The Roanoke Times from Roanoke, Virginia • 17

THE ROANOKE TIMES SPORTS SPORTS Seventeen ROANOKE VIRGINIA SUNDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 7 1954 Downs Waynesburg VMI Rolls Over The Citadel tat (Times Photos) Turn Back Jackets 13 9 yard sprint by Dickie Beard ootball Scores left was 1 home over a three year period who till AU 4UI A 1 1 UV zx four more yards before the time element made a pass compulsory (Continued on Page 22) 4 xe jr flfl 1v A A Phil the eight yard pass to end Ronnie Gall for the scoic yards and a toucndown Brazell and Caskey together ac a pass and was escorted by 10 teammates for "9 yards y'f Each side came up with three of its fumbles but The Citadel failed to convert breaks into points VMI turned one re covered bobble into a touchdown and another into a safety the Tom Virginia appeared readv to threaten again when fullback Steve Hoffer covered a completed Prickett pass that $nd Joe Silas fumbled at the Virginia 33 Sub (quarterback Lefty Clarke passed If the Gobblers had any ideas of touch" those thoughts vanished swiftly as the Jackets outplayed their more highly re garded rivals the first quarter Again it was the all around playing of Beard that stood out for Tech Tiie durable 170 poundcr turned in lus usual of fensive and defensive job and in addition added a couple He threw his first aerial of the season a touchdown to Petty and his first punt rolled outside on the? Waynesburg 2 Howie Wright out most of the time since the Richmond game was a starter and proved instru mental in 1 1 1 Tech on the move in the last half in JEimnden Sydnev 23 Randolph Macon 0 THE ROW or 0 started in the first quarter when Vaughn on a crossbuck from right half cut over left tackle and legged it 53 yards to The Cita 27 where quarterback Dickie Miles managed to spill him Wool wine Mike oley and Vaughn took turns to the 14 but Woolwine had the ball popped out of his hands and into those of a Bulldog who was smeared on the three Citadel fullback Dave Bochnio wich (henceforth referred to as Boch) and Miles crept out of the hole to their 15 where Miles met with misfortune similar to that ofWoolwine Attempting a pitchout to Boch he was hit bv Keydet tackle Charley Byrd The ball sailed past Boch and fine freshman guard Jerry Kress grabbed it on the four only sustained threat came in the fourth quar ter Moving from its 22 to its 31 on a pass interference penalty Virginia steamed up the field on quarterback Rives Bailey's passes He completed throws for 13 to halfback Joe Nicdbala 18 to halfbark Harry Strempek and 12 to end Tucker McLaugh lin The threat was cut off by South Carolina halfback Bill Tarrcr who intercepted a miss at bls eight and ran it out to the 28 RALEIGH NC Nov 13 (API Sophomore halfback George Marinkov snook loose on tm 82 yard kickoff return to lead NC State to a 14 6 victory over Rich mond today before a crowd of 7500 By ROBERT MOOKE WILLIAMSBURG Nov 13 (AP) reddy Wyant one of college trickiest split quar terbacks slipped into the end zone for all three West Virginia touch downs here today to ghe the 16th ranked Mountaineers a 20 6 vic tory over William and Mary and the Southern Conference cham pionship Every West Virginia touchdown was set up on an intercepted pass Wyant the darling of the Moun taineer backfield sneaked over the final stripe on a five yard romp in the dying moments of the sec ond quarter and contributed one yard touchdown drives in each the third and fourth Center Chick Donaldson converted after two of the three touchdowns HAMPDEN SYDNEY Nov Hampden Tigers captuied their second consecutive Mason Dixon Conference football championship heie today by blanking the once beaten Yellow Jackets of Randolph Macon 23 0 Randolph aeon previously I undefeated in conference play Sa Hu a 225 pouml tackle lucked one of passes (Continued on Page 22) Richmond sparked Lv a 30 iard punt runback In halfbark Ban Wagner moved 15 jards for its touchdown midway in the fmai period Santoro passed to end Curler from (lie 6 for touchdown oley on a pitchout from Woolwine circled his right end for the TI) Woolwine converted