Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 16

16 Richmond Ttnw-Dfapatch Friday Nov 29 1946 Indians Flatten Spiders 40 to 0 to Win State Champion Magdziak Passes For Three Touchdowns Cloud Hikes otal to 66 fl -o 009 0 ft '9 Statistics By Chatucpjr Durden I WtM Rtchmo4 First CWI Verge golnsS rushing 80S FerworO gooses attmauC FmtarC paaaaa cmaM Verge Sr forward saaau IIS FerwarO paaaaa iMarcaptad Varda falmf riMbaek" af tfitarcaatad assess 10 Funtine aworaa (from acrlmmasai Tafal yard all kick resumes Opponents' fumWaa recev- 'Y i -hilt Phots hr Jm Cslosaort William and Mary's Bob for Fourth Touchdown in Second Period Indians Likely To Receive Bid To Play In Gator Bowl on January 1 Tulsa Downs Arkansas In Upset by 14 to 13 Longacre Crosses Goal vitation but final acceptance would of course remain with academic officials of the college The William and Mary dressing-room was packed after the game with former Brave players including Johnny Korcznwski back-field star of the 1940-41-42 seasons and uncle of Tommy Korczowski and happy alumi Richmond's alumni were represented by John Wicker Jr No 1 Spider rooter who dropped in to offer his con Layne Leads Longhorns To 24-7 Win AUSTIN TEXAS Nov tJPi Bounding Bobby Lane personally made Dana exit from the coaching profession a memorable occasion today as he led the Texas Longhorns to a 24-to-7 victory over their bitter rivals the Texas Aggies to keep alive for at least two more yean the ancient jinx of Memorial Stadium Layne kicked a field goal from the Aggie 21-yard line to send Texas in front on the last play of the first period In the second quarter he engineered a passing attack that swept to the 17 from where he smashed to a touchdown in five line tries In the third passing and running sparked a 75-yard Texas drive for another touchdown which Raymond Jones made from the four-yard line on three plunges Poo Tsxao ARM Text LE Powell Beck to! LT Dickey Witt ttautsonbargar Collin Garv Gill RO Winkler Wooden RT Moncrlof alley RE-Hlgglns Sckwartxkopf QB Baty Heap LHWalck Rllawarth RH Anderson Baumgardner FB Zapalae Layne ARM 0 Texas 3 0 0 7 7 7 Texas scoring: Field Layne (placement! Layne Jonea (tor Layne) Allan (for Layno) Points attar Guasa (far Rllawarth) 3 place mental Texas ARM scaring: Touchdown Wright (for Howtlll Point aftor Ballsntlno (for Zapalacl William and Mary Big Green team rave an awesome exhibition of offensive football yesterday at City Stadium as the keyed-up Indians removed all doubts about their pigskin pre-eminence In the Old Dominion with a 40-to-0 victory over their old rivals the University of Richmond's Spiders The victory kept the Indians' record of not having lost to a State team since 1939 intact and brought them still another Big Six championship The Spiders were the fourth Big Six team to fall victim to the crushing power of the Redskins Previously the Tribe powerhouse had steamrollered Virginia Tech 49-0: 34-18: and VMI 41-0 40 points ran the total for the season to 347 high for the nation A crowd of 17500 big-eyed spectators looked on in amaze ment as the Green Tribe struck for a pair of touchdowns in both the first and second quarters and added single scores in the third and fourth periods The William and Mary touchdowns were divided between four Braves with Stan Magdziak passing specialist hurling three touchdown passes as he completed six out of 13 passes for a total yardage of 109 yards One of prettiest passes fell incomplete when Henry Blanc a wlrcglMck who ate up a lot of yardage of reverses dropped perfect touchdown "peg" in the fourth quarter Fullback Jack Cloud the Southern Conference's high scorer acre caught a pass from Magdziak for one touchdown and wheeled over his richt tackle for another Rnds Bob Steekroth and Marvin Graham accounted for the fifth and sixth touchdown as they grabbed passes from Magdziak for scores Vlne Effective But as brilliant as were the William and Marv harks they were nnlv as effective as the hig line behind which they onerated Ied hv Steekroth Guard Jim Mc-Dowrll Tackle Ralph Sazio