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The Herald-Sun from Durham, North Carolina • 6

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The Herald-Suni
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Durham, North Carolina
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1 Carolina Aimd Dyke Poised For Today's Qnd USaWlle It Fi Durham Morning Herald Saturday Nov 20 1943 Speaking of hi fn mt of Sports By Edward Mitchell Fr fli rta tic uu A not of udncu struck th spurts world Uatnijcht on the eve of another Duke-Caro-lina football game word being received from Clairton Pa that Andy Bershak former Carolina end had died from a kidney ailment His death was not a surprise to those who had followed his career for the last several years More than once Ber-ahak had to enter the hospital for treatment Doctors thought the end would come any minute but Bershak fought off death with the same grit he displayed on the football field Few football players were as good at playing an end position as was Bershak during his three years of varsity competition at Carolina He climaxed a great gridiron career by being named all-America end in 1937 an honor that has come to few football players from schools in North Carolina He was among the first players from a school in this State to make the mythical eleven In fact Bershak was the first representative from this State to make an end position on the all-America eleven He has his place among such former Carolina stars as Taut Severin end and Ceorge Barclay guard and Freddie Crawford tackle and Ace Parker back of Duke Win'll Carl liMvilr ceacb at Cemrll was Marking Bershak at Carolina kc described him aa one of Iko fines! ends he cvrr sou AUmg cams Kay Wolf to lake finavrljr'a plart an hi tvrrdlrt waa tha aamo aa that of NnawVa Rival roathro frit Uir aamo way After rack anto In wklrk llrrahak played and roarhro were commenting open performanrrs of aalatand-Ing players yaa woald kear them pay tribal to the flno end 'play of Bershak If waa a hard man to lake oat of a play flno pow-anafcer and a whitman who had aomrUilnt doe aa unranny way of krrplnf bla eye on Ike ball Let a ball get looae from an apposing player and yoa woald find Hrrahak oa top of the oval Ilia ability to recover opponents' fumbles eflra time famblra mad by his own men tamed th tide mar than onre In favor of tha Tar Heels A great player Hrrahak joined tha roarhlng staff of tha Tar Ifrrlo and waa rated among tha heat football aroato Carolina has had In many years I sot-kali loses heavily In th passing of Bershak and oa dors th world of sport for Bershak waa a clean sportsman a man a fellow liked to bo men with lie played tha gam fair on and off the field -n Devils And Heels To Open Bags Of Tricks Today Caroling gnrl Duke meet thin afternoon at Chapel Hill at 2:30 in an encore football game Each will open up its bag of tricks hopeful of bagging the victory Duke haa i the only Iona being when Navy tictf a knot in the Devil's tail Carolina has five wina and two louses Georgia Tech and Duke hitting the Ram seven wins in eight starts where il hurt the most Football Results Andy Bershak Is Dead In His Home In Pennsylvania Crowd Of 30000 Is Expected To Witness Clash Of Old Foes 35 Durham Orphans Grab Grid Thriller From Locals Star's Injury Worries Irish Grid Leaders Carolina-Duke Tilt Will Be Broadcast Oxford Orphanage High 21 Charlotte Central 20 Salisbury 2 Reynolds (Winston) 28 Higb Point High 6 Raleigh 11 Rocky Mount 0 Hillside 20 Raleigh 0 Greensboro High 40 Burlington 0 Tar Heels Are Slated To Have Starters In Penn Game Ready Injuries Hit Duke Oxford Team Is Victorious Over Locals 25-21 Notre Dame Gets Call Over Iowa Pre-Flight Team Another Huha-Carollna game at Chape Hill Uifi afternoon finds football reaching it peak of Interest in thla section for IMS There'll not he a great deal of action for teams from this Stale the remainder of the teuton Once before thie fall the two teams have met Duke winning 14 to 7 in Duke Stadium Thai Rome ailruclrd mote than JO 000 fans game at the Hill la expected to draw almnst that many persons if not mote Newpiqer will give full coverage In