Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-17
Tar Heels Halt
Two Early
State Threats

Chapel Hill, Oct. 16-P)- Re
bounding for touchdown in
each Of the last two periods at
ter a first half in which it ne
yer advanced as far as midfield,
unbeaten North Carolina de
feated North Carolina State,
$40, today before a sellout a.
900 crowd.
The Tar Heels did not look
like the team that was rated No.
I in the nation in this weeks
Associated Press poll as twice in
the first half they had to throw
back the underdog Wolf Pack
at the vineyard line and then a.
gain at the 10. They finally got
going in the third period and
stormed so yards to a touch
down a minute and a half be-
fore the end of the quarter. Full
back Hosea Rodgers spun over
left guard on second down from
the yard line for the first score.
With three minutes left in the
game, Charlie Justice, the Tar
Heels Tailback ace, who was
held scoreless for the first time
in four games, contacted big
End Art Weiner on the State %
from the 40 FOR the final score.
Weiner raced along the left
sidelines for the score. End Bob
Cox booted both placements to
bring his total for the year to
10 of a.
State completely sutplayed the
Tar Heels in the first half, but
did not have the punch to cope
with the rugged North Caro-
lima forward wall when it had
its big chances.
The second half was the first
in reverse, State being unable to
cross nidfield.
The Tar Heels, ranked fifth on
ground defense going into the
game, held State to total Of 67
yards rushing while State, the
top overall defensive unit in
the country, yielded 100 yards
rushing and 10 more passing.
The victory was North Caro-
linas 18th in row over two
year span and put it atop the
Southern Conference standings,
Justice was held in check by
the hard smashing State defense
picking up net of IS yards on
Is carries.
States first break came when
a Fletcher punt hit Bobby Weant
and was recovered by center
Harold Saunders on the 20.
Thompson made a first down
to the 10, but four plays gam
ed nine yards and Carolina took
over a yard short of its own
goal.
Rodgers put North Carolina in
a hole late in the first period
when he funbled on his q and
Bernie Watts, scrappy State
guard, recovered.
Tailback Gwynn Fletcher,
playing with a guard on his
broken nose, hit end George
BlomqUist for a first down on
the four Then Carl snavely's
huskies dug in and four plays
later took over the bail after
Fullback Bob Smith and Tail
back Bill Thompson, in two car
ries each, were still yard away.
After Justice kicked cut to his
48, State came storrning back,
sweeping to the 10 before a
couple of Thompson passes fail
ed.
Another Justice kick, this one
a 58-yard quickie, got the Tar
Heels out of trouble.
After punt exchange late in
the half sophomore tailback
Mooney Intercepted a Justice
pass and brought it back five
to the North Carolina 80. From,
there guard Jim Byler tried a
field goal which hit the cross
bar and bounced back.
Stopped on the 20 the second
time 1t got the ball in the third
period, North Carolina finallv
began to generate an offensive
The drive was a 50-yarder
beginning after Fletcher had
KICKED dead to midfield follow
ing Bozeman's interrogation of a
Justice pass on the State four
Five plays carried half the
length of the field. The bic
ground gamer was 26-yard
reverse run by Bill Flamisch
down to the II.
Flamisch then got three to
the eight and Rodgers spun over
left guard for the score.
Thereafter Justices kicks and
Cardinals line kept State pretty
well in check.
The final score came in one
quick play from the State 40
after Justice had signalled for
a fair catch of Fletcher punt.
HE faded back and found Vein.
er on the 90. Big Art OUTRAGED
two defenders and sped along
the sidelines for the score, un-