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The News aed Observer Section II Sports Financial Classified Sports Financial Classified Section II VOL CLXIII NO 98 RALEIGH SUNDAY MORNING OCTOBER 6 '1946 tlDIPr DAILY FIVE CENTS iUyU SUNDAY TEN CENTS Vols Rally to Check Duke 12-7: State Beats Clemson 14-7 TENNESSEE WINS TURNER FEATURES IN STATE VICTORY IN THIRD QUARTER Disputed Pass Into End Zone Scores Winning Touchdown Before 42000 Flashy Tailback Returns Kickoff 98 Also Scores on 10-Yard Run Tenn Duke 8 43 39 149 120 38 (11 I 111 59 20 15 10 4 65 91 1 1 11 14 37 6 33 10 79 2 15 35 vrjpz: mm3 Duke's touchdown in the 12-7 loss to Tennessee at Durham yesterday came on the play pictured at -the left Wingback Howard Hartley raced behind the Tennessee secondary in the first quarter and took a long heave from Buddy Luper on the Vol's 32 and outraced Ralph Chan- cey (22) to the goal The play started on the Duke 35 Photographer Lawrehse Wofford snapped the picture just before Hartley set sail for the goal Tennessee scored on the "first play of th second period when Wingback Bill Hillman caught Bob Lund's pass on the Duke 3 and stepped over the goal as seen in the picture at the right taken by Romulus Stephens Fullback Ben Williams is the Duke player trying in vain to stop Hillman A crowd of 42000 watched the old rivals clash It was Duke's second straight defeat Bobby Layne Tops Attack Davidson Posts Easy Win OKLAHOMA VICTOR BUCKEYES WALLOP Over Erskine Club 54-0 As Texas Smashes Aggies Wildcats Go on Rampage in Last Half in Night Scrap at Charlotte Davidson Wofford First downs 14 3 Net yards rushing 367 Passes attempted 13 9 Passes completed 4 1 Yards gained passing 68 12 Number of punts 1 9 Total yardage punts 31 290 Passes intercepted by opp 2 4 Yards from interceptions 55 7 Fumbles 1 0 Fumbles recovered 1 0 Yards penalized 100 16 Clemson Sta? First-downs 8 Net yards rushing 76 Yard gained passing 51 79 Passes attempted 17 13 Psse completed 7 7 1 Passes intercepted by I 1 Number of punts 11 Punting averages 40 Fumbles 1 Rail lost on fumhles 4 Number of penalties 3 5 Yards penalised 35 35 Clemson Oct (JCh-North Carolina State College's Wolfpack which got its initiation into Jh fraternity of football giants with a stunning 13-6 victory over Duke last Saturday paid another installment on Southern Conference championship dues here today with a 14-7 victory over the once-beaten Clemson Tigers There would be no loc in considering today's State triumrjh an upset but some had given Clemson an edge in pre-game prognogtica-tions However they forgot to re- I member that State has Howard a ii i liurner Aii-aoumern tailback froni Rocky Mount who runs with the motions of a side show dancsr Turner stood the paying custo-berii on their ears choked Clemson chee-rs for Dutch Leverman's 33-yard touchdown in the throats of Tiger fans when he took Hank Walker's kickoff on the 2-yard line and raced 98 yards for a touchdown Breezes Home Turner cut to his right found himself in the clear on his own 20 stood up Clemson Wingback Bobby Gage Qin Clemson's 40 and coasted in the a-est of the way Jim Byler a freshman guard from Chicago tied the score with his placekiek It was noted more for his passing than for his who gave State the lead it never relinquished in the early portion of the second period He set up the play with a 23-yard pass to glue-fingered 'Oscar Bozeman on Clemson's 13 He tried two passes that failed tbn started out on an end sweep to his Tight found himself boxed in by virtually the whole Clemson tcram on the 10 reversed his field amd roared over without a Tiger hartd touching him Bylr again conve rted and State held the game-winning 14-7 lead Clemson ctffered Leverman the freshman tailback from McAllen Tex in rebuttal to the more