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The Akron Beacon Journal from Akron, Ohio • Page 57

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SECTION totowicz Cdv Take Kick Out Off Cats SUNDAY, NOV. 4, 1951 Princeton 13 Dartmouth 11 So. California 23 Notre Dame 19 Colombia 21 Illinois 7 Purdne 28 Iowa 23 Crown Yale 10 Army Navy 0 Cornell 23 31ichlfan 0 Penn State 0 Minnesota 23 S7ftM 23 Tennessee 27 Ohio State 3 Georgia Teeh 14 Alabama 1G Maryland 33 Wisconsin 6 Kent State 27 Penn 12 X.Carolina 0 Northwestern 0 Dcfce 14 Georgia 11 Missouri 0 Indiana 0 DeeGee 27 Outlook Is Rosy As Illimi Nip. Wolverines, 7-0 Field Goal Nets Ohio 3-0 Edge Bucks Pitiful Late Pass Noses Out Michigan O'Connell Fires SO i i i "a bo Payoff Pitch Against Purple By JIM SCHLEMMER COLUMBUS Ohio Stats) CHAMPAIGN, 111. (UP) Illinois Sophomore Quarterback Tommy O'Connell defied a snow- Buckeyes, displaying the same horrendous form of their 32-10 loss to Indiana, nosed out North- laden 40-mile per hour gale in the final 65 seconds Saturday to complete an eight-yard pass western's Wildcats, 3-0, Saturday before 71,089 Ohio Stadium for a touchdown and a 7-0 tri fans who would have been chilled umph over Michigan to pre by the pitiful exhibition even if serve an undefeated record for the season.

The victory, before a capacity the weather had been pleasant. Fortunately for the Buckeyes, the Wildcats played right back to the anemic form they showed a week ago in losing to Wisconsin, 41-0. Any fair sandlot team, working on a twice-a-week practice sched 71,119 crowd, also left Illinois In sole possession of first place in the hot Big Ten race, and made the Ray Eliot eleven the top choice to get a berth in the Rose Bowl Jan. 1. ule, probably could have whipped BUT IT wasn't until the final the hell out of either outfit or both.

five minutes-that O'Connell lifted the Illinois ball club out of the WO JANOWICz! Ohio's great JOHNNY KABRAS checked all-around player of a year ago, kicked a field goal from placement on the 16-yard line after 2:57 of two-inch deep layer of snow which covered the field. Until then Michigan, with its one-man gang Fullback Don Peterson a constant BeeGees9 Una smasher for good yardage, had held the statistical edge and had threatened to score twice. the fourth quarter for the only points. By then, thousands of erstwUle brave fans had departed thai stadium. After all, any room with Illinois, hard-hitting at every Kent In second, prevented any Wolverine television would be more) eoenfort able and any program evea Howdy Doody would be snore ap In a valiant etfort to break up the play.

The Buckeyes came through with a fourth-quarter placement by Vic Janowicx to win, 3-0. AP Wirephoto. A Bob Burson pass zips past the fingertips of Northwestern End Jos as Ohio State's right tackle, Dick Logan, launches himself through the air pealing than the frigid frostrattoas tally, and when Michigan punted with only five minutes left, the Blinl were ready to march from their own 16. Two plays went the way of so many others on the chilly gridiron, for a total of four of these two Vies tern iJomiereace outfits. 27-27 Tie Troi In justice to the Buckeyes they did complete a 38-yard pass from Tony Curcillo to End Bob Joslin ans Win; Georgia Tech Falters yards.

But then Johnny Karros Sc. Baa Jaaraal Sarrlc. BOWLING GREEN Fumbles tn the end cone for what should have been a touchdown a few minutes after the field goal. The Bucks and a cantankerous "clutch" kick broke loose for 15. Two more plays lost four before O'Connell took over.

HE HIT End Rex Smith with a pass for 23 yards, only his fifth that sailed wide of the uprights were illegally in motion on tne play, however, and it was called back. cost Kent State U's Golden Flashes their bid for win No. TWICE Northwestern got close Duke Grabs Pass. Earns 14-14 Draw completion in 13 attempts to that point, and for more yardage than all four of his previous completions. One more line play was wasted before he hit Smith again and gave enough to miss field goal attempts in the second quarter, the first tune, by Bob Burson after the Wildcat attack had bogged down on Ohio's 9-yard line and the sec Bowling Green a 27-27 tie here Saturday for 14 yards.

