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Cornell -Princeton 26 19 Purdue 6 Penn 9 Oklahoma 27 20 Harvard 20 Drake 12 Michigan State 0 Navy 6 Colorado Dartmouth 14 Iowa Slate 7 MISSOURI REBOUNDS WITH 23-7 VICTORY OVER HUSKERS Minnesota 22 Michigan 0 Notre Dame Stops Georgia Tech Streak, 27 to jSCHOONMAKER GETS THREE MICHIGAN STATE STUNNED BY PURDUE, 6 TO OSCORES TO TIE A RECORD Paul Giel on AFTER EARLY By Bob Broegr Of the Post-Dispatch Sports Staff. COLUMBIA, Mo Oct, 24 Rallying from a miserable start, Missouri regained its running game, scoring punch and self-respect today to rout old rival Nebraska, 23 to 7, before a happy homecoming crowd of about 26,000. 53 Advances FUbl Wit A )v 4 Qnoffn Spartan Counter Nullified PURDUE MICH. STATE 6 6 0 0 LAFAYETTE, Oct. 24 (UP) Dan Pobojewski, who couldn't make the grade at Michigan State, and sophomore Quarterback Froncie Gutman led underdog Purdue to a stirring 6-0 triumph over Michigan State today, clipping the mighty Spartans' 28-game winning streak in one of the season's biggest upsets.

Three years ago Purdue snapped Notre Dame's 39-game winning streak. Pobojewski, a sub fullback In the patched-up Purdue lineup riddled by injuries and failures throughout the season, crashed over for the telling blow on the third play of the fourth period after a see-saw battle before 35,000 awed fans. That was the downfall of the nation's econd-ranked team. Purdue was given a big boost by a costly Michigan State penalty in the third quarter. Helped by Penalty.

With Rex Brock, a star in the Purdue backfield all afternoon, getting readv to mint nn fourth down, a roughing penalty was called on Tom Yewcic, the Spartan quarterback. as a result, Purdue got a first uuwn on ns 45-yard line and scored 12 plays later with Pobo-jewski, pint-sized Ed Neves from Honolulu, and Brock alternating in carrying the ball. It was Purdue's first victory season auer lour dismal failures. But more important, the loss luiui-iieu niicnigan State, competing for the coveted Big Ten championship for the first time from the top of the class, and it was Biggie Munn's classv club's first loss since Maryland applied the brakes, 34 to 7 1- 4U- n.i me aau season. Also it was the first time in 59 games that the Spartans were unable to score.

Gutman, who got the nod from Purdue coach Stu Hoi-comb after Roy Evans suffered a shoulder separation in scrim-mage this week, was a master of deception at quarterback. Yewcic Fails to Click. The 19-year-old Fort Wayne, youngster mixed pitch-outs' and hand-offs expertly, and usually Brock was the receiver. Michigan State never really clicked. Yewcic, usually a deft passer, couldn't find his receivers, but his aerials were snapped up on five occasions by alert Purdue defenders.

Purdue, on the other hand, didn't fumble once, and had no passes intercepted. Munn lifted his first team in the second period but the second crew also didn't have much luck Continued on Page 3, Column 5. Philadelphia vs. Cardinals at I Chlcato (on KSD-TV at 1 p.m.) Cleveland at New York (on WTVI at 1 p.m.). Washington at Baltimore.

for Soohers United Press Telephoto, UlbPAIUH Detroit Is Surprise Victor Over Aggies OKLA.A.&M. 0 V. OF DETROIT 0 7 714 6 618 DETROIT, Oct. 24 (API The passing and running attack of Quarterback Dave Kline and Halfback Bob Burgmeier gave the University of Detroit an 18-14 Missouri Valley Conference football victory over Oklahoma A. M.

tonight. STOCKTON 1 NEBRASKA TO Nebraska 7 Missouri 0 0 7 0 0 14 2 7 23 NEBRASKA (7). fl.K. Loehr, Brml'y. L.T.

onnor, Holloran. L.G,- Kltzelman, Giants, C. Oberlln. Oliver. R.G.

