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line ami to the eight on the vie-! tory drive.The Blues' heavier and unyielding line began to tell after a scoreless first period and the-Yanks scored on a 23-yard drive! with Reichardt bulling through for • short gains and finally plunging across from the one.The touchdown and extra point j by Reichardt stood until the third1 quarter when Benners, the aerial' artist of the Southwest, began' connecting with 10 and 12-yardcrs, I He threw six such completions in; an 80-yard march and Louisiana1 State's Jim Barton scored fromi the one.Louisiana’s Chet Freeman, who was high scorer for the day withi 34 points, kicked the goal to tie the score. iAgain the Big Blue rolled and Halfback Bobby Albert of Buck-neU got off on a 32-yard punt return to the South 12. Rollie Steh-low of Wisconsin wheeled over around end and Reichardt kicked the point.Benners, not regarded as an exceptional runner, carried the ball for two first downs and then uncorked his 48-yard sailer to Jack Beeler, a one-time Tennessee player who transferred to Wofford, on the North's one. Freeman scored and kinked the point.The North's pass defense fell apart in the waning minutes as Benners got off first-down passes to Barton, to South Carolina's Steve Wadiak and to Freeman. Barton replaced the weary Texan at the eight yard line and flipped the game-winner to Freeman for the clinching six points.Gray ..........- 0 • 7 IS—20Bio* _____________0 7 0 7—14r..M/ jii r M •*verting for the Blue tquad, makes 1VOLS 8-FTennessee, Man Strength for SuNEW ORLEANS, lire. »—lt;UW. be mostly false alum* today, and Tennessee aad Maryland will be at Tuesday In the 18th Annual SugarTennessee was rated an eight-*£“point favorite for the battle of undefeated-Untied teams before 80.001 paying customers. The weather today was balmy, the sky was blue and the long-range forecast called for ideal conditionsBenners* * * Sparks SouihMONTGOMERY, Ala,, Doe. 2$ — (IMP. Fred Benner* of Southern Methodist gained more yardage passing than the North squad gained both running and throwing today as ho led the South to a 20-14 victory In the annual Blue-Gray game.Benner* completed 14 of 21 passes for a total gala or 272 yards. The Blue squad totaled 251 yards altogether—131 rushing aad 128 paaslag.Benner* was voted the game'* outstanding player by sporta writers and broadcast era.
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Independent Long Beach
Long Beach, California, US
Sun, Dec 30, 1951
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