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The Virginian-Pilot from Norfolk, Virginia • 44

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kick)' BOTH NOROLK NIGHT TIL 9 HUB the I PAY DEC 'JAN EB from Grivitt (pas 5 Blue Devil Rushers Net 300 Yards 9 104 35 4 15 1 9 392 Rebounding Duke Wallops Wake orest By 29 to 0 Duke 21 300 37 4 8 3 7 300 0 30 0 IS or 9 118 92 8 23 2 4 273 3 30 0 8 8 (Zehring to Locker JUL 11 119 83 7 17 1 2 44 2 65 WINSTON SALEM NC (fl Duke run roughshod over Wake orest Saturday 29 0 as the Blue Devils rebounded from last crushing defeat by LSU the worst in 29 years of Kt football history After: a scoreless first period that found Wake orest twice moving within 30 yard 4 with two victories and a tie State attempted a field goal from the Clemson 41 in the sec ond period but it was fat short Clemson took the second half kickoff and moved from its 32 to the State 10 where the Wolfpack took over on fourth down Wolfpack threw up such a rugged defense that Clem son was able to make only two first downs in the first half State meanwhile managed only three In total first downs Clem son had 12 to 9 Halfback Bill Mathis of Man chester Ga was leading ground gainer with 75 yards in 13 carries Hafer led State with 43 in 15 carries GREENVILLE NC Half backs Lee Atkinson and Walkie Hanford scored two touchdowns each here Saturday as East Caro lina trounced Randolph Macon 36 6 in an inter conference foot ball game After several scoreless minutes ECC broke the ice when Ralph Zehring found Atkinson with a 47 yard pass play that carried to Randolph eight and a few plays later Atkinson carried it over from the Atkinson scored the second touchdown on another two yard plunge Bobby Perry added one on a three yard line play and scores also came on short plunges Randolph Macon got its only score in the third quarter The Yellow Jackets were driving goal ward on ground plays when a sudden 17 yard pass to Leroy Stewart from Jim Garavitt hit paydirt Standouts the 'victorious North State Conference team were Perry' Atkinson and James State offered two scoring threats in the first half Midway through the first period vthe Wolfpack drove from its 38 to 23 where a fumbled and Clemson guard Dave Olson recovered Early in the second period State halfback Randy Harrell re turned a punt from his 45 to 37 On fourth down tackle ohn Lawrence attempted a field goal from the 41 but was way short Mathis and Usry' were the big gainers the 51 yard drive which started Clemson to its vic tory Mathis ripped off one 14 yard run in the drive Bring Him In Alive If Possible Perhaps the sharpest puncture drilled by Shea was into the closed ranks of the old line magnates The Irishman declared that an important National League executive came to him 10 days ago told him that if New York would lead the way put the invaders in touch with important money eager to form a third Big League for Atlanta and the other places mentioned Who is this important National League turncoat? have to be brought in alive if possible but not mandatory Swely there must be a way to get a National League dub for New York without going around the Hom to reach home plate Also quite a few observers stunned by the credence tendered this announcement wonder why some smoke blow in the direction of the Yankees? After all the Yankees really represent the best in baseball on more than that of winning titles just the biggest asset in the game and NYC would build a brand new park in order to have franchise in the USJAPO circuit! wear blue for every holiday occasion The Virginian Pilot and The Portsmouth Star Norfolk Portsmouth Va Sunday Nov 16 1958 a chance to run out the clock This they did though re covered a Benson tumble on last play Spread Play Clicks Coach Bob spread with four backs alternating from the deep tailback slot caught off guard and the Tigers rolled 51 yards after the open ing kickoff with fullback Char lie Sears of Portsmouth going the last three yards The big play was a 12yard fourth down pass from Tom Davis to end Neil Yeargin on the 9ryard line A comeback drive ended with a fumble on the 12 the Tigers fumbled back to the Generals on the 24 then inter cepted a pass on their 14 were penalized to the 3 and gave up a touchdown when end Tom Moore blocked a kick and recovered in the end zone Benson a fast and shifty jun ior was the big ground gainer with 129 yards for nine carries Groner picked 120 yards in total offense but was below par with his passing com pleting 7 of 17 throws for 83 yards The touchdown that equal i ized things momentarly followed almost a comedy of errors 1 moved ail the way to the Hamp den Sydney five after the first score but Jim