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Bordogna. L.H. smith. McWIIHamg, Fischer. K.H, Korlnek, Kennedy.

F.B. Novak. Velsley. MISHOI HI (23). L.K.

wiiison. Jenplngs. Bnmlne, L.T. Boyd, Phillips, Salmons. L.G.

Kohrrts, Gooeb, Kudd. C. Karakaa. Brown Stefanides. fi Mill 1 1.V Kntlln MUU.I..I Swetnam.

K.l Portney, Bull, Gentry. H. Corpeny, Hurley, Kkern. O.B. Scardino, alon, Braee.

I. 1 1 ll.ui, Morreil. Makim Mnsfiaye, "auman, Detrlnr, Thomeeie. Nebraska touchdown Gmiii. version Novak.

Missouri touchdowns gchoonmaaer Missouri' 3 Referee Louis House (William jmoiiim) linrtn tan Cari KoDr.lt CKm. otniniK it Plrst neora.aa Rushing yardage 270 Passing yardage it Passes attempted 22 Passes eompleted JO Passes had Intercepted 0 Punts 3 Pooling average 27 3 umbles tost 4- tarda penalised 38 84 50 1.1 7 0 T. 29. 0. 30 ion of both Dukes DnOwd Post-Dispatch's football analyst anrl Hnk 1,.

i i jt uuu mauuocK, xormer Mizzou assistant coach now scouting for Indiana, was the spark and all-around effort provided by versatile Ed (Skimp) Merrifield, inuiucu 10 action alter nursing an ankle injury through the SMU and Ioua Stato feats. The Tigers seemed still gripped helplessly in the doldrums of those two defeats uhss they fumbled twice immediately after the opening kickoff, and Jerry Minnick, Nebraska's dura- Die lun-time right tackle who went all the way with Quarterback John Bordogna of the Huskers, recovered one on the Missouri 22. In just four minutes the Cornhuskers had scored, a TD set up by Bordogna's nine-yard jump pass to Lett End Andy Loehr and tallied on Halfback Bob Smith's bolt from the 5. Big Ray Novak converted. Shortly afterward, aided by a fumble recovered for a six-yard gain, the Huskers barged from their 43 down to the Missouri 12, where, hobbled by a back field-in-motion penalty, they were thrown back as mentioned.

Penned back oil their own 11- yard line following Novak's punt early in the second quarter, the Tigers came out roaring. Merrifield circled left end for 14. A third-down pass, Scardino to Merrifield, was ruled complete on the 36 because of Interfert ence. Bauman shot through cen ter behind good blocking on a delayed trap play to the Nebraska 25. Two plays later Scardino passed to Pete Corpeny on the 2, and on second down Schoonmaker plunged over.

Merrifield added his first of three points from placement. By the start of the second half, little Anton Stankowski, pocket-sized Missouri quarter- Continued on Page Column One of His Wash.U,0 W.Mich.7 6 0 6 0 6 0 WASHINGTON (18) LE Duball. Olvmt. 1,1 Hratilnerr, Hortman. Hi Hrituiie.

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I II Ware, SlnlUlflmcr, Ralph. HH Smllh, Tracy. Morrla, Hrydlauff. IB Kpldrr, Nldlflpr. UatihlnKton arnrlnc Toachdowns, SleaH, llunn.

CtlvrnR. tn" Mlrhlnan arnrlnf: Tmirh-dnwn, l'ortr. Kxtra point. And? ruin placf ment) In the third period advance for the St. Louis team, Dunn carried the ball on seven of the 11 plays and went the last two Continued on Page 3, Column 2.

