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4-S PES MOINES SUNDAY RgqiSTBR S.pt ina Asters Slip, 28-14; wrtkwte Ulips StxHiers, Statistics lilli iliwm ll IHIPIIIWIJIllllMMiffWHW.nmimifJWl MMWIIL. irv.rrtirw-'i 1 n.i" a i i n' Minnesota's 26-0 Margin Is Too Much Jr XT'- aMMM If I DEEGAN IM) fe nav pir.l rn I lit i -inr- Thornton's Passes Bag Two Scores By Bert McGrane (Sunday Register Staff Writer) MORMAN, OKLA. Okla-4 homa's sagging football empire buckled here Saturday when Northwestern, with Dick Thornton heading a bristling attack, felled the Sooners, 19-3. For Just one indecisive interval at the start things looked normal in Soonerland. The sun blazed down on a crowd of 61,500 which all but jammed the arena, and Oklahoma received the opening kickoff, slammed its way down field and scored.

But even on the score things were different. The Sooners had to settle for a field goal, which came less than 5 minutes after the first kickoff. That was all for Oklahoma, facing the first Big Ten team ever to appear here. There were brief flares of fire, but the Sooners couldn't come close to rolling as they used to do. They scored no more, threatened only slightly and rarely crossed midfield in the last half.

The old spirit of invincibility was gone. Hints of Mastery Before the flame faded out there were hints that the Oklahoma line was the master of the situation. Not much later one wondered where that superiority had gone if, indeed it ever existed. Northwestern's line need no alibis after the initial shocks wore off. And the Wildcat backs, who could provide headaches in numbers for Iowa next Saturday, took command.

Dick Thornton was the difference. He isn't the running threat he once was, apparently, but the master minding and the passing were there as usual. Deadeyc Dick threw for the I fi SUNDAT RBOISTER FOOTBALL PHOTO BT DEL BORER FISCHER SEARCHING FOR YARDAGE Nebraska quarterback Pat Fischer keeps the ball and circles Minnesota's right end looking for yardage. That's halfback Clay White taking aim on Minnesota end Bob Deegan, who's chasing Fischer. Fischer ended up with two-yard gain.

Nebraska lost to Minnesota, 2S-14, at Lincoln. HITE (N) ftej fr'fficfl STEPHENS M) Ui yHTl WHITE (NMr Purdue's Comeback Ties 8th-Rated U. C. L. 27-27 LAFAYETTE, IND.

Bill Kilmer of U. C. L. A. threw three touchdown passes and scored one himself here Saturday, But the Bruins were held to a 27-27 tie by a huge Statistics Flnt don Hii-thing yardaff P() Failing yardai 22 P.iHi Pix'i Inttrctptad by I Punt 4-42 Ktimhlt loat 2 Tan.

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Slowing a little then, and with third down on the Oklahoma 3, Thornton threw to Elbert Kimbrough in the very cor ner of the field. Kimbrough's knee couldn't have been more than a coupla of inches off the ground as he made the diving catch. Stock missed the conversion and Northwestern led, 6-3. In the last minute of the first half the Wildcats scored again, this time on Stock's field goal from the 25. Northwestern got the ball when Oklahoma fumbled on a play that already had lost 17 yards, Forty-seven yards from the goal, Thornton covered 27 of it with a pass to AI Kimbrough and Stock hit through to the 11.

They snowed Thornton under on two plays before Stock booted home the field goal. Stock kicked another in the third quarter, this one from the 12 after Northwestern had moved 34 yards in nine plays. High and Soft It was 12-3 going into the fourth quarter. The Wildcats iced it up after 10 minutes of the fourth quarter. The pattern included a recovered Oklahoma fumble, a few indecisive line plays and another Thornton pass high and soft to Al Faunce on the sideline.

Faunce snatched the ball out of the hands of Oklahoma's Jimmy Carpenter in spectacular style, making the catch on the two. The touchdown play covered 25 yards. The story probably was wrapped up in one line of the statistics. Northwestern's running yardage of 204 included 118 in the last half. Oklahoma managed only 71 in that stretch.

