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spr UC Trounce ally To 1" Bearcat Fumbles Are Costly As MU Gains Series Lead BY DICK FORBES Miami's Redskins rolled from behind on a pass interception, a recovered furab'e and a 74-yard drive yesterday to whip Cincinnati, 21-9, in the 59th traditional Thanksgiving Day football game before a sell-out crowd of 30,000 at Nippert Stadium. Outplayed for the first half by a determined Bearcat eleven, intent on scoring its fourth straight victory over the Redskins, Miami suddenly had a fire ignited on Butch Mattern's interception of Mike Murphy's pass with less than three minutes to play. Five plays later, with 1:37 to 1 i THE CINCINNATI VV 32 Fri.laj, IWenil.er 26, 1931 ing the line from the Bearcat 46 to Miami's 33. Captain Dick Goist then burst out for seven yards up the middle, only to fumble, and Hunter fell on the ball on the 29 for another key play in the Miami victory. Then, with Wallace and Dean Porter gaining ground almost at 5 will.

Miami moved all the way to the UC 10. On the next try, Wallace went eight yards up the middle, only to fumble and three Bearcats fell on the ball. But It was not UC's day. Here the referee ruled the whistle had blown before the fumble, giving Miami possession. On the next crack, Hunter punched it over again with less than five minutes to go, and his extra point made it 21-9.

With time now running out. Murphy took to the air, and mostly on passes to Babe Ruth and Dillhoff UC went to the Redskin 15. But once more Burton intercepted to end it on the one-yard stripe. Miami then ran the clock out. If there was a standout on the -Miami squad, It was Merchant, who ran nine times for only 37 yards, but all for key-gains.

And be played a rousing game on defense frequently bringing down Cincinnati backs on last-ditch tackles. Center Dave Faulkner played his greatest defensive game of the year for Cincinnati. Guard Jack Campbell also stood out. sprint over left guard, but the Redskins were stymied wlvn Dick Pardini intercepted Dick Hunter's jump pass. L'C then drove to the Miami 35, only to be stopped, on Miami's first play Boh Mos-ketti grabbed another of Hunter's pitches, setting the Bearcats lip on the Miami 41 as the fiist period ended.

MACCIOLI KICKS COAL From there Cincinnati's "Cat" unit, with Rudy Comchoc at quarterback, punched doun t.i the seven-yard stripe. Maceioli was called in from the bench on fourth down and booted a 17-yard field goal with the ball put down on the 14, and kicked from an angle. That made it 9-0, and Miami had as ct bhown virtually nothing. That's how it stood until Mat-tern's interception on the t'C 33 that staged the initial Miami score. On the first Redskin attempt.

Hunter passed to Moodv Baker, for 12 to the 21. Eddie Merchant gained two in two tries, so Hunter threw to Tirrel Burton, who made a one-handed catch on the 1 1. Burton then scampered around end on the following try. And Hunter's extra point left it 9-7. Early In the third period Hunter punted beautifully out of bounds of the UC two-yard stripe.

After otie try at the line. Murphy hit Dillhoff on a perfect jump pass, and "Dilly" raced to the 30, only to fumble the ball. The ever alert Merchant recovered on the UC 35. HUNTER GOES OVER Ten plays later, after two long passes just missed connection. Hunter sneaked up the middle for six yards and touchdown, and Bronston converted to make it 14-9 at 9:15 of the third stanza.

The Bearcats came back claw-ing. They hammered from their own 47 to the Miami 15. with a tremendous assist from Miami's Jack Acus, who was called for interfering with Don Presley on a puss on the Miami 33. But with hecond and five to go on Miami's Cincinnati threw away its big opportunity when l'ardini fumbled after a five-yard first down gain, and Bill Deibel recovered on the Miami's nine to save the day. Miami could do little with it, and had to punt out early in the last stanza.

Again Cincinnati marched, slashing and hammer go before intermission, Tirrel Burton ran rifrht end for 11 yards and a touchdown, and after Hunter's conversion Cincinnati took a mere 9-7 lead into the locker room. After that, Miami went on to score twice more in the third and fourth periods for the Redskins' first win over UC sinee the "Blizzard Bowl" contest of 1950, breaking a jinx in which an Ara Parseghian coached Redskin squad had never before been able to beat Cincinnati. It was Miami's 27th victory in the 59-game series over a 66-year span against 26 Cincinnati triumphs and six ties, and kept safe a Miami record that has not seen the Oxford clan behind in the long rivalry since 1915, i AME IS RUGGED It was a hammer inR, bruising in which neither team gave quarter or asked it, Timd outs were frequent for players lying stretched on the turf. But for a deliriously happy i a rn I squad, slightly out-statisticed in everything: but desire, the difference came on key Cincinnati fumbles when the Bearcats were (joins for touchdowns, and on pass interceptions by the alert, ball-hawking Miami secondary. The game ended the season for both clubs, Miami winning right against a lone loss to Dayton, Cincinnati taking its first eight in a row, then bowing to Wichita and Miami.

