Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-07
Indians Halt
Tar Heels
Bowl Drive

Wi. IN and Mary's one team
played mighty North Caroina's s
offensive and defensive COM
binations to a standstill to spoil
the Tar Heels perfect record
with a TT tie today.
While near-capacity crowd oi
$4,000 sat silent in amazement,
the Indians from Virginia grab.
bed the lead with a second-quar-
ter touchdown, then fought
grimly on defense to hold off
North Cardinals superi o r
strength and gain a tie. North
Carolina squared the count in
the third period but couldn't
offer another real threat.
Charley (Choo-Choo) Justice,
North Cardinals ground-gaining
ace, did a better-than-fair job
of upholding his reputation as a
ball carrier, but his passes were
ineffective. Center Tommy Tho
mpson, end Lou Hoitsma and
tackle Lou Creekmur Of Will
lam and Mary were standouts
on defense.
Both teams suffered a bit from
breaks, because runners kept
slipping on the field made soft
by overnight rain.
Extensively, William and Mary
never showed anything except
a flash now and then by Jack
Cloud and Tommy Korczowski
The Vrginians made only one
first down, that on a penalty
and gained a net total of Al
yards by rushing and passing
North Carolina gained 1874 yard:
on the ground and SO on passes
Two plays after the secone
half kickoff, Hosea Rodgers, Ia,
Heel fullback, fumbled and aler
Raph Floyd came up with tn
ball on the North Carolina 2;
yard line. Cloud slammed cen
ter for a couple of yards. Thel
Korczowski, passing on the dea,
run, tossed a long one to Holt
sma in the end zone. Hoitsm
with two players, Bill Maceyk
!, and Bill Flamish, guarding him
leaped up and pulled the bal
n almost out of their hands.
Buddy Lex, whose punts. ha
pulled the Indians out of troubl
couple of times, kicked tn
goal and William and Mary lie
10. ~-
1t wasn't unit Ate in the thir
period that North Carolina tina
ly did get the tying touchdown
The march started on the 2
yard stripe and nearly fizzle
out after Rodgers and Justic
= had lugged the ball to the II
dians' A. The Tar Heels wer
= held there and Justice had I
kick. Creekmur almost g
through to block the kick, bl
instead he rammed into Justic
afterward and drew a 15-yar
penalty for roughness.
North Carolina went on to tn
ten, then Rodgers fumbled, Ke
Powell picked up the ball an
Hoitsma slammed him dow
hard on the Is. But some Of tn
Indians piled on and instead {
a loss, North Carolina got til
benefit of a 15-yard penalty I
the five yard line. Justice cal
ried twice and then Rodgel
went over for the touchdown
Bob Cox converted.
Although statistics indicate
that North Cardinals two teal
II squad had a big edge, Willial
& Mary using comparativel
. few substitutes gained most {
the glory of the rugged contes
p 1t was a case of a good littl
=. team-numerically at least
playing on even terms with
4 good big team.
. Aside from the rain, the breal
that really counted were mao
:, by actions on the field Of pla
II William & Mary intercepted 70,
North Carolina passes and r.
q covered three of the four Ts
n Heel fumbles. And the Indiar
also incurred two penalties whe
4 they hurt most during Nort
: Cardinals successful touchdow
, drive.
e William Mary got two oth'
q breaks but couldn't cash in c
them. Just before the first ha
J. ended Thompson recovered
: Justice tumble on the Tar He
2 but this time two plays wei
= smeared and time ran out. c
: the final play of the game, Nor
Cardinals Billy Hayes passe
d from his own %. Joe MAI
# intercepted on the 30 and 6
v back to the eight yard line b