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The Roanoke Times from Roanoke, Virginia • 19

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Craighill engineered the Bishops to three touchdowns and a safety after the Saints had taken the opening kickoff and marched 65 yards for a 6 0 lead A flat pass from quarterback Charlie Was sum to Pusey ate up the last 13 yards Early in the second quarter Lloyd Horton intercepted a Was sum pass and returned it to the VES 48 The Bishops went all the way in five plays a 27 yard Cranghill to Horton pass the big gainer Bill Ramsey scored from three yards out 1 The Bishops added two points later in the period when linebacker Penn Joslyn broke through to block John punt for the Saints and the ball rolled out of the end zone After missing a first down by Inches on the one yard line in the third period VES came right back when Butch Watkins returned a punt to the 24 from the 40 VES went the distance in two plays Hollen Bond traveling the last 10 yards The Saints then drove 74 yards to cut their deficit to 15 13 after a 69 yard run by Pusey was called back Wassum passed 37 yards to Larry Hammer and Pusey then went the other 37 yards around end VES moved 49 yards after the kickoff for its final score with Craighill going the last seven yards VES 9 Saints 7 li 13 VES acorlnr: TaurhdoM ns Harnsry (3 rnn Bond (III plunrrl Craiihill 7 anrnkl Safety: losly Iblorked Cabell'a punt In end zone) Conversions Jamison Moss (pass from Watkins) Saint seurinr: Touchdowns Pusey pass from Wassumi 63 run) Con version Pusey Blood Plasma Sent To Hungarian Rebels BERN Switzerland Oct 27 CAP' The Swiss Red Cross sent a truckload of blood plasma to Hungarian rebels today in re sponse to an appeal transmitted by the Austrian Red Cross A communique said the Aus trian Red Cross would take the shipment from Vienna to Nickelsdorf presumably to be handed over to rebel medical of ficers Jtt the border Dutch and Belgian Red Cross organizations announced they were making similar shipments By JACK STEVENSON PALO ALTO Calif Oct 27 Indians sur vived the shock of seeing two of jtheir passes contribute to South ern California touchdowns and surged back to defeat the Trojans 27 19 before 70000 fans today Golden Bears Beat Huskies In Rain 16 7 SEATTLE Oet 26 (AP) Sophomore Joe Kapp grabbed a floating fumble and scampered 54 yards for the touchdown which earned California a 16 7 Pacific Coast Conference football victory over Washington this dampish afternoon The defending Huskies handed the ball to the visiting Bears six times on fumbles Most of the game's fireworks came in the final quarter after California had fought its way out of trouble to post a 9 0 half time advantage On the first play of the final period Washington sophomore Luthur Carr smashed into left tackle shed three tacklers and spurtea yaras co score wasn only touchdown Moments later Washington had mounted another threat but Can fumbled the ball into the air and Kapp got it at the California 46 He picked up a convoy of burly Bears and raced unmolested to the goal line Ron fumble re covery ended a Washington threat on the California 2 in the first quarter but the Bears spent most or tne period deep in tneir own territory They finally got a drive going after being penalized to their 1 and moved 99 yards in 11 plays to tally early in the second quarter Max Hale missed the placement but with 9 seconds left in the half he booted an 18 yard field goal for ninth point California 0 9 0 10 Washington 0 0 7 California scoring Touchdowns: Jack son (3 plunge) Kapp (51 Intercepted fumble) Conversion: Roberts ield Goal: Hale IK) Washington scoring Touchdown: Carr (7 1 run) Conversion: Derby Pearson Compared To Self Hitting Jet SANTA ROSA Calif Oct 27 (AP) Vice President Nixon said today columnist Drew Pearson me of that jet air plane the other day which shot off its cannons and then hit Nixon said Pearson's re lapse" piece about President Ei senhower was about the most ridiculous thing that ever has been QUARTERBACK John Brodie his poise unshaken by two inter ceptions which paved the way for a 13 0 USC lead tallied once himself and passed Stanford to three more touchdowns The 192 pound quarterback threw scoring passes of 30 and 23 yards to ends Ben Robinson and Carl Isaacs in the Stanford as sault That made up for the inter ceptions by Don Hickman and Hillard