It was the first time in four seasons that L'C suffered consecutive losses. The last time Cincinnati suffered twin defeats came on a 28-0 loss to Miami in 1950, followed by a 14-13 upset by West Texas State in the 195i Sun Bowl game. UC SCORES FIRST Cincinnati scored first, within tiiv minutes of the -opening kick-olf. after a tifi yard drive climaxed when Joe Miller slid over left tackle 18 ards to a touchdown. The Bearcat had lost siv yards on the previous two plays, but Miami was charged with a 15-yard clipping penalty to set up the second down and two to go situation.

Maceioli's attempted conversion was ide. After this, Miami marched from its 32 to L'C's 24, principally on Bob Wallace's 19-yard Enquirer (Comeiiiu) Photo MIAMI'S JONES CAUSES PARDINI TO FUMBLE, BUT BEARCAT BACK RECOVERS Dick Pardini, Cincinnati halfback, picked up three yards over tackle, fumbled, but reached out and grabbed his own bobble on, Miami's 33-yard line. The ball, shown at left, was jostled from Pardini's grasp after a jolting tackle by Tom Jones. Miami rallied to win the game, 21-9. PI Tosse hower Miami Oacin in Locker Room Scene Of Jubilant Event; UC Players Silent BY JOE SMITH Ara Parseghian took his first fully clothed shower late yesterday afternoon and he loved every second of it As a matter of fact, the black-haired, 23-year-old head coach of the Miami Redskins said he wouldn't mind taking this kind of shower every Thanksgiving.

The reason for Parseghian isni IK 'iff; r'-u-v. mm being happy after being tossed into the steaming shower by his sweaty and near-delirious charges was that his determined squad had just turned back the University of Cincinnati, 21-9, and as tradition goes in this rivalry the coach of the winning team is hauled into the shower by his happy warriors. This was the first time In four years that Parseehian has been able to down the 'Cat and their coach Sid Gtllman, and upon entering the Redskins dressing room you could tell they were making up for the shouts that wasn't theirs tn the past three contests. After his "shower" Parseghian made his way around to Cincinnati-Miami Line-Ups, Statistics 7 a- r---'r Is' 4 (f -4. Jr.

i- i MIAMI JtIafcrjrJiLrillrihi HrrHlrfi each of his players telling them w-hat a magnificient job they had turned in in handing the Bearcats their second straight defeat of the season. Parseghian placed most of h's "pats on the back" on quarterback Dick Hunter, who scored two touchdowns and took over as their captain after fullback Bob Bronston was injured in the first half. "Hunter was absolutely the dripping wet I'arseghlan said. "He was a wonderful leader for the boys and absolutely called a great game," the 'Skins' head mentor continued. Asked how his team's play against the Bearcats compared to their performance in the 6-0 upset over Indiana, the smiling Tarsejhian said he did not believe his team played as well defensively, especially in the first half, against UC but that their heart and great desire to win made possible the victory just completed on the soggy turf at Nippert Stadium.

Parseghian also stated that Bob Wallace, halfback Eddie Merchant and fullback Dean Porter all stood out in his team's olfensivp play. "That Porter played the second half with a broken wrist suffered in the Dayton game," Ara said. "But we had to put him in there when Bronston got hurt. That boy (Torter) really helped us tremendously the way he filled in." Over in the Cincinnati dressing room, the players had very little to say to each other. Coach Sid Gillman patted the back of some of the boys and told them that there is always ano'her year.

But many of the boys seemed not to care abnut next year. Many were seniors and were handed their first defeat by the Redskins. Most of the players tuok their showers and cut dresed as scum as jmsvitilc. There were no hand shakes as In past yearn. After visiting his team In the PRESLEY GOES HIGH TO CRAB COMCIIOC'S HEAVE End Don Presley (22) of Cincinnati leaped high In the air to grab a six-yard pass from quarterback Rudy Comchoc in the second period of yesterday's game at Nippert Stadium.

