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The State from Columbia, South Carolina • 13

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PAGE ONE COLUMBIA SUNDAY OCTOBER 30 1938 SECTION The Citadel Bowls Over Wofford in Charleston Contest Davidson Noses Out Furman by One Point at Greenville Georgia Tech Falls Before Vanderbilt Chargers 13-7 Bcrl Marshall Leads Victors At Nashville Tennessee Wildcats Make Breaks Count For Victory Bill Toe Docs the Trick Parents See Bulldogs Win Easily 27-0 Cartels Uncork Aerial Attack Dr Leo Hall Dr Rudolph Nashville Tenn Oct (API-Little Bert Marshall direcHng a crushing set of backs behind a fast-charging line led Vanderbilt's once-beaten Commodores to a decisive 13 to 7 victory over Georgia Tech before 17000 spectators today The Vanderbilt margin was wider than the score indicates Tech scoring late in the fourth period after being outgained in the air and on the ground throughout the battle Marshall who took Lunny Hollins' See when the latter suffered a ken collar bone in the first quarter began the first scoring drive late in the aecond period With three minutes to play and the ball on its own 37 Marshall passed to Dutch McElreath for yards then faked a pass and ran to the 17 Another pass Marshall to Dutch Reinschmidt placed the ball on the 3 and Turney Ford sub for Roy Huggins cracked left tackle for the score Joe Agee's try for placement was wide In the third period alternating with Hardy Housnian and Huggins Marshall piloted Vandy to Tech'a 24-yard line A fake line play ended with Huggins going back to torn a 21-yard ae-ial to Housman who took the ball in on the 3 and fought his way over the goal line Capt Marvin Franklin's placement was good for the point Junius Plunkett fumbled as Vandy tried to run the ball out from its own goal line and Shaw recovered for Tech on the 3-yard line Joe Bartlett crashed through tackle for Tech's only touchdown Shaw added the point by drop kick Tlie lieupa: Charleston Oct A scrappy Wofford eleven this afternoon gave way to a superior and more powerful Citadel light Vigade the Cadets winning the par day game 27 to 0 The Terrier were outclassed in every phase of the game and never were given a chance to score The Citadel on the other hand worked with clocklike precision Coach Tatum Gressctte's charges relied chiefly on their smooth aerial attack for ground gaining The Citadel scored early in the game when Roger Harshbarger blocked Bill Gladden's punt and the ball rolled behind the goal posts for a saft-ey Gladden punted from his 20 and the Citadel took the ball on Wofford's 45 In six plays Edwards crossed the goal line for a touchdown A pass for extra point failed The Terriers bristled in the second period and held the cadets scoreless but Graham Edwards the Citadel's triple-threat ace turned on the aerial fireworks in the second half Tlie cadets kicked off to open the third period and Vaughan punted right back Dan Stubbs broke through fur 25 yards on reverse and then took long pass from Edwards to Wofford's ten Edwards skirted right end behind perfect blocking to cross standing up King Kong Sheally's kick for extra point was perfect Four minutes later Edwards skirted right end on the same play from Wof-ford's ten and scored another touchdown after Andy Sabados had intercepted a pass and forward-lateral Edwards to David to Stubbs had backed the Terriers deep in their territory Late in the fourth period Jimmie Leach tossed a short pass to Bob David and the lanky end scrambled 17 yards for the final touchdown John Danner Wofford halfback bore Hie brunt of the Citadel's attack Danner was in practically every play getting more than his share of tackles Tlie Terriers' offense never got a chance to dick and one of their four continued on page 2-B A GALLERY SOON GATHERED on the beach at Sydney Australia after Ferry Wilson and Jean and Mary Odgers started their own version of a quoits game It's not bad say the two on the sand If the game last too long Jack Burgess Michigan Tops Illinois 14-0 Ann Arbor Mich Oct (API- Two scoring thrusts one through the air and another on the ground