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myi 0 0 iiii ti- SECTION 2 SPORTS THE COURIER-JOURNAL, LOUISVILLE, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 23, 1949. FOOTBALL 13 ftV'TSTrSrSV Fans See One of All-Time Great Defensive Football Battles; Suggest Charity Play-Off It was one of the all-time great defensive football battles, but fans went away talking to themselves over two hectic offensive efforts. The scoreless tie was accepted by most of the 18,500 patrons as a fitting end for the 65-game rivalry dating from 1893. But at least two (one from each side) suggested a charity play-off Bruce Hoblitzel, Manual captain of 1929, and Everett Roe, Male player of the same period, said, "'If this is to be the last meeting of the schools let's play it to a decision for charity." But if charity begins at home, the overworked coaches probably would appreciate a share of it in the form of a rest. Thorough The coaches who stressed offense all season, were expected to produce a variety of dazzling stuff.

But both per formed such a monumental job with their defenses that neither could afford to gamble at any time. The soggy turf had something to do with the close play, but mostly it was the marvelous defenses. Both Nick Denes and Mike Basrak merit all the blessings of the day for their astute teachings. Both also deserve the thanks of every parent for the superb condition of the athletes not a serious injury in such a hard-fought struggle. Both also rate recognition for the clean play both taught.

Not one single penalty was called for roughing, clipping, slugging, piling on, or any of the many other fouls which generally Joe Eaton bob up in bitter battles. I Unsung Heroes The close defensive play made heroes of boys who ordinarily fight good fights all day and get no credit. Manual's man of the moment a monstrous moment was little Joe Collins, 150-pound reserve quarterback. Joe overtook the gallop-ing goal-bound Sedbrook, and slammed him to earth with such force that Joe lost his grip on the ball. Male's was 157-pound Henry Brinckerhoff, who curled around a Red bobble on the 10-yard line.

Also Frank Busse, 160-pound wingman, who gathered up another Red fumble at a critical moment, and Teddy Kirn, whose professionally-accurate punting was the highlight of Male's game. Male's Billy Learned will be remembered a long time for his tackling, and Bobby Slayton, 138-pound line backer, for his giant-killer role. Manual's Marvin Satterly and Jim Wright also joined the day's immortals for defensive efforts. 'Iron Man' Gruner All The Way Iron Man If ever one boy earned for himself the title of "Iron Man" it was Capt. Harold "Bunky" Gruner of Manual.

During KhsA v--. tia.JL, ad ftR flWfcSstfflMil Courier Journal Photo RED BID FAILS Male's Whitehouse knocks hall out of Eaton's hands and Male's Brinckerhoff recovers on his 73 Manual and Male Jilevens ississippians eat U9 Dead! Battle to bcoreless the first quarter Gruner was used so regularly that you figured it was a part of a long-range plan to take attention from other Reds who would be given the mail later. But Bunky kept going through, the second, third and fourth. What a college prospect this athlete is! Male also had a tireless one-man gang in Capt. Paul Grider.

Paul's shoestring tackles were deadly. Cardinals Boot 14-6 Lead In 3d; Cliff Coggin, Sets New Catch Mark By JIMMY BROWN, Courier-Journal Staff Writer. Hattiesburg, Nov. 24. A record-breaking performance by Mississippi Southern's great Cliff Coggin gave the Southerners a 26-21 victory over Louisville's Cardinals before 10,000 persons here tonight.

No Fumble The loose ball Brinckerhoff recovered actually was not a fumble by Joe Eaton. Thef large action photo on the sports page shows the ball was grabbed out of Eaton's arm by a Purple tackier. The boy who performed this extremely timely feat appears to have been Larry Whitehouse. "Can't Spell It" Before the game started, two Red cheer leaders carried a large sign up and down the field. It read, "Beat Nick Dennis." They stopped when a Purple rooter yelled; "If you can't spell him you can't beat him." i Jim Sedbrook Manual just about squared everything.

