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7. ITtWvx, v- vr yf 'w ry wr v- -vvvnrvvVVvvyvvy-vvnnryvvyvvvvvv V. 1 vv Virginia. court, that they will receive an Invitation to one of the poet aeaaon bowlt. A Gator Bowl official, Joe Adeeb, former VMI tackle who watched yetterday't game at Roanoke, naturally waa Impressed i' with Tech in ita decltive 46-9 victory over VMI in the traditional No doub( the Krydets arp( too.

I Certainly Tech, unbeaten for. the first time in 36 years. and on top once again after yeara of rough sledding and 111-fortune, war- rente. a bowl invitation. However, Coach Frank Moseley it not certain that an Invitation will be forthcoming.

I 7- "I don't have a Jot of told Ut today. Like, to many others, he it en route Philadelphia for the Army-Navy game to' be played tomorrow. It would be nice. to have a' JiS, I i bowl invitation, but there aeema to be a lot of other teams in the picture. Moseley talked only a few minutes with Adeeb, who will watch West Virginia's Mountaineers tomorrow against the Cavaliers.

Adeeb told Moseley he liked the Tech team and said some nice things. He told our Andy McCutcheon, who reported the game, that Tech has as good a chance as any team. The Jacksonville bowl committee will meet Sunday night and may make its choice at that time. "It feels good to win," Moseley explained. "We showed a good offensive against VMI: best since the Clemson game (In mid-October), and our defense was good, too.

It was nice having Howie Wright and Leo Burke back in Tech built Its astounding margin with the use of the option series. set a flanker. right or left and ran the option to the etfier side, McCutcheon reported, completely shattering the VMI defense. TECH AND KEYDETS PLAY FOX AND HARE IN ROANOKE WITH FOXY TECHMEN PROVING MORE ELUSIVE has tha At Lit TaeK'f Bill Cranweli 1131 runs with VMIs John Morgan (60) and Byrd (76) in pursuit. Cantar VMIs Dava Woolwina JIB) ball with Taeh Ta.ItGaorga Vrea.

(75) flaying l'hir. At right, if. Dicki. earying with Keyditf Lar'ry hfcCab. (grabbing) and Jim Doolay (31) try, ng for tha stop.

1' 'V. 'M. Defense Is King in Stadium Game WHEREAS THE Tech-VMI name was an offensive spectacle, marked by a show of military splendor, the game here at City Stadium was a defensive struggle, with Wll 11am and Marys center, Bin Marfizio, blocking a fourth- period punt by Richmond's Tommy Theodose to give the Indians a safety, which produced the margin of the 2-0 win. Insofar as good football is concerned, the game here was' not spectacular The game's No. 1 thriller waa Jack Yohe's 90-yard punt return.

That was blotted by a clipping penalty called against red-headed Bill Riley, who otherwise was outstanding defensive at end. With four other Indiana between him and Yohe. Riley was called for clipping Frank Pajleczowskl as Yohe neared, the goal line. didnt see the clip," Jack Freeman, the WAM coach, remarked later. "When Yohe got that far downfield, I was locking back fb see whether any flags had been dropped." Both the Indiana and Spiders did well defensively and in the second half William and Mary continually kept the red-shirt ed Splderf In the hole.

Richmond had little chance to get out and when it appeared they might see some light penalties raised their head. The line blocking was missing for both teams and as. Rube McCTay, the former WAM coach who took pride In the win by Freeman'! team, put it, "When you take away line blocking you've taken a lot out of football. "I've seen both teams do a lot better, McCTay remarked. The Spiders, like VMIs supporters, were disappointed-.

Stilt they had good seasons. by winning, evened its record at 4-4-2, ahd it tied unbeaten Tech, which is the proud Big Six titlcholdcr. ball from an awful lot of boys, said the Virginia Tech coach. Reluctant to single out any particular players in what most certainly was shining show of team speed and depth, Moseley did put his finger on the one factor that enabled the Gobblers to overwhelm a VMI team that was very much In the game through all but a minute of the first half. It was the split-T option series as run Sophomore Quarterback Billy Cranweli and it hit the Keydets' defenses where it hurt.

Cranweli would aet a flanker to one side and run the However, McKenna thought that his teams failure to cash in (Hi two early scoring chances was more, costly. The Keydets had -first downs on the VPI six-yard line and seven-yard line in the first quarter yet didn't score. "We could have led, 16-0." said McKenna; adding the two touchdown possibilities to the safety VMI picked up in the first quarter when VPI Safetyman Howie Wright was smothered in the end zone by Guard Johnny Morgan, Tackle Charlie Byrd and Halfback Dale Vaughan while trying to get free with a Keydct punt. "But when we didn't score they Just beat us the passing of Wool wine and the all-around work of Halfback Mike Foley to come within 14-9. hut it was the last gasp for the Keydets.

