davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1961-09-24
Alabama OverwheIms
List|ess Georgia, 32-6

ATHENS, Ga, Sept: % (AP).
Alabama combined the fierce
rushing of Fullback Mike Frac-
CHA with an iron defense today
and thrashed punchless Georgia
1876 in a Southeastern Con-
ference football opener.
A sweltering, shirt-sleevcd
crowd Of $4,000 saw a hard
nosed Alabama defense. trade
mark of the Crimson Tide,
thwart almost every Georgia
attempt to mount an attack.
Johnny Griffith, new coach
at Georgia, missed the one
sided contest. He spent his de-
but day in Athens General
Hospital where he underwent
an emergency appendectomy
last night.
Fracchia Scores Twice
Fracchia plunged a yard for
the first touchdown after help
ing to set it up with 12-yard
run, and he scored the third
from two yards out, again aft
er running over Georgia de-
tenders to set it up.
Quarterback Pat Trammell
hurled q five-yard pass in the
third quarter to halfback Butch
Wilson, and Wilson raced 80
yards untouched through the
Georgia secondary for the
score. Alabama third-stringers
scored on the dispirited Bull
dogs in the fourth quarter on
a 10-yard pass from Quarter
back Nal Moore to end Red
wilkins.
Kicking specialist Tim Davis,
Evening star., 1961-09-24

in the second touchdown drive
Of rs yards.
Mike Hunter, a junior half
back, threw 26 yards to Bill
Tobin for the Tigers third
quarter touchdown. Relief
Quarterback Jim Johnson
sneaked one yard for the final
Missouri score on the first play
Of the fourth period.
Tcbin kicked all four extra
points, running his string to
26 straight.
Evening star., 1961-09-24
Wyoming's Late Rally
Trips WoIfpock, 1914

LARAMIE, Wyo., Sept %
(AP) Wyoming gave up two
touchdowns, then roared from
behind on Quarterback Chuck
Lamson's running and spilled
North Carolina State, 1914. in
a torrid football battle today.
LamSon scored one touch
down and set up the other.
Evening star., 1961-09-24
Boston COLLEGE
Wins on Power
And Passing

NEWTON, Mass, Sept. %
(AP).--Boston College battered
Cincinnati, $50, today, launch
ing its 1861 football season on
the power thrusts of Harry
Crump and the timely passes
of George Van Cott.
The brawny Eagles line wore
down the outweighed visitors
while leading two long second
period drives worth 10 points.
Quarterback Van Cott fin
ished off an 80-yard march
with a 25-yard touchdown toss
to Mike Tomeo early in the
quarter. His 21-yard toss to
Art Graham on the 9 set up
Lou Kirouac's 25-yard field
goal.
Crump, a magnificent 205-
pound fullback this hot after
noon. broke away on a 29-yard
scoring rush in the third Pc
riod. He had carried for SO
OF the rs yards on the drive.
BE, worried about the fact
Cincinnati already had scored
a 1912 victory over Dayton,
utilized ball control tactics to
perfection. Van Colts smooth
ball handling resulted in only
one tumble as he concentrated
on Crunnp power slants and
sweeps by the halfbacks and
an occasional pass.
Guard Dave Yelle and Kir-
ouac spearheaded a rugged
Eagle defense which produced
a touchdown-saving intercept
tion by Tomeo at his 10 during
the key second period.
Evening star., 1961-09-24
Drive, Long Run
Help Delaware
Jolt Lehiqh, 14-6

NEWARK, Del. Sept. % (AP)
"A 96-yard scoring drive after
a tumble. and a 62-yard punt
return by Joe Slobojan gave
Delaware a 14-6 upset football
victory over Lehigh today in the
opening game of the season for
each team.
Delaware Tackle Bob Dowl-
ing recovered a second period
tumble by Quarterback Walt
King on the Blue Hen 4, and 10
plays later Halfback Mike
Brown turned right end on a
5-yard scoring run.
Lehigh's touchdown came on
a 33-yard pass from King to
Pat Clark in the same period.
The pass capped a 7O-yard
drive.
In the final period, Slobojan
took a King punt on Delaware's
SO and went all the way for
the score.
Evening star., 1961-09-24
STATISTICS

