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Gopher Respect for Huskers Quiets Victory Chant By DICK GORDON lundir Trlbuna Staff Wrflei LINCOLN, NEB. A curious quiet, unexpected in the victor's locker room, marked Minnesota's quarters after the 13-7 squeak over Nebraska here Saturday. Every one of the Gophers and Coach Wes Fesler too, seemed to have a wholesome respect for the scrappy Corn-huskers who gave Minnesota supporters another long and uneasy afternoon. Gopher halfback Geno Cap-pelletti went the furthest in praise of the home forces when he stated flatly: "You bet Nebraska is tough. They could play In the Big Ten anytime." If the expected jubilation wasn't ton apparent among the Gophers, young Jimmy Soitau was the exception.

The brother of former Gopher Gordy, now a pro 49ers star, couldn't hide his elation, especially when he was told the other members of the family never made such a long touchdown run as did Jim during his Minnesota career. "It's a great feeling," said Jimmy, "to be out there all alone and then to catch the pass. But Paul (Giel) really laid the ball right in there." Giel himself provided a little more background of the play which covered 74 yards in all and gave Minnesota its tying touchdown just 16 seconds after the Huskers gained their only score, "Rut (Bob Rut ford) was absolutely free on the play, too, but I didn't see him until after I'd thrown. In a situation like that you can't be too particular anyway," commented Giel with a The first thing Coach Fes- ler did when he entered the lorker room was remark to his charges, "Well, you boys certainly like to do things the hard way." Then Wes presented the game football to Giel. "I think he deserved it, don't you," said Wes and Gicl's teammates replied with a roar.

Ahout Nebraska Fes ler said, "The Huskers are a very, very lough team. I'm proud we could beat them even though we definitely weren't up." Giel said, "It wasn't one of our better games," but Cap- pelletti, Jerry Helgeson and Pave Drill all were extremely high on Nebraska. "Nebraska is a very quick-hitting team," said Helgeson. Drill claimed Husker Jerry Minniek is ihe best tackle he has faced all year. Drill knocked out Minniek with his first (haige a year ago and he said the Husker star really was playing it rough the first few plays.

Fesler said the Gopher of-fense was badly hurt when Mike Sullivan injured his hip. "I wish we had never put In that fake quick kick," com mented Fesler with reference to the run on which Sullivan bruised his hip. "With Ralph Goode having a weak ankle, too, we were really in trouble." Backfield Coach Dick Fisher was very proud that his sec-ondary had kept Nebraska from completing a pass while intercepting three of the eight Husker attempts via the air. That's the first time a Gopher team has done that in years. "I don't know how they did it, but it certainly helped," said Fisher.

Both Fisner and end coach Butch Nash praised the play of Rog French at defensive; end and Percy Zachary in the middle of the line. Stav Canakes quipped, "I'm quite a ball handler," referring to the fumble he recovered to stave off Hie Nebraska victory bid in 1he final quarter. Explaining his lateral after his interception Max Schmitt said: "I thought he Dargisi would go all the way with it but I certainly would have been chewing m.vself up if Nebraska had won the game after getting our fumble." Line Coach Lyal Clark was disappointed about some of the defensive work and ye very pleased, "That the boy could dig in and go to work when they had to. "These goal line stands show the boys can play foot ball." said Clark. after he reached the locker room Fesler peeled off his clothes prior to taking a shower.

"What's the matter? You look like you've really had it," someone said to Wes. "I'm trying to get rid of these chills down my hack," replied Wes. And his looks bespoke the ordeal he had endured. MINNEAPOLIS SUNDAY TRIBUNE 4 Nov. Ki, 1952 BOB REYNOLDS SCORES FOR NEBRASKA Wft) Hendrickson 7: PHOTO I plane y4V fr z1 4 if far 1 i AT A i jK j'3V I I1 Stow I Continued from Page One set up the touchdown that iced the game.

The Michigan defense had to improve or Wolverines couldn't liHve won after Purdue got its 10-0 lead. This defense stopped the rip roaring Boilermakers after drives that penetrated to ihe Michigan 12, 30 and 20 in the quarter, Once they deciphered the Pur- I due offensive, men like Gcyer, I Zatkoff, Merritt Green, Art i Walker and Don Dugger rushed Samuels so well and hit runners Phil Klezek and Schmaling so hard that Purdue's offense gradually lost its potency. Purdue pounded the defensive right lackle spot for a starling i drive from its 29 to Michigan's 30. Then came the Perry muff of a punt on Michigan's" 36. In i five plays Schmaling was over.

