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I I I II ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH ST. LOUIS, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1923. 1 6S PART TWO. ILLINOIS DEFEAT AND GRANG ro 24 PENN, Miners Stop Ramacciotti and Defeat St.

Louis U. Team, Billikens Trying to Stop Rolla Quarterback STAR HALFBACK RUNS RIOT, SCORING THREE TIMES AND GAINING TOTAL OF 366 YARDS Famous "Red Head' Runs 55 Yards for One Touchdown Westerners' Play Demoralizes Quakers in Game Viewed by 62,000. 4 By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA. Oct.

31. A flash of red lightning struck lh Red and Blue gridiron juggernaut this afternoon and split it to pieces with a reverberating crash. The lightning was Red Grange, Illinois thunderbolt, and in the wake of his dazzling thrusts through the mud of Franklin Field, Pennsylvania's hitherto unbeaten eleven, demoralized and put to rout, went down to crushing defeat. I Eamacciotti and O'Reilly going after Quarterback Lemon of the Missouri School of Mines. O'Reilly Is on the extreme right.

Yale Scores 3 Touchdowns In Final Quarter and Wins Over Army Eleven, 28 to 7 Wilson Intercepts Forward Pa ss and Puns 80 Yard? for Only Score for West Point Team 80,000 Persons Witness Contest. Missouri Gains Undisputed Lead in Valley Championship Race, Beating Ames, 23 to 8 1 igers bcore Touchdown After Two Minutes or Play and Are Never Headed FumHe Helps lowans Score White- man Stars for Winning Eleven. The final score was: Illinois 24 I or to put it more exactly. Bed Grange 24 Pennsylvania 2, for the fleet ail-American ftar. scoring three touchdowns himself, paving the way for the fourth and narrowly missing two others, gave as great an exhibition as any gridiron has over witnessed in bringing about the fall of the Quakers almost sin gle-handed, while a record crowd of 02,000 looked on in amazement.

On a field wet and soggy from a previous day's snowfall and under conditions which were expected to prove a big handicap to Grange, this ace of backfield aces moved i with ibe surefoottdness of a panther, the speed of a deer and the destructive force of a cyclone, i instead of being hampered the Illinois captain thrived on tne heavy going, keeping 'his feet as he dodsed and twdsted, shaking off tacklers by the half dozen with a deadly straight-arm and always pressing forward, even when it seemed the entire Pennsylvania learn was massed to bring him down. Make-" 55-Yard Run. It was Grange's day, the greatest he has had since he ran wild through Michigan last fall, and he lost no tiiae convincing the vast, colorful throng of his marvelous ability as a broken-field runner. On the sixth play of the game, this sorrel-thatched meteor grabbed a punt and raced 65 yards through the whole Pennsylvania team for the first Illinois touchdown. A moment later, on the kickoff, he dodged his way clear again and had another touchdown In sight 14 to 7 Lineup and Summary Pennsylvania (2).

Illinois 24. Mutter I-. Kaasell Ulllson I Marrlner I'ke I fcblvrly Ilolilnson Itellsrh Hutler IU Mltlerwalner Slrrackl K. Brown Thaver II. Squires Iflth t.

11 Urang DoukIhs I II Dnijcherty Hoicer it. K. (Valllvan I'onar K.B.. Brittoa Score by perlodai 1 2 3 4 T. Pennsylvania.

2 2 Illinois 12 24 Illinois aeorlnjt! Touchdowns- Ciranste 3. Ilrltfnn. Penn irar. Inart Safely By Ilrltton. liefer re, AYaller Eckersall, Chicago umpire, Thomas Thorp, Columbia linesman, Charles Itcklrs.

Washington and Jefferson. Field Judge. Milton Care, Dartmouth. Time of periods 15 minutes. when he was brought down by a desperate tackle by Singer, Quaker end, after eprlntlrrg 60 yarda to Pennsylvania's 2 5-yard line.

From there Grange and IJrltton kept up the march wdth the latter taking the ball over for th second touchdown. That was the extent of Grange's work in the first period, but be was the spear-head of a fresh driv io the second quarter that put over another tally, taking the ball across the goal-line on an 18-yard dash around right end. To cap his day's work, fled, on the receiving end of a triple pass, fought Ids way 15 yards for the final Illinois score In the third period. no applicable gains could be made through the stout defense Of tli Wenterners. Penn rarely had tti ball In her opponents territory and on these few occasions was far from striking distance of the goal.

