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1 Vane 7 lam mer rew9 Adelt Stars as Utah Outnlaneuvers Game September 28 1941 7 Sunday Morning Indians Nip Oregon Clan 19-15 Both Elevens Show Need Of Seasoning Stiff -Arm That Failed Old Huckleberry Nailed Him "5 ut Outclassed Idaho 1 0 'X 1 1 vtt 4 1 4W evim 1 Ike's Streamlined Offense Clicks In Fourth Quarter Stalwart Lines Put Up Great Battle Ute Backs Superior lMti '4aAV i M-- ii -Vs''--'' -l- tov -r H- By Jimmy Hodgson Associate Sports Editor MOSCOW Gay Adelt pitched three strikes for three touchdowns Saturday and the Idaho Vandals went down and out 26-7 to Utah in the opening grid classic of the in-termountain region completely spoiling the biggest and best homecoming celebration ever held at this pretty little college town A record crowd of 9500 turned out for the battle For three quarters the game developed into a titanic battle between two fine lines but in the last period Utah's rabbit backs exploded their newly adapted right in the faces of the astounded Vandals and the contest ended with the rollicking Redskins still running wild The Indians taking a leaf out of the book from their Brother Braves from Stanford cut loose with surprising furjj in the fjnal canto with the brilliant Izzy Spector and Gay Adelt pacing the attack These two little 'Backs put on just about as nifty a performance of ball-carrying as the Utes have ever unforded and gave ample proof of the potency of the new offense that the Indians have employed in hopes of defending their Big Seven conference championship Utah ran the ball all over the field in the opening quarter but made too many mistakes to score After making two consecutive first downs Huck Adelt fumbled and Bill Micklich By Staff Correspondent MOSCOW The streamlined Redskin Ramblers from Utah have shaken off all vestiges of the power machine that used to make them the scourge of the Rockies This 1941 Armstrong model is geared to dish out plenty of headaches but it's going to be with speed and deception and passes and not power After the football circus the flashy and elusive Utah speedsters displayed in the last quarte- in whipping a respectable Idaho eleven 26-7 there is no question that the Indians have the power to roll at a speed that has probably never been equaled by aformer Ike Armstrong eleven" -1 The experiment with the was a complete success and there is no doubt now that it's the formation that fits the Utah material The Indians Saturday would have had a terrific time whipping Idaho with a single wing the power formation because they were outweighed more than 10 pounds to the man but with the they outmaneuvered the slower Vandals took full advantage of their strength and won going away The formation is an offense that is certain to meet with setbacks but when it clicks it goes for good gains and touchdowns That was true of the Saturday The offense looked bad ir the second and third periods The Utcs made it look bad by some slow and hesitating play The quick openings in the line were closed before they reached them but the attack took on full polish in the final period The ball-carriers hit the holes with perfect timing and the down-field blocking improved Here's how the Utes lined up for the -'T" formation: I-- J'l '-v 1 'if 5 i STANFORD UNIVERSITy Cal Sept 27 Stanford'! Rose Bowl champions Saturday opened their 1941 iMJon with a shaky 39-15 win over University of Ore-ton In a Pacific Coast conference Same before a crowd of 35000 The Indians showing early sea-aon raggedness had enough speed to punch over touchdowns In each cf the first three periods but twice had to overcome one-point leads of the rugged Oregon team Oregon scored in the first end third periods and got a safety In the final quarter Frmnkie On the Job The game was five minutes old mhen "Frankle Albert Stanford's 11-American quarterback gave Stanford its first score Starting on their 42 the Indians stormed to the Oregon 17 Then Albert trying to pass found all his receivers covered wriggled loose from at' least five Oregon tacklers nd scrambled all the way to the goal without an assisting blocks He missed the conversion attempt Five minutes later Oregon Jumped Into a 7-6 lead Halfback Curt Mecham rambled 20 yards to the 50 then passed to Tommy Roblin who took it on the Stanford 20 and romped over Fullback Jimmy Newquist converted Stanford pounded at the Oregon goal line throughout the second period and got back In the lead with another touchdown An off-aide penalty helped the Indians to make first down on the Oregon 30 Fullback Mile Vuclnlch drove to the three and Albert submarined through for the final three yards on a quarterback sneak Ken Pobeskv muffed the kick and Stanford led 12-7 After failing in another touchdown drive Albert hurriedly tried a field goal from the 12 but missed It Just at the half time gun Third Period Oregon went back into the lead In the third period Recovering a fumble on their own 22 the Web-foou marched down the field sparked by Mecham Roblin and NewquLst to the Stanford 24 Then Roblin shot a wide pass to Tony Crisp Oregon end who took It on the two and stepped over Newquist missed the kick but Oregon led 13-12 