Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-10
Indian End.
Lou Hoi&sno,
Gets honors

Lou Hoitsma, William and Mary
end, pulled a Bill Swiacki catch
against North Carolina last
Saturday. This feat brought him
today the honor o. being named
the lineman of the week in the
Associated Pres poll.
Football fans will remember
it was Swiacki's great catch a
year ago that brought Columbia
a startling upset triumph over
Army. Hoitsma's feat gave the
underdog William and Mary
team a surprise IT tie with the
previously unbeaten and united
Tarheels.
Hoitsma's remarkable catch
came in the second period. Tom
my Korczowski got off a long
pass towards Hoitsma in the end
zone. Two North Carolina play
ers were guarding Hoitsma, but
somehow he leaped up and
shared the ball for a touchdown
In the words of Hugh Fuller
ton, Jr., Associated Press sports
writer who covered the game,
Hoitsma twas making tackles
all over the field. He pulled
down Justice Charley Justice,
N. C. back) on his one long run,
intercepted a pass in addition
to his remarkable catch and re-
covered two fumbles."
Laurence Leonard, of the
Richmond News-Leader, assert
ed owe never seen better end
play"
Hoitsma's performance over
shadowed the play of his team
mate, center Tommy Thompson
and that of Paul Kelly, Penn
State guard.
Kelly, an Erie. Pa. youth, was
the fifth man in the Penn back
field as Penn State toppled
Pennsylvania from the select
group Of unbeaten, united ell
evens. In the second period, for
instance, he broke up a Penn
threat by dumping Penn backs
for losses on three successive
plays.
Thompson's play brought this
comment from Chauncey Dur
den of the Richmond Times-Dis-
patch: You'll have to 60 all
the way back to (Alex) Wojcie-
chowicz to find a better line
hacker than Thompson was a.
gainst North Carolina" Smith
Barrier, of the Greensboro Daily
News, declared Thompson was
1.-THE guy who stopped North
CarQlina's offense cold"
Jordan Olivar, Villanova
coach, paid high tribute to
end Ed Berang, Villanova and
Kentucky played g 1913 tie. Ber-
ang caught a pass for Villain
ova's first touchdown. As Oil
var put it Berang then went on
to "recover two fumbles, block
ed Kentucky's first try for the
extra point which later would
have meant victory and placed
brilliantly on defense. He has
been doing same thing all sea-
son."
Andy Hillhouse, Texas A g. M
and brought this praise from
for what obervers termed his
greatest game of his >Sareer
against Southern Methods" He
was never blocked out and stop
ped everything thrown at him.
He made more than Is tackles
and brought this praise from
Matty Bell, SMU coach, "He
turned in a great game indeed"
John "Red" O'Quinn, Wake
Forest end, caught six passes
against Duke and Frank Spen-
Ger, of the Winston-Salem Jour-
nal declared "many in the South
consider him as good as Don
Hutson when Hutson was with
Alabama.
Hal Middlesworth, of the Daily
Oklahoman in Oklahoma city,
asserted Buddy Burris, Okla
homa guard, "led the best line
nin the country by recovering one
tumble, jarring tacklers loose
from the ball twice; helped
block one punt and threw block
on line hacker for third touch
down against Missouri" =
Norm Meseroll, Tennessee
tackle from New Brunswick, N.
! j., was termed the best of a