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The Indianapolis' Star SECTION 7 SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 24, 1948 Ml STUFF By Bob SJrarmhan Jjpnhv UJU SPORTS AND FINANCIAL Wins From Bu tier. Cincinnati 16-7 Bad Punt Costly To May Drop One Job JVERY TIME a pro football coach talks of quitting, Frank Leahy of Notre Dame is mentioned as his probable successor. The wire service boys seem de Notre Dame Overpowers Hawkeyes, 27-12, Sending Streak To 23 Games six yards and fourth down pass sailed high over Jack Dittmer's head in the end zone. THE THIRD Irish touchdown came in the third period on Panelli's twisting 39-yard run along the sidelines. Notre Dame put on the clincher on the first play of the fourth quarter on a 35-yard jaunt by Larry Coutre.

Oracko's kick made it 27-6. U. Bows, 21-14, On Dramatic Play By DUKE MOHAN Bittsburgh, Oct. 23 UP) Little Louis (Bimbo) Cecconi, a 165-poufld Pitt halfback with a penchant for the dramatic, did it again today. WHOA Pete St.

Clair, Cincinnati fullback, dragged down Butler's Ray Raker (arrow) after Raker had pushed the ball down inside the Bearcat 10-yard line in the first quarter at Butler Bowl yesterday. Bulldog players are Harry Farmer (far left), Bill Kunti Hurrle (801, Bob Ha mi I ton (67), Dick. Bennet (40) and Capt. Francis Moriarty (44). The other Cincinnati defender is Halfback Alkie Richards.

(Star Staff Photo.) STATE COLLEGES Notre Dame 27, Iowa 12. Pittsburgh 21, Indiana 14. Illinois 10, Purdue 6. Cincinnati 16, Butler 7. Ohio Wesley an 34, DePauw 0.

Franklin 7, Earth am 0. Evansville 13, Indiana State 12. Hanover 27, Manchester 7. Wabash 7, Valparaiso 0. OTHER BIG NINE Northwestern 48, Syracuse 0.

Ohio State 84, Wisconsin 32. Michigan 27, Minnesota 14. CITY HIGH SCHOOLS Crispus Attucks 33, Anderson 7. Richmond 28, Sacred Heart 6. Other Scores on Page 3 Ole Miss Drubs Boston College Memphis, Oct.

23 UP) Boston College fell from the ranks of unbeaten' teams today, overwhelmed, 32-13, by a fast and alert University of Mississippi eleven. A crowd of 20,312 fans saws the intersectional game. From the second quarter, when Johnny Vaught's Ole Miss Rebels scored three times, the outcome of the game never was in doubt. The Eagles scored both their touchdowns in the final period. The big Boston line failed to open the way for the Eagle offense: Ed Songin's passing arm provided most of the Boston advance.

Tiny Farley Salmon and big Barney Poole led the Rebels in a brilliant performance of running, passing and capitalizing on Boston bobbles. The teams- tied in first downs at 16 each. All but four, of Boston's were in last half. The Eagles gained 225 yards passing to 181 for Mississippi, but the Rebels gained 162 yards rushing to 137 for Boston. I By SHELLEY Iowa City, 23 JP Notre Dame's green-clad football legions slashed to a 27-12 victory over stubborn Iowa today.

The Irish, swinging through their 23d game without a defeat, used their ground iorces almost exclusively against an Iowa team fired with a determination to re Picture on Page 4 peat Hawkeye triumphs here in 1921 and 1939. Notre Dame, off to a sizzling start on John Panelli's 34-yard touchdown run on the first scrimmage play, struck in the air only eight times and completed once. The Irish actually had a net loss of seven yards with aerials. But their rugged thrusts behind characteristic crisp Irish block ing mowed down the Iowa defenders for four touchdowns, one in each quarter. IOWA LACKED the power to successfully counter-charge but the Hawks gave it a terrific' try.

