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It Started in 129 0 FURMAN BISHER Sports Editor STEVE GREEN NJoEveo Niudde Conginalle llo c'llvelley LSU Banks On Rain Sophs To Upset UNC 84 SATURDAY OCTOBER 22 1949 111 ISH'S DISH Tr-- i 1- Nokoo IrtiAlw Seamus With His Irish Tales Of Remus HAD a visit the other day from Seamus Catal MacEacagain of County Lietrim Ireland He sat down and stared at me and I stared at him and for the life of me I couldn't recal any business I might have with a Seamus Catal MacEacagain Then he made it all clear: "You might know me as Georrrrrge Flynn" he said and Ole office turned green with brogue 'Yourrrrrr're mrrrright" I said "I would know you as Geomrrge Flynn" And I proceeded to spend the most enjoyable half-hour I have ever spent with a wrestler professional or amateur inspae the ring or out I learned that Seamus Catal MacEacagain is Gecrge Flynn's Gaelic name I learned that the River Shannon 11- the longest stream in the British Isles I learned that there is no such place as Glocca Moira and if there were it would mean Fome thing like "by the seaside" in the Gaelic tongue I learned that hurling is the national sports of Ireland even though our United Etates have note a definite upward trend in Irish wrestling population I learned that George Flynn nee Seamus Catal MacEacagain had never kissed the Blarney Stone which naturally created a wild surge of surprise I thought all Irishmen kissed the Blarney Stone before they were allowed a passport to leave the island a sort of an oath of allegiance as it were "Hardly any of the Irish ever kiss the Blarney Stone" George said "only the visitors I've never had any desire to kiss It It's unhygienic though I can't say that I've ever heard of 'anybody dying from it It is good for physical development though You have to bend down backward to kiso the stone you know Great for the stomach muscles" 1 V': 'i' $Allir-i' 8 0 -41 1 ij: tk :1 '----'-y: 't 40r: (-4 t- A 'iiiiiiiiiiik :437 '1 La 4 ar :0: 'is'- :1::: inRe'TO 1 's kk 4 4 i olv It iirolt tic 5f 'i i 4 isk '4: iilg4ilg '7' Ig1 '7 :::7 1 i 'r ::4" 0 4 -xWfr i1 'ff'' NIL a :::4:: ti v1111 4 40P 4i ":5: I -i- l': :0 lbw Ai 14141 64 (: 4:: 0- I -5: 54:::::: "0iii i 7 MARYLAND'S JAKE ROWDEN a center State must upset WILLIAM MARY'S TED GEHLMANN a tackle seeking Deacs Surprise! Clips Rate Slight Edge By One TD Miami Scoring Twice In Third Upsets Georgia With Pass Defense George Found A Friend Who Hod A Mare George is the newest decoration on Jim Crockett's wrestling cards and a most unusual fellow in a profession considered somewhat unusual itself He came to these shores in August of 1947 not to pursue the wrestling trade but to case the land of opportunity as a vacationeer He roamed around the country called on a friend here' and there finally landed in Boston for a visit with an old acquaintance named Art Art came from a family of fighting whose Danno stands apart from all wrestlers today as the only man who ever licked Jim Londos By the time he reached Boston Seamus (he hadn't become George Flynn just yet) was looking for an oceupational attachment on this side O'Mahoney a quick one in an emergency observed the sinews on his visitor and observed that he was generously constructed as if intended for the rugged life of an athlete In less time that it takes to engineer a flying mare our hero was taking lessons from the O'Mahoneys including Danno had become George Flynn at the suggestion of the omnipresent Artie and pretty soon wes on the circuit He made the final tie that binds when he married an Irish colleen from the Bronx name of Maureen Crowley George had become as American as McNamara's band "Oh I was a stinking wrestler in my first matches" he said demonstrating still another Americanism "I -won but I didn't do much for the card I didn't put on much of a show You know what mean These American wrestlers are the greatest showmen on earth and they're also the greatest wrestlers on earth Some of those fellows are great athletes" Strength And Health From The Udder Side A vurry hardy clan are these MacEacagains George's grandfathers finally kicked' off at ages 92 and 97 George at 218 five feet ten is a strapping boy but he's the midget in his family Brother Turlough is 6-3 260 Brother Pearse is 6-0 220 and Brother Michael is 5-11 220 "We all grew up in health on a farm and we drank the fresh milk straight from the udder of the cow" George said "We've all had a philosophy that we adopted from