Mowers, who was held to four catches this day, received Samuels' short shots prior to the touchdown bolt. End John Kerr, who also caught four passes during the game, made two of his grabs in the drive which set up Reich-ert's field goal that put Purdue ahead 10-0. But slowlv it was hecinnitur to i TAIL OIFJi, railed hy Nebraska players "the best back we've faced," demonstrates his running skill in this first Johnson-Spartans Continued from Page One period photo, driving for a Minnesota first down even after his lead blocker has hit the dirt. Giel Best Back We've Says Reynolds aW)untPd lor loul STATISTICS Notr Mich. Dame Stats First dem 13 Rushing yardac 147 128 Passing yardagp InO 41 Pasps attempted 28 21 Passes completed 10 5 Passes Intercepted 1 1 Punu 9 Puntinj average Fumbles loft ,1 Yards penalized Sn with the ball of ebraska oh Keviiolds I starts artmiul tS5 ry 'KHrNOLOS N.

TWO sparkling Mocks open the five yard line and he heads for 4 If aw ie gets By Sin HARTMAX gunriaf Trlbuna Stall Writer little unhappy about Reynolds' the ball from center and riy lit eml. i wav as Reynolds reaches the the opening. e- 4 and Dozier, tooK the ball to Wisconsin's two-yard-line from where Ellis cut wide around his ow right end and went over the goal for the touchdown. asffisqs WSSi Rf VNOIDS-N tjrl MIDWAV in the smtiid quarter, on Minnesota's two yard line, Barton Continued from Puye One touchdown pass, garnered 56 im- portant yards in 11 attempts. Paul a i Wisconsin's stellar nlacp-kickpr.

also Ihrilled tVirt Ta JCic, fane hr hnritincr neia goal irom jnniana i.v am points after touchdown, superb bait carrying of Ameclie, Witt add Hutchinson, and the amazing passing of Haluska, compiled 279 yards with their running plays and ISO through the air for a total of 459 yards. Lou D'Achille, Gene Gedman and Pete Fisher were the big in Tnrlia n.V attack TYAchil- i i le completed lb out oi so passes for 160 yards. Gedman, Indiana's smashing fullback, penetrated Wisconsin vaunted defense for yards 16 attempts and scored one of the Hoosicrs' two touchdowns. Fisher was close behind Gedman iwith 50 yards in nine carries, The Badgers, with Ameche, Tom Canny and Hutchinson alternating in carrying the ball, jand two short passes from Hal- uska to Tom Canny, marched yards for their first touch- down six minutes and 32 seconds after the game got underwav Ameche had the honor of taking the ball over from the one-yard line for Ihe six points. Shwaiko failed to convert.

Wisconsin had its second touchdown after 13 minutes and 40 seconds of the opening period when Hutchinson caught Florian Helinski's punt and cut wide to Wisconsin's 35-yard-line. Picking up perfect interference, Hutchinson sprinted 65 yards down the sidelines for a touchdown. Shwaiko converted to make it Wisconsin 13, Indiana 0. INDIANA opened up with a beautiful passing attack late in the second quarter with D'Achille pitching to Gedman and John Zugar. Aided by several nice running plays featuring Gedman, Dozier and Fisher, the Hoosiers rushed the ball from their 20 to the Wisconsin 14.

This touchdown threat was thwarted by Burton Hable. who intercepted D'Aehille's pass on the Badgers' five and returned it to Wisconsin's 41. A 49-yard pass and run In which Haluska and Hutchinson collaborated, paved the way for a touchdown that was disallowed after Ameche toted Ihe ball over. A holding penalty ruined this touchdown, so Shwaiko accounted for three points by splitting the upright from a difficult angle from the 13-yard-line. The Hoosiers came up with their first touchdown immediately after the second half got underway when Canny fumbled the kickoff on the Badgers' 17- vard-line.

There was no turning back 1 iJtlTniJUlAliilUlH Am. mi IVfca A A nA; most Inopportune moments to help the Spartans get two of their three touchdowns. The Irish set the fumbling pattern early. Tom Carey dropped the ball on the first play from scrimmage with Jim Ellis recovering on the Irish 34. The Spartans, however, could advance only to the 17 before two penalties forced Ellis Duekett to try a field goal from the 35.

