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mm nn ji raco iTltnneapolis vEribunc TVirn Purple Errors Into Scores Eight-Touchdown Parade Bye Gets First Tally yilll jp-. 1 first downs with their improving running attack that piled up a net of' 270 yards. They got 34 yards through the air with one completion. They still pay off on the final score, though, and those 37 points were a tribute to the heads up play the Gophers chnwpH nil aftpmnnn in tAlrino a hp opposition's mistakes and that all powerful line In that gets tougher each week. The big crowd was amazed at half time when 1 Jt the Riprman hnnrl.

hnrl a lead, hut the fans By CHARLES JOHNSON Execntive ports Editor, Th Star and Trlbana Minnesota's steadily improving football team Saturday afternoon took good care of one of Bernie Bierman's old Western conference enigmas the Northwestern Wildcats. The Gophers scored a 37-21 victory over the crippled invaders from Evanston in 76-degree heat as a near-record crowd of 60,669 looked on. It was the biggest score that a Bierman-coarhed team ever has run up on the Wildcats, bus when it was all over the Gophers still found their defense against passes nothing to rave about. It was Minnesota's alertness and mnie more brilliant play by Ha hard-charging line that made the difference in the final score. The Gophers turned two recovered Northwestern fumbles into touchdowns and also intercepted one of many Wildcat passes to get a third tally without a long, sustained drive on any of them.

The Cats in addition contributed a safety to the Minnesota total. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1947 saw their favorites outscored 14 to 7 in the last half that took some of the sparkle out of Minne '''ft OWE 5 ULJ sota's first conference win of the season. It was a game in which no less than five Gophers, including Glen Pullens who made his first appearance of the year, marched into pay dirt The former South high speedster was joined by rrtATOuw A bad pass from center where a substitute was carrying on for TOES re 9 Johnson Billy Bye, Frank Kuzma, Bill Elliott Everett Faunce In counting touchdowns. Never-miss Don Bailey booted all five) of the points, although he needed a little help In getting one of them over the crossbar. Ken Wiltgen, a fine end, and the hard running Art Murakowski, who was returned to his old fullback berth for this game, got the three Purple touchdowns, with the latter counting twice.

Jim Farrar made three placement kicks for the rest of the 21 points. Incidentally, the Wildcats were reasonably satisfied with that performance because their ownVnistakeS got them into most of their trouble. Injuries to key men didn't help their cause either, but they gave it the good old college try up to the final whistle. l-S DD.0M the injured Alex Sarkisian forced back Tom Worthington into the end zone, to forfeit two points to the wearers of the gold. In its own behalf, Northwestern made good use of its formidable aerial thrusts to move 85, 60 and 70 yards for its three touchdowns, every one of which was earned.

Before yon get too excited about this most decisive Minnesota win over Northwestern daring the Bierman regime, take a look at the statistics. They showed, strangely enough, that the Cats out-downed the Gophers 19-14. The visitors gained that edge on their passing proficiency which netted them 10. They completed 14 tosses out of 18 for 191 yards. The Gophers did all of their damage on the ground, gaining 13 We mentioned Minnesota's OX THE SIXTH play of the game, Billy Bye ol Minnesota starts around end from North western's nine-yard line.

alertness. It was alertness that made possible the first marker. By JOE IIENDRICKSON I Sand, TrltaM Staff Writer NEW YORK A stubborn Army mule nibbled some flower from Illinois' Rose bowl championship bouquet in a 0-0 football struggle at Yankee stadium Saturday. Arising to ensive heights when in trouble and unleashing a surprisingly strong running game of its own. Army frustrated all Illinois attempts to write 30 to modern football's greatest undefeated string.

1 The Gophers had won the toss sT and took the wind as they kicked 1 off to Tom' Worthington in the INSIDE PEACH Michigan 69 Pittsburgh 0 Story Page Thrr Yale 17 Columbia 7 Story Page Eight Iowa 27 Indiana 14 Story Page Two And so does Army go on with a mark of 31 consecutive games without defeat. Favored Illinois provided the largest number ot offensive thrills for the 65,000 upectators, and the defending Western conference champions enjoyed the day's best scoring opportunities. However, a fine Army line, led by guard and captain Joe Steffy, always had the defensive kick and stubbornness when most needed. Illinois reacned Armys nine-yard line in the first quarter. As the first half ended, the Illini had end zone.

