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Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 26

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iH Richmond Timm-Dispatch Soadiy Xov 10 1946 Ties Irish 0 0 Tarheels Down frmy Richmond 27 Davidson 6 Fare I Arkansas 71 Rice 0 I I Fare I I VMI Furman 7 I Fare Ga Teeh 20 20 Face 9 I Georgia 33 Florida 14 I Fare 8 Cavaliers Upset Princeton 20-6 YPI Wins 13-7 31 21 Fare 7 Are Bob Longacre (33) LSU Alabama Petersburg 39 Saints 7 Pace I Staff Photo by Mika O'NaUI (34) Tarheels Charlie Justice (22) First Quarter at City Stadium Players (74000 See A rmy and Irish tBattle to Scoreless Deadlock Carolina Conquers Indians Before 18000 at Stadium Johnny Lujack Notre Dame's All-America quarterback candidate attempted 17 passes and I completed five of them for 52 Duke 12 Wake Forest 0 Fare Buns for First Down in tent upon stopping Davis ftnd Blanchard It was Tucker who had an opportunity to show his mettle signal-caller got off several of the game's most electrifying runs including a 30-yard dash from scrimmage just as the first half ended and ft 32-yard punt return that set off a Cadet march to Notre Dame's 20 In the third quarter Tucker was out of the fray for two plays late in the last period and Lujack for only a similar short period The tussle between the pair for honors at their position could have been called a draw Continued on Page 11 Southwest 14 Texae AAM SMU 0 27 Texae Tech Mexico 0 7 Arkanoaa Rica SS Taxao Baylor 7 19 Abllono Christian Howard Polna 20 Tulaa Oklahoma A A IS 12 Prarlo View Taxao Collego 0 15 Houiton Austin 7 Midwest 21 Iowa Wisconsin IS Mineaota Perdue 7 Indiana Northwestern 21 Missouri A Colorado 55 Michigan State 7 20 Ohio State Pitt 13 7 Iowa State Drake 7 14 Denison Capital 13 12 Daflanca Bufftbn 6 40 Findlay Ashland 0 13 Reserve Carroll 7 7 Oborlin Do Pauw 7 21 Ohio bin Wallace 14 7 Kent State Ohio Woo 13 Grinnell Corleton 13 Emporia State Waslsyan 13 Cornell Collage Monmouth 13 Dubuquo Iowa Wesleyan 87 Elmhurst Carthago 87 Earlham Canterbury SI Butler SL Joseph's Coo Knox Indiana Control Hanovar SI Capa Girardeau Hendrix Collage SS Youngstown Morris Harvey 14 Wlttanburg Ohio Northern is 15 Wichita SL Louis 0 SS Wash -Jeff Muskingum 7 50 Rlpon Carroll 0 51 Butlar SL Joooph'a 21 Hlllsdala Hope SO 0 Moralngalda State 0 If of ldah So- Branch IS Akron Wooster SO 14 Bradley Tech Dakota 7 SO Cincinnati Xavier 21 Lawranca Beloit 21 Evansville So Illinois Tch 7 15 Control Col Auguitono Col 0 IS SL Johns SL Cloud Teh re 40 Otterblen Albion 0 Heidslburg Kenyon 0 20 Woboeh Lake Forest 0 92 Cadarville Rooa Poly 14 20 Kearney Peru "12 20 Upper Iowa Wartburg is SS Morehead Wee tern Kentucky 7 Fur West 0 Utah State Brigham Vaung 14 UCLA Oregon 0 21 Washington Stanford IB SS San Francisco Kansas State Southern CaL California 0 15 Puget Sound Whitman 0 34 Oregon State Idaho 0 26 Now Mexico Agglea Sul Roes 85 IS Utah Colorado AAM 10 Colorado State Colorado Col logo 18 1b Danvar Wyoming 9 48 Nevada Santa Barbara State IS 7 Control Wash Eastern Wash 9 14 North Idaho Tch re Whitworth a 14 Lewiston -Whitworth 9 14 Fort Lewis Portland JVs 0 25 Bays Town Seattla Prop 0 Scholastic Score 39 Petwiburg 34 Granby WP 7 Bluoflaltf MaiMfluttcn 25 Staunton A Fish burn 25 A Dovttt Prop 13 A Jamoo St Christopher Newport Nowo amm- Jofforaon Augusta 33 Woodborry Mtrcorsburf 13 Huskies Defeat Stanford PALO ALTO CALIF Nov Iff) The Washington Huskies capitalized on fumbles to defeat the Indians 21 to 15 before thirty thousand fans today yards Tucker his rival for national recognition and Davis shot 16 toward hopeful receivers and five of them connected for 57 yards Notre Dame ground out 11 first downs to 9 four of them in the course of its abortive 84-yard drive in the second quarter which barely failed when Bill Compere a substitute halfback was driven out bounds only three yards from the Army goal line on fourth down As Notre Dame was deadly In By Chauncey Durden North Carolina's amooth-as-silk