On the "defense. Pennsylvania fought doggedly and courageously, witii Jtohlnson and Captain Will-son standing out, but failed to check the fleeting will-o'-the-wisp that was Grange except In a few Instances. Once, in the oecond period, after Grange, aided by I'augh-erty, bad knifed his way to within a yard of goal line, Pennsylvania held for downs and recovered the ball, only to have Red break loose a few moments later and skirt right end for a touchdown. Mnger's Tackle Pratore. Singer's diving tackle, perhaps the outstanding defensive play of the game.

Mopped Grange' rush on one occasion in the first period. In the final quarter, Grsnge again under full steam, covered 4 yards before he was caugbt from behind and forced out of boundl. by Odiorne, substitute back with a clear road ahead. Put the shock of Hed's t-tralght arm dazed Odiorne and be was forced out of the jjamc. Shorriy after that play, Grange, covered wish mud.

from head io jA. gave way to Gullivan the crowd cheered tribute. It was the. end of his day's work, but be had done St well and hl teammates finished the Job with a closing flourish that had the Red and on the defensive down to the final whistle. What ltd Grange p.

Id. Grange was fully 10 per Mat of the Illinois attacking fore. Malls-lies of the game reveal. The famous 'jr carried the ball 4imc ntid i I nil rmnilnr onliuBrd oat Nrl I' tr, rtt 8ILLIHENS SCORE MADE By O'REILLY Monte Ledford, Rolla Halfback, Star of Game Ramacciotti Injured in the Final Period. By John H.

Alexander. RoUa, the team of hard pla iner athletes, capable of played its har'ieM and un- vered its surprise by mashing way to a vi -ory ov St. Louis Vniwsity at St. t. Field yesterday before- a -rmd sf S300 spectators.

s. ore- is 14 to 7. Tbe same was au-1 rougli in frois, but was lv ir play in every quarter. ll: time on th cri.iiron this season, players had be car-led off the fi. and the -re somewhat for t' ir tlth the husky jf le-'Mt next SaturJuy at letr'it.

"Buck" Blum and Al-Ka, linemen, probably be out a while, according- to a hat-ty fiagnosis by Trainer Paddy I'irz- prM after the frarae. Sweeney, ai end, may be unable to play for week. Ramaociotri, thouph to leave the field in th" list quarter with a recurrence of an sld shoulder injury, win b-- r'-ady in i fewtiays, the trainer said. Tom 'charley hors-j" was A'fnwhat aggravated, but not se riously. Gammeter, liolla rid.

was Hinfaily Injured. Pointrd for liamaoHottl. Quarterback Jack O'Reilly of th Biikens and Halfback Monte I.e i-fcrl of the Miners shared the Individual honors of the afternoon. The itinera succeeded in holding Ham-icciotti to a single 1 0-yard run and few first downs. whlie O'Reilly never checked.

be.t Tk was nurtln? Bt ypartmexit of-the game- easily A weakness on defene and a lack punch when only a few yards needed to cre. wero the cansea of the Billiken down-and the delay caused by the Tiaidle" pystem of calling sicnals tabbed them. of a touchdown at the of the quarter. They at th! tl. within a few of the iroaand had th field in an apparent wetback, following thir tcj'-h-ef a few rnlnutejt before The t-a went off fi they were Sirir into position from the Scoring Opimrtunitlos It.

Three other opriortr.lties to at close ratisrA wero when thev Sconce when va tack- Stands into th a Itoll.i Generally -h" Jkens Wfre tie ftot.t offense, smrit 14 downs for Rolla. defense. th "ir di tble the r.r.e thit held West "lnt to three l-it yar. It persisted in f-r fooled by en nil delayed Wck rlay wh'-h RMla has ''lied But was net on'v r' and ped lr, p'nirav on 'he ef the hackf.eM and an irter for pMsi. hazards.

Jt looked like a afrr-r- for the v.c-i the by bae'K ''-'klckoff to Ro' a 1 line ltA tv. crow a the Ten and r. to i 1 O'll 1 be. 1 ch- back 0 ar Miners wer.t o. i 1 a tou -a in trr.

rn of p'ay "the of the ers Shr iaj jwnr. As th fin wore on rowever tctn evident tha i.oUt cm har.Is tha-. at.d the quar- hout further coring rr the eror-d period 'SjTy By the Associated Press. NEW Oct. CI.

