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SECTION FOUR Sports Markets And Classified 4 DURHAM SUNDAY DECEMBER! 1940 CONTEST DEFEATS Two Of Scoring Plays In 12-7 Win Over Pittsburgh fee ''Vi '-'-4 -rV i' vr 'V jwn above are two of scoring plays in its 12 to 7 win over Pittsburgh yesterday afternoon in Duke Stadium The picture on the left shows Steve ltich No 37 Duke halfback catching a pnss from Wes McAfee on the seven-yard stripe and stepping across for the Blue touchdown in the first quarter Other Duke players in the picture arc Al Piasecky No 57 end and Dinky Darnell No 36 the othoreni) Pitt players are Michael (Sekela No 24 quarterback Edgar Jones No 22-halfback Robert Thurbon No 25 halfback George Kracum No 48 fullback Ralph Fife No 26 guard and Stephen Sinco No 54 center The play on the right shows Edgar Jones Pitt halfback covering a bad pass from center in the end zone for a Duke safety The Duke players are Mike Karmazin No 42 guard A1 Piasecky and Bob McDonough Middies Turn Back Cadets Score Is 14-0 PEMING PORTS By Edward Mitchell Statistics Statistics iUN RIVAlSl Fredericks urns In Three Touchdowns For Wildcats Wilmington Nov 30 SU-tfilics of the Davidsor-Cttadei game today: Davidson Citadel football Season Brought To Close TENNESSEE TO FLAT Middies Arc Too Strong For Weak Army Over 100-000 Fans Present Philadelphia Nov 30 The Navy football team turned a hot-ler-than-fair season into something extra special this afternoon by beating the Army 14-0 ticfiue a crowd that filled not quite all of the 102 000 seats in Muniripul Btodium It was finnlly a victory over Arnty arid that Is enough in itself Now that the Middn-s have won this one they cun forget aljout those defeats by Perm mid Notre Dame mil that M'urelrst lie wtih Columbia Navy Tee tilrang In a rivalry (hat has lieen memorable for thrilling battles this was nol however a nUuirhiUt Oil offensive Navy hod fur too much fmwer in its running attack and on defense the heavier Navy line held the Cadet ball earners to a net total gum of 19 yarda and the Navy ends and Accond'iry combined fur a pass dctenne that rushed the pitcher covered Die receiver on all hut out of 17 tries and intercepted three Army aerials Navy's linesmen were Inn sturdy and it barks too many Even though tiie Middies lost Sophomore Star Hill Uiimk of Pasadena Calif mi a first half injury anil also saw Wen Gobert nf Everett Wash go limping to the sidelines they had others by the hatful to throw in for yard gaining plays almost whenrver they wauled Busik a smooth yet poweiful iuii-iContiiiued on Page Two) KO I'TII Duke 12 Pittsburgh 7 Duvidaoii SI The Citadel 6 Maryland 7 A 7 Alabama 0 Mississippi State 13 Auburn 20 Florida 7 Georgia 21 Georgia Tech 19 Tulane 0 14 Tennessee 20 Vanderbilt 0 Mile Memorial 28 Rust 12 FAST Army 0 Navy 14 Uuquesne 14 Carnegie Tech 7 Fordham 20 0 Boston College 7 Holy Crons 0 MIDWKKT Nebraska 20 Kansas Stele 0 St Irons 3 Washington IT 0 Springfield Teachers 51 listings Teachers 6 SOUTIIWENT Rice 21 Baylor 12 Oklahoma 13 Sunto Clara 33 Southern Methodist 18 0 New Mexieo 29 Texas Tech 14 Hardin Simmons 27 Howard Payne 7 Texas Minea 40 New Mexico Aggies 24 ROCKY MOUNTAINS Occidental 25 Colorado College 6 FAR WEST Stanford 13 California 7 Washington 33 Washington Stole 9 Oregon 20 Oregon State 0 Arizona 17 Marquette 14 Kanin Clara 33 Oklahoma Southern California 28 A 12 11 Two Unbeaten And Untied Elevens To Clash lan 1 In New Orleans Sugar Bowl 23 141 5 9 1 3 I 5 23 0 141 0 9 0 9 0 I 0 23 Davis Swigcr Wartman Darnell Siegfried Davidson Bowls Over The Citadel 20 To 6 Before 5000 Fane In Wilmington Wilmington Nov Little Davey Spencer did the work and big Johnny Fredericks scorrd the touchdowns as Davidson defeated Hie Citadel 20 to 6 before 5000 peisons here today The game a battle for the South era Conference cellar closed the season for Davidson The crippled Bulldogs still have one more contest They meet South Carolina in a homecoming game at