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Generals Meet Vols Tonight Maroons Continue Northern Invasion RICHMOND, Dec. 3 (AP)Washington and Lee's Generals, giving early indication of an intention to stage a comeback In basketball after several lean years, make their second start tomorrow night against Tennessee at Knoxville Coach Billy McCann's quintet, loaded with promising sophomores, ran up a 119-70 score on Bridgewater's helpless Eagles in its first outing on Wednesday night. Six Generals scored in double figures in that game, including three of the sophs in whom McCann puts so much faith -Lee Marshall collecting 18 points, Milt Winawer netting 14 and Barry Storick 12. TENNESSEE SHOULD give the young Generals a stern test at this early stage of the season. The Knoxville game opens a two-game invasion of Tennessee for which plays Vanderbilt at Nashville Monday before returning home for a clash with powerful Richmond at Lexington Wednesday While meets Tennessee tomorrow, William and Mary, downed by N.C.

State in its opener though the Indians scored 97 points, gets a second major test at Furman. Other games find Richmond host to touring Belmont College of Tennessee and Roanoke's touring Maroons at Upsala. 32 Magicians Get Monograms Martin Trophy Goes to Reynolds Jefferson High School football players were at an aSsembly yesterday. Reynolds, regular halfback for three years, received the Paul Martin Memorial Trophy. Monograms went to 32 players including the following: SENIORS Jack McReynolds, Carol Jamison, Don McPeak, Reynolds, Jimmy Nichols, David Edmunds, Ken Catron, John Howard, Gus Carper, Bobby Cunningham, Ronnie Nash, Dale Stephenson, Howard Sale, Richard Dearing, Melvin Johnson, James Murray, Charles Nelson, Charles Antrim, Sammy Hall and Dale King.

JUNIORS- Wayne Dillon, Don Vaught, Walter Howard. Chuck Stephens, James Whorley, Gene Ferguson, James Dyer, Ronnie Ward and Don Whitley. SOPHOMORES--Bobby Dillon, Jimmy Gardner and Kent McIlhany. Letters also went to managers Bert Guinn and Walter Russell. Negro Elevens Clash Tonight MIAMI.

Dec. 3 (AP)Florida and Maryland State College put the finishing touches on their practice workouts today for Saturday night's Orange Blossom classic, billed as the "National Negro Championship" of football. THE ROANOKE TIMES, Saturday, December 4, 1954. Roanoke Touchdown Club Names Preas Outstanding Tech Tackle To Receive Trophy During Banquet Monday Evening 0.00 A TALL ORDER- -Basketball at William Flem- fin, Carleton Assaid and Bill and Bob Stevens. ing High is really higher education when five- All stand at least four inches taller than six foot-eight Coach Phil Crabtree has to trot up feet.

(Times Photo) a ladder to level with (left to right) Ronnie Grif- Three Regulars Missing From Fleming Cage Squad By BOB ROEMER Times Sports Writer Even though Coach Phil Crabtree at William Fleming High School possibly could field a basketball team averaging about 6-feet-4 in height, he's in a predicament. IN HIS SECOND year as head coach of the Colonel hoopsters, Crabtree has a tall order in front of him if he's to beat the record he attained a year ago when Fleming went all the way to the championship of Virginia Group II schools. Last year's Colonels posted an -all record of 22 victories against only four losses, but three starters from that team were lost via, graduation. including Corbin Bailey voted outstanding player Bobby Feller Loses Mother VAN METER, Iowa, Dec. 3 (AP)-Mrs.

Lena Feller, mother of Bob Feller, Cleveland Indians pitcher, died at her home here today on her 61st birthday. She had been ill for several years. Feller and his sister, Mrs. Robert Goodson, of Redfield, Iowa, were at her bedside when the end came. The pitcher's father died in 1943.

Mrs. Feller was an enthusiastic baseball fan and followed the ca-? reer of her famous son closely. But she was unable to attend the World Series between Cleveland and the New York Giants in October. At that time she was in a hospital in Des Moines. Greenbrier Opens Cage Season Dec.

9 LEWISBURG, W. Nov. 3 (Special) Greenbrier Military School will open the home basketball season against West Virginia Tech's Freshmen team here. Dec. Fighting Cadets the VI Freshmen in Lexington Dec.