the contest and to will radio station WDNC 114901 Durham Herald-Sun Station and WPTK (ONI Raleigh will 'kc the air at 1:19 for pre-gam color and will broadcast a play-by-play inscription of the dramatic gridiron spectacle Mutual Broadcasting which includes WRAL (1240) Itnldsth and WOlin (920) Bur-iiiRton will hroncust on a coast to coast chain going on tha air at :15 In net tha Carolina-Duke gams today ranks with Uia Notre Dame-mwa Pre-flight ctnsli In South Bend liid In interest Clairtun Pa Nov (AV Anily Bershak funner star football player at the University of North Carolina and a member of the school' coaching staff until last Summer died at hi home here today after a lingering ill-ness due to a kidney ailment Bcrsliuk was voted an All-American end at the university in 1917 when lie graduated He wag generally conceded to hove been one of the best football players ever to play at the school By EDWARD NITCIIELL i Carver and Carolina's Hosea Rod-llerald Npori Editor grrs Oliver and BRiry Poole Kd- This afternoon Kenan Stadium Teague Jack Fitch Billy Myers Chupel Hill will be the scene of Ralph Slrayhnrn Ulysses Cornogg foot bull battle between Duke and Jo? Kosmski are looked upon Carolina that promises to provide likely members of the all-con- I I all tha thrill of any previous strug- ference first or second teams I UU LUbw gle involving elevens representing In Its last three tests Duke has the two school Kick-vif time is rolled up 138 poinU to seventorj 23l with Duke favored to win by 'Georgia Tech State and Vir Gathering Up The Dope a majority of the critics Igniiu combined Carolina hat scored ll wiU be Ihe second meeting of 57 against 25 for Slat South Caro-Ihe year between the two team the lina and Pennsylvania first here resulting in a 14-10-7 tr)-lt arrarna imiph tor the Blue Devils Since GROIN DATTACK8 that game the Tar Heeis have con- Both eleven have displayed ter-tinued on their uny undefeated and rfc ground power with Duk net-are rated much stronger than they ih'ig 1-045 yards and Carolina 898 Armed Forces Call On Quakers To Do Fighting Marine Outfit Reaches Here Early Sunday Cherry Point To- Routh Bend Ind Nov The extent nt Halfback Frank Max-nirki's injuries has kept the Notre Dams coaching staff guessing this week Just as shrewd Don Fnurol coach of the Iowa Setiliawk had planned The liish still will be guessing up to kirk-utf tuna tomorrow when i they meet the Navy Pre-Flight team before an expected sell-out throng of 500(10 Although Msnlrkl' Ihe former Chicago Hear who became Ihe percussion cap in Faurut's "sliding system this Fall was Mid to be definitely sidelined with a knee injury earlier Ibis week he wo included on a M-man traveling squad He and five other cx-prafessUMinla are Uie shock absorbers of tha undefeated and untied Srahawks who vaulted Into the No 2 spot behind Notre Danis on th list of tha nation's Isudlng tennis Ironically Marnlrki learned much -uumi niwil were' m'lheiTfirsVw'nm'wVrh'Wke by rushing" Neither tram ha been Duke alo hasn't lost a clash aiPsnK rrtuch of late Duke gaming nLirI alnnounced today the lost of a Oxford Nov The 'Oxford Orphanage football Bed Devils marched to their lint vie-tory of the season her this afternoon by defeating tha Durham High School Bulldogs 25-21 The Bulldog started the scoring when William Womble recovered a 'blocked punt and ran 40 yards for the marker Oxford then returned to score when Joa Forrest fought his wsy for 13 yards after pass from himself to Jimmy Long for 41 yards Forrest kicked the point In the second quarter Joe Forrest ran 20 yards after John Langston recovered a Durham fumble on tha 35 and ran 15 yards Joe Forrest later ran nine yards after a aeries of line plays from the 45 where Jimmy Long intercepted a pass also in tha third quarter Jimmy Long ran over for four yards after line plnya from mid-field This closed Oxford's scoring Durham also scored In th third stanxa when Jimmy Long Oxford quarterback was tackled behind hia own goal for a safety for Durham In the fourth period Auvitt It Carolina win over Duke today Hugo Gcrmlno sport editor or The Durham Sun surely Can say "I told you so" He one of Ilia