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VPI Wins 13 12 When VMI Misses 2 Pointer The Virginian Pilot Norfolk Portsmouth Va jritJay NoV J55 A Norview Great Bridge Battle to Scoreless Stalemate Breaks of the Game By Cox Thriller Do Pros Have Code Covering Mayhem anc tT 1 CLINCHED Wray Scores Lone TD Richmond Wins But Nothing Certain DRY IELD is to to be points put the the Carves Up 19 0 Ike Eakins threw Stini War Cloud in straight' falls Thursday night at the Arena and Sandy Scott won in two out of three over Gypsy Joe George Becker took the other in straight falls over Pat O'Brien In the preliminaries on the wrestling card Willie Love tossed Joe Harrison and Jack Curtis tos sed 'Doug Kiinslow in the opener Character Witness for Chuck Sir: the injury to rank Gifford in the game between the Giants and the Eagles the New York and Philadelphia columnists have written a number of articles pro and con about Chuck Bednarik who made the tackle first met Chuck when he was All America at Penn He was the difference that day at ranklin ield when Penn topped Virginia my alma mater 14 7 Even then Bednarik bowled over the enemy hard and furious But I found him a splendid chap off the field and the players also held him in high regard the Eagles Redskins game in Norfolk recently I was in the club house as official physician for the Eagles I renewed my acquaintance with Chuck and his first reference was about the Penn Virginia game when we first met still for Bednarik He certainly is not the type bent on intentionally injuring a rival player In my book Chuck is a great player and more than that a gentle Dr Whitlock Norfolk Despite a rainy Wednesday the field was remarkably dry Not once did a ballcarrier slip be cause of poor looting Clouds hov ered over the field throughout the game lending grey hue (See Wildcats Page 46) Newport News Whips Hampton will the players decide which bowl if any tljey will go A player Larry Travis of Miami said want to play on a bowl We would like to play in the Orange Bowl especially the Miami boys But the Orange Bowl expressed any concrete interest despite our 7 2 record The Gator Bowl An official of the Orange Bowl selection committee said the lorida vote does not rule lorida out as a possible Orange Bowl game foe of Mis souri 1 Van Kussrow vice chairman of the Orange Bowl selection com mittee declined to say specifi cally in what order the committee ranks its possible choices Eakins Wins Over Indian By BILL HARRISON Virsinian Pilot Sport Writer Maury has proved that dp'ense is the key to a successful football season Commodores No 1 de fensive unit in the Eastern Dis trict whipped Granby 6 0 in their annual Thanksgiving Day clash Thursday at oreman ield And all the credit must go to self styled defensive team inishing with a 6 4 record the Commodores thus compiled their first winning season since 1953 Defensive end Billy Wray scored the only touchdown when he raced 42 yards with a recovered fumble with less than a minute remaining in the first half The six points were the first scored by the big senior Wray was named the outstanding player of the game for his de fensive efforts By RUSSELL BORJES Vlrslglan Pllot Sports Writer NOROLK i Great Bridge filled Chittum field with an estimated 14500 football fans Thursday but neither of these Eastern District giants was able to put any numbers on the score board' They wound up with an 0 0 tie in' a scholastic classic The stalemate sec ond this year knocked the Pilots out of the state Group 1 championship race It hurt the Norview unbeaten streak which was extended to 36 games Had the Pilots won they still would have lost the state title they captured last year Wash ington Lee of Arlington routed George Washington of Alexandria 40 0 to clinch the championship SIXTH CROWN 14500 Witness The Point of Points One point and and gone bust Last Saturday Carolina got it for a 7 6 win over Duke that set them screaming ruined the bowl chance of a good team of Blue Devils cost each ACC member about $10000 in bowl booty Aster Sizemore made the point yesterday heard around the worlds of VPI and VMI On place ment kick the Gobblers whacked the Cadets 13 12 The margin stood fast when the VMI quarterback Howard Dyer went for a on a two point conversion in the last minute only to find himself dumped on the eight yard line One little point seldom means as much in other fields When vintage rivals meet on the grid one little point can be the sum of everything that is and that might have been Take your choice downs (to four) and only 28 yards rushing and 47 passing The Commodore second ary had surrendered 51 of 100 passes for a 51 per cent mark Granby hit on 5 of 10 The 7200 