With less than a minute to go In the first half. Tech Full-13 a Don Divers, voted the game's outstanding player, filched a Woolwine.pass and ran 42 yards to score and put the Gobblers ahead, 21-9, on Beard's conversion. It looked to be. Tech's KO' punch: "It sure helped. said Moseley, who was more happy about a second-half development: VMIs decision to stick with Its over-shifted defense whin the Gobblers used a flanker.

It played into (he hands of By ANDY MrCUTCHEON New a Leader Sports Writer ROANOKE, Nov. 26. Virginia TOch Coach Frank Moseley headed for Philadelphia and a busmans holiday the Army-Navy game today with the pleasant realization that he is over the hump for the first time in his determined drive to field a winning college football team in the mountains of Blacksburg. A 46-9 victory over Virginia Military Institute here yesterday before some 26,000 fans brought the Gobblers an unbeaten season, the Big Six championship and a more favorable position in the race for.a Gator Bowl invitation. But the thing that seemed to please Moseley the most as he puffed away on a king-sized cigar (a gift from one of his players) was the 20-19-1 -record the game gave him for his four seasons.

Tech coach. It was his first experience in command of the won-lost situation and he wanted to spread the credit. We got an awful lot of foot' option to the other taking advantage of a VMI defense that to death in the line.1 shifted with the flanker. Tech's Junior tackle. Bill Cranweli started the game Jamerson, seemed to be the lead-.

-j-pph weak side option series running the keep, turned to the er in that movement. Moving an(j enabcd Halfbacks Ebert, delayed pitchout and then used into the lineup with VMI threat- jjeant Wright and Bobby the auick Ditchout when the ening at the start of the second to run rampant behind the blocking of Fullbacks Don Divers and Hayes Burleson and a line that again featured the play of the veterans Tackle George Press, Guard Billy Ker-foot. Center Jack Prater and Ends Bob Luttrejl and Petty. Keydets' -ends crashed more quickly. "We took a chance on defense, admitted VMI Coach John McKenna.

"We had to. We Just didn't have the people (players) to match them. (SUN PMM WRIGHTS 17 YARDS LOST BY A PENALTY Hoiwis Wright, Tech halfback, had this 1 7-yard fourth-period gain called by a 15-yard penalty yesterday at Roanoke. He is stopped by VMI's End Charlie Byrd. Tech won the game, 46-9.

Jamerson rushed Dave Woolwine on one pass play and then threw the VMI quarterback for a nine-yard loss on fourth down. Tech took moved for its first first down of the game and scored In three plays the payoff, coming on a 69-yard running pass play from Halfback Dickie Beard to End Tom Petty. Beard kicked the first of four extra points. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHINO KIVOCTS Bowl Seoul Gives Tech Solid Vote Jayem, Teejayl Navy Takes Vie Tomorrow Full Load In Prep Finale Of 'Desire' I 4 wine fumble on the VMI 31, Tech made it 14-2, overcoming two penalties, to score in six plays. CTanwell got 14 on the keep to the 12-yard line and Dave Ebert, a leggy Junior half- i back, scored from there on a pitchout.

I VMI drove back 58 yards on Both Teams Sport Outstanding Marks With Hemric Back, Deacs Look to Basketball GATHERING UP THE LOOSE ENDS: One morel day of football and then dome the bowls and Certainly the basketball season cannot be as upsetting as was football. Dick Hemric, the All-American center, has been named captain of the Wake Forest College basketball This, undoubtedly, la why the Deacon followers are glad football is Just about over. If' the Deacs lose to South Carolina tomorrow at Columbia, it will be the second time In Wake Forest's 53-year football history that one of its teams have lost six straight They did it in 1913 and it will take a surprise performance for the Deacs to win. They can look hopefully to basketball, though. Hemric has scored 1,841 points in three years.

The Ten nessee-V a nderbi 1 1 winner tomorrow at Nashville will take the lead in their scries that dates to 1R92. Each -has won 22 and Jpur games have ended in tics. Tennessee, plagued by injuries all year, is striving for a 5-3 season, the last for Lynchburger Jimmy Wade, incidentally, over Art Guepe's Vandy tpam that won only pver -Villanova. Lack of depth has hampered Vanderbilt. Maryland certainly must want the Orange Bowl designation from the Atlantic Coast Conference the way Jim (Laughing Boy) Tatum's TeTps tore through Missouri, 74-13.

A fellow cannot be ridiculed for being point-hungry, but certainly Tatum and Chester Fritz, the former Missouri and Richmond Rebel tackle, must have been filled before dinner last nigllt. The way their teams rolled yesterday (Fritz's crew beat 58-0), they should have their fill of points. Soon someone may refer to. them as No Mercy coaches. Tee Jay and Jayem tomorrow 'should have another of their thrillers.

