The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-12
H-SC Tigers Long Distance Runs
Second Half Whip Cllilford 27-l9

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a pair Of l75-pound guards provided
the spark Of aggressiveness that
pushed Hampden-Sydney to a 27-l9
win ever Guilford College Saturday
afternoon
A fine mist-like rain kept the ball
wet all afternoon. and caused many
f''mblcs and poor ball handling.
Billy Benson. freshman halfback
from Richmond. was the offensive
star as he broke loose consis. emily
to keep Hampden-Sydney in the
came. His running mate. Wallv Gig
lie q squa"e five feet five and also
weighing l55 pounds. was good for
extra va'dagc al afternoon
The aggressiveness in the line was
""ov'd"d by pair Of perfectly
matched guards. Flank Buck and
Ed Ha low ono # whom was in on
almost every play during the game.
First Blood
Han,odrn Sydney drove for
score the fist series of PLAYS in
the game. They moved the ball with
fine running attack from their
}3-yard line to the Guilford IS. Held
for downs the Tigers called on Bob
Savior to try a field goal Saylor
took his time and booted the place
ment with perfect aim. The ball
hit the crosSbar and bounced over
70 put the Tigers ahead 80.
Minutes later Guilford retaliated
and went ahead TO stay until the
fourth quarter Cuthrell connected
With Jester on long pass that
carried 81 yards for the first Gull
ford score. The try for extra point
vas not good.
The C,Ithrell-Jester combination
vowed the strong point in the at
tack Of the Quakers from North
Carolina, as Fampdcn-Svdnnv al.
most gave away their second ball
game Of the season by their lack of
pass defense
Strong Passing Attack
SUI in the fist quarter GullfOrd
set NJ their second touchdown with
a nice pass jnterception by Waters.
a l80-pound fullback that PLAYED an
outstanding game for the visitors
He intercepted on the Seward and
carried to the Tigers 10 T i e
strong Hampden sydney line held
the QakerS running attack, so
tCnthreil threw an easy pass to Jes-
ter for the second score. They
made the extra point.
Guilford made short kickoff and
HamDdenSvdn started their first
drive for pay dirt Benson and Gig
loi carried nicely. with Bill LeHeW
hitting up the middle to hold the
Gulford defense in tight
Benson carried to the one Yard
line on a shifty IS yard run. The
first quarter ended After two I'M
successful attempts to push across
for the score, FUR took the ball
over on peculiar quarterback
sneak that carried off tackel. Never
the'ess it was good for six points
and the Tigers moved up to the
short end of a 9-l3 score.
Guilford was able to squeeze in
enc additional score in the first
half. They started the ball rolling on
their own 44-yard line. A long pass
TO Newton carried to the nine. Here
the Ouakers took to the air again
and tossed to Newton for the score
He was all by himself in the end
zone and made Juggling catch for
the I'd.
This ended the scoring for the
QuakerS as the Tigers dominated
the play in the second part.
Benson Scores
On the first play by Hampden-
Sydney in the second half, Bill Ben
son took weak side hand-off from
quarterback Herb Seay to run 76
yards for the score. Benson followed
his interference nicely. and when
he saw clear field. dashed out in
from: to put the Tigers back in the
ball game.
At this point in the game, the
ball had become very Elusive due
g the vet mist-like rain Both