1 Leading Minnesota to a 22-0 victory over Michigan In the battle for possession of the Little Brown Jug, PAUL GIEL, figured in 53 plays, a Big Ten record, either passing or running. He scored two touchdowns, passed for a third. (Story of game on next page). Wearing their golden home uniforms for the first time since they scored an upset four weeks ago over Purdue, which knocked off mighty Michigan State this afternoon, the Tigers came out of a slump to take apart a Big Seven Conference contest that had been rated a toss-up. Not, however, until they gave away a first-quarter touchdown and narrowly averted a second quick score by the red-helmeted Cornhuskers did the inspired sons of OI' Mizzou begin to rip through a rugged team that had tied Illinois, outplayed Pitt and mauled Miami.

Linebacker Stems Tide. But once Linebacker Norden Stefanides lowered his head and threw back a Nebraska bid for first down on the 12-yard line in the first period, the Tigers took over and never let up, delighting old grads who haven't seen Missouri lose a home-coming game since 1947. For Nebraska, this marked the eighth straight trip into Memorial Stadium without victory since 1937. "Someone threw an alloy into our iron-men," veteran Tub-Thumper Johny Bent-ley of the Cornhuskers observed with a touch of sad humor. The Tigers raged on a scoring drive of 89 yards in the second quarter, 87 with the second-half kickoff, 60 in the same period and then in the final 15 seconds blocked a punt that went out of the Nebraska end zone for an automatic safety.

Burr-headed Bob Schoonma-ker, senior halfback from Leb anon, tied a Mizzou single-game record by plunging across for three touchdowns, but this was no one-man show as the Tigers controlling the ball with 25 first downs to only nine, smashed through Nebraska's heavy line and pierced its secondary de fense with passes. 276 Yards Behind a fired-up Black and Gold forward wall that out charged their Cornhusker coun terparts, who found 60-minute football too much this day, the Tigers rushed for 276 yards and passed lor 153 more. Nebraska, held to 94 yards on the ground and 56 in the air, had the ball for only 20 plays in the second half just seven in the final period while Mis souri ran off 39 plays, of which 23 came in the last quarter. Bob Bauman, battering block ing fullback from Ste. Gene vieve, was the big ground-gain er as he blasted out 107 yards in 15 tries.

Thirty-nine came on a second quarter up-the-middle carry that completed a turning point begun on Stefanides's stop of Nebraska's stab toward a second touchdown back there in the first period. Tony Scardino and Vic Eaton, alternating at quarterback, loosened up the enemy defense enough with their passes, and for the first time since Bus Ents-minger made the quarterback option play a consistent ground-gainer a few years back, both Spllt-T signal callers gained effectively by keeping the ball instead of giving ft off on off-tackle plays. A decisive factor, in the opin- Ted Dunn Scores Twice as Bears Beat Western 18 to 7 By a Special Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch. KALAMAZOO, Oct. 24 Washington University came from behind here this afternoon to score an 18-7 football victory over Western Michigan before 8000 fans at the Kalamazoo school's homecoming.

RIG RAI I FOR IFAHY TAKFN fakl II I I lltllh.ll TO HOSPITAL DURING GAME Georgia 0 7 7 14 Notre Dami7 14 6 27 By Robert Morrison Of the Post-Dispatch Sports Staff. SOUTH BEND, Oct. 24 Notre Dame won a big one for Frank Leahy today. The Irish, sagging in the third quarter as their coach was taken to a hospital suffering from an incapacitating attack, roared back to defeat Georgia Tech, 27 to 14. before a sell-out throng of 58,254.

It was the fourth victory of the season for the unbeaten Irish and it snapped Georgia Tech's run of 31 games without a defeat. The last time the Yellow Jackets had been beaten was In 1950. Leahy, the 45-year-old coach of the Irish for 10 seasons, was described as suffering from acute virus enteritis. He was re' moved to St. Joseph's Hospital here during the third period and will remain there under ob servation several days.

