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THE ROANOKE TIMES SPORTS SPORTS ROANOKE VIRGINIA SUNDAY MORNING OCTOBER 24 1954 ifteen Gobblers Take 6 0 Victory Over Cavaliers Cranwell Jones Scores or Tech (Continued on Pace 18) Duke Topples Wolfpack 21 7 Bob Pascal Scores Twice or the sur (Times Photo) Grover Jones Takes Pass rom Bill Cranwell or Lone Score In Tech Virginia Contest the Unbeaten West Virginia Thumps VMI 40 6 Keydets March 55 Yards Randolph Macon or TD In Third Quarter Rips Hopkins 27 0 Jones Pence Brothers Star Yellow Jackets Chalk Up ifth or Bridgewater Straight Lead Conference Unl Continued on Pae? 18) A All LONE (OLN1I nine i converted again The Scores (Continued on Page 18) (Kr) (Continued on Page 18) ''C) Hampden Sydney Spanks 7 estern Maryland 38 6 9 Atlantic of the Hampden Sydney and Western Maryland with the locals holding a 4 0 edae in the scries The fifth game last year was a scoreless tic 'I he Kame winning touchdown eame in the third quarter after Mountaineer be just about first victory Victory Sta losses and a ths WES LR Md Ort 23 Hampden Sydney used a ucccssiul combination ot biogen held running and power plays here today to wallop Western arylands football team ror tne irst time 38 6 Sk The Blue lavs "ho last week upset Hampden Sydney 14 13 jwv er on Id get their single wing in the third quarter on a 55 vard drive with rank Box ley slamming over from the two foi the tomhdown West Virginia rolled up a 28 0 advantage by early In the third period before Art Lewis pulled out mis regulars Before it was all over each team had cleared its bench The Mountaineers received the opening kickoff and stomped up field 62 yards in six plays for the Initial touchdown Quarterback bred wyant made tne score on an 18 yard skip over right tackle and hick Donaldson kicked the point A march of 84 yards on eight plays accounted for the next tally as soon as the West Virginians got heir hands on the ball again Joe Marconi the fullback smashed wer from the two and Donaldson A RULES IM Mil ION seri ously hurt a golden scoring oppor trinity of in the fourth quarter Beard was called on to carry with the ball resting on th Cavalier 24 with fourth down and eight to go Beard did all that was required struggling to th seven before being derailed bv two Cavaliers Barry razee Roanoke fresh man picked up a yard but mate was guilty of clipping draw ing a 15 yard penalty ball be Virginia's most serious scoring threat failed EK'S first score came after it took the ball on Gal laudet's 30 where halfback Willis had punted out ot bounds rank Pence end in a mouse trap play off tackle ran the 30 yards to scoie Gallaudet tied up the score 7 7 in the second when right guard Jacobs pounced on a Bridgewater fumble on the Bridgewater 46 Eiglit plays later quarterback La Rosa drove over from the three vard line after a drive highlighted bv Neil Battle's line buck and a 10 yard pass La Rosa to Lynch THE JAC stalling back field quartet of Bob Lincoln Char ley Nuttycombe Bernie Pinchbeck and John Graham were chiefly responsible for the 329 yards MC picked up on the ground and all four took part in the seming Lincoln a fteshman directing the club with the coolness of a veteran from the key quarterhack post scored once himself from three yards out and passed six yards to halfback Charley Nutty combe for another Nuttycombe tallied the first Jacket six pointer early in the first period by taking a pitchout from Lincoln and" galloping seven yaids Bernie Pinchbeck the leading scorer broke loose on a 24 yard jaunt to bring his touch down total for the season to seven and John Graham the fullback and fourth member of the start ing backfield booted two of three extra point attempts Pinchbeck kicked the third WASHINGTON Oct 23 (API Bridgewater scored early and then put over a winning third quarter touchdown today to defeat the Gallaudet eleven 14 7 The Virginians lost no lime In faking command On the opening kickoff Jim Smith took the ball on the Hampden Syd ney 7 and raeed 93 yards for the touchdown Gabel Hives kirked the first of five extra points The Gobblers departed for Blacksburg with thoughts of at least a slice of the Atlantic Coast Conference championship Vir ginia was the last obstacle in the path of the Techmen to a sweep of four games with ACC members North Carolina State Wake rr est Clemson and now Virginia failed in attempts to halt the Hokies TecJuopened its scoring march soon alter a clipping penalty had wiped out the longest run of the afternoon a 77 yard punt return by Henry Strempek Beard bumped the Cavalier flyer outside on the Tech 13 but when the officials had finished with their duties the bail was back on eight Martinex Gonzales Battle To Rough Draw MARCONI MARKED IT the 16000 fans who turned watch the game in IRIEN JENKINS got off a couple nice runs moving the