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Me Ii My! 01 1 45, Minnasota In 0-0 lis Notre Datira Falls, 28-1A MICHIGAN STATE 53, INDIANA 6 Michigan 48, i4rn.y 24 TEXAS 0 (STORY: PAGE 2) (Story: Page 2) Tage 2) DES MOINES, IOWA, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1956. Wisconsin; Fast Drive Covers 84 Yards in One Minute iixn mr Aw (PAGE 6) Ploen9 Pass, Statistics Wisconsin low First downs i 15 12 Rushing yaniaga SM 13' Passing yardata 100 94 Funnel 8-15 5-11 Paases Intercepted by 2 2 Punt 5-33 5-35 rumbles lost 0 I Vards penalized 15 40 SCORING Wisconsin 0 0 0 7 Iowa 6 7 013 Wisconsin Touchdown. Melvlti (23. pass-nm from Carlson); convention, Beator. Iowa Touchdowns, Hatler (11, fuss-run from Ploen), Ploen (1, plume); conversion, Ftescott.

'Binnffininifirniwn llOWA savage on defense, Iowa had made- no particula'r surge through more than 28 minutes of the first half. The Hawks had just three first downs at that stage and the Badgers were carrying the fight to the Hawks and controlling the ball. Then, with Wisconsin deep In Iowa territory aft er an advance to the, 18- u- (PAGE 6) oj! the goal, retreated a step or so as he swerved to his right, then sped on for the first Iowa touchdown. It wasn't easy to determine) just who was blocking in that mad instant, but the roar that went up from the crowded stadium was one rarely sur- iOWA Continued on Page Seven haguOID I remained in the first half after that penalty, with the Hawks hardly within shouting distance of the goal 84 yards away. But they scored with a single second showing on the scoreboard clock and in so doing they made one of the canniest demonstrations of time saving ever seen on Iowa sod.

Finesse and fine leadership for Ploen's throw on the into the end zone from The touchdown climaxed v. I were as important as the well executed plays that produced the yardage. The Hawkeyes ran eight different plays in 59 seconds stopping the clock, maneuvering and husbanding the scant time remaining. Ploen to Hagler The half was all but over when Kenny Ploen, expertly outmaneuvering a 1 ripped free from one Badger Badger eight. He wheeled there on a twisting gallop.

an 82-yard drive that took (Story: Plunge Beat By Bert McGrane (Sunday Register Staff Writer) IOWA CITY, delayed offensive assault that erupted into two quick touchdowns halfway through the battle brought Iowa safely past tough and menacing Wisconsin here Saturday, with a near-record crowd of 53,273 watching the Hawks rack up a 13-7 victory. Sputtering on attack but Phil Hill spun his second scoring pass. This one was a 34-yard play, with Hill lofting a wobbly toss on a feigned end run and Prentiss Lamont seizing it at the 15 and going across without a challenge. John Scheldrup's second extra-point -kick completed State's highest scoring total of the year. Confidence and Trouble.

And the way the Cyclones had been hurling back every Kansas challenge, there was an apparent air of security among an estimated 12,000 windblown onlookers. The confidence grew when Iowa State forced another punt from the Jayhawks after the next kickoff and drove to the Kansas 42, winning a 2-yard fourth-down gamble on the way. Trouble struck when Kan-Sfis end Jim Letcavits charged through to throw Terry Ingram for a 12-yard loss. Undaunted, Ingram drifted back to try another pass and this was the point of no return. Terry dropped the ball and there were three Jayhawks poised to strike.

It skidded away from two of them, but Jim Hall cuddled it at the Iowa State 38. Thus ended a third quarter in which Kansa3 owned a net CYCLONES Continued on Page Fiv LRM who had a hand on him, moved craftily to his right and pitched one to Mike Hagler on the Wisconsin five. Some unidentified Badger mcxt roes IOWA Hawaii. WISCONSIN Purdue. was lurking there between Mike and the goal but Frank Gilliam of Iowa saw him.