Rally TuMs Back Cadet Squad, 28-6 NEW YORK O) The terrific Trojans of Southern California plowed through rain, mow and ankle deep mud in nearly empty Yankee Stadium Saturday to shut off Army without a first down Then he threw to Joe Vernasco SB) BsB-isssfjr aidi ond time by Norman Kragseth A homecom for 11 yards and a first down on Michigan's 19 with two and a half minutes left ing day crowd ATLANTA WP) Unbeaten Fullback Bill Tate came through 3f 5,200 watched as the Flashes again experienced Inability when a second sortie had stalled on the Ohio 12. Between these two Invasions was a touchdown threat by the visitors which failed when Burson passed to nobody far over the end zone on fourth down from the Ohio 13. Georgia Tech relaxed for a moment when victory looked won In the final quarter Saturday and Duke used the lapse to score a Durig to overcome a supremacy enjoyed by the Falcons a mysterious with a 12-yard dash and after Pete Bachouros lost a yard, O'Connell took over again. His pass to Smith was perfect, and when Sammy. Rebecca converted the stands went wild.

startling 14-14 tie. The game, rough but clean. JANOWICZ' field goal was addi ended with about 400 fans and Statistics 4 players on the field. The tension tionally important for the reason that it tied at least a modern Ohio State record. Tint Dawaa IT WAS blistering football, even packed stands partially emptied BeeGe.

S.l St 14 Kent 4 in 15 when a Tech back was tackled This was Vic's second three- in the 29-degree temperature. The gale made the contest a punting duel throughout Michigan's Bill pointer of the season, his first having come in the Indiana game. Roshint Tardar. Passlnt Paaaea Attempted Passes Completed Passea Intercepted Br Panta Pantina Ararat. Tarda Penalised roughly by a Duke man on the final play of the game.

It was a legal play. A quick-witted public 4 and score a smashing 28-8 Inter-sectional triumph. Led by the running and passing: free-wheeling Frank Glfford and the mud-scorning punt run-backs of Jarring Johnny Williams, the Trojans boosted their national prestige before 14,000 chilled spectators. A IT'MBLE set up the only Army score early In the first period. Army's quick kicking put the Trojans in an early hole as Dick Reich dropped one dead on the Southern Cal three-yard line.

The only otner uucxeye to dooi Billings and Illinois' Ken Miller kicked 10 times each, Billings for two field goals in the same season a 28.5 average and Miller for 32.5. address announcer called for the national anthem and when the Star Spangled Banner-was completed the crowd had calmed. recently was Max scnnituter in 1945, against Northwestern and domination that has permitted the Twice each team gained posses Kent outfit only one victory since sion by Intercepting passes and Michigan. 1946. one of these, hauled in by Al Brosky on the Mini 37 for Illinois, A 125-MAN' delegation from The Falcons, powerhoused by ended a Michigan march which Miami's Orange bowl was in the stands but what effect the tie Fullback Fred Dung, recovered three Flash fumbles and turned had begun on the Wolverine eight Once Illinois lost the ball on a fum score might have on Tech's selection as a New Year's Day them into touchdowns to gain their deadlock.

Durig. who gained 186 ble. Michigan gave 'p possession in this fashion three times. Orange bowl team was unknown. vards by rushing in 27 carries, IT IS Df CREDIBLE that a foot-ball team as good as Ohio was a week ago when it beat Iowa, 47-21, could be as ridiculous as the Bucks were for, long periods Saturday.

It la even more Incredible that the Wildcats were worse. Ordinarily tt Is a case of the better team winning. In this Instance It eaa only be said that the poorer team lost The temperature was 35 degrees, which is not conducive to good now sports a ground-gaining total A Tech homecoming crowd of Statistics Tint D.vnt Ruihlnf arSat. Pastlnt rata Attempt raaaca Campletrj PaM Inlerctpud Pnllnr tmn TawiblM 1 oit Tati rmtlittt of 1.067. 36,000 had leaned back in the Army 1 I 1 II II I Cal.

9I IS II US End Don Campbell of tne fourth quarter when Tech looked Flashes, who has missed only two THROUGHOUT, it was a rugged battle with Linebacker Chuck Boerio and End Frank Wodziak standouts for the Mini, and Linebacker Roger Zatkoff and Tackle safely home for its seventh victory. The score was 14-7 and Tech had been going great extra-point tries all season, missed his second Saturday and it cost the Flashes a victory. But then Quarterback Darrell Last Saturday Campbell's failure Statistics A A his first of the season gave Statistics Crawford elected to pass and he will never finish regretting It Duke's line poured through on Ohio a 28-27 win. This time, Mich. 11 11 S4 9 little Crawford and he had to throw as best he could.