Tarheels beaten only by Tennessee this season struck for two quick touchdowns In the second period and added another touchdown early in the third period to hand William and Indians a 21-to-7 defeat at City Stadium yesterday before an estimated crowd of 18 thousand spectators including 15961 ticket holders The setback was William and first loss to a Southern Conference team and put an end to the Tribe's championship hopes By virtue of yesterday's victory the Tarheels remained unbeaten Spiders Down Davidson By 27 to 6 Wilboume Gallops For Two Touchdowns Football Scores and Tommy Thompson in conference play with -only a 14-14 deadlock with Virginia Tech in the opening game of the season to mar their intraconference record i The Green Indians from Williamsburg were a luckless ball team yesterday The Tarheels were the better team: had more poise and deception but had Lady Luck smiled the way a couple of times it would have been a much closer contest The breaks went way and the Indians were sorely in need of the breaks yesterday Two Quirk Scores Hie Tarheels' first-half scoring was packed into two minutes piay- VMI Racks Up 26-7 Victory Over Furman Thomason Aerial Ace Stars for Keydets GREENVILLE Nov PI Tossing Bob Thomason unloaded his aerial dynamite on Furman University here today and Virginia Military Institute racked up a 26-to-7 Southern Conference victory before five thousand fans Using a diversified single wing attack the Keydets capitalized on ie accurate pitching or Thomason to score three touchdowns in the first half and match Furman's one in the second Thomason and his aides completed 12 of 18 tosses to harrass the helpless Furman secondary throughout the game Furman produced two drives paced by the running of Skeeter Coyle and Bill Smith and the passing of Charlie Trulock but could make only one complete Furman pushed deep into VMI territory early on the first period with a booming 52-yard punt by Paul Strimbaugh but the Keydets came back with a 56-yard kick of their own to set the Hurricanes back again After Vince Ragunas intercepted a pass on the VMI 43 the Virginians failed to gain and were forced to kick the ball roll- Cavaliers Score 20-6 7 Over Tigers 24000 Witness Ivy Team Upset PRINCETON Nov The unheralded University of Virginia Cavaliers who had lost their last two games by an aggregate total of 52 points tore the Princeton line to shreds today and trotted off the field with a stunning 20-6 upset over the Tigers A crowd of 24 thousand in Palmer Stadium watched Virginia rip off a total of 275 yards through a Tiger line which last week stopped the University of Pennsylvania So effective was the running attack led by 195-pound Bruce Bailey a former Navy lieutenant that they resorted to only seven passes throughout the game Lending a big assist to Bailey were George Neff and John Duda both of whom tore off big chunks of yardage Cavaliers Tally In First Half All the Virginia scoring was done in the first half and Bailey was directly responsible for each touchdown In the second half the Virginians contented themselves with stopping a Tiger aerial onslaught which although effective at times availed but one touchdown that coming at the very start of the third period Virginia completely dominated matters in the first period and in the course of two drives one of which was stalled on the Tiger three notched their first score Virginia lost the ball on downs and Dave Carpenter gat off a kick from behind his own goal which George Grimes took on the 40 and carried to the 29 After reaching the 17 the Cavaliers were set back to the 22 on penalty At that point Bailey caught the Tiger secondary completely by surprise and tossed an arching pass to Tom Dudley who was all alone in the end zone Yates Rerovers Fumble At the start of the second period Bailey kicked off and his teammate Tom Yates recovered when the ball touched two Princeton linemen Virginia did not stop until it tallied again and Bailey was forced to go over twice before the