He returned to, his 25, but on the first play Murakowski fumbled. Clayton Tonnemaker, again a defensive star, fell on it. The Gophers didn't miss this grand opportunity. In two shots at the center of the Cats' weakened line. Bill Elliott got 12 yards.

Bye could add but one on a sweep and Elliott wtos piled up for a two-yard loss when he and his mates got jammed up. The Gophers were nine yards from payoff territory on third down. So Bill Thiele, who perked brilliantly in the brains department, turned Billy Bye loose at the CatV left end. He got a good start, but shortly found himself hemmed In by three tacklers. He appeared stopped, but this elusive Anokan bounced, slid and crazy legged his way through the Cats until he was In the end zone.

dented Army's six-yard line before a field goal at tempt by Don Maechtle spun wide of the posts. Illinois marched and passed to three more good Ilendrickson Texas Thumps I BILL ELLIOTT of the Gophers sets Bye's pace as Billy drives Sooners 34-14 ELLIOTT GETS his man, but with all those white jerseys in front of him, it's amazing how Bye gets through. to the sidelines and then cuts straight downfield. It was only a few minutes later scoring opportunities in the ond half, once losing the ball on Army's 12 and later reaching hm Cadets' 23 and 39 yard stripes. Army had Its moments, too, la between these attacks.

The Cadets, who rolled up 162 yards by running during the afternoon, advanced to Illinois' 20 and 27 yard lines in the first half. They equalled this in the second half by going to the Illinois 39 and 32 on two different occasions. However, one couldn't Illinois was in extreme danger during any of thesa advances. Terry Moss, Illinois quarterbacV, was the performer most repo- when Grant rushed Farrar so badly on his third down pass that DALLAS, TEXAS UP) Bobby Layne pitched Texas to a 34-14 victory over Oklahoma Saturday in the wildest of the it was Incomplete. With fourth down, Worthington went back to via 41 games that have been staged by these southwestern rivals.

At the finish several thousand of the 45,500 fans piled kick. Center Ray Miller's pass back high. The bad rolled to the from the stands and engaged in hot arguments on the field four, where Worthington grabbed It with at least seven Gophers on top of him. while ouicers escortea tne game oinciais away in a police car. The game was punctuated by fights among the fans and pop bottle throwing as spectators vented their anger.

The big, bruising Oklahoma line manhandled the Longhorns sible for the moments when tb WorthinKton didn't give tip. He i reversed his field and attempted Army mule was forced to nort in distress. Moss completed 10 physically sp much the Sooners drew costly penalties but they to run it out. Instead he wound up in his end zone, where he was could do nothing with bounding Bobby Layne and his passes. It was of 20 passes but couldn't rtch the winning strike.

this young man's throwing. In his final appearance against an Okla downed for a safety. homa team, that told the story. Army coach Earl Blaik was con The Northwestern mechanical errors continued and again the Gophers took full advantage of tent to play it conservatively, relying on the stoutness of his lin and the hard running of Rip Rowan, Bob Stuart, Rudolph Con- iiui II II them. Harry Elliott had kicked out of bounds on the Cats' seven when, on first down.

Gasper Per- sentlo, John Shelley and WinCeld r-) Texas never was behind but had plenty of anxious moments as the "TV formation of the Sooners battered the Longhorn line. Oklahoma had to make its scores the hard way while Texas moved both through the air and on the ground. Layne completed eight passes out of 11 for 129 yards and his Scott. FRIENDSHIP? SCORE: 106-0 ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA.

