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NAVY ARRIVES IN NOTRE DAME TERRITORY—
South Bend, Ind.—lt was all smiles as the Naval
Academy football team arrived here by plane yes
terday for today’s game with Notre Dame. In the
foreground (left to right) are E. E. (Rip) Miller,
Navy’s assistant director of athletics and former
Laurel Meeting
Opens With 14
In Turf Feature
Bar JOSEPH B. KELLY
•tar Bado* editor
Maryland’s fall racing season, <
making Its latest start in his- (
tory, opens at Laurel Oils after- (
noon with a colorful field of 14
grass runners pitted in the tea- l
tured (20,000-added Turf Cup <
Handicap at a mile and an <
eighth. I
Post time throughout Laurel’s c
15-day meeting, which will be
highlighted by the Washington,
D. C., International on Novem- J
ber 11, has been set tor 1:30 pm. 1
Despite the opposition of the 1
Maryland-South Carolina foot- £
ball ganie Just a few miles from
the track, upwards of 20,000 turf 1
fans are expected to greet the s
thoroughbreds from their 31-day c
stay in Maryland. i
Likely Co-Favorites 1
The Turf Cup is the first event
' of Laurel's (140,000 autumn
•takes program, and favoritism %
probably will waver between.
Stanley Mikell’s Brushburn, who <
will carry 118 pounds and be t
ridden by Eugene Rodrigues, and <
* Christopher T. Chenery's Prince i
Hill, topweigbted at 133 pounds ]
with Joe Culmone in the saddle. |
Brushburn captured the first 1
running of the Turf Cup in 1053.1
Brookmeade Stable’s County <
Clare, who won a division of the '
Turf Cup in 1053, also will be
well backed as his record shows <
victories in a division of the <
Longfellow at Monmouth Park l
and the Atlantic City Turf Han- 1
dicap earlier this season. 1
There is an international touch i
In the Turf Cup field as Long- <
•tone, owned by the Golden Gate 1
Stable, flew from England to >
compete in this third renewal of 1
the event on the Laurel grass '
course. Jockey Basil James will 1
pilot Longstone, a 6-year-old 1
horse, who is in his best season,
winning 5 of 13 starts abroad. i
Good Longshot Proepeets
Longstone, assigned 118
pounds, has been training weD j
and is expected to give a good *
account of himself today. •
Longshot fanciers will And some
interesting prospects among the
lighter-weighted members of the 1
surprisingly large field. Mrs. *
Ben Cohen’s Boy D’Amour, with '
108 pounds, is rated an excellent
chance of scattering the figures, <
along with C. Mahlon Kline’s 1
Raster. 113, and D. R. Small’s 1
Aeschyslus, 113. • 1
Opening-day fans win find the <
roomy Laurel plant in tiptop <
condition today with the trees 1
which line the backstretch and >
dot tiie infield still retaining l
their beautiful autumn colors. 1
Racing Secretary Charles J.
McLennan put together an at
tractive supporting card for the 1
Turf Cup. although be was forced ]
to rely heavily on minor track
horses in some races as many 1
stables have not shipped to
Laurel as yet from Garden 1
State. *
Quite a few outfits are due -
at Laurel in a day or two as 1
the New Jersey meeting ends!
next Saturday." 1
Planning for International
J While Laurel officials concen
trated on the opening-day card, 1
they also were concerned with'
the American representation in
the International. At present l
Clifford Mooers' Traffic Judge is 1
the only certain starter from the
United Btates in the classic.. 1
Calumet Farm’s Duke’s Lea.
has been sidelined by an injury]
\ and Alfred Vanderbilt, owner of
Social Outcast, has stated that!
he will reserve his decision on 1
.his Maryland-bred gelding until
after the running of fiext Sat
urday’s Trenton « Handicap at ’
Garden State. 1
- Vanderbilt accepted the bid for
-Social Outcast on a tentative
basis and John D. Schapiro and
-his associates at Laurel are most"
hopeful that the distance-run
ning star will be on hand to rep- 1
resent the United States with 1
Traffic Judge against the present
field of seven foreign invaders.
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT
I ST the Associated Frees
, CLXVELAND. —Jimmy Slide, ISO. New
Tork. outpointed Tommy (Hurricane)
Jackson, ISO, New fork (JO)- Sow
CaateUanl. 160, Cleveland, (topped Pedro
O<m«aloi, ieo, Rankin. Pa. «0). _
NSW YORK (Madlaon Square Garden).
sJr&sga’-.-KS.tsas: s».