ball to 41 but Tech held and Ray Quillen kicked to Billy An derson who ran back to the Tech 27 Dave Ebert and Don Divers chipped in with runs of 15 and 18 yards respectively and then Cran well passed to end Tom Petty who grabbed the ball just before going outside on the Virginia 20 Cranwell then made a beautiful fake handoff hold onto the ball and faded until he spotted Jones crossing the goal The throw was one of those high looping affairs and arched into the arms of the delighted PHOENIX Ariz Oct23 (AD Jiminv Martinez and Pedro Gon zales wind milled to a 10 round draw before a national television audience tonight in one of th best middleweight fights seen here in several years Martinez weighed 156 Gonzales 160 rom the opening bell when Martinez Arizona middleweight champion from Glendale Arlz bounced out of his comer slugging till the final bell they must have thrown a million punches Gon zales is from Rankin Pa Twice during the furious action the two became so involved with each other they failed to hear the bell Handlers had to vault into the ring to stop the action They were toe to toc at the finish and went 30 seconds or so before the referee finally heard the bell and jumped between them There were no knockdown and neither man was cut Late in the period the visitors struck paydirt again with Carl Sommardahl intercepting red Walker's pass on the Western Maryland 42 and going all the way for the score Rives con verted again With about half of the second quaitcr over Rives kicked a field coal 17 yards out And Just before loan 12 Chrk 13 Southeast 1 fourth Mountaineer TD early In the third quarter just before Lew is yanked his first stringers The big redericktown Pa junior an All American candidate spurted 10 yards up the middle on a de layed buck to polish off a 68 yard march Not a Kcydet laid a hand on him Huff converted VMI found the depth situation to Some out to summer like weather were pre dominately API Ter Ii locals never had an opportunitv to rnjov that comfortable feeling that comes with ide point margins SOPHOMORE ILL IN or In jured regular backs played key roles in the touchdown produc tion a march covering 73 yards Bill Cranwell Richlands quar terback who spelled Johnny Dean yesterday heaved the payoff aerial and Grover Jones Rich mond sophomore took the throw over the heads of a couple Cava lier defenders in the end zone Dickie Beard only backfield regular in operation yesterday missed his try for an extra point and that was finis so far as scor ing was concerned PITTSBURGH Ort 23 (API Quarterback Jimmy sensa tional passing and the aecurat toe of Ed Kissell gave the levence hungry Pittsburgh Steelers a 17 7 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles tonight and put them into a tie with the Eagles for the East ern Division in the National oot ball league inks threw a 52 yard touch down to end Elbie Nickel in th third quarter and set up Lynn 5 yard touchdown run in the final quarter Kissell kicked a 2 yard field goal and converted tune A crowd of 39075 largest of anv NL football game at orbes saw the Steelers gain their fourth victory in five games and get revenge for the 24 22 setback at the hands of the Eagles two weeks ago In Philadelphia PhiUdelphl 0 0 2 1 Pittsburgh 0 3 7 Philadelphia gcormr: Touchdown Plhos Conversion Walston KAbursh sconnff! Tourhdownir HirkeL Chandnois Conversions Kissell 3 tld goal Kissell lost to the West Virginia Mountaineers 40 6 Mountaineer quarterback red Wyant (11) moves in as Gene La they (64) and Sam Huff (75) come up from behind (Times Photo) Colbr 20 )' nairn baritnoMih 18 Harvard 7 I toi ros Kotn fitt II Northwester! Ifmnk Brown II Bv ROB ROEMER Tunes Sports Writer RI UPIELD Va Oct Undefeated West Virginia verrtfv mowed down Virginia Military Institute 40 6 here today in ia same that went pictty ell accoiding to foim The powerful Mountaineers lOth ranked team in the nation scored in every period to chalk up their fourth straight victory 27 WmI lrrniA Mea I aha a Sli tr 7 Louisiana Al Arkanag 8Ult 0 Bow di I 13 Ba If (1 Purrlu) Mirhitan Alala LS (Continued on ace 15) Mirhitl 11 AirlruHnral 11 Delaware 23 (Tnnrrticut 7 MinWTT a 4 Rv IIAROIR WIMMER Times Sports Editor Virginia Gobblers remain in the ranks of the undefeated and untied football teams this morning thanks to close 6 0 victory over a very tough band of Cavaliers from ths University of Virginia in Victory Stadium yesterday Tech essentially a took the air for its second quarter touchdown and then played out the remainder of the gam sitting on the slim lead Steelers Win 17 7 Verdict rom Eagles STA1 Virslnia West Virginia 10 VMI fi llaninden Svrinrv JIM Maryland Slafp 5 KsndftiDh Maron tonnk unpumi Rridnew a ter 11 GaJIaHdct ir in ia St te Hampion A SOUTH North arnbna IL Mak nrt 7 3 Genrtia lech I a 20 The Clladrl 13 Tulane lorida Stain 