The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-11-11
unllb!lea;ltenl Fla. Topples
Tuskegee Eleven $50
EX-CARVER BACK
SCORES 3 tbs
By Elliott j. Pieze
And Herman Walton

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.-Display-
playing superior brand of foot
ball in every department of the
game, the fighting Rattlers of
Florida A and M College defeated
the oft beaten Tuskegee Tigers
by score of 25 to in the RAFT
lers' Annual Homecoming Game
Saturday afternoon at Bragg Sta
dunn, before $500 fans who braved
a terrific cold wave to witness
the contest.
The RattlerS scored once in the
first period, and three times in
the third to amass their total for
the day. However, the Golden
Tigers of Tuskegee displayed sur
prising strength in holding the
Rattlers to a mere points at the
half. But it was obvious that the
present crop of Tuskegee Tigers
was far from the Tigers who play
ed for the famed institution in
years gone by.
In the statistics of the game the
Rattlers proved far superior to
their opponents. Jake Gathers
boys made total of Is first downs
to mere for the Cleve Abbott
clan from Tuskegee. Florida COM
pleted out of Is passes attempt
ed for a total of 81 yards, while
Tuskegee completed out of IA
attempts for IL yards. Florida in
tercepted 4 passes while Tus-
kegee snagged one of A and Ms
losses. The Rattlers gained a total
of 334 yards rushing to scant 80
for the Tigers, but Florida was
set back a total of 35 yards on
five penalties to 80 yards on 4
penalties for TuSkegee.
The RattlerS initial score came
after seven minutes of play in the
first period on sustained drive
of u yards. Following series of
line plays which placed the oval
on the visitors IL, Jasper Saun-
ders, of Perrine, who graduated
from Carver High of the Grove,
dashed around Tuskegee's left
end for the first tally. The at
tempted conversion by Oscar Nor
man failed and the orange and
green boys led by 60 score.
Spanked by the fine defensive
play of center, Lorenzo Daniels
and tackles Leonard Cobb and
Alfred Smith, the Tuskegee boys
held the Rattlers scoreless during
the rest of the first half. The
Rattlers, however, were playing
without the services of fullback
Bernard Stephens and halfback
Lymus "Choo Choo" Burgess, two
of their mainstays, who were
held out of the contest because OF
injuries.
Early in the third period, Flor
ida's Captain Charles Maloney in
tercepted Tuskegee quarterback's
Raymond Braynon's pass on the
visitors SO and ran the ball back
to the 81 before being stopped.
Three plays later Saunders
crashed over from the 8 for the
Rattlers' second score. Norman
kicked the point after touch
down changing the score to Flor
ida IS, Tuskegee o. -,
A few minutes later in the
\same period, Saunders again prov
ed that he was the man to stop
Climaxing a sustained drive of "a
yards. the former Carver High
star. dashed around his own rlght
end. and with perfect downfleid
blocking strutted 81 yards for the
Rattlers' third I'd of the contest
The attempted conversion was
no good.
Florida end, Robert Wilcox
blocked Carl Aliens attempted
punt in the Tuskegee end zone
and Adam johnson crashed in to
recover the oval for the fourth
and final touchdown of the game
late in the third period. Norman
again missed the point after I'd
leaving the score Florida Is, Tus-
kegee 0.
Standing out for the Cleve
Abbott Clan were James Sween-
ey at fullback, who halls from
Atlanta, Ca, and Robert Mum
gen at left halfback, who come:
from Jacksonville. Both of these
boys proved to be very dangerou:
at times, but the team as a whole