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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1957
Page
21
Duke defeats Rice 7 6 as Wray Carlton blasts 68 yards for the opener. Frank Ryan connects with Buddy Dial for Rice and Matt Gorges makes key interceptions. Carlton adds 105 rushing yards to reach 421 for the four games.
Spartanburg S C October 12 promoters expect a field of 50 or more cars from four states for the first annual Dixie Classic of amateur racing at the Spartanburg County Fair at the Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds. The event will be sanctioned by NASCAR and staged next Saturday afternoon as a climax to the county fair.
Virginia Tech beat Villanova 21 to 14. Mississippi State defeated Arkansas State College 47 to 13. Auburn shutout Kentucky 6 to 0. Virginia Military Academy beat Davidson 26 to 0. Pittsburgh defeated Nebraska 34 to 0. Syracuse and Cornell tied 34 to 0? Boston College 41 over Dayton 14. Tennessee edged Chattanooga 28 to 13.
Clemson defeats Virginia 20 to 6 in Charlottesville to claim its first ACC win. Spooner rushed 79 yards and scored, White threw for a single completion, and Clemson capitalized on a blocked punt for the lead. Virginia moved for a late rally but fell short as Clemson dominated on the ground.
Tailback Bill A. ran for the opening TD and quarterback Acker added two more on passes to Ronnie Hiff. Bailor, le noir Rhyne fullback, burst 10 yards for a score after a night of being contained. Quarterbacks Glen denning and Milner threatened but produced little decisive action.
Fair Grove erased a 14 point deficit to tie the Tar Heel Conference football game with Bessemer. Bessemer led 14 0 entering the final period before Fair Grove mounted a comeback anchored by Fred Huskins and Chalmous Sechrest scoring late. Brewer and Collins connected on key passes for Bessemer while Sechrest added a six yard scoring run after a Hepler interception.
North Carolina State defeats Florida State 7 to 0 in Tallahassee on a 46 yard pass with eight seconds left in the first half. Ernie Driscoll connects with Dick Hunter for the lone score as State improves to four wins against the Seminoles. Bobby Renn of Davidson College fame leads the Seminoles with 52 yards rushing and two passes completed.
The yardstick play sets up a 7-0 lead as Ernie Driscoll lofts a long pass to Christy Groo who scored untouched on the sideline. North Carolina State answers later, but miscues stall Wolf Pack drives through the period as Florida State dominates early in the game.
Western Carolina defeated Catawba 14 to 12 in a North State Conference football game. Cecil Smith of Elberton Georgia kicked two extra points in the second quarter to provide the deciding margin as WCC erased an early Catawba lead after an opening kickoff march.
Maryland, led by third string quarterback John Fritsch, defeated Wake Forest 27 to 0 in College Park. Fritsch directed two first-half touchdowns, then sparked a 72 yard drive in the third quarter, with supporting scores from Howie Dare, Gene Verardi, and Dickie Lewis as the Terrapins stopped the Deacons from scoring after the opening possession.
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