my grandfather Take it easy you would say it over here and we have" This would seem to be a gross bit of publicity underhandedness but actually George has a leaning toward philosophy He holds a master's degree in physical education from Dublin University intends to convert to philosophy in time He'd like to become a doctor of philosophy and settle as an instructor in some small college town Wrestling as it stands now is only a means to a Flynn end His heart will always belong to Ireland but the awl sod must do without the frame There's something about this side of the water that appeals to him You find that George does not follow the customary wrestling cut You could hardly picture him grinding up a fellow and friend in the ring as is the custom He's not the rowdy low-blow type swore that he'd never resort to such tactics from the day Marvin Westonburg an old pro once known as The Shadow gave him his first tryout and announced that: "The kid's pretty good" No rough stuff Can you imagine a doctor of philosophy hoofing a friend' in the bread-basket? New type of philosophy versity of Georgi a Bulldogs went an underdog University of Miami By BOB QUINCY Charlotte's Clippers and the Weiriters of Weirton Va meet at Memorial Stadium here tonight to resume a volcanic rivalry that has lasted two years Actually it dates back a score of seasons Directing operations from opposite benches will be Gene McEver the one-time Tennessee great and Clarke Hinkle Bucknell Univer- ram sity's All-American back when hold in college activities ack Carl Snavely was getting his foot- it In 1929 neither McEver nor Hinkle had the pleasure of knowing each other Yet their grid- iron rivalry was unmatched in ledmont ability to push across touchdowns By FURMAN BISHER QUINCY a I Off The Gridiron MIAMI Fla --(tP)-- The Uni under a-13-9 defeat at the hands of The Miamians doped to lose by two touchdowns scored twice in the third period and then held the desperate Georgians in a wild final quarter before 37138 rain-soaked spectators in the Orange Bowl Miami's pass defense was superb The Georgians completed only three of fifteen attempts for 59 yards And the Hurricane's forward wall stopped the Bulldogs' ball carriers when the chips were down Little Jack Hackett the 145- pound quarterback from McKeesport Pa sparked Miamis attack with accurate passes completing three of eight tries for 64 yards Georgia made fourteen first downs to nine for Miami and gained 170 yards rushing to 81 for the home team Miami recovered four Georgia fumbles and the Bulldogs recovered two Miami fumbles Groce Scores Twice In Appalachian Win HIGH POINT --(43)--The Appalchlan Mountaineers knuckled down in the final period here last night for two touchdowns to defeat High Point's Purple Panthers 21 7 in a North State Conference game It was the third conference setback Appalachian has won three lost two The first score was seht up in the first period when John Small recovered a Panther fumble on the High Point nineteen Three plays later John O'Neal went over in a dive from the ene-yard Jine and Bill Cross kicked the first of his three extra points Hugh Goraon of High Point scered for the Panthers in the second quarter on the most brilliant run of the night Gordon took a punt of ais own 23 faked off to Jack Klein and then scampered 77 yards down the right sidelines to the goal Albert "Pace" Evans converted the extra point from placement to tie the score The third period went scoreless but the final quarter had hardly begun when the Mountaineers began a sustained drive for 79 yaras Freshman Jack Groce welit over from the one to put Appalachain ahead And with three minutes left in the game Groce scored Defensive Aces Hosea Rodgers Heads For Rookie Of Year Tigers Fear Justice And His Passes BATON ROUGE La-03) Louisiana State University's off-again on-again football team is laying its hopes of upsetting North Carolina and Choo-Choo Charlie Justice tonight on a couple of sophomore backs and the prospect of rain The sophomores are left halfbacks Jimmy Roshto and Lee Hedges both pass defense aces Hedges has been used primarily on offense in LSU's games this year but Coach Gaynell Tinsley is hoping he will be able to stop Carolina's passing attack Roshto the best on the team Is assigned to check star End Art Wiener Justice's favorite target The kickoff was set for 8:15 (CST) To take the steam out of Justice's running game Tinsley is banking on his capable line The Tiger line is stout and