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Sports News SECTION ROCHESTER. N.Y. SUNDAY. NOV. 20, 1955 FINANCIAL, pp.

10, II WHi4, l. THE SPORTSMAN, p. 8 RED SMITH, p. 5 PAUL PINCKNEY, p. 3 Ohio Lovellette Leads Lakers to 91-90 77-0; State Humbles Michigan, Syracuse Beats W.

Virginia in Snow 97,369 See Contest Jim Brown Sparkles By GEORGE BEAIION Minneapolis might be having its troubles on other Nfltinnnl Rasknthnll Arc. (.... i i noon. nuiiLa, uui in nocnesier us the same old story. The once-mighty Lakers bailed themselves out of a iive-game losing streak last nieht.

us the Rnvnls anri M0RGANT0WN, W.Va., Nov. 19 (J) Syracuse made its first visit to West Virginia University in nine the War Memorial floor to make their escape. iney made it, 81 to 90, In a ANN ARBOR, Nov. 19 Uf) Howard (Hopalong) Cassady, climaxing a fabulous collegiate career, set up a freakish field goal, scored one touchdown and led Ohio State to a 17-0 victory today over crestfallen Michigan, which heartbreaker that was decided years today and handed the Moun In Final Seconds taineers jheir second straight football defeat, 20-13, in a snow storm. HW i- '-7 An) -J rjp i-j i nuov Bv.uibu tt iv clival w- 9 covering WVU fumbles, and two MINNEAPOLIS Schnlttker, 4 1-1 Williams.

1 other touchdowns were called HWIkkelsen, 6 -I5 'i'back. The Mountaineers scored first lost its Rose Bowl bid before its largest crowd in history 97,369 spectators. The dramatic Ohio State's first victory in Ann Arbor si i with 34 seconds gone in the second Halafat, 2 0-9 Invtletle, 11 4-S Httch, 0 3-4 Martin, 3-3 Feiereiel, 0 0-1 Skoou, 4 3-S Mencel, 0 2-3 Carmaker, 0 0-0 Tofal 33 25-37 period, and aeain with less than two minutes remaining in the half. But after intermission, West Vir 91 ginia could get nowhere, and didn't since 1937 gave the Buckeyes their second straight Big 10 championship and clinched the Rose Bowl nomination for Michigan State. make another first down until a minute and half remained to play.

'ROCHESTER Coleman, 2 3-3 Melneke, 1 4-8 Stokes, 3-S Ti JLT Big 10 rules prohibit a team Twvman, 0 1-2 with 11 seconds remaining when big Clyde (The Whale) Lovellet-te curled in a soft 12-foot hook shot for, the winning hoop. The Lakers' two monsters, Lovellette and Vern Mikkelsen, gave the Royals headaches all night. Lovellette flipped in 26 points, 15 of them in the final period, and Mikkelsen poured in 21 points, 11 of them in the last round. Watching the "new look" Royals lose for the second time in three starts in their new "home" were 2,984 fans. They aaw Rochester lead much of the way, and apparently lock up the ballgame with an uninterrupted string of 13 points spanning the turn into the fourth period.

The Lakers trailed, 65 to 57, after two minutes of fourth quarter play, but then Mikkelsen and Lovellette began their surge, good for 26 of Minneapolis' 34 points. At one stage the 26-year old French Indian who understudied George Mikan two seasons back, hammered in ninn Today the difference was made by the Orangemen's tremendous left halfback, Jim Brown, who bored through the Mountaineer from going to the Rose Bowl two 5 7-S Simmons, 2 2-2 McMahon, 6 0-2 Warner, 0 3-4 Kenan, 6 2-4 Fleming, 2 7-S Totals 29 32-44 seasons in a row, thus closing the door on Ohio State which played in the bowl New Year's day. The line with ease. Brown didn't get any touchdowns but he swept up yardage to put Syracuse out of Big 10 will conduct its formal vote Minneapolis 20 19 8 34 9t trouble whenever it was needed. Rochester 18 25 '-h tomorrow, but it was a foregone 18 2 0 For the estimated 22,000 fans Personal fouls Minneanolls Schnillker conclusion they would now pick 4, Felereisel 2.