NEEDLES GARDEN STATE CHOICE
12 Juveniles Battling
For $282,370 Today
CAMDEN. N. J.. Oct. 39 (67.
The 3-year-old championship of
1955 is expected to be decided
today in the fabulous Garden
State. Stakes and it looks like
a battle of two speed horses—
Nail and Bold Bazooka—versus
a couple of come-from-behind
colts—Needles and Career Boy.
A dozen Juveniles were entered
for the mile and one-sixteenth
test, which carries the richest
pusse in the spot’s history.
With $283,376 up for grabs, no
body will be sparing the horses
or the whips.
Oddly enough, when post posi
tions were drawn. Nail got the '
favorable No. 1 spot on the rail. '
while Bold Basooka is right
alongside in NO. 3.
Nail won the $135,125 Belmont 1
Maturity October 8 for Mrs. An
son A. Bigelow. Bold Basooka is
owned by Lou Costello. Holly
wood comedian, and is rated the
best 2-year-old in California.
Needles likely Choice
The D&H Stable's Needles,
property of Bonnie Heath and
Jack Dudley, and C. V. Whitney’s
Career Boy figure to be running
when many of the speedsters
decide they’ve had enough. But
it looks like a case of Nail and
Bold Basooka flying mat of the
gates and Career Boy and
Needles trying to catch them.
Needles, in port No. 6, and
Career Boy in No. 8. are fairly
well spotted.
This isn’t to say the other
eight can’t haul off the big pile
of cash. Needles, who is ex
pected to be a 3 to 1 choice, or
perhaps even 3 to 1. splashed
through slop for a new track
record here October 15. A few
days later, the Brookmead
Stable’s Lawless cracked Needles’
record on a fart track. Career
Boy won the Garden State trial
last week and is figured at 4 to 1.
while Nail and Lawless are 6
to 1. Bold Basooka is 8 to 1.
Today’s weather prediction la
for some rain about race time.
Others Seeking Fane
'Others in the rich race are
the Maine Chance Farm’s Gun
Shot, the Barclay Stable's Polly's
Jet, the Montpelier Farm’s Na
hodah, Mrs. J. R. H. Thouron’s
Happy New Year. Mrs. Ada L.
Rice’s Call Me Lucky, the Elmen
dorf Farm’s Prince John, and the
Jaclyn Stable’s Espea.
Nail has one question to
answer—can he run around the
turns? The gray son of Nirgal
has started only five times, all
down the Widener straight
course at Belmont Park. How
ever, he had a scorching 1:37 Vi
workout for a mile here Monday.
Just two-fifths of a second off
the track record, and be skipped
around two turns.
The field for the Garden State
is the best since the race was
inaugurated in 1953. Turo-To
won that event, while Summer
Tan bounced home by nine
lengths a year ago.
"Bold Bazooka has come up to
the race in the best shape of his
career,” said Allen Drumheller.
Jr., his trainer. Costello’a colt
ran fourth to Career Boy. last
week but needed the race after
flying here from California.
Trainer’s Hopes Soar
After that race Drumheller
said he thought Bold Bazooka
would be somewhere in the money
in the big one. The colt worked
a half mile Thursday in 45%
seconds, after which the trainer
said, "Now I think we could grab
it all.”
Costello had to return to Cali
fornia but told the management,
“Be sure and get my address cor
rect when you send me the check.
1 don't want it lost in the mail.”
The winner’s check, incident
ally. would be a staggering $157,-
918.50. But Bold Bazooka and
GARDEN STATE STAKES
CAMDEN, N. J., Oct 29 UP). —The field for the 6100,000-added
Garden State Stakes today at Garden State Park with post po
sitions, owners, jockeys and probable odds:
Post Position Owner Jockey Prob. Odds
1. Nail Mrs. A. Bigelow H. Woodhouse 6-1
2. Bold Bazooka Lou Costello R. York 6*l
3. Prince John Elmendorf Farm A. Valanzuela 20-1
4. Polly's Jet Barclay Stable D. Erb 16*1
6. Call Me Lucky Ada L. Rice J. Adams 20-1
6. Needles D. and H Stable J. Chouquette 3-1
7. Happy New Yr. Mrs. J. R. H. Phourom J. Westrope 20-1
8. Career Boy C. V. Whitney E. Guerin 4-1
9. Nahodah Montpelier Farm M. Shuk 15-1
10. Gun Shot Maine Chance Farm 8. Boulmetts 12-1
11. Espea Jaclyn Stable H. Moreno 20-1
12. Lawless Brookmeade Stable P. J. Bailey 6-1
(All carry 122 pounds.) (Post time, 3:45 pin. EST.)