Hill After the Indians led 21 13 in the third period USC drove 67 yards in 15 plays for the final Trojan tally fourth touchdown came in the closing seconds on an eight yard pass from Jack Douglas to Jack Shea Southern California's Jon Ar nett winding up his collegiate career along with six other penalized Trojan seniors turned in a great game and became the second leading rusher' in USC history THE BIG CROWD largest for a USC Stanford game here since 1929 saw the Indians spring a running attack of their own ullback Lou Valli and halfbacks Gordie Young and Al Herrington provided plenty of help for passing Southern California 6 7 6 0 19 Stanford 14 7 VSC scoring: Touchdowns Voiles (14 pass from Hall): Arnett (2 plunge) Hickman (1 plunge) Conversion Ar Slanford scoring: Kobin son 30 run pass from Brodie): Brodie (I plunge): Isaacs (23 pass from Brodie) Shea (K pass from Douglas) Conversions 2 Taylor Interception Leads To Idaho Victory SALT LAKE CITY Oct 27 Pete Gerpheide inter cepted a Utah pass with five minutes to go today to give the University of Idaho its first 1956 football victory a 27 21 ujfcet of Utah Gerpheide grabbed the aerial thrown by Wally Suba on the Ute 18 and sprinted untouched to the goal line to score the Vandals' clinching touchdown Idaho beaten in four previous games turned on a successful passing assault in the second half to overcome a 14 7 deficit Walt Denny intercepted a Utah pass on the Idaho 36 to set up the first' touchdown while Idaho fumbles led to two first half scores in the duel of errors Lions Girds Have Easy Games Today 1 By Tllfe ASSOCIATED PRESS Professional only two undefeated teams the Detroit Lions and Chicago figure to be hard pressed to con tinue their winning ways Sundayeven though they will be facing rivals who have lost three of their four starts this season 4riE LIONS surprise of the National western divi ion with four consecutive vic tories take on the Los Angeles Rams in tlie Coliseum and the Cardinals whose four triumphs have put them on top of the east ern division engage the Wash ington Redskins in Chicago The Cardinals ruled a 7 'a point fa vorite while the Lions were no better than an even choice In other games the New York Giants were a 12 point favorite over the Philadelphia Eagles at Yankee Stadium the Chicago Bears were a7 14 point Choice over the orty niners in San rancisco the Browns were a6ir point pick over the Pitts burgh Steelers in Cleveland the Green Bay Packers were a slight 2U point choice over the Colts in Baltimore Detroit is expected tn have Its hahds full with the thrice beaten Rams who lost a close 24 21 de cision to the Lions in Briggs Stadium two weeks ago The Rams also are tough to beat at honie where they five of six last year including one over the Lions Detroit as usual is ex pected to employ a passing game featuring Bobby Layne whose 51 completions and 725 yards rank first and second respectively LA probably will depend upon a run ning attack featuring Ron Wal ler whose 234 yards rank him eighth among the leading ground gainers T1E CARDINALS too are ex pected to meet rugged opposition in the Redskins Washington en couraged by its 20 9 trouncing of the defending champion Browns last week after three earlier losses will have several players back from the injured list The Redskins will have to cope with Ollie Matson and La mar McHan Matson is second among the ground gainers with 372 yards and McHan is runner up in percentage among the passers with 16 completions in 33 attempts The orty hopes to reverse their loss to the Bears two weeks ago depend on whether they can stop Chi two big guns halfbackx Rick Casares and quarterback Ed Brown Casares leads all ground gainers with 401 yards and Brown tops all passers in percentage with 35 completions in 52 attempts for 569 yards and six touchdowns Chicago is runner up to the Cardinals with three victories against one loss while the 49ers have lost three of four The Giants hot on the heels of the Cardinals with a 3 1 rec ord will throw a double pronged attack ajainst the Eagles featur ing the running of Alex Webster rank Gifford and Mel Triplett and the passing of Don Heinrich and Charlie Conerly The Eagles 2 2 in the standings will depend upon the passing of Bobby Thom ason and the running of their rookie ace Ken Keller THE BALTIMORE Green Bay contest figures to be strictly a passing duel between