Evening star., 1947-10-05
Stout Columbia
.Tramp|es Navy
In 1876 Tuss|e
Turs Are OutcIussed
Despite Long Gains
Made by Hawkins
By Lewis F. Atchison
Stor Stoff Correspondent

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Oct. 4. - A
Columbia Lion that spent most Of
the afternoon prowling around
Navy's goal line, handed the Mid
shipmen their 10th consecutive foot.
ball defeat this afternoon and the
1876 score does not truly indicate
the wide margin of difference be-
tween the teams.
A capacity crowd Of $4,000 fans,
basking in the warm shunshine OF
an Indian. summer day, saw the
Sailors ward off three Columbia
scoring bids, the third a foot away
from goal, then strike back with
stunning burst of power to take a
briefly held 60 lead.
But this Lou Little-coached Lion
eleven mas a lot of staying power,
as it demonstrated last week against
Rutgers. 1t took the ensuing kick
off and marched IS yards to knot
the count in the second period and
punched over another score In the
third quarter to win the ball game.
Nays offensive power can be
summed in two words. Billy Haw-
kins. The tall, strong -limbed Rich
mond kid legged it SIS yards for his
teams only score on sensational
run behind a wave of perfect block
ing. His try for the extra point was
wide, but it didn't make any differ
ence in the final tally.
Hawkins Gains 148 Yards.
The final statistics tell an even
more convincing tale of Hawkins
ability, however, for he carried the
ball Is times for 148 yards and Navy
ended up with a net total ct 138
yards from scrimmage.
But Hawkins had to share the
spotlight with Reaves Baysinger and
the Navy line in getting that touch
down for after the forwards checked
Columbia and STAYED off an almost
certain touchdown, Baysinger got
off a tremendous boot that was
downed on the Lion %. 1t was a 78-
yard kick and in an instant pulled
the Middies out of deep, dark hole
and put them in complete command
of the action
The Tars regained possession on
their own 46 on the exchange OF
kicks, lost yard, then sent Hawkins
winging goalward.
Lou Kusserow's 37-yard pass to
Bill Swiacki,' who was brought down
by Pete Williams on Nays 4, was
the big pitch of Columbia's f1rst
touchdown march. Kusserow took
the ball over for the score on his
second try.
Bob Russell's marvellous punting
paved the way for the winning score.
The Worcester Mass youngster
kicked five times for Columbia in
the last half, putting two out OF
bounds on the 5, another out on the
6, booted another from behind his
own goal line to Navy's 45 and
another for mere % yards that
Billy Earl returned about five yards.
Columbia Passes to Score.
His kick that went out on Navy's
6 forced the Sailors to punt back
and Columbia regained the ball on
Navy's AZ. On the first play, Kus-
serow faxed a run to the right,
turned and whipped throw that
Bruce Gehrike took on the 8 with
nobody around and went over Tor
the touchdown, Ventan Yablonski
added the 18th point.
Columbia almost turned a Haw-
kins tumble into touchdown early
in the game Kusserow, who re-
covered the ball. went So yards to
Navy's 7, but fumbled on his next
attempt and Navy recovered in the
end zone. Earlier, Baysinger had
pulled down Kusserow's pass in the
end zone to stop the first Lion drive.
Navy went into the air in the last
minutes of play, but Columbia's Sec
ondary was on the alert and kus-
serow intercepted one throw and
Gene Rossides another. Columbia
had the ball on Navy's 81, running
ont the clock. when the game ended.