Notre Dame lineman; Ed (Moose) Krause, Notre
Dame athletic director; Eddie Erdelatz, Navy head
coach; George Welsh, the Middies’ lamer quarter
back, and Ron Beagle, Navy’s All-America end.—AP 1
Wirephoto.
Needles were supplementary
nominees at $10,090 apiece, and
would net (148.303.50 by win
ning.
Second place will be worth
(56,474. with (37.355.50 for third,
and (14,118.50 for fourth place.
Nasrina and Cosmalt
Head Frizette Field
NEW YORK. Oct. 29 (67
Nasrina and Cosmah. one-two in
last Saturday's rich Gardenia at
Garden State, head a Add of
eight 3-year-old fillies in the:
(50,000-added Frizette Stakes at
Jamaica today.
The mile and one-sixteenth
event, richest of the New York
season for Juvenile fillies, will be
worth (86,700 if all of the over
night entries parade postward,
with the winner taking down
(55,525.
Nasrina, owned by Howell E.
Jackson, beat Cosmah, from
Gene Mori’s East Acres Stable,
by 2% lengths over the same dis
tance in the Gardenia. In their
previous dash, the Gardenia
Trial, Coemah won by a length.
Willie Boland again will be
astride Nasrina while Eddie Ar
caro will be up on Cosmah.
Pro Bono, Noors Image, First
Asking, Ferocious. Levee and
Dupatta complete the flsld. Each
will carry 119 pounds.
SIOO,OOO Coast 'Cap
Draws Fiald of 14
SAN MATEO. Calif., Oct. 20
UP. —Fourteen thoroughbreds go
to the post at Bay Meadows race
track today in Northern Califor
nia's richest horse race, the
(100.000 William P. Kyne Han
dicap. named for the manager
of the track.
The probable favorite at port
time is the entry of Arrogate-
Turk’s Delight. Arrogate, sec
ond high-weighted at 122
pounds, will be ridden by the wily
veteran Johnny Longden over
the IH-mile course.
High-weighted in the big field,
and rating a close favorite with
Arrogate, is Llangollen Farm’s
Mister Gus, who was assigned
123 pounds and will be ridden by
Willie Shoemaker.
After Arrogate and Mister Gus
popular interest is expected to
focus on Bobby Broca to, Bas
sanio and Mel Levitt, a three
horse entry of the Travis Kerr
family. George Taniguchi. lead
ing rider at the Bay Meadows
meeting, will be up on Bobby
Brocato.
Other horses in the field in
clude Trigonometry, Kerim, Old
Blarney, Six Fifteen. High But
ton. Bezaha, Cold Command and
Phil D,
; Knicks Rout Celtics
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Oct. 29
(67.—The New York Knicker
bockers broke an NBA exhibition
i game wide open in tbe third
i period here last night and went
. on to outclass the Boston Celtics,
: 95-64. The Knicks led st the
half. 44-34.
HOW BIG PURSE
WAS AMASSED
CAMDEN, N. J.. Oct. 29 (67
Here's where the money came
from for the Garden State
Stakes, world’s richest horse
race:
From Garden State Fark— added
money. *IOO.OOO
Fran horsemen:
712 nominations at SSS. December IS.
1964—*84.8*0.
632 naymente at SIOO. March IS.
1*66—55:1.200.
241 payment! at $260, July 18, IMS
—*80.260.
Two supplementary nominations at
*IO.OOO. October 24, I*ss *20,000. <
12 entries at *I.OOO. October 2t. 1858
—*12.000 „
12 starter* at *I.OOO, October 2S,
I ’ B fefWs7o.
Colts, Packers
Battle Tonight
To Stay in Race
BALTIMORE, Oet. 29 (67
i The Baltimore Colts and Green
, Bay Packers will deckle tonight
(7:38 EBT) which of them is
going to continue to be the sur
prise team fighting for the West
ern Conference lead in the
National Football League.
The winner of thet* return
match will take at the least sole
possession of second place with
a 4-3 record. It eouM move into
a tie for the lead if the Chicago
Bean knock off tbe Los Angeles
Rams in one of tomorrow’s five
games.