And that winds up a tremendous season for the local preps. All the teams have done well. Our Bill Deekens, who has seen them all, covered two games Hermltage-Petersburg and Fork Unions win over Staunton yesterday. Bill Lewis lost one of his top attractions and Richmond area wrestling fans lost one of their two idols with the unexpected death of Bobby Becker, 36. Bobby and George Becker were local favorites and two gentlemen, clean cut and able Looking Back- ONE YEAR AGO TODAY Thomas Jefferson scored in the last quarter to defeat John Marshall, 6 to 0.

FIVE YEARS AGO North Carolina received a Cotton Bowl bid after defeating Virginia, 14 to 7. TEN YEARS AGO Sam Snead started a comeback by winning the Portland (Oreg.) Open. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO Ed Merrick made his professional football debut with the Richmond Arrows, but Portsmouth won here, 14 to 1L TWENTY YEARS AGO A sellout was In prospect for the William and Mary-Richmond game. Lions Look to 'Clincher1 ANNAPOLIS. Nov.

f.Pt The outfit- Coach Erdelatz has dubbed "The Team Named Desire sallied forth from the Naval Academy today with ita destination Philadelphia and its object to trample Army. Thirty-six. hundred midshipmen gave the football team the traditional vocal aendoff, tagging along behind the buses from Bancroft Hall, the Midahipmen'c dormitory, to the academy's main gate. The team hoarded a train in Baltimore. Erdelatz planned to send his Middiea through a light drill at Philadelphia's Municipal Stadium, scene -of tomorrow's annual clash, about 2:30 P.

M. Navy put the finishing touches on its passing and kicking games and its blocking assignments at a two-hour workout yesterday. equeezed past the Green Bay Packers, 28-24. yesterday In their annual Thanksgiving day game before 53,532 -fans In Briggs Stadium. The victory Coach Buddy Parker called a lucky one moved the Lions into a position where one more victory will send them against the champions fit the Eastern division.

DETROIT, Nov. 26. MR After getting a "bad game out of their system, the Detroit Lions today were within one victory of clinching their third straight Western division title and a spot to the National Football League's championship game. The Lions, playing loosely both on offense and defense, By Staff Correspondent ROANOKE. Nov.

26. 'Gator Bowl Scout Joe Adeeb, a former VMI tackle with a painful Job behind him scouting unbeaten Virginia Tech as a post-season game possibility in its 46-9 romp over his alma mater her yesterday will give the Gobblers a solid recommendation. Adeeb, who will also view once-beaten West Virginia in Charlottesville Saturday against Virginia, said that Tech "had as good a chance as any team maybe better for a 'Gator Bowl bid after watching yesterdays game. Adeeb will report back to Jacksonville In time for a Sunday night committee meeting that will push for the selection of the competing teams for the 'Gator- Bowls December '31 game. The Gator Bowl also has scouts viewing Florida against Miami; Georgia Tech against Georgia, Baylor against Rice and Auburn against Alabama, but other, post-season game may cut into that list.

The city and State scholastic football season comes to a close tomorrow afternoon at City Stadium with John Marshall and Thomas Jefferson meeting for the twenty-fourth time. 1 Game time Is 2 P. M. Hie game, which will settle the Central District race, is expected to be as close as the outstanding records of the two teams each has seven wins, one tie and one defeat. The Justices need a victory, to take the Central District title.

A tie or a defeat would put Hermitage. In undisputed possession. Partly weather and a reasonably dry field are in prospect. A crowd of 12,000 is expected. The parade of floats from the two schools will stairt at 12:30 P.

M. Tickets go on sale at the Stadium gates at 10 A. M. AS 7M COLD SHOULDER Navy Lin Coach Homer llohba receive a dunking In the Severn River as the Middles 'conclude "work for tomorrow's game with Army. Guard Alex Aronls Is Just above the descending Hobbs' head.

Cadets Are Prepared For Navy's Surprises White Label U. S. Cup Stars Are Impressive In Victorian Play 'Fever-Ridden1 Mountaineers To Seek Clincher Against 'V' WHISKY SCOTCH MrKENNA LIKES W. VA, If one position bolls down to the sidelines. That wont hap- rither Tech or West pen this year.

Virginia, the Gobblers may not Blaik still- remembers that want to call on VMI Coach John game as though it were played McKenna for help. Asked to compare the two jesteTday. was the one in after yesterdays game which he had to throw in his (the Keydets lost to West Vir- WEST POINT, N. Nov. 28.

UPtIft past years, Navy has been able to spring a surprise or two on Army in their annual service football game. 1934, though. Not in i jayvres because of the cribbing ginia. 4045). McKenna nominated MELBOURNE, Nov.