A capacity crowd of 53,000 saw the Hawks, who had split even in four games this season and rated a 20-point underdog, rip back for a 6-all tie with the game only three and a half minutes old. Iowa did it on three pass plays good for 59 yards, a John Halliburton drive from the eight to STATISTICS Notre Iowa Dame First Downs Net yards gained rushing. Forward passes attempted Forward passes completed. Yards forward passes. Forwards intercepted by 13 14 41 28 1 1 SOI S72 8 1 7 1 0 28 Yards rained run-back intercepted passes 52 Punting average 3 Total yards, all kicks returned.

104 Opponents' fumbles recovered. 2 Yards lost by penalties 20 365 8 no the one and Jerry Faske's touchdown punch. Ron Headington missed the kick that would have sent the Hawks ahead. It was Faske who had set up the first Notre Dame score when he fumbled the kickoff on the Iowa 34. NOTRE DAME, its three threats wiped out late in the first period one -after Emil Sitko had raced a kickoff from his 11 to the Iowa 11, shot out front in the second quarter.

Al Dimarco, the little Iowa tosser who completed 11 of 26 throws for 201 yards, was trapped on his nine and fumbled. Leon Hart, Notre Dame end, pounced upon the ball. Bill Gay sped around his right end from the five on third down. Steve Oracko added the extra point for a 13-6 half time lead. Iowa lost a glorious oppor tunity to tie when Sitko fumbled on the first scrlmmake activity of the second half on, the Notre Dame 27.

The Hawks struck to the two, but Mearl Naber lost Iowa fizzled another chance on Gay's pass interception in the end zone but came right back when Bob McKenzie grabbed a deflected Dimarco toss on the Notre Dame two. Dimarco, on third down, went over from six inches out to make the score 27-12. With the final seconds ticking away, Dimarco and Faske pulled off a 56-yard pass play to the taking the pitching end, of the same play. He flipped to Halfback John McDonnell of Chicago, who ran 60 yards for the first Indiana score. ROBINSON was Instrumental in the first Pitt touchdown, a beautifully fashioned 62 yard drive after the opening kickoff.

Robinson bilked Indiana into anr ticipating a running play, then veered back sharply and flipped a touchdown pass of 23 yards to End Bill McPeak of New Castle, Pa. Cecconi guided Pitt to its second score in the second period after a fumble by McDonnell-recovered by McPeak on the Pitt 29 ruined a Hoosier drive. With that impetus, the Panthers roiled 17 yards to a score. Little Bimbo kept the drive alive with runs of 15, 7, 17 and 14 yards, the last to the Indiana two from where Fullback Robert Becker of Pittsburgh bounced over on me nrst try. INDIANA (14) tENDS-Kovateh, Winston, Hopper, Car.

Smith, Brooks. J. r' Karstens. Kasanovlch. Benner.

ton HALFBACKS McDonnell, Golds- FULLBACK 8-jarade. Sellers. PITT (21) ENDS-Skladany, Mcreak Ross. Geremskf, De- TACKLES-Rolkorae, Plots, Mlhm, Green, Coleman. Forsythe.

OUAKDS-Barkoskie, Boldln, Yost. Kill-day, Thomas. f'KNTFKN Fisher, Radnor. UI AHT1.K BACK g-Mellllo, Cummins, Fumlerlch. LKFT HALFBACKS Lee, Cecconi.

O'Hara. KKillT HALFBACKS Robinson, Abraham, llardlMy, Smodlr. FULLBACKS Berk ner, Depasqua. Indiana 0 7 7-14 Pitt 7 7 0 7-21 Indiana arorlnf: Touchdowns, McDon- neii, laiiaieiro. Points after touchdowns: Parker placements 1 Pitt scoring: touchdowns, McPeak, Bi er, Kuumson.

Points after touchdowns: Bolkovac I placements i Irish 16. a pass sputtered, then Dimarco flipped for-three yards to John Tedore as the horn sounded. THE HAWKS got only 41 net yards by. rushing but Dimarco, whom Notre Dame Coach Frank Leahy called the best passer the Irish had faced this year kept Iowa in a challenging spot with his tosses. Notre Dame clipped off 372 yards by rushing to offset' any need for aerial tricks.