Hickey fum i bled and fullback Bill Wilson re i covered for the Tigers on the 12 Breaks of the Game By Cox HSC 14 347 88 3 6 2 4 15 2 70 Buy Now No" Service Charge A 3d Big League Needs Name: USJAPO? The American the National and the New York City got back into the sporting news the other through a side door Gotham had already taken steps to get another Big League club so announced William Shea chairman of Mayor committee on baseball And furthermore said theJrishman if necessary a new Big League would be organized and the American and the National would be raided for playing talent Be advised that the about 7 on Thursday night and that By midnight nearly every body in or out of baseball had commented on it I believe Ty Cobb was quoted Perhaps they failed in effort to locate him the" announcement exactly what the Mayor's committee hoped for it The ball barons became all It was enough to drive a man crazy mighty New York is going to promote a third Big League and going to pay Stan Musial Bob riend and Wes Covington what worth! One magnate was not Wrigley dynastic mogul of the Chicago Cubs said right back that he feels a third Big League would be a good thing and wished New York a happy landing On the other side ord rick who has been talking up for a third Big League came out of the dugout howl ing: is not going to be sledge Either way the Irishman got in the first blow and the probably are dancing on the flag stones and tipping off the bats of the magnates to this minute What shall they name this third Big League? The American the National and due to a faint supy of play ers here perhaps theyjl nsrae it fee USJAPO circuit That is true because even the most sympathetic of fans have become convinced that one of the things lacking in Big League laS these days enough players to keep the game respedaUe If there are not enough to dig the ditch as it new blood will have to be im ported unless the tourists hare been talking mainly for public relations Japan it actually crawling with Big Leaguer 4 Atlanta the Bk ort Worth axis Houston Miami Minneapolis St Paul Detroit Toronto Denver and Pa cific Coast metropolis plus New York could stock up on Japs Air orce Bowl Hopes Soar On 21 6 Victory COLORADO SPRINGS Colo Unbeaten Air orce fanned the flames of its post season jxwl hope Saturday with a 21 6 football victory over Wyoming" Wyoming leaders of the Skyline Conference snagged the first touchdown on a 35 yard scoring pass but match the fire and precision of the alcons over the long haul Air orce winner of seven straight after being tied by Iowa is under consideration for the Cotton Bowl and the Gator Bowl The alcons went ahead in the last minute of the first quar ter on a 16 play drive covering 88 yards Three passes by south paw quarterback John Kuenzet to halfback George Pupich one for 15 yards were the key gainers Third string quarterback Eddie Rosane and halfback Steve Galios contributed the decisive runs in the Air second touchdown with the kickoff opening the second half The Airmen drove 77 yards in 15 plays1 with Qalios carrying seven times and Rosane five Rosane 21 yard dash to 17 was the big blow State Back Heads for a all i North Carolina State halfback Ken leigh Kenny Nye (30) NC State Trowbridge (24) is heading for a fall back blocks Hal Knott The Tigers after a tackle by George won the game 13 6 to win the Allan Usry (40) in game at Ra tic Coast Conference championship Hampden Sydney Downs Washington Lee 12 6 LEXINGTON (D Hampden Tigers unveiled a new spread formation here Saturday for long range striking power and it paid off with an 85 yard touch down run by little All America candidate Bill Benson for a 12 6 football victory over Washing ton and Generals dash from the spread late in the second period gave the Tigers a 12 6 halftime lead and they made it stand up against the second half come back efforts With five minutes left' had a first down on Hampden 11 but the Tigers 4 1 Cincinnati 15 MILWAUKEE gin gerly running of Ed Kovac and Joe Morrison and a sledgeham mer defense staked Cincinnati to its fifth straight football triumph Three players were ejected for Losers in the Bowls Many many football fans can testify that in yean past the bowl situation of the moment would have been a tantalizing thriller Actually the 1958 bowling is without suspense be dam good games New but it is not the talk of an old gaffer remember ing the past at the expense of the present when these points are brought into The bowl scheme lost a flaming color when the holiday promoters decided to protect the investment by long term contracts That point is sharpened by the Mr fact that the bowl game that would set the country to talking can