experienced Turner He held up his end of the argument through the first half gave Tigers' fans among the 15000 present their only chance ta roar from their heels when he tore 33 yards for the Clemson's first and only score just before Turner's kickoff jaunt inu the first period That touchdown came after the first major brea'ik of the game Tur ner had booted tfrom State's 12 but the ball wobblea out on the 33 Leverman wasted no time faked a reverse tore ovtr his own right guard cut to hisi right and made it over for the touchdown Bull Cagle of Andrews converted giving Clemson a lead it Ibeld for a matter of 10 game seconds Convincing Win Besides moving State into an ad vantageous position for conference honors the victory must have been a sufficient answer to the Doubtin? Thomases who figured that the up set of JJuke was a fluke Coach Beattie Feathers prcrved to uccer South Carolina today that he had a football powerhouse with which to be reckoned State line play was vicious par ticularly on defense and Barney Watts voted the freshman of the week after last Saturday's game was easily the lineman of the day here Time after time he was-the fifth raaa in Clemson's backfield and as if to give the final results personal signature he broke Clemson's heart by breaking through and stopping Rod Brisendine for a 12-j-ard loss cn the last play of the gam He also partially blocke i a Leverman punt in the second period after twice spilling Leverman for losses that forced the Tiger tailback to kick John Wagoner a guard from Gibsonville and Al Phillips a 26-year-old end who was co-captain today were strong in the "Wolfpack forward wall Clemson's absolute inability to capitalize on the breaks -jOt the Tigers what chance they had cf getting a tie or triumph They recovered four State fumbles and intercepted one pass spent virtually all the fourth period in Wolfpack territory trying to figure out a way to cross the goal line Almost Score They very nearly found the way in the closing minutes on lver-man's passing The Tigers had taken the ball when Ralph Curtis- second string center from Letting-ton recovered Richkus' fumble Leverman passed to Clark for six yards Leverman was heramed in by a flock of State linemen but managed to get off another pass to Clark good for six yards The Texas tailback then faded back and hit End Eddis Freeman on State's 8 and Freeman finally was dropped at the 3 Then that State line went into full-scaU oper ations Leverman hit the line tor no gain He faded to pass again and See TURNER Page Two State Rolls On! Pos Stat Clrmta LE Phillips Ciar LT Ramsey SnniJhi LG Watts Suit: Saunders Jenkins RG-Musser Mimmi RT Dressier Turrer RE Gibson Walker QB Stanton Co LH Turner Leverman i RH Bozeman FB Palmer Moorer Score by periods: State 7 7 0 1 Clemson 7 0 6 0 7 State scoring: Touchdowns Turner 5 Points after touchdown Byler (sub fcr Wagoner (2-placements Clemnon scoring: Touchdown Leverman Point mrT First-down No of rushes Yds gained rushing Yds lout rimhing Nt yds rushing Vntsr attempted Passes completed Yds gamed pawing Passes int by opp Number of punts Average yardage punts' Yd punts returned Orr fumbles covered Yrt lnt nenjiltieit Doe not Include one blocked kick Punts figured from line of scrim mage By DICK HERBERT Durham Oct 5 Tennessee's well drilled Vols marched 75 yards in the opening minutes of the second half to score a controversial touchdown which defeated a battling Duke eleven 12-7 here this sunny aft ernoon before 42000 fans in a renewal cf the colorful and closely fought series between General Bob Nevland and Colonel Wallace Wade This game will be talked about for a long time as almost all Duke Tennessee meetings are but the play which gave the Vols the winning points will become the topic of foot ball discussions