The other Western Conference
game puts the reverse surprise
team, the Detroit Lions, against
San Francisco. Detroit, the de
fending low winner; hasn't come
out on top in five games.
In the Eastern Division. Cleve
land seeks its fifth straight
triumph against the Chicago
Cardinals. Pittsburgh tries to
keep pace with the Browns at
the expense of Philadelphia, and
Washington is at New York.
Victory Was Costly
The Colts nosed out Green Bay
24-20 for their third straight
victory October 9 and they
haven’t been right since. They
won tbe game and took a physl
-1 cal beating that showed up in
subsequent losses to the Chicago
Bears and Washington.
Several rt the defensive Colt
line are limping. Defensive Half
back Carl Tsseff is a doubtful
starter and offensive Halfback
1 Royce Womble and defensive
> End Gino Marebetti are on the
disabled list for at least weeks.
On the other hand, the Pack
ers. thirsting for revenge, arrived
with all players welL These In
clude Quarterback Tobin Rote,
Defensive Linebacker Doyle Nix
and Pullback Howie Ferguson
who were below par in last week’s
41-10 loss to Cleveland.
Rote and Ferguson will be re
matched with two Colt rookies
who started off like a house on
fire. Quarterback George Shaw
and Fullback Alan Ameche.
Shaw’s passing bas quieted down
in the last two games and so bas
Ameche's running although the
fullback still leads the league
with a 5.5 yard average to Fergu
son's 4J.
i Colts’ Offense Slow*
i The slowed-down Colt offense
has scored only one touchdown
in each of its last two garnet.
' The Bears, whose applecart
. was tipped by early losses to the
i Colts, Green Bay, and San Fran
■ cisco, can get back within strik
ing distance of the Western Divl
. slon lead by dumping the Rams.
1 It would be the second loss In six
, games for Los Angeles and move
I the Chicago record up to 3-3.
Tbe Steeler-Eagle contest is a
■ return bout, Pitsburgh winning
the first 13-7. It was one of
three losses suffered by Phila
i delphia while the Steelers* only
. loss has been by l point to tbe
i Rams.
I The pressure is on Washington
, to win to stay up with Cleveland
, and Pittsburgh. The Redskins
j have a 3-2 record while their
opposition, the New York Giants,
has been able to beat only the
Chicago Cardinals in the mud.
BALTIMORE FANS
HOPE DUPRE GETS
GOING TONIGHT
BALTIMORE, Oct. 20 (67-
Long Gone Dupre is back.
Ever since the back from
Baylor ran wild for the College
All-Stars against the Cleveland
Browns last summer, football
fans have been waiting for
him to do something for tbs
Baltimore Colts.
But he's been only a brief
visitor in five pro games so far.
Because of leg injuries, he has
, carried the ball only 13 times
and gained 18 yards.
Tonight, against the Green
Bay Packers, the Colts hope
. Dupre will get going. He’s al
most hale and hearty again
and will start at halfback.
Santee in Meet
At Notre Dame
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Oct. 20
(67—Wes Santee leads the
Quantico Marines’ cross-country
team In a triangular meet with
Notre Dame and the Chicago
Track Club at Notre Dame today.
Another Quantico runner is Jack
Gits, captain of the 1954 Notre
Dame cross-country team. Notre
Dame is unbeaten in four meets.
jCharged-Up Middies
For Revenge Against Irish
| lowa Pointing
For Surprise in
Michigan Game
Be the Associated Preae
| Unbeaten Michigan was a
| l-to-2 touchdown favorite to
j beat lowa today and edge closer
to a berth in the January 2 Rose
j Bowl game.
Today’s game at Ann Arbor
I was televised nationally in both
color and black and white. (In
Washlhgton the telecast is being
carried by WRC-TV, Channel 4,
beginning at 1:15 pa.)
Michigan carried a 5-0 record
into the game, three of- the vic-
I tories coming in Big Ten play.
The only other team in the
conference with a perfect mark
waa Ohio State (2-0), but con
ference rules probibit the de
fending champion Buckeyes to
return to the Rose Bowl.
Incentive for Both
Both Michigan and lowa had
considerable incentive against
etch other.
The Wolverines not only were
attempting to strengthen their
hold on first place te the Big
Ten, but also were seeking to
disprove the experts who dropped
them from first to third to the
week’s Associated Press polL
lowa was seeking its first vic
tory over Michigan since 1924,
.and to avenge a pair of 14-13
, losses to tbe Wolverines a tbe
I last two seasons. Both times
i tows took a 13-0 lead, only to be
. overhauled.
