Evening star., 1948-12-19
By MerrelI WhittIesey

The Quantico Marines completed
their conquest of the top service
teams from coast-to-coast, and ex-
tended their two-year winning
streak to Is straight with a smash
ing 40-to-7 triumph over the 82d
Airborne Division team from Fort
Bragg yesterday at College Park.
A predominantly service crowd Of
I8,477 shivered through a one-sided
but spectacular game in Byrd Sta
dium, and watched six ex-Naval
Academy gridmen spark the Ma
rines to the mythical inter-service
championship.
1t was the 18th. straight triumph
this season for the Marines, their
third post-season victory, and it
snapped the nine-game winning
streak of the Airmen
The Marines, who included three
college teams among their victims
Wayne, Xavier of Cincinnati and
st. Francis, appeared to be capable
of giving any of Washington's COL
lege teams a busy afternoon. They
had big, rugged line, f1ashy run
ming attack with eX-Navy stars Joe
Rartos and Dick Ambrogi the
standouts, and Dick Flores steered
the Information in capable fashion,
Airmen Never Stop Trying.
The outweighed and outmanned
Airmen never gave up, but they
didn't have the manpower to cope
with the Quantico eleven. The 82d
had some consolation in it's second
period touchdown, as only four op-
ponents scored against the Marines
this year.
The Airmen's score climaxed a 73-
yard dive and wass made possible
by a brilliant pass catch by Fred
Bell, Negro end Harold Davidson
passed from the Quantico 10 and
Bell made an outfielder's grab as he
ran out of the end zone. Bob
Schreiner, former Nebraska back,
had hand in the score with a Al
yard gallop. Chester Oden added
the extra point.
Ambrogi, who later was named
the games outstanding player,
earned his award with two touch
downs and he had another called
back by Umpire Tommy Whelan,
the official on the disputed play in
the Baltimore-Buffalo playoff game
last week.
The one that didn't count was a
62-yard dash with a punt return
through the entire 82d team, but the
run was called back and the Ma
rines penalized IS yards for clip
ping. Ambrogi cut for four yards
and the first touchdown of the sec
ond half, and few moments later
he caught a punt on his own Al
and raced SO yards down the side
line
The Marines clocked off four first
downs in steady fashion in march,
ing 81 yards to their first touchdown
late in the first period. Bartos went
IL yards to the one and Ray Schuett
bucked over. Tony Messina con-
verted after the first two touch
downs and big Charles Abrahams,
tackle, after the last two.
Abrahams blocked a punt by Joe
Stonge in the second quarter and
Ed Leach recovered on the Airmen's
20. Roy Russell completed pass to
Ben Moore, formerly of Navy, to
the three and Moore went over two
plays later. The Marines third
touchdown followed a fumbled lat
eral which Bob Smith recovered on
the 82ds 39-yard line. Bartos, an
outstanding pass receiver, too, COW
cred 81 yards on pass from Flores
and Flores then passed to Smith for
the touchdown.
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Bartos took a shovel pass from
Flores and scampered 20 yards for
the final touchdown midway in the
third period, following Ambrogi's
scoring spree. This touchdown also
was set in motion by a break with
Bob Scott intercepting a Harold
Davidson pass and running 80 yards
before he was knocked out of bounds.
The last 20 minutes were scoreless
as both sides used their entire