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MOUNT CARMEL ITEM. MOUNT CARMEL, PA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14. 1941. PACE nvs. MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SPILLS SUNBURY RIVAL 12-7 A GOOD SOLDIER nf T.X.JRED TORNADOES POUND OUT uaiiuiii, unueuuii imuv vii neie luudy PAIR OF EARLY TOUCHDOWNS RAMS OUT TO ADD ANOTHER Collins, Magliolo Pave Way For Texas Speedmen; Bible Develops Blockers And Steers Roll Onward IN WIN OVER "BIG 15" TEAM Ploppert-Laskoski Pass Brings First One; Williams Tabs Second On Fumble By Rodak; Ballestrini Scores For Owls In 3rd Period; Elevens Battle On Wind, Snow-Swept Grid The supposedly "impossible" happened last night ant Mount Carmel High's football stock soared to new heights in the wake of its 12-7 upset of a heavily-favored Sunbury 'fv By Harry Grayson NEA Service Sports Editor NEW YORK, Nov.

14 Texas has another fine team as the Steers demonstrated in smothring Southern Methodist and Baylor and the story behind it is the development by Dana X. Bible of a pair of blocking backs. They are booming Roy McKay team Ripe for the "jinx" Friday the 13th test, the Red and White underdogs could not be denied as they grabbed an early two-touchdown lead and defended it the rest of the evening on the Blue and White's own wind and snow-swept Fourth Ward stadium field before a nice-sized crowd considering weather conditions. Coach Joe Ambrose's Tornadoes earned well-deserved praise of fans on both sides and while they merited all the swell things said about them, there was a reminder that the as an All-America fullback and Ken Matthews and Jackie Field are speed merchants but none of them would get very far without GRID VICTORY IN LAST START Closing Encounter For Blue And Gold Being Considered More, Less Toss-Up The Mount Carmel Catholic-Gil-berton High gridiron setto in the "Silver Bowl" here at 2:30 pin. today was looked upon as somewhat of a toss-up this morning.

Coach Andrulevich's Blue and Gold homesters in tackling the visiting "Ducktowners" will slam down the curtain on another good season, an added incentive for victory. Another note on Catholic High's side is the fact that nine of her sons will don the Ram spangles for the last time, all of them due to be job is not yet finished because another "Big 15" Conference school, arch-rival Shamokin, comes here Thanksgiving Day, November 26. NO LUCKY ONE In addition to being a reliable center on offense, Casimir Myslinski is a tower of strength on defense for Arm-. He was the only cadet to go the full 60 minutes in the 13-0 defeat by Notre Dame. ZOWIE! High not only outscored Franny Hatton's Owls in the final reckoning Mount Carmel but the boys in Red outgained, outplayed and outfought the Blue most of the distance.

the blasting of Harold Collins and Joe Magliolo. Neither Collins nor Magliolo was heralded to any extent but each delivered when the call came for them to put out. At the outset, Coach Bible believed the best interests of the Steers stood with sarting Magliolo, a 190-pound Italian stock boy from Galveston whose parents didn't want him to play football. COLLINS STOPS PASSES Magliolo, a junior, had come out three spring practices but had never tried out for the varsity in the fall. The only trouble with him was that he was a sucker for a pass and so when time came for the Longhorns to start work in the pass-crazy Southwest Conference, Bible called on Spot Collins.

Collins had been one of the most promisinT freshmen in the Steers' Beau Jack Halts Stolz In Seven Sunbury was unable to chalk up lost by the graduation route. L. E. L. T.

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T. R. E. a first down during the first half as The list includes Connolly, Lueh- Sunbury Stevens Thomas Aughenbaugb Neff Remphrey Campbell Rothermel (C) Ballestrini Leiter (C) Fetter Smith the Carmelites dingled the bell for five. Laskoski Zorica Eremich Ferrence Carlow Trefsgra Paskevich (C) Snyder Rodak Williams Ploppert nick, Lahnstein, De'aney and Mar- nhinski all linprron or1 TooftTir T3 7lr nJJ The Tornadoes' first touchdown in (United Press Staff Correspondent) Hcdri.

