Presbyterian at South Carolina

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  The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., November 13, 1944, page 5 (results column)

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  DUKE MUST TOP TWO MORE FOES FOR LOOP TITLE Indians Furnish DAYS Big. gest Surprise, Tying Heels RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 12.-RH Duke University’s Blue Devils. who have been playing understudy to Wake Forest in the Southern conference football show all season, took over the Xingfish role today as the result of Saturdays $40 humping Of the previously undefeated Deacons. While Duke was taking on a Sc ries of top-ranking outside elevens during the 1914 campaign, Wake Forest concentrated on conference competition and entered the Duke game with a perfect record of five family successes and outside triumphs over Georgia and Miami. Duke teed off with a win over Richmond in September, then left the loop to lose to foul nationally prominent foes-Penn, Navy, N. c. Preflight and Army. The tipoft that the Dukes were on the re. bound came week ago when they blasted Georgia Techs spotless slate at Durham. Wake Forests civilian squad did not enter the Duke engage ment as favorite despits its all winning record, for the Blue Dew lis had been impressive even in losing four times to gridiron giants, but the size of Dukes victory mar gin yesterday was unexpected. Wake Forest, striving fol- a bowl bid and the schools first confer ence championship, went after the Dukes in determined fashion early in the first period, driving to the six before the Blue Devils held. A few moments later George Clark, Dukes fast-stepping back, raced a punt back “a yards for touch down. This appeared to knock the Deacons off their stride and they were never able to get back into the game again. saturdays biggest surprise with in the conference, however, was furnished by William and Mary young civilian club which battled North Cardinals V-12ers, recently reinforced by Navy transfess from Duke, to a scoreless deadlock. Clemson’s SIP margin over v. M. rs 17-year-olds also was an eyebrow litter and kept the Tigers entrenched in third place in the conference standings. Two other conference teams took poundings from outsiders, Rich. mond yielding to the strong Vir. ginia eleven, 800, and Maryland bowling, 800 to Michigan State in the Old Liners second test Of the season with the mid-westerners. Michigan State won the first tilt, 80. South Cardinals Gamecocks drubbed Presbyterian, 28–⁠7. Duke has two more barriers to hurdle to retain their conference crown, meeting South Carolina al Columbia next Saturday and North Carolina on the following weekend. North Carolina State engages Rich mond at Raleigh and William and Mary tackles v. M. In the other family tests set for Saturday. Wake Forest has an open date. The remaining members will face some top-notch outside com. petition, North Carolina travelling to New Haven to meet undefeated Yale, Clemson playing at Tulane and MARYLAND still seeking its first

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South Carolina leads 12–⁠3 in 15 meetings, counting the one since this game.