20 in the third and then quit being nasty as both Furman's Coach Bill Young and Gus prayed the Hurricanes wouldn't rub it in any more Besides a 40-yard scoring return of an intercepted pass by line backer Mike Hudock the Hurrl touchdown thrusts covered in order 60 50 56 68 53 5i and 76 yards In addition to being brutally Passing Defense Poor-Gns i WfyKA- rm4 ill A vt' 1- 21 li A- 1 i i (m jv jj "'K jt- Jh 4L ''f'' '-s A' i 5 A rssA' Al iaa ti'i A- 65 Aj Herald Staff Photo by Ray Fisher NO PASTE might have been John Bookman's dilemma here as the Miami halfback drops a pass on the Furman 40 yard line during the first quarter Somehow it didn't seem to matter J- 4 -'A A' By JIMMY BURNS Herald Sports Editor Fresh from routing plucky Furman 51 to 13 Friday night before record opening crowd of 41827 the Hurricanes will be rudely shocked to discover thev face a lot of extra work next week Exulting if any will he left to the more easily impressed fans Coach Andy Gustafson declared as he chose to talk more about what the Hurricanes will do in preparation for Baylor than he did in handing out bouquets for Friday efforts think it looked like a typical Gustafson declared got a lot of bad breaks and we took advantage of tin Gustafson promptly added going to do a lot of work on pass defense next week and also going to do a lot of passing under pressure pass defense was poor Gustafson snapped as he sensed reportorial surprise over a coach being dissatisfied with a team which had used 45 players in winning easily over a foe which fought stubbornly but could not match its opposition manpower Only Charles DeVore and John Krotec were held out of the contest the reason being fear they might aggravate injuries The 43 Hurricanes who participated suffered no more harm bruises than Miami Posts 6tli Highest Score The Miami 51 to 13 victory over the Furman Purple Hurricanes was the sixth highest score ever run up by a UM team Other high scores: Miami 71 Piedmont 0 in 1933 Miami 65 Tampa 6 in 1942 Miami 62 Havana 0in 1928 Miami 52 Camp Gordon 6 in 1943 Miami 52 Rollins 3 in 1949 Against Abilene a University of Miami kickoff in the second period Friday night Jubilant over the rare occasion are Furman subs Vernon Edwards (27) and Charles Carter (12) UNBELIEVABLE ISN'T IT? Coach William A Young of Furman's purplish Purple Hurricanes looks somewhat dumbfounded after seeing his right halfback John Pcpson go 98 yards for a touchdown with Miamians Prove Good Fans Willi Ovation for Popson was a terrific success in every respect and the most heart-warming incident at the Orange Bowl night came in the second quarter The Hurricanes living up to advance notices had hammered out 25 points against plucky Furman Miami fans who are generous in applauding visiting teams when they provide thrills voiced their greatest ovation of the evening for John Popson outstanding Purple Hurricane back You could hear the crowd groan collectively wheq Pop-son fumbled a kickoff at his three He scooped it up at his two shot through the Hurricane defenders and sped on down the field for 98 yards and a touchdown The yells must have been heard at Flagler and Miami aves It was appreciation for a brilliant run It was good to hear such admiration voiced for an opposing player who really deserved it Miami is a great football town because it has such fair-minded fans And you must remember the ones1 v-b-i made successful Seiler Makes Good Again ORANGE BOWL gates were opened at 6130 Friday evening and half a hundred filed in for the UM-Furman opener Mr Ernie Seiler xvho dreamed up this was prouder than a new papa he said is the first time in history this many people ever came to a game this a stadium attendant agreed the first time they ever opened the gates at This did not phase the coatless Seiler who rushed around making like a movie director At 7:15 he noted the rapidly filling stands and murmured never had this large a crowd an hour before That's true because Miamians are notoriously late for arriving at the stadium Too many think it is fashionable to seek their scats during the kickoff but this time were lured by a ERNIE SEILER man of 'Firm FSU Given Underdog Role Today Spartans 9 Iowa in TV Tilt Irish Face Texas 5 TALLAHASSEE VFl Florida State University is expected to throw a better co-ordinated offense into action tonight in an effort to outscore powerful Abilene Christian College On the basis of Abilene showing last week Coach Tom Nugent says Florida State will have to operate in high gear to whip the veteran Texas football team By HIGH JR Associated Press Sports Writer NEW YORK Two young head coaches facing terrific assignments at the beginning of their new careers stood out like tislsnds of optimism in the customary sea of tears today as big time college football opened on all fronts 1 Terence Patrick Brennan the Vmiiing 26-year-old who