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4-S PES MOINES SUNDAY REGISTER OCT. 1. 1314. ET73 1 Mertes Rips 56, 40 Yards On 2 Tallies Mertes Rambles a Long Road Scores as He Used To for Hawkeyes Pre-Flight's Harman Gets Carrier Duty 4 f. Or Jk 'S liu MERTES (S) if jfr IOWA CITY.

IA. Com. Harvey Harman, director of the Iowa Pre-Flight schorl here since June 5, 1943, will leave here Oct. a-. 16 to accept an i STATISTICS.

Sab Klrt down 15 Bv nmhini By paxotng I Hy penalty 1 Net yard rushing ....413 ard lint et yard forward 45 'rward attempted i 4 Forward completed Interrupted by 2 lftrdK pass interruptions returned 4 Punt number ft Returned by ft Rlorkrd by I f'untft average 2f Ktrkoff. nimiher Kirkoff returned by. Rlrkoft average. 4H yards all kirks returned KO Funts 2 Klrkoffs 3 r'umblea Ball loot I I'enatties 1 ards lost on fienaltles H5 Ball lost un downs 'v jy. Mi MB A a a a a a ft 4 'S A a ass i ,1 aboard one of rt the navy's larg- xfj est plane car-'v riers, it was an- nounced Satur- i Succe fdin him will be Lieut.

m. I Larry (Moor.) Mullins. former Notre Dame m.nin miu.i. football star and present athletM co-ordinator, who played en Knute Rockr.e's teams of 192 '29. and 30.

Mullins coached at St. Arr brose before going to Florida. tr- last post he held before entering the navy and enrolling in the first instructor's class of the program at Annapolis along Harman. Lieutenant Commander Harman, all-America football pbtyr and trustee of the American Football Coaches association, su -ceeded Col. Bernie Bierman a athletic director here, holding a.

similar position at Chapel Hiil Navy Pre-Flight school. Pay Dirt HrKGER Isl KANSAS AIR STATION Bus Mertes, former University of Iowa football star now playing with the Iowa Seahawks, started the cadets off naval air station at Iowa City Saturday. With the game just a few minutes old, Mertes took the ball on the Olathe tO SCOre Standing Up. early in their 45 to 12 victory over the Olathe, 4.4-yard line, sneaked through tackle and ran 56 yards Howitzer Photo by Register Staff Photographer Maurice Horner. Scampers 54 2-3 Yards Almost to 5) Seahawks Smith of 4 'Mi r-.

Gerstenberger took the ball sliced often enough at some stages, that roared through to stop terrific Wildcat thrusts near STATISTICS. ISordi- Pl-rrn l.t 1 il 1 I 111 i- roliftln Klrl down ariln iculnr.l rtetlilliff (nrll H'J r'urwHril ihinm'v ullritiiilrd ti r'ortvuril HnifN rontlrtMl anln hy forward ptiNNfnic 4 Fiimard passes intercepted by Yards gained run hack of intercepted patftes Punting average (from Hcrimmnzet 4ti.l 37.8 7 I 3.1 Total yardn, all kick re turned 1 2: fnmbleft recov- ereii Yard lost by SO the finish and decide the ball game. The pre-game comparison of Girard with Harold (Crazy Legs) KANSAS AIR STATION SEAHAWKS tiri brRSirr (S) RUNS DOWN FLIgRy 1FOOT LINE Jlowltlzer Photo hy game which never materialized, just as the bids of the closing stages were nullified. Northwestern advanced to Wisconsin's 11-yard line in chapter two, but was held for downs. Then, just as the first half was closing, Wisconsin had ranged upf ield as far hs Northwestern' seven-yard line, but the gun ended the half before another incii could be gained.

In between the seven fumbles and 13 penalties registered by the battling teams, it was evident that Northwestern'S offense was the better balanced of the two and that Wisconsin's line ranges from average to excellent, by degrees. The Badger forwards were not entirely consistent. Nevertheless, it also was evi IOVA Olathe. 4 "I fiti A i J4 1 9 i I I 2H 4 I 114 JOK i 7 5 0 By George Mills. (Staff Writer.) IOWA CITY, IA.