to give the Lexington lads a 7 0 start VMI drove 75 yards for its sec ond touchdown acquired carb in the second period on a 36 yard pass Wool wine to end Tom Dooley of Salem The Abingdon quarterback kicked his second extra point State end Hairy Lodge played an outstanding defensive game blocked guard Bob extra point kick attempt It was second win of the season against seven losses Die other win was over William and Mary Richmond fifth ranked in the nation on defense now has a 5 3 record Most of the offensive was packed into the final period State was deep in Richmond territory twice during' the first once on the 20 and again After the kickoff Keydet end Ray Collins recovered emie Walker's fumble on the Bulldog 29 apparently an invitation to another six points But after full back Nick Servidio's plunge and a 13 yard Woolwine run knifed In (Continued on Page 22) i ii i OA CftK Dnee Emm mnunll Anri tfinlc RlirnS JuiTIDS To TOSS Virginia Tech And Waynesburg Scores Initial Markers un rasses iom reuy num Tigers Win Wasps Spiders Tribe And Cavaliers Lose Bv HAROLD WIMMER 'I lines Sports Editor MILES STADIUM Blacksburg Nov Virginia Tech's unde rated Gobblers weie battled to a standstill for 30 minutes of their game with tough Waynesburg this afternoon but the Virginian rallied their forces in the last half and won handily 20 6 Tech took to the air for two of its touchdowns and scored the third on a pickoff of a stray Waynesburg aerial combined with a WAYNESBURG one of the giants in the small col lege football circles stepped into higher company today but Tech's 15th national ranking made little impression on the Pennsyl vanians The Yellow Jackets came to Blacksburg boasting a five game winning streak and made a val iant effort to add number six or a little better than 29 min utes the Jackets appeared to have better than a 50 50 chance of upsetting the high riding Gob biers but with 59 seconds le maining of the second quarter Billy pitched a touch down pass to Tom Petty to match the six points hung up by Wayncs buig eailier in the period resh man rank Webster was rushed in for the conversion kick which put Tech ahead for keeps Tech cased the pressure by moving (he second half kickoff 83 yards for a touchdown ami arrived when Beard intercepted Wolfpack lops Richmond Club By 14 6 Score By DEL BOOTH COLUMBIA SC Nov 13 Halfback Mike Caskey WVU Thumps 20 6 By BOB ROEMER Times Sports Writer LEXINGTON Nov Virginia Military Inslituc which has acquired considerable gridiron polish in its last two performances pushed a punchless Citadel team all over Wilson ield here today for a 42 0 Southern Conference victory About 5000 fans watched the fun The Keydets warming up for their traditional Thanksgiving Day encounter with Virginia Tech at Roanoke socked the Bulldogs with the brilliant running of junior halfback Dale Vaughn and the all around generalship of quarterback Dave Woolwine WOOLWINE the 160 pound senior from Abingdon saw reason to throw only four passes during his three quarters of action He connected on three of them and all three went for touchdowns Vauchn a slippery 190 pounder who stands six feet three whacked the middle and ran the ends for 147 yards in 15 carries He was on the receiving end of two of Woolwine's passes and scored a third touchdown on a buck from two yards out All told Vaughn gained 177 yards While the Keydet offense roll ing up more than 400 yards was little short of sensational it was at least equalled by the bone rattling defense The Citadel had to settle for a minus five yards rushing in the first half and added only 40 yards to that in the sec ond half The Bulldogs admittedly weakened by injiiiies over (lie season tried five piwrs who combined for 15 four hit (heir marks for a gain of yards but a like number were snagged by VMI defenders ABILITY to steal Waynesburg's passes proved one of the strong defensive factors ive passes were Intercepted with the final one stopping the Jackets on the Tech one late in the fourth quarter Waynesburg opened its bid for a score midway through the first period and the march paid divi dends on