The Roanoke Times from Roanoke, Virginia • 15

1 SPORTS SUNDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 6 1955 ifteen Bengals Avert Upset With Late Long Pass Play Wolfenden Takes Tech Touchdown Pass rom Bailey (Times Photos)' Interference on Pass Play Sets Up Tech Score Don King (66) Counts for Tigers rom 24 Yard Line Pittsburgh Beats Virginia VMI Bows To Lehigh HAMPDEN SYDNEY Nov 5 Hampden Sydney's unde 1 then picked up a first down feated Tigers made It 12 victories in a row and seven this season I around right end but after a VMILoses Six Of Ninef umbles showed nothing for the small I Kneeland who ran 48 yards to set crowd of about 5000 up the scoring play br JIME OR SPORTJ 1 io By HAROLD WIMMER 15 I Saturday's Results 7 0 (Continued on Page 19) misses all three conversion tries missed all three conversion tries The second half saw the Gen erals come back strong as they made eight first downs There was no score in the third period as the two teams exchanged five punts Pitt's initial score resulted when Walton blocked Nick Lawyer's punt and Pitt center Ed Bose re covered on Virginia's 40 It was the fifth vic tory in eight starts and assured them a split for the season even penalty and a fumble the Tigers saw themselves moved back to the 28 Smith then passed to LeHew who carried to the seven Then Smith made it20 0 when he hit halfback Sonny Sommardahl in the end zone for another score Tigmo converted LINE consistently out charged the heavier South Caro linians but superior broken field running by quarterback Don King and halfbacks Joel Wells and Joe Pagliel swung the thriller in Clemson's favor VPI 16 195 101 14 5 0 7 32 9 2 30 49 15 7 if they drop their next two games It was Virginia's sixth defeat in 7 games A crowd of 21938 one of the smallest of the season at Pitt Stadium saw the Panthers Pitt Stadium saw the Panthers Pitt line outplay the heavier Cavaliers RESHMAN BOB SAYLOR brought the Tiger fans to their feet when he intercepted a Peter Doyle pass late in the second attemnted completed intercepted by gaverage a lost penalized Dickie Beard who missed the point was still thinking of what might have been a few minutes later when Roger Sim mons tackled Joel with a bang and Mr Wells lost possession of the ball Dickie recovered for Tech and the Gobblers were back in the ball game 8 11 3 96 57 10 4 2 31 1 60 VMI LOST SIX NINE fumbles and except for intermit tent offensive pernacity displayed by the Keydet's Sam Woolwine I THE GAME DREW an esti mated crowd of more than 3000 largest in recent history for the homecoming day classic at Vena ble ield The first score came early in the first quarter' as a re sult of a fumble deep in their own territory After taking over on their own 16 yard line and being' stopped twice for no gain quarterback Paul Knox at tempted a pitchout Hampden i Sydney tackle Jim razer broke through to block it picked up the loose ball and raced over for the score John first of they scored fou times in the first half and went on to overcome Washington and Generals 35 7 to 1 "s' Bob Grier picked up 19 yards on the next play and then Neft hit Walton with an 18 yard pass for the score Walton scored his second touchdown in the fourth quarter on a 14 yard heave from Neft after a second fumble by Lawyer on the 2Oi Ambrose Bagamery MAKES IRST Halfback Nick Law yer of Virginia picks up 8 yards and a first down on Pitt's 35 in the first quarter before being tackled by Dick Bowen in Pitt Virginia 128 8 5 1 8 326 2 68 pounds a man sent five of the Keydets off the field with 'in juries including halfback Buzz Snyder a Bethlehem native Snyder wasn't seriously hurt however and played most of the game Nolan powered the Engineers to a 19 0 halftime lead and then turned most of the second half quarterbackingfduties over to an other soph Dick Hoogstratten who engineered three more touchdowns to complete the mas sacre irst Downa Rushing Yardage Passing Yardage Passes Attempted Passes Completed Passes Intercepted Punts Punting Average umbles Lost Yards