Most Breaks Go Against L. 26-21 Card 15 and raced over. Howard made it 20-14. This took the wind out of the Cards and they couldn't gain and had to kick. The Southern offense took over and moved to the Louisville 22 before it bogged down.

Here, Coggin stepped in again for the clincher. From his 22, Bobby Holmes faded back almost to the Louisville 40 and let the pigskin fly. With three Cardinals hanging all over him on the goal, he leaped high and took it for the score that broke- Louisville's back. HowaraVs kick failed but Southern led 26-14. Groggy, but not yet kayoed, Louisville fought back to score in six plays.

They took the kick-off on the 44 and didn't stop until Bill Karns, tossing from his 11, hit Clarence Smith for the T.D. Bertram closed the gap to 26-21 and the Cards still had a chance with three minutes left. Forced To Punt They forced Mississippi Southern to punt and took over on their own 40. However, during a last anxious minute for Southern fans, Karns was smothered on three pass attempts and Lucia failed on a rushing attempt. As in most of their games this season, the Cardinals appeared impatient to give their opponent an early advantage.

They gave Continued on Page 16, Column 3 Breaks The game was a succession of breaks. For awhile it looked like all of them favored Male. "It's Manual vs. Lady i.wwr''-'-m Luck'" somebody in the press box said. But 1 swjl then came that climaxing bobble by Sedbrook and recovery in the end zone by Manual for a touch- impetus that sent the ball into the end zone.

Had Sauer, who insisted that Gruner filched the ball from under him, had possession, it would have been a touchdown for Male. The Male portion of the capacity crowd of 18,500 thought the Purple and Gold had won When one official slowly raised both arms over his head, the customary signal for a touchdown. But Berwanger's decision a few minutes later dispelled the happy illusion. Down Sidelines It was a goofy ending to a topsy-turvy game. Both coaches and almost every observer expected a high-scoring contest.

Few anticipated a scoreless tie; both teams had shown far more skill at offensive tactics and their defenses were regarded as only fair. Late in the third quarter Ted Kirn punted to Gruner on the 35 and the all-State halfback ripped down the north sidelines into the Male end zone. A crunching block by Bob Schmidt on Sauer, the last Purple defender, threw wide the door for Gruner. But umpire Carl Renlschler closed it. Rentschler charged Manual tackle Bob Davidson with a personal foul; he claimed Davidson's elbow struck a Male tackier in the face.

The six points melted away and the Reds found themselves instead on ttieir 36. Manual, which accumulated a very decisive edge in yardage and first downs, made the only serious penetration from a sustained drive. The Crimsons plowed on running plays to the Male 10 late in the second period; but fullback Joe Eaton fumbled and Hank Brinckerhoff came up with the ball. The Crimsons gained the Male 36 on two By JOHNNY CARRICO If that's the last one, then it ended on a perfect note. Male and Manual fought to a bitter scoreless tie yesterday, the fourth stalemate in the 65 meetings of these ancient rivals.

Although the battle will go down in the records as an even match, neither side retired from the field satisfied. Manual partisans will point to a 65-yard punt return for a touchdown by its brilliant Harold Gruner that was nullified by a penalty. Male will recall a con-troversial 49-yard run by Jimmy Sedbrook that turned an apparent Purple score into a harmless touchback. Sedbrook, who gained only negligibly against the stubborn Manual line most of the game, fled 49 thrilling yards with less than a minute to go. Tne promising sophomore had a short lead on the Crimson secondary and apparently was about to break the tie wide open.

Slammed on 15 Manual's Joe Collins overhauled him, however, and slammed Sedbrook hard on the Crimson 15. The ball squirted away from the Male halfback. It bounded into the end zone with Male's George Sauer and Gruner chasing it. Gruner, who wrote a glorious finale to his scholastic career, possessed, it when it counted. Field Judge Jay Ber-w anger ruled a touchback although Sauer protested vigorously that he had recovered the fumble.

