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SPORTS a ii el FINANCIAL SECTION 4 NOVEMBER 2, 1 947 Georgia Tech 7 Louisville 7 N.Carolina 20 Notre Dame 27 Indiana 7 S.M.U. 14 Army 65 Yale 23 Duke 0 St. Joseph 7 Tennessee 6 Navy 0 Ohio State 0 Texas 73 Wash. Lee 13 Dartmouth 14 Story Page 2 Story Page 2 Story Page 3 Story Page 4 Story Page 4 Story Page 4 Story Page 5 Story Page 5 -v Jk -vfi 'SL a -Vpv HP' AV. MA -s JJh I- It 7 IHLflalby's IKeporit Kentucky's Loss to Alabama Was Bitter One for Bryant As 26-Game Series'Comes to End i Lexington, Nov.

1. It was the old story of the coach vs. his ex-pupil, and the veteran Harold "Red" Drew gave his former player, Paul "Bear" Bryant his concluding lesson on Stoll Field this afternoon. It was a particularly bitter chapter in the book of football for Bryant as the game ended the long gridiron rivalry between the two Southeastern conference schools. Bryant will not get another afternoon with his old mentor and boss.

The Wildcats lacked a winning spark from the outset, but still might have come out on top if they had had a passer. Bryant unveiled a spread formation that had terrific possibilities, but the lack of a passer time and again tossed him for a loss. Alabama showed a definite edge through the center of the line, with guards John Wozniak and Ray Richeson playing the game of their lives. Our best boys were Phelps, Sengel and Serini. The game was cleanly-fought, and neither side could have complained over its treatment by the other.

The teams punted at each other through the first six minutes, with the tide failing to make a first down twice by a matter of inches it was only Blanda's advantage over Gilmer in booting and vicious tackling by Sereni and Rhodemyre that enabled our side to come out a slight winner in the exchanges. But after eight minutes, and an-other beautiful kick by Blanda, a 15-yard penalty pushed the Cats back to their 20. and from then on the sky wasn't any darker than Kentucky's chances. Alabama Gets Up Steam Coach Red Drew took time out after another Blanda boot and substituted freely. The Reds looked like they were getting up steam for trouble, and sure enough.

On the next play Cadenhead slipped off tackle and picked his way behind perfect interference to Kentucky's 40. Three plays and it was first down on the 30. Gilmer faked a pass, and with four Wildcats close enough to kiss him, ran for a 5-yard gain. Then Tew whirled off 24 yards and would have scored if Boiler A Courier-Journal Photo by Georre Bailey. Tliis reverse George Blanda to Jack Farris to Dopey Phelps in the first quarter cost Kentucky 10 precious 4T 1 a ma Line Halts Kentucky's iviicniffan i ames Five-Game Win Illinois By 14-7 Tide Winds Up 30-Year, 26-Game Series With U.

K. By Handing Wildcats 2d Loss and First Shutout of Season Illini Had Scoring Chances But Failed to Cash In On Them hadn't nudged him out of bounds on the two. Gilmer went over on the next play and a sad Wildcat following watched without enthusiasm as Morrow missed the extra point try. Kentucky opened up then with that wide formation, a lateral and a brilliant run by Phelps that gave us our first down and first step into Alabama territory. The crowd unfroze the least bit then.

i Another of those wide formations. Another lateral to Phelps and another first down otn the 19, the stands were awake and shouting. By LARRY BOECK, Courier-Journal Staff Writer. By TOMMY FITGEKALD, Courier-Journal Staff Writer. Champaign, 111., Nov.

1. Michigan found some thorns among its dream of roses today, thorns that seemed to grow right out of that football and make it a prickly thing to handle. But the Wolverines still are headed for Pasadena ani the Rose Bowl because the Illini tribe today, mighty warriors that they are, were as deaf as cigar-store Indians to 'Red' Drew But joy was short-Iived. We lost ground on three plays and had to punt with one secorid left in the first quarter. The worst of bad luck overtook us on the first play of the second quarter when our side bobbled a punVand the ball was recovered by Herb Chapman of the Tide on our 26.

