The Roanoke Times from Roanoke, Virginia • 15

THE ROANOKE TIMES SPORTS SPORTS ifteen Virginia Tech Surprises Clemson 18 7 In Row or Hof VPI Gridders Brilliant Defensive Play Turns Tide Against Tigers (Times Photo) George Washington umbles On One oot Line Herbert Hartwell (Right) Scores or Virginia Two Tries Cavaliers Edge Colonials Thrashes Pennsylvania Keydets Win 1 9 6 Sumner Leads Jackets Thump Wasps Defeat Virginia Rallies was Shepherd 27 7 Nod rom Spiders 27 7 Triumph Tigers 21 6 or 14 13 Verdict Rally After Half Rain Puts Damper To Score Triumph On Homecoming CJIAK1ES welsh three minutes of each other second touchdown of the Bussey then tried a pass and that tied the score HOWIE WRIGHT hit for three came coach this year Rive first down on the (Continued on Pag 17) (Continued on Page 17) Saturday's Results put SI VIE (Continued on Page 18) i kipi 0 Pauli ManMield (M em tn nfen 2 br i got first Boxley cracked through one and Lavery smacked Jones missed the extra Netif Ankuta Tiger fullback ran the kickoff from his 20 to the 36 Tom Petty and George Preas broke in to nail Charlie Bussey for a six yard loss on the first Wright got two yaras ana an the next play Clemson was hold Ray Quillen who had been averaging well over 40 punch on offense It was three years same field that showed his heels 107 Another sophomore Stan Knowles of Charleston Va hooted his second perfect con version of the afternoon for the margin of difference Virginia returned Dick Gas pari's kickoff to its own 39 and the offense as was the case most of the afternoon sputtered On the second play following the kickoff Ankuta fumbled and Bill Jamerson Tech tackle re The Gobblers lost no time nt the start of the game to show Clemson their defense eould not be trifled with to the one and Lon Ciemniccki whacked the middle to score It was all tied up when kick sailed fair After the kickoff Spider sub stitute quarterback Bill Rey nolds tossed a strike to Curley but Curley bobbled the powered his way to the four and Riggs scampered over the right side for the Richmond tally Bill conversion attempt was blocked moved to the 27 for a first down Beard and Burke gained five yards and then Wright banged for seven and a first on the Tiger 15 Wright hit the line for one Beard on the next play cut over guard and cut to the left for the touchdown Beard missed the first of three attemoted conversions It gave Tech a 6 0 lead with only 4 minutes 50 seconds gone ball and that Jones boy snagged it for an interception PHILADELPHIA Oct 2 (AP) Veteran quarterback Charley Sumner who makes a habit of IT WAS THIRD VIC TORY in a row over Atlantic Coast Conference teams NC State and Wake orest were ths other two victims In the three game streak one of the best for VPI in many years the Gobblers piled up the amazing total of 80 points to 28 for the Carolina elevens HAMPDEN SYDNEY Oct 2 Emory' and Henry College unleashed a powerful offensive and threw' up launch 'defenses against Hampden Sydney here to day to down the Tigers 21 6 'Die game was played before a homecoming crowd of about 1000 many of whom left at the begin ning of the fourth period as heavy rain pelted down Then 1 to the I across I point ROANOKE VIRGINIA SUNDAY MORNING OCTOBER 3 1954 Bill Shearer passed 14 yards to halfback Barney Tucker in the end zone The conversion was good to give the Rams a 7 6 halftime lead Late in the fourth period a re serve Jacket squad moved the ball to the 2 yard line but lost the In the second quarter Kitts again broke away and carried for Purdue 27 Notre Dame 11 Southern California Noel Capital ram 1 Denbon II Mount Vnlon 0 Randolph first touch down came after a series of fumbles and an intercepted for ward pass Phlllipi Kins Brumbark Uord Co a five yard penalty Wasps ASHLAND Oct 2 Ran dolph Jackets battled the oppressive heat and a stubborn Shepherd College eleven for three quarters here today be fore smashing over two fourth good lone The big difference between the teams was Sumner and a slashing WM line that beat Tenn to the and defense ago on this Sumner first to (be Penns lugging a kickoff return 89 yards for a