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The Macon Telegraph from Macon, Georgia • 23

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THE LATEST IN p-r'un lt (Hj? jfiarxra Srlrgrapii and 2snna SUNDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 21 1951 -PAGE 23 Wave Slaps am KENTUCKY WILDCATS gain a first dowrf on this play in the Georgia Tech argument Saturday night Charles Sturgeon (25) plows through a heavy downpour and Tech defenders Other players left to right are Fred Braselton of Tech Cullen Wilson of Kentucky and John Neal Read (68) (AP Photofax) Georgia Engineers Baffled by Wildcat Speed FIRST DOWN is picked up on this play by Clinton Tucker (43) in the game with the Ft Valley Green Wave here last night Ft Valley tackle 0 Earl Holland (67) trying to stop Tucker (firinnon Photo by Richard Robinson Texans Rally To Frustrate Bulldogs In Opener 13-8 line play figured prominently in the hobbling ball act and it was a fumble on an attempted pass that led to Kentucky's first touchdown Tech halfback Joe Dqjany trying to pass after a fake end run had the ball slip off his hand and Wildcat tackle George Boone bounced on it at the Tech 43 After Glenn Ed Shaw and Cravens picked up 13 yards in two tries Hughes faked superbly to Shaw and lofted a high pitch By BILL HUDSON LEXINGTON Ky AP Kentucky struck twice with lightning speed Saturday night and upset favored Georgia Tech 13-0 in a fumble-marred Southeastern Conference football tilt Power runner Bobby Cravens raced 45 yards around end for one Kentucky touchdown and Lowell Hughes catching defenses off guard passed 31 yards to end Ronnie Cain for the other Poor weather and hard hitting one of Eddie Battle's aerials out of the air and scampered 47 yards for Ft Valley's final TD Gates again crashed over for the extra point Willingham's first touchdown drive in the history started from Ft 38 went 64 yards in 15 plays with late in the third quarter and Battle sneaking over from the one Mathews kicked the extra point It it it Larry Tucker got the march ofl with a 12-yard gain around end as the Rams tried to use their superior speed to advantage The key play of the drive started on Ft Valley's 38 with four down and eight to go Battle dropped back in punt formation but instead of kicking he handed the ball to Johnny Goss who raced 23 yards to Ft Valley's 15 It was a perfectly-executed play and caught the Green Wave off guard Larry Dodd Jimmy Taylor and Battle got a first down on the four and Battle sneaked over the goal line on his third try Goss with 38 yards in six tries and Mathews with 36 in 10 were the leading ground-gainers for Willingham while Pearson picked up 69 yards in five tries to lead Ft Valley in yards gained on the ground followed by Gates with 57 in eight attempts Defensive standouts for Ft Val ley included Edward Woodward 155-pound end Nelson Schofill 190-pound center Price Tucker 240-pound tackle and Kenneth Jones 185-pound guard Larry Tucker 170-pound tackle Freddy Wynn 130-pound end Tom Edwards 175-pound center and Charles Partridge 160-pound tackle were some of the defensive standouts for the Rams WILLINGHAM 17 Eadi: Jacksou Wyen Lyles Powers Tackle: Tucker Partridge Lee Walker Griffla Brktaer Marehmaa Guard: Jenkins Holder Ceotarai Edward Barks: Battle (eel Goes Taylor Mathews Dodd Tucker Brown Potts POBT VALLEY INI Ends: Deles (eel Woodard Jones Tackles Tucker Oakes SchoiUL Anderson Guinta: Evans Hnltand Jonas Centera: Schofill Anderson Backs: Jones Pearson (eel Wilson Gates McGehse Haslam Hallman Mullia AUSTIN Tex UPI-Quarter-back Bobby Lackey engineered a fourth quarter scoring drive and kept Georgia off balance with booming quick kicks Saturday night to lead Texas to a come-from -behind 13-8 victory over the Bulldogs Coach Darrell scrappy Longhorns moved 72 yards on 17 play to score the