A plunge, a first down, a pass and a plunge and Mr. Cadenhead was on the scoring' side of the goal line. It happened so fast that the spectators hardly had realized that Kentucky had lost the ball, before the scoreboard showed we had lost seven points. The Wildcats rallied again and ripped off three first downs to the 25, but couldn't do a thing with their passes, and lost the ball on the 20. To add to our torment Monk Moseley quick-kicked a ball that rolled dead on Kentucky's two-yard line.

Lexington, Nov. 1. The traditional 30-year-old rivalry between Kentucky and Alabama died on Stoll Field here today. It was more like a wake than a football game, too, for the sad- dened assemblage of 24,500 Wildcat fans on hand. For they mournfully saw the rivalry perish in almost the same way it was born with a decisive Alabama victory.

The score of today's game, last in the competition, was 13-0. It was just half of the victory margin the Crimson Tide rolled up in 1917. when the rivalry started. It was enough, however, to snap Kentucky's victory streak at five straight games and hand the Cats their second defeat of the season. And it was also enough to show that the Crimson Tide, which swelled today into a high tide of football fury, was clearly the superior team.

Other IJ.K.-Bama pictures are on Pages 2, 3 and 5. They outran, outblocked, out-kicked and completely outplayed the Kentucky Wildcats. To the credit of the shocked Cats, who didn't appear to anticipate the Statistics rsn Statistics Mich- Kan. Firt downs 1 Net yards gained rushing 217 Forward passes attempted Forward passes completed 4 Yards forward passing 8S Forwards intercepted by 2 Yards gained runback interceptions Punting average Total vards all kicks returned 122 Opponent fumbles recovered- Yards lost by penalties 65 Illinois. 13 290 19 2 IX 3.9.S 40 1 15 ball-handling, so adroit and swift it was hard to keep track of the ball.

A 50-yard pass from Bob Chappuis to Bumps Elliott gave Michigan a irst down on the four. After a five-yard penalty had pushed them back to the nine, the Wolverines scored on an off-tackle smash by Henry Fonde. The amazing Brieske booted his 33d extra point of the season, Michigan was ahead 14-7 and Michigan's dream of roses was coming true. But Illinois had the ball now and the Illini began to move. Up and down the field it went this first half in a battle of offenses.

Illinois drove from its 20 to the Michigan 27, but up popped this Bumps Elliott again. He intercepted a Moss toss on the Michigan eight and the half ended four plays later. MICHIGAN MATCHED So Illinois trailed 14-7 going into the last half although they had just about matched the fabled attack of Michigan. They had gained 133 yards running to 120 for Michigan and they had made eight first downs to, Michigan's nine. Michigan, in this half, had the edge in the air, 67-28.

The Illini might have been even had they capitalized on a Continued on Page 5, Column 1 Touchdown Play Nullified Blanda punted and Monk ran through our whole team, knocking off one ineffectual Wildcat after another, to cross the goal only to be called back on a penalty that placed the ball at midfield. It was the most brilliant run of the game and it didn't add a thing to the defensive prestige of the Cats. We were doing all right for country boys in the third quarter until a 15-yard penalty pushed us back to the goal. We tried a pass, which showed we weren't thinking clearly, and Cadenhead took the ball out of the air and almost scored. Almost immediately, however, Truman grabbed an Alabama flip and mementarily yards.

my 13 0 to plow to the 30 and a second first-down. Gilmer, faking a pass, scooted to the 25. Tew exploded with a 24-yard romp along the sidelines before he was thrown out by Bill Boiler, Kentucky's halfback on the one. Then, Gilmer crashed across through the line for. the T.D.

Hugh Morrow failed to convert and Bama led 6-0 after 11 minutes of play. Deep in their own territory the 21 Bama called on Gilmer to punt to open the second quarter. He. got off a beauty to the Kentucky 30, where Jamerson fumbled and Herb Chapman recovered for the Tide. Hurling Harry Gilmer, the passing ace, aerialed to Cadenhead to the Kentucky 14.