The victory was Notre Dame's fourth straight over Iowa and gave the Irish a 4-to-3 lead in the seven-game series. Iowa hasn't won since its 7-0 win at South Bend in 1940. IOWA ENDS McKensl, Dlttmer, TACKLUS-Wlnslow. Kiv Shoaf, Cozad, Gl'AKOS Orothui, Banks, Carlson. Perrln.

CENTERS D. Wondard, Meyer Glntberc, Latter, onyner. Ql' ARTER BACKS Headinrton, Dimarco, Drahn LEFT HALFBACKS Halliburton, O'Neill. Greene. RICHT HALFBACKS Faske, Naber, Doran.

FL'LLBACKSTtdaref Wulsen, Kordman. NOTRE DAME ENDS-Martln, Hart. brlsht. Wiicnikln, Leskn Espenan, Way- TACKLES MrOehee, Fallon, Clfelll, Zrt-Jewskl, Gaul, Bndynktewlcz. GUARDS Fischer, Wendell, OrsckQ, Frampton.

Johnson, Hally, Dsller. crotlmis. Groom. gl ARTKRBAI KS Tripucka, Williams. Begley.

LKFT HALFBACKS Brennan. Gay. Zalejskl. -Landry. Smith.

RIGHT HALFBACKS Sitko, Coutre, Spaniel, Sarsau. Fl'LLBACKS Panelli, Swlstowlea, Wanner. Iowa 0 6-1 3 Notre Dame 8 7 7 7-27 Iowa scoring: Touchdowns, Faske, Dl-carco. Nntre Dame scorlnr: Touchdowns. Panelli 2.

Gayy, Coutre. Points after touchdowns, Oracko 3 (placements). HOCKEY American League WESTERN DIVISION Cleveland 1 Pittsburgh 4 1 St. Louis 4 2 INDIANAPOLIS, I Buffalo 2 5 Pts. 0 10 0 0 8 0 6 0 4 EASTERN DIVISION 2 2 1 1 1 Pts.

0 10 0 4 0 4 1 3 0 2 1 3 Proyldenre Philadelphia Springfield Washinatnn New Haven Hershey Last Night's Results Hershey 4, Buffalo 2. Cleveland 9, New Haven 2. Plllaburah 3, Washington 0. tit. Louis 6, Philadelphia 0.

Providence 3, Springfield 1. Tonight's Games Philadelphia at INDIANAPOLIS. St. Louis al Buffalo, rlttsbursh at New Havrn. Riveters By JACK K.

OVERMYER Star Sports Writer Champaign, 111., Oct. 23 Two kicks brought Illinois a 10 to 6 Big Nine football 'victory over Purdue before 56,451 fans here this afternoon. The first was a 22-yard field goal by Tackle Don Maechtle, which sent the Illini into a 3 to 0 second quarter lead. The second and most vital one was booted by Purdue's George Punzelt. It was a wobbly, 17- STATISTICS Purriua Illinois First down 9 18 Net yards rained rushlne 6J 292 Fnrwsul pasia attempted lfl 8 Forward passes completed 3 3 Yards forward passinr-.

'6 1 Forwards Intercepted by 1 Yards rained, runbaek interceptions Pontine averare 35 SS Total yards all kicks returned 107 21 Opponent fumbles recoT- ered 1 .1 Yards lost by penalties SO 85 yard, effort which came In the third, quarter after Purdue had stopped "an Illinois march on its own two-yard line. AS A RESULT of Punzelt's weak punt, Illinois got the ball on the Purdue 17 and drove to the touchdown it had just been Picture and Chart on Page 6 after, In three plays. Quarter-hack Bernie Krueger ran the Purdue left end for the last five yards and Maechtle made it 10 to 0 with his conversion. Purdue went into the air late in the game and finally connected for its touchdown late In the final quarter. Quarterback Bob DeMoss pitched 35 yards in the end zone to Halfback Ken Gorgnl for the score.