Americas top three Davis Cuppers, Vic Seixas, Tony Tra-bert and Hamilton Richardson, advanced today In the Victorian tennis championships. Seixas, the United States champion from Philadelphia, whipped 16-year-old GrVham Lovett, of Sydney, 9-7, 6-4, 6-3. Trabert, the former United States titleholder from Cincinnati, drubbed Arthur Gubb, Melbourne, 6-OL 6-3, 6-4 Richardson, of Baton Rouge, La was impressive in eliminating Englands Barrett. 6-2, 6-1, 6-3. The- junior members of the United States Davis Cup squad fell hy the wayside, however.

Bowl, not so much for myself, but for the boys. Coach Art Lewis said today. They deserve it more than anyone else in the world. Ive never coached a greater or more wonderful group." Lewis had another comment on the bowl situation, too. Tf the Cotton Bowl should ask us," he said, "we would be In our best physical condition of the season.

Fullback Joe Marconi, who has missed the last two games, should be ready as well as Joe Pa petti, who hasn't played all year. arc eventuality, including single wing or even a double wing, frowned Cadet Coach Earl Blaik before stepping aboard a bus that waa to transport the team from the Plains to Newark on the first leg of Its Journey to Philadelphia today. "I will say one thing. We are as well prepared for Navy as we have been at any time since Ive been coaching here (hes going Into his twenty-second fray as assistant or head coach). There Is; less reason to make a strong prognostication than in any year "We are prepared ny lly JENNINGS CFLLEY West Virginia's football team, like the bear In the old ditty, comps over the-mountaln tomorrow to see what it can see.

The Mountaineers, suffering a bad case of bowl fever, tangle with the University of Virginia 'Cavalier at Charlottesville hoping to attract the attention of bowl scouts. Kickoff for the game, the last collegiate one in the State, is at 2 P. M. A win over the Cavaliers and West Virginia Is favored by three touchdown would leave the Mountaineers with a record of 8-1. The only Mot on the record ao far is a 13-10 loss to Pitt.

West Virginia's victims include South Carolina and Penn State. The Mountaineers have been mentioned for possible Invitations to the Cbtton and Gator Bowls. The team has already voted to accept a bowl bid if. one la received. "I certainly hope we receive the bid 'to play In the Cbtton WbUeiobeT fcisMO Scores vwte Kfttca iKrtisa WnTjcwatlSoKlI nmuiM scandal which had decimated the quad.

Navy won it, 42-7, the most-points Navy ever scored to the series. The coach didnt seem at all worried about Navy's strong running attack and the passing and ball handling In the option aeries of Quarterback George Welsh. Blaik, In fact, thinks the West Pointers will have to be more on the alert for the passing game. He has been impressed hy Welsh. Just out of the hospital where he fought off an attack of pneumonia, Blaik was greeted by a squad that was in Its best shape of the year.

His first string backfield of Pete Vann, Tommy Bell, Bob Kyasky and Pat Uebel is perhaps the mast explosive since the days of Doe Blanchard and Glenn Davis. the Mountaineers "without a question. "They took It easy on us," aid the VMI coach. "VPI didnt let up until the last few minutes of the game. TECH TIPS Don Divers two touchdown Interceptions yesterday against VMI marked the Gobblers' twenty-first and twenty-second interceptions of the eason VMI also lost three o-mhles VMI End Tom Dooley suffered a concussion hut was rest'nq comfortably today Toch will reolace Wavnes-hurg with two awev-from-home games at Florida State and at the University of Pennsylvania on Its 1935 schedule Football success may rebound against Tech.

Reports have it that Moseley Is to the University of Alabama coaching future book. Moseley Is an Alabama alumqus. The Mountaineers hope to put i Mike Green, of Miami, PERU. a.srauks." waged furious 3-hour struggle since the 1948 tie. on a better offensive display tomorrow than they did when they beat William and Mary, 20-6, two weeks ago in Williamsburg.

Quarterback Freddy Wyant, the Southern Conference total offense leader. Is the man who directs the show. He baa gained 278 yards rushing and 513 passing this year. I can- assure you that it won't be the same as In 1931 when Navy, after using the T-formation all season, came up with the single wing. Before they could even get the boys out there they had scored two touchdowns against us.

.1 had to map 'defenses on the ground along before losing to Australia's Don Candy, 6-0, 6-2. 3-6. 6-1. Jerry Moss, the United States Junior champion from San Francisco, fell before Lennart Bergelin, Sweden's No. '2 Davis Qip player, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1.

Trabert gained the round of 16 by beating Gubb. BLENDED SCOTCH WHISKY 86 PROOF Import Corporation N. I 9 vr A H. a. I ,4.