The Olathe, Naval Airbase Clippers took up football less than three weeks ago and they looked it Saturday as they absorbed a 45-12 shellacking from the powerful Iowa Seahawks. Tuning up for the tough 2nd Air Force club which they meet next Saturday at Lincoln, the Seahawks piled up seven touchdowns and had throe others called back because of penalties. Not until th fourth stringers took over were the visitors able to score. The rre-Flighters used 46 players as they counted 25 points in the first quarter, were held to one touchdown in the second and quit scoring for the) afternoon with 14 points in tlm third. slim crowd of 5,000 Including 1,300 cadets saw the game.

Bus Mertes, Pre-Flight blue-Jacket fullback, and former Iowa star, carried the ball only four times, but he gained- 107 yards and counted two touchdowns, lie broke through the big. but weak Olathe lino the first quarter and rambled 56 yards to a score. A few minutes later Halfback Bob Smith of Tulsa dashed through the pawing Clippers for 55 yards to the one-foot line, where he was forced out of bounds. Quarterback Bob Gerstenberger of Gonzaga rammed center for the touchdown on the next play. Then litis took over again, starting from the Olathe 40, he tore through a big hole at left tackle, cut to the right and with plenty of Pre-Flight convoy around him, sped easily to another score.

Jim McEvoy, who can't seem to get going as the Seahawks point after touchdown expert, saw his first effort blocked. He made the second but the Seahawks were called for holding and he missed the repeat opportunity. He missed his third try for the point but finally sent the ball through the bars on his fourth chance, after Fullback Charles Woodward of Milligan rammed right tackle, broke into the open and GAIJ-OPED 4'J YAKDS TO A TOUCHDOWN. All of this happened before the end of the quarter. The lone Seahawk score in the second came on a 20-yard pass, Bob Sullivan to End T.

S. Ary who had nobody at all around him ad he caught the ball in the end zone. Ed Kopshever, the old Notre Dame lineman, blocked Mc-Evoy's try for the point this time. The visitors put on a passing how in the second quarter that carried them all the way to the Seahawks' eight before they lost the ball on a fumble. WITH 29-YEAR-OLD WALTER 1IKRKAL OF RIVER FALLS TEACHERS DOING THE HEAVING.

Olathe completed seven of 10 passes in the first half for 67 yards. The Seahawks lost two touchdown? by penalties in the second quarter. Quarterback Lyle Downing of Missouri got away around left end for 61 yards and an apparent score, but that effort was nullified by a backfield in motion penalty. Then, Sullivan tossed a pass to End Bob Phillips from the Olathe 37 and the Arlington, lad rambled for the score but again backfield in motion was called. In the third period Halfback Inlnnnp of North Carolina picked an Olathe puss out of I he a i and dashed fts yards to the goal, only TO HAVE THE PLAY CALLED BACK because of holding on the part of the Seahawks.

With six officers in the lineup for part of the third period, the Seahawks counted twice. Halfback Bruce Wilde of Olathe tried to get off a punt from his own six but Big Bill Sprang, Sea-hawk center, got In the way arid 10 Abramovich, Pre-Flight tackle, fell on the ball over the goal line for a touchdown. Lalanne kicked goal. Quarterback Art Gucpe of Marquette skirted left end for 23 yards and the final Sea-hawk touchdown. Lalauue again kicked the point.

Olathe trotted out a better than fair passer in the person of Halfback Bob Mallin in the final quarter. With Fullback A. C. Langner and End J. W.

Shields doing the catching and with Langner contributing an occasional effective line stab, the visitors advanced to the Seahawk 19. Langner Scores. Then Langner took over personally. He hit the line for gains of four, eight and five yards to place the ball on the Seahawk two. Another drive produced one and then he went over.

