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CLOUDBUSTER
Satui:<iay, October 9, 194S
Cloudbusters Lose To Duke, 42-0;
Camp Davis Here Next Saturday
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Duke University’s potent Blue
Devils handed the U. S. Navy Pre-
Flight Cloudbusters their second
successive defeat last Saturday
afternoon at Durham, 42 to 0. No
game is scheduled by the Cloud-
buster varsity today, but the first
home contest of the year will be
played next Saturday afternoon
in Kenan stadium against Camp
Davis.
Against Duke the Cloudbusters,
at times, showed plenty of offen
sive power. They out-first downed
the Dukes, 13-12, and had it not
been for several fumbles it could
have been a close ball game.
Winning the toss the Cloud
busters elected to receive, and af
ter being unable to gain ground
punted to its own 42. Luper
promptly heaved a pass to Blount,
waiting on the goal line, and he
stepped across for the score.
After a flurry of kicks, ending
when Murphy returned one from
the Duke 42 to the Pre-Flight 31,
the Blue Devils scored again.
Murphy picked up 11 at right end,
McDougle added four over center.
Perry got three on a reverse and
then Murphy got away over left
tackle for 13 yards and the touch
down. Needless to say, Gantt
kicked the extra point.
Following the kickoff, Pre-
Flight staged a march of its own,
carrying 81 yards by virtue of 12,
13 and 28-yard jaunts by Vernon
Bennett. But when the Cadets
reached the Duke two, big Pat
Preston, All-Southern conference
tackle at Wake Forest last year,
recovered a fumble to end the
threat as the quarter ended. The
drive saw the entire Cloudbuster
team playing its best ball of the
afternoon.
A kicking duel in the second
period ended when Duke, starting
from its own 20 rolled across the
last stripe, Luper prancing around
left end for 22 yards and the
touchdown. Again Gantt con
verted.
Minutes later, Williams recover
ed a fumble on the Pre-Flight 22
and Murphy’s pass to Perry for
20 yards accounted for the touch
down.
In the closing seconds of the
period, J. T. Miller passed 49 yards
to Raymond Norman, who ran the
remaining 22 yards across the
goal only to have the play called
back and the Cloudbusters penal
ized for a lineman being across
the line of scrimmage before the
pass was thrown.
Pre-FlighrB"Team
Plays Duke “Whites^'
At Camp Mackall
There is no game scheduled for
the Pre-Flight varsity this after
noon, but the “B” team left this
morning for a game with Duke’s
“White” eleven at Camp Mackall.
Ensign William Jarnagin,
USNR, line coach of the varsity,
will have charge of the team along
with Lt. (jg) W. B. Potterfield,
USNR, formerly head coach at the
University of Richmond.
A complete list of those making
the trip was not available when
the Cloudbuster went to press,
but Coach Jarnigan yesterday
named a tentative starting lineup
for the game.
Mals and Golash will be at the
ends, Lowans and Evangelista at
the tackles, Long and Callahan at
the guards, Hamilton at center,
Beattie at wingback, Hart at quar
terback, Bennett at tailback, and
Hare at the fullback position.
No Charge For Cadets
Attending Football
Game Here Today
Cadets will be admitted free to
the game in Kenan Stadium this
afternoon between the University
of North Carolina Tar Heels, and
the Jacksonville, Florida NATTC
Air Raiders, one of the South’s
top service clubs.
Cadets will be admitted at Gate
No. 5, located on the South side
near the West end, and the only
means of identification required
will be the regular uniform of the
day.
Wednesday Movie Program
Well Liked by Cadets
Cadet enthusiasm at last Wed
nesday evening’s movie showing
in Memorial Hall stamped the
new type of entertainment pro
gram a resounding success setting
a good pattern for others to come.
The combination of jivy rhy
thms by the Pre-Flight band and
popular feature films hit the spot
with the 800-900 cadets on hand,
and more of the same will be on
tap at future mid-week programs.
