Evening Star Newspaper, October 24, 1937, Page 24

L] '/w“)w ‘% WASHINGTON, D..C, SPORTS SECTION SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 24, 1937. Colonials, Vanquished 19-0, Go Down Swinging Against Alabama L] Joe Kilgrow a Whitecap as Tide Sweeps to Victory Before 20,000. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. LABAMA'S rolling Crimson Tide, reputedly directed to- ward Pasadena and the Rose Bowl, swept over and en- gulfed the last of the Capital’s un- beaten foot ball forces yesterday as George Washington's outmanned eleven bowed, 19 to 0. g ‘While approximately 20,000 cus- tomers sat in the pews at Griffith Stadium, Alabama marched to its fifth successive victory against a team which yielded by comparison in every phase except gallantry. Alabama pos- sibly disappointed with its power dis- play, but even so, the Tide clearly was the stronger, more versatile eleven. For one quarter the underdog Co- lonials battled the Tide to a stand- still. Then, early in the second period, Alabama struck twice, via both air and ground. When the first half was over the Tide from Tuscaloosa held a 13 to 0 lead and this was increased when a third touchdown was created out of an intercepted George Wash- ington pass early in the third quarter. Colonials Retain Prestige. S THEY were toppled from the unbeaten ranks the Colonials lost little, if any, prestige. They had no {ndividual to match 'Bama’s talented Joe Kilgrow, a slim senior from Mont- gomery who runs and passes. They had no line to match the Crimson wall, particularly on the flanks, and they had not the knack of executing Alabama’s perfect downfield blocking. But George Washington never gave up. For three periods the deepest the Colonials were able to penetrate enemy territory was the 35-yard line. But at the final whistle, playing on a treacherous, muddy field and flinging 8 slimy, almost indistinguishable ball, they were carrying the fight to the team which, in many quarters, is her- slded as the best in Dixie and, per- haps, in the East. George Washington yesterday was a better, more spirited team than the more highly touted Colonial elevens which met and were conquered by Alabama in the past. There was no Leemans in Jim Pixlee's backfield, as was the case in 1935, when Alabama won, 39 to 0. Nor was there a Johnny Fenlon, as in 1932 when ’'Bama romped to a 28-to-6 victory. Instead, serving as the spearheads of G. W.'s offensive thrusts were little Vic Sampson and Joey Ksufman. Only wia the aerial route did the Colonials sppear dangerous but Sampson and Kaufman never permitted the game to grow dull. Kilgrow » Busy Warrior. ILGROW, a standout all the chill, gray afternoon, was the scoring leader. Esrly in the second period | Kilgrow whipped a pass from the | 83-yard line to Right End Perron | Shoemaker, who ran 7 yards to soore. It was Kilgrow who kicked the extra point and Kilgrow who insti- gated a 32-yard march a few minutes | later to add the second touchdown. Oharlie Holm, another 'Bama State native and a fine running mate for Kilgrow, added the last six points when, with the second half in its earliest stages, he intercepted a lazy pass by Sampson and stepped off 83 yards behind some picture-book bilocking. "Bama was in pay territory on other ocoasions. The Tide found it could gain through G. W.'s line and that it could pierce the Colonial pass de- fense. But this held good, for the most part, until the G. W.'s were in dire trouble. Then, somehow, Pixlee's men braced and Kilgrow & Co. found its gains not so- consistent. In the first period, {f'rinstance, Alabama started & march from its 30 and, despite losing 5§ yards on a penalty, | reached George Washington's 5-yard | line. This came after a quick kick by Sampson seemed to have stopped on 'Bama's goal line, Pete Yurwitz, a G. W. end, downed it but the officials ruled it touched part of the end zone and the ball was brought to the 20. The partisan crowd jeered the offi- clals, who atepped off far more ground during the afternoon than ‘was gained by George Washington, at least. Shoemaker Clever Receiver. HOLM gained 12 on a spinner play from the 30 on