Evening star., 1955-11-05
Generals Score
Major Upset in
Beating Ieejdys


Group / football competition in
several years with a 1896 VIC
tory over previously unbeaten
Thomas jefferson.
It was the FIRST loss for the
Richmond team after seven
straight victories in which they
had run up q total Of 235 points
while giving up but 81.
The win left VII with a rec
ord of 5-3 with two games re-
manning. against Wakefield and
George Washington, both North
|ern Virginia League opponents.
Washington-Lee scored in the
first period with Fullback Gene
Sherman, son Of Bo Sherman.
George Washington University
football coach, plunging over
from the 3. Buddy Ballard's try
for the extra point missed.
Thomas Jefferson tied it up
the next period on a 10 yard
march. with Quarterback Sonny
Taylor, q substitute, passing the
last 10 yards to End Boiling
|Langhorne. Tommy Gravfns, in
Ijured a few minutes before the
scoring play. also missed the at
tempted conversion.
The Generals scored their de-
lcisiye touchdown in the third
period on a 68-yard drive. Allen
Henry. substitute fullback bulled
his way up the middle the last
nine yards for the score.
Billiards. conversion was good,
but W-L was offside. He tried 1t
again from five yards further
back and again made good.
STEPHENS WINS FIFTH
Sc. Stephens High Of Alex
iandria scored a fourth period
touchdown last night to win its
NTH straight, go, over Falls
Church on the losers field.
In winning what Coach Sleepy
Thompson called his biggest
game, |" st. Stephens was hand
ling Falls Church its fourth loss
in eight games. 1t brought the
Ivictors' record to 5-2-l.
The touchdown came after
|Halfback Ret Clarkson returned
Ia punt 30-yards to the Fails
Church "A. The Saints drove to
the u in four plays, and then
IHalfback Bob Hunnicutt ran
wide around right end to score.
MOUNT VERNON WINS
Mount Vernon High scored its
first Northern Virginia League.
Group I, football victory last
might with d 20-i2 decision over
Annandale.
After q scoreless first period,
the Mounts scored In the second
quarter on q 55-yRrd run BY
Manual Sisson. Joe Sumier scored
from 3 yards out in the third
quarter to end q 70-yard march
for Mount Vernon and Fred
Roop passed IS yards to Sisson
for the last touchdown.
HERNDON BEATS MCLEAN
Herndon had little trouble
winning its fifth game OF the
season, 1870 over Mclean yes
|terday at Herndon.
Fullhack Dick Costello led the
Herndon attack with a pair OF
touchdowns, one a 30-yard pass
reception from Quarterback Gray
Hapes In the second period and
the other on a 1-yard plunge
i'm the third period. Center Stan
IDees scored the other touchdown
early in the game when he
blocked q punt and carried il
10 yards into the end zone.
OSB0URN BOWS TO DALE
Thomas Dale High OF Chester
Va, played the spoilers roll for
the second straight year yester-
day. knocking Osbourn from the
|undefeated ranks with q 1870 VIC
tory at Chester.
Last year osbourn's lone loss
in a i0-game schedule was q
|l5-6 setback by the Chester
team. Osbourn,s record nov
stands at 81 with three games
left to play.
A 12-play. 76-yard drive in the
second quarter with John Sweizei
Ibucking over from the l-foot line
and q 96-yard pass interceptior
|runback by David Newton in the
third period accounted for the
Thomas Dale touchdowns.
Osbourn drove 40 yards in the
third period only to have q q
yard touchdown run called back
for an offside penalty and to lose
the ball on downs.