for years to come Duke coming back amazingly after last week's upset to State turned in a sensational game in the first half to take a 7-6 lead over Tennessee but the Vols returned to the field after the intermission with new zest and held the upper hand the rest of the way Perhaps Ney land's well-balanced crew would have got the winning touchdown anyway but it was heartbreaking for the game Blue Devils to lose on a play which almost all press box observers thought was illegal The Play It all happened in the opening minutes of the third period when Tennessee marched from its 23 to the Duke 4 On third down Captain Walter Slater nassed into the end zone The ball apparently glanced SXweS Tnto the hands of End Franklin Hubbell just within the end-zone boundary Annarentlv the officials did not tee the ball hit Huddleston for they ruled the pass complete giving the Voi the six Doints that meant the victory The rule on the play says that n-hpn nnp member of the offensive tm touches a nass "he only of his team remains eligible" Had a Duke player touched the ball after it hit Huddleston then Hubbell would vv hpn Plieible to make the ich hut no Duke laver touched the b'alL Protest In Vain Buddy LuDer Duke's tailback -v -a: nn tnn of the nlav nrotest- ed vigorously to the officials but their ruline was not chanced The nlav rvissiblv will be settled to the satisfaction of all when the movies of the game are developed cf most of the ob- servers was that two Tennessee men touched the pass After the game Wade refused to comment on the disputed play How- ever the veteran Blue Devil mentor was unstinted in his praise for his Kcv-ct -t think- nnr tpam nlaved a great game of football" he said "I Em mighty proud of them- and if they play that way for the rest of the season they wiU be entirely i3ieartnrv in me Nevland chalkine ur another vie- tnrv'in the' series said "It was an honor to win over Wade Duke has a great team and I'm happy that our team came from behind to win" Vols Hold Ed re Regardless of the disputed play which takes some edge off Tennes- 5M-c victory the Vols had the rower and the determination to rally in tv last haif anr! HnM the ucoer hand when it counted the most Duke's attack which looked good In the first quarter bogged down i-rrlPT the relentless rushing of the Tennessee line in the last two quar- ters and the Blue Devils had only eood scorins oDDortunity after the visitors took their 12-7 margin Duke struck six minutes from the end cf the first period when Buddy Luper tossed a perfect strike wTgbae Howard Hartley for a touchdown play that covered 65 ysrds Bob Gantt kicked the extra poirt to put the Blue Devils in iront 7-0 Charles Mitchell Tennessee's blocking back then took Oantts kickoff on the 7 and churned up the middle of the field on a twisting run to the Duke 30 where he was brought down from behind by Her- man Smith a Greensboro boy who turned in an outstanding perform- ance at end On second down Slater passed to Wingback Bill Hillman who scooted down the right sidelines to the Duke fi hut the Blue Dev 1 held here and took over on the 5 Duke kicked out of the hole and TrD ulo il i i okc -k All on Passes Tenn Puke 1E Huboell Mote tk Prce MiineV Stevenson Wail KG DrofX FT Crawford Bussas OB Mitchell HB Siater HR Chancer IB Balitsari Score by periods: Tenn DeRofiatls 1 smith Crantt 1 Luper Hartley 0 i ke 700 7 Tennessee ncorinr: Touchdowns man and Hubbell Puke scoring Touch- li own Hartley Extra point Gantt placement! lennessee substitutions: Ends Powell Pike Huddleston and Jerri an: tackles Francis Crawford and Meserell: guards Myers and Rotella centers Hueser: Lund Long Par-tin Rowan Hillman Fowler Milner Armstrong Gold and Major Duke sub-ftnutions: Ends Cittadino Karmazin and Muse: tackles Hardison and Mul-1ts: guards Chambers Wolfe and Davi: center Perkinson: backs Mont-fomfir Clark Davis Folger Hodges Mulligan Williams and Strauss Of-iir-Aii- Referee Cheves (Georgia): um-T' Tebel! 