a more lopsided thrashing.
One tumble recovery and one
lnterception were in the Cali
fornia end zone.
Highly touted John Saxton
and Jerry Cook, a brace of
Shifty halfbacks, led the Texas
running game. Cook scored
Texas second touchdown on a
sweet 29-yard scamper in which
nobody laid a hand on him.
The Bears, unable to move
except for sophomore Half
back Rudy Carvajal, held the
favored Longhorns to 7-3 at
halftime, then sagged in the
late going.
Texas Fullback Ray Poage.
who lost the ball twice on
fumbles, scored the opening
touchdown on a plunge of less
Than one foot on a fourth-down
play in the first period.
Evening star., 1961-09-24
STATISTICS

son. Ine SCflng OF elgnC VlcJo-
ries had included a 17-7 deci-
sion over Minnesota in the Rose
Bowl.
But the bowl stars had gone
the graduation route and a ca
pacity crowd of $4,000 saw the
Boilermakers chop huge holes
in a Washington line which
last year was all but impene-
trable.
Purdue backs SCI mpere d
through the gaps for fat gains
in the opening quarter and the
damage was done before the
Huskies could close ranks.
Oil Does Kicking
Omer Oil, a junior guard
from Champaign. ILL.,, booted
the two field goals and kicked
the conversion point after Dave
Miller's 80 yard touchdown
canter.
Washington finally got its
tally in the fourth period when
sub Quarterback Bill Siler
pitched a 15-yard scoring pass
to sub Fullback Jim Stiger.
With southpaw Quarterback
Ronald DiGravio directing the
attack, Purdue Slashed 66 yards
in II plays the first time it got
possession Of the ball. Stopped
finally at the Washington Z,
the Boilermakers called for Oil
and he booted his field goal
from the 14-yard line.
Three seconds later, Purdue'S
score was up to 10.
Washington fumbled the Pur-
due kickoff and Guard Tom
Krysinski recovered on the
Washington 80. Miller slanted
inside left end on the first
Purdue play and outran the
defense to the goal.
The second quarter was only
four minutes old when Purdue,
after a march from its own rs,
beckoned again to Obi, and he
kicked his second placement
from the 23-yard line. Obi later
missed two long field goal
attempts.
Washington Drives Fail
Three times Washington Of
fense sputtered short of the
goal before the Huskies finally
got on the scoreboard.
In the third period Washing
ton Slashed its way to the Pur-
due 8 and the quarter ended
with the ball on the visitors IL.
1t was the fourth down and
the ball was backed to the Pur-
due Is after a Washington pen
atty when Siler pitched his pay
off pass. He was tackled as he
threw the ball and it wobbled
toward Purdue defender on
the 7, but Stiger sneaked in to
snatch it away and gallop to
the goal. Purdue smeared the
attempted conversion kick.
Evening star., 1961-09-24
STATISTICS

second quarter after Clemson's
Wendall Black fumbled at his
80. Three Libertore Sprints
moved the ball to the Clemson
Z, and he turned the hard
nosed job over to power run
ners Don Goodman and In
fante. On fourth down Infante
sliced off his right tackle into
the end zone.
Libertore completed q Az
yard pass to Bob Hoover on the
Clemson 2 and Infante was
called on for the third time to
power the ball over.
Evening star., 1961-09-24
RAZORBACKS OUTCLASSED
Powerful Mississippi
Clips Arkansas, $50

JACKSON, Miss, Sept. %
AP).-Mississippi's Rebels I'M
yelled another powerful foot
ball machine today, smashing
touted Arkansas, 1910, with a
display Of talent and poise.
Coach John Vaught's 1861
Rebels took up where their
Evening star., 1961-09-24
Series RBI Mark

Second Baseman Bobby
Richardson Of the Yankees set
a World Series record against
Pittsburgh last fall when he
drove in six runs in one game.
Evening star., 1961-09-24
STATISTICS

