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There's a narrow squeak! Anderson has him. RESIGNS AS TRIBE'S GENERAL MANAGER 9 uutts trxf Slap CLEVELAND, OHIO (JD Cyril C. Slapnicka, discoverer of Bob Feller and ganeral manager of the Cleveland Indians since November, 1935, has resigned. "The Cleveland baseball club officials and I are parting with nothing but the most friendly feelings," Slapnicka said Saturday night. "I simply decided that after six years on the job ntcna I would prefer to make a change." Slapnicka submitted his resignation to President Alva Bradley last Wednesday while the tribe, ticketed by many experts last April to lead the American league parade, was flirting with the second division.

Oddly his announcement came on the same day that Oscar Power Pays Off for Minnesota (ADAMS im 4. More trouble for Mertes. CO.o to LATE OLD GOLD POWERATTACK Losing Eleven Twice Holds Advantage. STATISTICS. Iowa net 371 3 Drake 13 1H 27 8 14 4 1 en 39 134 1 80 Flrt down Yard gained mahlnc, rwt attempted Fae completed 1 ard by paae IT lard lnt on attempted paea 5.

rae Intercepted hy 5 lard gained run hark of Intercepted pe .45 lunliriK averaaa from fccrlm- ntMKe 41 I'niMl yard all kirk returned 0 4llinrut fumhlea recoy- ered 1 larda lot by prnaltle 40 By Bert McGrane. (Staff Representative.) IOWA CITY, IA. Drake's dead game Bulldogs mada the old time battle spirit pay dividends here Saturday when, they fought Iowa's bruising battalion all the way, losing a 25 to 8 decision but winning the whole hearted respect of approximately 20, 000 fans who sat in on tha battle. Overmatched in manpower but countering with fiery tactics which- made it a game right down to the closing gun, Drake scored first, Jorced a hurried elimination of Iowa's two-team plan of battle and faced the biggest guns the Hawks could produce with the loss of no prestige whatever. It took Drake just three minutes to ram a touchdown down the throats of Iowa's alternate lineup, which started the struggle.

The Bulldogs took the opening kickoff and wheeled down th field to score In eight plays on a 67-yard drive. Iowa's picked troops came into action in short order and they weren't long matching -th Drake touchdown, but the surpris ingly aggressive Bulldogs slammed over another telling punch by smacking the Hawks for a safety to grab the lead for the second time. From there the vent on to win, but it is significant that the bulk of the No. 1 performers were-in the thick of it for some thing like three quarters and that two of the Iowa touchdowns came through the brilliant individual runs, of Bus Mertes, who reached neio heights in thix engagement. The promise that Iowa had shown in practice sessions was flashed on occasion but the Hawks lacked, the co-ordinated efficiency that should come in the games ahead.

Their open field blocking was especially ineffective) at times and Bill Green in particular never succeeded in breaking away for the blazing which have stamped his play in other campaigns. Drake's widespread pas formations shot holes in the Iowa pass defense, too, and Iowa's spectacular runs originated from the right halfback spot, where Mertes and Jack Kennedy operated, instead of from the left halfback position. In the end. however, Iowa's lira blasted most of the danger from Drake's running gams and the Hawkeye backs simply outran the Bulldogs to decide the outcome. Drake, forced to depend largely on passes, couldn't get the job done with that weapon alone and-Iowa's offense had too much speed for the Bulldogs.

facing the Hawks for the first time in 31 years, went into the air lanes right from scratch. On the sixth play of the game Bud Vincent shot a pass to Ralph Burton for a 25-yard gain. Two plays farther along Emory Reeves of Drake streaked out into the open, snatched a pass from Vincent and legged it into the end zone for the first touchdown. Iowa never had a hand on thfl ball as the Bulldogs marched. Carl Johnson's placement at- lows Continued on Page Thre.