Gilliam cut him down. Hagler, racing away from only eight plays and 59 successful march started been halted deep in Iowa ilk VIT Big Ten Standings Cnnferenca AH flanies I. T. W. I.

T. Iowa 200 300 Michigan State 2 0 0 3 0 0 Ohio Stats 1 0 0 3 0 0 Minnesota 10 1 201 Northwestern ...0 0 1 111 Wlchlcan .0 1 0 2 10 Piirnu 0 10 2 10 Illinois 0 10 12 0 Wl.consin 0 10 12 0 Indiana 0 20 030 Dodger Just Like Larsen in Hawaii WAILUKU, MAUI, HAWAII W) Brooklyn's. Don Drys-dale did a sort of a "Don Larsen" here Saturday against the semi-pro Maui All-Stars, pitching a perfect game for the seven innings he worked. The Dodgers beat the Stars, 6-0. Roy Campanella homerel.

IN BIG TEN PLAY REGISTER iBBKmia tm muft tmoijXMeKKM T-MayBMaw-aaKJiMMmiiiiatMga rf-WiBfti y.iBy.-. 7 SUNDAY iOOTBALl, PHOTO Blf JACK BRINTOM IOWA BEATS GUN With one second showing on the scoreboard clock, Iowa's Kenny Ploen hooks up with halfback Mike Hagler for a touch down against Wisconsin. This 11-yard scoring play put the Hawkeyes in front, 6-0, at halftime and started them to a 13-7 victory. Here Hagler waits yard line, the complexion of the battle changed com pletely. The Hawks took the ball on downs when a bit of Badger trickery failed.

They took over on their own 22, but promptly were set back to their 16 as the result of a penalty, Go 84 Yards Fight, finesse and fury surged up. Exactly a minute -4 1 contest in the second quarter with Ron Lind's slide-home after a 9-yard pitch-out play and Buford Watcrhpuse's 10-yard sweep on a pitch-out play. Thereafter, the Bears adjusted their defenses and Statistics Drake WaiMngton First downs 3 Ruhln yardana 163 7.3 Pa.olng yardaga ID Pw 1-1 1-2 Passei Intercepted by 1 Puma .,6 24 8 -'JO Fumbles Inst 1 Varus penalized 15 10 BCOKINO Prake 0 14 014 Washington 0 0 8 0 6 Drake Touclidowni. T.lnd ffl, run Waterhouse run conversions, Leemsn, Waterhouia (run), Touchdown, Mstcalf (10, wicxT row CRAKE- At Wichita. Z1 ft.

Ahead 14-12, Cyclones Sou on Fumble, 25-14 By Bill Bryson (Sunday Register Staff Writer) AMES, IA. Iowa State, striking back from a 12-0 deficit for a 14-12 lead, Saturday pinned down Kansas formidable offense in the second half with one conspicuous exception. j- Av 1 iMMnAttalMMfVriniM seconds to complete. The after a Wisconsin push had territory. 'OF ALL SPORTS Football GREATER DES MOINES I Cowling 38, Fort Dodgt Edmonds 13 Drake 14, Washington (St.

Louis) 6 BIG TEN Michigan Stale 53, Indiana 6 Iowa 13, Wisconsin 7 Michigan 48, Army 14 Northwestern 0, Minnesota 0 O.iio State 26, Illinois Purdue 28, Notrt Dame 14 BIG SEVEN Colorado 47, Colorado and M. 7 Kansas State 10, Nebraska 7 Kansas 25, Iowa State 14 Missouri 42, North Dakota State 0 Oklahoma 45, Texas 0 IOWA CONFERENCE Buena Vista 27, Dubuque 6 Central 15, Upper Iowa 6 Iowa Wesleyan 7, Wartburg 0 Loras 29, Luther 14 Simpson 13, Parsons 6 NORTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE Aagustana 13, Iowa Tucheri Morningside 13, South Dakota 6 South Dakota State 14, North Da. kola 13. MIDWEST CONFERENCE Carleton 30, Coe 6 Cornell 35, St Olaf 18 Knox 33, Monmouth 7 Ripon 21, Crinnell 14 MAJOR INDEPENDENTS Boston College 26, Marquette 19 Boston University 20, Gfoge Wash ington 20 Colgate 48, Rutgers 6 Penn State 43, Holy Cross 0 Syracuse 27, West Virginia 20 Villanova 13, Dayton 0 Wofford 18, Furman 6 Xavier (Ohio) Cincinnati 14 MISSOURI VALLEY Bradley 26, Northern Illinois Stati 7 Houston 14, Texas A. and 14.

