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ft BENGALS SQUEEZE PAST, COMMODORES 19. TO 13 Columbia Upsets A 3 rmy 21-201 Snap Streak 'jpf Tidwell Whole Auburn Team Despite Fractured Leg Davidson Shines RAYMOND JOHNSON As Vti Displays BATON ROUGE, La. Here Alley and a dozen or more Vander-bilt followers who watched the Tulane-Auburn scrap in New Orleans yesterday afternoon before comin? here for the Vandv-LSU Great Offense IP TV- It i V9TTIO wis IlL 1 i iH Frosh Back Riddles Tiger Forward Wall To Pace Vandy Attack iravis Tidwell. Tidwell is to the Auburn Tigers, who will make their first appearance on Dudley field Saturday since 1934, what Henry was to the Ford auto. The 22-year-old former serviceman is playing foot- ball when 99 out of 100 young men Jn his conai- tion would confine their activities to watching games irom xne stands.

Ur listening to them from a bed. Tidwell broke his right leg last spring in a baseball game. He not only cracked his leg but he suffered By RAYMOND JOHNSON Tennestean Sports Editor TIGER STADIUM, BATON ROUGE, Ijft. Vanderbilf a greatest offensive display of the current campaign was not good enough last night to conquer the Louisiana State Tigers, who grabbed a thrill-packed 19 to 13 victory before a homecoming crowd of 42,000 howling spectators. Dean Davidson, the Florida freshman, sparked the Gold and Blatk gridders to their most magnificent exhibition against the Ole aak -1 Offensive Clicks! a badly sprained ankle in the Travis, a product of Birmingham's Wobdlawn high school and a boy as modest as Harry Gilmer who Vandy I.SU First downs 15 16 Net yards gained rushing ..199 257 Forward passes attempted 14 ft Forward passe complete 3 4 Yards lorward passing 58 78 Forwards intercepted by 0 1 Yards run-back interceptions 0 Punting average 31.0 45 Total yards, all kicks, returned .......137.1 4.I Opponent fumbles recovered 2 1 Yards lost by penalties 24.5 25 ISM Travia Tidwell Best One-Legged followed Player Gain AP WIrephoto ATHENS, Ga.

Louis Brunson, Georgia left alfback, goes through the center of the Alabama line for a two-yard gain yesterday against the Crimson. Tide from Tuscaloosa. Moving in to make the tackle is Howard Pierson, end. Blocking Alabama's Rebel Steiner out of the play at the left is John Donaldson, Georgia back. Alabama spilled the favored Bulldogs 17 to 7.

Futile Georgia War Skule here since 1902, th last time Vandy whipped the Tigers on their home field. Not since 1910 have the Commodores been able to register as' many points against LSU here or in Nashville as they Gilmer Sparks 'Bama Romp did last night. Gene Rossides' Aerials Spark Dean Davidson was the boy who had quite a bit to do with it him at Woodlawn, didn't believe that fracture was going to keep him from playing football this fall. He was determined it wouldn't. But when practice opened in September there was doubt.

H. Determination prevailed and the opening game found -Tidwell playing. He had only one good leg hen, as he- does now. But somehow he managed to lobble around and play a game that is so rough some parents fdrbid their offspring to try it. Travis Has Two More Years To Star A year ago Tidwell led the nation's ground gainers.

name is not among the first 20 now because, as it evident yesterday, he uses his left leg for little more than balancing himself on his passes. But, unless the press box boys miss their guess, Travis will be in the select group before his career ends. He has Lions to Victory Crimson Tide Stuns Bulldogs Purdue Upsets Illinois; Michigan Wins 13-6 Columbia Comes Back In Second Half After Trailing Cadets 13-0 SC Hands Bears First Loss 39-14 Trojans Scuttle Perfect Season For Waldorfmen Gains Just Under 100 The 200-pound freshman, who saw a little action against Kentucky in his first appearance thja season, gained nearly 100 yards sin-gle handed. He tore the supposed powerful Tiger forward wall to pieces. Dean personally accounted for 37 of the 41 yards on th second touchdown march which cam lat in the third quarter.

