C L 0 U D B U S T E It Page Seveii Underdog Cloudbusters Tie Camp Lejeune The old adage “if you can’t gof through ’em go over ’em” proved highly successful for the Cloud busters last Saturday as they sur prised everyone, including them- elves, in holding Camp Lejeune to 14-14 tie. Prior to the contest the Marines had w^on five straight football games, w^hile the Pre-Flighters had but one victory to their credit, that 23 to 18 vv^in over Camp Davis. The Navy lads hit pay dirt early in the first period and led at half- time, 14 to 0. But the Marines came back strong to score two touchdowns in the third quarter, one on a beautiful 60-yard punt re turn by Ray Terrell, ex-Missis- sippi ace, to tie up the game. Tom Hynes, right guard and only Pre-FIighter to play the full 60 minutes, set up the first touch- Play State at Raleigh Thursday While their supporters are still talking about their fine showing against Camp Lejeune, the U. S. Navy Pre-Flight Cloudbusters are working in preparation for their final contest of the season scheduled for Raleigh on Thanksgiving Day against North Carolina State. Coach Frank Kimbrough cut the varsity squad down to 36 men on Monday. Only cadets will participate in the game at Raleigh. For the first time this season the Cloudbusters will enter the game as favorites. State has won but two games this year, having defeated the Greenville Air Base and Davidson College. Running on the first team for the Pre-Flighters will be W. D. Kies, 36-1-3, and W. I. Tuttle, 35-J-2, at the ends, W. H. Lowans, 34-H-2, and C. H. Osborne, 37-A-l, at the tackles, T. J. Hynes, 36-K-I, and W. B. Budd, 34-H-I, at the guards, and Piotrowski at center. The backfield will consist of Nute at quarterback, G. R. Wolfe, 38-C-3, at tailback, L. M. Hecker, 35-1-1, at wingback, and Cecil Hare, 35-J-2,'at full. Several of the above men received minor injuries in the Camp Lejeune game, but all are expected to be in top shape for the Thanksgiving tussle. score. Erickson kicked the extra point. Kellogg’s attempted quick kick from his own 24 a moment later was blocked by and recovered by Erickson. Two pass plays and one through the line failed, but Paul Dubenetzky’s attempted pass to Bob Fitch was ruled complete on the half yard stripe when a Pre- Flight back was called on inter ference. Dubenetzky then pro ceeded to score on the first play on a line buck, and Erickson kick ed the all important extra point which tied up the ball game. Guards Chuck Drulis and Stan Erickson, End Bob Fitch, Tackle Larry Sullivan, Center Joe Sabas- teanski. Backs Fleming, Klein- henz, Sexton, Terrell, and Berg man did outstanding work for the Marines. i l^own when he recovered Klein- I '6nz’s fumble at the midstripe. |^®cil Hare picked up one yard, and pob Kellogg, the former Tulane 'pidder who was the game’s j lightest star, got five. Then with l^ipd and four to go the Cloud- , 'isters completed the first of seven ^*^sses. It Was Kellogg who tossed it in- ^ the waiting arms of Ray Wolfe iJartmouth, and it was good for 1 yards and a first down on Camp ^jeune’s 25-yard line. After two line plays and a pass to gain, Kellogg again com- P^Gted one to Wolfe, this time over ^he ^att goal line for a touchdown. The er made an impossible catch of ball as four Marines surround- ^ on all sides. Gale replaced and kicked the extra point. Kellogg kicked off out of bounds, and the Marines with Ed Sexton' and Walter Bergman doing most of the ball carrying carried to the Cloudbusters six yard line before losing the ball on downs. Only the kicking of Kellogg kept the Cloudbusters out of danger the rest of the period. Quick kicking from his own 20 on one occasion, Kellogg’s boot was downed on Camp Lejeune’s two yard marker, a kick that carried 78 yards. With the clock running out Camp Lejeune took to the air, but the alert Kellogg, who always seemed to be with the ball, inter cepted one on the Marine 40 and ran 15 yards to the 25. After a five yard penalty for too many time outs, Kellogg hit the mark again, this time to Bill Dye who caught the ball in the end zone. Gale again converted as 50 seconds re mained in the first half. Camp Lejeune was the whole show during the third quarter. After a series of penalties had placed them on their own 13, Don Fleming broke loose for 67 yards to the Cloudbuster 20. It was Ray Wolfe who brought him down, a beautiful tackle from behind, one of the finest plays of the contest. Three line plays picked up nine yards, but the Navy line, which played an outstanding game all afternoon, held on fourth down. Standing on his own goal Kellogg kicked on first down, a beautiful one that carried to the Marine 40. But the kick was forgotten as Ray Terrell raced 60 yards on the play behind beautiful interference to Coach Kimbrough was perhaps the happiest man on the field fol lowing the game. “Every Pre- Flighter who got in the game did outstanding work,” he said. “The Marines have one of the finest clubs we’ve met all year. We had to play 4.0 football to tie them.” Lieut. Kimbrough also men tioned the fine work of the Cloud buster forward wall. First Lieutenant Jack Chevigny, a former Notre Dame great, who now is head football coach at Camp Lejeune, praised the per formance of the Cloudbusters. “They were a great ball club out there today,” he said following the game, “and I’m confident they could have held their own against some of the best teams on the gridiron.”

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