Penalized VMI 9 17 7 1 3 Nov '5 CAP) The passing combination of quarterback Pete Neft and end Joe Walton and fumbles by Vir ginia gave Pitt an 18 7 victory today over the Cavaliers the Wildcats their heralded passing attack throttled by the Richmond secondary were badly outclassed Richmond started its runaway by moving 62 yards with the opiening half the yard age of pitches by for a touchdown eventually scored by halfback Louis Wacker on a one yard plunge Midway the second stanza the Spiders paraded 57 yards and made the count 13 0 when Theo dose tossed a 21 yard payoff aerial to Wacker Then a little later Richmond wound up its scoring and began giving its re serves a little action after Theo dose intercepted a pass by the Davidson passing Whiz Dyke Little on the Spider 5 and raced 95 yards to the end zone CROM THE PRESS iJox it appeared the best Wells would get out of the play was a long first down but appearances are sometimes misleading Althoiigh at least six of the Gobblers had an opportunity to that Tiger" none succeeded It meant defeat' Wells is an excellent runner but he had quite a bit of help In fact just about every man on the field was in front of Wells 34 Kentucky t0 Gforrii 13 Alnbatna Mississippi Slate It was Wells who pulled the Tigers back up after three pointer edged Tech ahead 16 14 with just less than five minutes of play remaining razee kicked pff to second string quarterback Charley Bus sey on the Clemson 15 and Char ley sprinted back to the 40 On the first play from scrim mage Bussey shot a short pass to Wells who should have been nailed in his tracks But big Joel a 19 pounder with the strength of a mule spun completely away from three would be tacklers and bulled down the field for the payoff Bussey's conversion wrapped it up Don King the number one signal caller and the most dangerous man on the field com pleted a 20 yard pass to Wells in the first quarter and then whirled 24 yards around right end for the game's first touch down His place kick made it 7 0 put 12 178 Lehigh's Engineers were sup posed to be hampered by' dis abling injuries to three first stringers but sophomore quarter back Dan Nolan made up that deficit The powerful Brown and White forward wall averaging 192 Even Lady Luck deserted Davidson in that lop sided first half when the Wildcats do anything right Shortly after the second quar ter began with Richmond ahead 7 0 the junior fullback Ken Conger broke away over right end and dashed 55 yards for an appar ent touchdown that would have put the visitors back in com petition But the brilliant run was cancelled out by a holding penalty Ihleh 19 255 155 Billy Cranwcll went through the beefy Tiger forwards on a mouse and lion act the play picking up 15 yarcs to the Clemson 15 I Three plays and the Hokies were still on the 15 This J5ro duced is rank Webster" conversation among gentle men In the press box Webster is field goal specialist Well it happened that Webster had used up his eligibility time 'and was resting uncomfort ably on the sidelines However a youngster by the name of Barry razee spelled Webster in a big way in this case' The sophomore from Rich mond calmly booted a 25 yard field goal giving Tech its first advantage of the afternoon This turn of events called for some celebrating but not for long Before many of the fans had regained their seats Clem son was ahead for keeps as Charlie Bussey threw a short pass to Wells The big speedster bawled' over several Gobblers en route to the goal some 50 yards away VMI looked like a college ball club only one time in the sec ond quarter when it drove 60 (Continued on Page 19) irst down! Hushing yardage Passing yardaerr rassse Passes Passes Punts Puntin umble Yards i The fourth period drive into Hampden Sydney terri tory but a tough defense forced to Rive the ball up on downs on the Hampden Sydney 38 On the first play from scrimmage Smith ran the option to the right elected to keep and skirted down the right sidelines 62 yards for the final Tiger tally Tigmo again converted