succeeded lachrymose Frank Leahy as Notre Dame's head coach and Hugh Duffy Daughertv trving to other speedy lightweight backs Crofs-Dari moui Connecticut-Yale Vif-fill the ample shoes of Biggie plus great depth of reserve nd Mar5" Munn at Michigan State refused! strenRth- Iowa can-t match that (c soi th North Carolina sfatNorth Frogs looked pretty good in walloping Kansas last week Illinois co-champion of the Big Ten last season and Purdue were strongly favored over Penn Slate and Missouri both rated near the top In their own sections The outstanding games included: nil a imernijifsuate gam betwcen'-thechonis Bolden and a flock 'y oiina Wake Forest-Virgima Tech terposed and to reporters he add- ed leaked much sharper in beating Houston 53 to 13 than we did in scoring our Once he had established the fact the Hurricanes need tight- I Aiabama-Louisiana Sate Clemson-Geor- one-sided the affair was slowed by numerous 14 for 115 yards against Miami 6 for "6 yards against Furman Frequently there were so many handkerchiefs on the field it looked more like a flirtation than a football game- At the risk of throwing a pall on the victory celebration there were several departments in which the CM athletes did not earn straight The quarterbacks flunked their passing test four of them completing only two of 10 for Just 21 yards Pitching 34 the most ever tried against a Miami eleven succeeded with 14 for 149 yards a feat that presages trouble when sharparmed characters show up Of course lowly Miami subs labored much of the evening so you could look at it another way and say what happened was no criterion of how good Miami's pass defense Is One thing for the Hun ricanes were miserable In cov ering kickoffs surrendering a record 237 yards 13 more than any other Miami team ever yielded? Ninety-eight of the yards were eaten up when right half John Popson picked up his own fumble forgot the pain of an Infected toe and raced the distance in the most electrifying run new proved just as deceptive and hard to handle as advertised particularly when quarterbacks Mario Bono-figlio and Carl Garrigus set sail around endand either kept the ball or pitched out Unt i nVxr disastrous seasons for their teams! 1 moetier ads ga chattanooga-Auburn Mississippi ening up for a toughie like Bav- team that almost Beat Xotrei Stmte-Tennrssee Baylor-Vanderbilt dl lor Gustafson conceded some fine Dame last vear and is regarded midwest indiana-Ohin stat Ne- tr ULU braska-Minnesota Iowa State-North-! runs were made as tile Hum-as a big Ten Title contender western MarqueOe-Wisconsin UCLA- Oklahoma accorded the No 1 Colle8e-Detroit- Vlh in the Associated Press They realized that disaster could strike in today's opening games with Notre Dame Texas team and pot SOUTHWEST canes won handily liked the wav Carl Garrigus fustafson conceded ing a mighty Michigan State facing potent upset-minded Iowa Malloy did some good running John Bookmafi was Turn to Page 1I-A Col fi Nugent rates Ahilene Chris-tian on par with Georgia which downed Florida State 140 last week The Texas team returns with virtually the same outfit which upset FSU 20-7 last year Abilene Christian scored 41 points in an explosive fourth quarter last week to rout East Texas- State 41-19 It w-as the first setback for East Texas In 31 games Because of its experience the Texas team is rated a one to two touchdown favorite over Florida State which relies heavily on freshmen and sophomores Florida State's inexperience hurt in the Georgia game with the backfield showing evidence of inability to absorb the in tricate set of plays Nugent had outlined for his tricky and formation offense Blit this week in practice the operation was considerably smoother and Nugent said his combination should improve as the season progresses Six new- faces will be in the Florida State lineup Freshman Tulss-Arkansas AvM-Texas West Texas-Texas Tech FIT ST Colorado AM Col-orario Ari7ona-Utah San Jose Stare-TlnunnH State Collette paciflcwahmaton State pre-season ranking poll was listed as an 18-point favorite over TCU by the men who figure But confining themselves to such things but the general statements Brennan has said he expects to have what t)rnsson ir(( Kttgrnntl Leahy used to call a SUCCeCtl meaning inning Dame teagt and Daugherty is on record as believing Michigan State's successes will continue In fairness to other coaches it imust be pointed out that the schedule for today the second Ibig day of the 1954 college season and the first to prbvide action in cverv sector was the FAR California iiuiiim of Harris Out By HERB ALTSCHCIIj i Associated Press Snorts Writer want WASHINGTON The Wash-Avav i As Nats Pilot pre-game show It was scheduled to start at 7:30 The Hurricanes came out for a brief pre-game limbering up wearing only sweat shirts There were no numbers Coach Andy Gustafson was co-operating