Tar heel Gtidders Trounce Texas Eleven, Score 34 tj 7
P»ii Raiiferc Rverngwer Roanoke Rapids High School Warriors 33 To 0
, Littleton iiign LriHtlers Upen
Year By Beating Rocky Mount B
Gridders Thursday By 20-7 Tallv
Littleton — A sucessful cur
tain-raiser for the 1948 football
season was played here Thurs
day afternoon by Littleton High
School, when the locals defeated
the Rocky Mount High School
^ B team on the Littleton field 20
Both teams pushed each other
around the field in the first quar
ter, with neither able to develop
a scoring punch. In the second
period, however, Littleton dnn*:
down to the Rocky Mount ten
yard strip#* and went ahead in
the ball game on a ten-yard
sweep around end by left half
back W. G. Salmon. A drop-kick
ed conversion by Jimmig Robin
; son of the locals put them out
front 7-0.
Later in the second period
Rocky Mount scored, when wing
back West Spain took the ball
on a fake quick-kick and dashed
40 yards into the end zone for
Rocky Mount’s lone touchdown.
A successful conversion made it
a tie ball game as the first half
ended.
In the last half Coach Dan Da
4 vis’ Littleton charges played
heads up football and took ad
vantage of a fumble and a block
ed punt and scored on each oc
casion. Fullback Bobby Brown
bucked through the Rocky Mount
line for each of the Littleton
scores, and the punt which set
up the final Littleton scoXe was
blocked by Charles Topping.
Robinson was successful on
another drop kick on one of the
final touchdowns to give the lo
cals their final 20-7 edge in their
first gridiron encounter of the
season.
Brown and Salmon led the
Littleton attack in the backfield,
while Horace Robinson, Lin
wood Reid and Topping were the
stars of the line.
Spain, Melbourne Davis and
Mack Gay were outstanding for
Coach Cleet Cleetwood’s Rocky
Mount squad.
Deacons Lose
To Boston 26-9
Boston, Sept. 25 — (AP) —
Wake Forest couldn’t hold on to
the ball long enough Friday
night and as a result took a 26
9 trouncing from Boston College
in the opener of New England’s
football season.
The Deacons did splendidly in
the final period however, scoring
all of their points and.preventing
B. C.’s reserves from marking
up a single point.
Wake Forest was eager to
carry the offensive into the air
right at the outset and it* was
this strategy that led to their
downfall because Boston College
apparently was well prepared
for this type of play and almost
everytime the Deacons threw
the ball someone on the other
team grabbed it or it fell to the
ground.
Wake Forest tried 34 pa res
and completed only 11 for a .244
perceptage.
All four of the Eagles touch
downs could be traced to pass
interceptions.
In the first period, Tom Fetzer
tried for a pass for Wake Forest
and Maurice Poissant inter
cepted it on his own 30. Boston
bulled and hauled its way to the
Deacons’ 19 where Ed Songin
tossed successfully to end Albie
Gould for the first score.
Tom Brennan intercepted an
other Wake Forest aerial early
in the second period on the Dea
cons’ 16 and on the next play
they ripped across the goal line
with Joe Diminick Four min
utes later they had their third
touchdown after taking an er
rant aerial of the Deacons and
then sending Diminick on a 4j
yard gallop.
Boston contented themselves
with a single six-pointer in the
third period and then sent in the
reserves.
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by hospitals and laboratories for
special metal containers with
scientific operatin are shipped ir
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Jackets Never
Get Offense
To Rolling
STATISTICS
Me. R.R.
First Downs_ 14 3
No. Rushes - 41 28
Yds. Rushing _ 299 59
81 S SuiqsnH lso^ -spA
Net Yards Rushing __ 294 41
Passes Attempted 18 6
Passes Completed — 7 3
Yrds. Passing_ 98 58
Parses Int. by Opp. 1 0
Furribles _ 2 2
Opp. Fumble Rec. __ 2 2
No. of Punts _ 2 7
Punting Average* __ 15 34
Yds. Punts Returned 48 0
Yds. Lost Penalties 55 5
*Two blocked kicks not figur
ed in average.
The Red Raiders of Raleigh’s
Methodist Orphanage really got
rolling in every department here
Friday in their second game of
the season to hand the Yellow
Jackets of Roanoke Rapids High
School a 33-0 defeat, the second
of the season suffered by the
Jackets.