He missed. Early in the second quarter Lattner fumbled on his 15 and Gordon Serr recovered, but the Spartans wound up on fourth down back on the 19 from where a pass into the end zone was incomplete. NEAR THE END of the second period, Notre Dame fumbled again with Ronald Dohoney recovering on the Irish 37, but the Munn boys couldn't move it from there and gave up the ball on downs. Things began to happen as soon as the rivals returned for the second half. Wells fumbled on his own 11-yard line with Lattner recovering.

Joe Heap knocked off three yards from the T. but Notre Dame was penalized 15 yards for holding. They managed to get to the six on a pass by Ralph Gugliel-mi to Heap and on fourth down, Leahy ordered a try for a place-kick. ARKIX CAJIFi through with a perfect boot from the 13-yard line to get three points that ended the scoring drouth. The next time the Irish got the ball they were moving down the field impressively when Latt ner dropped a lateral.

Tamburo pounced on it on his own 34. The Spartans couion move, nui Notre Dame still was butter-fingered and the same Mr. Tamburo recovered a Heap fumble only 13 yards away from pay dirt. FROM THE SINGLE WING. McAuliffe got three yards and Wells one.

Here came another bad break for the Leahy crowd. A third down pass was incomplete, but Notre Dame was caught holding and the ball was placed on the one. McAuliffe, from single wing, went over center for a touchdown and Slonac made the point. That four-point lead didn't look safe for State from the way Notre Dame was gaining ground with its and split offense. But Lattner fumbled again on his 16 and gave up the ball.

The Spartans once more were halted but the big-hearted Irish gave up possession again two plays later when Frank Pattera fumbled. Again it was Tamburo who recovered on the Notre Dame 21. IT TOOK State seven plays to get the second score. Slonac, leading ground gainer for his team with 71, knocked off five and Wells got to the 10 on a wide sweep. Slnnac pounded away for six more on a spinner, but McAuliffe was dumped for a yard loss.

Here the Spartans got another break. Notre Dame was caught holding again and the ball was placed on the one. McAuliffe dove over his left guard for the touchdown that, put victory beyond the grasp of the unfortunate Irish. Slonac made the point as the third quarter ended. Still the Irish weren't tossing in th sponge.

They took the kickoff back to their' 31 and AIDLI) by the blocks and his own speed, Reynolds scoots across the goal line untouched for the Husker score. Ml lit; I uiuutt game and gradually Purdue had to pull its prize plays out of the bag earlier than Coach Stu Hol-comb might have preferred. THKX CAMK Michigan's first offensive. Fullback Dick Balz-hiser had the punch when it was needed as he started to roll up most of his 7Syard total for the day. Purdue stopped previous games, quite well all day as he wound up with only 24 yards rushing.

But Michigan's attack gained enough variety to move anyway. A 15-yard holding penalty against Purdue which brought the ball from the 18 to the three was instrumental in assuring Michigan its first touchdown which came when Branoff reversed around left end. Michigan actually assured victory when it stopped Purdue's scoring bids in the second quar- ter afler Purdue's lead was cut to 10-7 by the Branoff sweep. Samuels completed a long pass to Klezek on Michigan's 12-yard line for a first down and a scoring chance that could have proved to Michigan who was boss. But Oldham spilled Samuels on the 17, Green dropped Schmaling on the 26 and Samuels' pass on fourth down was incomplete.

Branoff soon fumbled the ball right back to Purdue on the 30, but Oldham arose to bat the ball out of Flowers' hands in the end zone when he reached for a Roy Evans pass that had touchdown written all over it. This was Purdue's pet play, the one it had saved up for a crucial moment. Evans took a handoff from Samuels on a reverse and then threw the pass. Dugger spilled Klezek for a 14-yard loss and soon another bid was stopped by the Michigan defense which was proving its strength. Purdue rushed back to the 20 again only to run out of time.

MICHIGAN got the break it needed when Montgomery cotildiV tkick after hobbling a fourth down pass from center. Michigan went from Purdue's 44 to a tally in seven plays in- eluding a fooler, a left-handed pass from Balzhiser to Perry that got 11 yards at a vital moment and a 17-yard pitch from Kress to Thad Stanford on the Purdue five. The Kress scoring pass to Toior followed. ri'KDI'K (10) LEFT ENDS KU'Wera. Woi'lelwskl.

LEFT TACKLES whlleakrr, I'acer. LFKT CUARUS RusBi'man. Hager. Skl-binski. CKNTKKS-CuiWk.