drug a Tiger five yards across the goal when it appeared would stopped. That powerful exhibition was just one of many Davidson gave. Long Tiger TD Driv The Tigers scored for th first time late in the opening quarter after a 69-yard driv had been halted three yards from th goaL Th With 17-7 Win CriVf two more years of eligibility. By OSCAR FRALEY Boilermakers Hand Illinois First '47 Loss NEW YORK (IP) The roaring Chappius Stars For Wolverines In Late Spurt By TED SMITS ANN ARBOR, Mich. UP) Harry Cruises 80 Yards For First Minute TD; Rauch Sparks Losers Columbia Lions turned in one of the most stunning upsets in football history yesterday when sharp iioouvmious mil sec a iuv yjL xiuwcii iical oatur- day.

He's Auburn's club. His teammates seem to put forth a little extra when he-is on the field-and he A plays as much as Carl Voyles, his coach, will permit. Tidwell Gives All Credit to Teammates i We saw Tidwell for the first time last December By KURT FREUDENTHAL shooting Gene Rossides and crashing Lou Kusserow led them to a LAFAYETTE. Ind. (UV-Purdue's By WILLIAM TUCKER battling Boilermakers, overlooked Vaunted Michigan barely managed to defeat surprisingly stubborn ATHENS, Ga.

(IP) Harry Gilmer turned in his usual brilliant passing and under-rated in pre-season calculation, scored the biggest upset of 21 to 20 conquest which snapped Army's four year winning streak after 32 games without defeat. By RUSS JNEWLAND BERKELEY, Calif. UP) Crash i at the Birmingham Quarterback Club. He and Harry Minnesota yesterday, 13 to 6, there me $ig in me conierence cam exhibition yesterday and sprouted Just as 13 years ago the tat by keeping alive Wolverine hopes for a Big Nine championship and a lng, whirling giants from Southern wings on his ankles for good meas tered Lions flashed their famed California charged a long and im bid to the Rose Bowl. KF-79 to upset mighty Stanford In It was Minnesota's great line ure to lead Alabama to a soul-satisfying 17 to 7 victory over Georgia befoTre 48,000 fans.

the Rose Bowl, it was a Columbia team which wouldn't be stopped that threw the sand in the hitherto high-scoring Michigan machine Commodores knotted the figures on the second play of th second quarter when Bobby Berry passed to Jimmy Allen in th end zone on fourth down from th eight. LSU came back with another touchdown on the next kickoff. Then they added a third some six minutes later to nurse a 19 to halftime advantage. Vandy tallied later in th third period after being throttled earlier in the period only two yards away. Commodore threats died 12 yard short of the paymaster's window paign yesterday when it topped Illinois from the unbeaten ranks, 14 to 7.

Purdue, playing an inspired game before 42,000 homecoming fans, handed the defending Big Nine and Rose Bowl champions their first defeat in 11 games. Purdue Coach Stu Holcomb said portant lap toward the Rose Bowl yesterday by battering California's hitherto unbeaten Bears, 39 to 14, in a thrilling football classic before Alabama, a seven-point underdog yesterday. -The Lions spotted the and lor lour ana a nair minutes a in the betting, became an inspired crashing Cadets a two-touchdown few remarks which went something like this "I'v been awfully lucky. My teammates made it possible for me to do as well as I have. They're a great bunch of fellows.

They are the ones who deserve the honor. You people are awfully nice to invite- me to this party." That was the tip-off of the stuff of which Travis 'i Tidwell, America's greatest one-legged football player, stunned crowd of 85,938 that jam- Crimson Tide In the first minute lead and then roared up from be La capacity crowd estimated at 80,000 packed Michigan's big stadium saw of play on Gilmer's steaming 80- hind to hand Army its first defeat since Navy turned the trick on fans. Minnesota lead the nation No, yard punt return to a touchdown. The big Trojans, passing and a few days ago that his team was team, 6 to 0, on the strength of a methodical march from midfield. The Georgia Bulldogs struck back viciously in the second quarter but November 27, 1943.