Yale overwhelmed t.h. u4, defeated Army eleven before 80,000 spectators In the Vale Bowl today, 2S to 7. An inadequate air defense and erratic handling of the hall by the Army backs contributed largely to the downfall of the future lieutenants. By J. Walter Goldstein Special Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch.

f'O LUMBIA. U--t. Th- 'ootbui! rari--r applied by the Missouri Tigers proved far more effective than the broadsword of an Iowa State College eleven on Rollins Field this afternoon, and th; Gold and Black of Old Mizzou are flying bravely tonight. Outcharced. outgained and 1 Played In the first half in a most The Lmeuns.

Grange Is Accorded Great Support, Especially by Britton and Dougherty Football Scores I.Ot Ilolln II, St. I.otiis I'. 7. cntrnl oHcclt t. letclantl It.

inn ii O. I'ri ni 7. I I T( Noire Dame l.t, t.corsla Tech O. Michigan 54, Illinois 21, l'eii ns.vl nla 2. oIk-1' II.

Micliijrnn Agsiea O. MIIJUI.K UKT. hlcnarn fl, Pnrdue it. ort estern 17. Indiana 14.

isconsin 12. Minnesota 12. tihio State 17. AVooster O. Ilrnke 7.

Knnsas ti. lij.inrl nies V. Ncltraskn 12. tiklahnma O. Ilnilun 23.

Cincinnati o. st. Aaiicrs Ken. ion O. Ohio Northern Ohio I nlrrr-ally O.

Western Iteserve IS), Ileldelhrrs Detroit 14. Cnrroll fl. Mount 1'nlun 32, ase O. Ilalrtnln A1Iace 6, Akron O. Denlsnn Miami O.

II I rum 12. (Itterheln 12. Ohio Wesleyan 2, AVIrtenbera; 12. Adolphua St. Olaf S.

orth Dakota Ansr'es 19, 'rth Dakota 10. Moorhead state Tearhera Wahprtrtn Science O. f'nrnrll oil. 7. Knot 6.

DePcre alcinT DePaul O. Hcloli 111. Cof 7. I a la rnaroo 7. Oshknsh A.

Mornlncsiile ll. lira Moines 7. oltimliia 7. A'alparalso (J. st.

inhrose AVIaconsIn Mines t. st. nrl.rr( 10. DePaul 7. Carleton 7.

Ma-lcster H. I.ttv.rcnce Ilantltne II. Mftnmoiith 13. Illinois Colleire O. llradley 2 1.

tutrutnna ft. Illinois State Normal II. Charleston 7. I own 2S. 7.

(rinnell 2s. oklnhomn AcSdes O. Ilntler 3S. Itoee I'oly t. Pranklin 14.

DrPauw 11. I omhnrd 13, I.oynla 7. Marquerte 2S. Crclghfon P. farroll 2.

Xorth western Coll. O. Marquette ormI 7. Xortnland 0. SOUTH.

Tulane 19. Annum O. Sewanee 2'. hsttanooira Klorlda 61. Rollins Col lege n.

Alabama ft, Mlsslsvlppl A. and M. O. The Citadel 16, Mprrfr t'nlver. altr O.

Davidson P. srorf. Carolina State n. Itonnoke 13, I.enolr O. Kentucky State 1, Centre 0.

I oyola O. Uclethorpc 11. Tennessee 12. tieorgia 7. Ynnrierbllt 7.

Mississippi O. Arkansas 12. Louisiana State A. Southwestern IHisaps O. Ituke lO, Kichmond O.

irsinia Poly H. South Carolina O. Purman 27. Preobyterlan 31. Trua A -and M.

13. FVaylor O. Tfiitc V. Southern Methodist r. o.

Central Tearhera IT. Arkanaaa Tech 14. EAST. Tale 2. Army 7.

Harvard 14. HllatfT and Mary 7. Princeton 19, Swnrthmore 7. Plttsburc: 31. Johns Hopkins 0.

Dartmouth 14. Brown ft. Cornell 17. Columbia 14. et Vlrsrinla 21.

asbingtoa and I ee O. Four Tale cleets engraved their imprint on the territory behind the Army goal posts while only once was the mule able to generate enough kick to plant the ball behind the Tale goal. The nil's scored twice a.s the Indirect result of successful alrthrusts, once cn a blocked kick and the last time as a result of an Army fumble. A brilliant 0-yard run Harry Wilson in the thl -d quarter after the blonde halfback had intercepted a foward pass on his cwn 20-yard line, pave the Army It lone touchdown. Vale srot the breaks.

