1942

Outmanned Palmetto Lads Put Up Strong Fight-7,000 Cold Fans

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A group of much superior high school football players from North Carolina hammered the South

Carolina All-Stars into submission by a 33 to 0 score here yesterday afternoon in the sixth annual Shrine classic.

It was the largest count that has been marked up in the series as some 7,000 fans braved the cold weather to see the soundly organized Tar Heel team score five times and hold the and Sandlappers to a net gain of 30 yards.

Asheville’s brilliant Charlie Justice led the attack of the conquerors. The fast, shifty little man from the a Land of the Sky was here and there as he scored three of the five touchdowns to tie the Shrine game record previously held by his brother, Bill, who crossed the goal line three times in the 1938 game.

The Tar Heels began rolling early and had a 19-0 edge at halftime, and kept rolling after intermission. It was the third North Carolina victory in the series of six games. Two of the contests have ended in ties.

One of the chief operatives for the North Carolina club was High Point’s Arnold Metcalf, who ripped off lots of yardage from his fullback position. He did some nice hard running during the afternoon to top the ground gainers with a net gain of 90 yards.

The boy who caught the eye of the fans, including many college coaches, was Asheville’s Carl Tipton, a 192-pound end. He was outstanding on the defense also and made two pass snatches, one good for a touchdown, that were highlights of the battle.

The Tar Heels scored the second time they had the ball, with Metcalf going over from the two. This drive started on South Carolina’s 33 after Dick Fagen got off a 17-yard punt out of bounds.

Justice streaked 12 yards around end on the first play for a first on the 21. Metcalf added five and Justice ripped off 14 yards to reach the two, from where Metcalf twisted over. Allen’s try form placement missed.

The next time the Tar Heels were on the offensive they added another score. Justice took Fagen’s kick on the 35 and returned it to the 44. Metcalf clipped off 19 yards for a first down on the South Carolina’s 37.

A few plays later, Wilson’s George Clark sprinted 29 yards on a reverse from Justice to place the Tar Heels on the two again. Justice bucked the line for the score, and Bullard missed the placement. The score was 12-0.

The Sandlappers failed to cross midfield during the entire game. Kept in the hole, they were never able to open up.

In the second quarter, however, the South Carolinians began passing in their own territory and had one to bounce back on them when Justice took Ezra Embler’s toss and raced 25 yards to score. Then Justice passed to Gastonia’s Carl Sheppard for the point and the Tar Heels led 19-0.

Just as the half ended one of the best plays of the afternoon was reeled off when Justice passed to Tipton, who made a great catch with men all over him and then broke loose toward the goal. Fagen finally got on his back but Tipton kept going, finally being called down on the one as the half ended. Many in the stands thought he had scored but officials ruled his knee was down on the one.

South Carolina held the bigger and stronger Tar Heels during the third period but the Tar Heels drove once to the eight. The drive featured by a 19-yard dash by Metcalf.

In the final period, North Carolina rushed across two more touchdowns. The Sandlappers had been pushed back to the four from where Fagen kicked out on the 28. Justice picked up four yards and then on a well faked reserve, skirted 24 yards untouched around end of a touchdown. Metcalf bucked over the point to make the count 26-0.

A South Carolina fumble gave the Tar Heels the ball on the Sandlappers’ 49 from where they drove to their fifth score. Metcalf, Fincher and Sheppard made it a first on the 39. In the next series of plays a pass from Clark to Jimmy Carpenter netted 15 yards and a first on the 21.

Fincher picked up one more, Metcalf added three, then Clark got eight and a first on the 10 on a reverse. After Fincher lost one, Clark took the ball from Justice and passed to Tipton standing in the end zone for the score. Tipton made this catch with a man hanging on. Paul Boulous of Concord converted the point with a placement.

South Carolina simply was outclassed in material hand had very little chance. Spartanburg’s Bobby Williams and Hartsville’s Fagen were the main backs while Greenville’s Steve Hooks played a good game at the blocking back post.

Ezra Embler, the Anderson flash, was never able to get started. York’s Van Pressley was knocked out on the opening kickoff but recovered and played later.

Lancaster’s Joe McJunkin, Columbia’s Wendell Shorter and Kingstree’s Tony Welch did some nice work in the South Carolina line.

Justice proved to be a hard hitting runner and as elusive as a flying piece of shrapnel. But he was not the only effective threat the Tar Heels threw at the opponent. Wilson Clark and High Point’s

Metcalf were definite treats. Mount Holly’s Fincher played a lot of tailback dividing duty with Justice.

North Carolina showed two fine tackles in Greensboro’s Louis Allen and Wilson’s Buck Davis when Justice ran back the intercepted pass for a score, Davis threw the key block that cleared the way.

Other linemen playing outstanding ball were Tipton, Albemarle’s Earnest Knotts, and little Dave Sewell, center from Greensboro.