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second period. A 71-yard drive, a 30-yard end run by Gene Frank, and two place kicks put the Terrors ahead at the end of the third stanza 21-0. CU scored in the closing moments of the game. For the second consecutive season, Wash- ington College was pounded 41-0 by the Green Terrors. It was a very convincing display of power put on by the Havensmen in their first home game of the year. The partisan crowd was more convinced than ever that they were seeing the team that would be crowned Mason- Dixon champs. The long-standing record of never having lost a Homecoming contest once again stood up to the test on October 23. A large crowd of alumni was on hand, damp weather not- Lathroum Piavis withstanding. Not too much was known of Randolph- Macon but when they recovered a Terror the goal line but his fumble was recovered by fumble in the opening minutes and stood but Seibert for a safety. fifteen yards from the goal line, the crowd began A Gianelli-to-Cotter pass netted the second to wonder if the streak would last. The crisis touchdown. The final stanza saw the "Med- was averted, though, but it took the Green ford Flash" slip off-tackle to move the point team the remainder of the period to get back total to 20-2. in stride. Terror defeat number one came at the hands Joe Gianelli opened the second quarter with of Gettysburg. An early drive by the Green one of the finest pieces of broken-field running stalled deep in the Bullets zone. Thereafter ever seen on Hoffa Field as he side-stepped the game belonged to the Battlefielders. They and swivel-hipped 78 yards to a touchdown. led 20-0 at halftime and added seven more in The only R-M score came late in this period the closing period. Manpower and the passing when a Siebert punt was blocked. The Vir- arm of Ross Sachs made the difference. ginians Bob Brown carried the loose ball over In the only night game of the year, W.M.C. Lathrourn putting the Terrors ahead of Hopkins 153