Evening star., 1949-10-30
Army Coasts to Sixth Straight Victory Trouncng M L.
Cadets First String
Plays Only One Half;
Ga|iffa Again Stars
by The Asseeiossd Press

BY The Asseeiotsd Press
WEST POINT, N. Y, Oct. 29.-
The powerful Army Cadets coast
ed to their sixth straight victory
Of the season today-victory over
a determined but outmanned Vir-
ginia Military Institute team, 40
to II.
After the brilliant Arnold Gal
iffa had propelled the Army reg
ulars to q safe 27-0 margin at half
time, Coach Earl Blaik sent In all
the players he could locate. in
cluding his son Bob, with the
result that the red jerseyed visit
ors made quite q match Of It In
the last two quarters.
Toward the end Of the third
period. Taylor Hay. q substitute
v. M. I. end, made the longest
run Of the game, q n yarder,
after snatching an Army tumble
out Of the air. An intercepted
pass and a so yard sprint by
Halfback Fred Anson gave the
Virginians their second score Just
before the contest ended.
It Might Have Been Bad.
Had not Blaik jerked his hard
smashing regulars after the VIC
tory was safe. the score might
have mounted to any given figure.
Gil Stephenson, the Cadets first
string fullback, saw no action at
all, having been advised to give
his injured leg q rest.
Galiffa. who handles the ball
on every play in Army's T-forma-
ton, had an important hand In
scoring the games first three
touchdowns. He circled end for
seven yards and the flrst score
to cap a 68-yard drive midway
Of the opening period, and passed
five yards to End Dan Foldberg
for the second touchdown q few
minutes later.
A 16-yard smash through the
v. M. I. line by Karl Kuckhahn,
Stephenson's substitute, helped
set up Army's third score early
in the second period. A 24-yard
aerial from Galiffa to Halfback
Jim Cain near the goal line was
the pay off. Jack Martin, scam
pering second-string halfback,
whizzed away for 63 yards and
the Cadets fourth score of the
one-sided half.
Kuckhahn bulled across from
the one at the end of a 26-yard
push in the third quarter to run
the count to $40, and after that
the Army reserves took over in
earnest. When the Cadets counted
for the last time late in the con-
test, 1t was on a 44-yard run by
Bill Depew, who was such an ex-
treme reserve that he wasn't even
listed on the program.
23 First Downs to 8.
In all. Army's fast breaking
ball carriers piled up 486 yards
by rushing to V.M.I.s 100, and
the margin Of first downs was %
to 8. Only in passing did the
visitors come close to matching
the West Pointers. Joe Veltri did
some nice throwing in the second
half. winding up with a net gain
OF 86 yards through the air to
Army's o..
Fortune did not smile too be.
nignly upon V.M.I. Once, in the
first half. End Henry Quisenberry
OF the visitors blocked an Army
punt. picked it up and tore some
SO yards to an apparent touch
down, only to have the ball called
back and his team penalized for
offside.
Another offside set the south
ern boys back after a fancy for
ward lateral play from Veltri to
Neel Petri to Tom Birge had
gained 26 yards and carried to
the Army %. Several other times
V.M.I. put together some good
gains, only to have its efforts null
lifted by fumbles. In all, alert
Army recovered five V.M.I. FUN
bles and intercepted three passes.
Left end-w.tsonn. Sl,,enb.rr,. M !.
Lett tackle--Schluter.
Left n,,:1 su1W5a1,,Esslssson. Wa,, Leishty, Ripley.
st Bernieh. Hedge.
Right sssfls-4dssb. L.usGman. ePia1a. aeF.rlin, MI
Risht end-petree, Hay.
SHu,;,rteiaSss;k.veitf,. Ss,, sYs;ks.:.yveitf, Graf.
Right haitb.ck--Birse. coley, Powell,
Fullback-Marchand. Grumblins, Tamalis,
ARMY.
LEFT end-FoldbsrE. Loehlein. TixIer, Kuyk.
Lett MeD.nisl 1aisflle-Hmblad' shira, Hem.
Left Tuard-Lunn, Brian, ziesler. Ks...
man, Mackmull, Cox.
CennteftLxMaladowitz Stout. Henrikson.
siahs s1s''sei sa.rd-1ron.. o.,,oxsx rn,.m.
Risss .,efl.-DsViis, 'afRsas aeR:lsSn. 1nlia: Hss:,
Risht end--Kellum. Trent, Roberts, Stone.
Left hsifbact-cain.. Schultz, Gabriel.
Right haafback-Fisehl, Apelman. Martin.
PulibacE-Beck. Kuckh.hn. Depew.
Army <; y l. -------------1S --1Ss y ! G41ttI
". NJ. I. tiuchdowns-Hays. Anson.
FONTS after touchdown-araf (2). Army
touchdovns = Galiffa, FoldberG, Cain,
Martin, Kuckhahn, Depew. Points after
ouchdown-M4ckmun a..
STATISTICS.
w-. ..n. v.M,I. Army.
Yds. gained rushing (net)-- 109 4S6
Forward passes attempted 26 20
Forward passes completed 6
Yds. gained forward passes SO %
Forward gained. runback Of
intercepted passes 81 II
Punting avg. from scrim.) 40 334
Total yards, kicks ret. 46 So
Opponents fumbles recovered 3 8
Yards lots by penalties 80 70
Includes punts and kickofis.