Stock was the big gunner for Northwestern, with 86 yards in 12 carries. Second string fullback Gary Wylie was Oklahoma's chief gainer, with 33 yards in seven tries. When it was all over, Wilkinson said of Oklahoma: "Over-all we are not a good team. We couldn't throw and we sputtered on offense. There's no way to tell how the season will turn out but I think we will improve.

At least I hope we will." Said line coach Comer Jones: "It could be a long year." From the Northwestern dressing room came word that Albert Kimbrough, starting left halfback, suffered a hip pointer and may be out of action for the Iowa game. DENNISOX WINS LANCASTER, PENN. UP) Halfbacks Lee Shilling and Nick Musuraca scored two touchdowns each as Dennison walloped Franklin and Marshall, 34-14. Saturday. I I WL.

I -Jl i I I Purdue football team sparked by brilliant sophomores. The unranked Boilermakers came from behind twice after U. C. L. rated No.

8 nationally, exploded for two touchdowns in the first minute and 45 seconds of the game. Bernie Allen, veteran Purdue quarterback, passed 23 yards to sophomore Joe Harris with 2 minutes 58 seconds left in the game, then completed a two-point conversion pass to John Greiner that produced the final tie. Kilmer passed to Gene Gaines for 76 yards and a touchdown on the first play after the opening kickoff. CRASH KILLS THOMSON, 39 Pffr-'rii 1 ni 1 7 11 11 i SUNDAT rtEOrdTER FOOTBAtJ. PHOTO CLOSE THE GATES Two Nebraska linebackers quickly plug a gap in the Comhusker line to hold Minnesota quarterback Sandy Stephens to a two-yard gain.

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Next Focj MINrOT-- -India KBRAHK A Iowa I By Sec Taylor (Sporti Editor, The Reliefer) I INCOLN, NEB. Minneso-" ta scored four touchdowns here Saturday before it per mitted Nebraska to penetrate beyond midfield and then let the Cornhuskers score twice in a 26-14 Gopher football triumph. The Minnesotans made 13 points in the second quarter and duplicated that performance in the third period. Nebraska scored on a long run near the end of the third quarter and counted again or? a freak play on the first down of the final period. The huge Gopher line, which averaged around 220 pounds to Nebraska's 207, was too rugged for the Husk-ers, who made only one first down in the first half.

The victors line rush kept so much pressure on Nebraska's passers that they had little chance to get their throws iway and when they did they were hurried. Rushing Gains Doubled Nebraska completed four out of nine attempts good for only 32 yards. Minnesota tried eight, completed five, totaled twice as much yardage as their opponents and had none intercepted. Two of Nebraska's passes were fielded by Gophers, one being carried back for a touchdown. The Gophers' 211 yards by rushing was about double Nebraska's.

Both teams, particularly Minnesota, were harassed by penalties, the Gophers suffering three times because they had ineligible receivers downfield on passes. A crowd of 38,000 saw a rather drab beginning as the teams jabbed at each other for 10 minutes. There was some splendid punting by Archie Cobb of Nebraska and Sandy Stephens of Minnesota during this interval. Kick Rolls Dead One of Stephens' kicks rolled dead on the Nebraska 2 and when Cobb punted back to midfield, the Gophers opened up an offensive that carried 49 yards in 12 plays Including one Stephens pass to Tom Hall for 1 1 yards. The last three plays came in the second period, two yards at a time, before Stephens plunged over for the first touchdown.

After the kickoff Nebraska was forced to punt. The Gophers then drove for their second touchdown, covering 64 yards in 10 plays. Stephens' pass to David Mulholland for 23 yards brought the six points and the conversion made the score 13-0. Nebraska reached the Min nesota 49 in the first period and moved to its own 45 early in the third where it needed about two inches for a first down. A gamble for the distance failed, but the Gophers could not gain until the ball had changed hands again.

Then a fumble by Pat Fischer was recovered by Minnesota's Bob Deegan on the Husker 21. Six plays later Jim Rogers plunged the final yard on fourth down and the score was 20-0. Pass Intercepted On the first play after the kickoff Bill Munsey intercepted a pass by Fischer and outran all opposition for 42 yards and Minnesota's final points. wun jess man two min utes remaining in the third period, Nebraska's Thunder Thornton broke through the Minnesota right side for 57 yards and a touchdown. Nebraska's next touchdown was quick.