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en-yard forward pass, FuUback Bill since the days of Battling Siki, that Floppert to Left End Hank Lasko- F.B. ski, after a very early threat had been by the Owls on the Spot Collins, left, and Joe Magliolo clear path for Texas speed merchants BuckneH Seals Case 21 To 6 CLEVELAND, Nov. 14 (U.R) Bucknell's powerful Bisons unseated Case's Rough Riders last night with a three-touchdown stampede In the first half that brought the visitors an easy 21-6 victory before a slim crowd of 1,500. "The heavily-favored Bisons gored their way to a score in the first eight minutes of play when fullback Elting Johnson plowed over from the 3-yard line after a 59-yard march. Midway through the second period, halfback Al Magagna returned a punt 59 yards for another touchdown and a few minutes later Johnson climaxed a short drive by ripping over from the 1-yard wild Senegalese who was light heavyweight champion 20 years ago, has there been anyor.e in any boxing division who completely captivated the crowd with his primitive pummeling as did Beau brink of their goal line.

TEXAS TACKLES STAND OCT Touchdown number two fo'lowed remarkable 1940 crop. He had Score by Periods Mount Carmel 6 6 0 012 Sunbury 0 0 7 0 Touchdowns Laskoski, Williams, Ballestrini. Point after touchdown Aughen-baugh, (placement kick). Substitutes Mount Carmel: Po-velaitis, Drucis. Sunbury: Zerbe, F.

in the second quarter when Right Jack at Madison Square Garden Halfback Lloyd Williams fell on last night. Battling Siki was bora In the teammate Len Kodak's fumble In the end zone, climaxing another Only once in their first eight games did the Steers bog down completely, that being in the 3-0 defeat by Northwestern when they foolishly abandoned their rousing running attack for passes as they neared the goal line. That hasn't happened since and with Spot Collins and Joe Magliolo clearing the way, things have been much better. Under such circumstances, their final game for the ol' alma mater, Senior players usually rise to great heights. Followers were hopeful thatr the layout would have exactly that affect on the Rams this afternoon.

As to Gilberton, the invaders were known to have a nice-looking ball club moulder around Lasavage and Beran. The only question mark in Catholic's lineup hinged around Center Connelly who has been troubled by a leg injury since the Allentcwn Central game last week. If he is unable to make it, his boots will be filled by Dusenshine, an able understudy. They say McKay is the only back in the southwest deserving of All-America recognition. Zuehl Conoly and Stanley Maul-din, tackles, are other stickouts in the Texas lineup.

Conoly is remarkably fast for a tackle. He is always stopping punt receivers, beating fast ends and back to the tackle. Brown, Caldwell, Moyer, L. Brown. served as utility man for two campaigns, leading Interference from both the blocking back position and left guard.

He had the knack of stopping passes. Naturally, Collins Is the best bet on defense because of his ability to defend against passes and he shares with Magliolo in shaking teammates loose for long. wilds of Africa's Senegal where mis-sonaires called him "Louis Fall." Beau Jack was born in Augusta, Ga. He never knew his father. He has faint recollection of his mother.

His Officials Carl Nuebling, referee; Harry Knorr, umpire; Charles Gu-bin, headlinesman. grandmother first called him Beau Jack and a truant officer insists that his name is Sidney Walker. Maybe so. But the boxing world will re short drive or after "Lighting Leo" Ballestrini, highly-rated Sunbury act, had a punt blocked. The Owls crashed into the scoring column in the third period on a sustained march of 61 yards with Ballestrini going over from 12 yards out.

Then, when Left Guard Aughen-baugh place kicked the extra point to make the score 12-7, matters were not any too certain, for Sunbury needed just another touchdown to win. HIGH HOLDS UP A game Mount Carmel outfit, however, refused to relinquish its member the bull-shouldered negro from Georgia as Beau Jack, if for no other reason than his upset victory last night -over highly-touted' Allie Stolz of Newark, N. P. Township, Kulpmont Go Today to surrender the leather because of a strong Owl stand. The early Tornado drive started from its own 42 and, in the ensuing march of 57 yards, three first downs were racked up in a row on an 11-yard run by Fullback Bill Ploppert, a 20-yard forward to Captain Pete Packevich, and a 16-yard dash by Left Half Len Rodak who planted the ball on the Sunbury six for the third first down and goal to go.

Four tries through the left side of the opposing forward wall fell line for his second score. Johnson place-kicked all three extra points. Case, badly out-played In the first half, kept Bucknell on the defensive in the last two quarters. The Riders hung up their only tally in the final minute of play on a dazzling 66-yard run from scrimmage by Fullback Frank Takacs. Bucknell made 12 first downs to Case's 9.

Eshmonf, Team 1 ruins Strike noMtu Wildcats Home Scranton Tech (19) Stolz was the No. 1 lightweight contender. He had not been beaten since the summer of 1941. He went into the ring a 3-1 favorite because he was a master-boxer. But as Jack Dempsey once said, "it doesn't matter what you know in the fight business, it's largely a question of where you came from and how." Dempsey, who came up the hard way, claims that is the only route in 99 of 100 cases, that a fighter can For Shenandoah Against Tech L.

