Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02
Freshmen Shine
In Shrine Game
Ending 13-AI|
Fasteners, Displaying
Marked Superiority,
Twice Hold Lead
BY RUSS NEWLAND,
Associated Press Sports Writer,

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. Paced
by three college freshman back
field stars who stole the show from
their older teammates, East and
West battled to a 13-to-13 tie on
a rain-drenched field today in the
10th annual charity football game
played before a capacity crowd Of
nearly $4,000.
1t was Herman Wedemeyer, 49,
year-old first year luminary of st.
Mary's College for the West. Eastern
laurels in the backfield went to Bob
Hoernschemeyer of the University
Of Indiana, and Dean Sensan-
baugher of Ohio State, both 18 years
old and with but one season Of
college varsity ball to their credit.
The game was one of the best
played in the long series, and under
steady downpour in the second
half that turned much of the field
to mud.
The Eastern forces, under Coaches
Andy Kerr of Colgate and George
Hauser of Minnesota, scored first.
A brilliant 56-yard run by Sensan-
baugher to the Vests 16-yard line
paved the way. Wayne Williams,
right half, went over for the touch
down from the 6-inch line, cul-
minating a 72-yard march. John
Tavener, tackle from Indiana,
booted the extra tally from place.
ment to give his team a 7-to-0 lead.
Wedemeyer Draws Plaudits.
The West, coached by Grin Hol-
lingbery of Washington State and
l.. T. (Bucb Shaw, University Of
Santa Clara, tied the count near the
end of the opening quarter with
Hawaii-born Wedemeyer drawing
the plaudits of the crowd.
The West put the ball into play
on the East's 35-yard line. Wede-
meyer, replacing Jimmy Nelson Of
the March Field 4th Air Force at left
half, dashed around end for Is
yards. He followed with one-yard
gains on two more efforts and then
passed five yards across the scrirn-
mage line to Bob DeFruiter, right
halfback from the 4th Air Force.
DeFruiter, former Nebraska star
who played in the Rose Bowl two
years ago. raced the remaining Is
yards for the touchdown. Hank
Norberg, end from the 4th Air Force,
place kicked the extra point to knot
the count at TT.
Match Markers in Third.
Each side scored again in the third
period as rain began to fall. Again
it was the East that first broke the
deadlock with Hoernschemeyer, the
l87-pound freshman who made the
headlines in the Middle West this
season. a main cog in the rally.
With the ball on his teams 81
yard marker, he hit the line for IA
yards. then whipped a pass to his
Indiana teammate. Pete Pihos. good
for ii yards and another first down.
The other 18-year old, Sensan-
baugher, figured in 19-yard dash:
Hoernschemeyer knocked off u
yards, and finally the ball was Is
yards from goal.
Hoernschemeyer passed to Pihos
who caught the ball over the line.
TaVener's attempted conversion
failed.
4 The West took the kickoff and
put the ball into play on it's 4l-yard
line. Wedemeyer lost 6 yards on a
pass attempt, but he'made the next
one click. The play started on the
35-yard stripe. Hustling Herman
tossed the ball 80 yards to Dick
Renfro, quarterback from Washing
ton State College. and the latter
raced IS yards for the score. The
wet ball slithered off Norbergs foot
on the attempted conversion, but
the score was tied 1913.
Fasteners Show Superiority.
! The Eastern team definitely was
the superior and was on the offense
most of the time The Fasteners
missed chance to clinch the game
early in the fourth period after a
65-yard advance to the Vests Is
Sensanbaugher high-lighted the
drive with 41-yard run.
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