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win TO iTlinneapolis unbap tribune yJ Billy Bye Scampers 60 Yards for Winning Touchdown touchdown that ended the amazing comeback of the Cinderella boys from Lafayette, Ind. That run paid off the Gophers handsomely for the best exhibition of fighting spirit that has been shown in Memorial Stadium in many years. Despite the fact that they were behind from the first three minutes of play until the fourth quarter, the Gophers just wouldn't toss in the sponge. And little Billy Bye set the pace in this grand show of courage by the Bernie Bierman boys. The winning touchdown resulted from quick thinking by By CHARLES JOHNSON Executive Sports Editor The glir and Tribune Little Billy Bye, 167 pounds of football dynamite from Anoka, turned what looked like a defeat into a 26-21 Minnesota victory over Purdue before a record-breaking crowd of 6,659 excited spectators in wind-swept Memorial stadium Saturday afternoon.

This terrific scrapper took a lateral from Jim Malosky early in the fourth quarter and raced 60 yards down the field for the NOV. 9, 1947 MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. TEE hi Malosky who tried a quarterback sneak on his own 32-yard line. He was stopped after an eight-yard gain, but running alongside of him was the opportunist. Bye.

Bill grabbed Malosky's lateral rigftt in front of the Minnesota bench and was off ta the races. The Anokan slashed directly across the field to the south side and by cutting loose with every ounce of speed at his command managed to outrun Bill Canfield into pay territory. There was the ball game as things finally turned out on this day of sub-freezing temperatures and a 29-mile-an-hour wind that eventually became a determining factor in one of the wildest scoring sprees seen here in years. Man for man, even some Mlnnesotans will agree that Purdue was the better team, but the Boilermakers own mistakes eventually presented the necessary opportunities for the Gophers to score four well-earned touchdowns. And don't think Minnesota didn't make the most of its chances.

It was a heart breaking defeat for Stu Holcomb's grand squad of aggressive and able youngsters for they held the lead for 43 minutes and 16 seconds. But let's get back to Bye who had the best offensive day of his career to turn the tide for his scrappy mates. Not only did he score the winning touchdown, but he raced 25 yards down the sidelines late In the third quarter for another marker that brought his team within two points of Purdue at 21-13. And if that weren't enough for one young man to do in one afternoon, he set up another touchdown by some more quick think-'ing. This happened in the first quarter.

With the score 7-0 for Purdue, Billy got loose for 15 yards to midfield. Stopped a Malosky was in the fourth. Bye lateralled to Bill Elliott who advanced 41 yards down the field to the nine. Then on fourth down the Anoka halfback pitched a pass to Bud Hausken in the end zone. Another little Gopher back Hausken knocked off the other two touchdowns, one on that pass from Bye and the other one clever 26-yard run on a reverse in the second quarter.

Minnesota counted in every period, but found itself trailing until Bye's final effort- The Boilermakers scored twice in the first period and once in the second. They threatened several times In the last half, but the fumbles and penalties stopped them and brought a heart breaking loss. Norbert Adams, with Harry Szulborski, a BRENNAN RUNS 97 ON KICKOFF Cadet Fight Prevents Rout by Leahy's Lads By JOE HENDRICKSON Sunday Tribune SUM Writer SOUTH BEND, IND. Army's "doomed 39" fell before the Notre Dame firing squad 27-7 here Saturday afternoon. It was a quick execution.

Notre Dame required only 18 seconds to kill off Army's hopes on the opening play of the game. Sentenced to the "dearth penalty" by Notre Dame coach Frank Leahy for handing the Irish 59-0 and 4S-0 defeats during the war, Army paid the price on the opening kickoff. Notre Dame's Terry Brennan took the kick over his shoulder on his three yard line and sprinted 97 yards for a brilliant ball carrier, made his team's first score" early in the opening period. It was one passfrom the famed Bob DeMoss to Ned Maloney that got the second one and another pitch by the same Boilermaker to Clyde Grimenstein with only 31 seconds of play left In the first half that accounted for the other tally. The splurge that the Riveters made in that first half gave the chilly crowd the idea that they would romp over the Bierman boys in the second half.

But something happened to those Gophers Not certain that all the life was taken out of Earl Blaik's West Pointers by that sudden shot, Notre OLA Dame fired again a few mo 7--: ISf Sue ill SSP ymmmsMsi' 1 A -J netween halves for they came back in a sensa- Johnson tional way to stop Purdue's trick attack and score two touchdowns ments later on an 80 yard march with Brennan again crossing the fl nal stripe on a six yard dash. Fred Earley broke even in mattnk two after-touch Ilendrickson down attempts and the Irish had a 13-0 lead after nine minutes of the first quarter, a lead that pleased many of the 59,171 on hand to witness the execution to which under manned Armv was doomed this Big Nine Illinois 60, W. Mich. 11. Minnesota 26, Purdue 2L Michigan 35, Indiana 0.