few forecaster to pick tha Tbr Heels to "Pinky" Pope ardent Durham baseball fun Is back In town on furlough from tha Navy "Had to et M-dnys leavo to have soma molars looked at" ha Mid "Pinky" ad-mittad it waa giful to be back In Durham alter spending some time in extremely cold weather in performance of naval There's roine doubt about Cedric Loftis cage alar playing basketball lor Duke tin coming Madison Square Garden's basketball schedule lor the coming season ha Duke down for a game with Long Island Jan I -Sporting News baseball paper ha a feature story on Charlie Urlckley'a drop-kicking foal at Harvard years ago Many Virginians rtrcsll Bnrklry's fcil nf ktrking three field goal against University of Virginia in 1919 to give Harvard a (o 0 triumph Virginia defeated Vale tins season they encountered the Tar Heels 156 and Carolina only 85 yards Seven victories in eight starts is the by air Duke record five wins in seven at- If the (wo speedy charging 200-tcmpls thn Carolina record Duke pound lines fight one another to a to lc Bt ru cv th or Ir -r ll to at tK ft ct i tt 01 I a Mf IP tl it I li IT i fi it 1 i has been beaien 14 to 13 by Navy 'standstill howevei one or both Battle Depot In Contest Here Carolina lost to Georgia Tech 20 to'elevens may have to open up wide 7 and tn Duke land show the fans some new stuff Word frpni Chapel llill indicate which they kept concealed in their ihe tciiiiiK will ptuy before a crowd first defensive feature nf 30000 or more Kenan Stadium -n Carolina-Duke series which pitcher each to the armed forces their 30th and 31th players respectively to enter military service The A's Mid Louis A Ciola a right-hander who won one and Inst three game for th Machmen last season was Inducted into the Navy at Rainbridge M(L The Phillies Mid that Georg Joseph rookie right-hander has been ordered to report to the Navy next Monday He formerly pitched for Brookline tn th Main Line League Thirty-five members of th Leatherneck aquud from Cherry Point Murine Air Station will arrive by Duke Picked By Hal Claassen To Win Oyer Carolina Eleven bus early tomorrow mum mg a 24000 but the seating eupacity back to IBS8 is in dispute 'heir ronteal with the 12th UP 1me 3 orBHh teams claim the 1889 game by of his football under Coach Frank placement Depot at Durham Ir i forfeit so the Chapel Hill record Leahy at Boston College Leahy Urlic Park TEAM OF VENN GAME shows 14 wins 12 losses and three know his abilitlr and refpecU Under tlie leadership of Ll Wl Caiolma Is slated to hove virtu- le rVM'ln8 them So it's little wander that Hupp their coach the flying Ma- ally the same team starting today wins ano tnrea tics Matnlcki's true status has remained i rines plan to make Uie trip up lhat heat Pviiosylvania 8 to 8 last Pep meeting were held by both a well-guarded secret He may be from thoir base overnight arriving Saturday in Philadelphia Duke's student bodies Isst night with Ath-handicapped ss much as Fain nl in-jin time hr a short workout at starling liackLeld it a problem letic Director Robert A re tree sists bul even so the injury has eniup and lunch before coming gGordoa Carver wingback and ace Line Coach Grady Pritchard ana 1 Liobiaw nitllklHAll At the same Ume the Phillies Lofti threw a pass to Herd for a disclosed that Hervhey Pi gain of one yard and ran one ha been chosen for their Spring yard for a score Auvitt Loftis end training camp as Owner Wilhsm William Wombie stsrred for Dur- By HAROLD CLA Atilt EM I New York Nov Last week burdened wtlh the flu our chief cry vial guter predicted correctly the outcome nf 11 in XI foot-bull game Today he say he feels well That should be your Noire Dame over Ilia Iowa even if Ihe Rrshawk roster had remained Intact for this game the nod would have gone to Notre Dome on the theory that the Sailors ai either too young or too old The game between the country's No 1 and No 2 teams will attract 50000 Duke over North ham and Joe Forrest and John Langston both seniors starred for the local The visitor made seven fir-t down and the locals 12 The lineups: Pas Durham Oxford LE O'Briant Earnhardt Langston Thomas Most Barber Barbee Smith Air tl4aeesa 3 4 Si