this march and on the next play Kilgrow passed to Bhoemaker, who made a remarkable catch and slipped away from Sampson to reach George Washington's 13. Then Holm, taking the ball from Kil- grow on a reverse, fought his way to the 5-yard stripe. Here the mud-spattered Colonials braced in what was to represent typi- cal fashion. Twice they hurled back the plunging 'Bama backs for no gain. ‘When Kilgrow deliberately grounded a pass, while being tackled, Alabama was penalized 15 yards. Another penalty, this time leveled at G. W, gave 'Bama another chance. ‘The Tide hooked it up with a sizeable gain by Kilgrow for a first down deep in G. W. territory, but the Colonials stopped the enemy again and took the ball on downs on their 10, leaving it up to Sampson to boot to safety. Almost in the first minute of the second querter 'Bama’s attack finally began to roll again, and this time the Tide was not be dammed. Starting from their own 26, the men in Crimson got a start when Holm banged off tackle, broke loose and raced 37 yards to the Colonials’ 35. Kilgrow then picked up 9% yards and, after a fumble lost 6 yards, Kilgrow threw his touchdown pass. Halfback Frank Merka was the only man with a chance to break up the heave to Shoemaker, but Merka elipped, fell flat in the mud, and the *Bams end grabbed it off by himself and stepped across. Punt Leads to Score. A FINE punt by Alabam’ Bughes, downed on G. W.s §- (Ses COLONIALS, Page B-10.) A Couple of Big Incidents as Crimson Tide Rolled Over George Washington Therere no cash prizes but this picture’s a puzzle, anyway. It seems a touchdown was made on this sleezy, slushy play but can you find the ball or Kilgrow, the Brown, With 93-Yard March VAN[]Y NIPS 9 S U S ama back who carried it In Final Quarter, Scores 7-6 Over Columbia for Big Upset By the Associated Press. EW YORK, October 23 (#).— Brown's battered Bears got up off the floor with a fourth- quarter knockout punch today and sprang the biggest surprise of the Eastern foot ball season with a 7-t0-6 decision over Columbia’s heavily- favored Lions. They stopped brilliant Sid Luckman except for sporadic moments, fought toe-to-toe all the way and came out on top with a 93-yard touchdown march, with less than 10 minutes left to play. “Weak sisters” of the Eastern grid- iron battles for the last five years, the Bears thus gained their first major victory since 1933, when they topped Syracuse. Even the great Luckman, who com- pleted 16 of 26 passes and did a neat job of kicking with a water-and-mud- soaked ball, could not stop that Brown march. It began on the Bears' 7-yard line and was paced by the ball-carry- G. W.-Alabama - w. (0. Yurwitz S PammeQ nH Alabama (18). George Warren - - ,‘ ones Renzaglia Stapleton Schiering HICHBBIOCTEY & Merka - Carroll Score by periods: abama, fonthy eorge Washington _ 40 Alabama _scoring—Touchdowns. Shoe- maker, Kilgrow, Holm: points after touch. down. 'Kilgrow (placement). Alabama substitutions—Ends. Blackwell. Stanford, H. Davis; tackles, Tipton, Wood, Skierge; ' giards. Foshee. Red center. ' Cox: _backs, _Slemous. 7 Moseley. A. Davis, Waites, Roberts, Bos- well. Cochran. Beard, Wickie. G. W substitutions—Ends, Eberle. Faris: _tackles, Keahey. BSaeger, :_euards. Hoagland, Coitinghami Hallberg: backs, = Turner. B. Hogg, Nordquist, Nicksick, Eberts _ (Catholic): Tihila. Zelaska Officials—Referee. (Presbyterian); fleld 1); linesman, o 13 6 0—19 00 0—o0 Mortis, umpire, _Scholar Judge. ' Ramey (V. Hackney (North Carolina), Statistics. Bama. G. First downs 1 Yards gained by rushing (net) 15 Eprward passes attempted 1 orward passes completed Yards gained by forward passes 9! Yards lost, attempted forward Dasses : S Forward passes, intercepted by ~3 Yards gained, runback of int. passes 1 i & Punting average (from sorim- mage) s vl (x) Total yards. kicks returned_1 Opponents’ fumbles recov: Yards lost by penalties 543 {1 (x)—Includes punts and s. ing of Irv Hall and the passing of Larry Atwell, Pass Gels Brown's Tally. TWO passes from Atwell to Frank Foster covered the last 25 yards and counted the touchdown. -The margin of victory was supplied by Hall, who booted