Charleston next Saturday Spencer did nine-tenths of the ball-toting for Davidron but Fredericks scored the Wildcat's three touchdowns which came in the first second and fourth quarters Bob Johnson made two extra point from placement Newell Keorea The Citadel's lone tuuchduwn was made by Mike Newell who sparked the Bulldog's attack in the third period Jack Connally's try for Ihe extra point smacked against sn upright and bounced back onto the field The Bulldogs made 13 first downs to only 11 for Davidson but Ihe Wildcats came through in thr dutches and made their gams pay off The score might have been even more one-sided bad it not been fur the stellar end play of Eddie Lock-wood who busted through continually to bump Davidson backs for losses Davidson' first touchdown came after Frank Niven Wildcat end partially blocked a punt by Joe Bolduc and the bal) went out of bounds on Tho Citadel's 45 Fredericks and Spencer hammered out a first down to the 34 and Spencer tossed 33-yard pass to Niven for another first down Then Spencer picked up seven at right end and Fredericks dove over center from the two Two minutes before the first hair ended Hank Bnhnton Wildcat cen ter intercepted a pass by Bolduc on The Citadel 43 thus setting up touchdown No 3 Big Hank bulled through a swarm of Cadets alter he grabbed that toss but was finally tackled on the 21 Sharpe threw a 13-yard pass to Jonas and six-yard pass to Claude Hackney Fredericks again took a swan-dive over center for the tally Cadets light Back But the Cadets from Charleston came back fighting after the inter-mission Taking the ball at midfield they marched into the end rone In 11 play Max Gold Newell and that Lockwood lad who to the son of Chat lesion's mayor were the tog gun In the advance Gold started tilings off by getting a yard al center Newell skirted left end tor II on a tricky reverse which kept Davidson worried most of tho afternoon Gold and Newell punching at center hammered cut another first down in four plays to Davidson's 27 Lock wood on a beautiful end -around took a lateral from Tackle Paul Wolf and scooted to the 14 Gold picked up eight yards In two plays Bolduc failed to gain and Newell went over left tackle from the six for the touchdown Davidson's final score made Continued on Page Two) DUKE STADIUM NOV 30 daily stint is being knocked out with a feeling of sadness the last ame of the football season Two fine teams University ij jpf Pittsburgh and Duke University are just about ready to complete another link in a wholesome chain of rivalry has extended over a period of 11 years It was in 1929 that the Dukes first entertained the Panthers in this stadium Throughout the years the clubs have met only in football but other branches of athletics allways with the same result Duke likes to meet Pitt and Pitt likes to meet Duke a feeling of Badness when you think about the last of anything the last rose of Rummer the last drink in the bottle the last piece of thicken at a Sunday School picnic In fact there are any dumber of "lasts" that might be listed The one last that saddens a footall player the most however is his last collegiate football season For 15 Pittsburgh players to-fday will be the last game they will play for their Alma plater Nine of the Duke boys toss in their togs this after-jiopn jvhen the final whistle sounds Recalling mim of the gridiron gamca of this (nun of ssr-prises It imut bo laid that It inrpuwt anything for thrill certainly during the lat Mvrrai season There were rpM galore throughout the year and right down to the flnioh line IJven before today it out Ihe dope bucket may bo given a kirk aa Batten CollegJ and University of Tennemre leading bowl rival engage traditional foea on the gridiron Holy Croao loom aa a mraare to Boston and Vanderbilt the ana last hurdle Tennessee must get acres Carolina's upset victory aver Dube and Wake ami's tpnet triumph over Carolina aland ant aa the two biggest surprises In North Carolina football