A stinging bunch of Tech Yellow Jackets added to the Irish misfortune, however, by raging back to get a 7-7 tie in that third period, but then Notre Dame blasted back to save its No. 1 national ranking. That top spot in the country was further improved when the great nemesis of the Leahy Irish, Michigan State, was beaten at Purdue. Leading TD on Aerial Play. Under the direction of Assistant Coaches Joe McArdle and Bin Earley, the Irish snapped back from the weight of their troubles and went ahead, 14-7, on a touchdown made by passing, the first time a team had scored by air on Georgia Tech in 23 games.

Ralph Guglielmi, the regular Irish quarterback, tossed that touchdown at the end of a 57-yard drive. Known this season as a team of opportunists, the Irish then boosted their lead that way when Tackle Art Hunter recovered an errant Tech center snap in the end zone for another touchdown and when Menil Mavdaides added the extra point for the third time in the game, Notre Dame led 21-7. But Tech was not quite through as it struck 53 yards through the air for a fourth-period score, making it 21-14. So it remained for Johnny Latt-ncr, celebrating his birthday, to score the insurance TD for the Irish, and he did it at the end of a grinding 40-yard march. Mavraldes missed the extra point the first conversion failure for him in the 15 attempts he has made this season but the 27-14 lead proved sufficient.

15-2 Irish Series Edge. For the absent Leahy it was the first time any of his Irish teams had beaten a Bobby Dodd-coached Georgia Tech team. They had not happened to meet in this series in which Notre Dame holds a big edge, 15 to 2. And Leahy could be proud of his lads for the way they did it. Notre Dame rolled up a rushing total of 323 yards to Georgia Tech's 131.

and in total yardage the Irish had a 411-to-208 advantage. For a long time the only threat that Tech presented was in its brilliant punting by Dave Davis. Winning the toss, Notre Dame received as the game began under leaden skies but without any rain. The Irish, who from tackle to tackle outweighed Tech by 18 pounds a man, showed it as they smashed down the field for 100 yards in 10 plays. Halfback Joe Heap made one of the big gains on a 33-yard left-end run to the Tech 34.

The Irish were hitting Tech in the middle and Lattner, who gained 101 yards in 20 carries, added momentum with a 15-yard dash to the 19. In four more plays Notre Dame scored. Neil Worden, another heavy-duty man, went over right tackle for seven yards and a touchdown, and in just three minutes and 56 seconds Notre Dame had made it look easy. Tech, no doubt surprised by lis own weakness, turned to Continued on Pace 2, Column 3. Stricken Coach II II 1 pX 0 IV II -II vl ROY PART FOUR PAGES 1-8D SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1953 Detroit at San Francisco.

missed his first of three unsuc-Chicajo Bears at Los Angeles, cessful conversion attempts. Missouri's Ball, on Interference Western Michigan scored in the first two minutes on a 65-yard punt return by Bernie Porter, but Washington came back to score in each of the final three periods to gaTn its fourth victory in five starts this season. It was Ted Dunn, brilliant triple-threat fullback, who paved the way to the Washington victory. He ripped the Western Michigan line to shreds with his explosive running and kept the Kalamazoo team in the hole continually with his booming punts. Dunn did most of the ball carrying in drives of 58 and 56 yards for the Bears and scored the touchdown that put Washington on top for the first time midway in the third period.

The first Washington touch- down came on the 56-yard march in the second period with Mei Siegel going off tackle for the touchdown. Gene Del uaudio challenges for league supremacy. Pitchers, Outfielder and Three Infielders Needed. IT'S going to be tough to make a winner out of the Cardinals and Gussie ought to keep that in mind, so he can be patient and understanding. The club needs so much.

It has only one championship class inf ielder. That's Red Schoendlenst. You can't win pennants with Bllkos, Hemuses and Jablonskis, and one must regret saying that, because there's not a better competitor in the game than little Solly Hemus. You face a tough job when you have to find replacements for three-fourths of your infield. But that isn't all the Cardinals need.