to make it 35 0 (Continued on Page 19) Cornell 20 Brown Vale II Artnv 13 Harvard 7 Prinrelnn Dartmouth 14 Cwlumbla 7 Notre Dame 46 ennaylranla 14 By JOHN HUGHES Times Sports Writer BETHLEHEM Pa Nov Lehigh University threw a strong defensive line against a fumbling Virginia Military Institute eleven! and SCOTPri Rt A fl a a tn wron im ite sixth straight victory 39 0 over the Keydets at Taylor Stadium today five conversions put the Tigers in fiont 7 0 The Tigers scored their sec ond touchdown late in the first quarter when Bill LeHew bulled his way through guard for five yards to climax a 70 yard sus tained drive Tigmo again con verted to make It 14 0 By BOB ROEMER Times Sports Writer Bnuy iazcc's 25 ywrd firid goal in the nprfrtci Htif slvely improved Virginia Tech on the veige of upsetting favored Clemson yesterday but the Tigers retaliated with a brilliant 60 yard pass play to stop the Gobblers 21 16 befoie 8000 at Victory Stadium By ED YOUNG RICHMOND Nov 5 (API Gallant little Davidson's grand iose designs 'on the Southern Conference football championship collapsed like a punctured balloon here today as Spiders led by quarterback vir tuoso Tommy Theodose shot down the Wildcats 19 0 The Tigers continued to roll and the second quarter Tom Poland recovered quarterback Al fumble on the 24 After Poland was stopped for no gain quarterback Jun Smith I i curnpiei ea picked up seven yards Poland Ipsssm intercepted hmiAii i Pinite The i on victory achieved In the first half when Theodose passed for one touch down ran 95 yards for another and set up a third with his dead ly passing handed the confer ence title to West Virginia which finished its league season with a 4 0 record A SHIVERING audience of barely 5000 turned out to see Davidson suffer its first confer ence setback in four starts And from the begining it was evident 2 48 2 104 Theodose and Mates Spoil Title Hopes umbles Help Provide Downfall Of Charlottesville Cridders Nice Win Tough Loss pERHAPS IT WAS too good to be true but there was the score as big as life on the at Victory Virginia Tech 16 Clemson 14 But there was a catch the same board showed 4 minutes and 30 seconds of playing time remaining In that short span of time the Tigers came roaring baejt to one out fire and Coach rank Howard and his Tigers departed for South Carolina happy but dog tired It was one of those nice to win hard to lose affairs Tech was trailing 13 14 after a bad pass from center had contributed its share of damage in the unsuccessful try for the game tying extra point following the second touchdown Panthers Use Airways To Gain 18 7 Decision King scored via a fancy 23 yard scamper while Pagliel made it across the Gobbler goal on a 51 yard jaunt and Wells provided the legwork for the crucial 60 yard touchdown pass play In contrast Ray England made a Tech six pointer from a yard out and quarterback Billy Cran well passed 10 yards to halfback Bobby Wolfenden 'for the other Both plays climaxed long drives Rlchmsnd 11 163 oa 17 6 2 8 37 1 95 CAMDEN NJ Nov 5 (AP) Alfred Social Out cast established a track record for the mile and a quarter as he won the $50000 added Trentonhandicap going away at Garden State Park today A surprise second was Castle' Rock arm's Mr irst with Greentree Stable's Diving Board third ourth in the 11 horso field was Mrs Jacobs' Paper Tiger A football game Others in the picture are John Paluck (83) of Pitt and Jim Elekcs (51) of Vir ginia Other players are not identified (AP Wirephoto) THE STATISTICS (VIj 10 03 15 11 0 7 32 4 60 razee's ield Goal Gives VPI Edge With 5 Minutes to Pldy THE STATISTICS uaviason 13 1J7 3fi io 6 3 11 28 1 20 THE STATISTICS ciemson Undefeated Hampden Sydney Rolls Over Winless Washington Lee 35 7 As it turned) out Davidson got only one mord chance to enter the scoring column that one in the dying moments of the same period when a pass interception helped the Wildcats get to the Richmond 20 Here though quartciback Little pased one time too many and Theodose loped In to inter cept a fust down