The Washington times., 1937-11-29
New
SenSa tiOn
For Team
OTHER NOTES
BY CHICK KENNY

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Durham's big intersectional grid
tilt between the prowling Panthers
of the University of Pittsburgh and
the stubborn and tricky Blue
Devils of Duke University.
It started a steady drizzle after
several daShes of downpourS be.
ginning at 10 o'clock Saturday
morning, and Northern visitors,
caught by the rain, beat a steady
path to department stores for the
purchase of raincoats and umbrel.
las. The five and tens did a right
smart business, too, selling oil.
cloth by the yards and bolt for
improvised coveralls and dry.
seating.
Duke bobbed up with a new lad
who looms as future All-America
stuff. He is George McAfee, SUBJ
stitute for Elmer Hackney, the
Goldberg of the Southerners. Nc.
Afee is junior and reeled off the
best performance of the game
when he slithered through the en-
tire Pitt team for At yards after
catching punt. He showed well
throughout the entire game that
he played. Tag him for next year.
Washington grid-lovers were on
hand at the game in droveS.
AY0Op1n fhAca VNroca1of IT1oVso A ~ 1oIiN
Dutch" Bergman, coach at Cath
olic University who passed up the
Army-Navy tilt; and Mrs. Bonnie
Brownell, mother Of Bobby
Brownell, former District golf
champion and freshman student
at Duke.
Pitt and Duke clash again
at Durham next yea. the Satur.
day after Thanksgiving, according
to the schedule announced in the
official program. The Blue Devils
drop Tennessee 60 this ycarl
and have added Syracuse away.
The Panther and Devil meet in
Pittsburgh the following year.
Take it from the Pitt players,
themselves, they'll not feel the bit
sighted should no bowl bid come
their way. Among those who
would welcome relief from a post.
season battle in the Arroyo Seco
district are Goldberg, Soucnak,
who kicked in four of those 10
points Saturday and Frank
Patrick, regular fullback. AL! are
for hanging up the moleSkins.
Pitt scouts who viewed Duke
in action up to Saturday were far
from impressed with the showing
of the Devils left tackles, first
and second string. And it vas
over left tackle that Dick Cassiano
scored his 13-yard dash for the
only touchdown of the game.
The North Carolina State band.
which made such a hit here last
year in the C. U. stadium with its
smart drills, was Pitts band Sat.
urday. The famous Pitt Panther,
however, was on hand, and teamed
up with the Duke Blue Devil to
give the crowd something to smile
about despite the drenching rain.
Big time coaches were dime q
dozen around Durham Friday
night and Saturday. Among
those present were Bo McMillin
of Indiana, OSSie Solem, Syracuse:
Carl Snavely, Cornell; Fred Swan.
Pop Warmers assistant at Tenn
pie; Dutch Bergman: Clarence
Mum, former All-American full.
back at Minnesota; Carnegio
Techs coaching staff, all former
Pitt players; Maj. Bob Neyland.
Tennessee; and Frank Thomas.
Alabama, to mention a few. Nc.
Millin was angling for home and
home series with Pitt for 1889
or 40. The fact that the major.
lty OF major teams closed their
schedules Thanksgiving or the
Saturday before, made it possible
for the master minds" to attend
the game at Durham.
Immediately following the game.
graduate manager Of athletics at
Pltt, Jimmy Hagen, turned down
a $4,000 guarantee to play q
PICKED opponent in the Cotton
Bowl at Dallas, New Year Day.
Curtis Sanford, president of the
Cotton Bowl Association is headed
west with the check and will
attempt to capture the University
of Colorado with it's great
"Whizzer" White.
The playing field was PRO.
tected" from the rain by the use
of gigantic tarpaulins-borrowed
from the University of North
Carolina, II miles away.
Pitt put up at Chapel Hill, seat
Of the U. N. c., the night before
the game and journeyed to Dur.
ham by bus the following morning.
Ticket scalpers were getting $40
for pair Of seats, until IL o'clock.
when the prices dropped to SO,
Approximately 5000 with ducatS
did not attend the game because
of rain.
How to be a success: Open q
restaurant in Durham. There are
only three in the town, aside from
the university dining hall. Your
correspondent was from 8 o'clock
to 1920 waiting to be served
breakfast.
War in PaPis-And All Because One
Of the Fashion Cars Of the French