gave Michigan's resurgent football forces a 14-to-0 victory over Illinois today before a Homecoming crowd of 41-500 The spectators were hardly settled in tlieir seats when Halfback Tom Harmon behind superb blocking swept off his left tackle for a 13-yard touehilown gallop twisting and pushing his way the last few yards The Wolverines hit pay dirt again in the third period when Harmon rifled a short pass to Quarterhark Forest Evashcvski after a blocked punt had been recovered deep in Illinois territory On half a dozen other occasions Michigan drove goalward only to have its attack halted by a stubborn Illini defense within striking distance of the goal line The victory the fourth for Michigan in five games and its second over a Western conference foe against one defeat kept the Wolverines in the running for the Big Ten title as Northwestern which meets Michigan here two weeks hence defeated Farmer Tulane Downs Mississippi State Maroons Turns Back LSU by 14-6 Three Governor)) Sec Volunteer!) Register Sixth Triu in pit in Row Knoxville Tcnn Oct The University of Tennessee smashed nearer the Southeastern conference championship today by defeating Louisiana State university 14 to 6 before a capacity crowd of 36000 fans The victory preserved Tennessee's undefeated-untied record for the current season George Cafego No 1 candidate for all-American honors led Bob Neyland's Volunteers through the heavy but ineffective Louisiana line time and again Cafego sparked the Tennessee o'fensive to such a point that the Bayou Tigers were unable to get their machine clicking com: intently at any point in the game The game was only five minutes old when Tennessee staged a 72-yard power drive that gave them the lead Coffman hard-driving Tennessee fullback started the touchdown march with a 39-yard whirling run through the line that carried the ball to the Louisiana 33 Alternating line plunges by Cafego An-dridge and Coffman moved back to the Tiger one-foot mark Then Coffman pushed it over for the score Wyatt kicked the extra point Louisiana with an aerial attack that promised to keep the Tigers in the ball game retaliated in the second period Starting from the Tennessee 27 Simes reeled off ten yards for a first down off the Tennessee right tackle Simes tried two passes but they were incomplete Louisiana drew i five-yard penalty then Simes shot an aerial for 21 yards to Kava-naugh over the goal for Louisiana's only score Milner's attempted place kick was bad A fumbled punt gave Tennessee her second touchdown late in the third period Cafego punted to Erdman who fumbled after being tackled hard The ball bounded into the air and Shires Tennessee tackle caught it on the run and raced 15 yards to the goal Officials however called it back ruling that the ball touched the ground Tennessee took the ball then on the 15 and Fnxx on a reverse moved down to tlie six Coffman got four over guard and Cafego flashed over (rum tlie two to score Wyatt again converted Louisiana by virtue of the aerial attack made eight first downs to seven for Tennessee Statistics in yardage gained by rushing however told the alory of Tennessee's power 119 for Tennessee 34 for Louisiana Toe lineups: Tennessee lamMana State Hunter Kavannugh Shires Friend Suffridge Guree Rike Gormley Mohnski Clark Woodruff Gatto RK-Wyatt Gormley QB -Bartholomew Booth Cafego Stull Kli-Foxx Milner Fit-Coffman Stsplus Score hy erioilr: Tennessee 7 7 0-14 Louisiana 0 8 0 I Touchdowns: Coffman KivaiiMiigli CateKu Point after touchdown Wrall i2) placemen! Suk-titulinns: Tennessee ends Coleman Cifers lu'klrv Iiittrcll Clav guards Smith Thomas Steiner renter Little: hacks Andredge Warren Waller McCarren Wood Louisiana Slate ends Halier Johnson tackles Farmer Whitman Cuniplieil guards Messina Smith Bui tram renters Cassidy Mangel bucks Hedrick Amistasio Referee Ervin tDrake) umpire II Sam Iri i Texas Aggies field judge I Johnson iGrorgia Tech linesman Phillip Gor-KM Tech VM I Trounces Maryland liv 47-14 Count' Greenville Oct Davidson's band of opportunist! took advantage of every break manufactured by them today and defeated Furman university 