Both teams had key injured
i linemen due back for action.
Ron Kramer. Michigan’s 8-foot
i 3 end. waa expected to see at
i least part-time duty. Tbe same
i went for Cal Jones, lowa’s bril
i liant guard.
lowa bad a 2-3-1 record. The
1 Hawkeyes wen 1-1-1 a confer
! enoe play. While Coach Forest
Evaahevski has been rather sil
ent on the matter, there la little
' doubt that he considers Mlchi
■ ran the No. 1 target on lowa’s
schedule this season.
Daks la Ragged Game
The Georgia Tech-Duke battle
; at Atlanta today was one be
i tween a couple of teams whose
) seasons already have been
: marred by one defeat. Both had
I high hopes of riding through un
defeated. But tbe winner still
will be in line for a bowl bid.
' In addition to Navy, which
: meets Notre Dame at South
' Bend, and Michigan, five other
’ major unbeaten teams placed
’ their streaks on the line, Mary
i land and Oklahoma, co-leaders
i in this week’s Associated Press
poll, had easy assignments. The
i Terps met South Carolina and
■ the Sooners sought to fatten
I their scoring average against
: weak Kansas State.
■ West Virginia shouldn't have
! any trouble with Marquette, but
■ Holy Cross could come a cropper
; against Syracuse. The Crusad
-1 era have lost five straight to
the Orange. Texas A&M. the
• Southwest Conference surprise
: package, played defending cham
-1 plon Arkansas.
Top Game (n East
The top game in the East
1 pitted Colgate against Army. Hal
1 Labor's Red Raiders have been
' beaten only once in their most
- successful season in two decades.
1 They bave been cutting a swath
1 through the Ivy League, al
! though they are not members of
’ tbe official family. However,
' Army plays a somewhat faster
brand of football than tbe Ivy
League and it remains to be seen
! if Colgate can keep pace.
1 Unbeaten but once-tied Auburn
, guarded its Southeastern Con
“ ference lead against Tulane, an
’ easy assignment. Boston College.
' another unbeaten but tied club,
' sought revqnge against Xavier of
’ Cincinnati, the only team to beat
; the Eagles last year.
. UCLA, the power of the Pacific
' Coast Conference, can afford to
l toy with downtrodden California.
( in the ton Coast game. Southern
r UCLA’s chief compe
. tition for the Pacific Coast title,
r had. a non-league date with
. Minnesota.
Other major games:
> East—Comell-Columbia, Har-
I vard-Bucknell, Penn-Penn State,
1 Pitt-Mlami, Princeton-Brown,
r Rutgers-Delaware, Yale-Dart
• mouth.
' South— Georgia - Alabama,
. Kentucky-Rice, Louisiana State-
Mlssissippi, North Carolina-
Tennessee, Vanderbilt-Virginia,
Virginia Teeh-George Washing
ton.
Midwest—Clncinnati-Detrolt,
niinois-Purdue, Indiana-Ohio U.,
Nebraska • Kansas, Wiaconsin-
Michlgan State.
Southwest Baylor - Texas
Christian, Houston - Wichita,
Southern Methodist-Texas, Tex
as Tech-West Texas State.
Far West—College of the Pa
clfic-Washington State, Colors
do-Missouri, Washington - Ore
gon State, Stanford-San Jose
State, Oregon-Idaho, Wyoming-
Brigham Young.
COLLEGE
FOOTBALL
Br Um Associated Frau
Walter*. *7 . r .„..Tka Citadel. 7
West Chester (Fa.J. *7—Blaee (Fa.). 1
Wtaeaaua Tech, is Mitten. 13
Beeeiajt (MtaaT), • Raperler <WI«>. •
Qrieer-Stoahtea, •”|llHaele Celleee. •
) HenSenea (Ark.), 4S| flaaSrls <Arh>. IS
, Carthase (III.), T-. ... Maakate. 6
' Collars at Emeorie, 3*. Kansas Waa., •
> Tarkla (Ms.). IS Graeeland (lava). 14
Ottawa (Kaa.)» 3S Betaaar (Kaa.), •
I Washhara, 33 SaathwaaMSa (Kaa.), 7
. Ml.aa.rl VaDar, 13 . William jewel. «
1 Doans* SS Fern (Nth.). M
. Chndrow. SI ,Ml4lan4 (Meh.), SO
eU&TO?’ *-:;1bSb; ?