JUL JaStaV3iihidAaUttbWttMaW MUBtjMyu, fAPAMSTpTl 3. Iiooks GOPHERS WIN AS SMITH RUNS HUSKIES DIZZY 43,000 See Minnesota Win, 14 to 6. STATISTICS. h. FirM dw fin 12 lnrrl Knlnrd tty ruhln (net) lilS 4 Forward pae attempted 14 Forward paei completed 2 6 larrift learned by forward pase 38 4.

larj lot. attempted forward paase 0 Forward niiHri Intercepted hy 4 2 Yard sained, rtinhark of Int. pae ...11 Punting average (from vrlmmacrl 31.1 38.7 Totnl yard, kirk returned .48 13 Opponent' fnmhlea recovered 1 Yard lo hy prnaltle 20 vlncliidea punt and klrkoff. By Gail Fowler. SEATTLE, WASH.

The boy they've been talking up as an all-America candi date, 193-pound halfback Bruce Smith, lived up to all the advance notices Saturday as he led the mighty Minne sota Gophers to a 14-6 vic tory over the University of Washington before 43,000 impressed spectators. The intersect ional gridiron opener, witnessed by Seattle's record crowd, saw-Smith virtually alone carry on his team's offensive to score, touchdowns in the second and fourth quarters. It was the toe of Bill Garnaas, playing his first season, that made victory doubly sure, because the Gophers leading only by 7-6 up to the last two minutes of play. Washington had made a ball game of It in the third quarter, aided' by a'bt eak deep in Minnesota territory. From ihe 14-yard line, Washington Halfback Ernie Steele ran back to his right to pass, was cornered, reversed his field and ran down the left sidelines to score, standing up, in the corner, Bad Center Pass.

But the pass from center hopped and bobbled back to Steele, who was to hold the ball for sub-quarterback Elmer Berg, and Minnesota recovered the bounding pork-hide to save its one-point lead. was a rough, tough battle up front where the behemoths did their bruising. The Minnesota forwards appeared tired when Washington was-getting its score, and later didn't have the punch as the stalwart Washingtons held the Gophers for downs on the one-yard line, after four cracks from the eight. But Coach Bernie Bierman of Minnesota, astutely juggling his man-power, managed to rest some of his key linemen like tackles Urban Odson and Dick Wildung, and they had enough soup left to push over the clincher, just before the finish, with the driving Smith lugging the ball. The second quarter particularly was tough on the ends, three Gopher, and one Washington wing limping off the field but they returned later.

The first quarter was all Minnesota, with Washington able to make hut one yard in three running plays. The rest of the time Minnesota, paced hy Smith, Gophers Continued on Page Seven. -vv like 5. But he's away once more. THROUGH RIGHT TACKLE I Jt -v ff-lXh a i nimmmHllfO 'Mil'Hinu II III tiiUtm I Mil) T-T VM LOUIS IS READY TO BE 'PICKED' -NOT BY NOVA Taylor Likes Joe -In Six By Sec Taylor.

fSlvjrr Editor. The NEW YORK, N. Y. Joe Louis holds the key to the result of Monday night's championship fight. The outcome depends on what Louis can do and does, and not on what Lou Nova does.

At his best Jo could almost call his shots pick the round. In other words, it the champion has lost much of his co-ordination, his desire to fight, his speed in throwing punches, his will-to-win, his mental alertness, then the challenger has an excellent chance to wrest the ti-. tie from the Brown Bomber. Right at the start 1 might C3 well state, that I think Louis has retained enovgh of ichat it takes, although he undoubtedly has passed his peak', perhaps not physically but mentally, to defect y'qi'a by a knockout six rounds, perhaps fcivcr. I if the Californian Is knocked rold, although he is easy to hit, 'but I expect him to be so cut and battered that he can no longer continue, or that the ref tjree or the New York Athletic cdnjmipsion's physician will crder bout stopped, which m.untp the same thing as a If, however, rsova stands up tinder hf punishment he is sure to Hake' ih the early rounds, if he survives the first three or four rounds, unhurt and uncut, he has excellent chance to win the fspht, for the longer it goes the better his chances.

He- 1 a strong, determined, courageous, durable (ftigilist, confident to a fault and in a way an apparent believer In the. fact that he Is a fighter of d.tin.v, sure to gain the heavyweight throne. He must be a better fighter than I think he particularly against ordinary opposition. However, I've never been able to see just what he has to use as fight ing weapons. His left hand is pretty good, but his right is something that he has to cock before uping like an old pistol, although he does not wind up and throw it, as Max Baer does, or as Tonv Galento used to toss his left.