11, play Bluefield College at home Dec. 14 and end the pre-holiday part of their 22-game card against Richwood High in Richwood on Dec. 15. Coach Al Morgan has a 15- player squad working out The 1955 team will have average height and speed compared to opponents of past years, and local fans expect to see better basketball than for several seasons as the cadets play in their new gymnasium. Victoria Net Title Singles Grabs MELBOURNE, Dec.

3 (AP)- Heavy rains washed out the doubles final of the Victoria tennis championships today, giving the Australians a pause to order another beer and speculate the makeup of their Davis Cup team challenge round later this month. THE CONCENSUS was that both America, if victorious over Sweden in the interzone finals. and Australia, would, gamble on two-man the cup battle at Sydney Dec. 27-29. play Lew Hoad RoseAustralia is a virtual, cinch to wall in both the singles and doubles while Vic Seixas and Tony Trabert will again carry the colors of Uncle Sam.

A torrential downpour blew into Kooyong tennis courts before noon, forcing a postnonement of the title match in doubles until Monday. Seixas and Trabert were scheduled to Wimbledon champions Mervyn Rose and Rex Hartwig for the tandem crown. The singles championship will be decided tomorrow when Seixas. United States champion, who is in excellent form. tries to crack the jinx of Australia's pintsized court master Rosewall.

who is also hitting peak form. Rosewall has beaten Seixas the last seven times they have met, including the decisive match in the Davis Cun challenge, round a vear ago. Although Hartwig and Rose beat the American pair for the Wimbledon crown last summer, Seixas and Trabert are favorites the doubles championship. Hartwig showed little interest in losing his semifinal match vesterday to Rosewall singles, there is no reason to believe his attitude may be better. THE SINGLES final has the experts baffled.

Despite Rosewall's apparent mastery of the tall Philadelnhia volleving master. most Australian observers pick Seixas to win the Victoria chamnionshin because of his excellent form. moment Seixas is than plaving during any better pre- at vious visit to Australia. NEW CARINET FORMED JOHANNESBURG South Africa. Dec.

3 (AP) -Prime Minister Johannes G. Strijdom organized his cabinet last night. All but two members were holdovers from the government of former Prime Minister Daniel F. Malan, who resigned Tuesday, Tech's George Preas Listed Among South's Great Football Tackles By BOB HOOBING The Associated Press Ability to come up with that big, tide-turning play makes linemen like Navy end Ron and tackle Ellena prime candidates the AllUCLA, Jack, America football team. BEAGLE TOPPED a splendid season with a standout performance in the Middies' 27-20 upset of Army--once rushing Pete Vann SO hard he passed ineffectively on a fourth down play aiming for the tying touchdown inside the Navy 10.

Ellena, one of the anchors of the Bruins' murderous forward wall, ran 26 yards with a blocked punt against Kansas to open the floodgates in a 32-7 victory. Guard Jim Salsbury, Ellena's running mate, recovered a fumble that led to UCLA's first touchdown in the Bruins' important 12-7 early season win over delending national champion Maryland. Notre Dame tackle Frank Varrichione may have changed the course of the Irish grid campaign with a vital fumble recovery on his 11 to halt opening drive in the first game of the season for the George Preas, Virginia Tech modern record by starting Gobblers, has been voted collegiate Virginia by members of the Roanoke PREAS WILL receive a large trophy during the club's final program of the year Monday night at Hotel Roanoke. For two years Preas has been chosen on the AllBig Six and All -Southern Conference teams. He concluded his collegiate career against Virginia Military Institute Thanksgiving.

Coaches at Tech often referred to Preas as the best tackle they had ever coached. Weighing 218 pounds, the big tackle opened holes for fleet Tech backs and his defensive play was outstanding factor in VP's first undefeated season since 1918. Preas is married and is a major in business administration. Jim Tatum, head football coach at Maryland, will be the principal speaker at Monday's meeting. Outgoing president George Fulton will turn over the duties of his office to newly elected S.

Colston (Buddy) Snead. Trophies will be awarded to members of the all-City-County football team and the Nat Spigel Memorial Trophy, signifying the City-County high school championship will go to Jefferson. RETURNS TO MAT-AI Motley, Southern Conference 130- pound champion in 1952, returns to the mat wars this year for Virginia Tech as the Gobblers open their season tonight against Washington and Lee in Blacksburg. Motley, a Roanoke senior, was injured last season. Based on reports received from 1,042 Automotive Engineers compiled by nationally-known firm of certified public accountants New Blue Sunoco AUTO ENGINEERS' FIRST CHOICE tackle who set something of consecutive football games for the football player of the year in Touchdown Club.