Both Sedbrook' and Gruner were knocked out of th3 play and were carried from the field. The play was ruled a touch-back since Male provided the back. That Paul Grider The first quarter when dropped by so the the Reds were Male allowed the to the rear. against Manual came in the opening Bob Borders recovered a ball Gruner. The ball was near mid-field, play wasn't too telling, except that hot at the time.

Almost immediately fumbled, but a foul on the play oddly Purples to hang onto the ball, 15 yards In the second, the R-3ds got rolling again with own 10 as half ended. backer Denny Steineker. The latter was especially conspicuous in cutting down Purple runners. Brinckerhoff, Paul Grider, Kirn and little Bobby Slayton did the bulk of Male's defensive work. A 20-yard skip by Sedbrook carried Male to the Red 31 on the Purples' second play of the game early in the first period.

But an offsides penalty and a net gain of one yard in three downs choked off the threat. Kim punted beautifully out on the nine. Manual came back strong. With Gruner doing most of the work and Eaton sharing, the Crimsons reeled off three first downs to the Manual 44.. The Reds were nipping the Purples to death with short, two to five-yard gains.

However, after Steineker advanced the ball into Male country to the 46, Gruner fumbled on the 36 and Bob Borders appropriated it for Male. Midway in the second period Kirn punted out of bounds on the 19 and Manual doggedly tried again. Gruner and Eaton punched for a first down to the 33 in three slices inside. A pass interference assessment when Sedbrook blocked Jim Proffitt, moved the Reds to the 50; runs by Gruner and Steineker and a 10-yard shot by Eaton brought them to the Male 34. The Purples held for three downs but on the last attempt Eaton plunged to the 21.

Joe Eaton Fumbled Eaton gained two and then four over the right side of Male before Gruner picked up one to the 14 from a spread. Then Eaton fumbled and the teams went to the dressing-room with the scoreboard blank. Manual speared to the High-School 36 early in the third quarter but the Reds were forced to punt, Gruner hoofing it out on the two. Male later was handed a splendid opportunity to score after Gruner's run was called back. After the penalty to the Manual 36, Eaton fumbled and Frank Busse smothered the ball on the Crimson 30.

The Purples' joy was of short duration. A holding penalty set them back to the 45 and Kirn and Sedbrook could gain only seven yards in three line stabs. Kirn booted out on the five shortly after the final period got under way. The fourth quarter found the rivals battling in their own backyards exclusively, except when Sedbrook bolted over left tackle for that dizzy flight which ended in a touchback. Despite his superior performance all season long, Gruner failed to win the Hasenour Trophy, symbolic of the individual scoring championship in Louisville.

Gruner wound up the season with 91 points, seven short of the winning total of 98 set by Flaget's Louis Karibo. Male finished one of the finest seasons in its history winning eight games, losing one and tying one. Manual won six, lost three and tied one. Whetc! 125-123 Syracuse, N. Nov.

24 (U.P.) The Syracuse Nationals needed five overtime periods tonight before defeating the Anderson Packers, 125 to 123, In a record-breaking National Basketball Association game. The game consumed four hours, with the winners fighting from behind most of the time. The regulation game ended in a 76-76 tie on Ray Corley's two foul shots for the Nationals with 28 seconds to play. Scores by periods: Syracuse 17 30 50 7 83 87 95 107131 Anderson 18 41 It 83 87 3 107 lit Eaton bruising his way through the line time after time. Then came the ball-hawking that led to the bobble and recovery by Brinckerhoff.

One more play there and Manual might have scored. The Reds had Male bottled up on the 2-yard line in the third quarter, but Kirn punted perfectly to the 40. A holding penalty shoved Manual back 15 more yards, and Gruner lost 15 yards more on ah attempted pass. That completely reversed the situation, shoving Reds back to their own 30! It was then that Gruner made his marvelous touchdown run, only to have it called back for an illegal-use-of-hands penalty. Manual fumbled on the next play, to add to their woes, and Busse recovered.