Kn lit. RICHT ciUAHDS Houstun. Ryjhln. RIGHT TACKLES i'antll. Burner.

Vlelieu, W.Mtvs. RIGHT ENDS Kerr. I.n,ke, Crm-tc. QUARTERBACKS Samupls, Mateja, Jonet, Kwtn. (lutman LEFT Kleiek, a n.

I.r'na:f1. Z'mbal RIGHT HALFBACKS Bnak, Hfnlnser, i Thor Martian. hacks lim a 1 1 jt, MrmtRomeiy, Reiclint, FuMi wski. Mil Mil. aN itl) LEFT ENDS 1 1 v.

Green. DtiiEtnan. 1 LEFT TACKLKS Bennett. Gever, Walker, i LEFT CCARDS Timm. Dinner, Cachpy.

CENTFR Shuh.n.T RIGHT GCA RDS B'-tsnn. Wllllanu. Ba'ios. i RIGHT TACKLFS-Pedeisnn. Zalk-ft RIGHT ENDS Stanfmd.

Topn. Knutfin. QUARTERBACKS Me-1 lVnalit LEFT HALFBACKS Kreai, Oldham. Tink- ham. Cline.

RIGHT HALFBACKS Branoff, Howell, i liev.nnon 1 FULLBACKS-Fnirtliwr, ftefewla. i Pui.tue 7 0 011 Mirhlran 0 7 7 721 PURDUE SCORING Tirhrtfwn Convprskn Pmnp's. Field MICHIGAN SCORING' Te.ucMwn Topor, Cnverslrin Reacorla 3. STATISTICS Michigan Purdue First dnwnjs RushinE va-riae Passlnc yardacp Passes attempted Paaees rmpipr-d Passe Intercepted by P-intf Punhni wru in 12 oi IS 11 2 f5 15 1 Yards then moved all the way to State's two where they lost the ball on downs. LATTNER AND HEAP ate up most of the yardage on this drive.

Lattner broke loose on a trap play for 37 yards. John then passed to Heap for 23 more to get to State's 11. Wor- den, Lattner and Carey moved to the three. Then Guglielmi came off the bench to try a sneak over center. He was stopped cold on the two.

They measured and the Irish were just two feet short of a first down. They gave up the ball and with it went their last chance to score. With only four minutes to play, Notre Dame took many chances with the ball deep in its own territory. Ellis intercepted a pass which Heap tipped into the defender's hands on his 35 and ran it back to the Irish 24. Willie Thrower's first down pass was incomplete, but on the next play, Slonac started wide around his right end behind three blockers.

LEROY BOLDEN applied a key block to spring the ball carrier loose and Slonac twisted through one tackier after another to eat up the 24 yards for the final score of the game. Slonac then kicked his third point. Most of the stars were on the two defensive units. For Notre Dame, Lattner was outstanding among the deep backs. Up front Dave Flood was nothing short of brilliant until he was carried off the field in the third quarter with a broken collar bone.

Others who show-ed an advantage defensively were Sam Palumbo, Dan Shannon, Paul Matz and Jim Alessandrini. LATTNER ALSO Was his team's best ground gainer with a net of 65. Slonac, Wells and McAuliffe did the most damage offensively for their team, but standing out over all of them was Yeweic with his sensational punting that kept Notre Dame deep in its own territory most of the day. Frank Leahy didn't have much to say after this defeat. He praised his own team's defensive performance and as usual tossed bouquets right and left at Biggie Munn and his players.

NOTRE IUME (S) I.FFT ENDS Penra. Neil. LEFT TACKLES Varnchlone. Murphy, Pa. umbo.

Welthman. LEFT GUARDS Seaman. I. CENTERS Schrader. Frasor RIGHT GUARDS Alessandrini, Bnrdesh RIGHT TACKLES 1 1 r.

Navraldes, Reafy. Bush RIGHT ENDS Hunter. Matz. Manjtlalardl. QUARTERBACKS Ouilie.ml.

Carev. Rieelow. CarraMne. LEFT HALFBACKS Heap. Psterra.

Flood. Joseph. RIGHT HALFBACKS Lattner, Kohano- Wlrh. FULLBACKS Wnrden. McHuth.

shannon, Arm. MICHIOAN ST4TE (ill LEFT ENDS Bobo, Duekett, Luke, Kauth, Fairbanks LEFT TACKLES Serr. Waver. Cutler. LEFT GUARDS Hallmark.