Shades of 1934 pounding relentlessly, and snatch really "better than on paper, and proved it yesterday as it matched Chappuis Tosses Gilmer kept the heat on through ing every opportunity, scored two touchdowns in the first period; one The shades of Cliff Montgomery Illinois drive for drive and touch Then Bob Chappius, Michigan's late in the second quarter, ana again late in the fourth heat, a goal line pass being intercepted. is made. Walter Good Bet To Boss Barons the last half and made it a decisive Alabama victory. each in the second and third quar great half back, threw a fast low and Al Barabas, who turned in that 1934 upset, were galloping yesterday before a startled crowd of 35,000 who came and saw but couldn't believe. ters and crossed the goal line of a demoralized California eleven twice down for touchdown in the first half, sewed up the game with a third period touchdown and held the Illini scoreless after the half- The Tigers were stoppea oniy Grinding line play throttled both teams up close to the goal and all three touchdowns were scored four yards short early in the fourth.

in the 'last period. California counted touchdowns in time intermission. Offensive Power Shown Red Sanders' gridders. who made Only this time it was the tiny pass from the Minnesota 40 to Chalmers (Bump) Elliott, who caught it' on his fingertips on the Minnesota 15 and went on to score just before the half ended. Jim Brieske's 101st extra point of his college career put Michigan ahead.

7 to 6. Gene Derricotte added the sec Moss' Passing Fails the first and second quarters, but except for these scoring flurries, Th passing of Perry Moss, spark Rossides with the whip-like arm and the plunging Kusserow who sparked a team of battered heroes 15 first downs to the Tigers' 16, showed a net gain of 257 yards which was a vast improvement over their pitiful showing against Ken plug of the Illinois attack earlier from 80 yards or more outside. Aft-j er Gilmer's Georgia tied it on an 83-yard pass and run by Johnny Rauch and Eli Maricich, the lat was outplayed by a team the crowd cheered at the end as possible coast conference champions and western this season, went astray yesterday. to the upset of the year. And as those two sent the Lions storming up from behind with a pair of tucky.

They collected 199 of thes Time after time his receivers got set for "sure bet" passes, only to representatives in the Rose Bowl ond touchdown in the last period on a 21 yard run off his left tackle on New Year's Day. Trojans Lsad 20-7 4 via their ground attack which Davidson and Bernie Rohllng paced. The Tigers rolled 257 yards and have the Purdue defense bat the aerials down. ter on the receiv Humbled last week, by Illinois Fred Walters, one of the officials in last night's Vandy-LSU battle, is a good bet to manage the Birmingham Barons next season. Walters did a fine job handling the New Orleans Pelicans last summer, guiding them to the runnerup spot in a neck-and-neck finish.

When the Boston Red Sox switched their working agreement from New Orleans to Birmingham the past week, Fred asked for and received his release from the Pels. Now -it's only reasonable to assume that Walters, who has been in the Red Sox organization for many years, will go to Birmingham. That is, if he doesn't move up to Louisville, where he served as manager the latter part of the 1946 campaign. The Barons are without a pilot, since Dick Porter was released at the end of the season. Leading 20 to 7 at halftime, the 40 to 13, Minnesota was expected ing end.

to become victim No. 5 in Michi The play last period touchdowns they shared the glory with End Bill Swiacki, a glue fingered guy who took one aerial in the end zone and big Venten Yablonski, whose dramatic extra point sent the Cadets down to defeat. Trojans came back to open the third period with the game's great Twice when Illinois needed 50-yard or better kicks to get out of danger the kind of punting that had kept the Illini unbeaten in her put Alabam 1 i 1 gan's touchdown parade that up to yesterday has rolled at almost a ahead for keeps point a minute pace. was a sweeping last 10 games they failed to show, est play a 95-yard kickoff return by Right Half Don Doll with his teammates applying timely blocks. That run just about broke the spirit of the Bears.