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Sid just sa: in bis chair puffing on an unlighted pipe and staring at. the ceiling. Alter thinking for a few moments the Bearcat grid boss said simply "the fumbles ruined us." "I don't think we played worse than we did against Wichita," Gillman said. "We had the ball down there enough the second half, but each time v-'f fumbled it away. Why, we didn't have to punt all The I'C skipper was referring to the times I'C fumbled on Miami's nine and again on the Ked-Uins' 26, both times while the '(ats were trailing, 1 1-9.

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T.r.i Jucit, F. O. e. -o C- 1 1'2 1 F.l. 2 0 4 .1 V.i fur BULLS-EYE IT Goist Nearly ospital benche if 5 two I'C scoring record set by i (BY ENQUIRKil STA-f WRITKP.SI Few people knew it.

at the time, particularly the Miami coaches; who would have been extremely interested. But Captain Dick (inist, I'ni-versity of Cincinnati right half, back who finished a 41-game career In a losing cause against Miami yesterday at Nippert Stadium In the 59th Uearcat-Kedskin fracas, was a doubtful starter up to 15 minutes before the klckoff. Goist, who has started every pame for four seasons, was taken from his dormitory room to Christ Hospital Wednesday right with a stomach aliment at believed to be appendicitis, litter it was found to be merely A case of "nervous stom-Rch." but the Bearcat coaching staff was virtually gasping for breath. WHATEVER HAPPENED to those 14 injured Miami players, eight of whom were "doubtful starters?" What happened to them was that they were in there all the way against Cincinnati, acij'iiried them-selves as well as anyone else on the field. Miami, however, did not scrimmage once before jester-day's game.

I'C SPORTS publicity director Tom Eicher reported before the game that 61 press box reservations were made for yesterday's game. The list included locil and out-of-town newspapermen, rad.o broa Icasters and cuacb.es. One of the coaches on hand was Rob Wig's of Northwestern, Wildcats open their season against Miami next vear. 'WHEN Joe Miller tallied the Bearcats touchdown after five and one-half minutes of the game had been played, It enabled Jjim to tie and the sky was heavily over-cut with low hanging; clouds. Because of a tarpaulin, how ever, the field was in reasonably goo.) shape despite Wednesday's ram.

MRS. REED A. SHANK un-veiled a pl.npie bearing the name of her husband, the late Dr. Shank, in a ceremony before the game whirh dedicated the first section of the new Madluni pavilion. Dr.

Raymond Walters, I'C president, made the formal dedication. He said "This Reed A. Shank Memorial Pavilion will be a perpetual tribute to the physician, surgeon, citien, alumnus and member of the board of directors fur whom I'nlversity of Cincinnati football formed a source of glowing devotion." MARIANNE SCHILDMEVER of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority was presented at half time as the L'C band sponsor for 1935. The new sponsor was presented to the fans by A Dorse, president of the band, and was given the traditional bouquet of red roses. Sh- was presented midway in the colorful half time ceremonies given by both bands.

THE FIRST PENT of the game did not come until three and one-half minutes of the second half had been played and Miami quarterback Dick Hunter made it a dandy. The Redskins' signal caller booted the ball standing on his own 41 and Jim Nleman, YC safety man, fell on the ball on the Bearcats' one-yard line. MIAMI'S TWO snatches of M.ke Murphy's passes represented more interceptions than had been charged against him' in all if UC's nine previous games. Murphy's record for the season snowed that he completed 51 of 101 throws for 764 yards. Only three tosses were intercepted, tw yesterday.

Bob Dougherty in 1951. They were number of touchdowns (11) and points scored (66). BILL (iILLIL.WD, who captained the 1932 UC eleven, was spotted on the wall at the north end of the st3dium. C.li.la.-.d was former coach at Wi throw High School. Other fi-iiikr Bearcats on hand for the "big one" were Lee and Bob Marich, both former All-Ohio guards.

WHEN GOIST was thrown for a two-yard loss in the period it markei the first time this season that he was held gainless. THE FIRST snowflakes of the approaching season filtered on to the tremendous crowd at the kickoif, but no more was seen t't them the rest of the game. The temperature throughout the afternoon stood at 33 degrees, SHANK PAVILION DEDICATED BEFORE GAMF Before the game Mrs. Reed Shank, far right, unveiled a plaque bearing the name of her husband, the late Dr. Shank, in a ceremony which dedicated th first section of the new stadium pavilion.

Shown with Mrs Shank are left to right, Mrs. Clare Shank, mother of Dr. Shank; Mrs. Dorothy Dolbev Sandra jiwiuuauuuici, Mayor lari I'JCh and HrnHin V. T'C UJ r- 1Vl mem- vi ui uucuu ui uiifCLuio.

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