Row. CENTERS Nea I. Tamburo. RIGHT GUARDS Kush, Srhiesswohl RIGHT TACKLES Foier, Morgan, Murphy, Kieln. RIGHT ENDS Dekker, DohoneT, Qumlan.

QUARTERBACKS Yevwlr Thrower F.is LEFT HALFBACKS McAuliffe. 1 n. Wion. Museft' RIGHT HALTSACKS Wells, COTles Vogt, Plsano. FULLBACKS Slonar.

Timmerman. Benson Notre Dame ft 3 0 .1 Michigan Stale 0 0 1 721 NOTPB PA MB WOKING: Fle' joal Arris. M1CHIGAV STATE SCORING" 2. fiuoruc. Conversion SionAC 3, LINCOLN, NEB.

Bobby Reynolds, Nebraska's great halfback, couldn't figure out why he didn't run better against Minnesota Saturday as the Cornhuskers dropped a 13-7 decision. "I guess I never play well at home," offered Reynolds, who has suffered two shoulder separations since he won All-Amerioan honors as a sophomore. "My shoulder didn't bother me at all today," offered Reynolds. "Maybe I was trying too hard. That 81 (Roger French) for Minnesota was on top of me all day.

I couldn't shake him. And if I got past him, 85 (Bob McNamara) was waiting for me," continued Reynolds. "Without a doubt Giel is the best back we have faced all year. In fact, he is the whole Minnesota team. "However, I do think Kansas is a better team than Minnesota.

This isn't sour grapes but my honest opinion. "Minnesota hits a lot harder but Kansas had more all around class," explained Reynolds, who says he will sign a baseball contract rather than play pro football. Big Don Boll. 260 -pound Cornhusker tackle, also sang the praises of Giel. "I just couldn't get my hands on that Giel all day," said Boll, whom scout John Kulbitski had rated one of the best tackles Minnesota would face all year.

"He is so shifty and quick. But that little right guard caused me a lot of trouble," Boll said, referring to sophomore Jerry Rau. "He is the quickest, lineman we have faced all year. Boy, he was blocking me all day and I couldn't get out of his way. "Kansas played a better game against us.

But no doubt they were up for us a lot. higher than Minnesota was," continued Boll. Nebraska quarterback John Bordogna, who had gained over 1.000 yards up to yesterday, sang the praises of Minnesota guard Percy Zachary and the middle of the Minnesota line. "Zachary is a tough boy to fool," said Bordogna. who was limited to 62 yards rushing by the Gophers.

Biff Glassford took the defeat hard. "Minnesota has a fine ball club and deserved to win," said the Cornhusker coach. How would you compare Ihe present Minnesota team with last year? "We were so poor last year that it makes it impossible for me to compare teams," he explained. Glassford couldn't explain Reynolds' performance. "I guess we will just, have to say he had a bad day." The Nebraska coach was a fumble on the Minnesota 27 in the fourth quarter.

"You ran call that the turning point in the game," said Glassford. "We were moving at the time and it (the fum ble) broke our back," continued Glassford. Glassford said the long pass play from Giel to Jimmy Soitau, which scored the first Minnesota touchdown, didn't surprise him. "We had seen the play worked and knew about it. It was the first time this year that an opposing receiver had got behind our secondary.

"We have played better games but don't take any credit away lrom Minnesota. A couple of blocks here and there could have made a lot of difference when we had people in the open," continued Glassford. Glassford singled out Minnesota linebacker Jerry Helgeson for fine play and of course he liked Giel. "We have met better passers than Giel," said Bill. "We have also seen better and faster runners.

But Giel is by far the best all around bark we have run up against this year." Miss State Back Sets Loop Mark STATISTICS Miss, state I Fust downs Rushing yaiciap 21. 5 Passi a yardasi fi9 Passes attempted 3 21 Pasps cnmpirifd 4 Passes intfrcepiM 1 2 J- Puntinjt average 4-v Fumbles Inst 1 Yards penalized 30 BATON ROUGE, LA. t.T) Jack Parker and Joe Fortunato, two dynamite laden backs, fused a second half football explosion as Mississippi Stale came from behind to sink Louisiana State university Saturday 33-14. A crowd of 30,000 watched Parker, who engineered Mississippi State's split-T, sot a new Southeastern conference scoring record of 106 points in one season. Parker ran for one touchdown, passed for two move and booted three extra points in five tries.