Hf I Bainbridge Naval Training Riehsrrlton (1(0)1 Jones 1190 I Poole 7191 ltenry IITO) Kimmkl (IMi Thus (ini rm-h nasi III tl 4 Kfu lion's undefeated football team will meet Sampson Navy in a post-reason game in New Ynrk if present plans are approved Bainbridge officials announced today They the Commandoes were hoe an mjur'eit shoulder and 'ft Mmf ijmonljttP Ml mi! jiJi'ny not nee action Eddie Canimm! Wall White Cpl Jack Atwood wilt be Duke ruacb has revamjmd his team HJ JJanit iis) Filleyh Private First HrarmsJtt' mUc'puUon of playing without SitVfius)'' Coleman i who has underatudird Atwood iHc Carver and Palmer rm i Sihm lYrko' Par in previous game Atwood Bciuuc fittadino star end Is listed IH Lmwr I ITS! Crjrobakiiwho lu miarkrd the team in lli ai Carver runt and Hcnrv Mole HH 4Hiadno naai "sai Carver post and Henry MuteJj (U'sdno io I 1 1 I 1 1 i i i a a a a a Fa lows geabowk LE Clements LT Carlson LG Tobin Olson Krrssioti Kramer Connor Smith Higgins Curran Merles a aeaaiiaii iattoii aSooesta I Rodgers (195) Yonnkor au ttnee games wilh hi accurate Citlmlino's left end titioii UBil and long heaves left tloyd Oil has taken over Palmers Mnaiiimti Michigan over Ohio despite the Ins of Daley White and regulman the Wolveiines are ton at long fur the beardless Ohioans Always a peace-time super special the JM1 game will draw 45001k OVFR TV LANK Louisiana Slate over two teams about on a par but Sieve Van Buren should spell pie diffeienee Buslon College over gam between two Informal but the mult will count and ll will lie In BC's favor Georgia Tech over as Pi'oknp gore so goes Tech Clem-son's froth will prove no barrier Minnesota over the Badgers have been blanked five straight Saturday Missouri over th Missouri Vslley's top feud finds Missouri too strong Colgate ever Columbia to close Its worst season without a triumph RECORD BETTER Texas Christian over not much to ebook but the Frogs' record the better Alameda Coast Guard over too much experienre Miller I tbe base early in Hie week to Join blocking back chores Long Thomas Gibbs Forrest Duke loser only to Navy by a Business Institute re Hamilton awaiting permission from the Navy qjj LoHis Department to play an out-of-dis-ir Cheek trici game and that the date had bu Bigber been tentatively set for Dee 12L rn carltolT Bainbridge one of the leading sr by periods'' scorer tn the country I highly Dy regarded as on of the outstanding Eastern teams Sampson like Bain- 0 bridge boast a galaxy of former college and professional stars The Upstate New York team was defeated by Army last week Scoring Womble Reed Carlton touchdown Loftis Oxford) LT Womble LG McDonald Hayes RG Mr Dona Id RT Jones' Rykovirh combat new in the Pacific GANTT DIE TO START Tiie Depot elrven held its lust Mi Uo Coge Team Is Winner (Starting time-2 CWT) 7 0 7 12 Id 2 12-21 sriiminag before the game yesucr-! Durl)i'h SdhttU dniS i Sifi" uharS dren iTt f'r aecn I Mwn defense agamat passe and It- nositmn eked out a 17-14 victory over boy is listed 14-to-lS score should repeat Its early senron triumph over North Carolina despite a wholesale shift of Navy talent Cohn ado College over Colorado Ih collegian have their best team since the days of Dutch Clark and definitely are bowl minded They aren't going to spoil an unbeaten record al this laic date Cables For Tickets U1V lhrae- Howt toe? ply Chatham Girto her tonight to win devoted to full-speed eon- tvcwiliia noints after touch-1 aeries two games to one role in bnutiiig points after touch' erals lire was tact work Th is in which tlie starters j( U-ading scorer i Th team were deadlocked at Touchdowns point after safety (Long of Touchdowns For rest 3 Long point after touchdown Forrest Substitutions Durham Reed Bayne Carver Penny Powell Suitl Bullock Harris Dorsey Ross Oxford Winfield Chapel 1IIII Nov (JV-A Uni versity of North Carolina alumnus Sgt Franklin June of Four Oaks cabled from somewhere in worked out aguinri 'he reserves 'having bocted Sd point f-aU at the end of Ihe first halffifr leading the West Pointers and ran through the entire list ofi Seventeen or more of the A I pushed out In the throughout most of the game Ihe Pacific