the Packer's Tobin Rote and the Colts George Shaw Rote has thrown the most touchdowns nine Shaw has 42 completions good for 592 yards and three touchdowns The Pack ers defeated the Colts 39 33 in Green Bay in the previous meet ing Cleveland battling to break its fourth place tie with Pittsburgh and Washington will face the Steelers without George Ratter man who suffered an injury last: week The Browns who needed a fourth period touchdown to nip the Steelers 14 10 for their only triumph In four starts will rely on the passing of Babe Parilli and Tommy O'Connell recently signed to replace Ratterman The Steelers hope to rebound from their 38 10 trouncing by the Giants last week Oregon State Whips Uclans By 27 7 Score CORVALLIS Ore Oct 27 AP) Oregon State snapped string of 19 consecutive Pacific Coast Conference football victor ies and boomed prominently into the Rose Bowl picture with a 21 7 triumph today Oregon State ran its conference record to 3 1 with four games re maining ullback Tom Berry scored ail three touchdowns for the winners but a pair of fleet halfbacks opened the wav for the scores and a burly Oregon State line bottled up UCLA through the final half Halfback Earnel Durden set up the first Oregon State touchdown with a 51 yard run late in the first quarter Halfback Paul Lowe zipped around end repeatedly to set up the second in a 79 yard march before the half UCLA had opened the scoring with a 62 yard drive in the first quarter but never again threat ened seriously The Staters clinched the game after inserting a fresh team late in the third That team promptly drove 73 yards to a touchdown The day was cold and the field slippery but rain held off until late in the final period Both teams stuck to ground plays as much as possible Passes figured only in the first Oregon State score I Cl A 7 0 7 Oregon State 1 I (I 21 I CLA scoring Touchdown: Billincton (II run) Conversion: Duncan Oregon State scoring Touchdowns: Berry 8 1 plunge plunge I plunge) Conversions: Clarke 3 Bayuk Scores wice to Lead Colorado Win BOULDER Colo Oct 27 (AP) ullback John (The Beast) Bayuk charged over for two touchdowns set up by halfback Bob Stran long gains to power Colo rado to a 16 0 victory over Nebraska in a Big Seven Confer ence football game today It was the fourth victory without a loss in league play and boosted their hopes fjr a berth in the Orange Bowl The crowd of 45500 in newly en larged olsom Stadium was the largest ever to see a sports event in the Rockies Held scoreless in the firstperiod Colorado marched 51 yards for a second quarter touch down and drove 71 yards for an other in the third period Bayuk took the first one over from 22 yards away and the second from 14 Colorado threatened through out the fourth quarter but their deepest drive died on eight only serious threat was an attempted field goal by quarterback George Harshman in the second quarter after Nebras ka drove to the Colorado 18 The kick was wide to the right Nebraska (l (1 () (dorado 9 7 Colorado Bayuk and Safety: Nappi Nebraska darkled in end rone bv Clark) onversions: Indorf 2 Colorado Wins Over Montana 34 20 ORT COLLINS Colo Oct 27 The Colorado Rams struck for five first half touch downs to defeat Montana Uni versity 34 20 today before a Homecoming crowd of 7498 An inspired reserve team held the Grizzlies scoreless in the second half until Montana pushed across two last minute touch downs Halfback Wayne Walter opened the scoring parade half way through the second quarter by plunging over from the one Two minutes later halfback Ron Ericson slanted into paydirt from the four ullback Severn Hayes took the ensuing kickoff on a 70 yard touchdown romp only score until the final period (dorado AM 13 21 (I Montana 7 0 0 13 20 BUGS IN THE COOLER MEMPHIS When Thrasher's air conditioner went on the blink he called a repair man to "come get the bugs" out oi it The was a half grown opossum which had built a cozy nest in the window type cooler Duke Tramples NC Stale 42 0 Blue Devils Use THE ROANOKE TIMES Sunday Oct 28 1956 3 Wake orest Ties North Carolina With 96 Yard Drive in Last Period LET VIRGINIA BUILDING SUPPLY HELP YOU JL 1 V71 I N0 money DOWN 1 Vi ree Extras All sash cost one price No additional cost tor measuring your windows for you All win dows are made of the best aluminum Alcoa TRIPLE TRACK ALUMINUM STORM WINDOWS A quality window with three separate