sturdy In four games it hasn't looked bad either on offense or defense But the backfield is a different matter The seCondary has leaked for several costly pass completions and backs have frequently started moving only to lose the ball on fumbles "We may be able to stop Justice's passes" says Tinsley "but I don't know about his running We'll try to keep him inside Then we've got to watch Fullback Billy Hayes" state Still Seeking Its First Victory North Carolina State was still without a single victory as it played host here today to favored University of Maryland in a Southern Conference football game Coach Jim Tatum's Maryland Terps had lost only to Michigan State 147 going into today's game State's record was four straight losses although two were by single points Duke Figures On Doing It Again DURHAM (iP) Once-beaten Duke University held the favorite's role as it met Virginia Tech in a Southern Conference football game here today Duke's only loss this season was to Navy while Virginia Tech has dropped five in a row Last season under somewhat similar circumstances Duke was pressed to eke out a 7-0 victory over the Tech Gobblers Jack Cloud In Civvies As Meets Wake WAKE Mary went into its Southern Conference football game with Wake Forest here today minus star Fullback Jack Cloud Cloud who re-Injured a knee last week against Michigan Stte did not even draw a uniform for today's game William and Mary was gunning for its third straight conference victory against the dangerous Deacons who are rated much better than their record of four straight losses Football has been played at the University of Arizona since 1899 By BOB home to Athens today smarting football team last night Hoyas Pull Upset With Field Goal BOSTON t4P1 Georgetown University's football team led by one of the nation's youngest coaching staffs reached into the bag of old football tricks for a 10-7 victory over Boston College The Hoyas from the nation's capital whose head coach Bob Margarita is only 28 years old scored their winning points by kicking a field goal last night at Braves 1Field before 22763 fans Twice in the second half Georgetown had fought to within striking distance of the Boston College goal only to be thwarted Then Dick Haesler 20-year-old back from Montclair who had missed an earlier attempt booted the winning points between the uprights less than three minutes before the game ended Haesler was standing on the Boston College 20 when he kicked the field goal Dick Lever Gets What He Likes Dick Lever the wrestler who had ambitions towards being a baseball reftTee will get another opportunity to be an arbiter Monday night at the Armory but this time he will stay within his chosen profession The svelte Mr Lever will referec the bout between George Flynn and Blackjack Dillon which is listed as the main event on the four-bout program Flynn the Irishman with the fancy holds has Jumped into prominence here with victories in his last two bouts and Promoter Jim Crockett is busy looking for opposition for him Because Flynn is a clean-cup and popular wrestler it is more or less a "must" in the wrestling profession that his opponents be rough tough and unscrupulous Di Ilion fits the bills The other bouts on the card match Al Massey with Tom Mahoney Carlos Rodriquez with Ben Goldman and Hans Kaempfer with Jack Kelly pass Besides Pete Brown he'll be throwing to Mott Price and Jimmy eifford Neither has Davidson neglected its pass defense or its running attack Coach Charley Jamerson hopes Runyan the fullback may pull a few line-smashing plunges And Jamerson knows that Spider Coach Dick Esleeck has as fine a triple threat as you'll see in Cotton Billingsley Cotton has been slowed a bit in the aerial department because of a sore left shoulder but today is a day that calls for defense or not COLLEGE SCORES Miami (Eta) 13 Georgia 9 Georgetown (DC) Ill Boston College 7 Mississippi Southern 33 Chattanooga 20 George Washington 21 Washington Lee 19 Appalachian 21 High Point 7 Morris Brown 21 Allen University Xavier Louisville 7 John Carroll 26 Marshall 7 Furman 19 Citadel 1 Salem 19 Rio Grande 6 Eastern Kentucky 27 Michigan Normal 6 Virginia Union 27 Kentucky State College IL East Carolina 26 Newport News Apprentice Nebraska Wesleyan 12 Peru (Neb) 6 Detroit 41 Wayne (Mich) Temple 47 Rhode Island State 6 Rollins i2 Newberry 6 Tennessee A 1 26 Wilberforce 7 Drake 27 St Louis 14 Wofford II Presbyterian 7 Lewis and Clark 32 Whitman 7 again on a naked reverse that was