They began fum run in the third Field Goal Falls Fought Back Viciously You can't praise Columbia too period by Full It was Illinois' first loss since Indiana beat Coach Ray Eliot's men last October. Since then they had But the Gophers, seeking to win back Lowell Tew Gilmer much in this one, because it picked up 78 as they connected on four of five passes. Vandy receivers hit only three times in 14 attempts. Stop First Driv After having been stopped only three yards short of a touchdown the first time they got their hands on the ball, the Tigers took advantage of a break lat in th opening period to score. Zealand Thigpen fumbled, ai)d Holley Heard, Tiger tackl, fell on the ball on Vandy 35 to set th stage for the tally.

After Jim Ca- bling and had poorly-directed passes ridden roughshod over nine oppo who broke through Georgia's right intercepted. nents, including UCLA in the Rose Bowl, but were held to a 0 to 0 tie It was the first time since 1929 tackle from his own 17, cut down the middle and lateraled to fleet Billy Cadenhead on the Georgia 38. back the Little Brown Jug, traditional prize held by Michigan since 1943, played an inspired game. An attempted place kick by Don Bailey in the third period that would have put Minnesota ahead, 9 to 6, hit the cross bav and bounced back. Minnesota's touchdown was by Army, which also lost yester that USC had returned a kickoff to a touchdown.

Russ Saunders Cadenhead breeied across the goal. day to Columbia. fought back up heart-break highway after a discouraging first half In which Army grabbed a two touchdown lead, yielded once and then was saved from a deadlock by a break. After that a Memphis mauler named Rip Rowan went 84 yards for an Army score which apparently put the game on ice. Except for on Interval in the turned the trick against Notre Dame.

Alabama needed a safety margin because of Rauch's. dangerous pass- second period, Purdue's heavy line I Eddie Glennon, Baron general manager and a shrewd operator, had plenty of opportunities to judge fi Walters' ability last summer. And it's understood that vChe looks on Fred with much favor. i The Tennessean Football Special starts to Miami two weeks from tomorrow night. Call Travel 414 Church A pass interception late in the third period gave Southern Califor- (Continued on -Pag 3) (Continued on Pag 15) (Continued on Pag 15) (Continued on Pag 4) So it was a big and bruising (Continued on Next Page) division passenger agents, 319 Lhurch or The Tennessean tor Army team, with a 13 point edge, which came confidently out for the (Continued en Next Page) Ttsetwatwas.

Football Results i I i-yiw mtmhwii hi i "in jiiiiii fe I ft Cqsqn Rolls fjj i-ht Score 1 1 I mM Big 12 LSU 19; VANDERBILT 13. Alabama 17; Georgia 7. Tulane 40; Auburn 0. Iniersecjional Ga. Tech 38; The Citadel 0.

Arkansas 19; Ole Miss 14. Notre Dame 21; Iowa 0. North Carolina 35; Florida 7. Kentucky Michigan State 6. Wisconsin 35; Marquette 12.

Miss. Stat 27; Hardin-Sim mons 7. Pittsburgh 12; Ohio Stat 0. TCU 20; Oklahoma 7. Texas Tech 36; Denver 7.

SMU UCLA 0. Nevada 21; Tulsa 13. 13. I i i 1 I'-' I Wm. and Mary 47; Boston Big Nine I uf ft rr- 1 I 'lit (A.

III In IHiH fVf (A) I ''V fi; i' 1 KUSSRat CO I 1 Michigsn 13; Minnesota 6. Purdue 14; Illinois 7. Northwestern Indiana 6. Southwest Conference Texas Aggies 24; Baylor 0. Texas 12; Ric 0.

Missouri 26. Iowa Stat 7. Nebraska 14; Kansas Stat 7. Southern Conrernce Ai jituNCTON iv) 7. -'Av.

ICASON (TK Duk 13; Wak Forest 6. Maryland 21; VPI 19. Virginia 35; VMI 6. Wofford 20; Furman 6. Wash, and Le 32; Davidson 0.

Farwest i AP wirpnoto So. California 39: California 14. Cftlnradn II, 14: Cftlnrado Agle 7. M'ontana State 34: Ihadn Mat' It. lrdo Slat 7: Wralrrn State 7.

rolarad C. Toloradn Vino Montana li WaihlniUn Stat 12. Utah 2Ri Wraminf 1. nrlihata-Yauni (Hah 12. Oregon Pan Franrlnco.

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