predecessors left off with q
brilliant mixture Of runs, pass
ing and defensive aggressive
to be the doormats Of the Big
five, recovered four Texas
ness. Quarterback Doug Eli
more, successor to the depart
ed All-American Jack Gibbs,
handled the team with conf
dence, and it responded from
the start.
Elmore directed the Rebels
to 9 touchdown with a 68-ysrd
drive following the opening
kickoff, then came back in the
second quarter to engineer a
relentless attack to the 4 cli-
by a successful field
goal.
The final Mississippi touch
down came on another Elmore-
drive in the third pc
riod and covered 80 yards.
Arkansas, either overrated or
facing a better Rebel team than
expected, had little opportunity
to show any offense. It's line
was outcharged and its backs
outmaneuvered during the most
of the affair.
The game, televised nation
ally by ABC, was the first in
the new Mississippi Memorial
Stadium and drew q capacity
crowd of $4,000.
Elmore used only six plays
to take the Rebels to their first
touchdown. Fullback Billy Ray
Adams and Halfback Louis Guy
alternated with Elmore in an
effective ground attack that
went to the 35, from which
point Elmore pitched a strike
to End Woody Dabbs for the
score.
Sullivan Boots Field Goal
Halfback Art Doty Joined the
trio in the second quarter
from the Rebel Is to the
Razorback 4. End Yves Sullivan
then booted a 22-yard field
goal.
The top Rebel backfield re-
placed substitutes for the third
period march which all but
bowled the Arkansas defenders
out of the game. At one stage,
the Rebels made four first
downs in seven plays with Guy,
Doty, Elmore and Adams shar-
ing offensive duties. Doty
smashed the final two yards
for the score.
Halfback Lance Alworth, a
native of Brookhaven, Miss,
was Arkansas top threat. He
ran and punted well, getting
off a 72-yard kick on the
games final play.
Evening star., 1961-09-24

CINCINNATI % 0 q O. d
Bc-Tomeo 25, pass from Van Cott
(Kirouac kick.
BS-FG: Kirouac (25)
BC-Crurnp 20, run (Kirouas kickl
BC-Janas 13, pass from Van Cott
(kick failed).
Attendance: $4,000 (estimated).
Evening star., 1961-09-24

ALA-Field goal. Davis Al.
ALA-Fracchia Q, run davis kick.
ALA--Wilkins 10, pass from Moore
Moore rum.
GA--Guthrie IS, pass from williams
run failed1.
Attendance, $4,000.
Evening star., 1961-09-24
STATISTICS

a sophomore, booted a 4l-yard
field goal and added two con-
versions for Alabama.
Last-Ditch Score
Georgia averted a shutout
when senior quarterback Dale
Williams hurled a 13-yard
touchdown pass to sophomore
halfback Carlton Guthrie at the
final gun. 'Bama intercepted a
pass on the two-point CONVEX
sion try.
Georgia managed only one
first down in the first half and
didn't get its second until more
than eight minutes Of the final
quarter had elapsed.
Linebackers Lee Roy Jordan
and Arwin Holt, the latter a
l66-pounder, led the tremen-
dous Alabama defense with
capable help from tackles Bill
Neighbors and Bill Rice.
Evening star., 1961-09-24

Grant. U-Umont, Stewart, Linsalata
Berry. T-2:37. A-l.6l7.
Evening star., 1961-09-24

Clemson--FG, Armstrong 81.
Florida-Infapte II, pass from Liber-
Florida-Infante !, run Cash kick).'
Clemson-Serudato Q, run (ArmStrong
kiekl. -
Florida-Infante /, run cash kick, =
kick.
Attendance-42,00
Evening star., 1961-09-24

MySmIsE v Si sTATl IT, - Z : g III
N. C. state--KosSarsky II pass from
Gabriel (Shaffer kick).
N. C. ,State-D'Antonio 1 run (Shaf-
fer kick.
Wyoming--Lawson l run lpass failed.
Wyoming-Safety pass from center
rolled out Of end zone.
wyoming - Linton l run Uamson
KICK. l
Evening star., 1961-09-24

Purdue-FG, Oil. "a.
Purdue-Miller so, run (Ohl, kick.
Purdue-FG. Oil, 80.
Washington--Stiger is, pass from 81
Ter (kick failed).
Attendance, $4,000.
Evening star., 1961-09-24

TEXAS - Z o Z l4-os
CALIFORNIA ----- o 8 0 O. 8
rEXAs-Poase 1, plunge CMoritz
kick)
CALIFORNIA;. @. Ferguson, Ia.
TEXAS-Cook 90, run (Moritz kick
Texas-Moses q, pass from Genung
(Moritz kick.
TExAs--Nunis IA, pass from Cotton
Crosby kiek).
Attendance-4l,5 500.
Evening star., 1961-09-24

