The Roanoke Times from Roanoke, Virginia • 15

THE ROANOKE TIMES SPOR TS SPORTS ROANOKE VIRGINIA SUNDAY MORNING OCTOBER 17 1954 ifteen Herb Hartwell Returns VMI Kick off To 21 Yard Line Bob Jordan VMI Back Carries Grieco And Yohe Virginians Win Rice Is Upset Beard Workhorse Lead 14 7 Victory Mustangs By 21 0 Margin In 19 12 Verdict Methodist Grabs or Hampden Sydney 20 6 Decision i Richmond 26 run of 59 yards conduct spiked Lamoine Scholastic Scores Wnndberrj I ores! 4L Saturday's Results 6 IS the (Continued on Page 13) 50 Notre Dame Squeezes By Michigan State a ighting to that threat is 0 0 (Continued on Pars ll (Continued on Page 13) Jt wx 0 7 14 Of throe Reserve mis ted snphnmnre off sizable Big That left the I a crew with right half Dickie Beard to spearhead the assault and that's exactly he did EXCEPT OR A few brief scor ing sallies the game was played between the 30 yard lines as both sides had trouble getting any sus tained drives underway Hopkins struck quickly for its last touchdown as Steers passed to Wood on the midfield stripe just two plays after Hampden Sydney tallied Wood outrunning two Tiger defenders to the goal line This time Watts had to kick the extra point twice and both were perfect His first effort was crossed but by the officials after Hopkins was detected offside but Watts then repeated perfectly from the eight and Hopkins led 14 6 after three quarters Hampden Sydney had one more touchdown in its system and it was scored on a fluke play rushing leader Marj He car for 99 yards (NC) 11 7 BALTIMORE Oct 16 (AP) A Jumbled pass from center by Hampden Sydney on an attempt ed extra point gave Johns Hop kins its first football victory of the season here today 14 13 Back John Steers scoring one touchdown himself and passing to halfback Barrier Wood in a 65 yard play for another led the Hopkins attack Dick Watts con verted the deciding extra points 7 7 JO 0 Touch 81 121 10 9 Rlvei Einrein ALL SCORING was done in the first half with VPI fighting back to erase a 12 6 deficit midway through the second quarter Quarterback Johnny Dean who scored the Gobblers' first touch down at 1:50 of the first period twisted an ankle shortly there after and had to be carried off the field on a stretcher Halfback Howie Wright was similarly in jured a few plays earlier Roth sat out the remainder of the game Nicdbala' got' another first on the 31 Gatling addedmore Nicdbala slammed With four minutes left in the half Virginia started its nest fruitful drive Halfback Henry WHILE THE first half was a wide open free scoring affair the final two periods were Just the opposite a contest between two lines trying to outcharge each Other Scoring in the first period opened when Dean on a quarter back keep started on the Rich mond 32 swept wide to his light and followed good Interference across the Spider goal Beard's 12 yard sprint brought the ball into scoring position from near midfield A bad pass from center prevented kicking the extra point Driving and spinning the Cum berland Md junior wheeled off 140 yards in 19 carries only 38 yards short of the total rushing yardage registered by Richmond i Beard sprinted 59 yards to set up one touchdown and scored an other on a 12 yard pass from Billy Cranwell Dean's replace ment irst downs Ruihinn rclap Passing yardace Passes attempted Passes completed Passey intercepted br Punts Puntfnr sverage umbles lost Yards penalized RICHMOND HELD to a fourth down at midfield shortly after elected to try for necessary' yards and quarteiback Tom Theodose wound up reeling oft seven to VPI's 39 Lou Wacker the main offensive weap on all year added eight and six Then fullback rank Pajaczkow flat pass down on six and runnihg plav gained a first down on the 48 Hartwell who had picked up vital yardage at times earlier in the game when it appeared the Virginia offense was going to bog down stepped in at this point and chipped in with six yards After Gatling gained a yard Hartwell pounded to 38 for a first down Strempek made five and Clarke worked the keep play again for a first down on the 25 Gatling added five more In three straight carries Hartwell took the ball to the Keydet 4 Dvorak made three to the 1 and then lugged the ball