score that helped the Southerners upset Penn 20 12 Hartwell longest play for the I i ON WHAT WAS possibly the kvnn rf Ln rTot! A ufahAAf W4 from placement Bailey had an terception on the Bridgewater 20 other TO nullified by a penalty by Charles Kurtz a 60 minute hiit it make much differ mined 'The march was stalled for' once as Bob Hylton tossed a 15 i two plays when the shipbuilders danger and held off th yard touchdown pass to Harold recovered an Eagle fumble out threats With a 20 Tom Poland Tiger quarterback made short work of the remaining distance by going all the way on a neatly executed bootleg play He was Injured shortly thereafter and had to leave the game until the final period pass carried from the Emory 43 to the Hampden Sydney 6 Tony antino was stopped by the Tiger line for no gain but on the next play Kitts plunged to the 2 rom there Kitts carried it over for the touchdown The conversion by Irvin Cubinc was good to Emory a 7 0 lead Hampden Sydney finally coins in the middle of the quarter and covered 55 yards on four Plays 1 Cabell Rives and Bill Lehew were the mainstays They were given an assist by against the Mississippi State 46 Arkansae Stale IS 2 IIIPI Parris Island 33 Cherry Point Msrlnee 0 luskpfffp 0 BpIvMt It Hrkson (SC) erod a GW fumble just inches to kick one that rolled out of from the latter's goal (bounds on GW's a 20 yard i effort Strum hit the line to the AN OSIDE penalty against t47 On the next play he handed the Cavaliers' left tackle Jim off to fleet Ciemniccki who sliced St Clair madejt a bit rougher fofrover left tackle and away he went) the Wahoos but In four cracks at ip3 yards for a touchdow on the the line fullback Herb was over right tackle tniiehdown After a third quarter that was break of the day for the Wahoosl a study in offensive frustration a George Washington man was George Washington suddenly (accused of a personal foul and the penc 0 0 6 7 Touchdown Ccnvenionju Spiders that held off the keyed up Keydets as the third jieriod closed ths clincher in the final minute when he grabbed a King pass on his own six and dashed 55 yards down the field before he pulled down The game ended two plays later The game was played in ter rific heat before 14000 fans The heat doubtless took a lot out of the Tech boys near the end but they had enough in reserve to protect the lead AeririrltiirM nllrc I fl 'tantflivr Trarhm 18 RnMnn Cnllecr 12 Tempi 9 Brandfis 2 7 Hamilton 32 Renrlaer II MfrH 32 Cortland UNDERDOGS BY a touchdown to the previously unscored on Spiders the Keydets overcame an early case of fumbleitis that plagued both teams on the rain While TfcJi's offense was sufficient it was the brilliant I defensive play that really turned the tide Indians KcepQuaker Backs Well In Check oini i took nossession on its nn lo a sneak He popped into one in the third period and an hitting much during practice ses lft 4 ft ft 1 4 A Uft I ITaI VRft ftlr Tr1 A I 4 4 7 111 I 1 ULLlfL ill LLLC LUUJ 1 X1X UclL Ik U1 i IX HULL'S UH It'Ll 11 U1 1 If II 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 IE I XX tu HU NL XXL Cl uv 111 iv 1 more fullback Steve Hoffer loose ondary and sprinted downfield Graham scored in the first period performance a la Dusty Rhodes 'lech's secund score earn" 3 minutes and 30 seconds later and virtually duplicated the first one By ATKINSON Times Managing Editor MEMORIAL STADIUM Clem son SC Oct 2 The surprising Virginia Tech Gobblers com pleted their march through the Carolinas today with a convinc ing 18 to 7 victory over the tugged Clemson Tigers THUS VMI which dropped a 19 0 opener to Davidson and managed only to eke out a 16 141 triumph over George Washington proved it still had some of the makings with which it fastened on to a Big Six state champion ship last year The Spiders brought a perfect 1954 record into City Stadium' hnnetiurr enrol s4nni'lftt jMUUlWHlR 1U HMM HtlUlXl over Randolph Macon and Hamp i handoff and headed to the side den Sydney respectively How linp his rloht He eot two big ever Kicnmonas fleet backs hlnpt thprp frnm Sam Rcntt flndi Bob Melth that broke hint into' i Carroll