, S. Western Okla* SSt S. fasten Okie. 13
’ Yankton. • . (tie) Dakota Waaleran. •
I
1 Tar. la. Karr. 14.. tea taeetae State. I
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• THE EVENING (TTAR. Washington, D. C t
SATDBPAT. OCTOBZE «*. ltM 1
SOUTH CAROLINA CAN K TOUGH
: Terps Heavy Choices, 1
' But Take No Chances
I By MERRELL WHITTLESEY
Maryland appear* to have a
level-headed football team, and
• the fact that it is a 27-point fa
' vorite over South Carolina today
does not figure to give Coach
Jim Tatum any concern about
I overconfidence.
The Terps are pointing for
that Orange Bowl clash with
, Oklahoma, but appear to be the
; type team to take tbe sure way
, of getting there, which is taking
care of each Saturday opponent
J in turn. /
1 The No. 1 team in the Nation
' put Its 11-game winning streak
on display before homecoming
' fans, with about 20,000 expected
.in Byrd stadium for the 3
i o’clock kickoff.
| Bate Threaten* Again
Tbe rain Jinx was threaten
ing again. The first home game
l against UCLA was played in in
-1 termlttent rain, and rain stopped
’ Just before the kickoff when
' Wake Forest was here, costing
the Terps several thousand spec
' tatora.
Showers are predicted during
the game this afternoon.
Tatum, as usual, is talking
- down the 37-point odds, pointing
out that South Carolina played
’ Clemson to a 14-14 standstill for
i *
GW Even Choice to Beat;
:VPI for Winning Season;
5
i By GEORGE HUBER
I Star Staff Cerreepondent
J BLACKSBURG. Va.. Oct. 20
1 George Washington, in playing
VPI today, goes after a football
1 victory that would assure it of
1 a winning season. The kickoff
[ was scheduled at 2 pm., with a
1 capacity crowd of better than
’ 10.000 expected for VFl's borne
-1 coining.
‘ The Colonials carry a 4-1 rec
{ ord into the game, and a victory
t today in w(iat is rated as an
. even-up contest would guarantee
' a better than .500 season. The
, Colonials already have made a
; vast Improvement on last year’s
1-7-1 total. VPI. which beat the
Colonials. 20-13, last year at
! Griffith Stadium, also has a
’ winning 1055 record of 4-1-1. It
; was unbeaten, although once
; tied, last year.
George Washington’s drills
this week have been devoted to
pass defense with an eye toward
; slowing down Billy Cranwell,
I Tech’s Junior quarterback who
i passed for two touchdowns in
i last year’s game and who is
. hitting at .500 going into today’s,
i Passes spelled defeat for the
. Colonials last year when the
r <
i Howard Host to Fayetteville |
'ln Conference Cellar Battle !
Howard University meets Fay
i etteville (N. C.) Teachers College
• at Howard Stadium at 2 pm.
j today in a game which could
l determine who’ll finish last in
the 18-team Central Intercol
: legiate Athletic Association.
> Howard, whose only win came
• over nonconference D. C. Teach
-1 ers, is 0-3 in CIAA play, while
■ Fayetteville has yet to win in five
• conference starts.
1 The game today will be the
first between Howard and Fay
etteville, which was admitted to
■ the conference last year and
, finished 15th in football, one
, place above the Bisons.
To say that Howard wants to
win this one is a gross under
, statement. Not only have the
Bisons failed to win in CIAA
■ play, but they have yet to score.
, Last week’s 12-6 loss to non
• conference Fiske at Nashville has
not set too well with Coach Tom
Johnson’s charges.
Howard lost the services of
■ two regular linemen. Guards
Bill Grinnage and George Rob-
YOUBETHE
QUARTERBACK
By WARREN GAER
Drake Football Coach
Chattanooga has a third down
and goal situation on the Dayton
■ 2-yard line.
s Two plays by Chattanooga’s
hard-hitting fullback have been
stopped by submarining guards
(Dayton’s guards dive low, come
•up under play). This is the first
, time all season that anyone has
» been able to contain the 215-
i pound Moccasin fullback on a
, goal-line stand.
, Rate these plays 1, 2. 3 and 4
» as choices to defeat this sub
i marinlng defense:
• Pitehout around end after
| fullback fakes dive Into line.
| Quarterback sneak,
r Split buek (fake to fullback,
{ give to half off other side).
| Fullback into line on dive.