the extra point. When Hall added the point, it wiped out the advantage the Lions had gained with their six-pointer in the third quarter, Played to a stand- still through the first half, although on the offensive most of the time, Columbia turned on the heat midway of the third period after receiving & punt on the Bears' 48. Bob Taylor started the ball rolling by rushing for a first down on the Brown 35. Luckman advanced it to the 28 on a sneak off left tackle, then threw two passes, one to Art Radvilas for 18 yards and the second to Taylor for the touchdown. Hub Schulze rushed in to kick the point. But the Brown line blocked his effort. Line-Up and Summary. 7 Columbia_(6). Brown (7) Radvilas Nash Larkowich _ Snavely Pistolas Manrodt Hersey _ Sweeney arney Bateman Finkelstein Siegal Foster ___ Sposato ZHall Luckman Bernstein Taylor “McLaughry Bonom Score by periods: rown Columbia, 8 Columbla_seoring—Touchdown, Taylor. Brown scoring—Touchdown. Foster: ‘point il;::\y try after touchdown, Hall (place- FINAL PLAY TELLS Kansi 0. E. .G .G, OECEEY TR L "B o 77 0—6 ’ Long Pass for Touchdown Beats Oklahoma, 6-3. NORMAN, Okla., October 23 (P).— Kansas University’s Jayhawkers pulled a 48-yard touchdown pass on the final play here today to defeat the University of Oklahoma Sooners, 6 to 3, in & Big Six Conference foot ball game. With 10 seconds to play, Don Ebling Jooped & 30-yard aerial to Dick Amerine, who outran Webber Mer- rell to.the goal line. PLEBES WIN AT SOCCER. ANNAPOLIS, Md., October 23 (®). —The Navy Plebe soccer team today defeated the Sparrows Point High Bchool team, 3 10 Q. over from the 2-yard line in the second period? +Clint Frank Again M asterful ' As Yale Defeats Cornell, 9-0; That portion of a chalk line you see is the goal stripe and there seems to be some fierce Tackle Runs 50 Yards for Touchdown That Beats Champs, 7 to 6. By the Associated Press. ASHVILLE, Tenn., October 23. —The dominant foot ball power so0 proudly displayed by Louisiana State University for two years came to a tragic end today at the hands of Vanderbilt's Com- modores on the cold, wind-swept turf of Dudley Stadium. More than 18,000 spectators de- parted from the scene of battle won- dering about a neat plece of legerde- main pulled by the crafty Ray Mor- rison to give Vanderbilt its 7-to-6 decision over the reigning champion of the Southeastern Conference. So swiftly, and with the deceptive- ness that characterized the Commo- dore attack all afternoon, came Van- derbilt’s winning touchdown after five minutes of play that few witnesses to the overthrow of the two-time cham- plons knew what happened. Tackle Scores Unmolested. ONE exchange of kicks took place, Vanderbilt getting the ball on its own 44. Jimmy Huggins, a mite of a quarterback, went through a hole at guard to place the ball dead at mid- fleld. Then Dutch Reinschmidt squatted against the center and took the ball. End Bill McElreath and Tackle Greer Ricketson pulled out on a reverse. Reinschmidt handed the ball to Ricketson and the big tackle swept unmolested down the sidelines for the touchdown. Fullback Joe Agee booted the extra point. A trio of sophomores, Young Bussey, Ken Kavanaugh and Jabbo Stell, put on a great serial attack for Louisi- ana’s score. The drive was aided by a Bussey-Kavanaugh pass of 19 yards. On the try for the extra point by place- kick the pass from center was low. La. State (6). Vanderbilt (7) B - MCcElreath Ricketson ‘Merli ne play. Nice and gooey, eh? afety Nets Notre Dame 9-7 Triumph After It Ties Navy With Drive in Fourth Period| By the Associated Press. OUTH BEND, Ind,, October 23.