Kop-shever's kick for the point was no good. Mallin got away for 13 yards to the Seahawk 46 a moment later and then tossed a pass to Robert bmitn, Seaftawk hallback, set the stage for the Iowa cadets' fourth touchdown in the first quarter of their game with the Olathe, Kan. Naval Air station team at Iowa City Saturday. Taking the ball from Quarterback Bob Gerstenberger, Smith sneaked down the left sideline for 54 and two-thirds yards and was almost over when Langner who caught it on his own 4d. The Seahawk fourth stringers didn't down him until he reached the one-foot line.

Two plays later he scored. His kick for the point failed. While the Pre-Flight backs attracted principal attention with their brilliant runs, it was the overwhelming power in the Seahawk line that made the afternoon miserable for Olathe. The visiting ball, carrier usually was lost under a swarm of tacklers as soon as he got his hands on the oval, particularly in the first half. Langner with 47 yards in 16 attempts was the leading Olathe ball toter.

Mertes led the Seahawk gains. Smith was next with 87 yards in four attempts while Woodward picked up 61 yards in three tries. The Seahawks piled up 413 yards by rushing to 66 for Olathe. The losers connected on It out of 121 passes for a net gain of 166 yards, while the Pre-Flighters clicked on three out of four aerials for 4.1 yards. Aided by their last quarter showing, Olathe garnered 14 first downs in the statistics.

The winners lost 85 yards on penalties to 65 for Olathe. St-a hawks 45. Olathe 12. Swanke 1 Lowflen Sclili irh MrCoy KHitiT L. Barter Strohniflver C.

O'Reilly Kuhlman R. Kopshav-r W. Smith R. Hird Arv R. Wells Tavlor Q.

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27 fi 11 Olathe 0 II 12 1 Summary Touchdowns. Mertes 2. rjerstetiherKer (for Taylort, Womlard (for Mertesf, Ary. or Taylor). An-movih or Lander f.ninT after touchdown.

McKvoy (lor MertcH) (lUeekick lUanue (lor K. Sniiun 2 (plaivktck). Hubstil utinns Seahawks: Knds, Hor-vats, Phillips, SchwarU, Poole, Karrer, Nceley; tackles, Copp, George, Aranio-vitch. Kozlowski, Blair, Pritclutt; guards, Pintner, Ktheridse, Snyder, Wook; centers. Sprang, Payseur.

Corbett; backs. Mc-Kvov. Gerstenbercer, Samuels. Sullivan. Woodward, McCuliouph.

P.ussinc. Down-InR. Guejie, Lalanne. Doss, Arneson, Pel-oulxt, Nordltv, Williams, Olathe: Knds, Llthwm, Gyurko. tncklt-, Cofliit.

Hiinh. Mitchell, Koili; KUanlfi, Ci.llum. Cody: Inn Wilde, I'ulite, Wyder, Bmllli, Leonard. Liodlev. Walters, Uever.

artiwrinlenman, Mallin 'irrTic'alK -Referee. Waldorf of Missouri. Umpire. Kol.erl Miller of Missouri Kind 'Ude. rinuile Cochran or Ottawa.

Head linesman. Hud Knox of JDes Moines. Move Skyers For Soldier Game Today OTTOMWA, IA. Five changes in the starting lineup from the one which opened the season against Iowa State Prison at Fort Madison fcK'J'f last Stiridav 1, promised when ine u. j.Mnv:ii A i station vJ eleven Invades -V fl Macomb, play the Camn 1 El) is Soldiers today.

A team aver- aging slightly tgg more than pounds a man Et.ar tt. will take the stkibkh. field, with one of the lightest men on tbe mnmd slated to open at let guard. Vernon Vidniore, a 160-pounder from Bellingham, who played for the naval air station at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, last season, is in the probable lineup tor today. Bob Steuber, the rugged line-jolting back who won all-America honors at the University of Missouri, has been named for Ihe left halfback Job and is expected to see plenty of service due to the injury of Al Oberlies, another tailback.