Tew went to the 10, but an offside penalty on the play put the ball back on the 19. Gilmer faked a pass and went to the 15 and then Cadenheadon a reverse bulled to the 10. Gilmer then passed to Rebel Steiner to the 3 and a first down. He bucked to the 1, then gave the ball to Cadenhead on the next play to go over. OPEN HOLES This time Morrow converted and it was 13-0 after three minutes of the quarter had elapsed.

Offensively, the Wildcats showed first half strength when they threatened twice. Each time they were Jielped by a surprise tactic of coach Paul Bryant's a new type of spread that had the Tide extremely puzzled the first few times they looked at it. The unique spread had an end, a tackle and a back off on flank about 10 to 15 yards from the remainder of the line. Phelps was the back, forming a triangle about six yards in back of the tackle and end. Blanda would receive the ball and pitch it out to Dopey on the flank and he'd be off.

It warked wonderfully well the first time it was unveiled late in the first quarter. After Phelps Continued on Page 7, Column 1 Massachusetts 7 Vermont Hobart 19 Hamilton Davis Elkins 20 Shepherd Maine 33 Colby Bates 9 Bowdoin Hastings 12 Peru Kent State 26 John Carroll Cornell Frosh 48 Manlius 6 Randolph-Macon 29 Washington C. Millersville 0 Shippcnsburg 0 Ohio Wesleyan 13 Mt. Union St. Lawrence 13 Cortland 7 American Int.

23 Hofstra 13 Panzer 7 Trenton S. Tchrs. fi Marshall 39 St. Vincent 6 Grove City 20 Slippery Rock 6 Wagner 6 Upsaia 0 Adeipht 46 N. Haven Tchrs.

18 Buffalo 50 Bethany Allen 19 Knoxville 0 W. Maryland 26 Hampden-Sydney 0 Tufts Frosh 22 Andover A. 14 John Hopkins 39 Drexel Inst. 0 Wooster 20 Oberlin 7 Connecticut 14 Coast Guard A. 14 Catholic U.

22 Newport News 7 Huron 68 Sioux Falls 0 Milwaukee Tchrs. 32 Oshkosh 0 Demson 20 Muskingum 14 Bowling Green 26 Findlay 9 Wittenberg 19 Marietta 6 Otterbein 45 Capital Emporia State 33 Rockhurst 0 Elmhurst 13 Illinois C. 6 Cent. Mich. 33 Mich.

Normal 0 Ft. Washington 25 Princeton 0 Penn Military 20 Ursinus 0 Middlebury 12 Norwich 0 HioomsDurg 24 Kutztown 7 Fairmont State 21 Toncoid State 12 J. Smith 13 Winston Sal-m Ft. Valley Tchrs. 14 Hampton Inst.

0 Lincoln iPa.i Carroll 12 Lake Forest Aurora 7 Mission Hnu-e W. Va. State 6 Bluefield North Central 7 Wheaton 6 0 7 0 0 Wesleyan 25 Haverford 15 Valley Citv Tchrs. 13 F.ll.nHai iNewDerry Wofford Union 14 Williams Susquehanna 7 Hartwick S'Western Memphis I 19 Hendrix Scranton 43 Albright Swarthmore 14 Dwkinsrin 6 Delaware 26 Franklin Marshall Central 6 tjinrnson Hope 25 Alma 19 saved the situation. We tried to punt out oi tne tcugh spot and Kay Richeson, Alabama guard, not only blocked the punt, but caught it, and ran to the 10.

Kentucky fought back and Alabama elected to allow Hugh Morrow a chance at a field goal. This boy had been called on three times in earlier names, and had hit the jackpot all three times. Streak and Cadenhead. It crashed through the floodwall again early in the second quarter, capitalizing on a fumble by Shorty Jamergon on his own 26. Thereafter, although it threatened three more times, the Tide failed to score again, against the Wildcats.