They must be ready soon or not much later, to replace Enos Slaughter in the outfield. Stan Mu-sial probably is good for a few more years, perhaps five, and Rip Repulski seems to be good enough to handle the center field assignment for some time. Pitchers must be added to the staff and Del Rice" indicated last season that he can't go on doing the bulk of the catching much longer. Three Infielders, several pitchers, an outfielder and a catcher or two. That's a large order.

You can send men out. to buy malt and hops and you know they'll have the best delivered for the brewery. But baseball isn't that simple. You usually have to buy and try, sort and discard, thousands of athletic young men before you find one good first baseman or shortstop. The Yankees have found that Football Scores LOCAL.

Braaniont 0. 0, Clayton Xti, Brentwuud ountry Day lu, Frtnrlpia 6. fr(U9on t. Brtnatlo tj. Joim Burroughs 40.

Kansas City Pem-brokr iH. Kansas f'tty fcunirwr 24, Douglass (Wrbstrr) U. fJnrota (fcaitt Nt. Louli) 6. Vannon O.

Tlnctla lollrge 21, Wrntnorth M. A. 7. ttauthxrst U. Central 0.

Lmvertily City il, Weusttr Groves 19. tiashlngton I 18, Western Michigan 7 MISSOURI VALLEY Detroit IX. Oklahoma A. at 14. BIU SEVEN.

Drake 12, lima state 1. Kaunas Slate il, Miihila 0. Missouri I. Nebraska 7. Oklanonia U.

'it, Colorado 20. BIG ItS. Illinois 30, Mracuse I'J. Iowa 111. Indiana Minnesota 21, Michigan 0.

Mirthwestern 27, fmsburgB 21. onio mate 40. tViscmiKin ju. fiudue Michigan Mate 0. INXEKStCl'IONAL.

Kentucky 111, Vlllanova 0. Marqurlte 20, College of Faclllc 20. Notre lam 27, Oeorgla Teen 4. houthem Methodist 14, Kansas 6. seno Slate 2,, leias Chrtsllan 21.

EAST. American International 19, N'ew Britain Male Amherst 20, Wrsleyan 20, Army 4U, ululii la Bethany 24, Hiram 21, Bowuoin 2A. Colby 7. Broun tt, nnly O. Clarion lfa.1 41, Indiana (I'a.) 7.

Cornell 2ti. rnnceton 1U. Cortland l.N.l.i til, Brockport Stale 0. Dclaaare Connecticut 14. franklin-Marshall 0, Aiorlght 0.

tMirtlhain 4u, HuUers 13. tiettysburg 20. Muhlenberg 19. I. r.pte City 2ft, AllrKhrny Hamilton 1:1, Havrrford U.

Harvard 20, llarlmouth 14. Holslra 27, Ithode Island 12. II. I. arc 19.

I nlon 13. Johns Hopkins 12, 8. Juniata 24. ftVnn Military 7. Kins 13, Kings Point 7.

Laiavelte 7, ttueknt-ll H. Lebanon Valley 19, Moravian 18. Lincoln (I'a. 1 19, Delaware slate 12. rk Haven lil, He lie 0.

Maine 37, hates 7. Mansfield 13. Kntitown (Pa.) 0. Morris Harvey 33, West a. Tech.

0. National Aggies 13, Long Island New llampshlre 34, hi. Lawrence U. Northeastern 41, Mass. stales 14.

Notre Dame 27. (Jeorgla lech 14. Penn 9. Navy Keniselaer Poly 32. Itorhester 111.

M. Krancls 13, Kdlnboro 6, Milppentburg (I'a.) 211, hllppery Rock 1 1. Temple 33, Scranlon 7. Trinity 33, Mlddlebiiry 7. Ttllts 12.

Williams 9. Lpsala 3V Ailelphla 13. Vermont 20, Norwich 13. Wanner 38, Brookljn College 0. 0.

Washington Jefferson 27, Thlel 21. Westminster 8, Geneva 0. West Virginia 52. Virginia Military 20. West Liberty 14, Concord 13.