U.E) Florida Normal, showing little if no friendship for Friendship college, rolled to one of the highest scores of the football season Saturday, trampling the Bock Hill, S.C, team 106-0. Those names don't sound Ilka Blanchard and Davis, and the boy ricone, playing fullback, fumbled. This time Bud Hausken recovered on the Cats 15. The yardage was hard to get here but Bill Elliott picked up three in two tries and H. Elliott By BERNIE SWANSON Sunimr Tribana.

Staff Writer JHADISON, WIS. Assault and Battery were not listed on the California roster, but they should have been after what the Golden Bears did to Wisconsin here Saturday before 45,000 stunned spectators. don't run like the departed All Americas, but Blaik-must bar WIBMVHSMnaVlBBBBniMBNBn Ilendrickson Continued on Page Four Ruthless on defense and attack, California had altogether Texas Continued on Page Two BUT BILLY is still going across the five, and Brace Dangh- erty (No. 14) is about to make a very important block. Johnson Continued on Page Two sr' too much and too many as it whistled, rocked and flew to a 48-7 rout of unbeaten Wisconsin.

It was a scoring demonstration unsurpassed since Notre Dame :4 whipped the Badgers 50-0 in 1943. Lynn "Pappy" Waldorf was making his first visit to the middle west since he left Northwestern a -Z kT'l IN rVJ r-i l'l. A (t i and Wisconsin want him to hurry back. Before the game he had difficulty talking because of a throat condition that each fall. But a gridiron shift to California must Big Nine California 48, Wisconsin 7.

Illinois 0, Army 0. Iowa 27, Indiana 14. Michigan 63, Pittsburgh 0. Minnesota 37, Northwestern 2L Notre Dame 22, Purdue 2. USC 32, Ohio State 0.

State Colleges Carleton 35. Coe 0. Gustavus 27, Hamline 0. Luther 13, Augsburg 6. St.

Cloud Tchrs. 12, Mankato Tchrs. 0. St. John's 20, SL Mary's 13.

St. Olaf 7, Concordia 6. Winona Tchrs. 7, Duluth Branch O- Rochester J. C.

14, Mason City J. 13. Stout 7, Eau Claire Tchrs. 0. Worthington J.

C. 26, Austin J. 6. Upper Midwest Swanson have been good for football health. 4 There was nothing wrong with his thinking.

And there definitely was nothing wrong with the Golden Bears' muunnjr ajong ine ground or through the ali. T-U T- tic oears wauea a iun year to avenge that 28-7 licking they assimilated from Wisconsin In Berkley a year ago. Now all undoubtedly is forgiven and forgot ten. rnaay night one of the Call Aberdeen Tchrs. 43, S.D.

Mines 7. a ain ia us: "ir we Dak. Wesleyan 31, Huron 7. I eon win by 25 points. I'll be Ellendale Nor.

19. Jamestown 0. dlsaPPointed. We're still not too late, though, because when Bye's right foot touches ground again, the Gopher halfback will be over the goal line, for the first of Saturday's eight touchdowns. DAUGHEKTY, on the ground at right, made his block all light, but Tom Worthington, Northwestern halfback, drags Billy around th the hips in this final picture.

Worthington Is fUl great football team, but we have every chance" to be one. And don't be surprised if our defense overshadows our offense." Truly told. You might think a 48-7 scoring parade implies a highly-geared offense. The Bears had that. But it was a crushinr.

al SImTTE mm LQJ By GEORGE A. BARTON ing, as compared with 101 yards ful and fast travelling Whisler most fanatical California defense ttantar Tribane Staff Writer 22 yards and Cline was held to to 11. Iowa Tchrs. 33, Emporia 6. 2 Kansas 86, S.

Dakota St 6. Knox 19, Lawrence 13. Minot Tchrs. 32, Mayville River Falls Tchrs. 27, La Crosse Tchrs.

14. Tchrs. 6. No. Dakota U.

47, Manitoba 0. Platteville Tchrs. .13, Oshkosh Tchrs. 0. Middle West Akron 12, Case Tech 6.

Assumption 12, Detroit Tech 0. Augustana (HI.) 56, St. Ambrose 26. Aurora 34, Concordia (HI.) 8. Baldwin-Wallace 27, O.