The hard running Cadenhead launched Alabama on the way to its first touchdown with a 31-yard run that placed the oval on the Kentucky 40. Tew skirted his own right end to the 37, and then Cadenhead came right back His Harry Gilmer Scores First for 'Bama. Alabama. Steiner Compton Wozniak Mancha Richeson Flowers Cain Morrow Gilmer Cadenhead Tew Pos. L.T..

L.G. B. L.H. R.H.. F.B..

Kentucky. Sengel Serini lair Rhodemyre Yarutis Ferrell Bradshaw Blanda Phelps Farris Moseley Alabama 6 7 0 0 13 Scoring: Touchdowns Gilmer and Cadenhead. Point After Touchdown Morrow i Substitutions: Alabama Ends. Hood. White; tackles.

Cassidy. Whitley. Hannah: guards. Filippini. Fortunate Franko: centers.

Chapman. O'Sullivan; backs, Cochran. Moseley. Pettus. Hodger.

Kentucky Ends. Henslev. Bentley; tackles, McDermott. Gain. Griffin; guards.

Preston. Holway. Porter. Browning. Smotherman: centers.

Ulinski. Ford; backs. Babb. Clairborne. Martin.

Webb. Howe. Jamerson, Chumley, Klein, Boiler, R. Genito, Truman. Evansville 13 Morris Harvey 0 Indiana 7 Ohio State 0 Kansas 55 Kansas State 0 Michigan 14 Illinois 7 Mich.

State 13 Marquette 7 Minnesota 29 Pitt 0 Missouri 47 Nebraska 6 Notre Dame 27 Navy 0 Oklahoma 27 Iowa State 9 Principia 24 Rose Poly 0 Purdue 21 i Iowa 0 Tulsa 7 Wichita 0 Wabash 40 Franklin 6 Wisconsin 29 N'western 0 Southwest Rice 40 Texas Tech 7 S.M.U. 14 Texas 13 T.C.U. 14 Baylor 7 Texas A. M. 21 Arkansas 21 Far 'est California 6 U.

C. L. A. 0 Denver 20 Brigham Young 6 Oregon State 13 Stanford 7 Oregon 34 Idaho 7 U. S.

C. 19 Washington 0 Utah 13 Colorado 7 Utah State 28 Montana S. 13 Wyoming 44 Colorado S. 14 Other Colleges Defiance 26 Wayne 14 Navy Plebes 27 Wilmington 6 Springfield 10 Bainbridge "6 Allegheny 0 St. Benedict 6 0 Maryville Tchrs.

0 Luther 20 N. Michigan 7 Rensselaer 6 Lehigh 14 Worcester Tech 7 Thiel 2(1 Pitt Tchrs. 25 Cape Girardeau Wartburg 27 Mich. Tech 18 Rochester 13 Muhlenberg 21 Trinity 34 R. I.

Stale 38 New Hampshire Tufts 13 I. rr i ii nmimnrii i miinrn iinnrin unn 1 inrii niiiVni i mini mil Ft. Devens 13 55 Northeastern 6 Amherst 7 Kv. Ala. First downs II III Yards gained rushing net 122 14 Forward passes attempted 22 5 Forward passes completed 7 4 Yards gained passing 57 40 Forward passes 1 3 Yards runback intercepted passes 0 17 Punting average from scrimmage 39.7 42.7 Total vards all kicks returned lot 48 Opponents' fumbles recov- ered Yards lost by penalties 65 60 ns-TJlViDt'AL.

Times Player. Carried. Yards. Avge. Rushing: Phelps.

Krnturkv K.t 7 Tew. Alabama 5 32 S.3 Tadenhead. Alabama. 14 K5 4.2 Hodges. Alabama 27 3.5 Farris.

Kentucky 7 24 3.5 Moseley. Kentucky 2 7 3.5 Passing; Com-At- ple- Plvyer. tempts, tions. Int. Yards.

Blanda. Kentucky 3 53 Gilmer. Alabama. 4 4 40 But with the crowd yelling "block tucky's Moseley did just that to mighty strength -of the Tide, it must be added that they never gave up hope. After Harry Gilmer and Bill Cadenhead, Bama's "Touchdown Twins," shoved across touchdowns in each of the opening quarters, the Wildcats came back fighting.