score became official The first time he crossed the line from the two but a penalty called the run back He again took the ball on the next play and nego- Continued on Page 8 Arkansas Spills Rice Owls 7-0 LITTLE ROCK Xov 9 fT Raaorbarks spilled the Rice Owls 7-0 before a capacity turnout of 17 thousand today to take over first place In the Southwest Conference football title race The Razor-backs scored In the fourth quarter as Reserve Fullback Jehu Hoffman Intercepted an Owl pasa and sprinted fta Tech Rallies To Defeat 13-7 Gobblers Tally In Last Minute By Walt Drewry Timet-Dig patch Sport Writer MEMORIAL STADIUM LYNCHBURG Nov Virginia team put on a story-book finish here at Memorial Stadium today scoring in the last 30 seconds of play to defeat a fighting Washington and Lee team 13-7 before 12 thousand cheering fans A pass from Back Ralph Beard to End Jimmy Ransome that carried to the Generals' 16 set up the winning marker with Substitute Back Dave Thomas ramming over five plays later for the marker The Generals had taken a 7-6 lead early in the final stanza when Dick Working passed to End Bill Chipley in the end zone for a touchdown and End Bob Riley place-kicked the extra point Tech scored its other touchdown in the third period with Ralph Beard plunging over from the two but Ross Orris placement was wide Tech made 12 first downs to the seven and outgained them on the ground 169 yards to a mere seyen The Lexington eleven however picked up 129 yards via the aerial route John "The Greek" Maskas great tackle and Ends Elmer Wilson and Oren Hopkins were standouts in a rugged line that WAL penetrate Bobby Smith and Ralph Beard were most consistent ground gainers Beard besides tossing the pass that led to the winning score carried the ball 16 times and picked up an average of better than four yards per try Chipley Is Best There wag little question about Washington and top performers Bill Chipley was a great flankman today playing in his own home town The six-foot-three-inch 195-pound Lynchburg-er played his finest game of the year He caught a pass for the only score and recovered a fumble to stop first drive deep in A territory- It was Chipley also who stopped the second threat with a vicious tackle on the six-yard marker The times he stopped VPI backs for losses are too numerous to mention Tech started a drive from their Continued on Page 11 Syracuse Upsets Cornell 14-7 ITHACA Nov 9 (JPi A pair of touchdowns by Halfback Joe Watt gave Syracuse a 14-7 upset win over Cornell today before a near capacity crowd of about 29 thousand fans Cornell scored on the first play of the founth period when Halfback Hillary Chollet went over frixn the one-yard line ing time the first touchdown a 33-yard dash by Art Weiner on an end-around play coming eight minutes before the end of the half and the second following just two minutes later as Billy Myers Charlie Justice's relief man at tailback slipped over M's right tackle for one yard and six points Bob Cox Carolina's kicking specialist added both extra points with place-kicks just as he did following the third touchdown Carolina's third score came shortly after the second-half kickoff when Bob Longacre fumbled when tackled and a couple of Carolina backs Bill Sutherland and Walt Pupa recovered for the Tarheels just inside A M's 30-yard ribbon From there the White Phantoms swept down to the two-yard line where It was first and goal The Indians held for three plays but then Wingback Jim Camp wheeled around the left end on a double reverse to score The Indians scored late In the third period Stan Magdziak topping off a 65-yaM drive by driving through the Tarheels' fore-wall from three yards out for the touchdown The same Indian back added theextra point with a perfect place-kick Justice Is Checked The Braves carried out their regame defensive plan to stop Justice Choo-Choo Charlie was hounded all afternoon by the Indians particularly Knox Ramsey and Bob Steckroth His longest run from scrimmage was for 11 yards In 17 