the second play of the second quarter Beazell Waynesburg's i 1 1 1 All back performed in a manner that points to a repeat berth on the honor club His run ning and passing were equally ef fective in providing the Jackets with go go A recovered fumble gave ayneibnrg it scoring oppor tunity and the Pennsylvanian worked lheir way slowly but surely across the goal Cranwell dropped the ball on 26 and reeman letcher lanky Negro end recovered for Waynesburg Three passes by Bea zell moved the Jackets to the five and after Charles William plunged for two Beazell flipped a pass to rank Burns who grabbed It from Cranwell in the end zone Mike Engro nnssed tiy or the extra point but at the time no one was sure it mattered as Waynesburg managed to hold the i Gobblers at bav Tech piescnted a picture of fu tilitv as it failed to score after I having first down on the i eight With fourth down and two to so Cranwell tried a sneak that failed to fool the Jackets The ball went over on the one line held and Stan Mar azsky's kick which traveled only 27 yaids put the Gobblers In good offensive position THIS TIME the Jackets failed I to stop the Hokies Dave Ebert ran twice to advance eight yaids and then Bobby Scruggs went to (he Iff for first down Ebert added WYANT a 195 pound junior from Weston Va was superb but halfback Jack Yohe of Wil liam and Mary gave the home coming crowd of 10000 its gieat cst thrill Yohe a speedy sophomore hauled in substitute fullback Don Wilson's punt 'on the West Vir ginia 44 faked a handoff to quar terback Al Grieco and sped to the goal in the final quarter Tackle Jerry extra point try as partially blocked Wyant Scores All Mountie Touchdowns Losers Stumble After Leading Mountain Staters 19 6 At Half Petty Scores Twice Beard Returns Intercepted Pass or79 YardTD AznntAzi i a urou iri i i i 1 1 i ii plays alone Prickett was credited on tiie but couldn't score with 110 bringing ms maivi 1 Passes Runs Spark ourth Conference Triumph COLUMBIA SC Nov 13 (AP) Halfback Mike Caskev and Carl Brazell South whiz bang scatbacks led the Game cocks in a 27 0 Atlantic Coast Conference football victory over Virginia here today before 19000 Boy Scout Day fans in clear chilly weather Sophomore quarterback Mackie Prickett kept the pump primed with expert signal calling and passing THE TWO IIHrBACKS com bined in 87 62 and 79 yard touchdown thrusts A last minute pass interception (juai yardage leadership to 734 at the Virginia 32 set up the final yards ST 1 1 Pl 211 Wavnfsburr VMI Citadel 0 NC State 11 lllchmond fi South Carolina 27 Virginia ''ra west Virginia 20 William Mary West Virginia Tech 26 Emory Si Hour I ShlDpenshurir 3K 14 Mnons QU Iliimtiinn Inst irglnia btute Norlit Caruhna EAST Army 35 enn Holy Cross 20 ordham 19 Princeton 21 Yale 11 ('nmell 40 Dartmouth 21 'Syracuse 31 Colgate 1 Brown 21 Harvard 21 (Tie) Naw ftl 'Columbia 6 Trinity 2b Wesleyan II state 37 Kutucrs 14 tj Boston College 7 Boston CnlversHy I Kings Point 13 Kings College (Ta) 1 Lock Haven 20 I veomlng Hrslnus 19 Brooklyn College 0 Drwel 26 Coast Guard BuckneH 27 Albright 0 Massae htisetl HL 'lufts 18 Rochester 38 RPl 13 Carnegie Tech 13 Lehigh 1 3 (Tie) Geneva 38 Allegheny Bethany 27 Grove City 0 Xcw Hampshire 18 Springfield Mansfield 4 Millcm Hie 7 Moravian 31 Wigner tl Kutztown 2d Montclair 13 Dickinson 3 Johns Hopkins 6 Hobart 13 Alfred New Britain 26 National Assies 6 Cnion 35 Hamilton Gettysburg 27 Western Maryland 0 Brandeis 52 Buffalo 20 iR Uicl'V'in It 1 I i T6hBreiPfl i 36 Tlrnrknnrt Id 1 IV 4 tn New Haven Teachers 20 American Inter' national 20 CJ lp Delaware 41 Lafayette 7 Haverford 66 Susquehanna 0 (Continued on Page 22) THE MOLEPACK had a 7 6 lead in the closing minutes when pint sized Marinkov who leads the Atlantic Coast Conference in kickoff returns took a Richmond kick on his 13 and raced to the 5 before he was dragged down bv halfbackEd Santoro On the second down Marinkov plunged over from the 1 Guard Al converted the second After Yohe's brilliant run which of the two extra made the score 13 6 William and points Mary threw a scare into the' state rolled 80 raids for a