Steuber led the nation in scoring last year as a member of the DePauw machine, but missed being in the Skyers' opener due to a bad cut suffered in practice. With Slentx-r In the starting hacktield will be Lieut. I'uv-ton Jordan, one-time sprint star at Southern California; Lieut, (j.g.) Quentin (Cooty) Thompson, former baseball pitcher for the Hollywood club of the Pacific Coast league; and Lieut, (j.g.) O. L. (Bill) Horn, who tallied three touchdowns for the Sailors against the Prisoners last week.

of bounds on the one-foot line. shot down the slot to Ed Bahlow for a 40-yard effort that didn't count because Wisconsin was caught holding on theplay. In the third stanza Girard arched one into the end zone where Roger Laubenhelmcr pulled it down with a circus catch, but that one also was disallowed. Instead, Wisconsin drew a 15-yard penalty. Northwestern, with Yung-wirth's pitches in the groove, Wisconsin's pass defense very unreliable and with Wildcat reverses working most efficiently, had the appearance of the team destined to win.

The 'Cats ripped off 15 first downs to 6 for Wisconsin and gained 286 yards on runs and passes in contrast to 111 in both departments for the Badgers. In the end it was the Wisconsin line, jl 5(f I Yungwirth BOB SMlfR rV" over on the next play. Hirsch as a runner was hardly justified in this game. Girard carried the ball 13 times for a total of nine yards and he completed one of five passes, for 24 yards. He did, however, toss two beauties that didn't count and he sent the bystanders home talking to themselves about his punting.

The Wisconsin freshman sent his punts booming for the remarkable average of 46.1 yards. Twice during the battle he banged out kicks of 72 yards, although one of the efforts was nullified by a penalty. Sawed-off Yungwirth was the big gun offensively for Northwestern. He gained 60 yards on 16 running plays, and completed 10 out of 18 passes for 132 yards. There were threats earlier in the Away 1 Vv A'Ar Tr- i I it Fails to Break Penn Frosh Hit Early, Surprise Duke, 18 to 7 Hy Iolin (iaudiosi.

rHII.ADKLriHA, I'KNN. (U.I1.) A frrshman-dom-inated Ponn eleven, ignorin? its pre-game billing of underdog, struck hard and early Saturday to defeat Duke University, 18 to 7, before 40,000 fans at Franklin field. NORTH WLSTfcRNt Joe Fuste knocked him out BADGERS Continued from Page 1. Johnny Yungwirth firing the advance. Vuiigwirtli oiicm to Jack Doyle for yards, again In Jack Harker for Jl and then, spotting Dunne Sickles loosely guarded on Wisconsin's one-yard stripe, he bored the ball into the hollow of Sickles' arm and the nifty end stepped over the goal.

Hut the place-kick attempt by Hob Funder-burg, which would have saved ilef eat, sliced off to the left of the posts. It was midway in the third quarter that Wisconsin had its chance. Bruce Bairstow of Northwestern had fumbled and John Davey smothered the ball for Wisconsin on Northweslern's 36-yard line. In six plays, one of which set the Badgers back five extra yards, Wisconsin scored. Jug Gi-rard's pass to Allen Shsfer accounted for IS, thr-n hi fleet-footed Shafer bounded nwny for 12 more and first down on the Wildcat eight.

Joe Campbell finished the job for the Badgers. He swung outside as Shafer starteil an end sweep, took a lateral from Shafer as the tacklers closed In. and hurtled over the goal before be was manhandled. It was a bit surprising to the experts, who had predicted that Girard might decide the game with his throwing arm, while actually he settled the issue with an unheralded toe. His place kick for the extra point that beat Northwestern went through the middle and high up into the stands.

Girnrd did throw twice for touchdowns, but, unfortunately, neither of them counted. In the first quarter he sent a bristling WiNConnin Weber Nort went ern ti. V. Sickell Schwartz iColllas 'usack ilBVev I i'. in.