not be made Louisiana State against Okla homa LSU champion soon to be of the Southeastern Conference is duty bound to play in the New Orleans Sugar Bowl and Oklahoma is under contract to play in the Orange Bowl at Miami The contractual split erases a In the old day the bowls fought for the best available in an open market The Rose Bowl was the home of the PCC champion yearly but the foe was selected on a National basis of the bowls now have at least one bench assured Jn advance 'the champion of a conference This safety first system has taken some of the interest rousing suspense from the bowl scene not a great deal "but enough to make things sort of routine And actually not much reason for the 5 to delay any longer in making their matches known Right now What possible glitter can be churned up 'in the final game that would gild the bowl picture? The bowls must use losers on one bench or the other possibly on both benches Which is why Pitt ambushed and defeated a Nebraska team which it ought have have licked is still in the bowl race So Is North Carolina a most respectable and interesting loser to Notre Dame yesterday Syracuse is but join Pitt in not being ac ceptable for the Sugar Bowl due to Louisiana racial law If the Tar Heels whip Duke they may rate a the best available for the Sugar Bowl Pitt Oklahoma in the Orange Syracuse or Air orce in the Cotton Vandy Syracuse Air orce in the Gator Either way going to have a lot of losers and not The Box Score The box score on the11 guessing game 1 If A 'A 4 A A MA A a r't i a uuw iui uic opiucii uYci uaviuson WVU 27 14SWVU 5MRic 21 Tex A 7 VMI 21 Citadel 7 Citadel 144 Rmd 20 Dav 13Rmd 27 22 SC 20 UVA 8 SC 28 14 Miss 10 VPI IS 414 Wake 14 Duke 8 294 ND 10 UNC 7 ND 34 24 Clem 14 State 7 13 6 Army 27 Villa A 284 Pur 13 NW 234 Syr 54 Colg 0S 470 Hvd 14 Brown 7 29 22 Navy 34 GW 7 284 Corn 20 Dart 10 32 15 Penn 38 Col 7P 424 i State 20 Iowa UK 144 Pitt 27 Neb 7 Neb 144 Penn 7 HC 7 324 Tigers Click in ourth Period 13 6 Clemson lops state TWih ACC Title because blue is sb basic to a wardrobe that you can be certain of being well dressed everywhere everytime in one of these smart new styles See the Hub's collection of basic blues in fine long wearing all expertly tailored by the finest manufacturers and fitted perfectly at The Hub Reg shorts longs extra longs and portly Kensington 55 Botany 65i Calvert 79" Society Brand 95 STORES OPEN TOMORROW How Top Teii ared By The Associated Press how the top 10 teams in The Associated Press poll made out in Saturday college football games: 1 Louisiana State defeated Mississippi State 74 2 Iowa lost to Ohio State 38 28 3 Army defeated Villanova 26 0 4 Auburn defeated Georgia 216'' 5 Wisconsin defeated Illinois 31 12 6 Oklahoma defeated Missouri 39 0 1 7 Mississippi lost to Tennessee 18 16 7 8 Purdue defeated Northwestern 23 6 9 Texas Christian defeated Texas 22 8 10 Air orce defeated Wyoming 21 6 AM 28 21 1 Wis 14 Illini 8 31 12 Okla 21 Missu 7JO 394 Cal 20 Wash 8C 12 7 Col 27 Utah 13 7 0 Ore 13 UCLA0LU 7 3 Ole Miss 20 Tenn 7 18 11 Prn 15 Yale 13 50 14 BC 14 BU 8ABC 18 13 Mich 14 Indiana 7 84 SMU 27 Arky 134 Tech 10 Bama 8B 174 TCU 15 Texas 13 TCU 224 Iowa 14 OSU 7 OSU 38 28 MSU 8 Mina 8 Minn 39 12 Aiib 20 Ga 7 A 214 Tnl 14 Vandy 8' 124 Kan 19 OidaS 14 OS 6 3 or terms arranged to meet your budget Norfolk: Monticello Hotel Corner and Wards Corner Portsmouth: 305 High Newport Netos Newmarket Shopping Center Pint downs Rushing Pissing yardage Pisses Pisses Intercepted by Punts umbles lost Yards nenallzed Scoring Summary Duke Walra nroxt Carlton 2 run (Carlton piss from 1 Brodhead) Pidgttt pass from Broadhead (Carlton kick) Lee run (Carlton run) Burch 4 run (kick failed) 1 line the Blue Devils scored twice 1 in the 'second quarter and fin ished the job with two more in the fourth The one sided game put a damper on the homecoming crowd of 20000 largest turnout since Wake orest moved here three years ago Duke backs ran for 300 yards while their defenders held Wake orest to 118 on the ground The Blue Devils broke open the game in the first six minutes of the second quarter A 71 yard drive that took 11 plays ended with halfback Wray Carlton scor ing from the two with less than three minutes gone in the period Carlton Scores A blocked kick Ly end Jim Bartal recovered by flanker Bob Spada gave Duke a first down on Wake 14 yard line a few minutes after first Duke touchdown In two plays the Blue Devils had their second touch down as Carlton ripped off six yards to the eight and quarter back Bob Brodhead passed in the end zone to end Doug Padgett After a scoreless third period Duke went back into1 high gear in the last quarter Halfback Dan Lee scooted five