If one of Lonis' managers got Sears-Roebuck on the telephone and said: "Send us a guy the champ can lick," the Brown Bomber couldn't get an opponent Fight Confirmed on Page Five. MORE SPORTS ON PAGE 5 IOWA NEWS SECTION 1 inaia ns Vitt, storm center of the Indians' 1940 season, disclosed he had quit as manager of Tort-land in. the Pacific Coast league. Afler attending to personal affairs at his Cedar Rapids, home, Slapnicka plans a month's vacation and then to find Slapnicka Continued on Page Seven. Notre Dame 38, Arizona 7 By Karl Ililligan.

SOUTH. BEND, IND. A new era in Notre Dame football opened to the impressive blast of six touchdowns Saturday as Coach Frank Leahy's initial Irish eleven routed the University of Arizona, 38 to 7, before 35,000 spectators. (Story on Tage 7.) Stanford 19, Oregon 15 By Russ Newland. PALO ALTO, CAL.

OP) Stan ford's football empire tottered and trembled Saturday, but in the end remained intact, the formation Indians scoring a 19 to 15 victory over the University of Oregon Ducks. (Story on Page 7.) h(LV fMERTtrn TiS fMERTESlIT) Results MISSOCRI VALLEV. Iowa 25. Drake H. Oklahoma 1.

Oklahoma Aggie O. Texa rhritlan H. Tul.a Wahington 21. Freshmen O. -MIDWEST CONFERENCE, -lame Milllkln 21.

Cornell O. hnf 7, AUKll.tAna O. l-awrence H. C.rinnell 2. Monmouth ti.

Rrlolt 0. NORTH CENTRAL IONFERENCE. Iowa State Teacher 21. South Dakota State II. South Dakota 13, Navne Teachers 0.

IOWA CONFERENCE. McKendree 7. Warthnrg B. I Continued on Page Four. if mi 0 7v SAGG10r4i(DT "xgrc mertes cm I URBAN i.i ADAMS (D) 6.

Drake man j-u-u-u-s-t misses. half touchdown Saturday against Washington as Capt. Bruce-Mnith tackle on this play. The Gophers won at Seattle, 14 to 6. itDiie JPesucflii mm n.

Register Machine Gun Photoa by Georga Tatea. Part of Iowa's 25 to 8 victory. Minnesota rolled toward a first plunged four yards through right Michigan 19, Michigan State 7 By Gordon Gammark. (Staff Representative. ANN ARBOR, MICH.

Michigan's Wolverines, with Tom Harmon broadcasting in a radio booth high above the field of battle, threw a bruising, powerhouse line against the Spartans of Michigan State here Saturday and steamrollered their ancient rivals into submission, 19 to 7. (Story on Page 2.) Ohio State 12, Missouri 7 BV Fritz Howell. COLUMBUS, OHIO Ohio State's Bucks kept their opening day victory string sines 1894 in WnitMim 0 tact Saturday, beating Missouri's highly-touted Tigers, 12 to 7, in a spine-tingling contest before fans to give Coach Paul E. Brown, just up from the high school ranks, a rousing sendoff on his big league career. (Story on Page 2.) Vanderbilt 3, Purdue 0 By Harold Harrison.

LAFAYETTE, IND. UP) Jack Jenkins, a 200-pound back from Texarkana boosted a perfect field goal' from the 20-yard line to give Vanderbilt's 1941 football campaign a triumphant 3 to sendoff over Purdue's Boilermakers before 17,000 spectators Saturday. (Story on Page 2.) Fool hall Local. i.nnl 2d. Red flak 12.

Iowa 23, Drake 8. College. BIG TF.N. Detroit 14. Indiana 7.

Iowa 25, Drake 8. Michigan in. Michigan State 7. Mlnneaota 14. ahlneton ft.

Ohio state 12. 7. andrrbllt 3. I'urdne o. BIG SIX.

Kana State fl. Fort Hut O. Ohio Mate 13. MIonrt -7. Uklahoma 19.

Oklahoma. Agglri 0..