The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-06
State In Stunning 14-7 Win Over Clemson
STANDS
FANS ON EARS
Losers Had Been Given
Edge In Pre-Game
Predictions

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North Carolina State colleges
Wolfpack, which got its initiation
into, the fraternity of football
giants with a stunning victory over
Duke last Saturday, paid another
installment on Southern Confer
ence championship dues here to-
day with a 14-7 victory over the
once-beaten Clemson Tigers.
There would be no logic in con-
sidering today's state triumph an
upset but some had given Clemson
an edge in pre-game prognostica-
tions. However, they forgot to re-
member that State owns one How
ard Turner, all-southern tailback
! from Rocky Mount, N. c., who
runs with the motions of a side
show dancer.
Turner stood the paying custom
ers on their ears, choked Clemson
cheers for Dutch Leverman's 49,
yard touchdown in the threats of
Tiger fans, when he took Hank
Walkers kickoff on the two-yard
line and raced SO yards for a touch
down.
Turner cut to his right, found
himself in the clear on his own 80,
stood up Clemson Wingback Bobby
Gage on Clemson's 40 and coasted
in the rest of the way. Jim Byler,
a freshman guard from Chicago,
tied the score with his placekick.
1t was Turner again noted more
for his passing than for his run
ming, WHO gave State the lead it
never relinquished in the early por-
ton of the second period. He set
up the play with a 23-yard pass to
glue-fingered Oscar Bozeman on
Clemson's 10. He tried two passes
that failed, then started out on an
end sweep to his right, found him
self boxed in by virtually the
whole Clemson team on the ten,
reversed his field and roared over
without a Tiger hand touching
him. Byler again converted and
State held the game-winning 14-7
lead.
Clemson offered Leverman, the
freshman tailback from McAIlen,
Tex, in rebuttal to the more ex-
perienced Turner. He held up his
end of the argument through the
first half, gave Tigers fans among
the $1,000 present their only
chance to roar from their heels
when he tore SO yards for the
Clemson's first and only score just
before Turner'S kickoff jaunt in
the first period.
That touchdown came after the
first major break of the game.
Turner had booted from States
W IL, but the ball wobbled out
on the States 33. Leverman
wasted no time, faxed a reverse,
tore over his own right guard, cut
to his right and made it over for
the touchdown. Bully eagle of An
drews converted, giving Clemson
a lead it held for a matter of ten
game seconds.
Besides moving State into an ad-
vantageous position for conference
honors, the victory must have been
a sufficient answer to the doubt
ing Thomases who figured that the
upset of Duke was a fluke. Coach
Beattie Feathers provided to up
per South Carolina today that he
had a football powerhouse to be
reckoned with.
State line play was vicious, par
ticularly on defense, and Barney
Watts, voted the freshman of the
week after last Saturdays game,
was easily the lineman of the day
here. Time after time he was the
fifth man in .Clemson's backfield,
and, as if to give the final results
his personal signature, he broke
Clemson's heart by breaking
through and stopping Rod Olsen
dine for a 12-yard loss on the Nasl
play of the game. He also par
TALLY blocked a Levermah punt in
the second period after twice spill
ing Leverman for losses that
forced the Tiger tailback to kick
John Wagner, a guard from
Gibsonville and Al Phillips, a &C.
year-old end who was co-captain
today, were strong il Sae Wolfpack
forward wall.
Clemson's absolute inability to
capitalize on the breaks cost the
Tigers what chance they had of
getting a tie or triumph. They
recovered four State fumbles and
intercepted n pass, spent viz
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