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1 I i i I till Jl Vt STORY ON PAGE THREE ri 7 mi 0)11 MM, Lin Liy INSIDE 'fthnm HALSEY HALL Page 5 Gopher dressing; room slants BOB BEEBE rage 5 Nebraska dressing; room slants SPORTSI ad STAR JOURNAL iPEACH JOE HENDRICKSON rage 8 Seen on the sidelines MINNEAPOLIS, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1941. Bears Go 82 Yards for Score WACO, TEXAS (LP) Little Baylor, considered one of the Southwest conference weaklings, stopped the Texas Longhorns like a four-strand barbed wire fence Saturday and came out with a 7 to 7 tie, wrecking the perfect record of a team that had never failed to score less than five touchdowns in any previous appearance this year. The Texas scoring machine, considered the greatest ever developed in the southwest, couldn't get going against the same Baylor eleven THAT WAS BEATEN, 48 TO 0, BY Pv 8MB SWEIGER FOLLOWS GARNAAS TO LONE GOPHER TOUCHDOWN TEXAS A. LAST WEEK and which has had 71 2 1 Atfaay. Thoapsoa Fitch qi una jriay i lliliiiiili 1 1, liteilillii points scored against it in its last two games.

The Longhorns were hard put to get their only touchdown in the second period on straight football through the center of the line, and when they settled down to play defensive football for the first time this year, BAYLOR WRECKED THIS STRATEGY WITH A SENSATIONAL FOURTH PERIOD SCORE. The Baylor drive started on its own 18. Kit Kittrell, substitute quarterback, directed a series of passes, runs and fakes that drove Keyed Up Husker Bow Again By CHARLES JOHNSON An inspired gang of fight- ing football players wearing the Scarlet and Cream of the University of Nebraska Sat'' urday afternoon held a re-', laxed and nonchalant Minne-sota team to a 9 to 0 victory in Memorial Stadium before 42,893 chilled spectators. Handicapped by loss of two regulars Francis at fullback: and Kathol at right end Ncf braska turned loose two replacements in Wayne Blue at fullback and Marvin Thomp- son at right end who carried; on so valiantly that they lcf .1 I The Statistics Texas Baylor First Downs 9 Yards gained rushing 118 Forward passes attempted 14 Forward passes 4 Yards hy forward 43 Yards lost attempted forward passes 0 Forward passes Intercepted by 1 Yards gained runback of intercepted passes 10 Punting average from scrimmage jjy.o Total vards kicks returned 31 Opponent's fumbles recovered 0 Yards lost by penalties 20 XL4s V- 64 yards to the Texas 18. THE LONGHORN LINE BROKE WIDE OPEN on play after play, and when the secondary closed in to A 5 4c their mates to one of the; most gallant stands a real un derdog team has made here in many years.

Figured to lose by 21 to 2t points, these Cornhuskers got dander up to play their best gam of the year. They didn't get anyj thing but a licking for their efforts but they fought so admirably thai THEY MADE THEIR 3,000 BACK ERS IN THE STANDS PROUD OF" THEM every minute of the 60 they were on the field. 10, ,4 no bolster it. 'Kittrell shot a toucn-down pass to Bill Coleman, another substitute back, in the end zone. Only 18 seconds remained to play when Kittrell looped the pass that fnight keep the Longhorns out of the Rose Bowl.

Jack Wilson, Baylor's injured back, hobbled from the bench to kick the point that gave the Bears a tie. Jack Crain, the great Texas back who had sparked the Long 9 Without being unduly critical. 4 t--pV a and without trying to take any credit away from the courageous i 4' rX losers. It must be recorded that th Daloy (M) UOPHKRS PLAYED THEIR 7 ix POOREST GAME OK THE VEAR as they gained their fifteenth straight victory to remain one of From two yard line in second quarter, Sweiger scores! Note exceptional Gopher blocking, and Daley's fake (lower right) the few unbeaten major elevens in the national glrdlron picture. horns in their six previous conquests, made only 22 yards net.

His injured running mate, Pete Layden, was only in the game for three plays, two of them last-second passes which came after Baylor's tying touchdown when the Longhorns were trying desperately to break loose. Neither Crain nor Layden was in on the Texas touchdown. Roy McKay drove through center from the one-foot mark after he and his second string backfield mates had advanced the ball from the 10. Crain came in to kick the point Pos. Texas fKH WW ,11 Their prestige wasn't en- hanced one bit In eking out a deserved victory by the mar gin 1 of a touchdown by Bob Sweiger from the two-yard line In the second quarter and a IS yard placekick by Bill Gar-nau in the fourth period for the only scores of this twenty- third meeting between these two friendly but' keen rivals.

