Washington and Lee at Davidson

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 22, 1950, page 43

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  W. 81. in I’d Parade Routs Davidson for 4th ConferenceW Win DAVIDSON, N. c., Oct. 21.- Washington and Lee crammed all its touchdoWns into the first three quarters today to turn back Davidson, 47–⁠12. The win, fourth straight in the Southern Confer ence, left w. & L. tied with Wake Forest for the conference lead. Only Richmond and Virginia Tech remain in the path of an unbeaten conference campaign for w. g. L. The Generals scored twice in the first five minutes of play to take the zing out of Davidson and homecoming crowd of 5000. They added two more touch downs in the second period and finished off with three in the third. The seven Washington and Lee touchdoWns were scored by as many players. Seven w. G. L. Men Score. The Generals picked up % first downs to II and 433 yards against 3O3. The bulk of the w. g. l., yardage came on the ground as only four passes were completed out of Is attempts for only 81 yards and no direct touchdowns, Both Davidson scores came on passes caught by End Bob Turk. HE caught 5-yarder from Quarterback Auburn Lambeth in the second quarter and in the fourth he latched on to one tossed from 9 by Jack Ruth. Safety Man Dave Waters got Washington and Lee off flying. After Davidson was unable to advance following the opening kick of, he took c. L. Runyan’s punt on the w. and L. 80 and ran 68 yards for a touchdown. Fullback Walt Michaels followed with the f1rst OF five conversions. Washington and Lee came back with another big yardage gamer a few minutes later for its second score. Wes Abram, soph right halfback, took a pitchout from bocetti, and scooted 43 yards. Generals Garry on. Early in the second period, the Generals Randy Broyles cracked over from the l. Halfback Ray Lester scored from 10 yards out before the half ended. In the third quarter, Jim Stark scored from the 10 for w. g. L. Fuflback Ray Arnold later went over from the A. Halfback Skippy Sideris went over from the 4 for the Generals last score

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Washington and Lee leads 14–⁠6–⁠1 in 21 meetings, counting the five since this game.