with five minutes gone in the third period The Indians got back on top Just as the third period ended They backed Oregon against the goal posts and made Halfback Frank Boyd foozle a klckout on hut own 20 Albert passed to End Fred Meyer on the Oregon four Vucinlch pushed It over and Stanford was back on top 10-13 Stanford played It safe throughout the final period and finally was backed up to the 32 Albert tried a shovel pass to Fullback Buck Fawcett who fumbled and the ball rolled into the end zone before Fawcett recovered It for a safety and two points to make the score 19-15 Both teams showed the need of seasoning and the game was full of fumbles intercepted passes and loose line play Stanford's halfback Pet Kmetovic reeled off the day's longest runs frequently taking reverses from Albert on punt reception and pass interceptions but he failed to score fullback recovered for the Vandals The Indians started another drive and had a chance to score but a pass just skimmed off the eager fingers of Spector on the 10-yard line The Utes again charged right down to the Idaho 11 -yard line but failed to score when Nearly in the clear Dale Clark (6) Idaho halfback was to stop the run during the first half of opening grid battle nearly away when Huck Adelt of Utah dodged his stiff-arm I at Moscow Utah won 26-7 A Wirephoto two passes were incomplete Shortly after Ihe IO 4 Sophomore Flash Sparks Texans Punch Buffs for Irish in 38-7 Victory SOUTH BEND Ind Sept 27 Notre Dame's new offense transplanted from Boston college by youthful Frank Leahy sputtered with occasional brilliance Saturday and the Irish Indians were called for clipping and the 15 yards gave Idaho the ball in Utah's territory for the first time in the game The Va a 1 started then and took command of ths ball game dominating the second period as I tely aj Utah had commanded the show In the first canto Clark started a drive with a 16-yard gallop on a reverie to the left side Gay Adelt broke away for a 25-yard jaunt to 1- II Adelt 2- G-Adelt 3" Peterson Spector opened their football campaign with an easy victory over Arizona to 7 38 Huck Adelt at quarter handled the ball on every play from center Either Gay Adelt or Spector is In motion On this play which accounted for some good gains Gay Adelt Is In motion Huck Adelt laterals the ball to Woody Peterson for an off-tackle drive On the touchdown plays Saturday Huck faked a pass to Peterson and then dropped back with the ball and tossed the passes which accounted for the first three touchdowns There are a world of possibilities from this formation It puts a heavy burden on defensiv ends and halfbacks who are always In qu whether Hhey should follow the man In motion for a pass or stay In tight for an off -Jackie drive or aj ihort end run To make this system work re-q 1 res speed speed and more speed plus some clever ball handling and hiding Ulah 15 14 1 0 309 Gopher Clan Rolls Past Huskies 14-6 SEATTLE Sept 27 (UP) mighty Gophers launched their bid for another undefeated gridiron campaign Saturday with a hard-fought 14-6 triumph over an outclassed University of Washington eleven Slashing and driving through Washington's lighter forward wall the Big Ten champions scored In the second period and nailed down their victory with another touchdown In the fading minutes of the game before a record crowd of 43000 who jammed the stadium by the shores of Lake Washington Bruce Smith the Gophers' captain left halfback and prospective all-American took over where Minnesota's George Franck left off a year ago Smith scored both touchdowns His kicking was faultless and the blond speedster dominated the famed power offensive of the midwesterners Washington presented a dangerous attack based on speed But the Huskies rolled only In the third perlod'when Ernie Steele 180-pound left halfback skirted right end for 13 yards and a touchdown A bad "pass from Center Walt Harrison killed Washington's conversion attempt and for a time It appeared that with the score (Continued on I0B1 223 start the second 84 quarter but the 34-6 Victory NORLIN STADIUM Boulder Colo Sept 27 (UP) Tower-packed trie University of Texas alternately punched through the University of Colorado's shaky defense with two fine backflelds Saturday to roll up a 34-to-6 victory before 18000 persons Texas rolled In every period but the last The Longhorns rated as a preseason favorite in the southwest scored once In the first once in the second and three times in the third Colorado's lone tally came in the second on a 35-yard pass from Paul McClung ace back to End Dick Woodward who Rrabbed the ball Just over the Texas goal Slow to start Texas drove 35 yards for Its first score late In the first period It took five plays to cross the goal from the 33 after Crain returned a punt Crain knifed over for the score from the four and then converted Both teams scored In the second Colorado rolled 64 yards In five plays two through the air Mc-Clung's touchdown -pass climaxed the drive but the attempted conversion by "Earthquake" Jenkins fullback was low Texas turned on the power a moment later and moved 63 yards upfield in six running plays for the second score Orban Sanders went over