E. command which it had battled so Still Favored NEW YORK, Nov. 14. (U.R) The Cloudbusters of the North Carolina Pre-Flight School were favored over Rozelle (24) Zeigler (36) Hoban L. T.

Scranton Tech's invasion of Kulpmont today commanded a share of the spotlight in the Eastern Penn L. G. Manhattan's football team as they clashed before an expected Crowd of 20,000 at the Polo Grounds today. sylvania Foobtall Conference. batter on to greatness.

The Manassa mauler' philosophy gained robust short. Ploppert, on the first attempt, was good for two yards. picked up another pair, then one and on the final shot he was stopped just shy of the objective. Back in his end zone. Ballestrini punted but his kick sailed out Of tounds on hi3 own 18 and High was off this time to make up for its first failure.

PLOPPERT TO LASKOSKI A pass, Ploppert to Paskevich. was The attraction, scheduled for 2:30 this afternoon, Is being regard support when Beau Won that technical knockout over Stolz in the The lineups: Manhattan (30) Medico seventh round. High-Shamokin Seats Must Be Lifted Monday Faculty Athletic Director Al Jones today issued a reminder that reserved seat tickets, put aside for fans at sales centers here for Thanksgiving DaJ's Mount Carmel-Shtunokin football clash, must be lilted by Monday morning. Jor.es repeated that if the tickets ave not lifted, they will be placed back on the market. ed as a major test between representatives of the northern and southern divisions of the schoolboy loop.

Beau Jack is a savage fighter. He Pre-Flight Witkowski Hudacek Pierce Kovach STATISTICS M.C. S. First downs 8 6 By rushing 7 5 By passing 1 1 Forward passes 5 11 Completed 2 1 Yardage, passes 27 16 Incomplete 3 7 Intercepted by 3 0 Punts 7 6 Average distance 31 24 Yardage, returns 21 8 Fumbles 3 3 Own recovered 3 2 Penalties 0 1 Yardage, lost 0 5 is such a menacing bundle of wiry Kulpmont (24) Mizak (43) Terry (35) Zelinskl or (38) Shoffler (45) Moleskl or (36) F. Nicola (32) Fesniak (44) Barkowski (31) Niglio (28) S.

Nicola (25) Maddish (26) Siket (22) Laskoskl muscle and brown skin that New Yorkers and those who saw him win missed on first down. Rodak, at right Tech, coached this year by Pete ena, lost a yard, back to the 19. those battles royal in Augusta de R. G. L.

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F. B. Worst Purio Pay Catapano Kepner Kiely Dromgoole Burns Pastuszak Fesko Kiesecker Hitting the same right side, he cided that he was worth bringing to Doyle, successor to Fiori Sesare who now holds down the job of faculty athletic director at the same skipped through for ten and Plop- New York up to the big time. R. T.

Zabilski Maack Boudreau Krywicki Eshmont Zwiezynski Martin His savagery and effectiveness in those Georgia battles royal, in which Scranton school, has a conference pert put on two more through the same flank for a first down on the seven. Mount Carmel Township High's Golden Bears clash with Shenandoah High's Blue Devils at 3:00 o'clock this afternoon in Shenandoah. Now setting the pace in the southern division of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference with nine wins in a row, the unbeaten and untied Norkemen are highly favored to trim Township's fighting Bruins. The Blue Devils will be out to chalk up their thirty-fourth consecutive victory since 1939 and are banking heavily on their star ball-carrier, Matt Mikosz, who needs only nine more points to establish a new all-time Shenandoah High individual scoring record. Ccach Masciantonio of the Bears announced he will open fire with his regular lineup.

Shenandoah, too, will start with regulars manning every position. Township, with everything to gain, plans to use every trick in the bag In the hope of upsetting the Blue Devils. R. E. record of three victories, one defeat and one tie, good enough for fourth he was the last of six or seven ne groes left in the ring, led to forma (25) Notari (37) Spinolli (13) Kalashinskas (21) (28) Jones (33) Bilancini (14) Harris Rodak was held without gain and Q.

B. tion of a "syndicate" of sportsmen place in the northern branch. valiantly to gain. for the sole purpose of bringing him Paced a boy named Jones, a OTRDUE LOSES CAGERS Out of last season's squad of 25 only five Purdue basketball players are back in uniform as Ward Lambert starts his second quarter-century as coach. L.

H. Referee J. A. Glasscott, Catholic Umpire J. G.

Crowley, Muhlenberg; Linesman J. J. Ailinger, Buffalo; Field Judge J. C. French, Penn State.