Ohio State 7, Northwestern 6. Wisconsin 46, Iowa 14. State Colleges Carleton 18, Grinnell 13. Duluth Branch 12, Mich. Tech.

0. Macalester 14, St. Olaf 6. St. Mary's at Concordia, can cold, windy afternoon.

themselves. And it would be unfair if we didn't stop right here and pay tribute to the outstanding defensive player on the field Clayton Tonnemaker. This former Edison boy was in on more tackles than anyone else. His own individual play had more to do with halting Stu Holcomb's fancy reverses, explosive sneaks and wide sweeps than anyone else in the second half. The story of this game centers largely in Minnesota's alertness for the team recovered five of Purdue's six fumbles and made the most of the visitors' mistakes on every occasion.

It was a miserable day for football. The spectators had to sit in snow and ice despite fine cleanup efforts by the University crew. The players had to contend with a mean wind that blew 29 miles an hour out of the northwest to make punting against it almost impossible. The statistics proved that point for Minnesota averaged Army couldn't recover from that opening deficit, but in tribute to Blaik's forces, it must be said that they struggled valiantly in an attempt to regain their feet. They fought the Irish even In celed.

the second quarter but faltered somewhat In the third period Statistics Notre Dune AmiT Tint downs Net yards rushinc Wei yard panainc Forward, attempted Forwards completed arwards intercepted amaer of am.ta trace diataace af pantt Fumbles Rati lost ea Iambic Kamber af penalties) Tarda penalised 1st 5 Johnson Reports Continued on Page Two i -A 2r vi- i BIG NINE STANDINGS when Bob Livingstone skipped six yards to score as a climax to a 47 yard Notre Dame march that rVt. ti. Mlrhlran 4 0 1 111 Wlsronun 3 1 114 3 made It 20-0 when Earley kicked Purdue S4 the point. MINNESOTA 3 2 .504 9i Illinois 2 2 OM- state 12 1' .375 40 Then the Cadets matched Notre Ham, at touchdown apiece in Iowa 1 3 1 Indiana 13 1 .3" 34 7 Nortnweatern 1 4 jot 55 12S the final period. Thi Armv touchdown was a '''WiiiaeM8 1 1 n-irr-rrTT-n i-ial -r-1 1 rf" i I in II III TTlfiarirni a-nrf-iiTianfn ill ml -na GAMES NTXT SATVKDAT MINNESOTA at Inara.

Michigan af Wtacmutn Illlnou at Ohio Slut. Notre Dam. at Northwettero Murqurtr a Indiana. PltUouriti at Purdue. one yard buck by Rip Rowan after a 70 yard drive, and Notre Dame's came when little Larry GAME BREAKER Billy Bye sets off on the touchdown run that broke Purdue's heart Saturday.

Here the Gopher halfback breezes past Purdue's Norman Maloney after taking a lateral from Jim Malosky In the fourth period. It was a 68 yard pain that put the Gophers out in front. Coutre zig-zagged 11 to conclude an Irish drive of 80, Moorhead Tchrs. 7, Stout 0. Upper Midwest Dubuque 20, Iowa Wes.

6. 1 Iowa Tchrs. 33, Augustana 0. Loras 32. Winona Tchrs.

7. Milwauk. Tchrs. 31, La Crase i No. Central 42, Cienvlew NAS 7.

S. D. State li, Morningside 0. -S. Dak.

U. 20, Bradley 13. Middle West Aug. (111.) 0. Lake Forest 0.

BaltL-WalL 41, Otterbeln 0. Canterbury 6. Hiram 6. CanUius 7, Steubenville 0. Case 19, Carnegie Tech 14.

Cincinnati 20. Miami (Fla.) 7. Central 20. 34th Div. 0.

-Cornell (Iowa) 12, Morunouih 7 Defiance 26, Bluffton 0. DeKalb 25, Charleston 6. Denison 56, Capital 7. DePauw 25, Earlham 6. Eau Claire vs.

Whitewater rpd. Eureka 25. rrincipia 7. Franklin 6. Manchester 0.

Hanover 26, Ind. Cent. It. Hillsdale 7, Alma 7. 111.

Normal 6, S. IU. Norm. 6. I1L Wes.

15. I1L Coll. a 1 Ind. Tchrs. 13, St.

Joseph 6. Iowa State 36, Drake 6. Kalamazoo 32, Albion 6. Kansas 13. Nebraska 7.