deciding touchdown with live minutes left In the game and wipe out an 8 7 lead taken by Georgia early In the fourth period winning marker was scored by Bobby Gurwitz a speedy 165 pound sophomore halfback on a one yard scamper on a pitebout from Lackey Georgia put the new point-after touchdown rule into effect to take an 8-7 lead three minutes deep in the final period in a march Wilhelm No -Hits Mighty Yankees which Cain took in the end zone Early in the fourth Cravens took quick pitch and the big hipped halfback who usually does his damage on Inside runs streaked down the sidelines to score Cravens No 2 ground gainer in the SEC last year looked like a LEXINGTON Ky API Statistics Kentucky-Georgla Tech iootbaUfam Saturday Bight: Ga Tech Keatoafey Firat downs to Eaahios yardage no S2t Passing yardage 25 Paeee 44 lj Pane Intercepted fey 1 Punt 4 Fumble lost I 1 Yard! penalized 15 4 man with his eye on national honors as he ripped and twisted for 153 yards on 20 carries Tech using separate offensive and defensive platoons was repulsed on its every bid and got no closer than the Kentucky 25 Aside from its touchdown drive Kentucky made no serious scoring threats But its drives were accomplished on three plays each time and these two surprising bursts were sufficient to revenge a 13-0 loss to Tech in the 1957 opener Kentucky figured to finish in the second division of the SEC this time presented a rugged defense against Tech's only two scoring opportunities The first time the Engineers got the ball they moved from their own 44 to the 25 an ad-vance of 31 But Tech had to surrender on downs Tech Ky 0 0 0 8-0 0 7 0 6-13 By SAM GLASSMAN Telegraph Sports Editor Ft Valley High's Green Wave took advantage of an early fumble and exploded on two plays to defeat the Willingham High Rams 20 to 7 here last night at Porter Stadium before approximately 3-000 fans Coached by Norman Faircloth the Green Wave scored in the first 1:35 of the game and picked up their clincher touchdowns in the third quarter to gain their 12th straight regular season victory For the Billy Henderson-coached Rams although outweighed by approximately 40 pounds per man it was their first loss of the season against one tie a The Green Wave in Class and Willinghym In Class AAA although not playing a leagne schedule and in their first year football came throngh with a feat 11 other teams have not been eble to that is score a touchdown The Rams are the first team to score a six-pointer on the Wave la 11 regular season games With 175-pound Gene Pearson 185-pound Richard Wilson and 225-pound Vandy Gates spearheading Valley Willingham Ftni Downs It SuU Iittafi IN ltt Passing TarSai It PaiMa 1-4 HI Paaaca laiarcfftaS ty 1 Paata HU 3-tfT FamMca Lata 1 YarSa Paaaltaad the thundering herd Ft Valley was able to outgain the Rams but 13 yards on the ground On the other hand Willingham had the edge in first downs 12 to 8 Price Tucker a 240-pound tackle set up Ft Valley's first touchdown as Bobby Mathews fumbled on the first play from scrimmage for Willingham Ft Valley took over on the 16 and Wilson went over from Hie 11 on the second The Rams using all the tricks in the trade the Split-T Tight-T end Single Wing along with the quick kick battled their heavier opponents on even terms the rest of Hie first half In fact Willingham took the kickoff after the Ft Valley score and ground out five first downs with the help of two offside penalties and got down to the Green 20 before hte hefyt Wave line rose up and stopped the drive The Rams stopped a Green Wave drive on their eight in the second quarter as the locals hold on to the ball Pearson got the clincher touchdown early in the third quarter after an exchange of punts After a five yard penalty Ft Valley had possession on its 44 when Pearson broke over his right tackle cut down the middle and outran