and Center Tommv Thompson the Indian forewall stopped running attack cold The Indians played T-formation with a six-man line harked un hv Thompson snd Puarterhack Tom Mikula The line charge It waited for nlays to develop and then smacked down the hall carriers Nor did the Spiders find the Indians weak on pass defense The Richmond passers threw 23 passes and completed eight one of them being ruled complete on interference The statistics were Indicative of the difference in the two teams yesterday The Braves ground out and passed for 19 first downs to Richmond's seven three of thosp coming In the waning minutes or the game The Indians had a net rushing yardage of 208 yards to the 83 and completed 10 nut of 25 passes for 18 yards and three touchdowns The Spiders eight completed passes added up to 108 yards more the Indians intercepted four Richmond passes ana ran them back for a total yardage fn 106 yards a compared to one interception for no runhack Longacre dirt a beautiful job ot kicking his first kick of the day slithering out of hounds on five-yard line and his sec-ond angling nnt on the six The Kid1 Ret Up Score Tbmmy (The Kid) KorczowsW William and great little tailback lasted only eight minutes before his injured left shoulder was reiniured and he was forced from the game But the Kid set up the first touchdown with a 24-yard run on a end run After Richmond hart received the opening kickoff and Jack Wilbnurnc had punted the Indians Tailed to make headway and Longacre kicking from Richmond's 43-yard line put the Spiders in a hole as he kicked out on the five-yard stripe Korc-zowskl grabbed punt on Richmond's 45-yard line and came tip-toeing back for 16 yards before he was dropped on the 29 The Braves lined up to the right In their single-wing formation wth Korczowski in the deep spot Center Thompson Korczow ski wide to the left with the snap and the little fellow without an interferer in front of him raced around Doc Savage's end for 24 vards before he stumbled and was hit from behind by Gulick Korc-rowski then swept over his right tackle for four yards and Cloud rraeked the line for a touchdown Gulick came through to block place-kick and the Braves led 6 to 0 just five minutes and 15 seconds after the first whistle Blagdriak Takes Over Two minutes later Korczowski's shoulder was hurt' as he was hit by Fritz Laurinaitis for a one-yard loss cm the 50-yard ribbon Magdziak a remarkable faker and passer replaced Korczowski and proceeded to turn the game into a rout On the first play he shot a pass to Steekroth on the Richmond 36 and the Indian end sidestepped Fenlon and ran to the 11 before he was collared from behind by Mike Cocco the play being good for 39 yards Magdziak lost three yards as he attempted to run to his right and then Mathias dropped Longacre for another three-yard loss on a double reverse So Magdziak went back to the air Taking the snap he ran wide to the right stopped suddenly aimed and passed over the goal line to Longacre for a touchdown at 10 minutes and 10 seconds of the first period The passer then converted the extra point On the next exchange of We ball Longacre kicked out of bounds i a I -i Varda laat by paaattiaa on six-yard line as the first period ended Wilbourne after gaining a yard at the line kicked out to the Spiders 45 and the Indians were on the warpath again Jackie Freeman picked up seven yards over his right tackle as Longacre threw a crushing block on Hodges Richmond's tackle Cloud hammered out a first down on the 34 Longacre on a reverse lacked a vard of another first down Cloud promptly moved the stakes to the 2l as he hit the line On a trap play Cloud faked a reverse to Longacre made a full spin and tore through a wide hole in the middle of the line to go all the way for the Indians' third touchdown Again Magdziak con verted the extra point Bernie Hofbainer fumbled on the kickoff and Hughes recovered for the Tribe on 27 Freeman in two rushes made a first down on the 15 but Mag-dziak's passes for once didn't find their receivers and the Spiders held on their 13 