Knox 7, Coe 6. Lawrence 34, Beloit 0. Lincoln (Mo.) 6, Lane 0. Macomb 27, Millikin 13. Miami (O.) 12, Dayton 0.

Mich. State 28, Santa Clara a Missouri 23. Duke 7. Mo. Mines 47.

SE. Mo. Tchrs. 13. Mt.

Union 20. Allegheny 6. Muskingum 42, Ohio No. O. Notre Dame 27, Army 7.

Ohio U. 7, Ohio Wesley an 7. Rose Toly 0. Ccdarville 0. Superior Tchrs.

31. No. Mich. T. Southwestern 24.

St. Ben. 0. SW. Mo.

St 13, Warrensburg 0. Toledo 7, Wayne 0. Villanova 25, Marquette 7. Wash. (Mo.) 27.

Central (Mo.) 7. Washburn 47, Ft- Hays 1L Wabash 7, Oberlln 7. Eafley and Army's Joe Steffy "WE OPENED BOOK kicked the points. Badgers Rocket FOR ARMY" LEAHY It cannot be said that Notre Dame did not pound out a clear cut victory. The Irish were (aster, Michigan Magic Tops Hapless Indiana 35-0 bigger and there were more of them.

But Notre Dame couldn't by Iowa 4644 By BERNIE SWANSON Sunday Tribune Staff Writer pour it on. A fighting Army team refused By GEORGE A. BARTON Sunday Tribune Staff Writer to let any Irish revenge reach such proportions, and in tribute to Frank Leahy, one must report that he seemed to be content with ANN ARBOR, MICH. Michigan's magnificent football MADISON, WIS. They almost had to put snow shoes on team, which combines magic with speed and power, took an Wisconsin's traditional good luck rabbit here Saturday, but the other long stride nearer the Big Nine championship and the snow helped rather than hindered its locomotion before 45,000 a victory minus any effort to bury Army under any stupendous score.

Kose Bowl by overwhelming Indiana 35-0 before a capacity oyous homecomers. Despite occasional snow flurries up to game time and Leahy used 39 men as evidence throng of 86,000 here Saturday. It was the Wolverines' fourth straight conference victory and Notre Dame did not win with Johnny Lujack's arm; It won with a fast-breaking offense on the bitterly cold wind, the traditional bunny in Badger clothing gath ered a rich harvest as it shocked the tall corn boys from Iowa 46-14 INSIDE Ohio State 7 Northwestern .6 Story Page Three Brown 20 Yale 14 Story Page Two Kansas City 5 Millers 3 Story Page Five their seventh in a row as the hapless Hoosiers joined Minnesota, Illinois, Northwestern, Pittsburgh, Stanford and Michigan State as ground that sent Brennan, Living victims. stone, Coutre, Emil Sitko, Mike If speed and versatile offense are the mechanics necessary to bother Michigan in its championship stampede, they were present in the spirited Badgers who meet the Wolverines next Saturday on this same Camp Randall battleground. Now, only Wisconsin and Ohio Stale stand in the way of Michi Swistowicz and end James Mar gan first western conference title since 1933.

fensively in the league until its Wisconsin had them here Sat disastrous invasion of Ann Arbor. The game, played in nearly 16 yards in six plays from Indiana compiled 114 yards by urday against a slower but burly Iowa team that was outclassed by Badger lightning. rushing and 72 by passing mostly Then when Iowa rose up for a SOUTH BEND, IXD. (U.E) "We opened the book against Army, we opened it early in the game, and that, plus the luck of the Irish, gave us the game we've wanted to win for three years." So spoke the happiest man in South Bend Saturday, Frank Leahy, whose Notro Dame: squad and he does mean squad rolled over Army 27-7. Terry Brennan's 95 yard return of the opening kickoff was the "sweetest 'give' I've ever had," Leahy said in the Irish dressing room after the game.

"It's the first time in my coaching career that I've been able to sit back on the bench with a seven point lead in 18 seconds." Across tht stadium, In Army's quarters, Coach Earl Blaik went quietly along the locker rows, whispering words of praise into the ears of his West Point cadets. To reporters Blaik's only comment was: "We met a superior team today; that's all there was to it. Certainly the early edge that Brennan's run gave Notre Dame had something to do with it, but basically it was just a better Notre Dame than an Army team." Leahy couldn't help grinning when someone" spoke of his "running attack." freezing weather and intermittent flurries of snow, was productive against third stringers. Wisconsin used all the scoring touchdown of its own, the Badgers stratagems to frustrate' Iowa, became serious and made all but Brilliant in Michigan's smashing victory were Bobby Chappuis Bump Elliott and Jack Welsen Saint Cagers Tip Oklahoma City OKLAHOMA CITY, CP) Okla one of the rest of them the hnrd which showed no apparent change tin for steady gains. Luiack threw only eight passes with four of them being good for a mere 28 yards.