Hon ft Olaf 26 Ripon 6 InsHluu 33 Northland' 0 hutrncf Coe 20 Milwaukee MMe 12 rUfterllU Mil 7 AdolphtK 46 (Minn 6 Carleton 20 Monmouth 0 Alma 27 Rloffton (Continued on Page 17) 83 Balnbrldre (Pa) id and thnin ninbr'd nn 1 nf thfl 9Qf mnnrl OR Thuit 1 mill Kill mv 11 IIILIII pivncu up Vi mu 4 Hill 1VU XXI til IIIUV I rom there Nat Naddeo a 200 yards Randolph Macon gained onHng it to the one Jones fell over pounder from Washington bulled' the ground for the score If ivac nnt 11 ti i i 1 thn fniirth second quarter I prriod (hat either side could make' score came just four minutes another tally but it was only a left in the half when quarterback Vaiiant goal line stand by theRill Rh ro nn ttcpd 14 vn rHc 1 i ca a i i BUT JN THE fourth the thor oughly damp crowd of about 7000 was on Its toes from the outset rank Boxley Keydet fullback scooted 24 yards off the left side after Richmond's Bill Bauder kicked out of the depths of his Inwn rnri ynnn Dnlv dnsnprni inn Shepherd were forced to substitute tackle by Duke Thacker brought freely as the players sweltered in jnm down the near 90 aeprce neat A RICHMOND Oct 2 Virginia Military Institute behind the sharpshooting quarterbacking of Royce Jones and the scamper ing of halfback Charlie Lavery upended the University of Richmond Spiders 19 6 in a Southern Conference football game heie tonight QUARTERBACK Bob Strum a 19 year old lad from Muskogee Okla at midfield on second down 'and needing nearly 20 yards for out Richmond took the first sequence after the kick nrr ai Uli UJ 1 lUUU 1 JoU 11 11 cl 44 niJiuoca spxiHim uu jiuuq avuciu vorn rn (onrnn nc nn Vi i i tx t7 i iena ior me nrsi iu oy me jvcu jiwnir numm ihl iur lihlu tne vMI 24 ullback Jim Becker Rn( pjue snce stere Sebo be as did Dickie Beard Wright then vxs i'As tnnn a a 1 rl Ar Navy 12 Ilaflmouih 7 Ma Wi hueiu 13 Harvard 7 oleate IX Holv CroM Minnesota 4( Pithhurch 7 Boston Cfillrue 12 Temple 9 Penn Xfatp 13 Nvrarue 0 alp 2i Brown 21 flpnwrti 4R find ran tn thp SR hr Ponn finallv found a scoring ifnrn Up ns drriacrpd down And punch in the third period as Walt! Tech was off I Hvnoskl sprinted 30 yards around Virginia II Georif Vihintlnn 13 innn anl 1knr 71 Hampden Syrfney Randolph Maenn 25 shepherd 7 BrHrewater 20 Newport Kew nnrni THE VISITING Wasps hit early and hard with a pass from Carlton Bowyer to Cookie Kitts on the va Jin 1 IEO put nn eoanH tn iea sprung into the game with a pair! of touchdowns registered within ttttXU uxHJCtciJ0axj ruufliniv on pmeu ty against Hampden Sydney coupled with runs by antino put lhe ball on the 4 rom there Kitts took a handoff and ran it over Again Cubinc converted After the half both teams The two teams fumbled 10 time mostly because of the rain or the first time in Bridgewater his tory Coach Paul Gunston emptied his bench afpkemu Ends Rassmsn Nixon Banis: Dibar Reed Coffin Harrell Hurst Centers Barnes Smith Harrison Clark Shrleves 11ns npinOwaTR Pnre Bush Diehl Knupa Lehman Pop lora GraJUra Groff Whitacre Guards Albert Kurts orsrth MeCaaa Graves Jackson 46 yards for the score ifer con Gardner Garber verted Dofflemrer Lambert AppitntkP Bridgewater THE 1 1 made Rririrpafftler only one th rea as they were Knupp cheek limited to 55 yards rushing and rer ihe 30 passing They kicked to the P)rst dorns Bridgewater 1 in the fust period Rushinj yard but the Eagles punted out of 1 ft it rt lUUUlUUWJl prtW VW XJdlUlj LcleUVciLU dll CjitklC LUi iUlv vi ci vo ruiX'A lister In the fourth period to Apprentice which suf Standouts In the Eagle line were (Continued on Page 17) the victory 'fered its fourth eualglxt May and end 'rd Pence ivri emii4 fumble by Williams wen 1G underdogs opened their 1954 football season jloose and he romped 49 yards for thteir a srnrn intn thd nnwnrfu iu nn vv MV vv un Or 11 a ii ii i 1 1 a inn jh xlui i a intended for Nuttvcombel nors He Joose for 55 over the Newport News Apprentice Knupp for the extra point and intercepted by quarterback yarcs on irs Py School In a drizzling rain ithe Eagles led 13 0 rnx i TVs tvi rv A rs rl vn I A 1 1 fumbled again and Graham re 's 2e cou for 10 minutes of the secondMike