in IMS nai to mention Slate Callage's Victory ever the William and Mary Indiana There hawever has been one thing that hat stood out ail the no unsportsmanlike Incident has oerurred In any game played an North Carolina sail This in Itself la enough for North Carolinians to point with pride to the passing another football season 1 1 Store Than lOOfiOO Duke Blue Devils extended the Atttld 5 Games hard Of fellowship and sportsman ship to opposing teams guests nf Duke University The quintet of contests attracted a total attendance fif more than 100000 Georgia Tech and Duke drew the largest number approximately 31000 the game being feature of the annual Home-firming celebration for Duka University with the City of Durham cooperating to make the event a success This celama today with the help of lia strath endertook to get rxpmslons from some of the fane on the greatest thrill thry witnessed In Duke gtodium In the 1946 season Hera they are: Greene of the Durham Cora Cola Company Me-Afee'a teurhdow past to Darnell In game with North Carolina Mate 1 Barringer staff photographer for the lorky Mount Telegram "lap" Davis' 19-yard ran far a tonchdewn against 'Georgia Tech Frank Meadows "Zodiac" of Reeky The shnaltonc-ens conjunction of the Can with Nepluno and "Jap Davit with the Georgia Tech line proving positively the supertority of a Capricorn laa sorb aa Mr Davis under advantageous astral aspects James Maasmoalrs Durham Clauds Hackney's kickoff rev tarn for Davidson against Duke Robert For lane Durham Moffat -run against Bab Giddes Philadelphia past to DaraeU In the Georgia Tech game Gala Fagler Duke Claude Hackney raa agaiaat Daks (Continued on Page Two) Blue Devils Score Touchdown Safety And Field In vaders Display Fight By edwarITvTmitchfll Herald Sports Editor Duke Stadium Nov Duke University's Blue Devils this afternoon closed the books on another football season by defeating University of Pittsburgh 12 to before a crowd estimated to be 2100(1 The victory gave the Blue Devils a season's record of seven victories and two defeats Put finished the year with three victories four losses and one tie game the first lime the Panther have failed to reach a JWO mark since 1912 Even in defeat the Panthers gave the Blue Devils a great battle and proved to be Just about the best foe Duke has played all thr season When it appeared that the Blue Devils had the situation safely in hand tha Panthers came forward with a drive that hailed only three feet away from the Blue Devils' goal line hi the fourth period Only the finest goal line stand a Duke team has made in years turned baek tha sasault Duke Brsres Farly Duke struck early in tiie first period scoring seven minutes after the game opened Wes McAfee pawing to Stove Lach for a touchdown from Pitt'a 12-yard line after a drive that started on Duke's 47-yard line Tony Kuffa place-kicked the extra point Pitt got the seven points back in the second quarter thanks to a 78' yard run by Jack Steiler which put Ihe ball on Duke's one-ysrd hue and a plunge over the goal line by George Kracum Ralph Fife place-kicked the point and it was 7 to 7 Ruffa's toe gave the Blue Devils a 10 to 7 lead In the second period the hefty Pennsylvanian kicking one between the uprlgnts from Ihe 12-yard line Duke's other oinU came in the third period when Pitt yielded up a safety Stalbllrs (lose Statistics on the contest give the Blue Devils Just about the edge that the five points would indicate Duke scored IS first downs to II for Pitt made 227 yards on rushes to 208 hr Pitt completed 10 passes to four for Pitt and returned kicks 99 yards to 39 lor Pitt Individual figures reveal that 'Jap Davis senior fullback for the Devils had a big edge over his competitors His total for the afternoon was 141 yards an average of 8 per try enabling Ihe Wilson boy to end the season with an average of more than six yards per try For Pitt it was Sletler with 81 yard who topped Uie' Panther backs his average being 16 2 