The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-06
VOLS 0UTPLAY
DUKE ENTIRELY
Bows From Durham Invade
Tennessee Territory Only
Once During Contest
BY WHITNEY MARTIN

IL
KNOXVILLE. Tenn, Oct. 5.-R
The Tennessee Vols grid pres
tige, punctured in the 1910 Rose
bowl game, was patched and
pumped up skin tight today with a
sparkling 10 to 0 victory over 'one
of the best football teams in Duke
history"
Forty-two thousand s~un-saturat-
ed fans who overlooked Shield-Wat-
kins stadium sat thrilled and
amazed as Coach Bob highlands
team, forsaking for the first time
the old army game, ran the legs
from under the Blue Devils with
a tricky new shift, some fancy ball
Juggling and more passing than
Vol fans have seen in a long time.
Scores in Second
The scoring was confined to the
second quarter, a pass good Tor
80 yards accounting for the first
points, and a plunge following a
blocked punt netting the second
touchdown, but that doesn't tell the
StOIy OIL Lilt way IiS NO4o
over the bedeviled Blue Devils.
Only once did Duke invade len
nessee territory. The remainder OF
the time the Blue Devils were
rocking back on their heels, the
midfield stripe only a mirage.
At least twice the Vols had other
touchdowns literally at their finger
tips. In the first period little John
ny Butler passed to FreW Newman
on the Duke 10. Newman was IN
the clear, the ball squarely in his
hands, but he dropped it. In the
final period Bob Andridge sprinted
into a corner of the end zone to
gather in a pass from BUST War
rem, but he was juggling the ball
as he stepped out of bounds.
The first touchdown was richly
earned. 1t climaxed a steady g.
yard drive, featured by the plunges
of Bob Foxx and Ike Peel, and the
passing OF Foxx. The death blow
packed more drama than was Wis
ible to the eye.
Last Tuesday a third-string soph-
omore Vol end, Al Hut, was pro
noted to the second string when
his brother, Emil, injured his Shout
der. Yesterday the boys parents
were injured seriously in an auto
mobile accident enroute to tn
game.
When Foxx eased back from the
Duke 80, looking for a pass re
ceiver, he spotted this same Al
Hust far off to the left and gauop-
ing strongly. Foxx shot the bal
far ahead Of the flying figure. Hust
took it in stride On the 10 and
rambled on over the goal. FoXx
made it 10 with d placekick.
A line that charged like a mad
dened bull accounted for the sec
ond touchdown. AS usual, the Blue
Devils were punching away harm
lessly deep in their own territory.
Frank Killian dropped b to
punt.
The ball doomed off the bosom
Of Abe Shires and was smothered
by Hodges West, Vol tackle, on
the Duke 10. Fox on the fourth
line plunge covered two remaining
yards to the goal. NeWnans
placekick was low.
That was the scoring, and in the
second half it was obvious the
Vols were just coddling their leao.
They abandoned any semblance Of
hokus-pokus, played straight, con
servative football which was
enough to keep the Blue Devils
stymied.
Wade started his second team.
1t played the usual conservative
plunge-and-punt style, and although
it went nowhere it also kept the
Vols from going too far. The Ten
nessee fans were uneasy. It seemed
the Blue Devils were playing pos
sum.
They weren't playing possum.
They were a ~thWarted, beWildereu
team playing against a squad
which outran them, o~utcharged
them, outtackled them and out
passed them.
After the second touchdown it
appeared only a miracle could
bring a Duke victory, and for a
few fleeing moments at the start
of the second half the miracle
seemed to be the Blue Devils 18th
man.
Taking the kickoff they marched
from their own 30 to the Tennes-
see 35, with Yves McAfce, Frank
Ezerski and Thompson Prothro
contributing substantially. They
locked like Duke was expected to
look, but it was a swan song. They
couldn't have gone farther with
tractors. /