oreman ield fans saw two bumbling teams in the first period ech losing the ball twice Granby end Wilbur POstan recovered twice for the Comets and Wray once for the Commo dores Wray first recovery Maury at the Granby 30 but Commodores couldn't move ball (See Maury Page 46) 3 TOUCHDOWNS Warren led the scoring parade with three touchdowns on a fum ble recovery pass interception and a 52 yard pass from quarter back Terry Brown Robertson a 5 foot 9 inch 185 pound junior recovered three fumbles He galloped 35 yards after picking one GW bobble out of the air to score third touchdown Hadd an unheralded defensive halfback zig zagged 91 yards on a second quarter punt return set up the second touch down with a fumble recovery and intercepted pass The Generals ran only five of fensive plays in the first six minutes of the game but scored three touchdowns in that time Warren started off the scoring scooping up a high pass from center to GW punter John Crad dock' in the end zone fumble recovery set up a quick 42 yard drive moments later Halfback David Culler capped the drive with a 23 yard off tackle scamper Three plays after touch down Robertson grabbed a Crad dock fumble in the air and ran for the score punt return in the sec ond quarter and two fourth period scores completed Washington Lee's romp REPEATED UMBLES Listless Granby had many scor ing opportunities particularly in the second half but repeated fumbles and the stubborn Snakes stopped each thrust Maury entered the game with an illustrious defense record It had allowed an average of 82 first downs 884 rushing yards and 667 passing yards in its first ninggames Granby was held be low the standard in each cate gory Granby mustered five first Group One Grid Title Ganje of controlled violence A few years ago Ed Meadows playing for the bears blastedinto Bobby Layne from the blind side The great star of the Detroit Lions was knocked out and it was worse than that he was lost to the club in the stretch Tobin Rote came on to the Lions from the quarterback position and carry them to the championship game There came a furore Some said that Meadows a former Duke player was guilty of unnecessary vio lence in a game where violence is the usual thing Then the let down Layne said something to this effect: got to defend yourself at all times in this game I alert on that situation Meadows had the shot at me and took Two weeks ago Johnny Unitas was buried while trying to throw a pass against the Bears The star of the Colts was patched up on the sideline returned to the war and on the next play made one of the most thrilling connections in football history He pumped twice and then threw long and high into the end zone Where Len Moore caught it for a winning touchdown with seconds left It was found that Unitas had sustained painful im juries about the mouth in the pileup? Unitas kept on saying nothing about it which prompts a conclu sion that this sport must have a code dealing with such matters rank Gifford is in a hospital The star of the Giants was hurt when tackled by Chuck Bednarik last Sunday Again the stir Some say Chuck was guilty of unnecessary violence Chuck insists there was no intent to injure and Gifford remains mute on the whole thing GAINESVILLE la (AP) University of lorida football players voted Thursday in favor of playing Baylor in the Gator Bowl Dec 31 rathpr than wait on' the possibility of a more lucra tive bid But their coach said the action not Closed the door on other A A Miami Herald interviewer quoted coach Ray Graves as say ing: 1 boys realize that (under Southeastern Conference rules)no decision can be made until after the Miami gamp closes our season other definite bids be given to lorida Saturday night the players will' consider those bffers too Then and only then They Could Have Taught the Spartans My guess is that the ancient Spartans could have learned a few refinements in the grin and bear it busi ness from our modern football professionals Only occasionally will the human side get the upper hand of a player pass a blow and there will be a few all of it harmless in ratio to the pulverizing pounding taken in stride by all hands throughout a pro contest Could it be that the pro Goliaths who are really human are conditioned for this league wide display of Spartan fortitude? All of them seem to obey a code which perhaps has the Television picture at the root The pros have swept to National popularity thanks to the TV machines They are the heroes from swamps to farms to villages to great cities They are known mainly from what they do and how they do it as re vealed by the TV pictures QUED: No matter what happens hold your temper shrug it off and keep those pictures