'Wisconfini head linesman Gardner 'Georgia Tech) field judge Kill Wofford i 43 a VV or OVER AGGIES 10-7 Field Goal in Last 40 Seconds Gives Jim Tatum's Team Close Win Norman Okla Oct With 40 seconds remaining Dave Wallace the University of Oklahoma's 172-pound quarterback kicked a 19-yard field goal on fourth down to break a 7-7 deadlock and give the Sooners a 10-7 edge over Texas today Although the Sooners outplayed the Cadets throughout the game the stubborn Aggie line continually turned back Oklahoma scoring bids It looked as if the game would end in a deadlock after both teams threatened in the fourth quarter the Aggies moving to the one-foot line before being turned back Then Oklahoma put on its final drive moving 21 yards after takin an Aggies punt to the Cadet 5 The Soojiers picked up only a yard after three downs and with the crowd of 28000 fans screaming Oklahoma was penalized five yards back to the 9 for delaying the game With the clock showing just 40 seconds left Wallace split the up rights for the three points that gave uiuanoma me comesi NORTHWESTERN SWAMPS WISCONSIN- TEAM 28-0 Hard -Charging Wildcats Get Convincing Victory over Badger Outfit Evanston 111 Oct 5 A fast alert hard-charging Northwestern team scored a smashing 28-0 vic tory over Wisconsin today Northwestern held the dominant hand through most of the hot after noon put over a touchdown in the second period and added three more in the wild action-packed final quarter The surprising Wildcats got un der way in the second period in a drive that carried 61 yards Passes and an end sweep advanced to the 16 After a series of line thrusts Vic Schwall rammed one yard for a touchdown Schwall converted then and on the three other occa sions The Cats began an 86-yard trek late in the third quarter Getting up momentum in a sequence on power plays they stepped up the pace when Aschenbrenner hurled a 27-yard pass to Wiltgen Aschenbrenner and Ralph Everist carried forward along the ground to the Badger 15 and Schwall swung around his left end to score Ed Hirsch set up the next trip goalward when he intercepted a Wisconsin pass and scooted to the Badger 30 On the next play Art Murakowski bolted through the ine and hurried across the last line DARTMOUTH POSTS WIN OVER SYRACUSE 20-14 Hanover Oct 5 (UR) A lot of little men overcame a few big ones today as Dartmouth used two separate teams to wear down a heavier Syracuse eleven which was short of replacements 20-14 It was the second straight week that Dartmouth had used its two team system to offset a weight disadvantage A crowd of 10000 fans saw the Indians spoil the first inva sion of New Hampshire by Syracuse in 26 years When Syracuse threatened to score the equalizing touchdown late in the fourth period Dartmouth's two-platoon system came up with final whopping payoff It was delivered by Herb Carey freshly substituted back who snatched a Syracuse pass near his 25 and pouring on steam pulled Dartmouth out of danger by racing to the Syracuse 25 21 TOO Joe Whisler Has Big Role in Ohio State's Intersection al Triumph Los Angeles Oct 5 (UR) Ohio State's rebounding Buckeyes wreck ed University of Southern Cali fornia 21-0 today with a carrying fullback who scored three touch downs in their intersectional classic before 80047 fans Joe Whisler a 207-pounder took the Trojans apart and his methodical teammate John Stungis added the extra points that completed a mis erable afternoon for the defending champions of the West The renewal of the Buckeye' Trojan rivalry suspended since 1942 by war-time restrictions put USC down in the heap for later Rose