— They still are the fighting “Irish” of Notre Dame. On a fleld covered with & blanket of mid-Winter snow, Notre Dame turned back a powerful Navy team, 9 to 7, today, achieving a dra- matic victory in the last few minutes of the game to thrill 45,000 spectators, who sat shivering through a steady fall of heavy, wet snow. There was no mistaking the fight of the “Irish.” Hopelessly beaten for three periods, they fought with furious savagery in the fourth period to smash the powerful Navy line and triumph. With less than 3 minutes to go, the game was decided by a safety. s Low Navy Pass Gives “Break.” NDY PUPLIS, Notre Dame quar- terback, caught & Navy punt and raced 54 yards before he was thrown out of bounds on the Middies’ 8-yard line. On fourth down, with the ball on the 3-yard line squarely in front of the goal posts, the Irish elected to run. Prank McCormick, fullback, failed to break through and fumbled. The Navy recovered on its own 5- yard line. Alan MacFarland, sub for Lem Cooke, went back into the end zone to punt. The pass from center was low and MacFarland dropped the wet ball. He scooped it up and started to run, but Chuck Sweeney, Notre Dame right end, dived into MacFarland with a crashing tackle to score a safety, and the precious 2 points that meant victory for Notre Dame. Notre Dame opened the final period with a furious attack. Jack McCarthy, Notre Dame fullback, scored a touch- down on the second play. He dashed through his own right tackle, reversed his fleld and' galloped 31 yards with- out a hand being 1aid on him. Puplis kicked the point that tied the score. Middies Start With Speed. TKI Midshipmen started with a pow- er drive that threatened to sweep the “Irish” off the fleld. They drove to Notre Dame's 11-yard line, in a 55-yard march, only to lose the ball on downs. A few minutes later, Navy scored with Dick Gunderson, Middy guard, recovering & fumble on Notre Dame's ood, in the SAMPSON IN LINE BEFORE D Vic Sampson was one of the reasons why Alabama_did no more rolling over the Colonials than the 19-to-0 score. He, who was a star on defense as well as moved into position to intercept carry it back a The pass, shot hard, skipped the intended Tide receivers. run and reached Alabama’s 46-y down. —Photos ERCEPTS, CARRIES TO 46-YARD few precious yards in that scoreless first quarter. Sampson grabbed it on the dead OWNED. offense, here is depicted as he a pass from Joe Kilgrow and over the outstretched arms of ard line before he was hauled by Elwood Baker, Star Staff. EW HAVEN, Conn., October 23. N and rain today with a 9-0 con- Holland Is G —Yale overcame Cornell’s quest topped off by & dazzling 67-yard By the Associated Press. gallant resistance in the mud touchdown gallop in the final period by Clinton Edward Prank of Evanston, | but he rolled up heavy yardage on the | 11, the Elis’ captain and all-America | ground besides sharing the game's de- | halfback. A crowd of 40,000 in the Yale Bowl saw the talented Blue team outplay the Ithacans from start to finish, achieve its fourth victory in as many games and strengthen its prospects for an Eastern “ivy league” champion- ship. Fullback Dave Colwell's 29-yard field goal from placement, early in the game, gave Yale all the points it need- ed, as things turned out, but Frank made it more convincing by breaking loose in the final quarter for the game's most brilliantly executed play. Hessberg Erases Last Obstacle. DASH]’NG into the clear off his own left tackle, Frank twice shifted gears and direction, shook off three tacklers unaided and finally had his path cleared with the aid of & fine dle of the line for a touchdown and Iater place-kicked the extra point. Notre Dame outgajned the Middies, 201 yards to 115 and nine first downs to six. All the gaining of both teams was done on the ground as the wet foot ball made forward passing too hazardous. Line-ups and Summary. ‘Notre Dame (9). - .. Bkoglund Marshall A. Sheliogg Sweeney O'Reilly McCarthy McCormick Thesing 209D ITIOCEY 28 mmmwman 0am3 Notre Dame Scoring—Navy, touchdown, Wood: point from try after fouchdown. Wood (place- kick): safety. McFarland (sub for Wood). Notre Touchdown. McCarthy: point from try after toushdown. Puplis (sub for O'Reilly) (place-kick) Bubstitutions-—Navy. end. Bauchmann: tackles, Lynch. Jarvis: guard. Spector; center, Andrews: backs, Case. Ingram. Reimann. McPFarland, Hansen. = Notre Dame—Ends, Brown. Zwers: tackles. Ely. Kell: guards, Foster. Kuharich: backs, Puplis, Hofer. Simonic] Statisties. a Navy. N.D. ] (] First downs 103 Yards gained by rushing (net) Forward passes attempted Forwa pleted ds gained by forward passes s lost, attempted forward sses Forward Dpasses intercepted by Yards gained, runback of int. Dasses Punting average (from scrim- mage) “ iz al (x) Total yards, kicks returned 4 Obpponents” Fumbles recovered . Yards lost by penalties (x)—Includes punts and kick-offs. WINS HOME-COMING Young Leads Washington Col- lege as Susquehanna Bows, 27-0. SELINSGROVE, Pa, October 23 (®.