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Sports iTHE DURHAM HERALD-SUN SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 24 1944 Sports Layinidhes Camipakoin) Wofrlha Tronooiraplhi SEC II PAGE 8 Here's How Duke Scored Three Of Its Nine Touchdowns Blue Devils registered nine touchdowns against the SJniverpity of Richmond Spiders here yesterday to triumph 61 to 7 and pictured above are the first three tallies Left: Gordon Carver heave over the goal line early in the first quarter center: Tom Davis crashes through right tackle from the three-yard line and right: George Balitsaris brings the Blue Devils their third marker standing up Duke faced little opposition yesterday but will be extended to the limit next Saturday against the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia is shown taking Cliff Lewis by going over right guard Grid Results Uclans Score After Last Gun To Feature Day's Grid Slate Second Period Spider Marker Saves Shutout Blue Devils Record Nine Touchdowns And Seven Extra Points Statistics Statistics of the Richmond-Duke football game: Bluejackets Whip Purdue By27Tol8 Two Touchdowns In Final Quarter Net Great Lakes Victory Great Lakes EL Sept Great bustling Bluejackets sparked by heroic Jim YoueL former Iowa star surged to two last quarter touchdowns to spoil the debut of Boilermakers 27-18 before 25000 sailors today The lead changed hands four times before Youel pitched a 34-yard scoring pass his third of the game to End Jim Keane in the fourth period to put Great Lakes ahead 20-18 A few minutes later Youel returned a punt 93 yards for a touchdown that sealed fate The Bluejackets took a 7-0 lead in the first period when Youel tossed a 13-yard pass to Halfback Ed Saenz for a touchdown to cap a 67-yard march Jim Mello booted the first of his three points The Boilermakers shoved over their first touchdown in the second quarter when Cody scored the first of his two touchdowns on a one-buck Stan Dubicki missed the extra point try 43-YARD PASS Purdue swept into a 12-7 lead later in the second period on a 45-yard pass from Quarterback Ray Schultz to Dimancheff who snagged the ball in full Btride on the 15 and scored Dubicki again missed the point try Before the half ended the Blue jackets struck for another touchdown when Youel arched a 40-yard pass to Halfback Don Mangold who outleaped three Boilermakers in the end zone to grab the balL try was blocked but he fell on the ball across the line for a point and the Bluejackets led 12-12 at halftime In the third period Purdue took the lead for the last time at 18-14 Nine plays swept Purdue from Great 33 to the one-foot line whence Cody blasted over The Boilermaker point try again failed Seahawks In 19-13 Verdict Over Gophers Minnesota Weakness On Passes Leads To Triumph For Sailors Minneapolis Minn Sept UP) weakness on pass defense when the Iowa Seahawks had their backs to the wall in the final minutes of the fourth period gave the Iowans a 19 to 13 decision in the opening game of the season before 31687 fans here this afternoon Late in the first period after Minnesota had staved off three serious scoring threats Ray Swanke Iowa substitute ran 35 yards unmolested after intercepting a lateral pass to score McEvoy missed the placekick for the extra point Minnesota opened the third period with a march from its own 20 to the Iowa 16 where it was a first down John Lundquist broke into the clear to score from the 11 yard line and Williams placekicked the goal to make it Iowa 6 Minnesota 7 PASS WAY TO LEAD In the third period the Seahawks came back to pass their way into the lead Taking the ball after a Minnesota fumble on the Gopher 26 a pass Taylor to Phillips set the ball on the Minnesota 15 Sullivan hit the line for nine and Woodward went over from the six for a touchdown On the first play of the fourth period George Strohmeier was ejected from the game for slugging and the Iowans were penalized to their own 26 Another five yard penalty followed for offside and then Williams dashed into the clear and went 21 yards to score Iowa took to the air with success in the last five minutes and completed a pass Waldron to Swanke which took the ball to the 21 Waldron skirted left end to the two yard line and rushing across for the winning touchdown Pos Seahawks Minnesota LE Phillips Juhl LT Smith Reinhardt LG Kapter IC) Jensen Strohmeier Lossie RG Holmes Day RT Aramovich Juster RE Horvath Wainrikht QB Downing Kispert RH Waldron Braun LH Smith Williams (C) FB McEvoy Cates Wolfpack Gets 27-7 Decision Over Milligan Pair Of Touchdowns Turned In By State