Oklahoma A. and M. 14, Tulsa 14 Wichita 19, Detroit 13 Continued on Pnge Two LATE THREAT A game Wisconsin team still wa3 threatening with 20 seconds remaining against Iowa Saturday. Trailing, 13-7, the Badgers launched this pass attempt from halfback Jahn Bridgeman to halfback Bill Lowe (49). However, Iowa's Bill Hap-pel moves in from his halfback position to intercept the pa'J3.

The Hawks ran out the clock without getting off another play. Drake Beats Mud, Washington, 146 That exception stemmed from a Cyclone fumble, just as the first Kansas touchdown had, and it was enough to send Iowa State to its third straight loss and its second in the Big Seven, 25-14. Kansas superfluous touchdown was a last-second gift that wouldn't have developed except for a desperation fourth-down try by the Cyclones from their 4-yard line. Defense Working The score that did the irreparable damage on a 'blustery day under surly skies came from the Jayhawks' only second-half drive. Every other time in that half, except in the closing moments, the Kansans shuddered to a halt against tha aroused Cyclone defense and had to punt.

The Cyclones had thrust ahead after 11 minutes, 24 seconds of the third quarter when second-stringer Statistics Kamai low State. Ftrirt downs 12 11 Rushing ardae 330 S7 Pasmng yardax 97 1'4 Pan. 5-S 7-0 Fumes Intercepted by 2 1 Puma 9-37 5-29 Fumbles lnet 3 3 Yards penalized 65 17 SCORING i Zm 0 13-25 Iowa 8tat 0 7 7 014 Kama) Touchdown. Preeton plunaei. 2 14, run; 0.

run), letravits (jo. pass from Strauch); eonveralon. Strauch. low statu Touchdowns, Gibson (tx, paw ftn Hill), Lamnnt iJt, pan-run flora Hill); tonversions, gchedlrup 3, a st mm VtfRk STATE Colorado. Bulldogs Notch First Victory By Brad Wilson Drake skidded through the soupy mud Saturday night to its first triumph of the season, defeating Washington of St.

Louis, 14-6, before a handful Bob Ladd on a pass-run play to put the ball on the Bulldogs' 15. Two line smashes netted 5 yards, then fullback Jay Metcalfe kept the ball on a spinner, crashed straight over the center and scored standing up. Drake's line, however, smothered Metcalfe's attempt to run the extra point. Drake's first touchdown came as a result of two blocked punts in the first quarter. The Bulldogs' 67-yard ground march later in the DRAKE Continued on pegs Eight Drake got no closer than Washington's 20, driving there midway in the closing quarter.

After its third-quarter touchdown, which came as a result of a fumble the only one the Bulldogs lost Washington never threat-' ened. The bobbled ball came on the opening kick-off of the second half. Warren Kinzel hauled in the ball and charged up the middle 25 yards. He was "met head-on around his own 35, and lost the ball. Drake Caught Washington, which hadn't thrown a pass up to this stage, caught Drake napping when Eob Miles pitched to of hardy souls in Drake Stadium.

A torrential downpour which pelted the teams through the first three quarters kept both teams slogging on the ground, although the losing Bears got away one pass that figured in their touchdown. The Bulldog put away the i th in Hon for Ohio (SEC TAYLOR'S STORY: PAGE..

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