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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1939
Page
12
Wake Forest's Demon Deacons routed North Carolina State College 32 to 0 in Raleigh. The win marked the roughest defeat for the Wolfpack in 31 years of the series history.
Andy Merrilees of Emerywood Country Club announced the first Rotary Club golf tournament pairings set to begin October 22. Four flights feature matchups led by Championship Flight with Ayers Hardin Davis Froelick and Waynick Campbell.
Texas A and M routed Villanova 33-7 in a standout early season performance while Notre Dame edged Southern Methodist 20-19. The article notes other major results including Pitt 14 Duke 13 and Harvard 61-0 over Chicago, highlighting a strong day for several programs across the country.
Penn s sixth to zero victory over Yale came on a 51 yard touchdown pass from Wexler to Gustafson with five seconds left in the first half. Reagan set up the play with an interception return and Penn defense held Yale’s late threats.
Wake Forest overpower NC State 32 0 as Polanski and Gallovich score twice each and Edwards adds a rushing TD. Mayberry ignites opening drive with a 24 yard punt return setting the tone. Wake Forest accumulates 378 rushing yards to State 117 with 15 first downs to State’s 10.
Ohio State beat Northwestern 13 to 0 in Columbus as two last period touchdowns broke a scoreless game. The fourth quarter surge came after Northwestern miscues, amid a crowd of 55,622, ruining the Wildcats Big Ten title chances.
Temple, outclassed in the first half, rallied after the break as ball hawks swarmed and set up a 41 yard scoring march. The defense stiffened on the goal line to hold off Texas Christian and win 13 to 11 in Philadelphia.
Atlanta Georgia Tech crushed Howard 35-0 as a young Yellow Jacket offense, slow at first, surged to near 500 yards. The win came after a flat performance against Notre Dame with the attack gaining momentum and domination over the Bulldogs.
Indiana, powered by Wisconsin errors, shut out the Badgers 14-0 before 19 000 fans in Madison. The Hoosiers capitalized on miscues to claim the decisive victory.
Virginia rallied to a 12 to 7 homecoming victory over Maryland before 9000 at Charlottesville. Merle Duvall pitched for Maryland while Jim Gillette and Bill Dudley directed Virginia aerial attack as both teams relied more on passes than ground game.
Myles L. Thomas resigns as manager of the Toledo Mud Hens of the American Association. Waldo H. Shank, president, announced the move as the club finished in last place after a hapless season. no successor had been named.
Rutgers and Richmond, both unbeaten, played to a scoreless tie for 57 minutes in New Brunswick. Each team then opened aerial attacks for a touchdown and finished 6 to 6.
In front of 27,000 fans at Baker Field, Army and Columbia battled to a 6–6 deadlock. Army took an early punch as Columbia scored on a kickoff return, then Johnny Hatch connected with Fred Yeager on an 81‑yard pass to knot the score three minutes before time.
Minnesota's Big Ten champions bottled Purdue's three B's for most of the game but a late burst by one Boilermaker tied the score 13 12 with 4:26 remaining after a yard TD and Montague extra point.
Colgate defeated Brown 10 to 0 in Hamilton New York as Brown failed to score after Colgate drove for a touchdown and a 35 yard field goal. The margin came late in the game signaling Colgate’s state lead over Brown.
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