The strong Methodist team
slashed to a quick touchdown m
the opening minutes of the ball
game, scored twice again in the
second quarter and added two
more for good measure in the
last period in an overwhelming
victory of the locals in Simmons
Park before a crowd estimated
at 2,000 people.
The Jackets could never get
rolling on offense, while the
Raiders took advantage of all the
breaks that came their way in
slashing out their one-sided deci
sion. The only place in which
the Raiders did not shine was
in attempted conversions, in
which they failed on five at
tempts.
Jay Jeffries, veteran halfback,
was the scoring star of the ball
game, as he ran well and caught
two touchdown passes for four
of the five Raider touchdowns.
In the statistical field it was
the Red Raiders in every depart
ment except punting, however
the Jackets had two punts
blocked by the hard-charging
Raleigh line. The Methodists
were penalized for a total of 55
yards, while the Jackets were
only set back five yards by pen
alties.
The Raiders opened up with
the potent T formation on the
third play from scrimmage,
when Jefferies took a hand-off
from Herb Clewis and scamper
ed for 55 yards to get to pay
dirt.
The Jackets could not move
in the first quarter and got in
trouble twice, once on Vance
Stewart’s fumble and again
when Stewart’s punt was block
ed. Just as the second period be
gan Stewart quick-kicked to the
Raider 32, but the Raleigh team
took the ball from there on ele
ven plays and scored a second
time when Jefferies plunged
over right tackle from rhe five
fnr a tnnrhHnwn
On the fifth play after the |
kickoff following the second |
score, Stewart attempted a punt1
and a bad pass from center1
chased him back, with Hardin,
Methodist fullback, blocking the
punt, which went out on the 16
with the Raiders in possession.
On two plays Clewis plunged
from the four and the score was
18-0 in favor of the visitors.
The fourth Raiucr score cane
I after a long drive, and was into
' pay dirt on a pass from Gerald
i Williams to Jefferies into the
1 end zone for 22 yards. The vis
• itors picked un another touch
• down in the waning minutes of
the ball game, when King re
i covered ‘‘Puss” Messer’s fumble
on the Jacket 30 and scored on
[ the second play on a 30-yard
pass from Williams to Jeffries.
The lineups:
Pos. Me. Orphanage R. Rapids
LE Long - Epps
BT Smith _ Nixon
LG Maness-L. Moore
C Bland - Mizzell
RG Carmichael-H. Moore
RT Pittman_Lowder
RE Rogers - Phelps
QB Williams_ Stewart
HB Clewis_Clemmer
HB Jeffries_A. Williams
FB Carden_ Matthews
Score by periods:
Methodist Orph __6 12 0 12—30
Roanoke Rapids 0 0 0 0— 0
Scoring touchdowns: Methodist
Orph.—Jeffries 4, Clewis. Sub
stitutes: Methodist Orph—Glover,
Bragg, King. Roanoke Rapids—
Edwards, Curry, Brown, Elting,
Joyner, Reed, Gore, Messer.
Politicians Shies In
Vain At 13 Banana Jinx
ATLANTA, Ga. (UP)— A
former governor of Georgia
E. D. Rivers, who supported M.
E. Thompson in the latest gov
ernor’s primary, stopped at a
fruit stand and ordered some
bananas.
The operator weighed out a
bunch and handed them over.
Rivers peeked into the sack.
“Aren’t there 13 bananas in
there?’* he asked suspiciously.
Upon count, there were.
“Take one out,’* Rivers com
manded. “We’ve got the race
won now, and we can’t take any
chances.’’
But h« loat anyway.
Justice Leads
Carolina to
Great Triumph
Chapel Hill, N. C., Sept. 23
CAP)—Rushing favored . Texas
off its feet with three touch
downs the first four times it got i
the ball, North Carolina sent the
Longhorns down to a crushing
34-7 defeat here today.
Tailback Charlie Justice threw
two touchdown passes and scor
ed twice to engineer the triumph
as a sellout 43,500 crowd saw
Carl Snavely’s Tar Heels get
even for last season when Texas
handed them a 34-9 lacing.
With a big. fast charging line
rushing the Sugar Bowl chain
pion’s ace passer Paul Campbell
time and again, the North Caro
linians simply overwhelmed the
visitors.
Twice in the first five minutes
they scored, piling up a 21-0
lead before Texas was able to
tally late in a tremendous first
period.