Early In Last Half Raleigh SepT State College's all-civilian team making its debut under lend-lease Coach Beattie Feathers scored an impressive 27 to 7 victory over Milligan College here tonight before 4500 fans The crowd was treated to a spectacular exhibition of running by Sophomore Howard Turner Beet Rocky Mount tailback Ringler and Salmon sparked short-lived drive that carried from their 40 to State's 35 where State held for downs Lste in the period State penetrated the territory Milligan was guilty of holding and the penalty carried the Wolfpack to the Milligan 14 Two line plays carried to the 12 but two passes fell incomplete and Milligan took over as the period closed PUNT IS BLOCKED As the second period opened Len-hart blocked Kenny's punt on the Milligan 35 and recovered for State Two plays gained four yards and then Turner skirted left end for 21 yards to the Milligan 10 Milligan held for downs and kicked out to its 22 From there Turner passed to Westfall in the end zone for a touchdown Zickefoose converted from placement Turner took the second half kickoff on the State six and returned it to his 20 From there West-fall made 19 to the 45 Turner made seven and a penalty imposed on Milligan for unnecessary roughness added another 15 Then Turner ripped tackle for 24 and 12 yards to the five Bobby Worst took it over on one try and Zickelfoose kicked the point Eicholtz recovered Shakcpeare's fumble on the Milligan 35 and State marched to another touchdown w'ith Richakus subbing for Turner going over from the five Sharpe converted Each team scored in the final period Worst fumbled behind the State goal and Lawrence dropped on it for only touchdown Cotton converted Late in the period Turner engineered a drive from the State 31 to 23 where Turner passed to Gibson for a touchdown The try for point failed Lineups: Illinois Earns 26-1 8 Victory In Grid Opener Powerful Indiana Eleven Goes Down Buddy Young Stars Champaign 111 Sept VP) The University of Illinois football team opened the 1944 Big Ten campaign by downing a powerful Indiana eleven 28 to 18 today before 7000 spectators The Indianans counted all their touchdowns on short plunges not more than three yards from the goal line Harry Jagade reserve fullback went over for the first in the second period Jagade scored a few minutes later from the 2 1-2 yard line after Patterson hadfumbled on his own nine-yard line With the Hoosiers leading 12 to 0 the Illini began to march Patterson Buddy Young and Eddie Bray teaming for the initial score Bray went over on an eight-yard pass from Patterson Patterson sparked the Illini to tie the score at the start of the second half shaking off tacklers from the Indiana 29-yard line to the goal line YOUNG REGISTERS Young national collegiate sprint champion put the Illini in the lead on his 15-yard touchdown run after receiving a 21 -yard pass from Greenwood in the fourth period Greenwood converted and Illinois led 19 to 12 The Robert (Huncy) Hoemschemeyer began passing wildly Greenwood intercepted on the east sidelines and romped 65 yards for the longest run Greenwood also kicked the extra point Aba Addams returned a kickoff from his own 20 to the Illinois 35 before Jerry Cies and Art Demeter stopped him Jagade went to the 18 A 15-yard penalty on Illinois for unnecessary roughness put the pigskin on the three-yard line George Sundheim scored Mike May To Meet Curtis Today For Hillandale Cup Mike May and Curtis will clash this afternoon for championship of Fall golf tournament having reached the finals in the championship flight with impressive semi-final victories: Andy Jones already has defeated Goodwin 3 and 2 to win the first flight while Agner topped Sam William 1 up in 19 holes to take the third flight Finalists in the second flight who will play today are: second flight Leon Jones vs Perry In the consolation tourney Lee Gardner will meet Rigsbee in the first flight Ira Cheek tangles with Raymond Browning 'in the second flight and Dr Brown plays Crutchfield in the third Eight Walter Newton will present prizes to the winners at 5:30 this afternoon on the first tee The championship trophy was donated by the Globe Jewelry Company Gamecocks In 48-0 Triumph To Open Grind Newberry Presents Little Opposition For South Carolina Columbia Sept 23 (JP) A power-laden University of South Carolina Gamecock football team broke into the 1944 season with a crushing 48-0 victory over the fighting but hopelessly outclassed Newberry Indians here today A crowd of 8000 was on hand Coach Doc Newton kept his veteran first string under wraps most