clean NEWPORT NEWS (AP) New: port News capitalized on a blocked punt by guard Downie Wray in the first quarter and went on to defeat arch rival Hampton 1914 here before 8000 Thanksgiv ing Day fans Wray set up the first score and a 26 yard run by Rob ert Price set up the second New port News touchdown to give the Typhoon' a 12 7 lead ullback Al len Hall blasted 65 yards with 26 seconds left in the' second quar ter for a 19 7 halftime lead Hampton 0 7 0 Newport News i 13 0 Underwood 1 run (kick failed) Presnell 17 pass from Donadio (McDaniel kick) Hill 29 pass frbm Underwood (pass failed) Hall 65 run (Eliott kick) Staples run (Scull kick) ARLINGTON (AP) Washing ton Lee High School captured the Virginia State high school cham pionship in football Thursday rolling past George Washington High of Alexandria 40 0 The winners converted six fum ble recoveries and three pass in terceptions into half a dozen touchdowns before a crowd of 8500 The victory was eighth in a row with no defeats and handed the Little Generals their second state championship in five years won previously in 1956 End Steve Warren tackle Lee Robertson and halfback Harry Hadd led the alert defensive unit on a day when the offense was completely bottled up and outgained by the fighting Presi dents George Washington gained 205 yards from scrimmage 163 By GEORGE McCLELLAND I Virsinian Pilot Soorti Writer RICHMOND The University of Richmond football team spent the afternoon hours of a gray Thanksgiving Day being thankful for the presence of William and Mary on the mertu With the im mense line play throttling the Indians and making possible three long touchdown drives Richmond carved up its old rival 19 0 By Winning Richmond moved to the fore in this durable series even in the William and Mary his tory book Richmond adherents called this lhe 7 Is game with the Spider lead 34 victories to 32 and five ties William and Mary rec ords make it 33 32 5 Of more pressing importance to William and Mary however is a growing losing streak Coach Milt forces dropped the last seven games on the schedule and finished 2 8 Never was there the slightest doubt about the superior eleven in this chapter Making a star tling recovery from assorted in juries and the 22 7 loss to East Carolina last Saturday Richmond presented an aroused team SPIDERS TRICKY Coach Ed Merrick had his op eratives functioning from the I formation more often than not shifting into the Split And fit tingly the three leading backs were the touchdown makers Earl Stoudt the gifted junior halfback who has been out since See Sophomore Page 44 MAURY Commodore quarterback Dickie Joyries (14) loses the ball in this first period action against Granby Wilbur Poston (28) re covered for the Comets at the Comet 25 Maury won 60 (Staff Photo by Abourjilie) i 1 Victory Predicts Army Win Saturday WEST POINT NY (AP) The Goats defeated the Engi neers 23 0 Thursday predicting an Army football victory in the classic clash against Navy in Philadelphia Saturday The annual Thanksgiving morn ing game played for the 40th year is contested between the upper and lower two hundred members of the second or junior class hence the tags and 'Quarterback o'm Eccleston passed for two touchdowns and a two' point conversion in leading the shutout Dick Sklar and Will Maury caught Ecqles passes for 15 and 50 yard touchdown plays Sklar scored in the first period Ln a seven yard run 4 Maury Def ense Stops Granby 6 0 Pay Off BY TOM EERGUSSON Vlrtlnlan Pllot Swrts Wrttar ROANOKE Virginia valiant and unpredictable Gob blers much ridiculed and all but forgotten Thanksgiving Day erupted with a tremendous two touchdown effort in the second quarter to upset favored Virginia Military 13 12 before 27500 spec tators in Victory Stadium But the Gobblers were given the scare of their lives when the keydets from Lexington un leashed a frenzied passing attack that produced two fourth quar ter touchdowns but the South ern Conference champions were unable to make any extra points The outcome turned on VMI's decision to go for the two pointer after the second score Howard Dyer the" VMI quarter back who is known sissippi tried to pass but was rushed and tackled on the Tech eight STATE TITLE The victory enabled Virginia Tech to wrap up the Big ive championship as the Gobblers fin ished the season with a 4 0 rec ord in Old Dominion competition Tech's overall record was 6 4 duplicating Coach rank Mose 1959 mark It was 45th winning season and Mose sixth The gold helmeted Keydets won the tossup but the Gobblers took command and for more than three quarters of the game held the upper hand So completely did the' hard hit ting Gobblers dominate both of fensive and defensive phases