On the first play of the final quarter Roger Hagberg fumbled a aloppy pitchout and Husker guard Gary Toogood caught the ball in the air. He staggered 28 yards for the last touchdown. Thornton, by reason of his long run, was the leading ground-gainer with an average of 10.1 yards in eight carries. two touchdowns, gained 10S yards on seven completions in 13 passes, punted effectively and provided the leadership Northwestern needed. So Oklahoma went down under Thornton's scoring passes and two field goals by fullback Mike Stock.

Weak Replica Statistically, the difference was not great, but visually it was there. Oklahoma, caught this time with just one suitable unit, was only a weak replica of its dynamic old self in the late stages, and its followers hoped for the old counter blows. Coach Bud Wilkinson, smiling a bit mournfully perhaps, walked off to contemplate one of the few home defeats of his long Oklahoma career the fourth in 14 seasons. The Sooners took the kickoff and moved 51 yards. But they faded in the face of the Northwestern upsurge.

Confronted by fourth down and six yards to go on the Northwestern 19, Karl Mil-stead banged home a field goal from the 25 for a 3 0 lead. Northwestern reacted in short order, receiving the kickoff and advancing 58 back Maury Gunman ana a ALLENTOWN, PENN. UP) 7-yard touchdown run by Jim Johnny Thomson. 39, was Tiller. U.

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A. single-wing ran to a touchdown from the Purdue 11 after the Bruins recovered their own kickoff. 70 This Time Purdue came right back with a one-yard scoring plunge by alternate quarter The Boilermakers had a chance to catch up in the third quarter after sophomore Tom Yakubowski a yard for a touchdown, but a two-point conversion attempt by running failed. Kilmer tossed his third touchdown pass to Craig Chudy for 17 yards in the final quarter, Dave Duncan kicking his second extra point. Kilmer, a senior, completed nine of 16 passes for 226 yards, carried the ball 13 times for 42 yards net and punted four times for a 42-yard average.

Altoona Ends Ankeny Streak Ankeny was upset, 6-0, In football by Suburban Conference foe Altoona at Altoona Saturday night. The loss was Ankeny's first in 12 games. Altoona scored with 10 minutes left when Bill Rumel-hart scooted up the middle for 19 yards. Rumelhart, a sophomore quarterback, passed 14 yards to end Joe Shaffer to set up the score. HI'OIIINO Allium ii 0 0 8 Ankeny f) () Allmina TD: Rumelhart (19.

run). Western Illinois Downs Bradley PEORIA, ILL. VP Western Illinois ran its winning streak to 15 games Saturday by defeating Bradley University, 14-0, on a muddy football field. Fullback Don Waskevich pushed over from the one in the second quarter to give the Leathernecks their first score after a 49-yard drive. With 11 minutes left in the game, halfback Leroy Jackson broke loose for 73 yards and the second touchdown.

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WV-Baylor's Ronnie Bull slashed 60 yards to score with a punt return Saturday night and a 26-0 football victory over Colorado. Colorado helped whip itself with fumbles and straying passes. Ronnie Goodwin scored first blood with a three-yard scamper, Ronnie Stanley kept for one yard and a score, and Robert Starr rambled four yards for another counter. Stanley passed to Jerry Moore for the only conversion. Bull caught passes, recovered a fumble and plunged for critical yardage.

But it was his CO-yard scamper behind gang blocking that brought the crowd of 29,000 to its feet. Colorado switched from a split-T to a spread offense near the end of the first half and took the ball to the Baylor 20, largely on passes from Gale Weidner. Ronnie Goodwin crushed that threat when he plucked off a Weidner pass in the end zone. North Carolina Is Upset, 3-0 CHAPEL HILL, N. C.

UP) North Carolina State threw up a magnificent defense and guard Jack Shaffer kicked a 21-yard third-period field goal Saturday to upset North Carolina, 3 0, in an Atlantic Coast Conference football game. The victory was State's fourth over arch rival North Carolina in the last fivt years. OMa. State' Big 8 Debut Ruined, 28-7 Statistics Ok la. mat Mlieourt rt downe Itiumnt yaritaxa yanlata 3 1 7 I 3W2 52 1 2 11 1 I 411 312 a-a Intercepted by iriinta 1U-42 lar ia penalue.1 ..51) tHDRI.VQ Oklahoma gtat f) Miaaouri 6 I) 15 7 7 M.