good for 43 yards Bryson Justice Guard Figure In Rollins Win ORLANDO Rollins College Tars won over isILwberry College 12-6 here laA night for their ninth straight victory over the visitors from South Carolina It was a freshman guara playing his first college game who set a blistering pace for the lar forward wall that stopped Ntwbern's ace back Hank Witt and the Indian running attack in the second half The Indians net rushing yardage for the last half was 25 yards and they hit on eight of sixteen aerials for 88 yards Billy Joe Leathers 170-pound Rollins freshman from Belle Glade broke through time and again to smear Newberry's runnels and passers before they could ciperate Jim Bryson burly 21il-pound fullback from Marion was a thorn for the South Caroinians Bryson scored once from ten yards out and racked up 05 of the Tars 297 yards rushing The game was marked by excellent punting by Witt and Seet Justice Witt averaged 468 yards on six kicks while Justice averaged 391 yards on six uoots in the same breath the names of John Mac Brown center and Hoover Britt the blocking back Both are adept in knocking down passes When Richmond defeated Furman two weeks ago it was Brown who stood out and spoiled the Hurricane air attack Just to do it Brown it might be mentioned that one of Lambeth's targets is Pete Blown If John Mac follows form fans here this afternoon might be hearing -Brown broke Lambeth's pass to Brown" Considering his bruised ribs Lambeth seemed fit enough to Piedmont Junior High Schoolthich is currently leading the city lace with one win no losses and one tie had its chances strengthened considerably this weck with the return of Tailback Steve Ingram Ingram is the guiding force in the Panther attack but as seen only limited action during the past two games because of an injury He leads the Panthers against Harding Junior High on Richard Field at 8 o'clock tonight Tech managed its second tie of the season yesterday afternoon fighting to a 7-7 draw with Alex ander Graham Both teams scored on lengthy sustained drits Lee Kerlin Clyde Freeman Jack Ligon and Duck Broome alternated in moving the ball to the Tech three from where Kerlin bucked over the AG score Oogie Wright converted Tech started its march on its own twenty and Mike Smith tore off 38 yards for the touchdown Frank Stone made good on the conversion The standings now have Piedmont in the leacl followed by AG with one win one loss and one tie: Tech with no wins no losses and two ties and Harding with no wins one loss and no ties YMCA Ring Team Meets High Point Long on Shorts Ray Clarke'a YMCA ringmen get their second test of the season here tonight at the Central gymnasium against an experienced High Point -Y" aggregation Ronald Billy Ray and Donald Short make up almost one hall of Clarke's nine-man squad Both teams feFling their way along in early season a favorite's role cannot be placed in either's hand before the opening bell However the Queen City team looked exceptionally good in trimming Greensboro 4 12 to 3 12 last eek Matches begin at 8 Davidson Harriers Take Randolph Macon DAVIDSON College's cross-country team defeated Randolph Macon College 20-42 here this morning Blake Bradley of the Wildcats finished first with the time of 2157 followed by Randolph' Macons Mike Burns at 22:16 Tom Stockton of the Cats placed third Coached by Pete Whittle it was Davidson's second win of the season Davidson's fresnman squad running the two-and-one-half mile 'course followed the varsity victory by trimming Lees-McRae Junior College 22-33 Tom Staley of the Kittens finished first at 1223 Bill Seckler of the losers was second 61 12:52 Charlie Justice North Carolina's man of many talents appeared on Bill Sterns sports program (Eleventh Anniversary issue) last night told old hypertension Bill "I consider myself fortunate to be able to play football" For this thought the Choo Choo was awarded a television sett not a Cadillac automobile as will be rumored before the week-end is up They're just as amazed on the West Coast by Hosea Rodgers line-busting antics as were opponents of North Carolina last year In a league where the big fullback is a must the 192-pound Hosea is third in the All-America Football Conference in rushing statistics with a 431 average per carry in 7Lattempts Rodgers is headed for Rookie of the Year honors by lugging for the Los Angeles Dons Throughout the nation football followers watched the weekly scoring accounts of these two backfield men When the