13 to 12 Bill Davis' successful placement after a fourth period pass from him to Ned Iv 'son over the goal line was the deciding factor in the exciting fracas played before 8000 people It took Little Pepper Martin 135-pound Furman back to spark the two drives which produced Hurricane touchdowns He teamed with powerful Helen Shetley twice to hit pay dirt once as Shetley plunged over from the nine-yard line again when the young sophomore hurled a perfect pass to Herb King on the Davidson six-yard line King plunging over from that point After ending the first naif with a six point lead Furman saw the score evened after Clayton's short punt went out on Davidson's 44 Davis picked up 24 yards and then after a couple of short gainst Hand broke through to the one-yard line He fumbled though and Benfield recovered across the goal line for a touchdown Furman came back in the third Siriod to go ahead again marching yards up the field after the kickoff to act the stage for Martin's pass to King King's attempted placement was wide The Wildcats then started to work Steed took Clayton's punt mi his own 43-yard line and behind excellent V'ocking scampered back to Stair picked up eight yards and Opvif plunged through for a first down on the 15 On third down Davis paved to Iverson who wns all alone In the end tone Davis kicked the ball through a comer of the uprights for the extra point For Furman it was the splendid nackfield play of Martin from Spartanburg and Shetley that kept the Hurricane blowing all the time Bill Davis paced the Davidson attack while Bill Johnston mammoth tackle proved a stonewall in the Wildcat Dnvidson relied on well-executed cutback plays to pick up a total of 178 yards rushing through the stubborn Furman team Mixing these olf-tackle and end sweeps with a clicking aerial attack the Wildcats were in threatening position several times during the game but capitalized on only two of the chances Fred Stair speedy Wildcat back who average 15 yards a try from scrimmage gave Hie invaders an excellent opportunity for scratching pay dirt in the second quarter when he burst off tackle cut hack to the middle and scamiicred 59 yards before IVjiper Martin pulled him down on the Furman three-yard stripe Fur- continued on page 2-B Statistics Fiirman-Daridson Greenville Oct I Statistics of the Dnvidsim-Furman football game: 9 178 10 4 Cl 2 7 73 7 3 58 2 412 58 0 2 30 First downs Yards gained rushing (net) Forward pomes attempted Forward passes completed Yards gained on passes Forward passes intercepted Punting average from scrimmage 41 4 Total yards all kicks returned 98 Fumbles 3 Fumbles recovered by 1 Yards Inst on penalties 10 8CHLOSS BROS AND PENNWOOD 16 60 19 60 $2450 $2g5o Smart new fabrics' All the popular colon! Every smart model! Famous for quality! van am $2 Q0 olllHTJI Wright-Johnston INC 1330 MAIN 8T Doctors Land Channel Bass At Georgetown A couple nf weeks ago several members of Hie ersonncl of the South Carolina sanatorium and Dr Billy Fox of the State hospital journeyed down to Georgetown to try their luck with the channel bass Thoroughly equipped with fishing tackle and optimism they boarded Frank Bourne's Hobcaw a fishing boat at Georgetown in the face of an early morning gale and in spite of government storm warnings ben up alonj the coast from Florida northward Only the warmth of fellowship and carefree abandon kept the boys from freezing until the sun finally came from behind the clouds and wanned things up a bit Dr Rudolph Farmer was the first to gel a strike and after several minutes of desperate struggle during whieh time he thought the fish was about to land him lie landed a large 25-pound bass Movie cameras recorded most of the action and a broad grin for a permanent record To make a king story short Doctor Farmer got five more of the hoys'' Doctor Fox got one Doctor Hall one and Noble teclini-cian of Slate Park and Hie mobile x-ray unit got one Mr Burgess State Park barber hooked one but had the misfortune of having his line foul on the boat so missed his catch Doctor Preston state tuberculous clinician had to content himself with a