Mason substituting for Bob covered on the 26 ive plays later i ttlc sccona Eagles pushed over a touch 1 May at center intercepted a ship Graham after making four of the' the scampered 4o down on a'25 yard pass from Till builder pass on his 49 Two plays carries plunged over from the yards Clintwood 15 but back John Qardner to left end later quarterback Larry Pence two with five minutes left in the once asain the vlsltors D'acvd and Knupp Halfback red ifer pitched out to Gardner who ran period stopped the threat failed to convert and the Eagles Kenneth Balky broke the scar led by 6 0 at halftime rn I LONE touchdown ing ice for Clintwood in the third came with just four minutes re period when he raced 20 yards to THE EAGLES scored again mainine in the half Blackburn strike paydirt Dickie Pattisal early in the third quarter on a 'hauled in Lincoln's punt on the added the first of two extra points drive that began with a pass in 42 When th: Ram ground attack fizzled and failed to pick Yup but 11 yards In five plays 'Shearer passed to end Dick Wid dows on the 14 By BOB ROEMER Tinies Sports Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE Oct 2 The University of Virginia spotted George Washington University two quick touchdowns in the last quarter here today and then fought back to beat the Colonials 14 13 for its second straight victory of the season run Aim annual straignt week the Cavaliers pulled a game out of the fire behind the leader ship of third string quarterback Billy Clarke a sophomore from Richmond Willi flip Cnlrm in nn fnn hv a Clintwood Dumps 7 a VULUUIII I tV i pxr yard COEBURN Oct 2 Clintwood staved off a pair of Snepherd coebuin threats in the first here tonight then punched fumbled in on lhe Rams' 45 and touchdowns in the third Shepherd center Joe Hockman fourth periods to score a i recovered District 8 triumph LWU pirtjd XtiLUX XlAHUUipu Macon end Bernard Spencer nirkcri lin a I and on the next play Lincoln's mass 1 i was inierceute Ijim Blackburn On the first down the Rams half over and 14 0 BRIDGEWATER Oct 2 (ATT fumbled back to Bridgewater onDisplaying power in the line and 'the next play flo chin a a 1 ha rd riinnincr A mninnnf I fl fl A Kfl fflPS Bill Kizer sparked Coeburn in backs Bridgewater College's Eagles shook halfback Sherlll Cheeks Bridgewater Opens ootball Season With 20 0 Win Over Apprentice School College 28 Hampton InatKute SOUTH Texa A A Georgia Duke 7 Tennessee Jnhnnn Smith Colleie 8 St Poly Mnoter 7 Kenyon 0 14 tiinl Qiii I nai rtllft 1 Richmond harriers into the ground' Mor san State 20 Morri Brown 13 South Carolina State 13 Allen this hot find sultry afternoon to MisMvdpni Colleie 26 Southwestern nkicl win by score of 55 to 15 Ben Angle set the pace ovei theiiiorida ri Auburn it gruelling four mile course and 7 finished in 22 minutes 57 seconds ive of his Keydet Jim Robertson Al Johnson Jerry Hardin Jerry Burke and John Tonkin also finished ahead of the first Richmonder Charlie Bowden Capt Dick Keith and Warren Chukinas a talented sophomore i lufta Meslevan had hppn pvnprrpn tn rnallpnep Cnat riiarrl 11 Nnruirli Ancle but neither could stand the John HoPMn witherin? pace set by the lanky Hampshire ss Rhode iind i Keydet Keith failed to finish and pXtn sV coium ChUninaA AlaKgeied acioss Boton' 41 oneetlent I Une the 17tn to finish 'lrnerl 7erh 23 urjetl 21 I Twice in the first quarter and once in the second the alert Gob biers took advantage of Clemson i miscues and quickly turned theminto touchdowns The Clemson attack was com pletely smothered for three per iods In the fourth with Don King rated as the best quarter back in the South firing up the Tigers they shoved the Gobblers back and scored on a forward pass wnn me game apparently in the bag Tech played things safe dnd gave up yardage rather than rk a In fact only serious de lensive mistaxe resulted in Clem son's touchdown Harry Hicks Tiger end slipped by the Tech secondary and took a pass for 39 yards and Clemson's score Another Clemson drive halted on the Tech one icyrlm: GardnertAthtlCS Ado 5 nirkimon 42 WashinEtnn Hobart 32 Alleehenv 7 Kutztown 