of the afternoon but reserves completed the rout as the Birds rolled up 21 first downs to two for the Indians and 363 yards rushing against nine Using only a half dozen plays the Gamecocks smashed to their first touchdown within five minutes on a 64-yard drive added another a few minutes later racked up one each in the second and third and topped it off with three touchdowns in the final quarter Newberry never seriously threatened Wingback Jim Hunnicutt of Macon Ga counted twice when he galloped for eight and then 11 yards in the Erst and fourth periods Guard John Tominack of Wheeling Va missed only one of his seven placement tries for points after touchdown Jim Youel Features Great Lakes Victory Over Purdue Eleven New York Sept 23 VP) A touchdown scored after the final gun brought A a 13-13 tie with Southern California and a spectacular performance by Jim Youel gave Great Lakes a 27-to-18 verdict over Purdue today as football strode back onto the nation's sports stage Youel former University of Iowa athlete pitched a trio of touchdown passes and scored the fourth himself on a 93-yard punt return that halted Purdue's unbeaten string and ruined Cecil debut as coach of the Boilermakers Southern California got its 13 points in the second quarter but the Uclans waited until the final period In fact the final gun popped while Johnny Roesch was in the midst of a 74-yard sprint for the goal with the tying score ILLINOIS HAS SPEED The speed compared to the swiftness shown by the University of Elinois Mercury Men With Claude (Buddy) Young collegiate dash champion counting one touchdown and helping to set up another the Illini mastered Indiana 26 to 18 Bob Hoemschemeyer made an appearance for the Hoosiers but Don Greenwood intercepted one of his desperation passes for the final Illinois score A slugging melee that sent George Strohmeier Iowa Seahawk center to the bench and led directly to a Minnesota score marked the third straight victory over the Gophers this time by a 19-to-13 victory Strohmeier hit Red Williams Gopher center at the start of the £hird period and after a penalty was assessed Williams hiked the remaining 21 yards for a score in a single attempt The ancient Statue of Liberty play helped Wake Forest's civilians to a 7-to-0 triumph over North Carolina Pittsburgh also manned by civilians measured West Virginia 26 to 13 A blocked punt and a conversion by Jim Young gave Arkansas a 7-to-6 decision over Missouri in an inter-conference fray and Duke had no trouble with Richmond 61 to 7 in a game that came only a day after six Richmond regulars were declared ineligible John Duda punched over three touchdowns in the first half as Virginia smothered Hampden-Sydney 37 to 0 and Gene Hubka travelled 176 yards in 28 tries as Bucknell polished off Muhlenberg 14 to 0 In other games Fort Warren defeated Colorado 7 to 6 Washington trounced Willamette 71 to 0: California trimmed St hopeful freshmen 31 to 7 and Oklahoma A spoiled West Texas State's return to the gridiron 41 to 6 Braves Get York Boston Sept 23 VP) The Boston Braves today acquired Infielder Tony York on waivers from the Chicago Cubs it was announced by Secretary John Quinn York who has been with Los Angeles in the Pacific Coast League on option plays shortstop and third base Last season he played 150 games with the Milwaukee Brewers of the American Association scored 109 runs hit 10 home runs 28 doubles and eight triples His batting average in 1943 was 287 York is 31 years of age weighs 180 pounds and stands five feet 10 inches No date was set for reporting to the Boston club Cherry Point also has a host of former college players Lafayette King late of the University of Georgia Lou Conti an all-American at Cornell in 1940 Bob Bauman who played professional football with the New York Giants and Kenneth Reese of the University of Alabama are some of the Marine stars to name a few The game will mark the Erst time the new rules recently adopted by the Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association have been used in this section Most noticeable changes of interest to the fans include passing from any point behind the line of scrimmage permission for all fumbled balls to be advanced by opponents and the new penalty for out-of-bound kick-offs EAST Connecticut 27 Norwich 0 Atlantic City Naval Air Base 3 Swarthmore 0 Franklin Marshall 26 Ursinus 0 Coast Guard Academy 40 Tufts 7 Villanova 13 Scranton 7 Bucknell 14 Muhlenberg 0 Worcester 12 Rensselaer 0 Rochester 27 Union 7 Pittsburgh 28 West Virginia IS Harvard 43 Bates 6 SOUTH Wake Forest 7 North