The victory was High's sixth of on the next play, instead of powdering the line, the Red Tornadoes called up on Ploppert to toss an aerial to Left End Hank Laskoski who pulled it in while standing in to New York. That syndicate brother of the former Pitt star, Edgar "Special Delivery" Jones, the eluded many of the coun try's most the dying 1942 season against two defeats and two ties, in and outside R. H. (Continued on Page Eight) Technicians" bounded into Kulp the northern end zone for the F. B.

of Eastern Pennsylvania Conference play, while the loss was only the touchdown. mont late this morning highly confident of maintaining the stride Stan Povelaitis was substituted second for the Sunburians compared for Gil Snyder in the Carmelite they hit in their recent conquest of Carbondale. core JJJoard 20,000 To See rordham, B. C. BOSTON.

Nov. 13. (U.R) Boston rayson 3 Mike Terry's Kulpmont High Wildcats, on the other hand, enter tained equally high hopes of adding backfield but Ploppert's dropkick for extra point was low and wide, leaving the tally at 6-0. ON MOVE AGAIN The Red's second touchdown was set up rather suddenly near the midway marker in the second quarter. Deep in his own territory, Ballis-trini saw his punt blocked on fourth Scranton Tech to a list of victims already numbering West Mahanoy Duke Varsity Gets There The Hard Way; Whirlaway Passes Up Racing Victory Week; Bowlers Convert Five Splits In One Frame Probable opening lineups: College's undefeated gridiron kings of the East face their stiff est test of Reserves Kulpmont Varano (39), Vi-tacco (20), Wasko (21), Duran (29), Stewart (30), Evans (33), Leach (34), Micilitis (37), Igna-tovich (40), Wisniewski (41), Dombroski (42), Lashendock (46), Gard (49), Pipa, Diminick.

Scranton Tech Swetlavage (18), Belardi (32), Starch eski (39), Dequinqua (6), Poveromo (4), Slowey (12), Zubko (38), Nolan (20), Walsh (7). Novak (29), Contl (22). Officials Edgar Whetstone, Tamaqua, referee; Jerry Bres-lin, Mount Carmel, umpire; Vic Dallabrida, Mount Carmel, headlinesman. Township, Ashland and Minersvi'le, within the conference. the season to date when they clash With five wins and a pair of deadlocks.

At the same tims, the unexpected triumph for the Tornadoes of Red increased their lead in a 32-year old grid series with the BBlue to a 12-6 msrgin. EARLY TORNADO THREAT Mount Carmel scored its first touchdown late in the opening period after an earlier threat had been repulsed. Moving toward Sunbury's north goal when the Blue and White was forced to give up the ball following the kickoff, the Red and White got up to the one-yard line where it had with the remnants of Fordham's Sugar Bowl champions before an Those three wins, coupled with By Harry Grayson NEA Service Sports Editor down and although he himself fell Handicap at Pimlico to swell his total for the year to $198,000 and his all-time earnings to $548,461. two defeats and a tie, have given estimated 20,000 fans at Fenway Park today. The lineups: Township Michaliga Kaminski Covaleskl Nuss Gragilla J.

Covaleski Tanney H. Tanney Lizura Hutko the Blue and White second place in the southern division's latest stand NEW YORK, Nov. 14. Eddie Cameron, steaming up Duke for the big one with North Carolina, recalls the trip to Buffalo for the Colgate Shenandoah L. E.

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Matuk F. B. Cudding upon the oval, he had to give it over to Mount Carmel on the Sunbury 23. Rodak, running to his right, was dropped for a five-yard loss. A pass, Williams to Laskoski, was grounded That apparently was more important to the Calumet people than helping racing attain its goal of $2,500,000 for war funds.

Boston College Fordham ings. game. A tentative lineup announced by Furbush LE Babich Bouley LT Yachanlchj "We have always taken excellent What the sponsors of Victory the Wildcat coach still left two un (Continued on Page Eight) Week wanted was a match race at Darone LG Reiss Unlintatn Oa Wa of oq m(H certainties cn the line, one at right care of our teams," says Cameron who is batting for Maj. Wallace Wade at Durham. "We watched Canale P.G Mclntyre MJnlahak guard where it remained a toss-up their diet, planned their travel between Zelinskl and Shoffler and the other at center where the choice schedule so they would get the pro FOOTBALL RESULTS Replco RT Sadonis.