Bui Brennan ran 77 yards, Livingstone 20, Coutre 34, Sitko 58, Swistowicz 76 and Martin 47 in Leahy's tricky formation attack that featured laterals and blazing speed on the part of all the backs. Martin's end around play and Lujack's laterals to the, others succeeded time and again. Army had a ground attack, too, with the middle of Notre Dame's line being in spirit or play way as a savage, fast line held up its end. burger. because of that Chappuis did not score any of Jug Girard sped for two touch Emlei Tunnell incident.

The homa Citj( lost its third game of the season in the Professional Basketball League of America Michigan's touchdowns but he per of a brilliant exhibition of offensive football by Michigan, which completely baffled Indiana. Wolverines won going downs within four minutes on sonally accounted for 151 yards. Saturday night to St. Paul 60-53. runbacks of punts.

Lisle Black-bourn and Clarence Self took care Hitherto, Chappuis' efforts have been confined largely to passing, Oklahoma City pulled ahead to a 22-15 lead at the end of the Swanson Continued on Page Four Wentworth 52, Chilicothe 6. W. Reserve 6. Butler 0. Wheaton 13, Valparaiso fi.

Wllberforce 3L Doer St. 0. i Wis. Coll. 19.

Pittsbg. (Kan.) Wichita 38, St. Louis 6. Wooster 21, Akron 6. Youngstown 19, St.

Vincent 0. So. 111. 6, 111. Normal 6, East Aberdeen Army 26, Army Chem.

0. Amherst 7, P. 6. Brown 20, Yale 14. Buckr.ell vs.

NYU. postponed. Buffalo AO, St. Lawrence 7. Catholic 26.

Mt. St. Mary 0-Champlaln 7, Sampson 0. Clarion 6, Bctnany 0. first quarter, but St.

Paul pulled Barton Continued on Page Four away as they Barton the soft spot that let. Rowan Bad gers scored long runs, three times on gallops of 63, 85 and 65 yards. They scored "on a short pitch pass and they scored on yard- up to tie the score at 27-27 at scored five touchdowns and stifled halftime. three Hoosier drives. through for 83 yards in 16 attempts that made him the leading offensive man of the day.

It was a battle of Notre Dame Statistics Oklahoma City (531 Statistics St. Paul (W) ii ft Dt tD is ft pt tp The Maize and Blue scored in 1 3 1 Kern, a Viritia tut lilt. I 5 2 2 12 I 3 8 2 14 Koariquez. i 2 Benion. 0 2 5 Inwa Flnt dAwns rl yards tailed rasKinr Forward aaaaea attempt! 21 fire and superiority versus Army consuming Swanson every quarter, once each in the first, third and fourth periods, end twice in the second quarter.

First downa Net yards ruthing Net yards passing Forwards attempted Mirh. Ind. 17 14 248 114 113 72 14 II 1 1 ..2 1 refusal to crumble. drives the other times. They made Forwards completed Forwards Intercepted II 41.1 34a This added tip to 22 Irish first downs against 13 for Army in a game that ended with a score very Forward paiats roasplrted Yard torware paaoinc Fat ward Interrewled I Td.

cata. ranbark inter. 1 Pantlnc eeerage 3.4 Total yds. all kirks retd. Opponents famblea reea-ree.

1 Yd, lost by peaaltiei 33 Kottman. 0 0 0 0 Earnrat, 4 2 2 10 Oram, l-c 1 5 5 9 Flttman. 0 0 2 0 Hale, 5 4 3 14 Paine, 4 2 1 10 Dwan, 8 4 2 20 Davli. ,4 0 5 8 Watklna. 0 0 2 0 Total.

21 181860 Total 18 17 24 53 Half time acore: St. Paul 27. Oklahoma City 27. Free throws missed: St. Paul Bogdanskl 2.

Rodrlquez. Oram 3. Hale 3. Dwan Oklahoma City Eggleaton 4. Beoson, Earneat.

Michigan amassed 248 yards along jthe ground and 113 through the air for a total of 361 yards against an Indiana team which ..2 4 44 32 1 3 1 II 3 41 at least one touchdown in each quarter. Wisconsin counted its first two touchdowns before it had mustered a first down and after only Piamber or pants Averare distance of punts Fumbles Balls lost on fumbles Number of penalties Yards penalized Scores Continued on Page Two 25 Ilendrickson Continued on Page Five was considered the strongest de-.