Dud Hager after successfully completing three kicks, he failed on the fourth the ball sailing wide of the up Nariavwtera 11 1 Des Koch fumbled In punting and 8tan Kulck recovered for Army on the two. Reich then' smashed through guard from the one four plays later. It wasn't until the second quarter that the Trojans started to go. Then they quickly converted the game Into a rout. A quirk kick put Army back on its 12 and Williams ran the return punt back from the Cadet 43 tn the 30.

Southern Cal OStT 14 14.1 a 1 14 S4 First Botrni Rashln. Tardar. Paasnif Tardar Passea Atteaspted Passe Completed Passe Intercepted Panta Panlini Arerare of Duke intercepted the ball on nilnaU lit. 11 14 4 14 K.S I 1.1 Firit D.wna R.shinv Tardae. Pasting Tardacc Passea Attempted Passe Ompleted Passe.

Intercepted Pant, Panttnr Aeerar. Fvmblei Lt Yards Penalised rightsand it resulted In the dead his 15 and ran to Tech's 35. 14 lock. a M.5 Worth Lutz passed to Blaine Earon, Jack Kistler punched at 15 THE, FIRST of three disastrous Flash fumbles came on the very Tech's line and, on the sixth play after the interception, Lutz scored first play of the game. Jim Daw Bern Pederson equally flashy for the Wolverines.

But Wolverine from the two. Ray Green got his kins, the Mansfield freshma Leon Hardeman of Georgia Tech ran in bad luck on this 26-yard excursion around Duke's left end. Officials ruled he stepped out of bounds after a six-yard gain. In pursuit are Duke Ends Blaine Baron and A. B.

Pearson. Acme Telephoto. powered to the 15 and Pat Duff blasted through right tackle. Gif-ford converted to give the Trojans second conversion, and that tied starting: his first came on the Fullback Peterson was the star of the score at 14-all. offensive, dropped BeeGee's kick a 7 to 8 lead.

off on the Kent 30. Phil White the game, even in defeat He consistently pierced the center of the Illinl line for massive yardage. In 4 AFTER THE half Tech ran 11 recovering for the Falcons. TIGERS HURDLE STUBBORN BROWN SOUTHERN' CAL boosted that lead before the half when It drove 04 yards on Glfford'a running and 27 carries he picked up 104 of the times tn a 58-yard march to a Five plays and less than two minutes later, Durable Durig of the Falcons skirted end for 19 Wolverines' 161 yards on the score. The second touchdown came when two big Tech linesmen Ray ground.

a 15-yard penalty. Cosimo Cutri carried the final two yards on an Beck and Lamar Wheat deflected Karras, who went Into the game Even Mud, Snow Can't Stop Kazmaier play. The wind was 18 miles an hour from the south, southwest The field appeared dry and solid but might have been deceiving. But nothing could have been quite so deceiving as these two grid teams In charging top grade prices for Inferior product HOW FUTILE were the efforts of these valiant old opponents can be seen in a glance at the statistics. Ohio made two first downs In the first half, picked up 12 yards by rushing and 25 by passing and completed only two of 10 passes.

The Wildcats made six first downs, got 30 yards by rushing and 88 by passing, and completed eight of 21 passes in this half. FOR THE entire game however, See BCCK, Page 2-0 needing four touchdowns to break end sweep. Glfford again verted. a Duke punt Beck catching it and running 52 yards to a Red Granges 1924 record, stUl needs that many. He was checked Williams started Southern Cal's third score when he ran back a punt from the Southern Cal 41 to by the Wolverines.

Pass interceptions set up both The defeat Michigan first in of Duke's touchdowns. Crawford mess of gooey mud after the first few plays. THF WET, muddy conditions ms'M passing an impossibility and Brown's running attack was Armys 32. Glfford again con Big Ten play against three wins, yards snd a touchdown. 4 4,.

THE SCRIPT stayed the same for the second Falcon score. Kent took Bowling Green's next kick-off and, managing to retain the ball, moved up to midfiefH. But there they were gripped by fum-bleitis again. This time Fullback Jim Cullom dropped the ball and Gene Aldrich recovered it for the Falcons. A few line bucks later and the See KENT Page 4-0 trlbuted most of the gains to the gave the Wolverines a season record of 3 and 3.