rushes Justice was held to a net yardage gain of 46 yards an average gain of only 27 yards But while the Indians were stopping Carolina's ace back a fleet end who ran like a frightened halfback and Coach Carl "shift" into punt formation brought woe to the Braves The which caused many a controversy last season when Snavely first added it to the pulled the Indians offsides three times during the first half and a 42-yard pare from Fullback Hosea Rodgers to End Mike Rubish which set un second touchdown was completed on a play The unwary Indians were lured offsides on the play and the whistle blew The pass may have been completed even had the whistle not blown but it may have been that the Tribe's secondary a trifle after the whistle Carolina of course refused Ihe penalty and took the ball one yard shy of pay dirt Twice officials ruled long William and Mary passes complete because of interference but on each occasion the Braves were guilty of rules infractions and those were nullified All in ail it was a long afternoon for the Indians' They helped dig their own graves by costly errors two fumbles recovered by the Tarheels coming most inopportunely Moreover the casualty list mounted as the game wore on Tommy Korczowski was badly injured In the third period: Fullback Jack Cloud was carried off the Held in the fourth period Continued on Page 11 By Gayle Talbot Ateociated Pren Sport a Writer NEW YORK Nov mighty football elevens ripped and flashed and tore at each other for 40 action-crammed minutes on the Jijrf of Yankee Stadium today ad when it was over the Fighting Irtish of Notre Dame were forced 4ol settle for a scoreless tie and he distinction of having shattered '-Army's 23-game winning streak 14 The first great postwar college classic played before a capacity throng of more than 74 thousand itn perfect football weather saw Ue redoubtable Black Nights from West Point threaten repeatedly jjgter recovering Notre Dame fum-Skss and intercepting wayward Ir-passes but they could not -Store "'Touted as one of the most ter tine teams ever to come out of 1 South Bend the burly Irish powered 84 yards down to three-yard stripe In the second quarter in their only real offensive gesture Only the one time did they carry the ball past midfield twice In the second half taev fell upon Army fumbles in Qdet territory and could do noth-with the opportunity all-conquering team facing its first major test from a -team filled with thoughts of re- verge for beatings absorbed the past two years muffed its best scoring chance in the opening period when it was held for downs on the Notre Dame 13 after Goble Bryant right tackle had recovered an Irish fumble on the 24 Davis Blanchard Go Route lJt was a bruising breathless struggle Only two Army players Efix (Doc) Blanchard and Glenn vis the two-time all-America backfield brilliants went the route for the Cadets The Irish with a i wealth of warning prevented from breaking away on one of the long touchdown runs for they have become famous Blanchard In 20 smashes at the Notre Dame defenses had a net gain of 60 yards to show for a IsuSenuous afternoon His usually Xffjtive little running mate Davis net of 33 yards for the Win times he lugged the leather best either wrote Into the records was a 21-yard sweep 'around his left end by Blanchard in the third period Notre Dame's big forwards threw up an almost airtight defense against vaunted running attack' and seldom could Arnold Tucker the Cadets' noted passer pierce the Irish secondary Sth his bullet pegs Army though in in reserve strength was fqqally successful in fighting off She Notre Dame steamroller when ft was necessary to dig in fhe statistics if anything gave re Dame a little the better of hough the Irish scoring threats were fewer and it was Army which time and again had the pall In the territory and was trying desperately to core by the aerial route The big ball-luggers from Indi-Ang led by Gerry Cowhig a inder who struck with the of an express train and Brennan a