Evening star., 1948-11-14
Columbia Turns Back
|nept Navy, 1870,
As Rossides Stars
By the Assoeiated Press


NEW YORK, Nov. 13.-Colunabia
snapped a four-game losing streak
today with a 1870 gridiron triumph
. over Navy team that positively re-
fused to cash in on numerous op-
portunities to put together its first
victory of the season.
Led by Gene Rossides, the home
club drove So and II yards for
touchdowns midway in the game
after turning back two Navy threats
in the opening period before a
capacity crowd of 5000 in alternat-
ing ram and sunshine at Baker
Field.
Only u seconds Of the first half
remained when Rossides tossed a
four-yard pass to End Bill Lockwood
for the first Columbia marker after
Bill Olson had intercepted Navy
pass on the Lion 48.
TWO forwards by Rossides, who
completed eight of his II heaves
during the day, and a 13-yard toss
from Johnny Nork to Lou Kusserow
ate UP most of the yardage.
Kusserow Goes Over.
Lockwood's 17-yard return Of the
second-half kickoff started the Lions
toward their second score. Kus-
serow and Rossides ripped off long
gains despite a driving rain and
Kusserow circled right end for the
final l6 yards and the touchdown.
Charley Klemovich kicked. the
extra point after the first touch
down, but missed on the second.
Late in the fourth quarter, Navy
got the last of several breaks when
Rossides fumbled and Ken Schiweck
recovered for the Tars at the Co.
lumbia 80.
Reaves Baysinger completed two
passes to Ted Carson to cover 81
yards. Then Walter Marquardt set
off on what looked like a sure
touchdown jaunt. But he was hit
just short of the goal line, the ball
squirted out of his hands and Kus-
serow pounced on it in the end
zone.
Navy missed its first scoring op-
portunity in the opening moments.
Given an extra punt when Colum-
bia was caught with II men on the
field, the Middies found themselves
on the Lion IS as Nork fumbled
the ball and Phil Ryan recovered.
Navy Can't Make 1t.
But four running plays left them
inches short of a needed first down.
Runs of 20 and "a yards by Mar
quardt helped Navy move from its
% to the Columbia II later in the
same period, but again the Tars
lacked the punch to reach the goal
line.
A 4o-yard run by Bill Powers
spanked a Navy drive to Columbia s
80 as the second period started,
but it ended there.
AS result, the Middies suffered
their 18th straight defeat, their
eighth of this season and their
second straight shutout
NAVY.
Left end-Frssier, McElroy, Carson.
Lett tsekle-Emerson, Eennaman.
Center-R. Lawrence. Parsons.
Eisht euaEd-R; Hunt Cooper. Wagner.
Right end-Ryan, Wilson.
Quarterback-Baysing Horne.
Left hslf-Willis Earl, Marquardt
Right hsn-McCully, Green, Powers.
Full back-Hawkins, Bannerman.
COLUMBIA
Left end-Gruman, ward, Lockwood
Left tackle-Brigss, o O'Shaughnessy, Ca
ponegro
Left euard-Karras, PeH
Center-Chekitka, Chaky.
Right guaYd-Klemovich, Borgess.
Right taokle-Hampton, Mcconnell.
Right end-Rakowski, Straka.
Quarter back-Rossides.
Left half-Bacauskas, J. Nork, Van
Right half--olson. Bleasdale.
Fullback-kusserow, Hawkins, A. Nork
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Columbia scorine: Torchdowr-T ~"''-
wood. Kusserow Point after touchdown
-Kiemovich.
First downs
Net yards gained rushing - 116 81
Forward passes attempted --- IS IL
Forward passes completed -- q
Yards forward passing - 46 66
Forwards Intercepted by !
Ya-ds gained runback inter-
runfPns fsPai9ns average s7s s5.s
Total yards all kicks returned So 33