The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-18
OTIS LEADS SUB
CHASERS TO WIN
IN TIGHT ARRAY
Both Teams Display Bril-
liant Brand OF
Football

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Chasers. who took advantage of
every break, made their initial
start successful one by overcom-
ing the speedy Army Air Base
Blockbusters. 1876 on the Blue
thenthal Field Sunday.
The Blockbusters jumped off to
an early lead in the first few
minutes of the ARRAY. The Air
Base kicked off to the Guardsmen.
who after several unsuccessful
plays were forced to punt. The
Blockbusters attempted three
plays that went for no gain and
punted. Johnny Mobiles. the Sub
Chasers' safety man unintention-
ally touched the rolling kick and
the Busters recovered on the
Guards five yard stripe. Two
plays later the Air Bases ace
ground gamer, Grouse, crashed
through the middle of the SUBJ
Chaser line for the touchdown.
The attempted conversion was no
good.
In the closing minutes Of the
first quarter Curly Otis, former
University of Alabama back who
spelled defeat for the Air Base
gridders. stepped into the drivers
seat to maneuver the Sub Chasers'
Blockbuster pass on the midfield
first touchdown. Intercepting a
Blockbuster pass on the midfield
stripe. Otis scampered to the
Blockbuster 40. He then hurled
two forwards to End knight to
advance the ball to the IS Johnny
Mobiles. former Texas Christian
star, crashed off tackle to the
eight. Here the Blockbuster for
ward wall held to take the ball
over on downs. On the first play
the Busters fumbled and the
Coast Guard recovered on the
five. Displaying an enormous
amount of drive, Otis slashed off
tackle for the touchdown. Check S
try for the extra point was bad
and the score was deadlocked at
6-6.
Late in the second quarter OTIS
again started scoring march for
the Sub-Chasers with an intercept
ed pass. Leaping into the air he
seized an Army forward on their
Is and zig-zagged down the field to
the four before being brought
down. On two line plunges. Check
crashed through the middle for
the touchdown. Check then booted
a beauty to put the Sub-Chasers
in the lead 1876
In the second half both teams
threw up stubborn defense to curb
all scoring. The Air Base eleven
put on several sustained scoring
drives with Grouse and Pugliese
engineering the attack, but were
unable to cross the pay-off mark
er as the hard charging Coast
Guard line broke through to end
the threats.
The affray ended with the Block
busters in possession Of the ball
and Pueliese pitching strikes to
End McDonough.
Blockbuster Burr" West. 215
pound former University of Ten
nessee tackle, was thorn in the
side of the Guardsmen as he spent
a large portion of the time in their
backfield. Grouse. Pugliese and
Campisi bore the brunt Of the Air
Base running attack. with Pug
liese making himself as hard to
get a hold of as new set of tires.
The Blockbusters will hold in
tensive drills this week and will
encounter the Camp Davis "B''
team on the Bluethenthal Field
Sunday at 2:3O. The public is in
vited to attend this contest.
The b-Chasers, under the di-
rection of Ensign Carl Hunt, will
continue their practice sessions
and desire to schedule games with
any team of their caliber.
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