LSU went down to its first season in historv without a home victory. Ironically, 1he record that Parker lopped was formerly held by LSU's Steve Van Buren, who made the record in 1913. The 20-year-old junior with Fortunato, 220-pound fullback, in spreading out the tight Tiger defense. Fortunato, scored one touchdown and sparked two more scoring drives. M' c'a'e l.c' 114 1 AI'K SC OfUNO' Tourhd'iwny-Katiis Piih'v.

rtiip'ain, Fortunato, Vilon. Talker ls'i' scoring Tuiohriowns Strlnsfieid. Labat. Conversions stilnirfle.i 2. WI Sf.KYAN BOW'S SPR1NGFIKLD, MO.

(IP) Springtield (Mo.) State whipped Nebraska Wesleyan 32-14 Sat-vf day in the final football game of the season lor botn teams, D'Achille converted for the ond time. A Mi; (HFC accounted for Wis STATISTICS Indiana IS fO Jti 1 9 30 1 35 First dnwns RusMne yairiace Parses attpmptfd Passer; compiled Passes Intriciled Punts Ftimhks lost Yaids 20 12 whence Gedman crashed over his own right guard for the touchdown. D'Achille converted. Four minutes later, Ameche Was sprung loose in a quick opening play and reeled off 43 yards for the Badgers third touchdown. Schwaiko again converted to make It Wisconin 23, Indiana 7.

The Hoosiers made the going close after the next kickoff by driving 67 yards for their secont touchdown'. A 28-yard pass from 3 Hi the Indiana lads when this op- D'Achille 1o Gedman and anoth-portunity presented itself. Fish- or for 20 yards to Ellis, helped er, in two running plays, carried hy several good gains on run-the ball to the two-yard stripe ning plays hy Gedman, Ellis consin's fourth touchdown short-ly after the fourth quarter got; under way when he exploded! through the right side of In-, diana's line and galloped 31 yards to paydirt. Shwaiko again converted. About five minutes later, tht Badgers had Iheir fifth touch-j down when Haluska fired a perfect pass for 35 yards to Witt, who took the ball over his head like an outfielder while running at 1 "I1 into the end zone.

converted for the fourth time and it was Wisconsin 37, Indiana M. WIMIINMN' IJ7) LEFT FXDS-Peters. Esser, Wuhrman. Ltr I' TACKLES Ficniik. Rr.ter, LEFT i.TAHO Bnen! Anv.ir.d.

s.mK.'Wski, RIGHT GUARDS Pteruoy, Kenn-dy. P.KIilT TACKLES Pumlnsk, Berr.dt. RIGHT Temp V-aa. QUARTERBACKS Halusaa. HaWe, V-r-ieis LEFT AI.FRACKS Hutrhinaon.

Shiralko, Ginrfa.v. I PIGHT HALFBACKS Cannr, Burka, FL LLBACKS Ames he Imphere. IM1IANV 114, LEFT FND Zaser. S-nrh. LEFT TACKLES Cnr.n:.

Kim Ma, LEFT GUARDS CENTERS Rnmic. Veel. RKIIT gcards-r. in Svhhm RIGHT TACKLES Russo. Barnhart.

RIGHT ENDS Frnxv QUARTERBACKS Heljiukl, A' Pi LEFT HALFBACKS Fish-r, G. By, HM-hh. F-drt RIGHT MALFPACKS Klin. Vi Kr FULLBACK Gedman. 11 3 14 3T "OH 014 WISCONSIN SCORING TewMnwn Atrp'-p tuivhtsnn.

Wilt Fle.d goai rpp-st-is 4 I r-HIANA yrpPTNG Geej. is. 2. SULLIVAN, RUTFORD CONDITION DOUBTFUL FOR WISCONSIN TILT LINCOLN, NI.B. (Special) Mike Sullivan, richt halfback, and Bob Rutford, right end, were the two most serious casualties in Saturday's bruising football game with Nebraska.

Sullivan has a bruised hip and Rutfnrd got a knee accidentally in (he back. X-rays will be taken of both injuries when (he squad returns lo Minneapolis to determine if there are any breaks. Rutford, who was carried off the field on a stretcher, may have a fractured rib or cracked transverse yertebrae. He was walking after the game, however. It can't be said jet whether either will be ready for the Wisconsin game, The rest of the Gopher casualty list was not so serious although Ralph Goode re-injured his ailing ankle and that may prove troublf.ome.

CorUy Holz, Dick Dsrgls and Stav Canakes (bruised hands) were the others on the injured lis.