The next two periods were
scoreless. Then the Caro'iuians
went back to the attack with
two more touchdowns in the fin
al quarter to round out a smash
ing opening game performance.
The defeat was one of the most
resounding in recent Texas his
tory.
\_ctruuiia was uustup
pable in that first period. The
Tar Heels gave one of the great
est offensive displays ever seen
in Kenan Stadium.
Justice started the fireworks.
The 165-pound tailback set up
the first score wuth a 38-yard
punt return to the Texas 41.
Three electrifying plays later
North Carolina had a touchdown
After an incomplete pass Justice
handed off to Wingback John
ny Clements who made 20 to tne
21. Then Justice passed to dig
Art Weiner, a great pass catch
ing end who took the ball on the
eight and went over for the
touchdown. End Bob Cox boot
ed the first of four placements.
Fullback Tom Landry fumbled
the next kick off and Clements
pounced on the ball on the
Longhorn five.
Fullback Hosea Rodgers pick
ed up one yard and then Jus
tice scooted over standing up.
Cox’s kick made it 14-0 after
five minutes of play.
After a punt exchange North
Carolina began a 57-yard drive
that required seven plays. Rod
gers and Justice teamed up on
the pitching end with Wing
back Bill Flamisch and Wein
er receiving. They put the ball
on the two with third down
coming up. Then Justice passed
over the goal line to Cox for
the score, Cox picked the point.
Texas finally got into the act.
Four plays, two of them Camp
bell passes, covered 71 yards for
a score. The payoff was a Camp-;
bell pass to end Ben Procter for!
35 varrl?
The nearest approach to a sec
ond period score came in the last
30 seconds following several
punt exchanges.
The gambling Texans elected
to pass on fourth down with 15
to go on their 25 and Carolina
took over. Rodgers found Jus
tice with a pass to the 10, but
a Justice pass was intercepted
on the goal line by Billy Pyle
to end the half. A 65-yard Jus
tice punt helped keep the South
western Conference team on its
heels.
After a third period spent
principally between the 30 yard
lines the Tar Heels wept on the
attack again.
The Texas passing attack
again backfired. Sub, Wingback
Fred Sherman intercepted a
Campbell pass and brought it
back 25 yards^ the Texas 30.
Here a 15 yard penalty was im
posed on Texas when tackle Ed
Kelley slugged Tar Heel guard
Bill Wardle after a scrimmage.
I i
Football
Scoreboard
By The Associated Press
EAST
CornqJi 47, New York Univer
sity 6
Army 28, Villanova 0
Columbia 27, Rugers 6
Southern Methodist 33, Pitts
burgh 14.
Yale 28, Brown 13
California 21, Navy 7
Holy Cross 18, Georgetown 7
West Virginia University 34,
Wooster 6
SOUTH
Duke 0, North Carolina 0
Georgia Tech 13, Vanderbilt 0
Furman 10, Washington & Lee
7
North Carolina 3 4, Texas 7
Georgia 14, Chattanooga 7
Mississippi State 21, Tennessee
6
Miami (O.) 14, Virginia 14 (lie)
North Carolina College 14, De
laware State 0
Tulane 21, Alabama 14
Virginia Military Institute 28,
Catawba 6
George Washington 13, Virgin
ia Tech 0
Wilberforce State 13, North
Carolina A&T 7
South Carolina 46, Newberry 0
Boston College 26, Wake For
est 9
MIDWEST
Michigan 13, Michigan State 7
Notre Dame 28, Purdue 27
Marquette 12, Iowa 14
Indiana 35, Wisconsin 7
Illinois 40, Kansas S'ate )
Ohio State 21, Missouri 7
Nebraska 19, Iowa State 15
FIRST ADD Lead Football Scor
Wyoming 61, Colorado College
7 "
Santa Clara 20, Oklahoma 17
Northwestern 19, UCLA 0
Oregon 20, Stanford 12
Minnesota 20, Washingto?i 0
New Mexico 9, Colorado G
STATE HIGH
SCHOOL SCORES
Rockingham 13, Wadesboro 7
Chapel Hill 13, Oxford 6
Sparta 40, Boonville 6
Guilford 40, Randleman 0
Apex 67, Wake Forest 0
Erwin 7, Cathedral of Raleigh
6
Ahoskie 33, Robersonville 0
Spencer 14, North Wilkesboro
13
Cherryville 7, Lincolnton 0
Barium Springs 19, Mooresville
6
Gray of Winston-Salem 45,
Sanford 0
Children’s Home of Winston
Salem 14, Concord 0
Monroe 26, Canton 6