For Illinois it was the sixth triumph against no de one, from where Harold Han bat' tered over. had a net gain of 262 yards on the ground although he could not get anywhere with his running passes. In spite of a fumble by Russ McNeil of the first running play, it took Princeton only seven minutes to score for the first time. McPhee pounced on Ken Kes-saris' fumble on the 22 yard line. Pivlrotto and McNeil took the ball to the 14 and from there Kazmaier carried It over for the miscued with two minutes to in the first alf and heaved straight into arms of Duke Halfback George Grune.

Grune ran to the Tech 11. Lutz passed to Blaine Earon on Tech's two. Earon plunged over. feats. 1-' Williams personally accounted for the final tally when he took an Army punt and slipped, slithered and ekidded 65 yards through the nilnoia 4 4 4 Mlchitan 4 4 4 Touchdown: Illlnato Smith.

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Sa.th.rii filMt Ctrl. Han. Wllllaai, f.l.ta 1 St GARFIELD, BUCHTEL TANGLE Playoffs Pit North Against South PRINCETON, J. Dick Kazmaier refused to let mud, snow and a surprisingly stubborn Brown defense stop him Saturday and Princeton preserved its all-winning record with a 12-0 victory over Brown. Kazmaier, of Maumee, O.

cored both the Tiger touchdowns in the snowy first quarter and completely dominated the uncomfortable show, watched by about 0,000 frigid spectators. THE VICTORY, sixth of the season for the No. 8 team in the Associated Press' national ranking poll, was Princeton's 19th in a row over three seasons. This equalled the all-time Tiger winning record, made by the 1J86-87 teams. The game was played under miserable weather conditions which precluded any fancy run-j-iing or pasatug.

Princeton used straightaway running plays most of the time after taking the lead and Brown Just couldn't run at all. It snowed all through the first half after raining for more than 24 hours and the field was a tion except a block on the defensive end. 4 THREE MINUTES later Kas Davis Cuppers Arrive In Sydney HUT H.aS.ina llftr Simonscz Gains Berkeley Prize rendered completely futile by this and Princeton's strong defensive platoon, led by Frank McPhea and Dave Hlckok. Brown gained only 40 yards on the ground and 16 more through the air. Kazmaier alone maier struck again.

The Tigers, starting from their 24, moved slowly to the 39. Then Kaz found SYDNEY. Australia (CP) The ALBANY, Cal. UP Slmonsex rationed from out of the pack In a hole at left tackle, burst through the secondary and out-footed his pursuers in a 61-yard the stretch to capture the J7.500 added Berkeley Handicap at Gold U. S.

Davis Cup team, looking fit and sun-tanned, arrived Saturday night and Manager Frank Shields said It "expected to take the cup bark to America." In the party were Shields, his Bueknell, 28-7 Garfield handed the Griffins a 20-0 licking when the two met during the regular season. However, with the Griffs' two Daves. Bumham and Klein, again ready for duty, the outcome of this one could be different The schedule for the double-header will be the same as during the season with the first game starting at 6:30 p. m. and en Gate Field Saturday befora crowd of 17,852.

tated a drawing for opponents In Friday night's action. Principal John Hagen of West drew for Buchtel and came up with the No. 3 ticket, which automatically pitted the Griffs against Garfield. SOUTH and Garfield will take on the role of favorites. In the first meeting between the Cavaliers and Vikings the Southerners administered a sound 7-6 lacing to the Norsemen.

It's North against South and Buchtel versus Garfield in the City Series playoffs Friday night at Rubber Bowl with the winners meeting Thanksgiving Day for the City championship. Garfield finished first in the regular season standings with four wins and one loss. South was second with three wins, a loss and a tie. and Buchtel and North tied for third with a 3-2 record. The Buchtel-Norfc tie necessl LEWISBURO, Pa.

(INS) Brad wife, Coach Jack Kramer and scoring run. McNeil's kick for the first extra point was blocked. Kazmaier tried a pass for the second after a penalty but was smothered. Jockey Peter Moreno, weighted at. 107 pounds, brought the long shot through the mile In 1 minute players Dick Savitt of Orange, N.

Ted Schroeder of La Cres centa, Vic Seixas of Phila 35 1-5 seconds to beat out Grantor Myers scored his 11th, 12th and 13th touchdowns of the year Sat-turday to pace undefeated Bueknell over an icy gridiron to its 11th consecutive victory, a 28-7 conquest of Temple, by half a length. Jersey Rebel ran delphia and Tony Trabert of Cincinnati. Billy Richardson of Los Brawn Prtneot.a PrlnraWm ur front all the way for tnird. the second one lettmg way at 4 4 44 4 4 4-1S 44.rtntt TlcQdewl Ktt- I Angeles will Join the squad later. Imonses paid 115.50, 14.00, ft,.

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