the entire Willingham team going 56 yards without a hand being laid on him Gated bucked over the extra point Trying desperately to get back Into the game Willingham took to the air Bud Haslam plucked sparked by the work of flashy sophomore quarterback Francis Tarkenton Tarkenton pitched a three-yard pass to end Jimmy Vlckeis for the touchdown capping a 21-play 95 yard drive then flipped a pass to end Aaron Box for the critical two pointer Texas took an early 7-0 lead in a 24 yard drive climaxed by halfback Rene wide end sweep for the touchdown and kick The first-quarter score came after the Longhorns capitalized on a fumble of a punt by Georgia halfback George Guis-ler A crowd of 32000 fans witnessing the season opener bor both AUSTIN Statistics of the Georgia Tnu football (line: Grergla Tezai First downs 11 I Yards ru sftinf IN 144 Yards paasinf a is Passas -l 1-S Passes intereaptad bp 1 Paata 10-41 A 10-411 Famblaa lost 4 I Yards penalized 71 jo teams saw Lackey execute brilliant quick kicking four times sending booming punts 42 46 51 and 61 yards in moves which kept Coach Wally club in the hole But lt appeared that Tarkenton would steal the glory from Lackey as he paced a drive from the Georgia 5 mixing quarterback keepers with the running of fullback Theron Sapp who raced 19 yards on a key draw' play to the Texas 30 Texas attempted a run or-pass play following its final touchdown but Ramirez fumbled and was swamped by a host of Georgia defenders Score by Periods TEXAS Quarterback Bobby Lackey (22) picks up three yards through this hole fashioned by Don Allen (31) who is throwing a block on Don Sober-dash (AP Photofax) Fort Valley 4 14 O-M Willingham 4 7 Scorias: Fota Valley Wllaua (11 yds) Pcaraoa yds Haslam (intercepted Pass-47ydsJ: WiUincham Battles (1 yd plunge! 111 Mathews plaecklckl -OFFICIALS: Refers FoUL Umpire Jack Thomas: HosdHnsman Claud Lewis: Field Judge Cottoa Chafiut Clock Opr Hayes Burtesoa STANDINGS AMERICAN PkL GB Now York St HI Chicago 71 All ini Detroit 74 71 503 MVfc Cleveland 71 74 Ml ISta Bostaa 71 74 AH lSVi Kassas City 71 77 WO It Baltimore 77 471 It Waahinftoa tl IS 411 XI RESULTS Baltimore 1 Now York Boston 1 Washington I Cleveland LI Detroit 1-4 Kansas Cltv 1 Chicago 1 GAMES New York at Sturdivant 2-5 va Pappas IMJ Washington at Fiacher 4-1 vs De lock (1141 Chicago at Kansas Donovan (14-131 vs Herbert II-7J Cleveland at Narleaki US-10 vt Bunn log 111-101 NATIONAL tory The Tigers scored all their runs in the third inning knocking out rookie Gary Bell who yielded three singles and as many walks Bell also was guilty of a wild pitch that let in one of the runs Tint Gam Cleveland Dotroil sot too ooi-i too too ooo-i Fcmrcoa Wood (chick III) Mar-tia (I) Grant III and Nixon: Lair and Wilaoa La Jll W-Woodwchick See rad Gama Cleveland 000 100 000-1 I Detroit 104 000 4 I 1 Bell Bradowakl (Si Marti IS Moata (71 and Brown: Hoeft and Lao Bell Cleveland Power 114th Boston Shades Nats BOSTON API The Boston Red Sox held hltlessly for 6 and one-third innings by Vito Valen tinetti edged the Washington Senators 2-0 Saturday on Jackie Jensen's two-run single in the eighth and the four-hit pitching of Frank Sullivan Weablngtoa 4 00Q 1 1 VileaUaetU aad FitzGerald: SulUvaa sad White Chicago Kansas City su ooo oo-4 i Ml 000 1 Pierce aad Battay Grim aad dhitl Horn runs: Kansas City Tuttla II aad Carv Iowa Racks Drake 33-0 AMES Iowa The Iowa State Cyclones made head coach Clayton debut a success Saturday with a rousing 33-0 victory over intrastate rival Drake University before the largest open ing day crowd here in history SUNDAY 1:25 PM GAME OF THE DAY CINCINATTI RED LEGS Vs MILWAUKEE BRAVES White Truck COLLEGE GRID SCORES BALTIMORE APl-The American League champion New York Yankees went without a hit or run Saturday against the knuckle balls tossed by 35-year-old Hoyt Wilhelm