They stopped the Tide offense from scoring in the second half. But, unhappily, they couldn't reach pay dirt themselves. It was the first time in seven games they had been held scoreless. BRIGHT SPOT It wasn't hard to see why the Wildcats failed to score, although they had two good scoring opportunities and two other milder ones. A savagely defiant Alabama line, tackling with deadly determination, frustrated the first two Kentucky scoring attempts, both in the first half.

And that same staunch wall, blocking effectively, paved the way for Gilmer, Cadenhead and, in some instances, Lowell Tew. There was just one Kentucky back the Tide couldn't engulf Dopey Phelps, the fleet "Danville Dandy." He ripped off a number of. substantial gains, the one bright spotin Kentucky's defeat. Phelps, as a matter of fact, was the game's leading ground gainer with an average of seven yards per run. All told, he picked up 63 yards in nine runs, two yards less than Cadenhead who ran 14 times.

After that, you'd have to look for solace to George Blanda's customary brilliant booting, Jay Rhodemyre's fine backing up on defense and tackle Wash Sereni, who played his best game of the year. FAKE PASS For all the Wildcats, however, you couldn't say they didn't try. They did. but there's little protection against a tidal wave on a rampage. That tidal wave first surged across the goal line late in the first quarter on long runs by Tew Kentucky Alabama 13 Kentucky 0 Eastern 34 Morehead 7 Lane 19 L.M.C.

13 U. of L. 7 St. Joseph 7 Western Mich. 48 Western 0 East Army 65 W.

L. 13 Boston U. 26 Fordham 6 Boston C. 27 Georgetown 6 Brown 20 1 Holy Cross 19 Cincinnati 34 Ohio U. 0 Columbia 22 Cornell 0 Dayton 38 Xavier 6 Lafayette 14 Syracuse 7 Okla.

A. M. 26 Temple 0 Penn State 46 Colgate 0 Penn 26 Princeton 7 Rutgers 31 Harvard 7 W. J. 21 Carnegie Tech 13 Yale 23 Dartmouth 14 South Florida 34 Furman 7 Georgia Tech 7 Duke 0 Maryland 27 West Virginia 0 Maryville 20 Sewanee 0 Mississippi 20 L.

S. U. 18 Miss. State 20 Tulane 0 North Carolina 20 Tennessee 6 Vanderbilt 28 Auburn 0 V.M.I. 14 Davidson 14 Virginia 34 'Richmond 0 W.

M. 21 Wake Forest 0 Miritrext Ball State 13 Manchester 0 Butler 35 Depauw 0 Detroit U. 19 St. Mary's 6 Drake 6 Iowa Tchrs. 6 Earlham 21 Canterbury 6 opportunity knocks.

It was Michigan by 14-7, with all the scoring in the pulsating, first half of an anguishing battle for a home-coming crowd of this gray afternoon. Unbeaten and untied in' five games, Michigan rede out of Ann Arbor to tighten its grip on the Big Nine title. But, except for several bursts of lightning speed, the Wolverines weren't the race horses they had been fabled to be. They were just out Ann Arbor most of the day. Only once or twice did they seem to be by Man o'War out of Ann Arbor.

THORNS SHOW In the second half, those thorns began showing through those dreams of roses. Michigan couldn't hold the ball. Penalties hobbled their horses, and cramped their" offense. It was Illinois, just that one touchdown and an extra point from a tie, that did all of the threatening in the second half. These fumbles and penalties had the Indians of Illinois with their hatchets raised all through that second half.

But only raised they were; they never descended. A minute and five seconds before the end of the first quarter, Bumps Elliott, a bump in the way of Illinois all afternoon, tore down the sideline for 74 yards with a punt to put Michigan ahead. Jim Brieske kicked the point. It looked that first half as if the winner would be the team that had the ball more of the time. Both teams could gain.

