The Washington herald., 1917-11-04
AR HEELS Win
BATTLE FROM
STATEELEvEN
hryland Team Defeated by
North Carolina in Great
Game, 10 to 6.
By JOHN A. DUGAN.


Down in West Raleigh. North Caro-
"a, where the State College is located.
youthful. stockey built athlete re-
rted to Coach Haskell early in
ptember for gridiron work. He was
experienced man, and did not take
e sharp foxey eye of the one time
Eet footed Haskell long to discover
Q fact
The students of the Tarheel State
bllege soon discovered the fact that
Is athlete was a shifty. hard hitting
kckfield artist and when he was
signed to the quarterback position,
bd brought his eleven through their
bening game to victory, they nick
hmed him general"
Eddie Gurley, who is this same
hlete, proved a John J. Pershing"
the North Carolina State-Maryland
late gridiron battle at the Central
figh Stadium yesterday afternoon. as
out-generaled the College Park
even IN the first ten minutes of play
nd brought the Tarheels through to
be narrow victory.
Il was not only the brilliant work
isplayed by Gurley in directing his
Jays that trimmed the Maryland
taters, his individual ability at
hooting off tackle and flanking the
hds were the outstanding features
the contest and proved big factor
the defendants of State.
Gurley displayed thorough knowl-
dge of booting the ball. His place
lex. from the thirty-nine-yard line
} the first period and his goal after
buchdown was the margin of victory
hat landed the honors for the Dixie
Ian.
Gurley was given brilliant interfer-
nee by the entire Carolina back field
a his end run while he always man
ged to find a hole when he attacked
he Marylanders line. Faucett and
Murray were the other big ground
tainers for the visitors at rushing the
all from scrimmage while Hudson
roved fast on his feet at running
back punts.
Maryland State presented a power
ful defense but outside of Fletcher
they showed no consistency at ground
kaining.
On two occasions Carolina forwards
we're called upon to brace in their last
trenches and each time they rallied
to the cause and turned back the Col
Iege Park team Maryland also show
Id some brilliant last trench work as
they twice took the ball away from
carolina in the shadow goal posts.
All the scoring in the fray was done
IN the first half. Carolina making its
Ten points in the opening period while
State scored in the second quarter.
The first few minutes OF the battle
resulted in a punting dual between
Murray, of the Dixie tribe. and
Fletcher from College Park. Murray
fnally obtained the edge after an
Exchange, and Curley directed a line
attack. when placed the ball inside
the fve-yard line. Maryland here
halted the Carolina of tackle plays
and Little General" Gurley dropped
back to the 39-yard line and booted
the ball squarely over the cross bars
for the Tarhels' first score.
Hudson's brilliant run back OF a
punted ball after the next kickoff
placed Carolina on the advantage
again. and it was General" GurIey
who pulled a startegy stunt after a
15-yard penalty that So : Carolina its
other point Gurley shot a forward
pass after his team was near the 40
yard line to McMurray on right end.
1t was a wide-open play. and Curiey's
throw Travelled 25 yards before it was
gathered in by McMurray. The big
end men raced Is yards to the goai
line for Carolina's touchdown, Cur
ley kicking an easy goal.
The Maryland Staters kicked off and
showed a lot of fight. as they held
Carolina and forced Murray 10 punt,
hrrf he T~oH
The kick went high in the air anu
for distance OF only u yards.
State College then opened up with a
series Of line bucks which paved the
way for their touchdown, Macdonald
Arthur and Fletcher each made
plunses throught Cardinals line for
safe distances but it was the brunt of
the burden carried by Fletcher that
placed them within scoring distance.
Three attacks after they had placed
the ball inside the five-yard line saw
Fletcher drive through the righ wing
of the visitors for Maryland's only
score. The punt out failed as Black,
of Carolina, batted the ball to earth
before it reached the outstretched
arms of Macdonald.
The second half was gruelingly
fought North Carolina registering
nine first downs against three made
by State. A slow but sure parade by
the. Tarheelers gave promise Of a
score in the third period but Mary
land braced and punted the ball out
of danger. The final minutes of the
fray were all Cardinals as during the
fourth period they opened up with an
aerial attack which baffled the Col
lege Park eleven until they had work.
ed the ball to the twenty-yard line
where Maryland held. A last minute
do or die burst of speed IVES shown
by State and after they had worked
the ball to the forty-yard line Caro-
lima held and were in possession of
the ball in midfeld when time was
called.
State was outplayed almost two to
one, as Carolina made fourteen first
downs during the game to eight OBJ
tained by the College Park team The
penalties were almost, all, allotted to
the visitors as they were working an
Illegal tackle back play which on
three occasions cost them many yards
and first down. The game was one of
the cleanest played, ever witnessed in
this vicinity, six time outs being TAX
en- during the fray and but one sub
stitution being made.
Maryland. Positions North Carolna-
Rich .................L LE................. L. Black
Sullivan ..............L- r..-.......... HOmewood
Stevens .....-..-....L. L.G................. G Rattle
Coster ..........-..-..C .-..Cener........... Whitaker
wescott ..............R. .G............... Wagner
stubbs ..............R- T................ Wagner
Atchinson ............R- E............. MclIurray
knode .........-......Q. .B................ Gurley
Fletcher ..............L B............... Faucett
Macdonald ..-.........R- B................ Hudson