four-foot shark Old Winyah bay was pretty rough that day so of course there was some but the less said about that the better for tlie three victims The total of nine bass weighed nearly 230 pounds and the individual fish weighed from 18 to 28 pounds All this fresh meat served to feed the patients of tlie South Carolina sanatorium a delicious meal FlorcnccWhips Clio by 20-0 Clio Oct 29 strong Florence high school eleven itofented a lighter Clio high team last night before a large crowd in Florence by tlie scurc of 20 to 0 Florence rrerived tlie oiiening kickoff and drove slowly hut steadily down tlie field for a touchdown Clio struck luick marching uhout GO yards to the Florence 13-yard line from which a Isis was completed over tlie goal hut tlie play was called buck because Imili teams were offside oil tlie play Tliis tune Florence xlnpcd tlie Midgets' attack Tlie half ended with Florence in scoring iHtsiliou ax a i exult of a blocked punt In the fourth quarter with the mine G-0 in their favor Florence nn fourth ilown with ten to go completed a 15- -yaul pum foi a touchdown A threat wiis hulled near the end of the game when a Florence hack ran 80 ynrds for the tliiid touchdown Both teams played well Ralph I lamer of Clio made several luce runs one of wliieh was for 30 icily Spiders Trim 6-0 Ricliiiainl Vi Ol 2l'Pi-Tlu-University of Ituhinoiid Spulcis gave their home-iommg crowd of qtHHl 1 1 ml loduv hv winning 8 to I) over the (irlicrals of Washington and ler Arthur Jones' 28-vard iui to Dick llumherl placed Richmond nn Ilia (Srnciuls our-yuid stripe ill the thud period Sliiait Itoskms lammed guard for the touehilown and Mor i liy fur tlie puml was blocked It was' a fast game despite wet ground George Sihmiv Richmond fidlluitk took tlie iiemng kickoff on his 15 and reluriini it to the 12 Dick Pmrk of Washington ami I or broke up that scoring threat how-rvrr hv mterrepting on Hie goal line a pas thrown hy Jones craw Defeats McCall 26-0 Dtnaw Oct 29- Chrraw Piavc displayed splendid oflrnisr ami dr-fetiaivy power to tlefral McColl 28-P Duvldwm Mayeig Johnson and Cniuld led the Braves' nffriisc and Edgeworth Griggs Harrison Pair lumey and Baker plated well defense For McColl Hullaid and Raines were milManding Chriaw plays Lauumlmig lit Lap tinhuig Friday Virginia Tech Defeats Slate By 70 Score Blacksburg Vs Oct Virginia Tech avenged a 1937 defeat today when it beat North Carolina State college 7 to 0 in a Southern conference football game watched by persons The Gobblers made 13 first downs to the Carolinians' three and kept State on the defensive most of the way A1 Miller Virginia Tech back made the only touchdown He diced four yards through tackle in the third period for the marker Immediately after two long passes had carried the Gobblers from midfield Pierce converted State stopped three opponent drives on the 17 5 and 3 yard lines respectively Pierce's first-period placement attempt for field goal was wide The game ended with Virginia Tech less then a yard from State's goal The lineup: Va Tech 7 State III Pierce Better Pitts Coon Worthington Acai C-Wood Stroup Devlin Wooden Coleman Fry Henderson QB-Fixx Thomas Belcher Hudson Score bv Periods: Virginia Tech State Touchdown Miller touchdown Pierce Virginia Oliver tackle Gosnev guard Gau-gler backs Ellison Wnrriner Miller Powers Boswell State: Ends Thomason Tatum: tackles Nuvick Burt guards Malheiiey Suvini hacks Diyeso Fehley Lozier Traylor Referee Dixon Foster 'Humpden- Sydney) of Columbia umpire Jim Perry tSewaneei of Columbia Held judge George Proctor i Richmond linesman (Tennessee i Doc Baker Pincwood Whips SIhtwocmL 200 Pincwood Oct Pluying liefurc a home-coming crowd of some 7UU lie Pinewond Indians smothered a strong Slierwood eleven 20 to The first score came in the second quarter after Hie Indians had driven from tlieir own 40-yanl line Cairt Calhoun Aycock earned tlie ball over from his own two-yard line Pinewond missed several other mce to score in the secimd ami third quarters but Slierwood managed to hold when her goal wns threatened Complain Rinehart Griffin returned to tlie game In Hie lourth