sash Has burglar alarm All standard sizes $1995 IJroHze Weatherstripping Comes complete with screws You can install without removing door $195 Pouring INSULATION Keep warm this winter Insulate with the best and save Large 40 lb bag $150 Henry duty ROOING Reroof now before it's too late Pay as little as $600 IS I A a Alcoa ull 1" Thick Aluminum Storm Doors Complete with hardware grill initial and frame This week only $3995 REE EXTRAS Grill and initial are included this week at no extra price Disappearing TJf 1 4 V12A ft STAIRWAYS Put your attic to use A stairway when you need one closes out of way when not in use IN STALLED $5500 $800 per mo 8th ST SHENANDOAH ftVENW ROANOKE VIRGINIA DIAL 4 3206 The Statistics NC DIKE irst downs 12 2( Rushing yardage 7 413 Passing yardage 15 91 Passes 15 A Passes Intercepted by 0 3 Punts 4 30 5 2 32 umbles lost Yards penalised 5 105 the season total was matched by another soph George Dutrow who had 77 in 10 carries Duke amassed 412 yards on the ground The Blue Devils turned a couple of breaks into their first two touchdowns but from then on they simply overpowered the opposition A fumble recovery on North Carolina State's 21 on the first play from scrimmage was turned into a Duke touchdown five plays later Broadhead sneaking over from the 2 yard line In the sec ond quarter Carlton went over from the 2 as Duke moved 48 yards in 10 plays following a pass interception In the first half North Carolina State was unable to advanpe beyond 40 yard line Meanwhile Jurgensen after watching Brodhead and Millner lead the first two scoring drives entered the game late in the second period and di rected a 78 yard 11 play advance that ended with Jurgensen hit ting halfback Eddie Rushton with a 7 yard scoring pass North Carolina biggest threat was ended by the final whistle which halted the Wolf pack a second down coming up on 4 yard line Sophomore Backs By KEN ALYTA DURHAM NC Oct 27 (AP Duke turned loose a sophomore studded set of fleet backs and threw up a sturdy defense today to wallop North Carolina State 42 0 in an Atlantic Coast Con ference football game that was hardly a contest Star quarterback Sonny Jur gensen nursing a leg injury left the bench only long enough to direct the third touchdown drive late in the second period But the Blue Devils with soph replacements Bob Brodhead and Pryor Millner at the controls functioned with devastating ef fectiveness WRAY CARLTON a driving soph halfback scored twice and led the Duke spree with 77 yards in 13 rushes Going into the game he had gained only 80 yards for By REES CHAPEL HILL NC Oct outplayed for nearly three quart down in the final period to gain a today in an Atlantic Coast Conft crowd of 27000 NORTH CAROLINA which last week upset Maryland con trolled the ball the first half moving to the Wake orest 13 and again to the three But the Tar Heels able to score until midway in the third quar ter The payoff came on a 10 yard off tackle slant by halfback Ed Sutton The placekick by tackle Phil Blazer was blocked by Wake orest halfback Dickie Daniels Tar Heel guard Don Kemper had recovered a fumble by Charlie Carpenter on the Wake orest 27 to set up the touch down Wake orest unable to get into Carolina territory until late in the third quarter pot only two first downs during the first half The scoring drive was sparked by fullback Bill Barnes who accounted for 60 yards in the march He scored from the four The placekick by halfback Lar ry Brooks was wide waxe orest came oacK witn another drive which stalled on the Carolina 13 With Sutton Wally Vale and Larry McMullen leading the way North offense ground out the yardage in the first half but the attack continually sput tered deep in Deacon territory In the first quarter the Tar HART Wake orest completely irs swept 96 yards for a touch 6 6 tie witli rival North Carolina retire game before a rain soaked Heels curried to the Wake orest three where a fourth down plunge by quarterback Dave Reed failed by inches to make a first down IT WAS NOT until exactly midway in the third quarter that the Tar Heels finally became op portunists Kemper who had re covered two opposing fumbles was on the ball like a flash at the Wake orest 27 when Deacon quarterback Charlie Carpenter fumbled Vale gained three and then Reed passed 14 yards to end Buddy Payne on the 10' rom there Sutton went over Barnes the lead EASTCOR