Too much credit can't be given i tnMv LB Flanagan 1 Barnett LT Cohenour Bertelli's Tosses felf La Jungmichel Oatewood H. Barklns Griffin RO Daniel r.hniH rt Cono W. Gandv RE Scott Wilson Martin Blgony LH Lobprles ttalann DOSS Messrs. Blue and Thompson. Th LOOK HERE! Macalester ..22 Texas Ags ...21 Carleton 6 SMU .10 former was a 60-mlnute perform M.

Crain FB R. Harkins er along with six of his mates. Gain 232 Yards! By JACK GUENTHER BALTIMORE, MD. (LP) Angelo Bcrtolo Bcrtelli, a Score by perioos: Baylor 0 7 7 Texas 0 7 0 07 Touchdowns. McKay and Coleman.

Points after touchdown, Jack Crain. Wilson. and their outstanding perform-ances actually SET THE HUSK-" ERS AFIRE with a most amazing" defensive stand. Kentucky State Wilberf orce 0. Kenyon 61; Ashland 0.

Defiance 14; Bluff ton 6. Ohio U. 21; Ohio Wesleyan 0. Bouling Green IS; Wittenberg 0. Butler 18; Toledo 2.

Denison 32; Bethany 0. Illinois Southern Normal 41; STORY ON PAGE THRKE STORV ON PAGE THRKK But In victory, Minnesota madft. tall, willowy youth with spring steel in his arm, snapped passes like a small boy flicks buckshot Saturday and Notre Dame drove another notch closer to its first undefeated season since the days of Knute Rockno with a 20-13 con Minnesota Nebraska 0. Ohio State 46; Wisconsin 34. Iowa 21; Illinois 0.

Northwestern 20, Indiana 14. Purdue Michigan State 0. (tie) some sort of history, for it was the Charleston 0. fourth straight Nebraska defeat; mm iimi la uie iusi lime mat 7 Lake Forest 20; 6. Bradley Illinois Wesleyan 0.

Pittsburgh T.C. Southwestern quest of the Navy. The Middies went down after smashing back to tie a wild and 0. IOWA, 21; ILLINOIS, 0 BERNARD IWANSON'S STORT ON PAGE THREE Dartmouth .20 Purdue 0 Princeton .13 Mich. State.

0 loose game up twice and unleashing a final crackling drive that carried 58 yards before being halted Just nine feet short of the touchdown and point that could have knotted the count again. Penn Beards Lions, 19-16 PHILADELPHIA, PA. UP) Pennsylvania beat Columbia at its own game Saturday, completing 11 of 14 forward passes that scored one touchdown and paved the way for two others, to defeat the LlonS, 19 to 16, in a thrilling see-saw battle. A crowd of 50,000 sat in bright November sunshine to see the Red and Blue score first in the opening minutes of play on a 27-yard aerial, Bert Stiff to Bernie Kuczynskl; shuddered as tricky Paul Governali passed the Lions to a 7-6 halftime lead; cheered as Penn shoved over two third period touchdowns, then Baker Kansas Wesleyan 0. Mlllikin North Central 0.

Ball State 83; Central Normal 0. Heidelberg 26; Elmhurst 0. Washington (St. Louis) 53; College 12. Grand Rapids, Central State Rose Poly (Terre Haute) 66, Mil The Statistics ton 0.

Notre Dame Navy huskers since 1899. Minnesota's usually powerful, hard-charging and terrific hitting line relaxed In this hall game to make It quite a task for the backs to gain ground through an Inspired Nebraska defense that used a five-man forward wall despite all the advance ballyhoo of Minne- sota's power. Yes, the Gophers relaxed, but HTORV ON PAGE FOt'K STORY ON PAGE THREE A sell-out crowd of 64,795 wild-eyed spectators saw Ber-telli keep his arm under cover until the start of the second period. Then 20 times Angelo faded back -far back while his mates laid IS KM) 20 First downs Vards Rained rtishlnf (net) Forward passes attempted Forward nasses completed T. 6.

II 10 Vards by forward pasting 216 104 Whitewater, 12; Plattevllle, 12. (12) Carthage, 13; West. 111. T. 12.