yards to climax a 60 yard 10 play advance for the next score Reserves pro duced final tally moving 25 yards in six plays as sophomore halfback Dave Burch covered the last four yards The touchdown had been set up by a 39 yard kick by fullback Andy Cotting ham that went out of bounds a foot from the Wake orest goal line 1 1 Wake orest never seriously threatened after two ven tures into Duke territory The victory brought At lantic Coast Conference record up to 2 2 and dropped Wake or to 2 3 Dutrow Hurt Geogre Dutrow Duke halfback? was taken to a hospital for ex amination after being shaken up on the last play of the first quar ter when he caught a Brodhead pass for a 10 yard gain It was believed he may have received some cracked ribs pass defense the best in the conference kept the dan gerous quarterback of the Dea cons Norman Snead well in hand He completed only 6 of 18 attempts far 62 yards and three of his passes were intercepted Mike McGee outstand ing guard was restricted to a i token appearance in the closing I seconds by his old ankle injury I but the sturdy Duke defenders I failed to miss him Wake offense evapor ated after the Deacons missed two fine chances in the i quarter Wake orest xoach Paul Amen declared turning point in over Marquette 15 0 the game was last Sunday morn ma Tvxici uta XUIM5 Btuuuijuj nKuunx ixi hanged coach Murray tn effigy" penalties RALEIGH Tigers fought to a standstill for three quarters struck for two quick touchdowns to defeat North Carolina state jj Saturday ana win the Atlantic Coast Confer erice football crown Until Clemson halfback George Usry plunged over for a touch down early in the final period The atathtlA Clemson NC Sto jhfk oowns IZ Rushing yardage 210 Passing yardage 33 'Passes 3 6 Pisses Intercepted by 1 Punts 8 3625 umbles lost 0 Yards penalized 40 Bconng summary Clemson 0 State 0 0 7 Usry 1 run (pass failed) Morean 15 run Shin al Morgan 15 run (Shlngler kick) NCS Hafer 2 run (kick failed) the game had been a tooth and nail struggle before a crowd of is l2000 Many more watched the game over a regional television network Usry plunge climaxed a 51 yard drive Seconds later Clemson was pre sented another scoring opportun ity when State guard rank Mafocco got off a poor punt that was downed on 30 ive plays later sophomore Bob Morgan knifed over left tackle to score from the 15 Quarterback Lowndes Shingler kicked the extra point' State Scores State caught fire and drove 55 yards for a touchdown after the next kickoff The drive took 12 plays with fullback Don Hafer going over from the 2 The victory could put Clemson in a major bowl game on New Day It has a 5 1 confer ence mark and an overall 6 2 record The defeat was sixth East Carolina Smashes Randolph Macon 36 6 Speight on offense Earl Sweet of Portsmouth Henry Kwaitkow ski Charles Cook and Joe Holmes on defense or Randolph Macon ot the Mason Dixon Conference half back Billy Garnett starred on offense and tackle Norm Jen kins on defense The first Pirate touchdown drive carried 72 yards the 45 yard Zhering to Perry pass being the key play1 Jimmy Speight re turned a punt 62 yards down the sidelines to the Randolph Macon 31 to set up the second score' It took Randolph Macon 10 plays to negotiatiate 57 yards for its lone score after the Pirates had made it 16 0 The scoring of 17 yards was the longest gainer A i the final period the Pirates mixed long passes with short i 2 JrOUIKl IUI UllVc vXj uJ 58 yards for the clinchers Sub stitute quarterback Steward Hol land pitched 33 yards to Hanford to keep the final drive gomg Zehring to Jones Lockermen passes gave ECC two point con versions after the two first half scores and Holland pitched to Joe Holmes for two points after the final RUidolph Mlcott i But Caroilni Atkinson 2 run man Atkinson I mn (Zehring to Locker man passi Stewart IT ptM mg when the Duke students fighting in a game marred by wantord i mm nm fauMULttf The Statistics: irst downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Passes Passes Intercepted by Punts umbles lost Yards Mnailzed Scoring Summary Hampden Sydney 6 Wshlnrtnn At 4 Sears 3 plunge (pass failed) AL blocked punt and recov ered in end zone (kick failed) SC Benson 85 run (run failed) stopped Jack? end zone passes three' times and threw the quarterback for a three yard loss on his other attempt Two of aerials were just off the fingertips of big end rank Hoss The Generals might have hadanother late try but a penalty against with Hampden Sydney In a punting situation on its 23 yard line gave the Tigers srfV Ml Sid I 'U tiw 1 hJgM i eIKhU "Iwr Ul I mMS 1 I1 JI il a vi IWI zUi I I NATURALLY VOu'll 3.

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