Wes. 19. that did the major damage. Nine times Wisconsin fumbled, COLUMBUS, OHIO Southern California wreaked vengence on yhe Trojans scored once in each of the first, second and third pe- Ohio State for three successive running attack. Then, the Trojans began to assert themselves.

Ohio's Pete Peri-ni was forced to punt from his end zone. Doll caught the ball on the Buckeye's 46 and returned four yards. On the first play, Doll, (behind brutal blocking) broke through the right side of Ohio's line and sprinted 43 yards six times the Bears recovered, usually in spots very damaging to John Ferraro, Southern Califnt. nia's giant tackle, intercepted Sla-ger's pass on the Trojans 25. Four plays later, the Buckeye were presented with their best scoring opportunity when Whla ler recovered Bets' fumble on tb invaders 40.

After Sensanbuagher lost a yard, Randel Savic completed iwith their backs to the wall all afternoon. Their series is now all even, with three victories apiece. The Trojans dominated from start to finish, registering five touchdowns and coming dangerously close to scoring two more. Southern Cal took to the air to score twice, garnered two more along the ground and racked up defeats by by rushing and 128 by passing by their rivals. Don Doll, Edsel Curry and Jimmy Powers were the big guns in Southern Cal's attack.

The former compiled 47 yards in six plays, while Curry turned in 41 yards in three attempts. Powers' deadly passing accounted for two touchdowns and carried the Tro- Statistics tne Badgers. Those Badgers didn't fumble because the Bears were tackling, the ball. They fumbled 8t. ri.ohi suu -J because they were hit so hard.

Time after time, too, the Bears broke "thru to spill a Badger for crushing the Buckeyes 32 0 before a capacity crowd of 76,559 in the sixth inter-sec-' tional meeting between these rivals at Ohio nrst tnwni II Kftt yards gained raihinr IS Forward paaua attempted 1 I' Forward Bauet rompleted 7 Yardi hy forward passing Forwards Intercepted I Yds. gained ranback IS Panting average 35 Total all kick, retarned Opponent ambles recovered Yards lost bj penalties JS Ijans deep into Ohio territory on (several occasions. to a touchdown. Tom Walker, who specializes in place kicking, was guilty of his first of three failures to convert the extra point. Ohio's adherents had a chance pass to Jimmy Clark who flashed to the 15.

Surely, the Buckeyes followers thought their gang would score, but Southern Cal braced. Whisler was stopped mid; Clark went to the 12 and Savic's pass was batted down by Coach Wes Fesler replaced Sen. Ball State, 18. Valparaiso 14. Ball State 20, Culver 14.

Bloomsburg 11, Clarion 7. Butler 21, St. Joseph's 0. Capital 14, Hiram 6. Carroll 13, Ripon 7.

Cedarville 9, Bluff ton 0. Cornell (la.) 21, Simpson 13. Some idea of the Trojans' ter-rific line play may be gathered from the scanty yardage gained a longer loss than several Wisconsin plays had gained, so terriflc was their line and so speedily did the ends or the line backers come up to nail the runner before he could get under steam. "Whistled, rocked and flew" Is another after intercepting a Buckeye pass. The Buckeyes made only one serious scoring threat, that in the second quarter when they went to Southern California's 12-yard line where the Trojans braced and took over on downs.

The Californians rolled up 194 stadium Saturday afternoon. to cheer early in the second quarter when Verdova intercepted Murphy's pass and ran it back to Southern California's 36. The Trojans riods, and added two in the final itanza. It looked like a stubborn struggle during the first five minutes when neither side was able to make much headway with its carried entirely Barton by Ohio's prize backs Dean Sen sanbaugher, Joe Ollie Cline, and Alex Veraova. Sensan-baugher and Verdova were held to 19 yards each while the power- Whisler took a wide lateral too much artillery for the inex from Dick Slager for five yards Scores Continued on Page Two Swanson Continued on Page Four Barton Continued on Page Four perienced Buckeyes, who fought yards by rushing and 106 by pass but Ohio's hopes were stifled when sV.

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