Not a loose ball was pobbled tip by thei Army and many times the ban rolled free only to be recovered by a blue Jersey. Only one break went toward the cadet-, and that f.av the Army its touchdown. Ixnis Pas I IleHslve Tlini'-t. The first quarter was confined almost entirely to a klckins; duel with the honors even. Early in the second quarter Tale opened up with its powerful attack.

A series of line thrusts, end runs and one forward pass gave Yale the ball for a first down on the Army 12-yard line. The cadets, however, took the ball en downs on their own 6-yard line. An exchange of punts late in the quarter rave Yale the ball in the center of the field. Then a deadly thrust throuph the air. Noble to f---- i i i The Lineups.

Vale 2S). t.ill Joss Sturhahn Hurt Itichard Ilenton Pott Ilunnell Position. It .11. i .11. It.

1 Army (7). Ha iter SpraKue Schmidt Daly Seeman Paundera Horn Yeoman Aoble Huell Kline. Allen It. H. ScbelfHer A ilson Score by quartersi Vale 7 Arn.v 21 2S 1 nle scorlnati Touchdowns 'oble.

Mien, IC is hards. 1'oot sub for Klinel. Points after touch- down Ilen 4. Army M-orinars Touchdown Vv ilson. Points after touchdown Itceder I sub for Scheifflcrl 1.

Officials Heferec, W. li. I rnnrll, Swnrthmoret umpire. Thorpe. lc I.n Sallct field judge.

A. C. Tj ler. Princeton, head linesman, II. It.

Ileneage. Dartmouth. lime of periods 15 minutes. ly kicked out of danger and the ad-! vance started apain. After an exehanpe of kicks.

Allen hoisted, one to llardinp but the ball struck the Army defense back ah he was endeavoring to pet out of the way and Noble recovered it for Yu on the Army 2 -yard line. Yale mad- a first down by straight frorn wa5 intercepted by- line and the former Pennsylvania State star dodped and sidestepped his way up the nl i line yards fo- a touchdown and pecder added the extra point tyinp the Karly in fourth quarter Yeo-mans attempted to kick from behind his won poal bu was blocked. A'ien fakimr It on the Army 13-yard line and running for the second Yale touchdown. MiNilirc-til Army Attack. The third touchdown was the r- uH of an Ariay fumble.

Cadets put the ball In play on their 30-yard line after the klckoff. Trapnell made five but on the next play Hardlnp fumbled and Richards picked It up and ran 26 yards for the third Kll touchdown. With but six minu'es left to vntluurd on ct Page. manner. the Tler i teara came back after the interval, and unleashed an attack that con- ered the furious Iowa Cyclones into a docile April zephyr.

It was recovery that chirped, what looked a if it mlerht be Missouri rout into a brilliant "3 to i'-t-'ry. As a result the pencils! holi leadership of the! Missouri Valley Cor the; or.ly ur.d'featfcd eleven The pc. re as the two elevens left field the Was to fi. but th.e tabulation in no wise re- b. har.ivt'T strut-ele.

is true, oper.e.i with rt hruct that brucl.t wn jut two rr.ir.'.ites after but the rc-of l.a'.f. played more r.i i J.elp;,- than -hire, r. -ea Timers ih- that had de our Nebraska and the Kansas Ac; s. 1'orwarii P.Ti"i Work. The came had been opened with i runback of the l.i'-koff by jsckfon, from his yard lire to On thei f.rst from ecrirnrr.age.

'White- artd Clark, executed a 2-yard pas from a runiiii.K Con. Five bus'ces-Uke at th.A llro advarre.l the battle to fanr-l mark. Then tolb'wed ar.rth.r jias. filmost an exa-t of the first ni that 'otrlizer was on the end. oc" momentarily mu'fed the tall.

hut recaptured Vcfrr- 't the pound, an1! pl.i- was p.d fr.r a roe k'. -k at- Ttt; the poiu fap, the s. a 6 to o. All c-f this. rerr.ei;-ber, happened In the two of I lay.

It was enouch to take the ppur.k out of any opposition: but the Iowa farmers were made of sterner etuff. Returning: the new klckcff to their 0-yard line, they then pave hint to what the 10.000 Jubilant Mis- sour! adherents ir.lpht expect, i Crash right throueh tackle w-ect Mr. Cory. Banif over a puard went Mr. John Pehni.

Zip around an end tor- Mr. "Mope" lhni. Thro. wns i succession Missouri 2.T state llarrbD I.lndenmejer. I- Walkfr Smith Miller H.

Stafford H. erliier It. It. o- Klnerrjr Thornbiirg Thomas Mnyrr Ilond thrr. i.