Williams 1. Mikkelsen 5 who sat through the cold snowy afternoon, there was little consola tion. It was, however, the 44th con secutive game in which West Vir ginia has scored and set a new WVU record. Michigan State for the trip. Michigan State closed its season today by whipping Marquette 33-0 in a non-conference game.

Cassady, an All America halfback from Columbus, Ohio, ripped Michigan's veteran line from start to finish. He carried 37 times for 136 yards. Cassady's brilliant rushes set up Coach Art (Pappy) Lewis said the weather was the worst he has seen at home in the six years at the WVU helm. It never stopped fc -----w uuua IS 1.11 l-i3 Rochester led. 90 to 87.

with Kalafat 5, loveklfe 2, Hitch 1, Martin 3, Skoog 3, Mencel 1, Garmarker 1. Rochester! Coleman 6, Melneke 3, Stokes 3, Twyman 2, Spoelstra 4. Simmons 2, Mc-Mdhon 2, Reran 2, Fleming 1. Referees Riley Pilkoff and Arnold Heft. bad angle was left for the Royals, and Regan's attempt at the buzzer was way off line.

Thus the Lakers started their season in Rochester with a victory. Last season, in the process of beating the Royals 8-4, they won all but one of five decisions here. This was a strange game that saw the Royals play better bas- Continued on Page CD snowing, It was the first time in 31 games Ohio State first score the second quarter and Fred Kriss' 17- 1:02 remaining, thanks to Richie Regan's short one-hander; But that Freddy Wyant has not started yard field goal hit the left upright at quarterback for the Mountain '4 and bounched through the cross eers. He was injured in the Pitt kliiinffl i ilti, i.iiiMWMI'iilriii.r 7v; bars. game last week and didn see Mikkelsen converted two free throws at the 45-second mark and, after Regan missed, Lovellette dunked his wide angle hook for the decider.

Only a desperation flip from a action Cassady Score First Cassady nailed down the victory Because of Injuries in the 25-7 is Jim Parker. The Michigan players identifiable are Lou Baldacci (27) and Al Sigman (70). Ohio State whipped the Wolverines, 17-0, to clinch Big 10 championship. (AP) HOPALONG HOPS OVER Howard (Hopalong) Cassady, star Ohio State back, leaps over Michigan line to score Ohio State touchdown at Ann Arbor. Ohio State's No.

62 for the ninth-ranked Buckeyes by diving across from the 2 shortly Continued on Page 6D alter the final quarter started. It gave the red-haired senior 15 touchdowns this season and pushed UCLA Lands Berth in Rose Bowl, NX. State Clips Spartans Ym, 33-0, his four-year point total to 222 highest in Ohio State history. As a result, the top of the Big 10 standings wound up this way: Won Lost Pet. Ohio State 6 0 1.000.

Ripping Trojans, 17-7, Before 95878 28 to 21 RALEIGH, N. Nov. 19 For Rose Bowl Spot Michigan State 5 1 .883 W- Michigan 5 2 .714 North Carolina State, powered by the running of halfback George Ohio State pushed across 8 points in the fading minutes on a safety and fullback Don Vicic's 1-yard EAST LANSING, Nov. 19 (AP) Michigan State whipped Marquette, 33-0, today at Macklin Stadium and then erupted into a happy hysteria of celebration over the word that Ohio State had downed Michigan to send the MSU Spartans to the Rose Bowl. siam over center.

In wrapping up its 10th conference title, Ohio State kept Michi Marinkov, outscored William and Mary 28-21 here tonight in a football game studded with long touch down runs. Marinkov, a squat, hard-running Obviously jittery over the out- gan bottled up in its own territory and dealt the sixth-ranked Wolver come of the decisive Big 10 game went to the Marquette 10. Sneior end John Lewis, who at Ann Arbor, 65 miles ines one of their bitterest defeats southeast of here, the Spartans got junior from Lebanon, snot was plagued by officials ruling off to a slow start. against his runs, got into the through the William and Mary sec in the book. Michigan got into OSU territory only twice, both times on penalties.

13th Straight Big Ten Win It was Ohio State's 13th straicht Marquette end zone on a 54-yard pass play, but had it called back Michigan State only led 6-0 at the half but, apparently goaded by on a penalty. ondary in the second quarter on 48-yard touchdown jaunt. Late in the third period he broke loose for 61 yards and another score. Coach Duffy Daugherty "Keep your minds on the game" dressing conference victory, just two short The two MSU third period scores came within six minutes room spiel at the half, the Spar tans came charging back for two of the record piled up by Michigan in 1946-47-48. Ohio State's powerful split-T at.