After Wil-boume had kicked Magdziak kicked back and Fenlon fumbled with Clark and Brown recovering for William and Mary on the 15 Black and Bruce ground nut a first down on the five Magdziak picked up a couple of yards at the line but LaLuna and Richard got Bruce a two-yard loss Longacre then powered his way over right tackle for five yards and a touchdown kick for the extra point was wide of the uprights and the score was 26-0 The half was rapidly running out when Richmond mAde its first first down of the afternoon LaLuna fired a nine-yard pass to Rosser but on the play the Indians were penalized 15 yards for unnecessary roughness giving the Spiders a first down on their own 45 On the second plav thereafter Sut-tenfield got behind Magdziak hut dropped long pass which was labeled touchdown The Indians staged two drives in the third period before they finally got their fifth touchdown at the 11-minute 45-second mark Taking the kickoff on his seven-yard line Longacre came tearing back 43 yards to Richmond's 44-yard line being dropped by Wilbourne the last Spider with a chance of stopping him Cocco Covers Fumble A 19-yard pass from Longacre to Mikula with the receiver later-ailing to Thompson was good for 19 yards and placed the ball on 25 Longacre and Cloud cracked away at the left side of Richmond's line for a first down on the 13 Cloud added two rards at the line but Longacre umbled as he was tackled and Cocco recovered for Richmond after a mad scramble for the ball on the 12 The Indians came right back after Wilbnurne's punt to move from their 43 to the 13 on Longacre's 24-yard pass to Poplinger and runs by Longacre and Poplinger With the ball on the 13 second and seven Laurinaitis got Longacre for a seven-yard loss Then on a pass play Longacre was smothered far behind the line fumbled and Savage recovered for Richmond on the 31 Ralston Richmond's outstanding back and LaLuna collaborated for a first down on the 41 but Blanc stopped things with an interception of Ralston's pass on the 25 and racing back through a broken field to the Spiders' 30 where he lateralled to Cloud who added two yards more before he was forced out of bounds The pitching Magdziak then went to work again He' fired right down the alley slot to Captain Denver Mills for 12 yards and a first down cn the 16 Polinger picked up four yards and the Spiders were penalized half the distance to the goal when Co-captain Houston Sizer slugged an Indian That placed the bail on the five first and goal Two running plays netted but a yard whereupon Magdziak was called on again for Continued on Page 18 The Lineups Poa Richmond William and Marjr LE Sizer Stock rath LT Richards Caushran LQZiuk McDowell Scheror Thompson La urinal tie Hughas RTSpencar Saslo RESavaga Mills QB Fenlon Mikula LH Wllbeunw Kercaowekl RH Cocco Longacre FBRalston Magdaiok William and Mary 13 IS 7 Richmond OOOO William and Manry scoring: Touch down! cloud (sub for Magdclakl 2: Longacre 2 Streckroth Graham (aub for Steekroth) Points aftor touchdowns: Magdilak 4 (all from placement)' Substitutions: William and Mary Ends Graham Schuti Hoitama Heflin Hagerty tackle Wright Pollack O'Pella: guards Chlpok Gibbs I Mikula Brown Won Blanc reman Blanks Cloud Poplinger nlng: con tar Floyd Clark backs Walker Bruce Ends Ford Johnson Fond-rich Ucklrs Mathias Wallace Gulick Hodqss guards Kranltaky Curlier Me-Comb cantor Jonas: backs Timborlaka Bolen Suttenfield Thalman LaLuna Hef-bauer Thompson Billingsley SEAT COVERS HOME APPLIANCES RADIOS White Radle I Appliance Ga CHAMBKBLATK DIAL 0-T873 AVB Deacs Crush Gamecocks By 35 to 0 CHARLOTTE Cf Nov 28 Wake ripmon Deacons went gunning for Gamecocks as the hunting season opened today and the straightshooting arms of tailbacks Nick Sacrinty and Tom Fetzer helped them bag the limit in crushing South Carolina 35 to 0 before a crowd of 17000 Rifle-likc passes hauled In by Ends John O'Quinn and Jim Du i-can and Halfback Harry Dowda brilliant running by Sub Halfback Gordon Studer and the plunging of Fullback Richard (Rock) Brinkley combined in a total rout