Evening star., 1952-10-24
Ciennieckii
Remains Unable
To Start for CIV
Pogeontry Planned
At Half, Including
Mummers Parade
\ By GEORGE Huber


Griffith Stadium will be thu
scene of a lot of festivities to-
night, the most important OF
which will be the football game
between George Washington Uni
versity and Virginia Military
Institute.
It is GW's homecoming celebra-
ton. Seven hundred VMI cadets
and their 100-piece band will
march into the stadium before
the game. which starts at 8:15
At halftime there will be the
annual CIV mummers parade and
review of finalists in the con-
test for Homecoming Queen.
Many Government dignitaries
will attend the game. including
Gen. George Marshall. VMI's most
prominent alumnus. A turnout
Of better than 10000 is expected.
The Colonials. who have man
aged only one touchdown in their
last two games after an excep-
tionally good start, are slight
underdogs to an improving VMI
squad. The Keydets earned extra
consideration last week against
Virginia when they led, 7-6, in
the third period before bowling to
the Cavaliers late drive, 1914.
Those two VMI touchdoWnS are
the only scores this year against
a Virginia team that the week
before trimmed CIV, 500.
Ciemniecki Won't Start.
The only flrst-line CIV player
not listed to start tonight is Len
lClemniecki, the speedy left half
back whose long scoring runs
featured the Colonials' first two
games. The swelling has sub
sided in his injured knee, and he
was able to take the brace of
yesterday. Len himself says he's
in good shape and can run, but
Trainer Harry Ledford is more
cautious He says Len can play
tonight, but not all the way.
Skinny Safer, a freshman from
Fairfax High School, who made
Ia 55-yard scoring run the first
time he had his hands on the
ball in varsity game, and Don
Greene, another freshman from
|Bladensburg High, are scheduled
to spell Ciemniecki.
The Colonials are tied with Duke
for first place in the Southern
Conference with three wins apiece.
AS Duke is occupied outside the
family this week end with tomor-
rows game at Virginia, the Co.
lonials can move into first place
with victory over VMI. Their
previous conference victories were
over North Carolina State. WASH
ington and Lee and Virginia Tech.
VMI has 2-3 record this year,
but has been moving in slightly
faster company than CIV. 1t has
beaten Florida State and Rich
mond, while losing to Miami, Will
liam and Mary and Virginia.
Last Meeting in 1850.
The last time CIV and VMI met
was in 1850, when the Colonials
upset the Keydets for their only
win in seven games the two have
played. That 1850 game, Incl
dentally, knocked the Keydets out
of the Southern Conference cham
pionship, and they would like
nothing better than to return the
compliment tonight.
Not only must CIV find more
scoring punch tonight than it has
had in its last two games, but it
also must keep it's defenses sharp.
The Keydets present one of the
most varied attacks in college
football. VMI is mainly an I-for-
nation team, an invention of
Coach Tom Nugent. It also pre-
sents various varieties of the T,
and there's suspicion it is geared
to 60 with the spread and single
wing if it ever finds the time or
occasion.
Bill Brehany is the VMI pass
ing leader, although at this point
he is slightly behind the pace that
brought him the Southern Con-
ference passing championship last
year. But he has added variety
to his attack. and has become one
of the important ball carriers. Big
Tim ONeil, who despite his 200
pounds Is one of the fastest men
on the squad. is the leading
ground gamer.