Halfback Charles Sidwell scored touchdowns in the- third and two L0S ANGELES, Nov. 19 (iPI-The Bruinj of UCXA, astonished ty a 97-yard return of their opening kickoff that was nullified by a penalty, came back to crush Southern California, 17-7, and highball into the Rose Bowl Jan. 2. Winding up their regular season with a perfect slate of six victories in the Pacific Coast Conference, and beaten only by Maryland early in the fall, the Bruins cored a touchdown in the first quarter, a field goal in the second and (quashed the Trojan hopes with another touchdown in the final minutes. A whirling dervish named Sam Brown, 173-pound halfback from Oakland, and the hard-hitting smashes of fullback Bob Davenport, killed off any hopes of a Southern California upset.

The Trojans' star halfback, Jon Arnett, gave the roaring crowd of 95,878 in Memorial Coliseum, as well as the millions of national television fans, the electrifying 97-yard runback of the Bruins opening kickoff. But Trojan joy was short-lived. twice for William and Mary, one after the start of the half. By that time Ohio State was leading Michigan 3-0. Kowalczyk raced 44 yards to more in the final period.

The crowd of 41,814 had portable tack, deftly handled by Frank El-wood, ground out 333 yards on the ground. The Bucks not a passing team this fall tried only three radios spotted through the stands. At times the game on the field had of them a brilliant 95-yard run down the sidelines late in the fourth quarter. In the third period he went over from the 10. the Marquete 17 to set up the first score by Planutis with 1:36 gone.

Kowalczyk also counted for passes and made a scant 4 yards through the air. to be stopped because of the noise of the crowd screaming over favor the big distance in the second State scored late in the first able developments of the Ohio Michigan was held to 95 yards ritohlnrV an A nnltf AA nnccinff State-Michigan game, won by the i jt turning nnu viuj ynooiiig. During the Second half thei Tha Rur-Us' mnroin in first Hmun. Buckeyes, 17-0. State went to the Rose Bowl in quarter on a 19-yard pass from quarterback Eddie West to end John Collar.

Guard John pagonis converted the first of four extra points. The pass climaxed a 51- radio fans in the stands were wag a decisive 20-5. paying closer attention to what sticking strictly to the ground, was happening in the big Michi- Ohio State made the game's first 1953 and is the first Big 10 team to make the Pasadena trip twice gan dowi man me neroics on serious advance in the second in three years. yard drive. the field in front of them.

quarter, moving 70 yards in 15 Dave Kaiser made the first- The Wolfpack other touchdown When Hopalong cassady made plays to the Michigan 7. came early in the third quarter his scores for the Buckeyes, play Ball Bounces In period State touchdown on a 41-yard pass from quarterback Earl Morrall. Walt Kowalezyk's 5-yard after guarl Al Angelo recovered a fumble by fullback Doug Henley end-around and a 1-yard line buck on the Indians' 29. Four plays la by Jerry Planutis accounted for Quarterback Jim Contratto, on a keeper play, skipped his left end untouched for the tally, and ter fullback Tony Guerrien plunged over from the 1. had to be stopped so the Spartans could hear the signals of their quarterback.

Eight plays went 55 yards, culminating in the touchdown finally allowed Lewis in the fourth quarter. The final Spartan drive took 13 plays to carry 99 yards. Lewis the sconng in the third-period surge. John Lewis, who had two touchdowns called back by penalties, William and Mary rolled 69 narrowed the Bruin lead to 10-7. yards for a touchdown in the sec But UCLA, with Brown and ran 16 yards around end for one Davenport punching away, ond quarter with Henley going over from the 12.

Bob Tonfardin final-period score and Dennis Men promptly struck back 59 yards went in from 17 yards out, but converted the three extra points ifaj--wasss- tfti iaagiBa.MwiiiMi'ii l. sws dyk made the other from 2 yards in 13 plays to score the clinching touchdown. for the Tribe. out, Mendyk had, to do it again for the final scorg after Lewis' run was nullified by another penalty. William and Mary 0 7 7 7-21 N.C.