of the Gamecocks Wake Forest scored once in the second period once in the third and three times in a fourth period fusillade! Wingback Bo Sacrinty big brother kicked all five extra pol The lineups: Pas Wake Foraat South Carolina LECappa Nowak LT Corneas Fuocl L-G--Leonettl Walker -Clark Merka RO Roy it on Allan PT Hanula Alexandar RE O'OuInn Carter QB Oqnovlrh Dunham LH Cochran Couch RH Sacrinty Giles FB Croorti Harrison 7 as Wake Foraat South Carolina 0 Touchdowns: Brinkley Studar Cochran O'Qiilnn Dowda Points after touchdown: Sacrinty (5) Davidson Trims Furmatij 13-7 In Homecoming GREENVILLE Nov tTi Fullback Mack Erwin camel back to his home town today to! lead Davidson College to a 13-7 Southern Conference victory over Furman University The line plunging of Erwin and the accurate arm of Bert Anderson third-string tailback set the Wildcats up to first and third-period touchdowns to give Davidson its only conference triumph of the season before a homecoming crowd of 10000 Skeeter Coyle playing his last game for the Purple Hurricane led the Furman attack with another senior Charlie Truluck whose desperate last-period passing netted one touchdown Truluck's toss from his own 26 to Coyle on the 35 brought the score as Coyle lugged it over Jimmy Sifford drove across in the first period for Davidson and Carl Pah smashed over in the third Quarter for the second touchdown -Furman outgained the visitors 276 yards to 227 and both clubs rang up an even dozen first downs The Hurricane passed 17 times and completed five while Davidson tried 15 aerials and completed six victory over Richmond will in all probability bring a Bowl bid to William and Indians athletic officials admitted yesterday they had received a strong from the promoters of the Jacksonville Fla bowl game at the same time disclosing William and Mary had turned down two other post-season offers Should the Bowl hid come through as expected it is expected that the Braves will vote to accept the in Grid Scores South 40 William and Mary Richmond 80 VPI VMI 35 Wako Foraat South Carolina 13 Davidson Furman 23 Franklin Marshall Ureinia 18 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Tribe Later on Richmond's' Coach Johnny Fenlon came in to compliment McCray on his team's triumph The youthful Richmond coach still appeared slightly stunned by the big score the Braves had run up on his team but he managed to grin as he shook hands with the winning coach Jack Cloud's father came as most of the players were tieing their ties and found his fullback-son still in a state of nudity as I said Papa Cloud 'Joack's always the last one" Whereupon someone within hearing distance said: except when' he's got that ball under his Now it can be told The Indians were really up mentally for game The Braves figured Knox Ramsey their injured guard and End Bob Steekroth had been given the works on the All-State eleven Therefore the coaches did not have to deliver any pep talk to the Braves who acted as if they'd got hold of abarrel of fire water just before the game McCray thought his entire squad played good football He was particularly well pleased with the line play citing Steekroth Sazio McDowell and Thompson for their games One veteran coach who watched the game from the press box declared that Continued on Page 17 tiOPfOQ S' si 'Si Tk Bsfancod with iho S-O-OT-H-I-N-G Lanslitsd Base ATHLETES FOOT sad SIub IrritslisBi as Indicated PRICE 50c A Taw CikpR 45 Quart ICI 0 grmtn wsutrsl y'w'k TULSA OKLA Nov Tulsa University's Golden Hurricane completed one of its greatest football seasons today by edging out Arkansas' bowl-hound Razor-backs 14 to 13 on the slim margin of an after-touchdown point by its brilliant kicking specialist Clyde LcForce A Thanksgiving Day crowd of more than 19Q00 largest in Tulsa's history was left gasping 0 000(0 DwMy MWftg iMt fcwN nd fahHc ivaattrceat Fintly knitted i-ptaM I fabric IreMwooS famous cohmI Noes Al MMf See store $7 Other Fotteraa S3 Liisiimi smimviis S5Q3 uSQ0B8 ADAM quality higher! 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