Bowl selection and raised once-tied Oh id Slate as a national grid power The Buckeyes looked more like Bearcats when they began ripping the USC line almost from the open ing kickoff Five" quick first-downs paid off in exactly 12 minutes Before the afternoon was over the Ohioans had 12 first-downs and twice the Trojans net yardage In the third period USC's Quar terback Mickey McCardle blundered a pass into the hands of Ohio's Tom James on the Trojan 45 and James reeled on to Troy's 24 Within sec onds Whisler scored standing up Stungis converted again The Buckeyes promptly crashed their way to the Trojan 3 at the end of the third period and on the first play of the fourth Whisler rolled USC back with his shoulders for another score The steady Stungis again kicked the extra point LOUISIANA STATE WINS OVER MAROONS 13 TO 6 Baton Rouge La Oct 5 WJK A powerful Louisiana State forward wall put the crusher on Shorty Mc Williams and the rest of Mississippi State here tonight and shook loose its own attack to win 13-6 before a sellout crowd of 45000 Hammering down McWilliams the ex-West Pointer most of the way LSlTs brilliant Walter (Piggy) Barnes and other members of Ber-nie Moore's front line led the way to a second-period touchdown LSU smashed down the highly touted McWilliams again in the fourth period Shorty was bounced on his own goal line where he fumbled Barnes recovered in the end zone to put the wrapper on a fumble-marred game A late Mississippi Slate drive down field with McWilliams and Graham Bromlett heading the at tack produced the lone State score The try for extra point was no good WYOMING BEATEN Laramie Wyo Oct 5 (JP) A touchdown by Fullback Chuck Painter today gave Colorado A and College a 7-0 victory over the University of Wyoming in the first Big Seven Conference football game for both teams The game was fin ished in a driving snowstorm as Painter plunged off tackle for the only touchdown in the fourth quar ter Painter converted the extra point kattle'to tie Colorado Springs Colo Oct 5 (JP) Recovery of fumbles led to touchdowns today for both Montana State and Colorado College as the two Rocky Mountain Conference elevens opened their league season with a 7-7 tie SCORELESS TIE Greenville Oct A battle be tween the ECTC Varsity and the Washington Pam Pack ended in a scoreless deadlock here Numerous penalties drawn by the Teachers kept the tilt on a even keel through out the game TROJANS Grid Scores STATE State 14 Clemson 7 Tennessee 12 Duke 7 Davidson 54 Wofford 0 ECTC 6 ACC 6 Cherry Point Marines 13 Quantico Marines 7 North Carolina Jayvees 38 Navy Jay vees as Mars Hill 7 PJC 0 Shaw 14 A and 13 Appalachian 40 Elon 0 Catawba 19 High Point 7 Newberry 13 Lenoir Rhyne 0 WCTC 33 Tusculum 6 Campbell 26 Brevard 0 SOUTH Newberry 13 Lenoir-Rhyne 0 Presbyterian 12 Sewanee 7 Auburn 26 Furman University Washington Lee 41 Hampden-Syd-ney 6 Concord State Teachers 21 Shepherd state leachers 7 Central Michigan 20 East Kentucky leacners 7 University Of Indiana 14 Fort Knox 0 Knoxville Tennessee 27 Mississippi a Lincoln 68 St Paul 0 William and Mary 51 Citadel 12 Vanderbilt 7 Mississippi 0 Tulane 27 Florida 13 Tennessee State 27 Langston 0 VPI 21 Virginia 21 Georgia Tech 32 VMI 6 Alabama 14 South Carolina 6 Paine College 20 Camo Jackson Trans portation Corps 0 Presbyterian 12 Sewanee 7 Lane 20 Alabama State 0 Kentucky 70 Xavier 0 Carson-Newman 27 Emory 6 Pensacola Navy 40 NATTC 0 Potomac State 7 Morris Harvey 0 Hardin Simmons 34 San Jose State 7 LSU 13 Mississippi State 6 Rice 48 Southwestern 0 Texas Tech 7 Southern Methodist 0 Texas 54 Oklahoma Aggies 6 EAST Connecticut 25 Snrinefield 0 George Washington 37 Kings Point 18 Columbia 23 Navy 14 Dartmouth 20 Syracuse 14 Colby 13 Vermont 7 Drexel 18 Ursinus 6 Pennsylvania 66 Lafayette 0 