across on the following Play Virginia had appeared headed for a touchdown midway the first quarter This first drive started as soon as Clarke entered the game at quarterback Hartwell gained nine yards to advance the ball to the Virginia 41 Hartwell then shot over into VMI territory for a first down on the 47 He hit the right side to the 43 and car rying the ball for the fourth suc cessive time got to the 38 Clarke sneaked through the line for a first down on the 31 After Gatling dived over into territory' to the 45 Kelley Is Named Pro At Hermitage Stiempek moved the ball four yaids to Virginia's 38 Herman Catling alternating with Hof fer at fullback made a first dumi on the 4 4 After a Bailee Pass was incomplete Strempek hit the right side to midfield and VMI Halfback Stan Knowles split the uprights after touch down The contest was even more lop sided than the sente would indi cate VMT going down to its third setback against two victories never moved inside the Virginia 30 yard line and collected just 71 yards rushing to 247 amassed by the: speedy Cavaliers whose only loss ma me last week at the hands of powerful Penn State Virginia picked tin 20 first downs while limiting VMI to five Joe down eight over light tackle to the 15 and Gatling got another first down on the 5 Nicdbala was stopped a foot from the goal On the next play Bailey fumbled and fullback Nick Servidio recovered for 'VMT VMI was offsides Bailey rammed into the end zone for the touchdown and Knowles convert ed to give Virginia a 14 0 half time advantage first and dis announcemenb Dr Thomason time would be named permanent basis and no other ap plications were being considered Colgate 13 nrtni(iu1h 7 lordhsm 7 oith Maryland 33 North Carol Jliilwsr in the list quieter Yobe one of the finc' pros pects to hit Williamsburg in re cent years took a kickoff on bis own 3 and rabbited it back 60 yards Io the Rutgers 37 But hat drive fizzled too as Grirco fumbled ith lime running out in (he gam" Jiiriiiell started ham mering into the VMI line again anti the Cavaliers stormed 89 yards in 'i plivs Bill Dvorak' a substitute hail back ripped into the end zone from the 1 4 7 NOT UNTIL TIME was running out did the Cavaliers muster an other sustained drive This one started on the ll Niedbala con tributed five yards and Galling got a first down on the 24 After Niedbala failed to gain Gatling picked up four end Clarke shot a to Jenkins for a first the 35 Gatling added Strempek two Clarke onv the optional keep AN UNNECESSARY roughness penalty against Richmond chipped in to help the Gobblers to the nine rom there it easy Billy Anderson and Cranwell got in as far ss the three and Beardadded a yard for fourth down on the two But Anderson wheeled off right tackle to score Beard kicked the point that put Tech ahead to stay Leo Burke's recovery of Wack er's fumble on the Richmond 47 set the final VPI touchdown in motion Cranwell passing couldn't spot a receiver but he shook away to run to the 36 Dave Ebert Techsfastest back ran right end to the25 and Cranwell smacked over left guard to the 17' Beard ran left end to the eight with only a minute left in the half After an offside penalty set the Gob blers back on the 13 Beard gained a yard and Cranwell fired an in completed pass HE INDIANS cashed their tie breaking counter on another long explosive run this time bv Yohe an 18 year old sophomore He took the ball on the first play of the second quarter knifed through left tackle and raced 78 yards to hoist William and Mary to a 14 7 edee ennell a slender signal caller nearly generated a tie in a one man exhibition with only a few minutes remaining in the game He hit on five of eight passes to nronel Rutgers from its own 38 to William and Mary's 5 where the unsportsmanlike conduct penalty Kllfrll (111 4 I IP PM i I There was lit tle to choose be 1 tween the teams in total offense The Indians racked no 116 yards on the ground and 124 in the while Rutgers picked up 112 rushing and 100 on passing' Grieco and Yohe were in middle of two other long drives that fell short of paydirt in the second half CitKhnrth 21 I 'l Burkn ll nltimhla 7 Harvard 6 Bouton Vniversitv II 5 Georae Waihlnrtun Mlddleburv 7 Kates 