E-Causey, Jones, Held. Po-A-CIeve-
land U-l0, Kansas City 2e-9. DIP Held,
Power and Jones; Howser, Lumpe and
Siebern. LOB Cleveland 2, Kansas City
g: 2B- Power, Asproponte. HR Essegian,
Johnson Held
Evening star., 1961-09-24

Arkansas -- q o. n
Mississippi 8 6 Old
Mississippi-Dabbs IS, pass from EI-
more Sullivan kick).
MissisSippi-FG. Sullivan 90.
Misstssippt-Doty2 2, run (kick failed)
Evening star., 1961-09-24
STATISTICS

wobbly lateral that fell free
on the Stanford 2 and End
Tommy Cato recovered on
the 2.
Fullback Lenny Stein bulled
over two plays later and Chuck
Connell converted.
After the decisive touchdown,
which came after 4 minutes
and "a seconds of the final pc
riod, Stanford moved again
and reached the Tulane % be-
fore Butler fumbled and Jim
Schoonmaker recovered for Tu-
lane.
sTAAFoRp sTAlAAFEo5R $50. 9 g 3 Ss
stanford-F0, Lindskog, 2S.
Tulane-stein /. plunge (connell,
stanford-Royss A., pass from Butler
(kick failed).
Evening star., 1961-09-24
STATISTICS

Quarterback Terry Baker, tall
195-pound southpaw, scored
Oregon States only touchdown
by running through the entire
Syracuse team in the first
quarter. From the Syracuse SO
Baker faded to pass and seemed
trapped on the so. But he broke
through a knot Of tacklers and
then lodged through the re-
naming defenders to cross the
goal line standing up. Then he
passed to End John Thomas for
the conversion 1t gave Oregon
State q short-lived 8-7 lead. i
Syracuse power took over the
game after that. The line, aver
aging 230 pounds, repeatedly
stopped Oregon States attack.
5SESoN 65xSEdeSSE srArr : : 8 g &iss
Syracuse Davis is, run Ericsson
kick)
oregon stats-Baker SO. run CThornas,
syracuse - Saretts /, plunge (rpn
Syraeuse-Davis !, run (kick failed.
Attendance, 35.,729.
Evening star., 1961-09-24

LEHIGH q a a a
O \ 6-11
l-ick).
Lshigh-Clark 80, pass from King
lklck failed),
DELAWARE-sIobojan 90. punt return
wallace kick).
Evening star., 1961-09-24

a-Walked for Kirk in Ord; b. Singled
for Rakow in 7th; Gran for Bryan in
Tth; Ran for Nieman In 0th; e-Sin-
gled for Jones in sth; f-Grounded out
for Stigman In sth; g. Singled for Kunkel
in sth; h-Singled for Essegian in 9TH.
Cleveland ,............. %! eee el!-,
Evening star., 1961-04-11
WIN, LOSE OR DRAW
A GWeowoy, But Not Without Honor
By FRANCIS STANN

seemed uncommonly solemn. One reason
might have been Early Wynn's early de-
parture.
WYNN, WHO BROKE into the majors
with the old Senators back in 1899, lasted
only two innings. Before the game he was
talking about promoting photo of Presi-
dent Kennedy and himself to hang in his
trophy room. "It's a kind of natural"
Early laughed. 1.-THE President is 43 and
I'm Al. Some people think he's too young
for his job and most people think I'm too
old for mine"
''Wynn's had good stuff all spring."
Lopez insisted later. "His trouble was that
he was wild. In the first inning, when he
had two strikes on Woodling, he gave him
high fat pitch and we're two runs
behind"
For the Senators it was not an easy
loss to swallow. Donovan outpitched
Wynn, Russ Kemmerer and Frank Bau-
mann, and the Quesadas, led by Marty
Keough, outhit the Sox. In defense of his
Sox, however, Lopez pointed out that it was
a fortunate circumstance that the Senator's
moved the left and centerfield fences back
38 feet.
1--WE were outhit," AL admitted, 'but if
the stands hadn't been changed we'd have
had two more home runs to go with Sievers'.
AL Smiths double would have been home
run and so would have Jim Lands triple"
WHAT KILLED THE SENATORS was
their leaky defense, but leave us face it,
troops, there1l be more giveaway shows
this season Nobody, especially the man
himself, aeclaims Woodling as a defensive
genius, or halls Long as any Hal Chase on
first base
They sail under no false colors. They
are woodsmen, purely and simply, and if
they don't hit they don't help win many
games in any other way.
All in all, it wasn't half-bad show
the new club put on The Senators may
not be pennant contenders but they are
better than no club at all, which was the
way Cal Griffith had left the town. If
nothing else they made the White Sox use
two starting pitchers to beat guy they
put on the block last December in the ex.
pansion draft.
Evening star., 1961-04-11
Strong Showing Of Donovan Breaks
Senators Gloom Over Opening Loss

