The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-03
BILL MYERS HOT
AS UNC PLAYS
BRILLIANT BALL
Carolina Backs Amass l62
Yards Rushing To
PENIS 70

CHAPEL HILL. Oct . n
Bouncing back from its loss to
Georgia Tech, the University -
North Carolina played straieat
football today. and defeated Penn
State 1910. before 1880 fans here
in the Tar Heels home opener-
Both teams relied upon their
Navy VIZ men TO lead the way
but the Lions apparently did noi
have the punch that gave them
victory week ago over Buckncli
North Carolina scored in the last
three quarters. ma six ward
plunge by Billy Myers, IT'S pound
tailp2ck. seven yard pass from
Myers 10 Eddie Bryant, up from
Virginia. and six yard end run
by Hugh Shot Cox, the flashv
Camden, S. c. speedster, Gcorgc
Crimes. also Of Virginia, made
good his last try for the extra
point.
Never Threatened
Penn State never threatened.
The closest the Lions came TO pay
dirt was in the last quarter Whcr
Harold Mouch, formerly of the
University of Dayton made -
wards on three successive tries To
the 23 There he collahorated with
Allen Richards. eX-University OF
Cincinnati player, in moving to tie
II. But John Maskas, tackle up
from V. P. l.. and Captain Graz
en- Turner next threw Mouch for
three yard loss and time Out
penalty served to enc the threat
and State kicked out
The game was listless at the
start. but it soon gained monen-
tum when Eddie league, who stai-
red for N. c. State last year. cap
ped drive by moving 10 yards to
the Penn State 20. He then took to
the air lanes but got Nowhere. lio-
sea Rodgers. ex-Alabama, next
teamed with Myers in futile mid
field drive. The Lions took oNcr
soon afterWard and showed brief
sparkle when Bobby Williams
made beautiful eight-yard plungo
through right tackle. Jim Graham
who went to Penn via George
Washington, and league started q
punting duel that topped the day
booting exhibitions.
1t was at the start Of the second
that Myers began the performance
that netted him the chief hOnorS OF
the day. He broke loose for 80
yard sprint but on the next play
Bob McCollum. up from Texas
Christian. fumbled and Johnny FAT
furs recovered. A few plays later
Myers. Hosea Rodger and Jack
Fitch moved to the q and then
Myers skirted left enc to the 10
Myers then scored on a six-yar5
plunge. Crimes try for the POI.
was wide.
Setting up the second touchdoHo
Wayne Palmer, up from Soutncn
Methodist, intercepted Bobby VII
ham's pass on the Penn "a. Fitch
and Rodgers hit the line to the -
and Myers, unable 10 find re-
celver. went around left end To
the eight and Eddie Bryant moved
the seven. A play later, Myers
passed to Bryant over the goal
Crimes try again was no good,
Cox, back in his old-time form
plunged to the one-inch line in the
final quarter but there he fumbled
and Bill Diefenderfer recovered for
Penn State Richards kicked to
Cox on the 80 and he returned 1t
to 10. Sammy Arbes. formerly Of
the St. Bened.ct's Prep. made
tour yards on two tries and Cox
Whizzed around right END for the
touchdown.
North Carolina was just as im-
presslVe IN statistics. The Tar
Heels made nine first downs To
States five, returned all kicks l33
yards to States ll6 They made
l62 yards rushing to Penn State
10.
Leading the way for Penn State
were Bobby Williams. Jim Gra-
ham, Allen Richards. Al Gene.
Mllt Mcguire. and Earl Brown W
the backfield. Bill Kyle tackle,
Continued on Page Nine; Col 81
Tex having three games to Jor-
dans two in the series. Both
have lost two games. Robe,
ohlpp suffered the other Fireman