scc Mountaineers who scored their ond period touchdown with quar 16th successive victory away tiom'terback Eddie West flipping an sub halfback Tom for l0 en(j jay QUnien ancj Woodlee swept ivide left for nine halfback Eddie Knowles picked up Onlv 59 seconds remained in the half Cranwell faded back ana pitched to Petty who was ahead of all defenders In the end zone There was no doubt about Web a MONTGOMERY Va Nov 13 With less than a minute remaining in the game end Art Myers grabbed a short pass fiom quarterback Bob Bunuss and scampered 10 yards to break a 19 19 tie with Emory and Henry and give West Virginia Tech a 1j football victory here today Jim airis converted The Burruss to Myers pass capped a fourth period scoring iwiod scoring spurt which saw Tech come from the slioit end of a 19 score to capture the contest 'IJ (H RE( OLRLD two fumbles and intercepted a pass tosetuptneir inrcewurui yciwui co with the Tlgers as scores within the last six minutes roped to a 10 0 halftime lead The Wasps staged a stiff goal line stand in the third quarter on their five yard line to halt a determined West Virginia Tech advance Neither team managed to score in the period 7' a and then added two second half touchdowns I WAS THE OUR I ll straight triumph for Hainpdcn Sydncy which has a 3 1 record in confer ence play Randolph Macon has a 2 1 mark The Tigers scored late the first peiiod after recovering a fumble on the 30 Half back Bill Lehew circled right end from the 30 for the TD and Cabell Rives convened Rives booted a field from 17 yards out with seconds remain ing in the second quarter to give the Tigeis a 10 0 halftime edge Tommy Poland bulled over from the 1 1 In the third quarter for the third score placement put I he Tigers out front 17 0 Jim Smith intercepted a fouith quarter pass on the 32 midway the period and crossed the goal line untouched 'Dre con (Continued on Page 22) Late the first period Rich mono which last week upended Wake orest 13 0 began a drive from its 37 which carried to the State 12 before losing the ball on downs Keydets Chalk Up 42 0 Victory Over Bulldogs touchdown Caskey picked up 19 9 and 8 and Brazell got 15 late in the first period to put the ball on the Vir ginia 3 ullback Bill Wohrman plunged over in two tries as the second stanza opened End Joe Silas placekicked the first of three conversions Caskey dashed 16 Wards up the middle and Brazell rolled wide for 15 in the second scoring drive that was capped by his 8 yard touchdown sweep to the left Brazell returned a punt 13 yards from his 21 then took 13 and 3 yard passes from Prickett in the fourth period to set up Caskey's 46 yard scoring run on a 4 yard pass from Prickett Sub end Billy Rivers intercepted a Virginia pass at the 32 and returned it 21 yards to the Gamecocks Score 27 0 Victory Over Virginia SGRO a senior of Kulpmont Pa attempted a field goal from the State 29 but it was blocked by guard John Zuchan On the play however State was offside and penalized to the 12 On the next play State took over or its 14 Late in the first period West intercepted Richmond quaiter back Tom pass or 1 35 but the Spideisi dug in and took over on their In the second period Wt Wolf pack scored its first couchdown rolling 80 yards with Gall taking an eight yard pass fiom West for the score Halfback Louis Wacker was Richmond leading ground gainer He carried 10 times for 30 yards (Continued on Page 20) fr 4 ifrS A 4 I Tech lost the ball on a fumble on the Emory and Henry 12 with nine minutes left in the game The Wasps moved the ball out to the 44 where Tech tackler Jim Welker scooped up a fumble Two plays later with the ball on the 35 halfback Denny oster grabbed a screen pass from Burruss on Emory 30 and shot across the remaining distance for the score with live minutes in the ball game Delmer conversion good and Tech trailed 19 13 On the play after kirkolf EA ftillhiuk Rasniik fumbled on his own (Continued on Page 20) OLLOW THE LEADER VMI backs Dave for a Keydet first down This second Period Woolwine (15 with ball) and Dale Vaughn (28) 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