0 MHson iske WOOLWINE TAKES UTILE Kcydet quarterback Dave Woolwinc reels off a futile 20 yard run (it was called back on penalty) in the first period of yesterday's scme y'hich VMI 4 New Britain Tetrlier Juantla 31 lHckinnn A Mansfield State State Tearher A Thiel 2t VVahlnKton A Je rrmnnt 41 Norwich Westminster It (rneva A a nrsburn 23 St Nirireni Geltvtburc 31 Muhknbcrc Bucknell 7 LafA'ttc 0 Swarthmore 2t ort pplvnlr Boll in (AB) 13 Uk) TTih a ni American International GO Brldienrt 2i wuntr 1 Brockport Tchrs IL Cortland 12 dlr) Grove (Jtv (Ta) 25 Aththmv 19 Indiana (a State 20 (lari Stair 10 Wf Mtmin ler (fa) II Geneva A California (a) Tchrs 3L Sllppr (Pa) 13 Delaware I Connecticut 7 relllzh 33 Rlltrrr 13 Hamilton 13 Haverfnrd Alhrirht 22 I rankhn 4 Ullker 11 Trenton Millersville 20 National Boston Collete 41 Springfield oi nc 11 2 Princeton 0 Naw VJ Penn Armv 67 (nlumhia Nru Hamnvhirr 2t Br Lhode Island 46 Hofatra It I orhrler Lt Kln Pmnt 7 1 cacnen Ln It was over Virginia in dium after seven tie had been written into the records of the nine game set RALEIGH NC Oct 23 SAP) Halfback Bob Pascal scored two touchdowns one on a 52 yard dash off tackle as Duke came from behind to defeat a stubborn North Carolina State team tonight 2 1 7 In the Blue first Coast Conference game season A crowd of 10200 saw prising State team take the open ing kickoff and roil 58 yards for a touchdown with halfback John Zubaty crashing over from three on a reverse Guard D'Angelo converted Heavily favored Duke tied score early in the second period by driving 65 yards with Pascal going over from the two Guard Jim Nelson converted the first of three extra points On the fourth play in the third period the speedy Pascal a junior from Bloomfield NJ shot over right tackle and outdistanced two State defenders to score on a 52 yard run Duke scored its final touchdown late in the third period on a 62 yard pass play from quarterback Jerry Barger to halfback Ed Post Duke' 0 7 14 a 51 NC 7 0 Dukf scoring Touchdown ascfcl 1 Post Conversions Nelson 3 NC State scorlns: Touchdown Xubtfr Conversion D'Anselo The Mountaineers who gained 491 yards during their afternoon's work before a crowd of 11500 at Mitchell ield required another eight plavs to move 80 yards for their third marker late Tn the setond quarter It all started when Wyant inter cepted Dave pass in the end zone for an automatic touchback: With Harry Sweeney passing 32 yards to left end Max Ludwis and Marconi tearing oil a 40 yard end run the Southern Conference champions were soon on the VMI two Sweenev piled over left tackle for the touchdown and Sam stabah i kick made it 21 0 at half time Cavaliers Come Through With Some Stellar Defensive Work ASHLAND Oct 23 Randolph Maron's surprlsIng Yellow Jackets exhibiting a crushing ground attack and a stout idefense wallojied Johns Hopkins 27 0 to the delight of 3000 homecoming fans brie at Day ield this afternoon The victory was the fifth straight for Coach Talil Severin's forces and moved the Jackets to the top of the ladder In the Mason Dixon Conference football race Mountaineers Stick To Ground Attack or Six Of Counters THE DR IT RING was admmis ered as Western Maryland saw ts football great Dick Harlow in ucted into the games han ot ame at halftime ceremonies Har ow was honored for his service as poach here Penn State Colgate nd Harvard He is now an ad visory coach at WM Todays win was Hampden ydney's first of the season after howinc little in previous games defense of its 1953 Mason Dixon Conference crid title The Vir bintans hntvrri tn Inhns Wnnkins 1 13 last Saturday and had lost the gun Jim overDy mog a pass io Richmond and Emory and from Bill Lehew 17 yards out and tenrr I It was the sixth meeting ot I (Continued on ags 19) Tn fact the 'Cavnlieis were in scoring territory in jig Lime after the kickoff which followed Tech's scoie Strempek received on the 10 and was derailed on 42 after almost breaking past the last VPI defender Virginia could make little head way through the Tech defense and elected to take to the air with a reasonable dcgiee of success Rives Bailey best quarterback of the three who played completed several short passes moving the Cavaliers to first down on the Tech 15 A run by Herbert Hartwell was good for three but again the Tech line rose to the occasion and stopped the Cavaliers' running attack on the 12 On fourth down Bailey aimed a pass at Strempek but the ball was out ot reach in the end 'zone Thus what turned out to Eagles Defeat Gallaudet 14 7 Passing Combine (coma Auhurn offord Hau i rrt Mihslnpl Stale IL Alabama 7 North Carolina (nllece Marylan 7 (he) Alhanv Slila A 1 astern Kentnrky Ji Morehead State 7 Sewiner SI A urns tine 9 fa yeti a Teh rs 7 Allen 83 Sha fi 7 'd iMfe 1 Ml II A nr IT A Ml 11 1 fl I ter 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