Wake Forest at Villanova

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  Evening star, October 12, 1952, page 67

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  vi|Ianova 0verpowers Wake Forest, 700, For 4th Win in Row PHILADELPHIA. Oct. II. - Sparked by the speed and power of Gene Filipski. the ex-Army star from Sacramento. Calf, and the power and drive of Bob Haner, fullback from Louisville, KY, Villanova rolled to its fourth straight win today, humping Wake Forest, 20 to 0. A chilled crowd of only 10000 huddled in the center seats OF Franklin Field, saw Filipski, the Nations leading ground gamer sprint A yards for a f1rst-period touchdown. Haner capped a 20 yard touchdown drive in the sec ond quarter with a two-yard plunge and then romped 48 yards with a pass from Bill Brannau to wind up the scoring in the fourth quarter. 1t was a rugged and hard fought game all the way with Haner and Filipski the chief diff ference between the two starting teams. Wake Forest couldn’t muster an offensive threat to match either one of them. However. the visitors from North Carolina die switch the picture in the thirc period. played almost entirely ir Villanova territory. Twice they drove inside the Wildcats Is, but couldn’t muster score. Filipski’s run and the Brannau to Haner pass were the offensiv, gems Of the day. Gene started hi, run on what looked like an ordi. nary handoff play into the, line but at midfield he burst from { heap Of players and sped the rest of the way on his own. One Wake Forest defender hae an outside chance at Filipski. but big Jack Lewis from Birmingham Ala, could do no better than slal the flying halfback’s heels with 9 diving try for a tackle at the seven-yard line. Defender Faxed Out. On the other hand Bruce Hill enbrand, junior halfback from Arlington, Va, was squarely ir the path of Haner when that 210pound fullback caught Brannau’. pass. Haner faxed right, ther left, and as the defender moved uncertainty, Haner showed 6 shoulder into him, knocked hin down and kept on going. While Filipski added Is yard. in II carries to run his four-gamt total this season to ATS yards Haner was the steady, punching ground gamer for the day. Hanel took personal charge of the sec. ond Villanova score. from the Is. yard line, making it in two tries And his conversions were success. full on two of three tries. Wake Forest --------- o o o. Villanova -------- 6 7 0 7–⁠2t Villanova scoring: Touchdowns-Filip ski. Hsner (2). Conversions-Haner C2)

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Tied 2–⁠2 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.