Army 46 Cornell 21 Bates 25 Trinity 0 Yale 27 Colgate 6 Haverford 20 Susquehanna 0 Princeton 33 Brown 12 West Virginia 42 Waynesburg 0 Harvard 49 Tufts 0 Holy Cross 16 Detroit 14 Muhlenberir 39 Albrieht 0 Boston University 21 American Inter national Northeastern is Maine 7 Navy Plebes 33 Greenbrier 7 St Lawrence 39 Lowell Textile 0 Dickinson 7 Lehigh 6 Rochester 30 Union 14 Massachusetts State 11 Bowdoin 8 Yale Freshman 7 Andover Academy 0 Clarkson 13 Norwich 0 Connecticut State Teachers 26 Worces ter Tech JHofstra 14 Montciair Teachers Pennsylvania State 48 Bucknell 6 Wesleyan 26 Swarthmore 0 Buffalo 28 Rennselear 13 Rutgers 53 Johns Hopkins 0 Bergen 33 Trenton Teachers 0 Western Maryland 18 Gettysburg 6 St Bonventure 33 Scranton 7 Wiliams 12 Middlebury 6 Mount Union 20 Bethany 6 East Strousbursh Teachers 26 Pan zer Geneva 12 Washington-Jefferson 0 Juanita 6 Westminster 6 NYIT 19 Brooklyn 8 MIDWEST Butler 13 Indiana State 7 Notre Dame 33 Pittsburgh 0 Nebraska 31 Kansas State 0 Kansas 14 Wichita 7 Iowa State 20 Iowa Teachers 18 Illinois 43 Purdue 7 Bowling Green 13 Ball State 0 Ohio University 25 Western Michigan 7 Albion 13 Hillsdale 6 Wayne 13 Ohio Wesleyan 0 University of Wisconsin 6 Ferris 6 Tulsa 48 Drake 13 Concordia 27 Elmhurst 13 North Central 7 Milllkin 6 Muskingum J5 Heidelberg 0 Michigan 14 Iowa 7 Boston College 34 Michigan State 20 Miami 35 Dayton 0 Find lay 27 Wooster 6 Northwestern 28 Wisconsin 0 Wheaton 6 Western Illinois Teachers 0 Defiance 7 North Manchester Lawrence 34 Carleton 13 St Olaf 20 Concordia 0 St John's 8 Augesburg 6 Otterbein 18 Denison 13 Thiel 14 Hiram 6 Augustana 13 Charthage 0 Cedarville 14 Canterbury 6 Illinois State Normal 18 De Pauw 0 Evansville 20 Illinois Wesleyan 6 Wabash 28 Franklin 7 Northern Michigan 26 Northland 0 Manku'io Teachers 0 Duluth Teachers 0 St Benedicts 18 College of Emporia 0 Coe 1C Luther 6 Ohio University 25 Western Michigan 7 Dcbuciue 43 Penn College 0 Beloit 6 Monmouth 0 Knox 18 Grinnell 9 Marietta 12 Capital 0 Wayne 12 South Dakota 0 Southern Normal 13 Sioux Falls 0 Carroll 33 Macalester 0 St Joseph's 7 Valpariso 0 Baldwin Wallace 32 Akron 0 Toledo 42 Case 14 Cincinnati 39 Marshall 14 FAR WEST Ohio State 21 Southern California 0 Washington State 21 Idaho 0 Oregon State 35 Portland 0 Idaho Southern 19 Carlsbad 18 Western State 19 Hastings 7 Stanford 33 San Frincisco 7 Nevada 33 Santa Clara 7 California Poly 21 San Diego State 13 Oregon 14 California 13 Solorado Aggies 7 Wyoming 0 olorado College 7 Montana State 7 Colorado 6 Utah State 0 UCLA 39 Washington 13 i LOngflOmS Tum in Third Con secutive One-Sided Wal- lODinCI Of Foe 5 Austin Tex Oct The Texas powerful Longhorns led by blonde Bobby Layne overwhelmed the Cowboys of Oklahoma A and lM 54-6 before a capacity crowd of 44003 in Memorial Stadium today Oklahoma's ace Bob Fenimore injured last week when the Aggies were tied by Arkansas played most oi we ursi nan dux am noi get back into the game after an injury late in the second period The hard-running Fenimore scor ed the Oklahomans' lone touchdown They came right back after Texas first score Fenimore intercepted a Layne pass on the Texas 45 and it was Layne who ran him out of bounds on the 20 Fenimore spark ed the drive that followed and car "ed the ball across the stubborn i-ongnorn une six incnes on me pay off play It was the ambitious Aggies first defeat since Tulsa whipped them 55-6 in 1943 It was the third straight vitiory ma i xui uic Texans celebrating Dana Bibles year ui is They had defeated Missouri 42-0 an Colorado 76-0 and next week they meet Oklahoma University in winding up their pre-Southwest uiuci enue suieuuie The Longhorns showing power speed and a fine passing game roll- ed up 387 yards rushing to Okla homa 73 They scored first lr the first period