run would have put the SEN
ators ahead.
Idle today, the Senators will
try to get on the winning side
tomorrow night against the
White Sox, who will pitch
Billy Pierce. the talented
Southpaw. For that occasion
Manager Mickey Vernon will
use two righthanded hitters
in place of two lefthanders.
r. c. Stevens will sub for
Dale Long at first base and
Harry Bright for Billy Klaus
at third base.
Bennie Daniels, the Negro
righthander who has been
burning them in during the
exhibitions, will pitch for the
Senators. Daniels hopes the
support will be more solid than
it was for Donovan.
Donovan, used sparingly by
the White Sox last season, was
tossed to the Senators in De-
cember's expansion grab-bag.
He wanted to show Manager
AL Lopez that it was a big
mistake, and Lopez readily ad-
mits it may have been.
IF he can pitch like he did
out there this time, I would
love to have him back" Lopez
said. Il hope he wins a lot Of
Evening star., 1961-04-11

games for Washington. In fact,
hope he beats everybody he
faces except u.s."
Finishes Strongly
Vernon and Pitching. Coach
Sid Hudson, a bit down-in-the
mouth at the loss, were happy
over Donovan's work.
He'll win his share" Hud-
son said. you know, the thing
I liked about him was that he
looked better and better as he
went along"
Donovan limited the White
SoX to two earned runs and six
hits. He walked two and
struck out one.
The White Sox hits. includ-
ed a home run into the center
field bleachers by Roy Sievers,
a triple by Jim Lands and
doubles by Al Smith and Floyd
Robinson.
The Senators got nine hits,
five of them off starter Early
Wynn in the first two innings
when they scored all their runs.
"Wynn's control was too
good" Lopez said of the Al
year-old Highlander who needs
l6 victories to make the select
circle of pitchers with 300 wins.
He was hitting their bats"
The Senators were ahead,
Evening star., 1961-04-11
Marion Files Suit
Against Houston
For Back Salary

HOUSTON, Tex, April II
(AP) Marty Marion, former
president of the Houston Bluffs
of the American Association,
has filed suit for $4,000 he
says the club owes him in sal
ary.
The suit was directed against
the Houston Bluffs Baseball
Corp, and the Houston Sports
Association, which recently
bought the club.
Marion now lives in st. Louis.
He said the Bluffs signed him
to a five-year contract at $685.
600 a year october 8, 1859.
His suit alleges that the club
agreed. if it terminated the
contract for reasons not his
fault, it would pay him $25, 900
a year through September 80,
1852, and $l2,500 a year through
September 80, 1864,
Marion said the club has paid
him nothing since September
16. 1860, a month after it ter
minated his contract.
He said the Houston Sports
Association is equally respon-
sible because it has assumed all
the clubs debts.
Evening star., 1961-04-11

80, heading into the seventh
inning, and the crowd was
cheering their every move. But
with two out and Lands on
third after his triple, Long FUN
bled a grounder by Pinch-hitter
Earl Torgeson and then threw
wild past Donovan, who was
covering first. That let in the
tying run.
The eighth inning brought
more grief. Donovan's inside
pitch hit Minnie Minoso, who
then got the jump on the
pitcher and scooted for second
base. Catcher Pete Daley made
a belated, wild toss into center
field, and Minoso went on to
third: He was home with the
winning run just a few mo-
mentS later on Sievers' sacri-
flee fly.
The Senators got off to a
20 lead in the first inning.
Coot Veal beat out a roller down
down the third-base line, Marty
Keough singled to rightfield
and then Woodling doomed a
triple high off the scoreboard
in right-center.
Siever's homer, a blast that
travelled more than 400 feet,
gave the White Sox a run in
the second. The Senators made
it 81 in their half on singles
by Danny O'Connell and Veal,
a walk and a sacrifice fly by
Klaus. ~
Doubles by Robinson and
Aparicio produced another
White Sox run in the third.
Daley nailed Aparicio, the
leagues top base stealer, trying
to steal third, with a perfect
throw to Klaus. He did the
same to Smith in the previous
inning.
Keough, whose hitting was a
bright feature of spring train
ing, collected three hits yes
terday.
Evening star., 1961-04-11
BY BILL FUCHS
star Staff Writer