an order (or tickets for plavs they will us Sunday Spr-)n today's contest are leaders in the! thud period for a 14-11 lead to win ARMY OVI't BROWN Army over tha rugged Cadet line will apply the luakes fur Messrs Savage and Cokefnfr College nf over San Harry Parr III Is Race Body Member cial attention was imid to rehearsal rnn fpr pwt on the I1-Smlhcmthe contest of the quick -breaking reverses and Confer nee team Puke's Bob Gun It) Jennie Sherrill and Smith were pavs which the Depot will use Ruddy" Lufsrr Bill Milner Bennie' outstanding for Chatham while off-set the advantage In weight held iCitiaitinu Fletcher Wall 1 Lock wood Crowell and Adams by the Marines iMcKam Jack Bush and Gordon paced the play for A I tomorrow's Duke-Carolm football game The tirkef were for his friend CapL James CrevHtte of Rocky Mount who la home on furlough Beau Jack Wins New York Nov IS-fPj-Bounre New York Nuv If (U R-Harry A Furr II president of tha Mary- twV ttoj Y' ifltt i iK Msde jaiM -v i a uw land Jockey club and a member Ing Beau Jack the "upset kid" t-f of the Thoroughbred Club of ring who usually runs out of America was elected a member of: 8 inside of 10 rounds kept roar-the New York Jockey Club todav ing along far 15 sizzling seniors Von Slade earlier elected tonight to outpoint Bob Montgomery president of the Saratoga Astoria-! end win back the New York version bon was named steward of the! of orld lightweight champion-jockey Club filling the vacancy hip before a near rapacity crowd IMF Kw 4ka aoaai slSk UJi 0 as i left by the in Madison Pop Slang's eleven to on the side of the Coast Guarded romp buck Into the limelight in thisj Great Lakea ovnr one It loss to the early season i Marquette will be out to keep the Trojan remains their only blot scare lower than the 41 to 7 setback Purdue over the record jit suffered earlier say the Boilermaker without Finishing in a hurry UCLA over question but if you have sn extra ISt Mary's: Texas Tech over South-buck to wager oil an upset Indians) cm Methodist lows over Nrbrsska should be your selection How Stale over Kanrai State Fort Dartmouth over Kiley over Camp Grant Penn Slate Dartmouth with the mostjovrr Pittsburgh Rutgers over devastating serial combination Lafayette Sampsoh Naval over could pile up the biggest Muhlenberg ViUanova over Tern-scote Despite that prospect pie Sunday Holy Cross over there'll be JUtKiO In the stands stTufu Del Monte Pre-Flight over Titer-town Mary's Pre-Flight Square Garden Jack weighed 132 Montgomery 1334 s- ZSt rvL i Ur I RECAPPING Ih ELECTRIC WAY recent death of George Bull former president of SPA Racing Association and a steward of the Jockey Club The Saratoga Association also elected John Clark vice president John A Morris was renamed secretary-treasurer uid Maj Louie A Beard and Peter A Widener were chosen directors it'-'cd Wse Vr tt) -t FOOTIIALL 12TH REPLACEMENT DEPOT Camp Davis Gridders mp Ready For Georgians ft Hvs Uis valuable rubber now on your tu and conserve Uncle corn's limited Vs sinchpile Let us tycop your tire um new Bay CHERRY POINT MARINES NOW! if 'lie lire I rhr Aed repair jow naucry irh'j SUNDAY 55 CENTS Durhom Athletic Perk General Admission Camp Davis Nov With five home victories tucked under it belt the Camp Davis Anti-Aircraft football squad held its final workout today in preparation for tomorrow game here with tha Daniel Field (Go) Flyers Most of this workout have been devoted to smoothing out th technique of the formation and brushing up on individual assignments CARPENTER'S Cherry Point Faces Depot Here Tomorrow "One Step 8 err ice for All Make Cars CAST MAIN ST Ticket now on tale 4 Pritchard-Bright van Sttaaten's Woodsll Tirkrt Booth at the gate opens If Members of the Cherry Point Marine squad which comes to Durham tomorrow to meet the 12th Replacement Depot el Durham Athletic Park Seated: Harding Milliilo Clavin Sakshaug Wmfiey Kane Gaundrr Atwood Knrehrg: Relrtissi Ferguson Stone Marco'inu Gmcrs Papaleo June Reese Ingle Standing Lieutenant Hopp ciuuh Brarinskl Kichter Sirxrrt Kirg Mitchell Nomcllini Grant Bottalico Marin CnPS Pboto1 I tt I i 1.

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