ran up three in the big second quarter and two each In the closing two periods That does not count two apparent loucnaowns mai were caiiea oacK on iongnorn ruie miracuons The powerful Longhorn offense rolled up 13 first downs' to the Aggies eight gained 127 yards on with Layne and Tom Lan- dry doing most of the completing 10 of 19 attempted Fenimore's interception of one of Layne's passes setup the Aggies score it was me nrst pass inter cepted on Layne this season Alert Jim Sbavital pulled in another later the game BUDDY YOUNG CHECKED niif i iiti TDIIjnlpU ILLim iniUIVirn Champaign 111 Oct Pur- due outdid Itself holding speedster Buddy Young in check today but Quarterback Ferry Moss pitched one touchdown pass scored twice on lme plunges and set up a fourth tally as the Illini flattened Purdue 7 before 38512 spectators Illinois amassing 255 yards by rushing to the Boilermakers 69 scored twice in the first quarter added a field goal in the second for 17-0 halftime lead then drove across two touchdwns in the third ana xwo more in me nnai penoa About the only consolation Pur- due received was successruny con- ning xoung xo an eigni-yara maxi- mum The Boilermakers racked up their only touchdown in the third Quarter a acvcu-j-aiu iuu uj jjuu jjc DnU MOSS In all Purdue attempted 29 passes completed 11 for a gain of 86 yards JUU luiada Al caxuuau aerial wizard in 1944 doing most i 3 me tossing Illinois compietea five in 12 attempts for 92 yards i lie una jcai uicw luuit rm tilmi: i nu than twice as many lans as any previous season Like Pancake Atlanta Oct A swarm of Georgia Tech linemen poured in on Bobby Thompson VMI halfback and blocked his punt in the fourth quarter today When the referee unstacked the resulting pileup he tossed the ball off the field It was flat ac that proverbial pancake Close Call Worcester Mass Oct By means of a last gasp field goal the same tactic by which Dartmouth defeated them 3-0 a week ago the Holy Cross Crusaders bested a stubborn heavy University of Detroit football team 16-14 today in midsummer heat before a Fitton Field crowd estimated at 20000 The clincher was booted by' Gene DeFilippo of East Haven Conn from 18 yards out with but 15 seconds to play as almost everyone in the partison crowd seemed to try to give the ball body English RAIDERS BEATEN AT OXFORD 19-0 Red Devils Post Non-League Win over Fred Smith's Raleigh Eleven Oxford Oct 5 Oxford Orphan age trounced Methodist Orphanage of Raleigh here this afternoon on Daniel Memorial Field 19-0 in' a non-conference contest Both clubs are members of the newly-formed State Athletic Conference The cir cuit battle is booked for Raleigh later in the season The locals got their scores In the first third and fourth periods with Joe Potter and Ben Tucker bearing the brunt of the attack The visiting Red Raiders threatened in only the first period when speedy Herbert Clewis intercepted a Red Devil pass and returned it to the Oxford 7 where the locals held for downs and took over Lester Hardin Methodist fullback also was outstanding for the losers The Red Devils gained possession of the ball after a series of kicks on the Methodist 40 The payoff drive was culminated when Potter cracked the left side of the line for two yards and the first score The extra point try was no good The visitors stiffened after that and when the halftime intermission roll ed along the locals were leading 0 Methodist kicked oft to Oxford after the halftime and the locals returned the ball to the Methodist from where Potter broke loose for 40 yards and the second six-pointer of the battle Jimmy Long booted the extra point giving the Red Devils a 13-0 edge Ben Tucker got the final score when he crashed the Raiders line for three yards Howard Carnichael and Bobby Carroll sparked the