GEORGE PREAS TODAY'S HO HUM NEW YORK, Dec. 3 star Marie (The Body) McDonald a and the husband she divorced in Las Vegas 11 days are flying to Paris today to be married. in the state tournament, were excellent ball handlers. "That's my job this year," Crabtree said, finding playmakers of their caliber. "If I do, it the boys hustle as they seem to want to.

if no unforeseen mishaps hit us--well, we should have a pretty fair season." With a week to go before the opener, Phil is relatively set on a starting alignment. Last year's holdover, starters and are Bill identical Stevens, both six-foot-six seniors. Bob is tentatively listed as center and Bi as forward, but Crabtree will interchange them. Practically assured of one guard spot is another senior, six-footone Denny Weddle. He'll handle the backcourt with either Leroy Ferris, five-eight, or Jack Morey, five-seven, both juniors.

The other forward rests between Carleton Assaid, six-four, and John Willhide, six-two, both seniors. OTHER SQUAD members are Leon Turner P. T. Johnson, Williar Palmer, Phil Fracker, Ronnie Griffin, Charles Martin, Bill Miller, Mickey Janney. Chester Rogers and Bobby Aveson.

Of that group, Griffin and Martin loom six-feet-four inches and Johnson. six-three. With all the height indicated. it might be assumed that the Colonels are tailor made for zone offense. "Not these boys.

though," says Crabtree. They'd rather play man-to-man. They love, to "Actually, run. we have to stress running in our drills. Our practice floor here at Fleming is relatively small.

If we didn't run a lot, we'd never be prepared for big floors where we play our games." Fleming will open at home against Danville at 7 p.m. next Friday. "Home" in this case will be the Woodrow Wilson Junior High gym. Other home contest. however, will be at the Monroe Junior High floor.

The William Fleming schedule: Dec. 10-Danville: 14-Blacksburg; 17- Bassett Jan. 7-Martinsville; 11-at Andrew 21-at 14--at Radford: William 25-at Byrd; 17- Blacksburg: 28 -at Martinsville. Feb. 1-Bassett: 4-Fieldale: 5-at Lynchburg: 8-at Franklin County: 11- William Byrd; -Andrew Lewis: 18-at Fieldale: 22-at Jefferson; 25-Radford: 28-Franklin County.

South Benders. Notre Dame roared back for a 21-0 victory, Ed Fouch, tackle on Southern California's Rose Bowlers, picked a fumble out of the air and raced 68 yards for a touchdown to beat Northwestern 12-7. These are the kind of plays that make a lineman great. And there are a wealth of such performers this. season--particularly at guard.

Bud Brooks sparked unseeded Southwest Conference champions. Army's Ralph Chesnauskas, a strong man and fierce competitor, beat Virginia 21-20 with three successful conversions, Best Midwest guards are Iowa junior Calvin Jones and Purdue senior Tom Bettis. OTHER GUARDS receiving strong recommendations from the regional boards include Gene Lamone of West Virginia, Harvard's Bill Meigs, Navy's Len Benzi, Franklin Brooks of Georgia Tech, Ken Paul of Rice and Frank Mincevich of South Carolina. Four exceptional tackles emerged from the South this year. Sid Fournet of Louisiana State, Rex Boggan of Southeast champ Mississippi, George Preas of Virginia Tech and already Blue Sunoco users say it equals or excels all other gasolines Follow the lead of Automotive Engineers, the men who know most about cars.

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From the midlands comes the word that Oklahoma's Kurt Burris is as fine a center as has appeared anywhere in recent years. He's challenged by Hal Easterwood of Mississippi State, Leon Cunningham of South Carolina and TCU's Hugh Pitts. OKLAHOMA'S Max Boyston turned in headline end play from the start of the season. Against California he crashed to haunt passer Paul Larson and maneuvered beautifully downfield to catch a 22-yard pass which wound up in an 87-yard scoring play. Army's Don Holleder was tops among receivers as was Cal's Jim Hanifan.

Frank McDonald of Miami, Maryland's Bill Walker, Ron Kramer of Michigan, Pyburn of Auburn, Dan Shannon of Notre Dame, Bob Long of UCLA and Dean Dugger of Ohio State, have received unqualified recommendationa 4107 Williamson Road We Give Green Stamps- -Double Green Stamps On Tuesday.