Statesville 34, Hickory 13
Reidsville 12, Leaksville 7
Gastonia 18, Thomasville 7
Parker of Greenville, S. C., 20,
Asheville 6
Elizabeth City 7, Edenton 7
(tie)
wevv Bern 13, Greenville 6
Raleigh 21, Wilson 6
Rocky Mount 18, Goldsboro 6 ;
Kinston 48, Tarboro 0
Reynolds of Winston-Salem 6
Burlington 0
Walkertown 13, Mayodan 13
(tie)
Laurinburg 14. Whiteville 0
Raleigh Methodist Orphanage
30, Roanoke Rapids 0
Roxboro 13, South Boston, Va.,
0
Bethel Hill 8, Alexander of
Graham 6
Henderson 18, Mt. Airy 14
Perquimans 25, Windsor 0
Washington 20, Scotland Neck
0
Spring Hope 25, Henderson 0
Enfield 39, Oak City 0
r* i
State Eleven and Duke Blue Devils Battle
to Scoreless Tie in Opening Grid Contest
__ | RALEIGH, Sept. 25—<AP)—, _
Army Routs
Villanova, 28-0
West Point, N. Y., Sep. 25—
(AP)—Army started its come -
back toward the gridiron heights
today with a potent one-two
punch that completely overpow
ered a rugged Villanova eleven,
28-0.
A crowd of 23,750, which en
joyed perfect weather at Michie
Stadium watched the well-drilled
Cadets score twice by land and
twice by air while operating with
separate units for offense and de
fense, a la Michigan.
It was a bitter disappointment
for Villanova, whose teams now
have gone down to defeat 14
times in 15 meetings with Army.
The Wildcats had not won since
1915 and had not scored on this
field since 1917.
Full of confidence after drop
ping Texas A. and M., a week
ago, the Wildcats played their
hosts on even terms for a few
early minutes, but it was a 11
Army the rest of the way.
The Cadets fielded a squad re
miniscent of their wartime out
fits, featured by the. hard run
ning of Winfield Scott and Bobby
Stuart, slick passing by Arnold
Galiffa and some fancy stepping
by two newcomers, Gil Stephen
son and Jim Cain.
They missed two other touch
downs by a matter of three
yards and had numerous other
scoring opportunities which they
won’t be muffing once they gain
a little more experience.
i
Duke and N. C. State took turns
narching up and down Riddick
Stadium today, but neither was
able to summon enough to punch
;o cross the goal.
A capacity crowd of 20,000
turned out to see the old south
ern conference rivals fight to a
scoreless tie.
Bot> teams had golden scoring
opportunities, but stout line play
<ept Duke from going beyond
he state eight—a drive that
vas staged in the first half.
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A fourth down pass, however,
fell incomplete.
The wolfpack staged its big
gest threat in the third period
and drove to Duke six yard line
on second down. A run and
an attempted pass, however,
threw them back to the 10.
State’s fine line was led by
date, Bernie Watts. Playing
much of the game in the Duke
backfield, he blocked one Duke
punt and threw Duke’s Roland
Hodges for a seven yar j ioss to
halt the Duke second period
threat.
Duke gained 132 yards on the
ground for 10 first downs and
the Wolfpack drove 104 yards
for nine first downs. The Wolf
pack completed six of 14 pass
tries for 73 yards and two Duke
completions out of 10 tries were
good for 46 yards.
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Florida’s state-matintained sys
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California
Sinks Navy
(AP.(—Navy, winner of only two
football games in the last two
years, was defeatc/. by Calif
ornia 21 to7 today to open the
1948 season under its new civil
ian coach, George Sauer of Kan
sas.
scoring in 13 plays on an 82
yard drive after the kickoff but
California came back relentless
ly, tying the game at 7-7 in
the second period, and then roll
ing ahead in the last half.
Staten Webster, 180-pound Ne
gro, Bob Celeri and Jack Jen
sen led the Westerns’ offensive.
Reaves Baysinger's sharp pass
es kept Navy contending until
the last quarter, but in the end
California’s superior weight and
speed was decisive.
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