for the score from the seven but failed to convert and the score stood Colorado 6 and Texas 13 at half time Fumbles cost Colorado two touchdowns In the third while Texas power was rolling up three more scores zona kicked out of danger after halting a 51-yard march on their own one-yard line Paaaea to Dove for nine and 15 yards sprinkled with plunges by Owen Evans who later was to star put the ball on Arizona's 16 Bertelll passed eight yards to Dove who ran into the end zone Steve Juzwik missed the attempted placement The second team took over In the second period and proceeded to march 52 yards ending with a 21-yard touchdown pass from John Warner to Bill Earley Warner missed the kick Off on Long Romp Arizona hitherto helpless on attack surprised the Irish on the kick-off with a long forward pass from Bob Ruman to Bob Johnson producing a 66-yard touchdown The' ball sailed 36 yards and Johnson who had slipped behind Notre Dame's secondary scored unmolested Jack Irish kicked the extra point Bertelli'a 12-yard pass to George Murphy and a 31-yard pass to Juzwik led a drive of 68 yards climaxed by Juzwik's nine-yard sprint around end for a touchdown Juzwik kicked the point Still In the third period Evans (Continued on P(t lOBt Names as new to the current Notre Dame scene as Leahy's joined the parade of six touchdowns but one in particular is a man to remember Sophomore Angelo Bertelll of Springfield Mass Passing with the precision of a Charley O'Rourke Bertelli flipped a 16-yard touchdown paas to Bob Dove midway through the first period and set up another touchdown with a net gain of 31 yards on a pass to Steve Juzwik as the second half opened Bertelll Sparks Drive It was Bertelll who snapped the Irish into stride after Arizona had stopped their opening drive on the one-yard line and Bertelll who restored their confidence with long passing gains after the plucky Wildcats from the southwest scored a totally unexpected touchdown to cut Notre Dame's lead to 12 to 7 shortly before the half ended In all Notre Dame scored single touchdowns In each of the first two periods and twice each in the last two Three were by passing and three on running plays Bertelli started it when Ari Chart Reveals Edge for Utah Idaho Total first downs First downs by rushing 4 First downs by pauses 4 First down by penalties 0 Total net yards gained from fieri mm age 189 Net yards gained by rushing 77 Yards gained by forward pans 112 Yards lost by attempted forward passes 0 Forward passes attem pted 19 Forward pause completed 5 Forward panne completed by penalty 0 Forward passes had Intercepted 1 Yards Intercepted passes returned Including laterals 0 Number of lateral passes 2 Number of punts 12 Average yardage of punts 35 Number of punt returns 4 Average yardage of punts returned ft Number of klckoffs 3 Average yardage of klckoffs' 55 Number of klckoff returns Average yardage of klckoff ret wr nn 23 Total number of fumbles 1 Time ball lost on fumble 1 Number of penalties against 2 Total yardage lost by penalties 20 Touchdowns 1 Points after touchdowns 1 play was called back for a hold-1 penalty Rey Jerge While the Utes bemoaned their loss Howard Manson Idaho sophomore star cut loose with a powerful he a that settled in the eager hands of George Nixon for a 32 a gain Idaho gained a reverse by Man-son and got to the 16 The Redskins bol- 0 12 4 0 1 9 St 9 12 4 51 3 20 3 2 4 60 4 2 Manhattan Captures 20-13 Encounter NEW YORK Sept 27 UPV-Manhattan opened its 1941 grid-Iron campaign with a victory Saturday" downing St Bonaventure 20-13 at the Randall's Island stadium The Jaspers were blanked In the first and last periods but tallied once in the second and twice stered for three and perfect tim In the third before a crowd of 8000 ing The Utes have th speed and the ball handling In their classy quartet of Huck and Gay Adelt Woody Peterson and Izzy Spector The timing was good at times Saturday but way off on other plays A little more practice should add Cotitlnud on Following Pago Everybody Just a Bit Ga-Ga on Eve of Louis' Fistic Party With West Coast Yogi Man 1941 World Series Certain downs but Manson flipped a pass to Chandler right up the middle which the Vandal halfback took away from three Ute defenders He was the two-yard line It took the hard-driving Micklich three power drives at the middle of the line to crash over the score Manson later got off a 52-yard kick which went out on the Utah three-yard line and the Indians were in the hole the remainder of the half Spector got the Indians off to a fast start In the third period with (Continued on Pc 9 B) McClung fumbled the ball In the (Continued on Following Past) To Produce Dizzy Drama again until next May at the earli- Louis put on his big revenge scene spent straightening out his marital mix-up with Marva he is this with Max Schmeling three years By Judson Bailey Dizzy Whirly ago Of course $600000 doesn Pictor Takes Stake Race Loses Race NEW YORK Sept 27 (UP) Whlrlaway took another tumble from Ills lofty perch Saturday when he was nosed by Market Wise in new American record time for two miles but an obscure stablemate Some Chance took the sting out of the defeat by carrying the banner of Calumet