Carolina 0 Duke 61 Richmond 7 State 27 Milligan 7 Clemson 34 Presbyterian 0 Virginia 37 Hampden-Sydney 0 South Carolina 48 Newberry 0 MIDWEST Great Lakes 27 Purdue 18 Illinois 26 Indiana 18 Iowa Navy 19 Minnesota 13 Bunker Hill (Indiana) Navy 33 Western Michigan 7 Bakiwin-Wallace 13 Bowling Green 6 Denison 40 Ohio Wesleyan 6 Olathe Naval Air 6 Pittsburg (Kan) Teachers 0 St Thomas 27 St Olaf 0 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 7 Missouri 6 Oklahoma Aggies 41 West Texas State 6 Texas Aggies 39 Bryan Army Air Field 0 FAR WEST 2nd Air Force 78 Whitman 0 Colorado College 67 Washburn 0 Southern California 13 A 13 (he) California 31 St Mary's 7 Fort Warren 7 Colorado University Washington 71 Willamette 0 National Grid League Swings In Full Blast Three Outfits To Make Debut Today Bears Packers Play Chicago Sept 23 The National Football League race gains momentum tomorrow as three teams including the champion Chicago Bears make their debuts on two fronts The Green Bay Packers who opened the chase last Sunday with a 14-7 victory over the Brooklyn Tigers play host to the Bears in a renewal of the oldest rivalry and a contest that may go a long way towards determining the 1944 titlist In the second battle the Cleveland Rams returning to competition after a lapse invade Pittsburgh to meet the new Chicago Cardinal-Pittsburgh Steeler combine Although the Bears' were strengthened considerably by the surprise return of Ens Sid Luck-man brilliant quarterback who has been given permission by the Maritime Service to compete until he is called to sea duty their tangle with the Packers is rated a toss-up Don Hutson snared a touchdown pass and place-kicked two extra points in the victory over the Tigers but peerless Hutson will be in the starting lineup for the first time Sunday presence Coach (Curly) Lambeau hopes will offset the appearance of Luckman who has spear-headed the Bears' famed T-attack for several seasons and last year was voted the league's most valuable player NOLTING MXEAN OUT Favoring the Packers is the fact that Luckman has not been in the Bears lineup since Aug 30 when he directed the pro champions to a 24-21 victory over the college All-Stars In addition the Bears will be lacking the services of injured Ray Nolting and Ray McLean veteran halfbacks The Card-Pitt entry looms as a dark-horse contender following its strong showing against the Washington Redskins earlier this week The combined outfit was edged by the Redskins 3 0 in a ding-dong battle The Rams boast 13 veterans and return to the pro wars under a new coach Buff Donelli A third league fray is scheduled Tuesday night when the Philadelphia Eagles visit the Boston Yankees new addition to the 10-member loop which stages its first full round of play on Oct 8 Missouri Tigers Are Beaten By Arkansas St Louis Sept 23 (P) A place ment kick for a point after touchdown gave the University of Arkansas a 7-to-6 victory over the favored University of Missouri Tigers today on the sodden gridiron of Walsh Stadium Held on the defensive through most of the game the Razorbacks score came on a blocked punt by Melvin McGaha late in the third quarter Henry Ford fell on the slippery pigskin in the end zone for a touchdown and Jim Young kicked the extra point Missouri forced to use a running attack when the weather broke up aerial maneuvers came back midway in the final period with a sustained 66-yard drive and Acting Captain Paul Collins plunged over from the three Don Litzinger kicking specialist was rushed into the game but his try angled just outside the crossbars The highest point in the western hemisphere is at Mount Aconcagua in Argentina 22834 feet above sea leveL Iowa Navy Minnesota 0 6 6 0 0 7 Iowa Navy Scoring Touchdowns: Swanke (sub for Phillips) Woodward (sub for McEvoy) Rushing (sub for McEvoy) point after touchdown: McEvoy (placement) Minnesota Scoring Touchdowns: Lundquist (sub for Braun) Williams Point after touchdown: Williams (placement) California Triumphs Berkeley Calif Sept 23 ((F) The University of California Bears overpowered a St Mary's College eleven 31 to 7 in the opening football game here today A crowd of 40000 fans saw the heavier and more experienced Bears score two touchdowns in the first period and three in the third The Gaels scored in the second quarter Cornell Records Win Syracuse Sept 23 VP) Cornell Big Red football registered tonight the first victory it ever scored in Archbold Stadium beating Syracuse inexperienced eleven 39 to 6 in the season-opener for both 4 Human tears usually consist of pure water with saline traces BT