23 Cheyney Het Chester 22 Drexel 0 PMC 21 Western Maryland 0 navennrd 1 1 wanner 2K New Hat Blnnmhurc Teacher 2S learherg 0 Delaware 21 Tehiith 12 Sutquehanna Juniata 11 Moravian 12 Potomac State (W Va) Naval 0 California State Teacher dlan (Pa) Mata Tearhi I Roeheer 19 Wlllisnii fl M1DM ST IrniT MJrhlrun Ohio State 21 California 13 Indiana 31 (nlletr of the Pacific 6 Jacket halfback Bubba Pinch beck grabbed Meridith (opening kickoff and ran the ball (Continued on Page 13) back to his own 40 On the next play Lincoln threw to Pinchbeck on the Ram 24 where interference wflc rallnd i Tn ninn nlnvs Randn1nh A I attack bogged down and Shepherd Hook over on downs on the 2 stfr line On second down quarterback Bill Williams punted from his end zone Pinchbeck VMI Harriers Score Easily Over Spiders RICHMOND Oct 2 Vir ginia Military veteran cross coun try team ran the University of period touchdowns that gave Uie! soaked field and broke through home team a 25 7 victory I in the second period Halfback Charlie Nuttycombel Jones a third string quarter if hvA nf flip Ifirkpf markers hark nm iota iroan The Spiders had their backs pressed more tightly to the wall 'long runs at ranklin ield did by a 20 yard unnecessary rough damage as William and Alary wrecked Pennsylvania's ness penalty Dale Vaughan and fading victory hopes 27 7 today fullback Nick Servidlo took it before a thin crowd of 17112 through the middle to the eight Lavery a 165 pound Junior from SUMNER ROM Salem Va Williamsburg went to the left pUr Rie torch to the vlc zigzagged his way through the fire with a 93 varrl touch lire set up the first touchdown in I Richmond secondary and tallied down sprint that put the game' me sccona quarter wnn a 17 yard 'soofuins up n5aui nnsseu out ot Penn reach It was sum A 4 2 I ljUsscj wen iiitu pasn a nn ffanaa trivl cot rrf 1 fwunr WITH TII 1AV rnef Joiuiny Dean incercepiea on ine VAWV4X 4uuxuus UHI pVI IUU io ie an on i A disappointing crowd of about 10000 braving threatening skies saw the Virginia club battling to vcitu na ydiua uh bounce back from last year 1 8 Kendall Hawkins season gn ahead In the second rmartrr affpt spnlnr rrnfpr Tim Pugh former William leming 'yards on his punts was rushed on downs Shepherd pushed High player from Roanoke recov nearly off his feet but managed the ball down to Randolph ered a GW fumble iust inches to kick one that rolled out of Macon's 25 when time ran out Both Randolph Macon and nuu Menn uim uiun julv the clear at the 35 and he sped down the line barely fast enough to escape desperation (Continued on Page 16) South Carolina State 13 Allen nhi) 4 airmont Stat Glenville 0 1UL HIV GU1U1HU15 UH LUP Dy ft i 7 13 7 count late in the game Vir a irst nevertheless electedjgot two of the Jacket markers back whos aerials been Hn ti a cnoal TTo nnnnorl Info' nna i ro (bn i I fieri nd ml an i i rr mi wb i rl i rr i innniina or tLLllil lUUrk JZUoaC OOLUlx ULI xLo UJ ponent's 32 Clarke turned sopho 1 ie open flashed past the sec 1 rl A A rj VA az! ft nc I with the Cavalier backfield inland auarterback Bob Lncom cot laas ihot DursunL Herman a Hiner the other final ncriod the second oiiartpr with a 17 vard iStandiil IX 1U Vcl cilLVL inu tu ill ill GJril iNc 1 I himcAif Hit tho miridio nn a cnrot ifmally nailed him from behind1 Granam and Lincoln between heave to Tom Doolev to the Rich 111(1 conversion rnmwnvi Ann avaiv rr inn ouxHMHirtu xlirom one yard out for the tally i11 Today with his team leading 6 0 in the second quarter Sumner caught a punt on his 7 faked a respectively How fleet backs' doubtless were handicapped by the heavy going On a number of occasions the slippery field downed runners that seemed throw a scare into the powerful here today with a 20 0 victory a touchdown Gardner passed to vtaHnrcf TTa brnVa Innco nr i i it i 4L 4 vml ithe aeles led 13 0 scrimmage and raced to the After the two teams had played Bridgewater ended the scoring Clintwood zb fnat was as tar on ppn crms me firs( period midway the fourth quarter when 4ft 1 ft DftU at 'z ft feCf' 4 WL 7 A UW1 W9 ffT IMIl Jpw hM few BD mBMI ss mH Z'x 1 "'f Bs 3Z i to 1.