farm to a $57900 triumph in the famed Belmont Futurity Whlrlaway went down with all flags flying Running in the $10000 Jockey club gold cup a race originally billed as the secondary feature the king of the three-year-olds was shaded by By Rid Feder NEW YORK Sept 27 WP Touching off a loaded sports week that haa Pa Knickerbocker's children going around goggle-eyed Joe Louis and Lou Nova tangle In the Polo grounds at 8 (m t) Monday before what may turn out to be one of the top dozen fight crowds of all time Chortling over a combination of things that has brought the good old days back to the business of bashing beaks Promoter Mike Jacobs officially estimated Saturday he wouldn't be at all surprised if close to 60000 customers chipped in to a gross gate within hoj-calling distance of $6000OTr'to see what will be Louis last figntTor eight or nine months possibly the last of hts great career Leading off with the fact that there's a lot of ready money around everything hooked together jynt dandy to make this the biggest financial affair since est when he may meet up with Billy Conn once more or with the winner of a Conn-Nova get-together Gua Fan and the missus realizing he may even decide to hang the gloves up for good with a term in the army in sight don't want to misa the finish For those reasons hotels throughout the city reported Saturday that available rooms were about as plentiful as money trees The fight mob took over Broadway As for the fight Itself Louis ruled a 5-12 favorite along the Forty-ninth street betting stores He may have slipped some and he may have looked like only 20 cents worth of the old Louis in his last trip to the post but he still can whistle those shots off his fists and do queer things to other fellows Largely because of that and the fact that during a three-month layoff he forgot about the fight game and just for the time he corner's choice to chalk up the nineteenth defense of his record run by chopping the California giant down in six rounds or less He is in better condition mentally and physically than he has been for a year Moreover he realizes this Is the fight where the chips are down in his long-time ambition to retire undefeated as heavyweight champion This is the last hurdle and he hasn't had many tougher At times he looks in the ring as if his feet just can't get together on any given subject Off his training chores he has given you the idea he's going to wade right into Louis and swap wallops with him which is something like walking into a dive bomber on the prowl Nova took to busting beaks as a profession after a brief college career during which he married the professor's daughter NEW YORK Sept 27 The stage is being set this week end for what should be one of the wildest most spectacular world series ever played in which Brooklyn's bristling Dodgers confidently expect to ambush the powerful New York Yankees Nevertheless the American league champions are rated 2 to 1 favorites Saturday and most observers conceded they should be able to capture the world championship in five or six games The series will open Wednesday at 11:30 a (Mountain standard time) in the big concrete confines of Yankee stadium which is expected to be sold out the first time in series history This would mean an attendance of about 70000 or 4000 more than saw the Yanks battle the New York Giants in the fourth game of the 1938 classic All reserved and box seats for the games at Yankee stadium have been sold out for weeks but 28000 unreserved and bleacher seats will be on sale on the day of each game Whitlow Wyatt ace of all the National league's pitchers and a 22-game winner for the Dodgers is fairly certain to pitch the important opening game for Brooklyn with the veteran Charley (Continued on Pgt 12 8) live on the same street with the $2500000 Dempsey and Tunney drew but It's still a mighty nice touch in these times Heading the list of lures which have attracted the faithful is Nova big strong suid determined as a horse-player putting his case-deuce on a three-to-five shot He is rated by many experts as the strongest challenger to take a crack at the Brown Bomber since Joe climbed to the world heavyweight throne over gallant Jim Braddock's flattened form in 1937 Secondly the world series follows this nose-busting extravaganza into town by just two days and hundreds of the fans with a little of what the boys around call scratch and a few without this commodity have moved in for the duration Except for any possible exhibitions that may come along he won't do his stuff for the public HAVRE DE GRACE Mdt Sept 27 UP) Brann Mary land sportsman scored his third successive victory In the Havre De Grace handicap Saturday when his Pictor raced to a three-quarter length triumph in the $1500O-added stake Pictor Just lasted lathe mile and one-eighth test to stave off the bid of Arnold Hanger's Dit The even money favorite Circle ranch's Big Pebble was third a nose ahead of ChrLstma Here Goes Running the distance in 151 1-5 Pictor paid $1390 J640 and $300 across the board inches as Market Wise hung up a mark of 3:20 4-5 a full second faster than the record established over the same course by Extermi-nator 20 years ago.