FRED HANEY Eight thousand fans saw Coach Eddie Cameron take the wraps off his 1944 Duke Blue Devil gridiron machine here yesterday afternoon but when the firing was over with Duke triumphant over the Richmond Spiders 61 to 7 they knew little more than they did before the game started Last season Duke up with a 610 decision over id a feat that would have seated yesterday if Orville had not been allowed to a pass to Suttenfield second quarter for the cr-1 tally Cameron called on Just ery man on his squad as he tried various combinations in preparation for the most hectic gridiron schedule ever undertaken by a Duke squad The Blue Devils face the University of Pennsylvania next Saturday in Philadelphia and after that come games with Carolina Pre-Flight Navy Army Georgia Tech and Wake Forest in succession Richmond had little to offer in curtain raiser and the Blue Devils moved along almost at will scoring twice in each of the first third and fourth quarters and three times in the second Tom Davis George Balitsaris and George Clark tallied twice each while Gordon Carver Jim LaRue and Howard Reynolds turned in one touchdown apiece Harold Raether attempted placements after each of the nine tallies and made good on seven of them EARLY TOUCHDOWN The game was only two and one-half minutes old when the first tally was chalked up Davis took the opening kickoff -on nine and returned to the 21 Cliff Lewis Cleveland Ohio flash then cracked right tackle for 54 yards being hauled down from behind on 25 by Kranitzsky when he was apparently in the clear After two lines plays Lewis tossed over the goal to Carver and Raether converted Duke immediately began another march but two penalties one for holding and another for offsides proved costly Carver kicked out of bounds on 17 but the Spiders were forced to punt Lewis taking the ball on 46 and returning to Richmond's 49 from where the second scoring drive was launched Carver picked up 18 yards on two reverse plays Lewis added four and Davis went over right guard for 10 for a first down on 16 Lewis picked up two and Davis added nine to the Spiders' five An offside penalty set the Blue Devils back to the 10 after which Davis lost three Lewis pass to Carver over the goal was just out of reach but Lewis behind good blocking picked up 10 yards and then Davis crashed over right tackle for the score kick was bad SCORE AGAIN The second quarter opened with Duke in possession of the ball on its own 48 and it required only one minute and 20 seconds to tally Clark cracked right tackle for seven moving to Richmond's 45 Clark then tossed to LaRue who caught the ball on the 10-yard stripe but was pulled down on the three On the next play Balitsaris went over right guard standing up and Raether added the extra point Touchdown No 4 came less than two minutes later LaRue intercepted a Spider pAss giving Duke the ball on Richmond's 38 On the first play LaRue brought the crowd to its feet by scatting the remaining distance to the goal going over left tackle and worming his way down the side line Raether added the extra point Ed Sharkey center intercepted pass to set the Blue next scoring march in motion Taking the ball on Duke's 26 he raced to Richmond's 42 but the Blue Devils drew a 15-yard penalty for clipping giving them the ball on their own 42 Balitsaris and Kennard picked up a first down and Steph- See DUKE On Page 9 Newberry 0 0 0 0 0 South Carolina 14 7 7 20 48 South Carolina scoring: Touchdowns Hunnicutt 2 Erwin Farris (for Harrison) Bartell (for Bradford) Bradford Fisher (for Hunnicutt) Point after touchdown: Tominack 6 (placekicks) Bruins Trojans Tie Los Angeles Sept 23 (JP) The A Bruins scored a touchdown after the Enal gun had sounded on a 74-yard dash by Johnny Roesch to tie the Trojans of University of Southern California 13 13 at Memorial Coliseum today Indiana 0 12 0 Illinois 0 6 6 14 26 Indiana scoring: Touchdowns Jagade 2 (for Sundheim) Sundheim Illinois scoring: Touchdowns Patterson Bray Greenwood Young (for Patterson) points after touchdown Greenwood 2 (placements) Clemson Tops Presbyterian Clemson Sept (flV-A duet of ground-gaining freshman backs Tailback Watt Stewart and Fullback Bill Rogers paced Clemson's five-touchdown and 30-to-0 opening victory -over Presbyterian before approximately 5000 today Freshman Jack Miller and Mavis Cagle added three and one extra points respectively First-year varsity men accounted for 28 Tiger points outclassed civilians fought back with all they had which was mostly Running Back John Raines and Punter Rube Kleckley but three first downs and one