The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-17
RAMBLERS CLOSE
SCHEDULE UNITED
AND UNDEFEATED
Flirt With Trouble B u t
Manage To Pull Through
In Bond Game
By WHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK, Dec. Is. - up -
The Randolph Field Ramblers,
playing their football in install
ments and flirting with trouble too
often for their own good, squeez-
ed through with a 1876 victory over
the Second Air Force Superbom-
bers in treasury bond bowl game
at the Polo Grounds today to end
their season undefeated and IN
tied.
A sparse crowd of 1856 saw
the first half Of the game being
played under a sailing of snow
flakes. Despite the disappointing
attendance, however, the game
realized approximately $4,000, 900
in war bonds. due to the sale OF
blocks of bonds to large investors.
The underdog Superbombers
practically stole the show and had
the profitless satisfaction of win
ming the statistics by wide mar
gin and the solace that the clock
a the end CT the first half was
all that stopped them from what
seemed a cerain score.
No Duel
The publicized duel between the
Ramblers' Bill Dudley and the Sc
cond Air Forces Glenn Dobbs fail
ed to materialiZe. Although both
stars scintillated on occasion. the
scoring marcnes were linked to-
gether with little help from these
two men in a ball carrying and
passing way. In fact, Dobbs was
not in the game when the Super
bombers drove sc yards for their
lone touchdown.
The early part of the first quar-
ter was rugged but unspectacular
and play was mostly in Randolph
Field territory, thanks to Dobbs'
edge over Dudley in punting and an
occasional short-lived offensive
furry.
Late in the period, however, the
Ramblers came to life to score
with an ease and abruptness that
was in sharp contrast to their
offensive efforts up to that time.
From his 49-yard line Pete Layden
dropped back ard floated pass
far, far down the field. Harry Bur
rus, who had OUTRAGED the secon-
Diary, turned, gathered in the ball
and ambled the remaining Is yards
over the goal.
The Bombers came back in the
second period to run their rivals
bowlegged with two fine drives.
One, with Ray Evans, Steve Susie
and Don Fauble carrying the mail
was good for 63 yards before be-
ing stopped by pass interrogation
on the Rambler -. The other, start
ing on the Second Air Force 40,
carried to the 2-yard line before
being stopped by the clock.
Dobbs ran the opening kickoff of
the second half back to his AZ,
and John Strzykalski followed with
a 27-yard gallop, but that was the
best the Bombers could do and
when the Ramolers took punt on
their II. it was their turn. They
clicked off six straight first downs,
three times plunging for their
yardage on fourth down. Dudley
finally tossed the ball to Johnny
Goodyear for three yards and the
score. Stout Elmer Madarik was
the work horse of the march, bull
ing through time and again.
The Bombers staged their 66
yard drive at the start OF the final
quarter without throwing a pass.
Sucic, who aad toted the ball on
nearly every play, driving over for
the touchdown.
In the waning minutes of the
game the Bombers knocked again,
but a five yard penalty after they
had driven to the Rambler two
stynied the attack.
Pos.-RandOlD Field End Air