It. J. Krhm .) lark I II. hltrtnan i r. lit.

Jack son I. H. Srore by periods 1 Ilehm Hall (tiry 2 .1 4 T. MKsouri lna Stnfe in 7 2.1 fl 2 8 Missouri Mrlnfft Touchdown i oslixer. AVIiitfmiin and 41'Sul-lian ainhfhtitate for TrT for points aftrr touchdown Whltcman 121.

t.oaln from field A hiJrman. A ni a acorlnK: Touchdown Cory. Snfetlca Moulder. IlefereA. firnrfr, Wmlilnrtftnl umpire, Meltrlde.

Mlnsourl Valleyj field Jndiri iarrlther, Illinois) head llncinnn. Jobnaon. Illlnol. Time of rjr 1 minute rack. substitutional Mlaaouri Mllll-aran for Miller.

TUrheraon for Mll-llaran. O'Sulliran for Jarknon, Moulder fo tober Glbmn for Stafford. Morgan for eoilth, Hran-tello for "Tilifmtn, I'lammack for t'lark, irhola for fticheraon, Tarr for llarrhos. Thomas for van, Jackson for tello. ehf for I.indenmeyer, astecl for Moulder.

Iowa State C. Hill for Hall. I lhcr for oe, foe for Klaher. 7'homas for Mayer. Itasmus for 'I'homas.

Sumnnrlrs: A noU pained In scrlmmnce Missouri. 2 Ames. 143. ard Iot In scrlmmasre Missouri. 7 Ame-s.

Itarned first downs Missouri, 7 Amn, l.V I'unts Missouri. 7, for an mrnice of 2.7 jirdi A mn, R. for an a crane 1S.4 yarda. 1 ard gained rcftirnlaa; k.lcks Missouri. P3 1 Amea.

1R2. lards (rained on kJckoff Missouri. 2v3 5i Ames. a yarda (21. Forward paiwrs Mlsaurl ro I cl 4 out of 9 attempted for S4 yarda lime Intercepted Amea csmpleted nut of 18 attempted for lOS yarda lone Intercepted.

Penalties Missouri. yards; mes. 1 lumblrs 7 3. Grange had fine support in his ren.sational marches, probably the finest interference lie had had all season, with Pritfton and I-iauph-eity as leading shock troops. The great work of their leader seemed to inspire the entire Illinois team, beaten three times previously this season, for it.

outplayed Pennsylvania in every department of the game from start to finish, handing the Quakers, conquerors of Yale and Chicago, a s'unrdng as well as unexpected setback, for they bad pone Into the battle slight favorites in spite of the losn of three outstanding stars, including fullback Al reus. Kven with Kreuse, in the lineup however, penn would have had scant chance of stopping the whirlwind Grange and his mates. It was a one-sided affair from the moment the famous redhead tore throuph for bis first touchdown. Granpe led an irrei.libie attack and Pennsylvania wilted before it. Kven In the closing moments, hen Coach P.ob Zuppke tent in almost his entire second and third string forces, using 36 men in all, Pennsylvania could make no headway.

Only One Ilrtgtit Sfwit. Out of the whole route, thrrc vas just one fleeting moment of triune for Pen nF viva nla. Tha came the second period when a long from Long's toe forced the Illir.oU team to within two yards of its own goal line. Trying to kick from behind it. Hrltton was overwhelmed and doned by a rush of red and blue Jerseyed tacklers.

It was a safety and gave the Quakers the brace of points that saved them from a abut out. Otherwise Pennsylvania's offensive was conspicuous by Its absence. The Quakers seldom bnd th' ball, no Illinois on the attach, and when tht-y did rained 36 yards for tne u.ue ano'j, Wi'son on the Army 20-vard Harry placed the ball tne Army 11 yard line. Two rushes gave tne. Eli's 7 yards.

Noble plunged! through the Army team for the first touchdown. Allen fully place-kicked the extra point Soon after the btart of the third quarter the Arrny threatened th Yale goal. Harding caught a Yale punt on his own 2S-yard and tore off 22 yards. Trapnell then skirted Yale's end for 20 yards the Yale 20-vard line. five -r-o rAm fnr rf side.

tLdvBJlced the ban to the Yale 15-yard line. Hard- Ing gained 8 yards and Trapneb sidestepped his way around the Yale rlpht end for six yards and was failing over the roaj line when he was tackled viciously, the ball bouncing out of his hands to the Yal seven-vard line where Mich ards recovered it. Yak- iiniinurd on i'agr. tontinurd on rit Page..

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