7 i rille hr nr 1'4 Oberlin 12 Mnkincum 2ft Wash A leff California (Pa) 13 fehinne njbnrr 7 Wavneshurr 3( Weal irrini lerh Thirl Hethanr Yohe was (he for illiam and ried 14 times Grieco a 5 foot 1 80 pounder connected on 5 of 12 nasses for 12 4 yards while lack ennell of Rutgers who nearly knotted the score by himself in a last ditcti push against the clock account ed for JOO yards on 1 1 out of 19 20 19 Spartans Miss Late Extra Point GRIECO a diminutive quarter back who alternately was goat and star and Yohe a track star clicked off runs of 86 and 78 yards respectively to even olf the In season record at two vic tories and two defeats An alumni day crowd of about 9500 saw Rutgers grab a 7 0 lead in the first quarter as Steve Johnson barged through the cen ter of the William and Mary line to score from the 24 after recover ing a fumble by Grieco now mired in its saddest season since the war with a 0 4 record threatened to tie the came in the waning moments of the final quarter but a 15 yard penalty for unsportsmanlike the drive orte Wllllami Perk IX Ull Pa I Ta iarzkow kl and George Riggs tore runs to the five pnunded tn the three and then vaulted over the middle to put the Spiders ahead But Sgro's kick was high and wide By CHUCK CAPALDO NEW BRUNSWICK NJ Oct 16 Two long lightning like touchdown thrusts by a pair of speed Al Grieco and Jack catapulted William and Mary to a 14 7 decision over winless Rutgers today Hopkins Edges Tigers 14 13 HOUSTON Ort '16 (AP) Southern Methodist's Mustangs combined second half goal line stands with the passing of Duane Nutt ami the running of Don Mcllhenny tonight to open their Southwest Conference campaign with a 20 6 victory that main tained their Houston jinx over the Rice Owls A crowd of 63500 saw Nutt throw three touchdown passes after the Owls had taken a 6 0 first' quarter lead The powerful Mustang line then provided bril liant second half protection by stopping Rice threats on the SMU 7 4 and 4 yard lines touchdown tosses to half back Mcllhenny and ends Doyle Nix and Ed Bernet climaxed drives of 83 80 and 37 yards The clever SMU quarterback mixed his passes effectively with the running of Mcllhenny and halfback rank Eidmu Mcllhenny had a net of 108 yards in 23 carries Eldom 97 in 20 Rice got its lone touchdown midway in the owning period on a 42 yard pass from quarteiback Pinky Nisbet to end 1 Holland Bernet kicked (wo nut extra points for SMU quarterback Phil Harris on lone attempt Smirhrn 0 Rb (I nni nern MPrnnn xr irnr tr downs Mcllhenny Nix ernet Conver sicns 2 Rico coring: Touchdown Holland HVETMELL MHO rever scored himself biggest gun as the Cavaliers put on three sustained marches that brought them their third triumph of the season before a crowd of 17000 Three different players did theMouchdown making to climax drives of 65 66 and 89 yards End Ray Quillen put the Cav aliers ahead by taking quarter back Whitey Clarke's pass on a play covering 39 yards in the early minutes of the second stanza Minutes laler Virginia lamblcd £6 yards wilih quarterback Rives Bailey sneaking into the end zone Grieco fumbled to set up Rut first touchdown on his own 40 Rutgers spurted its way to the 24 from where Johnson who re covered Grieco's fumble blasted through the middle to the end zone Grieco wasting litth time mak ing up his miscue snared the en suing kickoff on the 14 and scam pered right up the middle of the field for an 85 yard touchdown run By BOB ROEMER Time Sport Writer RICHMOND Oct 16 Operating most of the game without two of their most explosive offensive stars Virginia Tech's Gobblers managed to remain among the nation's undefeated college powers b1? nipping Richmond University 19 12 before a near capacity crowd of 22000 at Richmond Stadium SOUTH BEND Ind Oct 16 AP None Dames Irish trailing 13 0 after 12 min utes outlasted Michigan State 20 19 as the underdog Spartans missed an extra point in the final 65 seconds of a rain soaked thrill er todav Battling vigorously to prevent modern Notre Dame disgrace of losing four straight to the same team the Irish rallied for tonchi downs in each of the last three periods and staggered to victory Anlv brnqiirn faileri to convert after a diamatlc closing