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Bennett R. Juslnk HilKton t.lKhtloot Kroeuer MnrriH hroiihy Yunnwlrtli Conner Funderburf? Hlmfir (iliitnl Oampliell Thompson Score by quarters: Wisconsin 7 7 Northwestern (1 6 6 Summary Touchdowns. Campbell. Slckels; point alter touchdown, Girard i placement I Wisconsin: Ends, Mead, I.aubentieimer; tackles, Ksser, Meyer; guards, P'ricke, George. McKenn, Weiske: center.

Haene; backs. Fee. Hecker. Northwestern Knds: Harker. Peftit; tackles, Conirilon.

Bennett: guards. Steuen. K. center. O'Malley: hacks.

Fisher; Savage. Bairstow. Doyle. Aleulendyke. Alt-peter, Clawson.

neKlMer PholoKrapner Maurtr Hnrn' dent that Wisconsin ha tough gent at right end in th person of big Bahlow; a very aggressive and relentless defensive guard in Nick Collia; very fast quarterback in Shafer, who once ran down t-w tleet l-'tiiidcrhurg of Northvie after the Litter had streaked 35 yards. A tough defensive halfback also available to the Hadgers in Johnny Tee. Because Northwestern'S play was pretty consistent all th way, standouts were hard to It was in tunning and passing that the 'Cats produced their hea.ll.n-ers, with Yungwirth, Funderbijr and Bairstow heading the array. Carver who snared the hall in the end zone. End Hal KaethT added the extra point.

A pass interception which carried to the Duke 43 by Sica nt the stage for Penn' final acore. With Fullback Terry Southard bearing the brunt, Penn drove to the Duke nine, where M.r.ist took a reverse from Sica and scored standing up. Opel to convert. Penn gained 143 yards to 99 for Duke and piled up yards through the air to 4S for Duke. I'enitttylvitilli lielmari Savltnky Kurtx Mostertz Sanft Stickel Rosenthal l.nwlrJS Minlol K.tenbnm ft i Wn Cro-1-e Knot Kr' 1 L.

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Kintirit: suartv Sink, Pertni; center. Sharkev; tMrk. Clark. Bantjiarls. Artley.

Officials Referee Capt. Frni-i X. Keating of FltcnfMire; umnlr. A'hert M. Barron of Penn State: fieM jiirtee Hw- rrl Kyth of MrDononch iinesmia.

Albert B. Mc'iinne of, loih. 4 9 4. xtf- A "At V- 4 Duke's lone tally came in thei second period, with the Southern conference champions attempts at further scoring CHECKED BY A STRONG I'KNN LINE. I'rnn lost no time in chalking up Its first Hcore, crox.slng the goal line on the second play of the game.

Fullback Ed Lawless took the opening kickoff from Frank Irwin, Duke left tackle, and returned it 33 yards to the Duke 45. Halfback Al Sica then tossed SO yards to Halfback Tony IMinisi, Newark, N. .1., Mho caught the ball on the 20 and went over unmolested. Another aerial thrust gave Penn its second tally in the waning seconds of the period. Taking the ball on its own 40, Penn marched 53 yards to Duke's 7 where End Wayne Helman took Minisi's pass in the end zone.

End George Opel missed both extra-point tries. Duke scored in the second period when a bad kick by Fullback Harry Edenborn put Duke on Penn's 18. An' immediate threat vanished when a fumble cost Duke nine yards. Fullback Tom Davis carried 10 yards to Penn's 17. Davis then tossed 17 yards to Halfback Gordon JIM YUNGWIRTH HELD'T TO HALF YARD GAIN 1 Half hack Jim Yungwirth of Northwestern Is brought down an he struggles to break Into the rlear in the first period of game with Wisennsin in Dyehe stadium at Kvanston, III.

His struggling brought only a half-yard gain, however, and Wisconsin won, 7 to 6. WIKEPIIOTO CI)..