Richard Edward Donovan
may feel like baseball's most
abused figure today, put he
can take heart from at least
one aspect Of yesterdays hitter
loss to the White Sox.
The future is very bright
for the Washington pitcher
who threw well enough in yes
terday's historic opening game
at Griffith Stadium to con-
vince any doubters that he
belongs as a full-time major
league starter.
The White Sox won, 4-3,
thanks to some defensive foul
ups by the Senators. In the
final analysis. the new team
came within a loot of register
ing a glorious victory before
President Kennedy, a full
house OF 26,725 fans and thou
sands of others sitting before
television screens.
Face Pierce Next
Not more than IL inches
separated Gene Weddings
blast over the rightfield wall
in the eighth inning from fair
territory. With Marty Keough
perched on first base, a home
Evening star., 1961-04-11
WHITE sOX,4
SENATOR'S, 3

Doubled for Wynn in Sd; 9
Reached base on error for Kemmerer
in 9TH; 3 Ran for O'Connell in 9th;
4 Grounded out for Daley in 9th: )
Grounded out for Donovan in 9th.
CHICAGO oil 600 l1O-4
WASHINGTON 30 900 000-3
E-Tasby, Long (2), Daley. Po-A-
Chicago. 27-l5; Washington. :,7-13.
DP-Veal to O'Connell. LOB-Chi-
cago. A; Washington, 6.
2b Smith, Robinson. Aparicio,
Tasby. 3b-Woodling, Lands. HR-
vers.
,uu ip, h r er bb SO
wynn ------
Ba1mann Ba1nVSn 3 3 2 8 9 !
Winner-Baumann d-O. Loser
Donovan t0-D,
HBP-Minoso Thy Donovan). u
Berry. Umont, Stewart. Linsalata.
Time-2:41. Attendance--26,725.
Evening star., 1961-04-11

DICK DONOVAN MASKED his disap-
pointment as he walked into the Senator's
dressing room and began to peel off his
uniform Poker-faced, he showered and
dressed for the street The Six-hitter he
threw at the White Sox had gone down the
drain when two unearned runs cost him a
,4-3 decision.
That Minoso Scares me-" he said
finally as he headed for the door. "You
know, played with him and I've seen him
hit by many a pitched ball, like today. 1
wonder how he gets through a season
alive"
Never a word of complaint about Dale
Longs two errors on side-retiring ground
ball that, instead, allowed the tying run to
score. Nor mention Of Pete Daley's low,
weak throw that made possible Chicago's
winning run.
With one out in the eighth inning
Minnie Minoso, the ageless leftfielder,
leaned into one of Donovan's pitches and
was hit in the chest region. "You can
throw a strike and hit the guy" Donovan
said, shaking his head.
Dick didn't precisely throw a strike
to be pitched inside" Donovan explained.
"That's how he gets hit. Today it beat us"
ONCE ON FIRST BASE Minnie took
off for second. Daleys throw skidded into
centerfield and Minoso roared into third.
A moment later Roy Sievers lifted sacri-
flee fly to, Gene Woodling and Minnie
sprinted home with the winning run. Once
more the White Sox won by their speed.
1--WE were lucky" Al Lopez was saying
in the Chicago dressing room. Donovan
pitched helluva game"
you've got to be lucky in this bust
ness" Tony Cuccinello, his third base
coach supplied
A visitor commented: Your club was
running on Donovan and Daley all day."
In Florida last February, Lopez had pre-
dicted his Sox would steal on Donovan.
1--WE weren't running because they were
Donovan and Daley" Al said. "our fellows
ran because they felt like it, AS matter of
fact, Daley made two real good throws to
catch Aparicio and Smith at third base"
For winners boudoir the atmosphere