—Washington College, sparked by the individual performance of its speed merchant quarterback Young, smashed its way to a 27—0 victory over Susquehanna before & small home-coming crowd here today. The game was played in & steady rain. a o 0 0 o ] 96-YARD RUN DECIDES. HAVERFORD, Pa., October 23 (#).— Oscar Kerstetter's 96-yard runback of the opening kick-off in the second half for & touchdown carried Johns Hopkins to & 13-12 victory over Hav- ertord today. Makes It 34 Straight Wins Over Strong Defensive Rutgers Eleven. By the Assoclated Press. RINCETON, N. J., October 23.»— A single touchdown in the opening period gave Prince- , ton’s foot ball forces a 6-to-0 victory over a defensively powerful Rutgers eleven today as these oldest of all gridiron rivals waged one of their finest batties before a throng of about 35,000 in Palmer Stadium ‘The thirty-fifth meeting between New Jersey's major colleges, it also was Princeton’s thirty-fourth succes- sive triumph. Only in the first game of the classic series, back in 1869 when there were 25 players on a side, was Rutgers the winner. Margin Bigger Than Score. 'I‘HE Tiger's margin of superiority today was greater than the score indicated, but aside from the single touchdown march of 56 yards, it was the Scarlet's brilliant defensive play that featured the contest. Twice Rut- gers held within its own 1-yard line, forcing Princeton’s ball carriers back on their heels. Bob Hinchman, sophomore halfback from Pittsburgh, was largely re- sponsible for the lone touchdown His pass to Dick Wells gained 25 yards to the Rutgers' 29-yard mark and his later 16-yard off-tackle dash carried to the 1-foot line. From t; Larry Taylor of Haverford, Pa, plunged across for the score. Tackie Charley Craig blocked Taylor's try for extra point. Rutgers' Line Scrappy. NOTHER Hinchman-thrown pase this time to Jack Meyerholz, car- ried 31 yards to the 2-yard line the third period. while a blocked punt on fourth down was responsible for the third threat in the fourth. Rutgers' goal line stands prevented scores both times reat on Defense | block on Cornell's safety man by Al | Hessberg. The touchdown climaxed a brilliant | all-around day's work by the Eli leader. Frank’s aerial guns were spiked by Cornell's alert defense, except for a brief interlude in the third quarter, fensive honors with Cornell's giant | Negro end, Jerome (Brud) Holland of Auburn, N. Y. Frank, among others, was nailed | behind the line several times by Hol- | land, but the Yale captain gained an | aggregate of 145 yards by other routes | from scrimmage out of Yale's total rushing advance of 230 yards. Frank also completed two passes for gains of 44 yards. It wasn't any fault of the Eli leader that his end zone tosses twice skidded through the hands of the intended receiver, Johnny Miller. | Cornell's rugged line, paced by Hol- | land, thrust back three Yale threats with the goal line from 10 to 20 yards away, but the big Red forces were out-classed on the offensive start to flnish. The Ithacans regis- tered only three first downs, to Yale's | 12, picked up only one yard to Yale'’s serious passing threat. Three of Cornell's five passes Wwere intercepted, two ‘of them by Francis Gallagher, Eli center from Fairfield, Conn. The first of these boomerangs, early in the second quarter, broke up Cornell's only scoring chance. The Ithacans had the ball on Yale's 38 when Gallagher grabbed a flat toss by Whit Baker near the line of scrim- mage. The fleet-footed George Peck came off the hospital list for the Ithacans, entering the game twice, but he handled the ball for only a half dozen plays and never was even close to penetrating Yale's alert defense: Colwell's Kick A Beauty. 