} (Answer on Pagt li)
the last three quarters of their
game last week. Clemaon won.
28-14, on two quickies in the
first quarter.
Clemson now looms as the i
toughest team ahead of the <
Terps. The Tigers have lost only <
to Rice and figure to have a 6-1 <
record when they play Maryland ]
at Clemson in two weeks. That >
would put the ; Tigers in the
Orange Bowl picture, and if they i
should beat Maryland, they’d <
have a solid claim to a Miami I
invitation.
TrezMseame Last Year. j
South Carolina gave Maryland.
trouble last year, holding the.
Terps even until 55 seconds of
the first half remained. How
ever this is a better Maryland
team and South Carolina never ]
has found replacements for its]
line losses of last year.
Maryland leads the Nation in 1
rushing defense, holding its op- ]
ponents to 62 yards per game, l
out South Carolina has rolled up *
a 200-yard average and figures to 1
test the Terps* line. 1
This la the anniversary game
of Frank Tambnrello’s elevation t
to starting quarterback, and i
Maryland not only has won every t
game but never have been behind
■ with Tambo at the controls. i
Gobblers hit for six of seven <
end 136 yards and all their t
- touchdowns after being held to <
1 103 yards rushing. Their touch- i
: down paas plays covered 16. 18 j
’ and 28 yards, respectively.
The Colonials are ready with ,
i a fair passing attack and a good j
running game, and have with ,
them several of the players who ]
did exceptionally well last year
against VPI. These ’lnclude
Halfback Bill Weaver, who
scored both GW touchdowns, j
and End Paul Thompson, who
had a fine day defensively. It
was a good defensive stand In
the second period last year in
which Thompson was particu
larly noticeable that prevented ’
VPl’a score from going higher. *
As an added attraction, tbe (
Colonials have Sophomore Mike
Sommer in tbe starting backfleld
this year. He was a seldom-used
freshman last year, but now bas .
blossomed Into the Mam’s big j
ground gainer. Tech, too. has ,
among its starters one of last j
year’s little used subs. Halfback (
Don Divers, who likewise has ]
turned into the leading ball ]
carrier. ]
• erts last week. Both are side- j
e lined with leg injuries. To re
i. place them Johnson has moved
1 up Evan Walker, a 195-pound ,
i junior from Detroit, and Milt t
- Buck, a 160-pound freshman <
from Bridgeton. N. J. j
> Another Bison starter who .
- probably will see only limited ,
s action is Tom Lowman, 270-
s pound sophomore tackle. Lo- ,
man was injured against Mor- ,
. gan State two weeks ago and <
. aggravated the Injury in the Fisk ,
, game. ,
i Only one other major change i
eis contemplated by Johnson. It ]
would put Gene Bmith at right
, half and Bob Brown at fullback. (
. Both boys are listed as full- ]
, backs, but Johnson feels that i
[ they can be used more effectively i
, by playing in the same back- <
field unit. i
' WEEKEND |
; FOOTBALL ,
GAMES TODAT .
■ South CMolin* at Maryland. I
S S&*NaM*A2SS:
Gallaudet at Shepherd.
Fayetteville at Howard.
BBfirJltfSftSSfes Marine. .
' mfeWaf^Un.
Hardln-Slmmone at Arlsona State. .
Teams A&U at Arkansas. ’
, »cM , a*B f ,lor.
j
1 *Nort*h Carolina State at Funsaa. (
s Duke at Chortle Tien. |
t RitEi** at I
1 Oklahoma at Kaneaa State.
Temple* ]
Southern California at ldlnneeota.
Kaneaa at Nebraska, 1
l Denver at New Mexico.
Tenneeeee at North Carolina.
North wee tern at Ohio State. r
Tulsa at Oklahoma ASM.
. Waehlnetonslate at Colleco ot Paotflc. 1
' Penn State at Pennsylvania.
Miami (Pla.) at Plttebureh.
Bn Methodiat. <
fiSKViSttJ ' <
Notre Dome
Choice Despite
Navy's Record ~
By CHARLES M. EGAN
Sperta BSttor es TBs §ta*
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Oct. 29.
Navy Is sending one of its afl
tlnte best football teams against
Notre Dame here this afternoon,
all charged up in an effort to win
its 10th straight victory sines
these same Irish last defeated tbe
Midshipmen by a 9-0 seme in
the rain and mud at Baltimore
Stadium a year ago tomorrow.