quarter after having been injured in the second llnyt Herring paved the way for Hie second score by dowhing a punt on Slierwund's five-yard line Griffin scored on a beautiful 15-yard run behind perfect blocking McLeod added tlie extra point Tlie third score came a few minutes later when Rinehart Griffin again riMwwl through the entire Sherwood for 12 yards Keels ackled the extra imint line wood's entire learn played well FarmeiV four kickoffs averaged over 43 yards each Johnson William Me-Mod Rny Griffin Kolb and Herring played wylljn the line Carol McEl-Jfn and Captain Goodman starred tor Sherwood Pinewond (days Tur-bfYl11' 'Inewood next Friday afternoon Pinewnod has Inst only one game In her last 18 Oemson-Roulhwesteru Southwestern university nf Mem- ChiB Tenn is on Clemsnn's 1831 font-all schedule It will be like linnie to Clemson's 4iead coach Jess Heel) who coached at Southwestern from 1924 through 1928 and Fm! Coach Joe Davis wlm played end for Southwestern during that same period Vanderbilt Franklin Smith Henderson -Jackson McLemore Hoidgraf McElreath Hollins Huggins Keene Housman Score by periods: Vanderbilt 0 6 7 9-13 Georgia Tech 0 0 0 Touchdowns: Ford Housman Bartlett Points after touchdown Franklin Shaw Substitutions: Vanderbilt ends Agee Collier: guards Perry Gaulder tackles Komisar Ellis Smith Anglin backs Marshall Plunkett Keene Heistand Georgia Tech: Ends Ison Wheby tackles Cushing guards Wilcox: backs Beers Bartlett Shaw Officials: Referee McMasters (Chicago): umpire Burghard (Mississippi) field judge Date Atlanta A linesman Hackney (North Carolina) Slimier Whips Darlington By 21 to 0 Darlington Oct Tlie Sumter high school football team defeated the Darlington Blue Devils here last night 21 to 0 A crowd of several hundred smrl fans from Sumter and Darlington were on hand for Hie event The Sumter team liegan the game with a ten-yurd kickoff mul the first touchdown of the context was made by Hassell of Sumter Playing outstanding ball for Hie visitors were Sv'catl and Bowman Tlie two iHltcr players male sectncular iwsscs to earn utlier winch kept tlie contest moving swiftly ami excitingly Tlie Darlington team played good hall thrmighout Hie game and tlie hoys tried valiantly to make a touchdown several times but were stopjicd by the strong Sumter defense Jay Ward and George Chumix of Darlington both played outstanding Iwll and nn several occasion were on their way to a touchdown worn downed hy tlie visiting tram Gilchrist also plnyed good Iwll for tkirlinglon Waul and Charms attempted several passes dining the ronlesl and their playing kept the Darlington erowil un edge Sant Hopkins of Dariingiiii sustained a leg injmy during Hie last few minutes of play ami was removed from tlie game Darlington 'Vill plov Bishopville Friday night in Darlington Georgia Tech Allen Cushing Brooks Chevingtou Wilcox Rimmer Smith Page Bartlett Anderson Cuvette Koiinokr HonU -'UP' Roanoke collrge let Randolph Matmi pud to within five yards of a touehilown wkImv then woke tip and tumied over Hie Jackets to a 2H to 9 victory Three louclnlowns came in tlie first Kraal: on a line buck hv Crumley following a 22-yard pas- Iluiw-ork to Snnlow: nn a pax llunrock In Mnrf ami on Barnit's 2u-yard end run The nlhrr touchdown arrived in the third quarter on tlie end nf another Hancock -tn-Mome aerial John Higgins Roanoke guard booted the four extra mtnts Remtolph Martin made a determined though vain fight in tlie fourth period Dmfovillc lliirti Doirrs (tsiuir Denlsvillr high school Is looking for Kim nf frtnlhnll for Friday November 4 A previously scheduled game It bed with Brook land -Cayce lia hern laurelled Any team wnlung to plav Vnl vilie tlmuM get in touch ith Coach Waiter Jenkins NewOrlesnt Oct Tulane university's Green Wave became a tropical hurricane today to storm over the Mississippi State college Maroons 27 to 0 Attacking by air and land Tulane scored in each quarter to cheer 19-000 old grads who gathered beneath sunny Southern skies for the annual home-coming Leading 7 to 0 near the end of the first half Tulane opened up with an aerial circus that had the sophomore-laden