35-yard advance through the slippery going, with Al Wilson Yale’s first scoring opportunity. Col- well's placement goal, from the 29- yard stripe from a difficult angle, shot squarely between the uprignts. Between that episode and Frank's climax scoring dash it was a tug-of- war, punctuated by Eli threats that failed because of Cornell’s fine defense against Frank's passes. Eliot Hooper, Cornell's left-footed kicking guard, matched Colwell's lofty punts with sharply angled end-over-end boots. Holland's spectacular tackling, marked by one occasion when he threw two Elis in succession for huge losses, repeatedly upset the home team but Cornell was unable to capitalize its defensive showing. The Ithacans reached midfield in tlfe third quarter | but Ewart's interception of another of Baker's flat passes turned the play. Line-ups and Summary. Cornell (0), Yale (9) Holland - J. Miller McKeever _ - John oth Castle Gallagher g SQHmS - Boochever ‘Moulton Score by periods: Gormell - 0 BT AL WxiKwEH0 Wilson Oolwell [ ] 0—0 3 0 0 69 Yale scoring—Touchdown, Frank: fleld goal, Colwell (place-kick). INDIANA WINS IN ROMP Cincinnaties, bverpowered, 27-0, Losing Sixth Straight. CINCINNATI, October 23 (P).—A fast, heavy “powerhouse’” eleven from Indiana University rode roughshod over the University of Cincinnati, 27 to 0, today, inflicting the sixth straight defeat on the Bearcats. Coach Bo McMillin, watching his second-string men go scoreless in the firet period, sent in a new team at the start of the second and unlim- bered his siege guns that netted two fouchdowns. from | four from scrimmage, and produced no | and Frank lugging the ball, set up| Line-ups and Summary. 3 wnTmmEa QXN Simpkins Schank Tranavitch Pe TR R Tl ] Score by periods: Rutgers Princeton Princeton scoring- NEWYORKU., 13 TC ! Kearns, Who Throws Two ¢ ing Passes, Stars for Unbeat- Untied Leopards. YORK, October 23 —1- ette’s resurgent Leopards tu two of their three completed forw | passes into touchdowns, today, ta ¢ feat New York University's Violr 13 10 0. About 7500 fans sat In Yan Stadium and watched Lafayette, 1 ‘bea(bn. untied and unscored up keep its slate clean with a coura |ous defense and an attack that | boldly and brilliantly in the cruc | moments. | Outstanding in the Leopards' ca was Tommy Kearns, fleet triple thre halfback, who threw both touchdo passes, punted magnificently and ¢ | most of the ball carrying. | Harry Simmons, the end who scor the first touchdown, was a seawor player on defense and helped stop t | Violets' hipper-dipper attack be’ it could get under way in scoring te:- ritory. | The losers outrushed Lafayette 152 yards to 105, but lost on aerials. La- fayette completed three for gains of 112 yards while N. Y. U's 11 netted them 88 yards. N. Y. U. had 10 first downs, the winners 6 Line-ups and Snmmary. Lafavette (13). Weldon Vestby " Kerekes _ Quigg Stellatella riscoll Simmons _ Bellis Kearns 1 Greulich \ Williams Lafavette - 7 0 813 New York University - 0 0 0 0— 0 Lafavette scoring—Touchdowns. mons. Greulich: point after touchdo Cavallo (sub for Greulich) (place-kic 'RICE DEFEATS TEXAS \FOURTH TIME IN ROW Does Its First Scoring of Year in 14-7 Battle That Marks Conference Debut. Ey the Associated Press. AUSTIN. Tex.,, October 23—Rice Institute’s aggressive gridders to- day attained “jinx" status over the University of Texas, triumphing the fourth year in a row over the Long- horns, this time by 14-7. The team which had not scored a point this season thus started its 1937 Southwest Conference warfare with a victory. The Longhorns scored their lone touchdown in the second when Hugh (Big Bad) Wolfe, Texas' outstanding ground-gainer, snagged Gray's lateral and tore to the Rice 13. Gray later- aled to Bryan, who went over. Wolfe added the extra point. Rice marched to a touchdown as the gun fired to end the half. Two aerials from Ernie Lain to Ollie Cor~ dill, punctuated by a couple of lins jabs, placed the ball on the Texas 5. Lain hit right tackle for the score. Vestal kicked point. In the fourth period, passes and line play carried to Texas' 1I-yard line. Steen acooped Lain’s pass off the ground for the second score, Scheuhle kicked point. WICODTIOL Y L] -7 S ZEwME0 QHE " Lentz . Score by perfods: ¢ El