in withholding identity of his players until their official introduction Without waiting for the official crowd count available in other stories permit commendation for Seiler lie did a magnificent job in building up interest in the inaugural game which in the past had been partially dimmed by a practice contest earlier in the months There are a lot of stories about Seiler My favorite dates hack to the 'time when Guy Butler was a rival sports editor We tried to drum up a halftime stunt of shooting Seiler front a cannon through the goal posts The idea was abandoned when the fans showed a preference just for shooting Seiler still the in staging football extravaganza even if he didn't get this one on the road until 8 what happened? $45000 a year Harris reportedly earned $30000 can believe what you to Maybe it's better that Xo manager ever resigns Griffith said he had planned mid lead to tears Ajir'ton Senatovs announced I ri- i'Ve been through it before Ac-ito announre Harris' resignation kind that eou dozen or so teams rated among ('av that Buc-kv Harris has re- tuallv I hate to leave Washing-at the close of the season but the best in their sectors facedisigned as manager but Harris 'ifs been mv home for 30 that Buck-V had telephoned him Ted Rodrique who showed to the kind of opposition that could'pIied he w-as fired bu- on the ha7ThuTa- nh askf himTTt0 d0 bea" -TZZZ? ruin a good season at the outset a jjeais nut mats one ot me naz so at onre and t)lus free iiarns ball handler will start at quar- TV1 anv rate' Ihickv is out of a ards of baseball As of now I -to fegotiate his own future The top games were Texas- jo)) -lVith the end of the seasori Notre Dame and Michigan State-Sundav and xvhile nobodv would 'dont know "hat Im do- Iowa game of sav so for tbe rPCord was I have no offers I'll keep man terbaek in place of senior Harry Massey Other newcomers are Bud Leonard and Jimmy Trado at Furman For such tactics had no defense aging the club until the final talk with or poten-game is tial successors in New York Harris one of baseball's (Monday and that he hoped to is winding up his third I be able to announce his manag-hitch as manager of the Sena-je Jn Nafnes mention- jtors bogged in the second diviq ed in the discussion were for ends Don Powell at right tackle: Lee Corso at left half and John Griner at fullback Abilene Christian will feature a passing attack built around quarterback Leondous Fry and end Van Morgan and the power running of fullbacks Gene Boyd and Taul Goad With Redrique in the starting quarterback role for FSU the Seminoles are Expected to take to the air often Rodrique passed Dres-sion All told he has managed rhil Riputo shortstop them for IS rears dating back the New- 5 ork ankees and Junto 1924 hen 'he led the club to my recently ousted as manager of the Baltimore Ori- a pennant Knowing full well that the previous first night record of 38278 posted in the 1952 game with Florida State was due to be eclipsed Gustafson was anxious for his Hurricanes to make a good showing I hope" he said before the kickoff that Bosseler fumble on our first running play arid get us off to a bad All-America end candidate Frank McDonald a tremendous Turn to Page 11-A Col 2 week Only a step or two behind them came Penn State-lliinois Missouri-Purdue Texas Christian-Okl ahoma Mississippi-K n-tuckv Florida-Georgia Tech Duke-Pennsylvania South Caro-lina-Army Kansas State-Wyom-ing Michigan-Washington and Stanford-Oregon Brennan's first Notre Dame team is very much like Leahy's last except that All-America Johnny Lattner and the whole right side of the 1953 line are gone Meanwhile widely believed Chuck Dressen will be his successor The sequence went like this: Clark Griffith 84-year-ohl owner of the Senators and a longtime friend of Harris said in Washington he was announcing at request that Bucky had resigned Harris in Boston for the closing games with the Red Sox denied he had resigned and hinted he was being booted out He said: 4 True About the Elevator WHAT A break really got an elevator and riding it to the press box was my first real thrill of the new season Thanks to A A Ungar's Stadium Advisory Board for making it easy for the sports writers my sad duty to report even this early in the season the gridiron looks terrible probably because of the rain last week when high school cleats chewed up the grass Much of the grass was missing between the wgst 30 and 45-yard lines At the risk of repeating something i Turn to Page 14-A Col 7 oles The Los Angeles Times reported two days ago that Dressen already had signed with the Sen- Meanwhile it was learned from reliable bnt unidentifiable sources that Dressen will be signed to a three-year contract at between $40000 antf ators Griffith would neither! for 103 yards in part-time duty confirm nor deny that report against Georgia last week.