Rudy Trobovich's extra-point try was low. Other than the three scoring plays, today's game largely was a defensive battle. Only three other times twice by Illinois and once by Purdue did either team get 'within its opponents' 20-yard lines. On each occasion, the defense stiffened to prevent any scoring. THE ILLINOIS line lived up to the promise it showed last week, holding Purdue backs to a net '97 yards rushing.

Unable to gain on the ground, the Boilermakers thus had to resort to passing with Illinois knowing it and preparing ftrutv i 4 While Punzelt helped Illinois to its touchdown, the Illinois field goal also came as a result of a Boilermaker gamble which failed. Those two plays finally beat Purdue. Dike Eddleman, whose booming punts kept Purdue back In its own territory all afternoon, got 'off to a seoond-quarter kick to the Purdue 4 and Gorgal could only bring it back to the 10. Three line plays moved out a half yard shy of a first down on the Purdue 20. Here's where the riveters gambled and lost.

DeMoss elected to send Halfback Norb Adams Into the right side but he didn't gain an inch. Illinois took over on the Purdue 20. FULLBACK Jack Milito and Gorgal helped stall Illinois at this point after Fullback Russ Steger had moved the ball to the, nine on fourth down. Gorgal twice tripped when it looked as if the Negro, flash would go over. With the ball on the eight, Maechtle came in on fourth down and eight to go, His field goal was kicked from the 22 after a too-much time penalty moved Illinois back to the 13.

Illinois to the second-half kick-off 78 yards to the Purue two, where on fouath down End Bob Heck came up fast to knock Patterson out of bounds. A 33-yard jaunt over tackle by Pierce was the big one in these 12 plays. Then came Penzelt's kick, which looked somewhat like those two bad ones he got off against Notre Dame. Lazier and Patter- son ran from the 17 to the five and Kreuger then skipped to his right, found no receiver and scooted into the end zone with tnree tacklers hanging on. PlUDl'E TOOK the next kick-off and staged Its lone sustained march of the day.

Adams ran the Turn to Page 6, Column 2 Lafayette's Undefeated Streak Ends Evansville, Oct. 23 VP) Evansville Central ended a three. season unbeatened football string for Lafayette High School tonight, 21-7. Central scored twice In thu second quarter, yielded a touchdown in the same period and got its third counter in the final ses sion. THERE WAS SO END of con fusion over the color- of the ball.

With central wearing brown jer seys and Lafayette wearing white, they started using a light brown nan preference to regulation brown or white. Then Central's Walter Vanover kicked the light brown ball the only one they had out of the park, and an unidentified youth outran police with it. Bulldogs' Title Hopes Dealt Blow Any hopes Butler entertained of winning the Mid-American Conference football title for 1948 virtually vanished yesterday when the Bulldogs dropped a 16-7 decision to the University of Cincinnati before 12,000 fans in the Bowl. It was the second league reverse for Coach Tony Hinkle's team and practically wiped it from the title picture. 1 Butler held a 7-0 leadership at one time in the second period, thanks to a sensational 65-yard touchdown gallop by Sophomore STATISTICS Butler Cincinnati First downs Net yard rushing.

Passes attempted Passes completed Passes Intercepted by Net yards passlnl Punting average Fumbles Ball lost on fumbles Total yards penalised 12 13 230 9 1 S.1 S3.S 1 40 114 14 1 107 33. 4 25 Fullback Flavian Weidekamp, but the Bearcats came roaring back through the air to match this and went ahead to stay with a safety in the third BITTLER'S DEPLETED defensive forces yielded another tally to the Bearcats in the final period. This also came through the air lanes, with Quarterback Tom O'Malley doing some excellent pitching. Cincinnati gained 107 yards through passes to 35 for the Bulldogs ana mar. inference meant the ball game for the invaders.

The Bulldogs made It Iook easy at the outset, powering their way to the Cincinnati 29-yard line before being stopped. Mo Moriarty and Dick Bennett did the ball toting in this sally, Moriarty's bid for a first down on the 29 falling short by Inches. The Bulldogs reached the Cin cinnati 15-yard line early in the second period after Curt Kyvik had recovered a Bearcat fumble on the Cincinnati 45 to start the drive. Butler couldn't push further, however, but Weidekamp broke loose on his sensational run after the Bearcats were forced to kick. The Butler fullback took the ball on the first play after entering the game, squirmed through the right side and into the clear.