of the Baltimore Orioles who won 1-0 on a homer by catcher Gus Triandos Only two Yankees reached base both on walks as they swung fu-tilely at dancing pitches in a drizzle of rain Eight time Yankee went down on strikes The homer in the seventh inning by Triandos was his 30th of the season -He is tied with Yogi Berra of the Yankees for bitting the most in one year by a catcher no -hit no -run performance was the second in the major leagues this year Jim Bun-ning of Detroit did it on July 20 beating Boston 3-0 Don Larsen pitcher of a perfect World Series game in 1956 started for the Yankees and for six innings he was almost as invincible as Wilhelm A bunt single in the first In-blng by Bob Boyd was the only Oriole hit off Larsen Two other Orioles reached base on a walk and an error by Bill Skowron Bobby Shantz went to the mound for the Yankees and Triandos a -former Yankee sent his fourth pitch sailing over the 410-foot sign on the center field fence Bobby Richardson worked him for the first walk in the third inning only to be thrown out trying to steal second Jerry Lumpe got to first the same way in the next inning and became the only Yankee batter to see second when one of Wilhelm's dancing knucklers got by Triandos Tribe Tigers Split DETROIT AP Bill Hoeft's first complete game triumph in nearly seven weeks earned the Detroit Tigers a doubleheader split with the Cleveland Indians Saturday Hoeft pitching a five-hitter for a 4-1 nightcap victory The In dians took the opener 2-1 on a ninth inning rally Hoeft struck out six batters and lost his shutout in the fourth Inning when Vie Power hit his 16th home run Hoeft in trouble frequently in the early going did not allow a hit in the last four innings in picking up his 10th vie ing the pressure until after Triandos hit his home in the seventh it did start to get me But I tried to keep it out of my He took a well-worn chew out of his left cheek tossed it toward a corner and went toward the fountain he kept Chicago i Log Angeles 1 Pittabursk 4 Philadelphia 1 San Francisco 5 St Louis Milwaukee 1 Cincinnati 1 TODAY'S GAMES Pittsburgh at Philadelphia Kilns U-Ui and Wilt (S-ll or Daniels IO-3J va Simmons (7-141 and Morehead 114 Milwaukee ut Spjhi 30-111 va Lawrence (S-ui Francisco at St Louia-AutoaelU 15-13 va Jackson Ill-Ill Loo Angelcn at Knufax 10-11 va Aaderaoa 1-1 Saturday College Football i By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SOUTH North Carolina State 21 North Carolina 14 Clemson 20 Virginia 15 Wake Forest 34 Maryland 0 Morris Brown 24 Northern Carolina College 6 Florida 34 Tulane 14 VMI 46 Morehead Kyi 2C South Carolina 8 Duke 0 Florida 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Price 99 50 MIDWEST Nebraska 14 Penn State 7 Iowa State 33 Drake 0 Kansas State 17 Wyoming 14 Texas Christian 42 Kansas 0 Cornell Iowa 27 Knox 0 Dubuque 32 Central Iowa 13 Vanderbilt 12 Missouri 8 Ripon 40 St Olaf 7 St Johns Minnl 41 MacAles-ter Minn 14 Concordia Minn 18 Augsburg Minn 13 Carleton 27 Monmouth 6 Cincinnati 14 Dayton 0 Heidelberg 20 Bluffton 6 Findlay 0 Otterbein 0 tie FAR WEST Pitt 27 UCLA 6 College of Pacific 24 Calif 20 Oregon 27 Idaho 0 Okla State 31 Denver 14 Washington 14 San Jose State 8 Western Colo State 16 Eastern New Mexico 6 Wash State 40 Stanford 6 GEOBG1A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL! By The Associated Frau North Augusta 11 Aquinas Fort Volley SO WUlingham of Mteoe Roowell 40 Buford 7 Ptpperen ST Gordon Loo' Grody IS Southwest A SmUh Hartack Suspended ATLANTIC CITY UPI1 Jockey Willie Hsrtack was suspended for 15 racing days Saturday for and punching jockey Jimmy Johnson after the third race at the Atlantic City race track Friday Hartack had finished first aboard Nltrophy In the race but was disqualified and placed second when Johnson claimed a foul mount Tote All then was declared