Then came one of the few against Male. Sedbrook dashed like a champion to Manual's 20, only to be called back and penalized 15 yards. other occasions before yielding the oval. Male, whose offense was almost completely lacking in its usual explosiveness, was never past the Manual 30 (except for Sedbrook's dash). The Bulldogs were stopped on the 31 in the first quarter, on the 30 in the third and on the 35 in the fourth.

Fine kicking by Kirn and Gruner kept the play generally between the 35-yard lines. Manual stacked up substantial gains through Male's six-two defense; the left side of the Purple wall was particularly vulnerable. But fumbles and penalties conspired with Male to kill Manual hopes. Defense Succeeded Mike Basrak erected a tight six-two defense to stop Male and it was highly successful. Actually, it amounted to an eight-man line which the Purples slammed their heads against in vain.

Male might have opened up the Crimsons with passes'' but the Purples attempted only one toss and that went for a five-yard loss. Inspiring the Manual forwards in their fine defensive efforts were end Jim Wright and line- Manual (0) Pos. (0) Male Proffitt L. Grider Frederick L. Farmer Kempf L.

Learned Crouch C. Sauer Satterly R. Slayton Levine R. Munday Wright R. Busse Kessler Q.

Brinckerhoff Gruner L. Sedbrook Steineker R. Kessler Eaton F. Kirn Manual 0 0 0 0 0 Male 0 0 0 00 Substitutions: Manual Mantooth. Keen.

Katzman. Caswell, Schmidt. Collins. St. Clair, Leonhardt, Whisman.

Davidson, Warren. Hundley. Male Meyer, Borders, Witherspoon, Thomas. Osgood. Graham, Cress.

Prentiss, E. Grider. R. Quinn. Officials: George Rennix, refere; Carl Rentschler.

umpire; Don Elser. head linesman; Jay Berwanger, field judge. Courier-Journal Photos. -i 4r Coggin caught two touchdown passes in tne last quarter to bring the Southerners from behind after the Cards had thanklessly spurned several beautiful opportunities in vthis Thanksgiving night battle. It was the last game of the season both teams and gave U.L.

an 8-3 mark for the season. Coggin, one of the South's best ends, caught three passes here tonight. Just the number he needed to break the national record of 52 set by Ole Miss Barney Poole in 1947. And though they won by only five points, the triumph might be described as a "handy" one for the Southerners. For it was too aggressive use of their hands that led to the Cardinals'- downfall after they apparently had the Mississippians reeling.

Led in 3d Period The Cards were leading 14-6 late in the third quarter. On fourth down, with only two yards to go, Brewer picked up the necessary yardage to the 23. But Louisville was set back to the 29 for holding and an almost certain scoring threat stopped. Then moments later, after Southern advanced to the Louisville 44, end Bob Bauer took a seemingly unprovoked swing at a Southern blocker. He was banished from the game and M-S had the ball on the U.

L. 29. Four plays later, Brown scored from the 5 to close the gap to 14-13 and set the stage for Cog-gin's sensational pass-catching exhibition. Louisville took the next kick-off and appeared on its way until stopped on the Southern 43. From there on out, Coggin took command and closed his collegiate season in a blaze of glory.

Up to that point, the U. L. defense had allowed him to catch no passes in the first half and only one for a short gain in the third period. Barely Missed Both Tom Legros tried two passes to Coggin after Southern took over on their own 43. He just barely missed both.

On third down, he didn't miss. Legros faded back to his 30 and tossed one that Coggin took beautifully on the Statistics Miss. Louis-State ville First downs rushing 9 13 Yards gained rushing 203 279 Passes attempted 12 9 Passes completed 5 3 Yards gained passing 88 2 Passes had Intercepted 1 2 Number punts 4 4 Average yards per punt 41.5 39 Total yards runback all kicks 74 81 Fumbles 3 2 Fumbles lost 2 1 Number penalties 8 4 Yards lost by penalties 69 60 The lineups: Lonisville Ends Bauer. Ramsey. W.