State 7 7 14 0-28 Brown had tallied first for the Bruins and the 205-pound Davenport went over for the The happy crowd mobbed the team on the field at the finish and tore down the goal posts before the game even ended in a mad William and Mary scoring- At this point, Kriss, a 19-year-old junior from El Paso, was sent into the game on third down. Elwood hit him with a pass on the side of the end zone but the referee ruled it out of bounds. So, on fourth down, Kriss calmly dropped back to the 14 for his field goal try, There wasn't much power in it and the ball barely hit the upright and bounced in for 3 points. Cassady, breaking through Michigan's veteran line for short gains, was the leading runner in the drive, carrying six times for 28 yards. Michigan's best offense carried only to its own 41 a clear example of how one-sided the game was during the first half.

Cassady Ohio State toward its first touchdown with a 20-yard punt return to the Buckeyes' 48. Ohio went on to score in 10 plays, with Cassady leaping high into the air from the 2 for the tally. Safety Registered Michigan State 6 0 13 14-33 Marquette 0 0 0 00 Michigan State scoring Touch Touchdowns: Sid Well (10, run; 95, second one. In between, half celebration. run), Henley (12, run).

Conver State was showing its Rose sions: Bonfardin 3. back Jim Decker booted a field goal with the line of scrimmage on the 13. Actually, the ball sailed 29 yards through the goal Bowl jitters in the first half. One drive that carried to the N.C. State scoring Touchdowns: Collar (19, pass from West), Mar downs: Kaiser.

(41, run-pass from Morrall); Planutis (1, dive); Kowalczyk (5, run); Lewis (16, run); Mendyk (2, plunge). Conversions: Planutis 3. inkov (48, run; 61, run), Guerrieri Bosts. Marquette two-yard line was stopped by a fumble. Another 1, plunge).

Conversion: Bagonis 4. Crimson Streak Broken A jubilant Bruin team, which will doubtless meet Big 10 representative Michigan'State in the Rose Bowl, carried an equally jubilant coach, Red Sanders, off the field. "That last touchdown drive was the sweetest I ever saw," said Sanders to the frenzied Yale Trips Harvard, 21-7, in Snow Bruin rootione section. and came here from Ypsilanti, 11 ra 7 witn his legs in braces to' tu ad Michigan vainly pro- NEW HAVEN, Nov. 19 OR Alert Yale, playing with peak desire, Game Statistics UCLA, with its passing star Ronnie Knox benched with a broken ankle bone, tried only and capitalizing on the breaks, Hariard Yale 14 II) stopped a two-year Harvard streak, Flrat down Running yardage Passing? vardKfp two nasses and Brown completed J25 8 3 21-7, in a driving snow today as tun ram.

icsii'Q uiai was no wuwiuuwii. see me game. i wjth Micnigan becoming rattled Yale last victory over the Cr.m the dying minuteSi ohio state son came in 19a2 at Cambridge, a pushed jts mmin to n.0on a sare. 41-14 triumph in which ivar used when cnd Bm Michael dropped the team manager, Chuck Yaeger, Terry jn U)e end zone after to score the final point. Harvard, U)e Wolvorille halfback had taken since then, has made a crusade a fat pass r0m quarterback Jim I Passes attempLfd fl.AfrA yiirale maf fnt tho Pannes cnmDletMl leu uamuuua.

w.x interMDlM 78 98. Ill 9 0 4 16 1 1 I I- r.nn limp nn ine stiDoerv iuri Punting average Fumbles lost Yards penalized the Yale Bowl. both. They were vital in the first two scores. This made it three straight for UCLA over its bitter irosstown foe and a big disappointment for the Trojan coach, Jess Hill.

Sanders played a chess-like came with his personnel. He jul ui luc annum game wiiu aic. Mgrjrjgck Yale's last triumph over Harvard With just 76 seconds left, Vicic The Blue, never behind and dominating most of the time, tallied a touchdown in each of the last three quarters including an exciting 39-yard runback of an intercepted pass by Dennis (The Menace) Mc-Gill which proved the clincher. USC is fooled, and Brown starts around right end. (3) Brown gets into clear.