Once he seemed trapped, but broke away and got some nice downfield blocking by John Celminiak to dash into touchdown territory. Ray Mc-Semek's kick from placement was good and Butler was in front, 7-0. ONLY A MATTER of seconds remained in the first half when the Bearcats squared the count Butler lost the ball on downs on the Cincinnati 17 and the Bearcats took to the" air to tally, A pass was tipped into Bill Anderson's arms by a Butler player ana tnis took the ball to midfield, u'Mauey found Richards; on a toss which put the ball on the Bulldog 26, then the same pitcher heaved another to Fullback Pete St. Clair good to the six. Cincin nati was penalized hack to the 19 for holding at this point and there was time for only one more play.

That one play was all the Bearcats needed, however, for O'Malley shot an aerial to Richards on the five and he went over the goal from there. Tom Jessen converted and it was all square at 7-7. Ray Raker and Weidekamp powered a Bulldog drive which reached the Cincinnati 18, but the Bearcats pushed the Hinkle-men back to the 41 as Bennett tried unsuccessfully to get three passes away. AFTER AN EXCHANGE of kicks which gave Butler the ball Turn to Page 2, Column 3 Oklahoma Downs Txas Christian Fort Worth, Oct. 23 JP Oklahoma squeezed by Texas Christian University here tonight, 21-18, in a wild offensive struggle.

Six times the lead changed hands and 'in the; end it was 19-year-old Lindell Pearson who gave Oklahoma its third victory in a row over a Southwest Conference team this year. Pearson, a bull of a halfback, broke through the entire Texas Christian team, stook off a couple of would-be tacklers and scampeded 38 yards for the touchdown that beat the Horned Frogs. It happened on the second play of the fourth quarter and from then on the Sooners battled to stay in front. A safety in the tirst quarter put Texas Christian ahead and the Horned Frogs came from behind with one touchdown in the second period and another in the third. Another safety in the fourth cut the Sooners' margin.

A 14-yard run by Jack Mitchell climaxed an 89-yard Oklahoma drive in the second and in the third Pearsorv plunged over from the one-yard line termined to get the Irish mentor in the play-for-pay business. Leahy promptly denies these reports and stays on at Notre Dame. But there is a story making the rounds now about Leahy which may pan out. That is that he will resign as athletic director and stay on as head grid coach. Notre Dame is finding it increasingly difficult to work out a suitable schedule.

Pretty soon only Indiana and Purdue of the Big Nine will be playing the Irish. Leahy feels, so the story, goes, that this is in a measure his fault and he is said to be willing to step down if it will help the situation in any way. Then, top, he isn't particularly happy with the many details a panying the athletic directorship. Relieving Ed (Moose) Krause of his assistant football coaching duties in order that he might put in more time as assistant athletic director may be a tip-off. It is very possible that Krause may be in line to step Leahy's shoes as the director of the department.

Big, genial "Moose" gets along with everyone and it seems logical that he'd be the one to take the job if Leahy really Is serious about Time and Mr. Leahy will tell. ANSWERING a query: Bill Keimann, Washington High School'! handy-andy of the hardwood, is a freshman stu-- dent at Butler and should make Hinkle a great slaver in another vnr. GLENN H. WOLF of P.

Lesh Paper Company writes that something of an argument has come up in that office in regard to the outcome of previous Indiana-Michigan games and he would like the scores of the series published. Here's the way they ran r. 1900 Michigan 12, Indiana 0. 1901 Michigan 33, Indiana 0, J902 Michigan 60, Indiana 0. 1903 Michigan 51, Indiana 0.

1925 Michigan 63, Indiana 0. 1928 Indiana Michigan 0. 1931 Michigan 22, Indiana 0. 1932 Michigan 7, Indiana 0. 1935 Michigan 7, Indiana 0.