last game had rolled around each could account for 21 touchdowns Mc Ever was finally judged the winner with 130 points four extra points separating the two Twenty years later it is a fitting tribute to these former All-Americans that their warfare should be resumed under conditions as tight as they were in their youth McEver just as the 1929 scoring race ended is slightly ahead of Hinkle on points He has sent his Clippers against the West Virginians twice totaled up as many victories But take it from Gene "Those two games were so close and hard-fought I began to think two college clubs were playing a homecoming tivalry" Here a year ago Butch Butler hobbled into the game on a gimp leg threw one pass and departed It to be more exacting was good for a touchdown to Rocci Spadaccini and the game 20-14 in the last few seconds At Weirton a month ago the Clippers converted a Weiriter pass into the game decider when Wing-back Jim Hunnicutt intercepted the aerial and scampered 40 yards to a touchdown The Clips won 14-7 Playing on home turf makes Charlotte a touchdown favorite again tonight However the 8 o'clock kickoff will find no holds barred The Clippers are in good shape McEver rating the line at its peak for the season Backfield punch will be left in the hands of Casey Jones Footsie Palmer Lee Spears and Jim Elvington starters The Weiriters have a number of ex-college stars leader of the running game being Vic Bonfili a great performer while at West Virginia University Featured at halftime at the game a Carolina Spastics Association benefit will be the Rock Hill Drum and Bugle Corps and the Plato Price High School band of Charlotte Callahan Evens Count With Joe GASTONIA The speculation started all over today Joe Lassiter who had pounded Corky Callahan into submission at Charlotte only a month ago took the same punishment here last night Callahan the Greensboro middleweight who was as sharp as a packaged razor raked Lassiter for eight rounds with some vicious punches After the fifth knockdown Callahan was awarded the fight by a TKO That gives each of the boxers a knockout victory After the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame had given Tulane that severe 46-7 drubbing at Notre Dame Indlast week-end Frank Leahy told a friend "I'd call this the greatest team I've ever coached that had been the last game of the season" Looking around for college finds the lens centers on John Karras a 174- pound halfback who does his running for the University of Illinois He has scored five touchdowns is averaging 73 yards a whack I Brown Britt Are Spiders' Net Says Bernie Bierman whose University of Minnesota Golden Gophers are on a Rose Bowl track provided they get by Michigan's Wolverines today concerning the post-season engagement: "I don't care to answer questions as to whether I really want to take my team to the Rose Bowl" The University of Nebraska fighting to maintain its position as all-time leader in Big Seven football may lose that honor today If Oklahoma licks the Cornhuskers the Sooners will dominate the statistics Northwestern's Coach Bob Volgts turned up with some interesting comment about the University of Michigan after his Wildcats had trimmed the Wolverine 21-20 last week "Their deception is not quite as good as last 3ear" pointed out Voigts and their ends are far below 1948 standards" Pittsburgh always a power until the r25t few years and now rebuilding to its old time greatness hasn't had an unbeaten and untied team since 1910 By STEVE PAPPAS DAVIDSON The usual pregame announcement from Davidson College to the effect that the Wildcats will resort to a passing attack as a method of knocking down the opposition is lacking today Even if the passing ace Auburn Lambeth were in top shape which he is not Davidson would be cautious in making such a statement for its homecoming game here with the Richmond Spiders this afternoon The reason is simple The Spiders' pass defense is something you've got to consider and when you say pass defense mention They're already writing Doak Walker's obit That wheel chair freak injury of last week limited him to sparse action against Rice then flu gets him this week If the Doaker misses next Saturday's contest with Texas making All-American for the third straight season will be near impossible When Clemson lost to South Carolina on Big Thursday it was Prank Howard's first attempt at using the platoon system Prank said he was forced to try the method because of hot weather.