line play of the Capital City club Coach Fred Smith's club travels to Dunn next Friday night for a scrap with Dunn High The loss today was -Methodist's first in three starts WRITERS GIVE EDGE TO CHAMPION B0S0X St Louis Oct About two out of three baseball writers here for the World Series favor the Bos ton Red Sox to whip the St Louis Cardinals a poll disclosed today The opinions are divided almost evenly as to whether the American League sluggers will turn the trick in five or six games Only one scribe Henry McKenna of the Boston Herald figures Ted Williams and Company will take four straight although George Carens of the Boston Traveler opines the Red Sox may do it "in four or five" Writers picking the Cardinals expressed the belief they would do it in six or seven games Charlotte Oct 5 (JP) loose its full power in a last minute offensive Davidson rolled to a 54-i football triumph over Wofford Col lege here tonight The Wildcats held to a single touchdown in each of the first two periods scored twice in the third and four times in the last quarter It was the second straight week Davidson had romped over a Souih Carolina rival winning its opener last week from Erskine 74-0 The Wildcats scored the first time they got possession of the ball Receiving a punt on their 45 the Wildcats drove to a touchdown with Sheppard and Erwin leading the way and with Erwin scoring on a 26- yard reverse off tackle Penaltie hurt several Wildcat threats in the opening period Another 60-yard advance ending with a 15-yard pass from Sheppard to O'Hair sub for Mapes accounted for the second score The South Carolinians made their best show ing offensively as well as defensive ly in the first half but seldom got past Davidson 40-yard line Guy tossed a 25-yard pass to O'Hair to Wofford 20 early in the third period Erwin scooted around end to the three and Guy bursted off tackle for the touchdown Rice returned a punt 25 yards to Wof-ford's 37 and then Anderson passed 15 to Rice who ran down the side lines for a touchdown Wade broke loose for 30 yards down to Wofford's 22 He was past all but one tackier when he finally was brought down Wade then pass ed to Strunk for a first -down on the 12 but Davidson was penalized for holding and Clary intercepted Wade's long pass on the 4 Wof ford punted to Davidson on Wof ford's 26 and on the first play bhep pard bounced off tackle for 26 yards and a touchdown to start the fourth Deriod fireworks Sheppard ran a punt DacK id yaros to Wofford's 38 and then went off tackle to the 23 On an end around O'Hair moved down to the 8 but here Wofford stiffened held for downs and took the ball The South Carolinians their passing attack failing booted the ball to Guy who ran it back 10 yards to Wofford's 24 Two more ground plays car ried it to the two-yard line and Whitehurst scored Richards intercepted a Wofford pass on the Wofford 40 and on the first play Anderton ran 40 yards for a touchdown Then Ashmore intercepted one of Wofford's late desperate passes and ran it back 20 yards for the final touchdown Mapes kicked four extra points Chandler and Cheek one each all from placement Pos navidson Wofford LE Mapes Strain Striftclin Smith Davidowski Bingham oriuv RG Chandler Hnmmett RT Rhodes Duband RE Cheek Scay QBBethea Linn Tti-e Wall RH Sheppard Stephens FB Erwin Clary Score by periods: Davidson 6 14 28 54 Wofford 0 0 0 0 0 Davidson scoring touchdowns: Erwin O'Hair (sub for Mapes) Guy (sub for Sheppard) Rice Sheppard Whitehurst (sub for Rice) Anderton (sub for Erwin) Ashmore (sub for Rice) Point after touchdown: Chandler (placement) Mapes 4 (placement) Cheek (placement) BROTHERS Ross Cherico coaches the linemen of New York University His broth er Art is a tackle Another brother Gerald is a guard touchdown Gagle (sub for Gut) 1.