per try Wesley McAfee veteran halfback for the Blue Devils started hie club on the way to the initial touchdown of the game He took a Pitt punt on hie own 43-yard line and returned it two yards to the 47 from where the Blue Devils carried it erase the final chalk mark in plays 10 New Orleans Nov (dH-Before even one of the Ruse Bowl participants was officially decided Sugar Bowl authorities announced today thry had landed the only available unbeaten untied football learns in the Boston College and for fheir New Year's Day game The announcement caused little surprise Even tmre Boston College romped over Tulane 27-7 here lust September before the eye nf most of the men who choose the Sugar Bowl teams it had been conceded the Eagles were welcome to fly back here Jan if (hay should go through their season undefeated This they did although they squeezed out a narrow 7-0 victory over a supposedly much inferior Holy Crow team today Vote In Demand Tennessee had been considered the m'isl probable opponent at though sine Texas uwet the Rie-Uuwi bound Texas Aggie Iasi Thursday many believed the Voluil leer would now go to Ihe Rose Bowl and Nebraska would be the Sugar Bowl choice Totals 48 229 2 227 Opponents: PltUbnrgh Jones 13 04 12 32 Thurbon 8 9 4 4 Kracum 16 38 3 33 BoneUi 38 0 36 Pacific Lutherans End Perfect Season Get tha money you Kites as tow 1100 per year No red tope 3 84 3 61 1U Sletler MIMtSM Totals 46 230 42 208 4 3 0010 The teams were announced at 3 in the offices of the New 'soar Mla SI IIUllM 393 Main St Durham (Continued on Page Two) Buy Here For Less 465 345 sfter Devis had come through with three On the next play McAfee made 16 yarda to Pill's 22-yard lme and Davis picked up two A reverse Davis to McAfee netted four ind McAfee made four off right tackle Davis went over left guard for two yarda and then got one to Pitts nine-yard line McAfee passed to Davis for a lost of three yards but on the next play he passed to Lach for the touchdown Ruffa kicked the point SieUcr'a Ran The second quarter hardly had gotten underway before Sutler electrified the crowd with his brilliant run one of the best exhibitions of sprinting seen here in years He was hauled down from behind by Tommy Prolhro Duke's quarterback one yard short of the goal Lach had lucked to Sletler and the Panther was downed on his own 21-yard line Having displayed little or no of feme up this point the invaders appeared anything but dangerous but Sutler a lad who has played some good football this season al Tacoma Nov It took story-book finish to give ihe kids from Pacific Lutheran College who haven't a practice field a tackling dummy or goal posts their eighth straight football victory and a perfect season Going out of their claa for a post-season game with dangerous Gonzuga University king of the Northwest independent the Lutherans overcame a 13-point deficit last night to win 16 to 13 A mighty field goal in the last 16 seconds decided the issue Big Marv Jlnrsham 203-pound signal-calling fullback stood at a difficult angle on the Gonzaga 29- yard line with the ball on the 19 He booted it so hard and so high! over the goal posts that it took 1 five minutes to retrieve Ihe pigskin Joe Louis Signs Fight Red Rurman i New York Nov iAV-Pro-j moter Mike Jacobs announced today that Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis had signed to fight Clarence (Red) Burman Jan 31 in Madison 1 Square Garden Burman a gtad Journeyman heavyweight beat Tony Musto at Baltimore In his last scrap about a month ago Louis fights Al McCoy in Boston on Dec 16 37 Olds 2-Dr Sedan Radio Heater '37 Buick Tr Sedan Radio Healer Guarantee i though he hasn't been in many I games because of an injury had an McAfee was the lad who passed idea in mind He took the boll and the oval or ran n-ith it to keep the slashed through his own left tackle Blue Devil in scoring position looked over the Duke secondary cut He to tied one to Lach fur J1 yard! tContmued on Page Two).