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-DES MOINES, IOWA, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1956. in I I 9 1 I I I I 1 I I I 0 Parade of Long Runs: Float Sprints 32, 41; Harris 23, 61; Hagler 53 ITQ Dobrino leads the way. for ocmc Iowa's Kenny Ploen, enjoying one of his greatest games, rolls right, sees an opening in the Notre Dame line am I have the Fighting Irish surrendered more points than they did in Saturday's 48-8 loss. The Hawkeyes, alone at the Big Ten crest as Michigan killed Ohio State's chance for a tie, struck the Irish with long-range lightning. Long Runs They made the conquest look ridiculously simple at times by cutting loose Kenny Ploen on touchdown romps of 10 and 41 yards, Fred Harris on scoring runs of 23 and 61, and cuts through as big Don it lji4-? This over-all photo taken from press box roof high atop the stadium shows Tloen as he breaks across line of scrimmage on Irish 10.

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P. 44 14 1 84 fiT 133 49 88 47 80 19 ini 79 IWi 4rt MR 85 JtB 0 184 65 2 127 2.19 0 160 vi 87 87 81 107 113 113 139 124 14 93 129 129 2H3 had balked every other Iowa team since 1922. Gone, supposedly, in the excitement of earning a championship and a Rose Bowl trip, was the urgency that carried IOWA Continued on Page Eight Villanova 26 Iowa State 0 (STORY: PAGE 4) Sooners 54 Nebraska 6 (WILSON STORY: FACE 8) Michigan 19 Ohio State 0 (WHITE'S STORY: PAGE 5) isconsin 13 innesota 13 (SIORY: PAGE 5) 'it I SUNDAY REGISTER FOOTBALL PHOTOS BY catches the wily Ploen spinning away from Irish defenders, then springing over for first score in Iowa's 48-8 shellacking of Notre Dame. Final Big Ten Standings CONFERENCE Sec Uayior'i SITTIN' IN tut I utes and had to retire for the day. But quick-thinking, quick-moving Ploen gave them an all-America show, if ever a quarterback did.

Besides his dazzling touchdown gallops, Kenny dashed 32 yards to give Don Dobrino a one-yard trip to Iowa's second score. Clinton's favorite citizen completed two of his three passes, one to Harris for a 23-yard scoring gesture. 409 Yards Rushing He ran- the Iowa offense with a furious efficiency that Ohio Loss Gives Title to Hawks By Bill Bryson (Sunday Register Btaft Writer) IOWA CITY, IA. While Michigan was clearing Iowa's Big Ten title claims Saturday, the Hawkeyes were asserting their championship skill to end 11 years of frustration against Notre Dame. They did it by a score of epic proportions.

Only three times iji all their resplendent football history Back on sidelines, camera Statistics low First dwrij CO Rushinc vardaen Patsiiu SO Passu 4-12 Passes intercepted by 2 Punts 1-35 Fumbles 0 Dame IS 20S 0 4-33 1 70 Varda penalized 25 SCORING Kotra Dam 8 fl 8 low 14 14 7 1345 uaine Touchdown, vVard (14 pass from Cooke lafeiv. Harris Iowa (tackled end lone by Gereniia lonft Touchdowns. Ploen 2 (10, run: 41. runt, Dobrino (1, plunpet, Harris 2 (23. past-run from Ploen; CI.

Hasler (53. run). Walker (S, run); conversions, Prescott 6. Season Records Iowa Indiana Oreion St. Wisconsin Hawaii Purdue Slichusn Minnesota NOTRE rMME 0 13 So.

Meth. 19 13 20 Indiana 6 14 Purdue 2S 0 14 Mirhuan St. 47 50 0 Oklahoma 40 17 7 Navy 33 0 13 Pltt'burirh 2 48 Notre Dame 8 Oino State 0 25 No. Carolina 14 8 8 towa 48 ALL-STATE w4 1 and Mike Hagler on a payoff thrust of 53 yards. Notre Dame's bewildered secondary barely struck up a waving acquaintance with the Hawkeye backs after crisp, ferocious blocking cleared the scrimmage traffic.

Hornung Hurt Many of the 56,632 onlookers came to see an all-America quarterback perform in the person of Notre Dame's Paul Hornung. They got to see disappointingly little of Paul, for he reinjured his sprained right thumb after 10 min- 1 OF ALL SPORTS Big Tn liwa 43, Notre Dame 8 Michigan State 38, Kansas State 17 Minnesota 13, Wiscon'iin 13 Michigan 19, Ohio State 0 Northwestern 14. Illinois 13 Purdue 39. Indiana 20 Big Seven Colorado 33, Arizona 7 Oklahoma 54, Nebraska 6 Vlllariova Iowa State 0 Major Independents Boston College 52, Brandeis 0 Penn State 7, Pittsburgh 7 Missouri Valley Houston 20, Texas Tech 7 Tulsa 14, Wichita 6 Pacifio Coast Conference California 20, Stanford 18 Southern California 10, II. C.