touchdown Gobblers Have Close Call With Richmond's Spiders On th? next play Beard waa in the elcvr shortly over center Cranwell whistled the bail his way Dickie ea light it and whirled over the line There was 30 seconds left in the half By ROBERT MOORE CHARLOTTESVILLE Oct 16 Virginia's offense set tn motion Ty bruising Herbert Hartswell was far too much for Virginia Military Institute here today as the Cavaliers celebrated their home coming with a 21 0 football victory over the Kcydets fghhnrn IRST QUARTER Virginia Tech won the toss and ski got off a beautiful spinning 'elected to receive Bob Sgro's kick run to tlie four After the VPIiWent to Howie right on the 15 line threw back one attempt bIe rau Wacker smacked over from the Uxkie Beaid and light made three to tie the score i short gains over the middle Beard Burly Bob Sgro's kick was wide jn foi't end the scoie was knotted at (i nll spider 52 uo plays Mater quar raiaezkowski a hard running I terback Johnn Dean Kept ball fullback from South River NJ i ecovered fumble on the' VPI 35 later in the same quarter! and it looked with Tech crippled' as it was that th Spiders were off to the races Biil'ri 12 112 ion 21 11 3 9 36 2 35 (Times Photo) Punt Back Against Virginia RICHMOND Oct 15 (AP) 12 210 29 15 3 357 7 25 TA I William A Majj 14 Rutger 7 luhns Hopkin dner ViriinU 21 VMI Shepherd 40 Newport New Appi School 11 a dnlph nn JI HrMrewgler North Carohn Cn1o 17 Vli State Hampton nit 2 intnnnem AH' on Cranwell holding for Beard's conversion bobbled the ball scooped it up and ran left end crossing the goal But lhe of ficials ruled Cranwell knee was on the ground when he received the ball from center Most of the second half was fought out in the midfield area but as time wore on VPI kept pressing the Spiders back At th final gun the Gobblers wme on their foe three yard line The victory was Tech's over a Southern Conference Big Six rival after having posed of three straight Atlantia Coast Conference teams ran right end for touchdown Bad center pass fouled up extra point try Time on TD 1:50 Dean's kickoff to George Riggs on 22' returned to 35 Three ground plays gave Richmond flrt down on 46 Richmond was held to fourth down on VPI 46 Tom Theodose over tackle for first idown on 39 Louis Wacker Spid leading ground gainer picked up eight yards Wacker over guard to 25 ullback rank Pajaczkow ski got off beautiful spinning run I around right end to the four Wacker smacked over from the 3 It was time for Beard to begin Sgro's kick was wide atoning for his fumble The see Sgro kickoff to Billy Ander ond quarter was just about four son on 30i returned to 32 Pajacz minutes old and both offenses (towski recovered Beard's fumble were sputtering Only the sensa jOn vpi 35 Riggs made first down tional punting of Tom Petty who inside 25 Wacker ran right end averaged 40 yards for the night to 13 and a first down Dean in scemcd to be keeping Tech from jured on play was carried oft straddling its own goal 'field Riggs swept wide tn lft The ball was on Tech's 17 whenireached 5 PajcknwW got first Beard popped through the llhe'down on 3 and then vaulted over fi wrMiiH ws eklpr Tuiddl for TD Bern a kick wtda stiff armed another sprinted cut i and away he went down to tbl ennell connected on passes of 14 12 7 13 and 4 yards and ran another 7 but lhe penalty sent the ball back on the 15 Two more passes went Incomplete Co captaln Jerry Sazie a 6 footl 220 pound tackle from Irvington NJ adjacent to Newark kicked both extra points and impressed on defense along with Bill Mar fizo 6 2 200 pounder from Wind ber Pa who plays jlist about every position on the lineEach recovered a Rutgers fumble WILLIAM AM) MARY 14 Lffl Cox miry Ipft larklrs Szln Tucker Lpfi kub rd Coibfti Centers Cardamone Mrfiro Tucker Right guards Scoit Hicks akirunskt RUht tackle Shies Rchauback Right emes Grlco Left halfbacks Yohe Martin RiahL halfbacks Sumner Herrmann Hornsby Henley RVTGRS 7 Lefi elber arrell eft tackles Marco Muliowney Left Horten Howard DesanUs Jim enripll hHii Bosrow Hammer Mursr Rieht tac Blumenstock Ri'Kbt Mitlehnur I) Andrea Quai (erbacks John ennell Galyas Ho Rftdo left Redman MastrolH" Moinies Rishi Johnson lannncri Laverty