1936 Indiana 14, Michigan 3. 1943 Michigan 23, Indiana 6. 1944 Indiana 20, Michigan 0. 1945 Indiana 13, Michigan 7. 1946 Michigan 21, Indiana 0.

1947 Michigan 35, Indiana 0. NOVEMBER and th start of the high school basketball season aren't far away. Harvey Davidson, athletic director at Spiceland High School, has an epen date for Nov. 23 and 24 and wants an opponent. "We'll sign a home-and-home agreement with any team that has a good floor and is tough consistently," he Of the Indianapolis Jets, was one of the players responsible for stopping Duquesne's undefeated season back in 1946-47.

The Dukes were the nation's only major undefeated team when Georgetown played them and ended, the winning streak at 19 Straight. Kostecka sniped 16 points that night and still rates the game as the best in which he ever played. AMONG THE 50 players eli gible for the 194 World Series between the Braves and Indians were 82 ex-Junior Legion players. Sixteen former Legion players appeared in the final game of the series. Mishawaka Gains NIHSC Harrier Title Gary, Oct.

23 iP) A balanced Mishawaka team won the Northern Indiana High School Conference cross country here today although not one Mishawaka runner finished among the first five. Mishawaka's 53 points were gained through the efforts of Dan Wood, who placed sixth; Lawrence Healy, eighth; Milton Ross, 10th, and Ed Partridge, 13th. Keith Zook of La Porte finished first in 9:57.6. Following him, in order, were Gene Matthews, South Bend Central; Gene Ha-ney, Elkhart; Ed Svitek, Hammond Clark, and Roy Whiteman, South Bend Riley. Team standings: Mishawaka 35.

Tort Wayne North Side 10.1. Hammond 133. Valparaiso 137, Elkhart 153. La Pnr" 201' GarT Horace Mann 20" Giry Tolledton 233, South Bend Adams 253! South Bend Central 21. Hammond Clark 24.

East Chicaeo Roosevelt 323. Gary Froebel 378, Hammond Tech 380, Goshen 399, Gary Lew Wallace 403. South Berd Rllev 431. Gary Emerson 43. South Bend Washington 458.

East Chlcaio Waah-taton 4S9 (tialt He pitched the Panthers to a 21-14 victory over Indiana University in a movie ending to delight 17,118 amazed fans. Cecconi waited until the last minute and 13 seconds for a herculean heave to Halfback Jimmy "Joe Robinson of Connellsville, for' a touchdown play which covered 63 yards. Robinson, a co-hero with Cec coni all day, added to the drama by juggling the. catch on the Hoo- STATISTICS First downs Yards aalned rushing Indiana 5 89 21 8 Flit 12 228 8 98 1 Forward passes Forwards rompleted Yards br forward passei 207 Forward passes Intercepted br 2 Yards gained runbaek Intercepted nasses 26 Funtinir average (from scrim- mage I 45 Totals yards all kirks returned 40 Opponent fumbles recovered. 3 Yards lost by penalties 40 41 39 1 22 sier 25, circling around desperate defenders as he gained possession and then out-speeding the white- shirted secondary to the goal.

THUS A LOT of old scores were settled for Pitt. It was the first time in six tries the Pan thers have beaten Indiana. It was the first time in 10 years Pitt has put together three victories in a row. It was only the second triumph over a Big Nine foe in the last 29 outings. Finally.

Pitt scotched reports that it lacked spirit by winning after watching a 14-0 lead wiped out by a fine Indiana last-half comeback which had gained a 14-14 deadlock in the fourth period. That tie was the individual accomplishment of Halfback George Taliaferro, a 190-pouna football jaek-of-all trades from Gary, Ind. He took a screen pass and raced like a hungry grey hound 80 yards down the sidelines to score. In the third period Taliaferro put Indiana into the ball game by PmL 2TJt Jr fm M-9 hjt if -45U- tVllW 4 CJ FIRST DOWN Halfback SA A Wa tA Bobby Lee picks up 12 yards' f. ftk I and a first down for Pitts- iA VvA "Ujl fcr? bur9h yesterday after- i ,) VTV 7" VV rS.

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