Evening star., 1951-12-26
Wade 0ne-Man Cana
In Leading South 10
Shrine Game Victory
BY the Assoeiofed Press

MIAMI, Fla. Dec. 26.-Vander-
bilt's Bill Wade. a cagy quarter
back with a great passing arm,
pitched the South to a stunning
35-7 victory over the North in the
Shrine's fourth annual college all
star charity football game in the
Orange Bowl last night before 3d.
955 spectators.
Wade, 6-foot-2 inch 205-
FOUNDER from Nashville, Tenn.
threw 81 passes for Is compile
tions and $50 yards to shatter the
old record of IL competitions for
l44 yards set by Tex Furse of
Yale in the 1948 game.
Three of Wade's passes netted
touchdowns and he walked off
with all first-choice votes of sports
writers as the most valuable player
on the field. 1t was the South's
third victory in the series and the
most decisive of them all.
Wdue Loses NO lime.
In the first 20 minutes of the
game. staged for the benefit of the
Shrine's crippled children in hos
pitals at Miami and Greenville,
S. c., Wade completed IL of l8
passes for 224 yards to give his
South team 21-0 halftime lead.
Given fine protection by an
alert, hard-charging line, Wade
pitched pin-point passes to his
lteammate from Vanderbilt, Ted
Kirkland, and to Zippy Morocco
iof Georgia. One of his passes to
Kirkland was good for 50 yards,
including 35 yards after Kirkland
caught the ball over his shoulder
and outran two defenders.
In the final quarter Wade set
up another score with two runs of
Is yards apiece. Florida's Floyd
Higgins smashed over for the
South's last two scores. Alabama S
Harold Lutz kicked all five extra
points.
In the dying minutes of the
game the North managed it's only
touchdown. It came on a 35-yard
pass from Colorado Colleges Bob
Blaik to John Turco of Holy Cross.
Wade Does Some Running.
The South, using straight run
ming attack in the third period,
failed to score, but Wade showed
his rushing ability in the fourth
quarter. With the ball on the
North's 80. he was chased back to
his own 40 on an attempted pass
but broke out of the trap, slipped
past half a dozen tacklers, and
sped to the South's 20. On the
next play he picked up 171a yards
to set the stage for another score.
Both South Coach Andy Gus
tafson of Miami and North Coach
Herman Hickman of Yale said
Wade was the outstanding man
in the group of So seniors picked
from 81 colleges.
Besides getting all the first
choice votes as the most valuable
player, the Vanderbilt ace won
the good sportsmanship award.
For the North, John Turco of
Holy Cross received 43 votes as
the most valuable player and
Mel Massucco of Holy Cross got
80. Dewey Mcconnell of Wyo-
ming was third with 35.
The squads of 26 players leave
today for Havana on a 24-hour
visit to the Cuban capital.
/ NORTH.
Left ends-McConnell, Wyoming: NC
Left .taekles-Feltch, Holy Cross; Mas
naghetti, Marquette.
n,dsft.g Left gusrds-Audette, s,sIsA Columbia; XIII,
csntersmcTeamer. Michigan state;
ko5deba, Fordham
necht, Washington; Teteak, Wisconsin.
Right tackles-Gearding, Xavier; Hor-
rell; Michigan State.
-. Right ends.,Faverty. Wisconsin; Rilo,
lVillanoya: Hanlon, Pennsylvania.
QuarterbacksIBlaik, Colorado College;
Cross; Maccusso. Holy Cross; Ryan. Yale;
Peterson, Wyoming; Monahan, Rutgers.
Fullbacks-Hansen, Columbia; Spears,
Yale.
SOUTH.
i Left ends--Kirkland, Vanderbilt Max
we'll, Mississippi.
o.ds1. Lsit tackles i .o..., werckle. Vanderbilt;
4 Left guards-Dawkins. Florida State;
Smith, Oklahoma.
csnteTs-MeDonald Florida; Jabbusch.
4 South Carolina; Singuefield, Mississippi
i Right guards-Fischer. Navy; Clark,
| Oklahoma.
Right tackles-Yelvington Georgia; !;
Barfield, Mississippi; Davis, Navy.
i Right ends-Brown, Florida; Lutz. Ala
4 bama; Trammell Washington and Lee.
! OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Vanderbilt; Le-
i sane, Virginia
/ Halfbacks-Tidwell, Texas A6M; Mo-
r1cco Georgia snsas Dn1ns, santa Cara; Vine'
Fullbacks-Huggins, Florida; LemEtn,
California.