(4) He's brought down at midfield by Ernie Zampese and fullback Gordon Du-vall. UCLA won game, 17-7, to earn a trip to the Rose Bowl. (AP Wirephoto) FAKE KICK WORKS Here's how UCLA worked fake kick to gain 27 yards against Southern California yesterday at Los Angeles. (1) Halfback Sam Brown fakes the kick as fullback Doug Peters gives protection. (2) Hank Schmidt of for Yale's first marker in the second period and Al Ward plunge over from the 1 In the third after Capt.

Phil Tarasovic had recovered a Harvard fumble on the Crimson 18. lacked reserve strength, so after here was back in 1949. Yale picked up 14 first downs, four more than the Crimson, and rolled up a net yardage of 233 with 225 coming on the ground. Harvard gained 176 yards, 98 via the air. eettina his 10-0 lead, he pulled out his first stringers and let went over from the 1 after Michigan was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct.

It was a frustrating end for Michigan, which was an almost prohibitive favorite last September to win the Big 10 title and go to the Rose Bowl for the fourth time. The however, faltered in their loss to Illinois three weeks ago and Ohio State admin Harvard's only touchdown came his reserves play on offense The victory gave Yale a triple tie for the Big 3 title with. Harvard late in the third period on an 8 Yale's only completed pass of the anrt Prinrptnn and the runner-UDiyard pass, Walt Stahura to Ted When USC had the ball, back into the fray went such stalwarts as center Steve Palmer, guard Snge Upszi Scored Among Top 10 Teams soot in the Ivy League behind the 'Kennedy. -Kennedy made a shoe- snow-flecked day was the scoring TlgerS. rrinCetOn WOn me ivy UUeinUiJiK taiui uiu cwu mic wiw juiic iuc accuim pti iuu tnrfav hv defeatine Dartmouth the ball had been deflected by A late field goal gave Notre Dame, the number 4 team, a 17-1 McGill's score came after seven 'teammate Dexter Lewis.

0 0 7 07 0 7 7 7-21 Touchdown: istered the crusher today. Ohio State 0 3 0 14-17 it win over siuouurn iowb. rage seconds had elapscQ in me Iinairosuy jucneu we csun iwmii period, and started the Yale root- As quickly as possible after thej Harvard scoring 4D. In the big battle on the coast, UCLA, rated 5th, whipped Only one upset marked the outcome of yesterday's games played by the top 10 football teams rated nationally by The Associated Press. And that Ohio State's 17-fl win over Michigan wasn't so big a surprise in some Michigan 0 0 0 00 'Good Night, Poor game ended, Tarasovic took thejKennedy 18, pass irom tianura.

ers singing Jim Brown and Hardunan Cure-ton and end Rommie Loudd, all defensively powerful. UCLA 7 3 0 7-17 USC 0 0 0 77 UCLA scoring Touchdowns: Brown (4. run); Davenport 1, plunge). Field goal: Decker (23). Conversions: Decker, Brown.

USC scoring Touchdown: Contratto (4, run). Conversion: game iootoau, wnicn always goes, conversion: crunuy Yale scoring- Touchdowns: Oklahoma enhanced its standing as the Number 1 team by blanking a fired-up Nebraska team, 41-0. Page 3D. Maryland, second to the closed its regular season with a 19-0 win over defense-minded George Washington. Page 4D.

Third-ranked Michigan State, afer a close first half, spurted to bury Marquette, 33-0. Page ID. I to the captain of the winning team, and presented it to Bob Spears, Yale's 1951 football leader, who is fifihting for recovery from polio. Ohio State scoring Touchdowns: Cassady (2, plunge); Vicic (1. run).

Field goal: Kriss (7). Safeties: Michael (tackled Barr in end zone). Southern California, 17-7. Page ID. Texas Christian, the seventh-ranked eleven, walloped Rice, 35-0.

Texas 8th; and Georgia Tech, 10th, were idle. Harvard. The Crimson was out of it after that touchdown. Earlier, the chilled crowd of saw Vernon Loucks score on an 8-yard past frcm Dean Loucks Loucks (8, pass from D. Loucks); Ward (1, plunge); McGili (39, run-back intercepted pass).

Conversions: V. Loucks 3. corners. The Buckeyes are rated 9th, Michigan 6th. For details of the game, see Page ID.

Spears was stricken last spring 1.