Mississippi team dizzy Lightweight Bob Kellogg 183-pound halfbark from Hie hills of Arkansas started the passing attack that led to Tulanc's second and most exciting score after fumlding and recovering a Mississippi State punt on tlie State 38 lie passed In Golmnb in the Slate end zone but Golunib dropped it lie faked another pass and skirted left end for nine yards He passed to Bund for eight yards ami first down on the State 21 With IS seconds left to play he shot a 17-yard pass to Cas-sibry on the State 4 Kellogg circled right end for two then Monctte Butler fullback plunged over right guard for the score State'a only threat mine in tlie third quarter after a Tulane drive had netted the Grccnics their third score Nix State back ran 27 yards to his own 39 on the age-old "Stutue of Liiierty" fake that clicked Nix nrure and Ellis pushed downfield to the Tulane 9 hut were unable to get over Hie gout line Tulaite's final score came in the fourth period after Clay intercepted a pass by Chambers ana ran it seven yards In tlie Tulane 33 Butler went over after Cassihry had picked up 20 yards around left end Penn and Navy Pud in Draw Franklin Field Philadelphia Oct 1 Pennsylvania and Navy tried all their offensive Irirks today to no avail and ended in a scoreless tie before a crowd of ToflUO in Hie 23rd renewal of their series Power plays und forward Ninses that rlirked ill midfield failed 111 Hie luiyoff zone near tlie goal line ami field goal attempts by both trains went awry Tlie siectaeulur drives to break Hie deadlock made it a thriller for the spectators The fourth quarter krit the crowd on its feet Navy twice drove uist tile Prnnsylvniua 20-vard line as Prnsylvnnia's Isiye It nil-water blocked a placement field iohI attempt ami near the close fust IVnn ami then Navv iulcrrepled posse swapping the hull four tunes In less than three minutes Tlie moral virlorv If anv was Navy's Tlie MuLliipnirit stirtais-ed llie Quskers in every stelisliral department except punting collecting 12 fust downs to ten for Penn 249 yards rushing In 85 for Penn and 84 yards on passes to Penn's 14 Slinmn Dcfciils Monlircllo 12-6 Sliarnn Oct Sharon defeated Monlieello 12 to I in 1 spirited football game played here Sharon scored first when Bankhead (intercepted a ws In Hie first quar-' luh ter end ran 50 yards for toucl Sharon scored again In the same quarter when Bankhead baffled Hie rq Ing team on reverse play ami behind splendid blocking ran 40 yard for another tour hi town Monlicrllo tightened in the second quarter and scored hv rtmstenl reverses and line plunges ttennell taking Hie hall across for a touchdown Tie two final quarters were scoreless Ashe Plrxico Ferguson and (bait starred for Sharon Owens ttlsir Craft ami Bennrtl ptord writ lor cello Collrge Polk Ml Del 29 -'AP'-The University of Muiylondx hut- II lernl fiaitludl team saw a rainbow 14 1X8 Ire lint failed to find the ait of go lit In-duy and went down to a crushing a Salem Va Oct 29 Sntiihrm conference defeat the hand of I Tie seme was 47 to II Tie Trirapms beaten five tune this year sufferrM tlieir sixth loss hrlnre COtxi home-coining duv fans wlm saw Marvluml as a limping and badly hralrn hall club from the hrsl Kriod nn The star of Hie day was iul Shu brilliant I halfback who itersonally accounted for 23 Cadet points and iaved the way for manv of the oHiert Paes hurled hy Shu Jim Sltelbv and Frank Carney were re-tamsihle for all but one of tlie I iMiehilnwiu Maryland was outclassed every department fumbling frequently ami displaying an amarmg Inability to hold nn to pu-e heaved bv Charlie Weldmger and Rip Hewitt Two aerials bv tlie latter one in the second just a a rainbow appeared in the gra sky and another in the fourth made imrhitown connection Altogether Maryland attempted 33 passes and rompleted nine I tried 13 and completed eight Bill Reiter is the ninth lad Coach wdliem Newton has figuted a a Rank Mailer since he came to Stale last year The World's TWO BEST KNOWN MAKES of fine clothing Hart Sclinffncr Marx Society Brand 25 to 50 MARSHALL-TATUM.

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