WINS GOLD CUP MIDDLETOWN NJ Oct 27 (AP) Eastern led all the way today to beat Pine Shot by a length in the 12th running of the Monmouth County Gold Cup at the annual Monmouth County Hunt Race meeting on Amory Haskell's woodland farm estate Eastcor owned by George Weymouth of Wilmington Del and ridden by John Knowles was timed at 4:09 35 for the two miles over brush Dancing Beacon owned by Mrs George Greentyalgh Jr of Boyce Va won the co feature the Monmouth County Hunt Cup by a length and a half in 5:51 over Ned's lying Ing ground gainer then took command and Wake orest's of fense began to roll from the Dea con four The 96 yard drive was fea tured by a 30 yard romp by the elusive Baines He went over from the four on the third play of lhe fourth quarter Wake victory hopes be gan soaring as the Deacons be gan moving from tlielr 20 They The Statistics WAKE irst dow ns ll Rushing yardsce 215 I'assinir yardage 53 II 13 1 11 Passes Intercepted by 2 2 Punts 3a1 8 III 3 umbles lost 3 0 Yards Dcnalizcd 15 70 reached North Carolina 13 where a fourth down pass fell incom plete The crowd included 67 higli school bands After the game Tar Heel Coach Jim Tatum said "We never had so many scoring opportunities We can't complain about that We'sure had them but we take advantage of them sick as I can be that we Wake orest OOO 6 North Carolina 0 0 Wake orest 1 0 I Touchdown: Barnes (4 plunge) North Carolina scoring Touchdown: Sutton (10 run) Temperature inside a white topped car is 15 degrees cooler than that inside a black topped car when both are parked in the sun THE CROWD of 12000 Sitting in intermitten showers saw Duke stage scoring drives of 65 and 67 yards to control the ball most of the third quarter The first march ended with Carlton sweep ing right end for 15 yards and the second wound up with soph omore fullback Phil Dupler pick ing up the final yard The second drive got underway finally after 'successive penalties for offsides and clipping had nullified first a 32 yard run by Carlton and then a 7 yard end sweep by half back Bunny Blaney Early in the fourth period an interception by end George Atherholt started Duke on its final drive of 74 yards The big contribution was a 24 yard burst by Jim Harris sophomore fullback After a holding penalty had set Duke back to the 15 Millner hit end Dave Hurm with a pass on the 10 and he fought his way over for the final touchdown In the waning moments North Carolina State moved from its 13 1 in five plays to a first down on six Major contributions were a 30 yard rank Cackovic to end Ronnie Gall and a 15 yard holding penalty against Duke After Jay Margerum had picked up two yards to the four the final whistle cut short the threat The unyielding Duke defense bottled up State's potent running combination so effectively that Dick Hunter netted only two yards in two carries and Dick I Christy 15 in six attempts major gains came through the air with eight completions in 15 attempts good for 152 yards In raising its season record to 3 3 and taking over third place in the Conference with a 2 1 1 record Duke played what Coach Bill Murray called his best game 1 of the season "a classic we made no State 11 A 0 i Duke 7 14 It 12 Duke scorinr: touchdowns Carlton 2 (2 niunce: 15 run) Brodhead (2 1 plunge) Rushton (7 pass from Jurgen sen) Dupler (1 plunge): Hurm (15 run pass from Millner) Conversions Bass 2 Blaney 3 Harris aukoner Stars I Episcopal Win 1 ALEXANDRIA Oct 27 (AP) Halfback Hunter aulconcr gained more than 200 yards on the ground and scored all three touchdowns here today as Episco pal of Alexandria turned back Group I Wakefield of Arlington1 19 6 in a football game played on a sloppy field aulconer went five yards in the second period to cap a 29 yard drive and scored twice in the third first on a 40 yard end run and then on a 27 yard slant off tackle Wakefield scored first on an I 82 yard run around end by half back John Holter in the quarter but tlie Maroons domi nated play after that for their i fourth victory in five games It was Wakefield's second defeat in: seven starts I Wkrflrld fi 0 li Episcopal 13 19 Wakefield Hol ter run) Episcopal scoring Touchdowns: aul coner 3 (5 run 10 tun 27 run) Conversion: aulconer No complete count ever has been made of the Thousand Is lands but there are at least 1700 islands in the group i lb61.

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