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Attendance 26.300. Next Foes OKM. T. At Tulaa MI.VMH RI At Pana Itat COLUMBIA, MO. Missouri ruined Oklahoma State's long-awaited Big Eight Conference football debut Saturday, 28-7.

Trailing at the half. 7-6. after a freak 63-yard touch- down pass play, the Tigers struck for two touchdowns in the third quarter. Ron Taylor clicked on a 12-yard scoring pass to Norris Stevenson and Norm Beal raced over for a two-point conversion to put Missouri ahead, 1 4-7. Ed Mehrer then went 28 yards for the Tigers' next touchdown.

Beal, a bantam sized halfback with good speed, peeled off a 78-yard touchdown sprint early In the final period. Donnie Smith got Missouri off on top, 6-0, with a two-yard plunge in the first quarter. The Cowpokes went ahead in the second when Ron Holliday completed a scoring pass to Tommy Jackson for 63 yards. Two Tiger defenders, Skip Snyder and Fred Brossart, collided while trying to intercept Holliday's pass and the ball hopped into the hands of Jackson, who ran the last 37 yards. From there on, with Mel West showing the way with 104 yards on 12 carries, the Tigers had their own way.

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MV-Tennessee blended a tough defense with running by Bunny Orr and George Canale to whip Auburn, 10-3, in a bruising Southeastern Conference football collision Saturday. Tennessee cashed both of Its scoring opportunities. And the iron defense of the Volunteers halted Auburn three times near the goal line. Fullback Orr twisted 14 yards in the second quarter for the first touchdown Tennessee had scored on Auburn since 195G. The Vol defense set it up when tailback Bill Majors intercepted Bobby Hunt's pass and hauled it 46 yards to the Auburn 22-yard line.

In the third quarter, Canale, a sophomore tailback, sprinted 33 yards to the Auburn 22. After the teams swapped 15-yard penalties, Tennessee end Cotton Letner kicked a 29-yard field goal. Auburn drove to the Tennessee one and again to the five in the first 15 minutes, but each time was hurled back. Among the defensive giants were Majors, guard Wayne Grubb, blocking back Jim Cartwright and center Mike Lucci. Auburn averted a shutout when Ed Dyas, its injured fullback, kicked a 25-yard field goal after center Wayne Frazier had recovered a fumble at the Tennessee 15.

Iowa Woman Wins Dog Show Award LINCOLN, NEB. CSV-Mrs. C. E. Walters of Council Bluffs, won the "sportsman of the year" award Saturday at the annual fall trials of the Missouri Valley Dog and Hunt Club.

i a fence and upset in the dirt track feature at the Allen-town fairgrounds. Thomson's car whipped out of control in the first lap of the 25-lap event. It ripped through 30 feet of the inside fence and overturned, pinning him under the wreckage. Thomson, suffering from a compound fracture of the left leg, internal and other injuries, was in surgery for several hours. Thomson was third in the Indianapolis 500-mile race In 1959.

Columbia HaS 37-0 Ivy Spree NEW YORK, N. Y. UP) Halfback Don Savini plowed for two early touchdowns and quarterback Dick Sakala added two more through the air Saturday as Columbia crushed Brown in an Ivy League football opener, 37-0, before an estimated 12,000. It was Columbia's most one-sided victory since the league was formalized five years ago and its biggest margin of victory since a 59-21 triumph over Syracuse in 1946. Penn Wins, 35-14, For New Coach PHILADELPHIA, PENN.

UP) Penn unveiled a new coach, a new system and possibly a new star in Ivy League football Saturday as it walloped Lafayette, 35-14. A shirt-sleeved crowd of only 15,617 saw Coach John Stiegman return single-wing football to Penn for the first time since 1952. A transfer from Wesleyan, Porter Shreve, scored two touchdowns and passed for a pair of two-point conversions. BEARS vs. PACKERS Sponsored by FALSTAFF channel 8.