It was a fiercely-played game, but the offense dominated. On the first play of the second quarter, Russ Steger, his shirt-tail flying in devilish fashion, stabbed through right guard and galloped 54 yards to the Michigan 15. Here Michigan's superior speed was shown egain. With a clear field ahead, Steger was overtaken and tackled from behind by Pete Elliott, brother of Bumps. OVER GUARD Dwight Eddleman stabbed guard for one.

Perry Moss tossed to Art, Duf elmeier for eight. Then Michigan was penalized five and the ball was on the one. Steger leaped over the mountain of flesh at center for the touchdown. Don Maechtle booted the point and the score was tied. A few plays later, Michigan made its game-winning drive.

From their 22 they drove with lightning slashes and baffling Michigan. Pos. L.E L.T Illinois. Zatkoff Mann Hilkene Tom aril White Wilkins Prltula Rifenburg Agase L.G.- Wrenn C. Levanti Siegert Maechtle Owens R.T RE Q.B Yerges Stewart Chappuis L.G C.

Elliott WeisenbuBger F.B Dufelmeier Eddleman Steger Michigan Illinois 7 7 0 014 0 7 0 0 7 Michigan Scoring: Touchdowns C. Elliott. Fonde flor C. Elliott Points after touchdown Brieske ifor Pritulat 2 tplacekicksi. Illinois Scoring: Touchdown Steger.

Point after touchdown Maechtle (for Zatkoff) iplacekick). Substitutions: Michigan Ends. McNeill. Ford. Anderson; tackles, Wistert.

Kohl. Johnson; guards. Heneveld. Sick-els. Soboleki.

Wilkins; centers. Brieske. Nichols. Dworsky: backs. P.

Elliott. Fonde, Derricotte. Teninga. Illinois Ends. Buscemi.

Valek. Ker-sulis: tackles. Prymuski. Cunz; guards, Martinago. Bingaman, Gottfried; centers Seliger: backs.

Moss. Gallagher. Maeei-oli. Patterson, Lazier, Schmidt, rows record. we puntea, ana Dreamed easiei until the end of the quarter.

Blanda After an Alabama punt we drove past midfield, but were smeared on one of those wide flank operations and had to kick. The Tide kicked and then, with the stands roaring for a score, Blanda completed three beautiful aerials for first downs on the 30. But it ended there. We got back into Alabama territory three minutes later and lost the ball this time on a fumble. Quietly the large crowd began collecting blankets and raincoats as the clock showed four minutes to go.

They were disappointed in the outcome of the game, and the end of the rivalry, which deprives the Cats of a chance for revenge next year. that kick" Ken- ruin Mr. Mor the capacity crowd of more than Crowd Gathers Early Despite dark, threatening skies, 24,500 collected early, jamming highways from Louisville, Paris and Winchester more than an hour before game time. By 1 p.m., an hour before the kick-off, the stands were virtually full. The teams appeared for their preliminary limbering up around 1 o'clock, the Wildcats in blue jerseys and white pants and helmets, and Alabama in dark red jerseys and brown pants.

Wah Wah Jones, versatile U.K. wingman who operated on Sunday for appendicitis, arrived in a wheel chair and parked himself on the 35-yard line. The teams left the field for their final pep-talks 15 minutes before game time. As they left, word was received in the press box that Man O' War, the world's best known race horse, had died. Just 25 years ago, in 1922, the year we defeated the Tide by 6 to 0.

the Alabama i ii i mm nisM "Mb in i ffni in mm 'AVPr "A I-- Jones team thought more of Man O' War than they did the Wildcats. Their first interest on arriving in Lexington was a trip out to Man O' War's home. Our win that day was recorded on the second sports page, back of Bo McMillin's Centenary win over U. of a Centre loss, and the Yale-Princeton game. Earl Ruby, in an illustrated article starting on Page 8 of The Magazine, gives a few "glances" at some of the football players in Kentucky colleges tcho are turning in outstanding performances.

Associated Press Wirephoto. yVINNMNG SCORE-Hemy Fonde (19), Mich-igan back, clutches the ball as he goes over for the winning touchdown against Illinois in the second quarter of yesterday's game at Champaign, III. Michigan won 14-7. Continued on Page 2, Column 7.