william Mary 7 7 Rutgers 7 0 William and Mary scoring: Touchdowns Grieco Vohe Conversions Szio 2 Rut ears scoring Touchdown Johnson vonvcrsion nosacio TH 1 WAsM 10 116 124 J3 5 0 5 2ft 2 10 lehi'h Gettvsbarr 6 hinhta 0 Lvcomlnr Klnr Point 76 Wagner Williams 77 Rnwdlnl1 Nrthslern 39 Ilnfstr IX Onr 33 Mnnlrlair ft Et (Pa) franklin A lltlrrirl 7 Atcie 15 SnsQaehanija "6 Buffalo PMC 77 ft Rfnnmshurr 4 ifiHnf namHiHH 11 rrs the lift it needed but! vii Jcouldn convert into points 'wete si mckinon ii Hermitage president made the: MA virrtnia flrsrh smuhflilfl rr ii Ctranbr 1 HonwHI 13 KCllCy In Maury 4O Nnrvtrw 11 nrn on a Cra dork 1 3 Smjih Norfolk 7 PIU VU IVachinitnn 41m nrfrl rrlerhurg 7 Varin 12 Rlarktlnn Graham iRInflHd Va) 19 PocahonHi 6 THE LOSERS drove to the Hopkins five after three minutes of the fourth quarter aided by pass interference against Hopkins on lhe latter's 20 They lost the ball on downs at the five how ever and Hopkins was cruising smoothly up field and into Hamp den Sydney territory when end Ronnie Henry grabbed a deflected pjtch ouc on the Tiger 44 and went the 56 yards for a touch down Steers missing a last ditch tackle for Hopkins on the 25 iMimrx vnxiv 13 Henrr Glacock Overby Key Cn Tarklea razer Mead McVey Boyd Smith Wells Lee Tlgmo A Bryant Tew runon Barks Poland Iehew Deenny Smith Bryant Hawkins holer Sommadahl Leafes IOHNR HOPKINS 1 Whfstky Dunn Gibson (lose 4 a Guards McGraw Wright Sabina Walk er Cohen Goldberg Wood Gallagher Keim Graser Bark WattA Steers Lawrence Wood Aiianare Batt Pott Mesko Hafnoden Sydney 0 Johns Hopkins 3 HE I VI I S'! its I downs Rushing yaidaee Passing yardage Passes sms Punts Punllna average Turn ole Inst Yaids penalized THE SPUNKY little quarter Iat" 1 t'V Arn 1a am ia am km it miles north of here hit end Larry Pones with a jump pass on the rm cniie Indians 18 late in the third quar ter ones raced all the way to Rutgers Ifi where he was hroucht down from behind by Bob Red Notre Dame off its feet in the n1av 7n rri opening period with two touch two line plays and an incom downs by halfback Clarence Peaks iplet cd pass by Grieco wrote finis is conin on a 4 yard run and a 46 yard scoring pass from Earl Morrall to end John Lewis Planutis converted after the first score but missed after the second and again after Bert Zaacrs romped 14 yards for the (third Spartan touchdown in the closing seconas TttrT 'jn S't 13 0 7 7 VMl'S BIGGEST threat came In the opening quarter with Vir ginia holding a 7 0 advantage Quarterback Dave Woolwine re turned a Virginia kick to the Cavalier 3f but after halfback Joe Moody got two yards two Woolwine passes fell incomplete and another line buck was stopped on the Cavalier 33 After being denied a touchdown when a 63 yard drive ended with Hartwell's jumble near the goal line: Virginia struck finally for the touchdown that put them ahead a few minutes later Starting on their 35 substitute halfback Ronnie Jenkins picked up four and fullback Steve Hof fer shot around right end all the way to 39 for a 22 yard gain Clarke then passed to Quil len who took the ball on lhe 10 and stepped into the end zone for the touchdown Galloway's man riday at the Hermitage Country Club here for 19 years today was named the club's acting golf professional Dr Rudolph Thomason After the Irish seemingly had the game under control with two touchdowns by halfback Joe Heap in the second and third periods and halfback Paul" Reynolds in the fourth Michigan State struck 58 yards for a third Spartan touchdown in two plays Thus' with 1:05 left fullback Jerry Planutis of Michigan State had it in his kicking foot to tie the score But his kick went wide of the! jtijdi ino lilt jnsn 'eun 1 iicjr I inRfnw Hrfm 1 A two touchdown underdog ri tew' zvr con eanwu jqUf i Ma a ar nrln Taii am ah LI a I iMichljan State nearly piayed 2 rC7Dcg conwsiw ecbiehr MlMloIppI 31 Tuhn 7 Morran Slat 20 Hnward 7 Tugke ft Knnxvill (ti) WtMern Kenliirky 11 5orth4il (La Centre It Southwestern MVmphli) 'nrin varoiui A I ly jh ftlarvnd State 4ft ayetteville riiliroid II Lenoir Rhne 1 I lorld Normal 13 Claflin SC) MII)Ef Ohio State low 1 4 UikconuHi Purdue fi Michigan 7 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