of this hard fought game that the Kaydets were able to register only one first down and were held to a net of five yards rush ing in the first 30 minutes of play Much credit in this Turkey Day classic should go to mag nificent line play Guard Mike Zeno tackles Don Oakes Allen Whittier and center Rickey Tolley threw up a stubborn defense that caused the Keydets no little em barrassment TECH PASSES CLICK Both of touchdowns came via the overhead method and in both instances quarterback Warren Price to halfMck Terry Strqck It was an effective combination and the Keydets had plenty of trouble with it The Gobblers a three point underdog at the outset stormed 61 yards in 16 plays for their first touchdown It came on the eighth play of the second quarter Price Strock and Johnny Watkins figured in on the goalward march With the ball on the Gobblers had put together a series of four first' Vir ginia Tech scored Price found Strock in the end zone and zipped the pass to him It was fifth touchdown of the year Aster Sizemore booted the ball through the uprights for the sev enth and what proved to be the deciding point of the game Tech continued to dominate play chalked up its second touchdown with 5:24 left in the second period Leon Hartless punted to Strock who made a fair catch on the VMI 45 Strock and fullback Art Pruett collaborated for a first down on the VMI 33 Price on a rollout went to 28 Price then passed 28 yards to Strock who made an over the shoulder catch as he stepped into the end zone place fee Go for Broke Page 43) But Nor view already has claimed its sixth straight district crown By checkmating the king Great Bridge more than re deemed itself for the 12 0 loss to Maury last week That the first for the elimi nated them from state champion ship consideration Norview winds up the season with an 8 0 1 dis trict record Great Bridge 6 1 1 The Pilots made two despera tion moves in the air in the final seconds tpull this one out of the fire Quarterback Henry Cooper passed to end Stan Morson in the Great Bridge end zone with 22 seconds left in the game Morson had gotten behind the Great Bridge secondary Just as he stretched out his arms for the reception Great Bridge halfback Jimmy Cutchins batted the ball out of hands Cooper threw again on the next down but Charlie Jones a Great Bridge end caught this one in the end zone and took it back to the Wild cat 22 Great Bridge then ran out the clock SERIOUS THREAT The Wildcats made their most serious threat in the first quarter They drove down to the Norview 11 yard line but the Pilot? held on downs Statistically Norview was the master The Pilots picked up 282 yards rushing to 181 for Great Bridge Norview made 16 first downs to Great 11 No one figured this long awaited match would end in a scoreless deadlock Great Bridge despite the shutout last week was the highest scoring team inthe state Norview never a free scoring outfit always manages to get some points The Pilots beat Hampton 2 0 in another classic at this same site last year About 14000 watched that one The last time a Norview eleven was held scoreless was Nov 13 1954 a Saturday night in Rich mond against Hermitage The last time at Chittum ield was Oct 1 1954 against a Wilson team that went on to win the state championship GOOD TACKLING The offenses are not blamed for the lack of Brilliant tackling halted Great two threats Norview hurt its own cause with two lost fumbles one that stopped a penetration to the Great Bridge 19 yard line The evidence can be found in the punting statistics Great Bridge punted twice Norview xnot once Ninety nine per cent of the time this was an old fashioned struggle of ground attacks the powerful Norview formation and the deceptive winged of Great Bridge Norview passed three times Great Bridge once The rushing star was Calvin (Zongo) Zongolowicz who began the year on the Norview bench This swift junior gained 125 yards in 19 carries Cooper who confused the Wildcats with his faking on the option picked up 75 yards for the Pilots or Great Bridge fullback David McManus ground out 85 yards in 17 trips It would be impossible to single out defensive stars on either side The outcome speaks far more eloqdently Gobble Passes PILOT RENEWS HIS Norview quarterback Henry Cooper (24) keeps the ball ready for a lateral while he slashes for yardage in the second quarter against Great Bridge Thursday Cooper a good running quarterback was the No 2 ground gainer for the Pilots with 76 yards Bearing down on Cooper are Jim Boyette (33) and Lucian Thompson (42) (Staff Photo by Breon) lorida Team avors Gator Bowl Bid I' 3 I Wr it tk lair Aw kn Wil iff 4k A if 'x Av Xtt Af 4 A 5 5 a A 5 'Hl A IO I iw a i' wt a I 1 1 A.