Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-01
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BY v|CKERS, Niece
Pair BIazes Way to Owls
1876 Win, but Kaufman
Is Star of Fray.
BY ROD THOMAS.
Stan Correspondent Of The Star.

ColonialS, striving nightly for
L L an unbeaten season, were
forced to strike their colors today to
that Texas scriveners said was one of
the hottest fought in the Southwest
this Fall
1t produced thrill upon thrill for
10000 spectators. most of whom came
to the Rice Stadium expecting to see
lop-sided Owl victory.
Johnny Niece and Red Vickers,
hard-running backs. supplied the dy-
Mantle that blasted the Buff and Blue
from the ranks of the undefeated, but,
effective as they were. neither out
matched George Washington's own
joey Kaufman.
With an all-around display of bril-
lance. kaufman marked the way as
the Colonials marched 80 yards to a
touchdown in the third period.
Rice Strikes in Second.
r ICE struck suddenly in the second
period, just at time when it ap-
peared the Colonials and Owls were
settling down to an afternoon Of
swapping punts.
Rice had the ball on its own 47-yard
line when Vickers sprang to life. He
fired 35-yard pass to Williams, an
end. and the Owls were on the way.
With Vickers and Neece knocking of
the yardage in goodly hunks. Rice
moved to George Washington's H.
yard line. where Vickers heaved to
Niece for touchdown. the receiver
catching the ball in full flight as he
reached the goal.
With three lightning thrusts the
Owls scored the clinching points at
the outset Of the third quarter. Lau-
renee, an end, ran back the kickoff
80 yards to put the ball on the 50-yard
line. Allen Holt. newly risen star
at George Washington, nailed Niece
for 7-yard loss, but on the succeed
ing play Vickers cut loose with that
unerring right arm and Niece dragged
down the leather for a 29-yard gain.
Vickers' Long Run Tells.
THE crowd hadn't stopped cheering
when vickers gave 'em plenty
more to shout over. Taking a pass
and spreading the Colonial defense
the red-head shot around his own
right end and ducking tacklers with
nearly every stride, negotiated 30 yards
to touchdown.
A singular play started George
70 ,te
had something to do with this, too.
With touchdown under his arm, he
fumbled IN the Colonials' end zone
and Kaufman recovered for an auto
matte touchback, the ball being brought
out to the 20-yard line.
Here Joey began to throw the leather
with telling effect. One of his passes
was taken by Ray Hanken, end and
acting captain, for a 23-yard gain
which put the Colonials on Rice's 27-
yard stripe. joey followed with q
l7-yard gallop around left end to lay
the ball on Rice's 10. A couple Of
Kaufman losses were grounded, but
finally got over perfect shot to Pete
Yurwitz. standing in the end zone. It
was with the same sort of stuff that
Joey and Pete used to win games for
New York high school.
Kaufman Leading Gamer.
X AUFMAN was the leading ground
gamer today in a struggle in which
the yards were fought for as though
the athletes hides depended upon
them. joey lugged the leather 10
times for a total gain of II yards.
Vickers produced 81 and Niece Is.
Besides all of that, Kaufman shared
in the punting and with exceptional
effect.
George Washington, which created
a sensation by outgaining Rice last
year and losing by Al to 0, didn't quite
hold its own with the Owls this after
noon from the scrimmage line, run
ming up 176 yards to Rice's 228. The
Buff and Blue tailed II first downs
to the enemy's 10.
Toward the end, the Colonials and
Owls went to it with such vigor that
numerous and long penalties were
meted to both sides.
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