West Chester 10, Last btroudsburg 6. sale 7, oigale 7. MIDDLE WEST. Akron 20, Wnoster 18. Alma 13, Kalamazoo 0.

Albion 19, DePauw 0. Anderson 12, Manchester 8. Atigustana (III.) 20, Klmhtirst 8. nioomsborg 2(1, California (I'a.) 13. Rltiflton 13, Athland 0.

Hrandels 0, Wattle 0. Butler 47, Indiana Ktate 13, Capital 48, Kenjon 14. Carnegie Tech 31. Case 12. arleton 14, Rlpon 7.

Carroll College (la.) 33, North Central I). Carthage College 40, Central Mo. College 21. Cenlral (I.) 22, Dnliuuile 0. Central Michigan 13, Western Illinois K.

Cincinnati Western Resreve 0. College of Lmporla 41, Kansas Wes-leyan 7. Ctie 12, Monmouth 7. Dayton 19, hattanooga 8. Defiance 28, Ohio Northern 7.

Continued on Pate 3, Column 6. out. They've been looking for a good first baseman ever since the late Lou Gehrig had to hang up his glove. One thing that makes the Cardinal picture brighter is the fact that Busch won't insist on following any one pattern. For years the Cardinals depended almost entirely on their farm system.

But Busch recently approved the purchase of Pitcher Luna from the Coast League. And whenever a prospect who has escaped the Cardinal net is available for purchase, the Cardinals will buy him, if the scouts recommend such action. That will hasten the rebuilding job, but no matter how it's done, it may take some time. The Cardinal fans and Busch will have to be patient. Sportsfolio.

NE of the strangest asso ciations in baseball and most difficult to under stand is the joining of forces of P. K. Wrigley of the Cubs and Bill Veeck of the late lamented Browns. Veeck is supposed to help get major league baseball for the Pacific Coast League, or Los Angeles. And all this time we thought Wrigley needed help in the project of getting big league baseball for Wrigley Field in Chicago.

Bill DeWitt, who must have suspected that Veeck planned to move the Browns from St. Louis, inasmuch as he put a stay-in-St. Louis clause in his own contract, apparently is wavering. He has been mentioned as a candidate for the general manager's job at Baltimore. It would be a wise move for the Orioles.

De-Witt and Marty Marion know all about the club and what it needs, which is a great deal. Ay if ri-1' ni Busch Wants a Winner, But It's No Easy Job. THERE has been unusual activity in the Cardinal organization since Gussie Busch took over as head of the ball club. New life has been, pumped into the scouting and farm club projects. Joe Mathes, director of the farm system, says the operation of a few years ago, as compared to the program ahead, is like a country store of the cracker barrel days, compared to a modern giant super market.

Office personnel has been increased until the old Cardinal offices have become inadequate and to take care of all the vice presidents, assistant general managers and assistants to the assistants. The Browns offices in the Grand boulevard part of Busch Stadium are being taken over. The park is being improved and extra seats, perhaps as many as 1500, will be added to the capacity. Facilities to make the customers comfortable, which made Busch blush on his first inspection of the property, will be replaced and made adequate. All 'the things that have been done have been comparatively easy.

All Gussie had to say was "Yes, go do that," and the money was available to have the work done. The toughest part of the Job and the part that Busch undoubtedly wants more than anything else, will be the most difficult. That will be the rebuilding of the Cardinal ball club on the field, so it can atop the Brooklyn Dodger monopoly and stand off the Milwaukee and Philadelphia I 'tj0HKt If j' I. DENNIS KORINEK, Nebraska, (riding high at right) was charged with interfering with the pass receiver, Missouri's ED MERRIHELD, on this second-quarter play in the Big Seven game at Columbia. The pass, good for 16 yards, was from Quarterback Tony bcaraino.

The Tigers won, 23 to 7. FRANK LEAHY,.

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