shifty 18-year-HdL chalked up 173 yards by rush-compared to 138 9 Two East 0 Army i Notro 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Lawrenca 0 21 Fairmont State Shephard State 7 12 Thiol Grove City 7 Westminister Waynesboro IS Geneva Slippery Reck Teachers is Bethany Clarion Teachers 7 49 West Liberty Cencerd 7 23 Fairmont Shephe--tm-n 7 12 FAM i Albright 0 South 27 Richmond Davidson IS Duka Wake Forest 20 VMI Furman 7 IS Virginia Tech WAL 7 20 Virginia Union Shaw 14 SS Gaorgla Florida 14 West Virginia Fordham IS Quantico Norfolk 0 29 Georgia Tach 23 WlnstonSalam Howard 21 North Carolina 7 Vanderbilt Navy SO SL Paul Hampton WAM 7 State 0 SI Louisiana State Alabama SI 7 Arkansas Rica IS Tannaaaaa Mlaaiaaippt 14 54 Tulana Ctamoon IS SO Allan Unlv Go State Collage 21 Smith Carolina Maryland 17 20 Hampdcn-Sydney Wash Col 13 35 Kentucky Marquotto 7 S3 Miaaiaoippl state Auburn IS George Wash The Citadel 0 87 Western Maryland R-M IS Camp Lea Bainbridg 0 34 Chattanooga Dayton 7 55 Tenn I Gaorgatown iKyl 9 7 Wilborforca Ky SL Collego 9 SS Presbyterian Wofford 14 29 Eastern Ky Taachora Louisville 7 21 Carson Newman Tuaculum 20 Morohoueo South Carolina State 12 13 Fuak Dillard 41 Benedict Livingston 0 SO Ponsacola Rollins College 0 St College Johnson Smith 0 0 Glenvillo Stats Davls-Elkino 0 0 Maryville Sawanaa IB Tenn Stats Emory dnd Han 12 7 Camp Polk McMoootor 0 Wiley Langston 7 Aberdeen Pert Ruatto Elan Lonolr Ryna 7 SI High Faint S9 QuTlford DAVIDSON Nov UPt The- University of Richmond showed a powerful ground attack to score a 27-6 win over Davidson today before a crowd of 3000 Spicing their running game by alternating the assignments Jbe-tween Jack Wilboume'Ed Ralston and Tom Billingsley the Spiders handed the scappy Wildcqjs their fourth Southern Conference loss Coach Johnny charges got their ffrst marker with less than a minute left in the initial period Marion Timberlake sub for Fenlon punted out on the Davidson nine and after Bthea kicked for the Wildcats the Spiders needed only one move to score Timberlake tried to pass from his own 28 but Sheppard knocked it down then on second down Pat Fenlon entered the game and handed the ball to Wilboume who went over guard for 28 yards and a six-pointer Thompson in at end for Sizer made the point The Virginians pushed across another tally midway in the second period and again it was hustling Wilboume who hit pay dirt After Fenlon had sneaked 46 yards around end to the Davidson 22 he handed off to Wilboume who hit tackle for the entire distance Neither team was able to gain consistently during the remainder of the period and the Virginians held a 40-0 margin by virtue of conversion after the second score Despite the mass of yardage which the visitors accumulated the Wildcats fighting to the last stayed in the game Twice in the final stanza they bunched beyond the Richmond 20 once to the 19 where they were hid for four downs Timberlake' kick was partially blocked by Davidson Guard Johnny Walker and the Wildcats began to move from the Richmond 49 Rhea Adams Mack Erwin and Doug Rice did the Davidson ball carrying advancing from midfield to the Richmond four on three Continued on Page 11 ing over the goal Held for no gain Furman's Skeeter Coyle attempted a kick from his own 10 only to have big Bill Smith VMI tackle break through and block his boot recovering behind the goal line for the first score Bob Huxnason then added the extra point to put the Keydets ahead 7-0 Crytser Tallies In the second Jack Summers recovered a fumble on the VMI 33 Failing to gain on the ground Strombaugh took to the air- only to see Thomason pull one down on the 20 and set sail down the sidelines for 69 yards before being run out of bounds on the Furman 1L The pitching Thomason then connected with Fritz Crytzer in the end zone for another six pointed Thomason again made the conversion Thomason then engineered another scoring drive as the Key- Oontlnued on Page 9 i.

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