penetration tor 35-yard line where a fumble ended the march was the Blue scoring approach Presby-j terian however took the ball from-Clemson three times inside their own 15-yard line twice on fumbles once by intercepting a pass 1 Clemson ran up 16 first downs to: three Net yardage favored the Tigers 405 to 47 The Tigers completed two of six passe? for 12 yards Presbyterian complet- ed two of 11 passes for eight yards Two Clemson passes were inter-! cepted To make bar soap suds more quickly rub soap into Bakes on a kitchen grater or make it into a soap solution or jelly by dissolving a bar in a quart of hot water Milligan scoring touchdown: Lawrence Foint after touchdown Cotton (placement) State scoring tourhdown: Westfall Worst Richakus Turner) Gibson Point after touchdown: Zickefoose 2 Sharpe placements) Harvard Wins 43-6 Cambridge Mass Sept 23 Pt Mar Jenkins and Bob Chappie each registered a pair of touchdowns as Harvard's informal football forces romped over Bates 43-6 today before an 8000 crowd at the Stadium The Crimson's terrific running generated 15 first downs against two for their rivals from Maine Transjordan's population is largely nomad We Recap TRUCK TIRES OF ALL SIZES Your truck will keep rolling longer and sqve more vital rubber for Victory if you prolong the life of the tires When the tread wears off it's time to drive in and get a recapping job at "One Stop for All Slake Cars EAST MAIN ST Purdue 0 12 6 Great Lakes 7 7 0 Purdue Scoring Touchdowns: Cody 2 Dimancheff Great Lakes Scoring Touch' downs: Saenz (for Hanlon) Man gold (for Avery) Keane Youel Points after touchdown: Mello 3 (two placements and one on recov ery of blocked placement) Virginia Gains 37-0 Triumph Charlottesville Va Sept 23 VP) Virginia scored every quarter to defeat Hampden-Sydney here this afternoon 37 0 with an offense spearheaded by a parade of new backs led by John Duda who counted three touchdowns in the first half Three thousand spectators saw the opening game of the Cavaliers in perfect football weather Duda Navy trainee who played for Virginia Tech two years ago gained 157 yards in 15 plays to dominate the first-half play Two other Navy trainees Bill Hickman and Henry Walker and one civilian Frank Goodman helped roll up total in the second half The Hampden-Sydney team' made up wholly of Navy V-12 trainees battled gamely but never threatened seriously Virginia rolled up 17 first downs and 418 yards to two first downs for the Tigers who netted only 7 yards from scrimmage Hickman who played for Maryland against the Cavaliers last Fall paced the scoring drive that began in the third quarter and ended in the fourth the Navy trainee from -Baltimore slicing over tackle for seven yards and a touchdown Walker star end at South Carolina last year bucked over Virginia's final score but missed the goaL Texas A Racks Up 39-0 Win Over Flyers College Station Texas Sept 23 VP) Texas A and breezed to a 39-0 victory over Bryan Air Field here today featuring spectacular runs long passes and an airtight defense Bobby Goff dashed 80 yards for the longest run of the game but the most sensational touchdown play was a 55-yard pass by Jimmie Cashion to Norton Higgins Freshman Paul Yates featured with his blocking and also scored two touchdowns one on a 45-yard gallop 4 Dial 7-11S for Newspaper Service Cloudbusters To Meet Cherry Point Marines This Afternoon At 2:30 On Chapel Hill Field Chapel HilL Sept Two of the top service teams in the South the Marines of Cherry Point and the Cloudbusters of Chapel Hill will square off here in Kenan Stadium Sunday afternoon at 2:30 A crowd of 10000 is expected The visitors arrived in Chapel Hill in time for a short workout this afternoon and Capt Maurice (Clipper) Smith head coach announced that the team was in good physical shape for game The Cloudbusters took the afternoon off to witness the Wake Carolina game GREATLY IMPROVED The Pre-Flighters are a greatly improved ball club over the one of last year Such standouts as Otto Graham the All-American from Northwestern Spec Sanders who was a member of Dana Bible's University of Texas team in 1941 Joe Partington of Nebraska Gene Flick of Minnesota Kermit Atkinson of Furman Warren Anderson of Colgate and Melbourne Sheehan of the University of Missouri are slated to ee action All are seasoned performers Graham who is one of the greatest passers in the game today will start at BASEBALL SUNDAY 3 Durham Athletic Park All Stars Camp Butner Vs Durham Red Caps Admission 55c Reserved Section for Whites OTTO GRAHAM.

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