Evening star., 1936-09-27
BLUE DEVILS TAKE
STRONG COMMAND
Drive 66 Yards to Marker,
Roll Up Big Margin in
Ground Gained. ss
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

~ URBAN, N. c.. September
26. - Dukes Blue Devils,
champions Of the Southern
- Conference, launched the
foot ball season today with an inter-
sectional conquest over Colgate's Red
Raiders before a homecoming day
crowd of $4,000. The score was to 0,
but Wallace Wade's pupils held more
decisive command of the entire game
than the count indicated.
Duke put over the only score Of the
briskly waged battle with a 66-yard
drive in the third period. Eric Upton
furnished the scoring punch, Juggling
the ball through Colgate's stubbornly
resisting forwards from the 1-yard line,
but Elmore Hackney's passing and
elusive open-field running contributed
substantially to the decisive march.
Colgate's sturdy line otherwise
proved too tough for the faster, more
versatile Duke backfield to crack. The
Blue Devils lost their first big scoring
chance at the outset of the second
quarter when a penalty for motion ir
the backfield spoiled a touchdown
pass from Hackney to Capt. Ace Parker
from Colgate's 26-yard line. Other
wise the home teams attack begged
down a half dozen times within scor-
ing range under the pressure of the
hard charging Colgate forwards.
Kerr Magic Missing.
THE widely heralded "hocus pocus'
- attack of the Red Raiders failed
to materialize. Rarely in scoring range
and only in Dukes territory three
times all afternoon, Colgate had few
chances to open up its bag of latera
passing tricks. Duke was we'll coached
to throttle the "razzle dazzle" stuff
before it could assume threatening
proportions. and generally did so.
Colgate made no menacing gesture.
on offense until the final period
Twice the Raiders completed Ions
passes that put the ball in Duke ter.
ritory, first on the 80 and soon after.
ward on the 24-yard stripe. That wa.
as far as Andy Kerr's band penetrated
the nome defense.
Capt. Clarence Parker. due to 9
groin injury in practice yesterday
confined most of his efforts to punt.
ing, but did superlative job The
Duke leader got off several 70-yarc
kicks and consistently outbootec
Frank Marshall of Colgate.
Meanwhile, Hackney took over tbs
No. ball-carrying role. alternating
with Upton, and averaged nearly
6 yards per try for the games bes;
individual performance. Hackney's
longest runs measured "a and 80 yards
Dukes Margin Impressive.
nUKE rolled up an impressive mar
gin in net yardage gained. 211 t;
rs, although having only a 9-to-s
edge In first downs. The passing at.
tack of both teams revealed an early
season lack of accuracy as well as
polish. Colgate, taking to the all
oftener. completed only out of II
forwards and had intercepted.
Breaks and penalties played bis
part in the rapidly shifting tide o.
play. Parker's interception Of one o1
Marshall's passes led to Dukes sus.
tanned but scoreless series of second.
period threats. Meanwhile, two pen.
alties for holding kept Colgate on thu
defensive. The Red Raiders, lacking
sny real offensive punch. failed tc
capitalize breaks which gave them thu
ball in opposing territory in the first
and third periods.
Alumni and civic enthusiasts com.
bined to put on a colorful pre-game
show for the benefit of the biggest
opening day crowd in Dukes gridiror
history. A Rose Bowl" float, bearing
the legend "On to Pasadena" was
sponsored by local business interests
despite the fact the so-called Graham
plan" now effective in the Southern
Conference officially bans any such
post-season ventures.