Films booked for next Wednes
day include another Merrie Melody
cartoon, a Pete Smith Specialty,
sports reel and “Report from the
Aleutians.”
RVSSIA
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than at any time since the war be
gan. The importance of railroads
running parallel to the front may
be illustrated by the Allies’ vic
torious campaign of 1918. Here
the objective was the seizure of
Germany’s lateral communications
behind the western front. When
key cities in this system were
seized, German resistance crum
pled.
Whether the Russians will be
able to use these railroads imme
diately is a matter of speculation.
First there is the need of repair
ing damage to the track. This is
not as serious as it might appear
because demolition squads are
never able to destroy an entire
road bed. As long as the road bed
is only pitted with craters the
damage is superficial. It might be
noted that English railroads were
never more than eight hours olf
schedule during the height of the
German air blitz. If the Germans
have changed the gauge of Rus
sian railroads to the standard Eu
ropean width there will be a
greater problem. While this pos
sibility cannot be denied, it seems
more reasonable to suppose that
the Germans have retained the
broad tracks in order to put cap
tured locomotives and rolling
stock to immediate use.
The speed of the Russian ad
vance since July 12 suggests that
the Red Army has overcome the
transportation inadequacies that
plagued the Tsarist armies. In
every foreign war since the one
with Turkey in 1877 Russian mili
tary transportation had failed. A
crisis in munition shipments in
1917 helped defeat the Imperial
Russian forces. As late as the war
with Finland in 1939 the railroads
were a bottleneck. That Red Army
engineers have at last overcome
all these handicaps is an addi
tional tribute to our gallant ally.
Cross-Country Team
Sees Action Here
After Win at Duke
The undefeated Pre - Fligh'
cross-country team will partici
pate in a three way meet here this
afternoon at 1400 with the Uni:
versities of North Carolina an<^
Virginia.
With Ensign Charles Beetham
USNR, former quarter-mile cham
pion of Ohio State setting the pace
the Pre-Flighters won out ovei
Duke, Virginia and Carolina in i
cross-country race last Saturdaj
at Durham.
A three and a half mile coursf
began and finished in the Duk<
stadium during the Duke-Pre
Flight football game.
The Pre-Flight team led with i
winning score of 34 minimuit
points, Virginia was second, Caro
lina third and Duke fourth.
Helldivers Break
Deadlock For Lead >
With the Coronados
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Out in front by four points, th(
Helldivers won last week’s LibertJ
Award in Squadron Sports ovej
the second place Coronados.
The leaders have 60 points
while the second place squadro?
has 56. Previous to last week’s
standings the two squadrons wer*
tied for the leadership.
Tied for the third and fourth
positions are the Devastators ant
Vindicators with 52 points. TW
Mustangs have 44, Mariners 42
Kingfishers 38, Skyrockets 37, Buf
falos and Catalinas 34, Buc
caneers 31, and the Wildcats 24.
Until two weeks ago the Wild
cats had not scored a point in th‘
fall program. Since then, thougli
they have made one of the beS*
records of any of the 12 squadrons
Remaining Football Schedule
Date Team Place Time Adm.
Oct. 16 Camp Davis Chapel Hill 2:30 P.M. $1.50
Oct. 23 Georgia Pre-Flight Chapel Hill 2:30 P. M. 2.00
Nov. 6 Wake Forest Chapel Hill 2:30 P.M. 1.50
Nov. 13 Camp Lejeune Chapel Hill 2:30 P.M. 1.50
Nov. 25 N. C. State Raleigh
Family Season Tickets On Sale For $4.00
All officers, enlisted men, civil service employees, and Universit}
of North Carolina personnel may now purchase family season ticket'
to all home games of the Cloudbusters for $4.00. One ticket wil
admit all members of immediate family to all games.
Tickets may be obtained by officers, enlisted men, and civil servic^
employees at the Pre-Flight Athletic Office, 215 Woollen Gymnasiuni
University of North Carolina personnel may obtain tickets at tb^
Carolina Athletic Association Office in the same building.