Ohio, 46; Wisconsin, 34 lards lost, attempted forward passes Forward passes Intercepted by Vards gamed, funbaek of Intercepted passes Punllns average (from Northern Dl. T. 32; Stevens an impenetrable barrier up before him, and 20 times he let 'er go. STORV ON PAGE FOCB not all-Amerlcan Dick Wiidung, a mare) SS 46 S4 1 40 46 48 91 2 to Lincoln 46; Cheney T. 0.

Concordia 40; Aurora 0. John Carroll 12; Kent State 0. St. Mary-DeSales, cancelled. Detroit Marquette 6.

Hillsdale, 14; Adrian, 0. Drake, 13; Iowa Teachers, 0. Lawrence Tech, 33; Ferris Institute, 7. Ohio Northern, 14; Mt Union, 0. Oklahoma AiM, 13; St Louis, 7.

Monmouth, Cornell, 0. Case, 36; Baldwin Wallace, 7. Wooster, Oberlin, 6. Kenyon, 61; Ashland, 0. Western Reserve, 28; Miami 13, Transylvania, 83; Otterbeln, 13.

60-mlnute performer for his team (X) total yards, all kicks returned Opponent's ambles Vards lost by penalties (X) Includes punts and klekoffs. despite an Injured shoulder. Dick On all but seven of those tosses he connected for a total of 232 yards held their breath as the Lions nearly turned defeat into victory Point, 12. Wichita 27; Emporia T. C- 13.

Findley 12; Evansville 7. Kansas State South Carolina 0. West Virginia 21; Kansas 0. Capital 12; Marietta 6. Western Mich.

State 12; Manchester 0. Northw'n ....20 Alabama ....19 Indiana .....14 Tulane ..14 In the last quarter. It was in the first minute of WITH THREE MINUTES TO carried on in such a sensational manner that he was the outstanding performer on the field. With monotonous regularity, the announcement came over the ioud the second period that Bertelli started to pitch. After a scoreless TORT ON PAGE FOCB STOBV ON PAGE FOCB PLAY ODELL RAN BACKWARDS 38 YARDS OVER HIS GOAL LINE TO GIVE THE LIONS AN INTENTIONAL SAFETY.

quarter, Dippy Evans intercepted a St Benedict's 26, Fort Hays speaker "WILDUNG MADE THE Naval aerial attempt and ran it back 40 yards to the Middle 40. State 7. Hope 6, Kalamazoo 6 (tie). Duke Runs Up 56 to 0 Score DAVIDSON, N. UP) Duke's powerful Blue Devils rolled over two touchdowns each period to defeat the underdog Davidson Wildcats, 56 to their football game Saturday.

Warrensburg T. C. 7, Springfield HARVARD, 20; ARMY, 6 STORV ON PAGE SIX T. C. 0.

Alma College 21, 4 blon 0. Wayne U. 12, Michigan Normal 0. TACKLE." Nebraska was doing pretty well with an old-fashioned cross buck from a formation until ung decided to do something about it. He smothered this pet ground-gaining play of Major Biff Jones, particularly In the second half, to add more concrete evidence to the ever-growing total that HE IS ONE Angelo tossed 38 yards to Evans for first down on the Navy two and two smashes later Evans scored and Steve Juzwlk converted for a 7-0 lead.

The Navy never could wipe out that lead the Middies tied it Cornell .21 Penn State .34 Louisville 21, Hanover 6. DePauw 32; Earlham 0. Wabasha 26; Franklin 7. Knox 14; Coe 7. Syracuse .19 STORY ON PAGE FIVE Yale 7 STORY ON PAGE EIGHT JOHNNIES WIN RIVER FALLS, WIS.

St. John's university brought its football season to a close here Saturday by ruining River Falls Teachers', annual Dad's day celebration, 23 to 7. CROSS COUNTRY fsrWrni MacalPSter 16. lows, 43, Illinois 16. HOf'KKV American leagna Philadelphia 3.

Haven 0, Hernhey A. Provldenre 2. Indianapolis 8, Cleveland (tie). Washington S. Pittsburgh 1.

At Springfield, Springfield, Buffalo, 2. National League Toronto 2. Boston 0. Chieaa-o 2, Montreal 4 (tie). American Hockey Asoelatlon Minneapolis 2, Tulsa 0.

Omaha 4, Kansas My 1. Football Scores Continued on Page Four Notre Dame Continued on Page Five Johnson Continued on Page Twa I..

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