the winner Texas Georgia 7 0 0 8-13 0 0 0 8-8 Scoring: Texas Ramirez 3 run Lackey kick Gurwitz 1 run run failed! Georgia Vickers 3 pass from Tarkenton Box pass from Tarkenton Bassey Stops Tricky Willie Pep By DAVE Associated Press Sports Writer BOSTON TAP Featherweight Champion Hogan Kid Bassey cracked Willie Pep's tricky defense with overhand rights to floor the two-time former king twice and earn a technical knockout at 42 seconds of the ninth round of a scheduled 10-round nontitle bout Saturday night at the Garden The 28-year-old titlist from Nigeria sent Pep sprawling for a compulsory count in the opening seconds of the ninth and then finished matters with another bone-rattling right Pep a 38-year-old veteran of 18 years in the pro ring was draped across the lower rope on the second knockdown He pulled himself up at the count of nine but Referee Jimmy McCarron halted the punishment Knuckle-Ball BALTIMORE One soli tary figure in the Baltimore dressing room paced back and forth as Hank Bauer bunted missed the next one by a mile then lifted a soft fly to sec-rad baseman Billy Gardner General Manager Paul Richards wheeled when he heard 11000 cheers swell into one roar he do it? Did Richards had spent the last inning in the dressing room unable to watch He said the tension was too great Umpire Joe Ptparella who called the balls and strikes was one of the first into the runway about he yelled think 1 played a helluva game Then he turned laughing to congratulate Richards The Orioles swarmed Into the ALL THE CHICKEN YOU CAN EAT Pitcher Wilhelm Complete Repair Exchange Power Brakes SEALC0 BENDIX WESTINGHOUSE AID SHAKE EQUIPMENT VMI Romps Wins 46-20 LEXINGTON Va UPI-Half-backs Sam Horner and Art Brandriff each bolted for two touchdowns Saturday to lead Virginia Military Institute to an easy 46 20 win over outclassed More-head State in the season opener A sparse crowd of 3000 looked on in an intermittent drizzle while VMI defending Southern Confer-ence champion sealed the contest In short order and coasted much of the way The Keydets also picked up a safety three two point conversions and two placements by halfback Pete Johnson Did It Says dressing room yelling and carry ing on like kids In the center getting slapped from all sides was Hoyt Wilhelm a knuckle bailer no team seemed to want a couple of months ago He had just pitched a no hit game against Yankee power the guy I yelled Wilhelm Greek that was a real Gus Triandos the ex-Yankee whose home run accounted for the games only score horselaughed and rubbed Wilhelm's head game boy real he yelled Wilhelm walked around and around unable to settle down he kept saying over and over again Somebody yelled that Richards wanted to see Wilhelm in the office Completely settled now 00 COMPLETE REPAIR EXCHANGE For Cars And Trucks Richards congratulated him almost matter of factly and asked the pitcher to pose for a picture with a friend But you could tell Richards wag tickled He wanted to yet wag too tight inside Somebody asked if he ever caught during a no-hit game "Caught? I even helped pitch he laughed He said it was at Macon in 1930 But he never had caught one in the majors Triandos said Wilhelm threw practically nothing but knucklers Nine out of 10? Someone asked than Gus replied but knucklers Boy lt was hoppinV Wilhelm said he didnt start feel- SPECIALISTS IN FRAME STRAIGHTENING AND FRONT-END ALIGNMENT FREE ESTIMATES IUNIOR BEASLEY Body Shop 3089 IROADWAY-SH 2-2557 GEORGIA 543 PLUM ST DAYS OHlYi AUTOMOBILE WRECKS EXPERTLY REPAIRED a a From Fender and Body Dents To HUCKABEE AUTO CO Third ar Pine Phone SH 2-7556 Drink Included RESTAURANT 44 MCLBERBY STREET CHICKEN HOUSE RESTAURANT 4420 BROADWAY For Overl Years Maeon's Photographic Center Oa Cherry Street Across From City Auditorium 1 A.

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