L. A. 7 Washington 40, Washington State 26 Southwest Conference Baylor 26, Southern Methodist 0 Louisiana State 21, Arkansas 7 Texas Christian 20, Rice 17 Ivy League Columbia 18, Rutgers 12 Dartmouth 19, Princeton 0 Yale 42, Harvard 14 Continued on Page Two 9 Ploen's Best? 'Don't Say That We Work as Team' IOWA CITY, IA. A good arm, a pair of solid legs, a big heart and a brain. Put them together and you have a Kenny Krause: Hawks Par With Spartans, Sooners By Tony Cordaro (Sunday Register Staff Writer) IOWA CITY, IA.

Ed (Moose) Krause, Notre Dame's athletic director, Saturday rated Iowa "on par with Michigan W. L. T. IOWA 5 1 0 Mirhlran 2 0 Mlnnwta ....,,,..4 12 Mlrbigan S'atft 4 3 OWn state 4 2 0 Virttiueatrra 3 3 1 PurdiH 1 4 2 lllinni, 1 4 3 WiwumIb .0 4 3 Indiana 1 8 (I ripped off a tremendous 409 yards by rushing and, what's more, he personally accounted for 90 of that total in nine tries. This was the day the Hawkeyes were supposed to be "down" after scaling championship heights that I Asked if it was his best performance, he replied: "Don't say that.

We work as a team, not as individuals. "Speaking for myself, I would say our Ohio State (6-0) victory was our greatest." Nothing New Iowa showed nothing new on offense, because it didn't have to. Iowa used a tight 5-4-2 defense and mostly the wlng-T on offense. Notre Dame employed a 5-3-3 with the tackles wide, along with a 5-4. The Irish didn't show the Hawks anything new that they haven't used in the last two weeks on offense.

Tony HAWKS 'UP' AGAIN TOWA CITY, IA. The more 1 one sees this Iowa team, sole 1956 Big Ten champion, rtie more impressive are the Hawkeyes. Piling up a 43-8 score on a weak Notre Dame team here Saturday, probably the weakest. Irish eleven in modern history, the Hawks looked every bit titleholders in what is probably the toughest football league in the nation. The remarkable part of their Saturday performance was the fact that, aside from beating Notre Dame and ivenging some past defeats, 'Jie game did not mean too huch to them.

Yet they were ready. They were "up" for the fifth successive weekend. Even when players with names like Janda, Coppo-telli and Veit were on duty in the last quarter, the name determination and desire was on display. So eager were the Iowans to prove that they were deserving champions, they scored early and kept scoring SITTIN' IN- Continued on Page Three Bill Stuart (Ames) Roger Helm (C. R.

Franklin) Robert Moerke (Burlington) T-Donald Fritz (Hoi-stein) Charles Dostal (C. R. Roosevelt) G- Dick Knudsen (Spencer) -Ted Zelner (Daven' port) Jack Leabo (Davenport) a 1 Lamson (Ames) Jim Thomas (D. M. East) BRonald Walter (Farra-gut) (Story and Pictures on Page 6) Ploen.

The Clinton boy had one of his greatest days Saturday, netting 90 running yards and 38 by passing. He scored two of Iowa's touchdowns in the 48-8 rout of Notre Daine. "We knew Notre Dame's ends crash and that was why I was able to make some good runs on the bootleg option," explained modest Kenny after the game. "Running Room" "The Irish ends continued to crash early in the second half, and then the ends floated. When they didN they left off-tackle running room.

"It was on a criss-cross that Hagler ran 53 yards for his touchdown run," Ploen said. State and Oklahoma," Krause made his statement in Iowa's dressing room after the Hawkeyes racked up the Irish, 48-8, for their eighth victory in nine games. "It was the best line I've seen in five years. You have a great team," he told Coach Forest Evashevski. Krause made special mention of the line play of Alex Karras, Dick Klein, Jim Gibbons and Frank Gilliam, "And Kenny Ploen is as good a quarterback as we've seen," he said.

Best. Ail-Around' "As an all-around team, it's the best that Iowa ha3 produced." Krause came into the dress ing room with Father Edmund J. Joyce, executive vice-president of Notre Dame. "There's no doubt, the Iowa line was great," echoed Father Joyce. "It was a great victory for a great Iowa team." Iowa had just concluded a regular season that was its best in years and became the undisputed Big Ten champion Saturday, But there was a puzzling lack of elation in the dressing room as the Hawks marched to their respective lockers.

The reason might have COACHES Continued on Page Two JJUUAAA JkAAXA. to A fa A. A.