Ray, Grdnlc," Wavland. Gatrell. Smith. Detenber. Tackles Turner.

Black. Wolf. Warner. Guards Papania. Asher.

Teague. Fea-gan. Clayton, Knop, G. Ray. Centers Bertram Weining, Nunn.

Backs Gitschier. a Rivenbark, Trabue, Lucia. J. Shelton. D.

Shelton, Hallmark, Mitchem. Brewer, Day. Mississippi Suthera Ends Cogsrin. Blackmon, McCormick, Rosamond. Sharpe.

Walker. Tackles Borde. Musmeci, Boyer. Taylor. Guards Jordon, Kemper.

Smith. Snell, Wiles. Centei-s Butler, Jenevein. Backs Holmes. Legros.

Kauchik. Phillips. Sprulell. Brown. Howard, Langford, Melton.

Arnold, and Stewart. Score by periods; Lonisville Oil 721 Mississippi Southern 6 0 7 13 26 Scoring Louisville touchdowns Lucia. Gitschier. Smith. Points after touchdowns Bertram 3.

Mississippi Southern touchdowns Corgin 2. Brown Points afir touchdowns Howard X. Kentucky Choice Over Miami Tonight By LARRY BOECK, Courier-Journal Staff Writer Miami, Nov. 24. Kentucky's Wildcats flew into Miami's winter playground this Thanksgiving afternoon, and when the turkey was passed around at dinner Coach Paul Bryant made sure no one got a wing.

-vr rr tf TV 'V' He wants the boys to forget the defeat by single-winged Tennessee last week and to relax for their important battle with strong Miami U. Friday night. For an impressive victory virtually will insure the Wildcats a bid to the Orange Bowl Jan. 2. "About all Kentucky has to do Friday night is win and look good in doing it." a source close to the Orange Bowl committee told me; this afternoon.

Would Flay Santa Clara "How about Miami? Suppose it that's a possibility, of course," he answered. "The committee also is watching other teams. "Kentucky, however, is No. 1 right- now if it wins in handy fashion I'd say the bowl bid would be automatic. Dr.

Lilkenhou pick Ken lucky to defeat Miami tonight by 10.9 "Many merchants feel that Miami playing Santa Clara in the bowl wouldn't bring many people to Miami. Santa Clara is so far away, to begin with." But Kentucky isn't. Merchants figure sime 5,000 people, at least, might come down for the game. "Yes, the game always is a sellout. But that's not the point.

Merchants like people to come here for the game and then return some other time." Miami will be no easy obstacle to hurdle off their record at least. Under the driving leadership of Coach Andy Gustafson, the guy who tutored Blanchard and Davis as an Army backfield coach, the Hurricanes have had a happy season. They've won six games, which include resounding triumphs over Georgia and Florida. And they ve lost just one game, a 14-0 affair to Purdue. This is a certainty, however; the Cats will have to be good to beat a good Miami team.

Probable starting lineups: Kentucky Pos. Miami Zsranka Fieler Gain L.T Carroll Holwav L.G Arcaneelettl Moseley Davies Ignarskl R.G Flynn Yowarstar RT David Odlivak Jelly Panlli Hackett Phelps LH Brasington Howe Vacchio Lesvar F.B Campbell A i i -tt' i "HEY, YOU CA'T DO seems to be the thought in the minds of Manual-Male coaches as each lose touchdown runs. At left, Manual's Mike Basrak and his assistant, Jim Cassillo, can't keep from yelling when officials nullified Bunky Gruner's 65-yard run. At right, Male Coach Nick Denes' mouth pops open in protest when the officials ruled a touchback on Jimmy Sedbrook's 49-yard gallop and fumble into end zone. Other pictures Pages 15,.

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