(The game will be shown on
closed-circuit television at the
Sheraton-Park Hotel and
broadeast In Washington ewer
Radio Stations WRC aodWOL,
beginning at 1:30 pm.)
Few fans in Um capacity
throng of about 58.000 are will
ing to dispute this week’s often
repeated statement thet nearly
everything including virtually 1
sll tbe statistics— points to a
triumph for the Middles, their
first over the Irish since 1944.
They’re undefeated and No. 4
in the national ranking, whereas
ODce-beaton Notre Dame is no
better than ninth. Then, too,
Navy ranks far ahsad in su*h
things as the weekly figures for
total offense, total defense, pass
ing, rushing defense and forward
pass defense.
Um Unimpressed
It seems that every one la
impressed by all this except tbe
Minneapolis line, which early in
the week quoted Notre Dome aa
a six-point favorite. This sur
prised many close football foi
lowera, but tbe odds bad dropped
only a couple of points as the twd
teams prepared to go into action
on a cool, overcast afternoon.
For (bout who don’t know
•bout such things, the Min
neapolis line is the handiwork of
an anonymous mystic who .each
week furnishes football’s point
spread for the gambling gentry.
That be is export aa it goes with
out saying. As an example, Navy
waa favored by 93 points over
Penn last Saturday. The final
score was 33-0.
Off what happened when them
teams last met, one would have
to like Navy over the Irish. Only
tn end-sone fumble kept tbs
Middies from getting at least a
tie last roar after Ralph
GugUebnl’s pass to Jimmy Morse
netted Notre Dame 48 yards and
the only touchdown of the game.
Morse, a Junior haifbock. Is
ptaytng today, hut Guglielml and
Jos Heap are gone from the
backfleld and only Injury-ham
pered Ray Lemek Is left from
lest roar’s starting line.
Navy’s Stara lamrsro n
On the other hand. Navy's
1954 sees. Quarterback Georgs
Welsh and All-American End
KBsgle. are better than eve*
season and several new
comers have clicked well enough
to compensate for the departure
of Joe Gattuso. Len Benzl and
other key men.
Tbe Navy squad, which worked
out spiritedly at Notre Dame Sta
dium yesterday before going to
nearby Elkhart to spend the
night, may have another advan
tage today in physical condition.
For while Welsh is in prims
straps to make a bid to clinch
his selection as All-American
quarterback, Paul Homung, the
Notre Dame split-T director, is
hampered 'by a bruised thigh
muscle that has kept him from
contact work since the Purdue
time lest week.
Homung is certain to play,
but the 8-foot 205-pounder from
Louisville may be handicapped
in carrying tbe ball on "keep”
plays, one of his better accom
plishments.
Big BaUdap far Welsh
The 160-pound Welsh has been
given a tremendous buildup in
tbs Chicago papers and Midwest
ern fans are expecting an awful
lot from tbs little fellow from
Coaldale, Pa, who thus far this
season has completed 40 of the
<1 peases he’s thrown.
Nearly all these passes were
thrown with a wet ball on a
muddy field. So if the rain
holds off today, Welsh might
even Improve on that* fantastic
record since pass defense is not
supposed to be one of Notre
Dame's strong points.
It could be that the Irish will
get some help from a couple of
psychological weapons. First
this is the Knuto Rockne Me
morial Game, and after all,
they've won 23 and lost only 4
of the 36 games played since the
two teams first met at Baltimore
in 1927. The other game wound
up a 6-6 tie st Cleveland in 1045.
Week>End Football
On Radio and TV
Bsdis Today
Navy at Notre Dame, WRC
and WOL, 1:30 pm.
South Carolina at Maryland,
WMAL, 2 pm.
Virginia at Vanderbilt, WFIK,
2 pm.
Roundup of big games (Col- •
gate-Army, Navy-Notre Dame.
Duke-Georgla Tech, Southern
Calif omis-Minnesota, Rice-Ken
tucky), WTOP, 1 pm.
BullU High at Wakefield High
School, WEAM. 2 pm.
Coolidge at Montgomery Blair
High School, WDON, WINX and
WASH-FM, 3 pm.
Green Bay at Baltimore (pro),
WMAL, 7:30 pm.
Television Today
lowa at Michigan (color),
WRC (4). 1:18 pm.
Navy at Notre Dame, eloeed
circuit TV, Sheraton-Park Hotel,
1:30 pm.
Radio and TV Tomorrow
Redskins at Hew York, WTOP
and WTOP (9), 2 pm.

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