Currivan RE Retinski Doherty Qi Hearn Mangene LH Andrejco Holovak RH Cheverko lies between Moleskt and Frank Nicola. Penn And State Attract 45,000 Connolly FB Filipowicz weight-for-age between Whirlaway, Alsab and Shut Out. The latter went wrong and a Victory Handicap was- the result with Alsab showing the way to Boysy and a half dozen others. It was just as well from a financial angle, for $262,383 was wagered on the handicap, which is more than would have been bet on a match race between Whirlaway and Alsab. Still It would have been pleasing to have seen Whirlaway all out for war funds.

Here's one for bowlers. Did you Angott Quits Football Football MOUNT CARMEL CATHOLIC H. S. Versus GILBERTON HIGH SCHOOL TODAY SILVER BOWL KICKOFF, 2.30 STUDENTS, 22e GENERAL ADMISSION. 44c Officials Referee, J.

E. Keegan, Chautauqua; Umpire, F. S. Bergin, Princeton; Field Judge, C. E.

Montgomery; Linesman, Austen Lake, per amount of rest. "As you probably heard on the way to Buffalo a flood stopped our train. We walked all over railroad' drove 200 miles in borrowed auntomoblles, sat up all night In day had irregular meals, grabbed a hamburger while catching a train, arrived in Buffalo barely in time to put in an appearance and here is grid-irony for you you played the best and most alert game we have turned in all season to win, 34-0. Ring 'For Good' PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 14.

(U.R) Despite last week's loss to Navy, Pennsylvania ruled a slight favorite today over Penn State in the 39th renewal of their football rivalry. A crowd of 45,000 was expected. The lineups: Penn Penn State Manager May Yet Win For His Grid Team CORAL GABLES, Nov. 14 WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 UR) Lightweight champion Sammy Angott announced here last night ever hear of a team getting five splits, or railroads, in one frame and converting them all into spares? "How do you account for that? I Mount Carmel 12, Sunbury 7.

Tamaqua 14, St Clair 6. Hazleton 22, Pottsville 0. COLLEGES Wake Forest 20, George Washington 0. Morris Harvey 6, Marshall 0. South Dakota 26, North Dakota 0.

Bucknell 21, Case 6. ine swr vi wic in 6V" Kuczynskl off the bench to win for his col- Donaldson LE Walters LT Schoonover Well, it happened In a league game that he was quitting the ring "for good." because of an injured right hand. "Yes, I've quit for good," Angott at Bellalre, O. eee football team may come true Shiekman iBitler said. "My right hand's been both FOOTBALL TODAY KULPMONT HIGH SCHOOL VERSUS SRANTON TECH a Uie university ui mittuu week.

As a sophomore, Nick Mil- calcagni ler, the manager and now a sen- Nelson tor, was a regular guard and a Martin fine Dlace-kicker. An injury suf- LG Jaffurs Palazzi RG Nobile RT Moore RS Davis QB Cenci LH Brown RH Banbury FB Colone ering me ever since I fought Bob Montgomery in Philadelphia about two years ago. "I've had it operated on and treated since but it got bad after can't." Perhaps the answer to the Duke vftrsity is to get there the hard way. Whirlaway is Warren Wright's to do wjfh as he pleases but it would have been a nice sporting gesture on the part of the proprietor of Calumet Farm and his trainer, Ben Jones, had they matched the little dark chestnut with Alsab again as he feature of Victory Week at Bel- Tlhoiit Park. Instead, Jones picked up a soft $8625 for Owner Wright by having win the Governor Bowie fered off the football field forced I Cochrane, No.

1, left up the 5-7 and clipped it off. Jeffers had the easy 4-5 and made it. Everybody laughed when Poor-man had to knock off the 5-6. Everyone in the establishment was astonished when Leach left the difficult 5-10 standing and made it. McNeal was watched closely when he rolled his first ball to leave the 5-10 also.

There was plenty of noise when he completed the string. One in Stiff every fight. I took on three boys in one nisht at Bowling Green, a few weeks aso in a V. S. O.

ben LOW FOR DORAIS Only 34 yards by rushing- and 11 by passing in rain and mud in the 10-0 defeat by Marquette is the lowest total ever achieved by a Detroit tesm in 18 years under Gus Dcrais. Officials: Referee, Joseph H. Williams, Busknell; Umpire, George R. HoLstrom, Muhlenberg; Linesman. Louis R.

Trlpician. Bucknell; Field Judge, Fred R. Wallace, Washing- KULPMONT STADIUM KICKOFF AT 2 6 efit, which orly made it worse, li him to give up the game but he kept up his place-kicking and may be used in that capacity. He has at least managed to wangle a uniform out of Coach Jack Harding for Saturday afternoons. guess I'm throrgh for gecd." 1 ton.

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