pitch on the Richmond 5 prancing the rest of the long distanceto the goal for Richmond's final score Besides his versatile showing in passing and running Theodose who played 59 of the 60 min utes did some tremendous punting Handling all the Spider kicking the 5 9 Magician got off boots of 47 41 and 40 yards and twice punted out inside tHe Dai idson 5 Davidson which had done most of its damage via passing in win ning fne of its fust six games collected a mere? 36 yards through the air today and had two tosses intercepted Richmond 7 12 19 Richmond icnrinrii Touchdown Hacker 1 pluncei 21 him from Theodose): Theodose (95 pan intercep tion) AT Wilson Social Outcast Sets Garden State Record TECH INSERTED tense drama by gaining a tie in the last sec ond of the half A 65 yard march got under way when Dickie Beard made a fair catch of Pagliei's punt on Tech's 35 Dickie broke loose for 17 yards straight uo the middle England six yards off left tackle 5 and Beard made another first 7 down on 38' Bea id shagged five more yards inland a holding penalty against tne i igeis moved the ball to the 18 ullback Bobby Conner's fumble lost a yard but quarter back Billy Cranwell passed to end Grover Jones for a first down on the 11 Beard continuing the Inspired running he showed last week against George Washington tor pedoed to the one where' it was first down again The Tigers i (Continued on Page 19) STATS Clrmion SI VPI 16 Lehlch 19 VMI Rlrhmond 19 Davidson 9 Hike trrst IS William I Marv 7 Lre rlttiburfh irrinla 7 Hampton Inst 14 Howard 0 yirrlnia Vnlon Morcan State Lincoln (Pg) St Pole liriinia State 37 Writ Virrinia State SOUTHERN CONERENCE The Citadel 13 Newberry 7 ATLANTIC COAST CONERENCK Duke 7 Navy 7 Maryland 13 Izouislana Slate ft North Carolina 33 South Carolina North Carolina State k4u Bouton 13 SOVTHEASTERN CONERENCE Georgia Terh 7 Tennrre 7 vannrrbllt lorida 19 Tulane 27 Auhnrn 27 A 1 SPORTS' III IIIIWI lllll( Iff I CLEMSON TURNS BACK VIRGINIA TECH 21 16 THE STATISTICS irst downs tvuxiiiuife jaiustq va rn ace Passes attempted Passes completed Passes intercepted by Punts Punting average umbles lost Yards penalised VIRGINIA ONLY other big scoring threat was halted by a (Continued on Page 19) Spiders Thump Davidson 19 0 WALT 20 YEAR OLD junior caught touchdown passes in i iirsii unn itnoi nev mne nww Lou Cimarolli senior halfback scored the other on a'32 yard run in the third quarter "Walton's two touchdowns gave him seven for the season and clipped a Pitt record of five set by Chris Warriner in 1951 Virginia scored in the second I period on a 8 yard dash by Ralph THE STATISTICS lrt Downs Rushing yardage Passing yardRKP Passes ai tempted Passes completed Passes intercepted by Punts Punting average UIIIUICN 1UM Yards penalized quarter on the General 45 and went the distance untouched However a clipping penalty nuli fied the play and put the ball on the 20 On a fourth down play with six yards to go for a first down LeHew took a flat pass from Smith and after cutting back to Ipl'ng ms riRiii reversea ms neid picked up blockers and went down the I left sideline to paydirt with only a minute remaining in the half Tigmo then made it 28 0 THE ROANOKE TIMES ROANOKE VIRGINIA: Keydefsall In 39 0 Game BIG TEN CONERENCE Ohln Stair 70 Indiana Hlsrnnain 41 Northnrstrrti It Illinois tj Mirhfaan 6 1 Iowa 26 Minnesota 0 Mirhiran State 27 Purdue 0 BIG SEVEN CONERENCE Oklahoma 20 Missouri Srbraska 10 Iowa State 7 a Kansas State 46 Kansas 0 I Colorado 37 7 SOUTHWEST CONERENCE Arkansas JO Rice Tesy 21 Bailor 20 COAST CONERENCE Oreon 85 Washington State Orrson State 33 Idaho II I'CLA 34 Colleae of Paciflr Stanford 2S Southern California 20 California 20 Washtnston 6 Maryland State 3 Delaware State Drexel 31 Western Maryland 13 AnftVWill 4nraknisxa Shephrrd iWAa) 56 Distrlrt Teachers Wash Eliiebalh Cite (NCI 20 usetteville NCl 15 Chattanooaa If North Texas State Grambllnj 2G Bethune Cookman 6 (Continued on Page 18) irst downs Rushins yardapn? 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