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GOPHER ALL-AMERICAN CARL ELLER BOWS OUT IN STYLE, BOTH ON OFFENSE 4cMi 'rf jJr.) ttnr sas i WOT Iff i i in r-w 4 V- Eller drives Badger linebacker Jim Purnell out of play, clears way for Mike A mam-: Reid's first TD on 3 yard plunge Star The Minneapolis Sports Nov. 29, 1963 Winning Windup Will Help Veteran-laden Gophers in 964 'IT Defense at Goal Big Win Factor By DICK GORDON Minneapolis Star Staff Writer Thursday's 14-0 Minnesota football victory can be the springboard for better things to come in 1964. That thought was voiced as soon as the happy finish had been appended to the first losing season since 1959. "This will set us off for next fall," said guard Willie Costanza, in the North Tower locker room of Memorial Stadium while savoring fully the Thanksgiving "feast" at Badger expense. "We lived with last year's game (the title showdown won Dy Wisconsin 14-9) all season.

The game today will put next year on ice." "When you end a losing season by winning your finql game, it helps a lot," said assistant coach Dick Larson. 15B showdown last They not only answered in the affirmative, but ended the campaign with the best all around game they have played all year. The key to this victory was the goal line stand at the end of the first half when the Minnesota for ir MINNESOTA'S well-earned victory over Wisconsin was a fitting tribute to a gang of players who refused to become discouraged even though they were finishing a frustrating and losing season. Before the delayed game got under way, the big question was the Gophers' attitude. Could they keep the mental edge they had developed for what was to have been the CHARLES JOHNSON Lowdown on Sports AND ON THE DEFENSE Eller (76) Peters BOSTON, Mass Persistent Gary Peters, the left-hander who began to feel like a yo-yo between the minors and the Chicago White Sox, was named the American League Rookie of the Year for 1963 today, beating out teammate Pete Ward.

The 26-year-old Peters received 10 of the 20 votes cast by a committee of the Baseball Writers Association of America. Third baseman Ward of Especially against Wisconsin. Somehow, everyone seems to remember the last game. And when so many players who had leading roles in the victory will be back next year, you can't help but feel better." So, with 1963's season now history in its 3-6 record, what of 1964? The Gophers are well fixed with returning veterans at every position except tackle where Captain Milt Sunde and Ail-American Carl Eller played all but 28 seconds yesterday before leaving the field to well-deserved ovations. Fortunately, one of the better players on the sub-par freshman squad is tackle 6-foot-3'2 Joe Schmiesing from Sauk Centre, Minn.

And another, Duluth's Chet Anderson, may be switched from his present end post to tackle since both of yesterday's starting pickets, Bob Bruggers and Aaron Brown, plus three leading end reserves all return. Costanza, one of yesterday's real stars, will be back with two reserve guards. Bill Dallman and Gene Rebel. So will centers Frank Marchlewski, Joe Pung and Paul Faust. Without underestimating the swansong contributions of Jerry Pelletier who added punting to his many other accomplishments in an injury emergency and Bob Sadek, who completed 7 passes for 90 yards despite the stiff wind, the backfield will be well stocked with veterans.

It is especially worth noting that fullback Mike Reid, who scored all his team's points, and halfback Dick Harren will be back. Between them on runs and pass receptions they accounted for 211 of the 305 total offense yards their team gained. Every member of the defensive secondary except safety Minneapolis Star Photos by John Croft Gophers' great goal line stand of Year; Hall Third wards didn't give the Badgers one inch of ground in three tries from one yard out. That stand must go down in Minnesota history with the famous defensive effort at the same yardage against Stanford in 1930 in the scoreless tie. It must rank alongside another stonewall thrown up against Michigan in 1940 when what looked like a cinch touchdown, that could have turned the tide for the Wolverines, never happened.

Thursday's triumph over Wisconsin was a team victory. Sure, Carl Eller, Milt Sunde and Willie Costanza may have stood out just a trifle over the other forwards, but in the final analysis it was a highly spirited squad that refused to settle for anything but the long end of the score. Don't overlook Minnesota's secondary defense. It hadn't done too well against a passing attack in eight previous starts. Yesterday, the boys playing deep had the best day of the year.

it. ir ft i Eller Joins Elite fr MINNESOTA has had some tremendous tackles during its colorful history, but historians will have to make room for big Carl Eller close to the top. This was his swan song as a collegian. Usually that's when the ballyhooed players fade a little. Not so with Eller.

This giant of a man played all but the last minute of the game. Before he left to receive a star's deserved applause, he had caught a pass, he had smothered running plays all over the field and had made' life miserable for Harold Brandt as he tried to change the tide with his pitching arm. Playing opposite him was another great tackle Captain Milt Sunde. Seldom have two men stood out as brilliantly at one position as they did. Punch in Offense ir THE GOPHERS turned loose the best running attack of the year in this final effort.

It was all because Dick Harren, troubled all year with an injured knee, did the hardest hitting of any halfback on the team this year. Harren's 82 yards running and 37 yards passing were well earned. What a difference he would have made if he had been healthy all season. On a par with him was Mike Reid, the iron man of the year at fullback. He scored all the points.

He never was thrown for a loss as he piled up 73 yards through tremendous effort. Jerry Pelletier again came through as a pinch hitter. He did a fine job of punting always against the wind when he had to take over Stan Skjie's grief. Like Lof-quist, Jerry had to go both ways for long stretches to distinguish himself. True, Minnesota gave the ball carriers the best blocking they have had all year.

while allowing only 68 walks. Ward was Chicago's big-g offensive weapon, leading the White Sox in practically every hitting department. He batted .259 in 157 games, hit 22 home runs, drove in 84 runs, had 177 hits and scored 80 runs. His 34 doubles ranked him second in the league. Hall slugged 33 homers for a freshman record and had 80 runs batted in to go with a .260 average.

St. John's Rated Fifth Best, But Emporia Game Films Impressive dives at play on Rookie the White Sox received six votes. Minnesota Twins center fielder Jim-mie Hall drew the other four. Peters, the first White Sox rookie winner in half a dozen years, wouldn't have drawn a single vote had the balloting been conducted at mid-season. He had won only five games in his fifth attempt to stick with Chicago.

But from July 4 to Labor Day the never-say-die er and Emporia is the NAIA's offensive champion. The Johnnies have allowed opponents only 12.9 yards per game on the ground this season. But Emporia boasts 517.3 yards per game on offense this year, half of them by air. This compares with St. John's 396.1 yards per game, 288 of them by rushing.

However, Emporia's best air arm, quarterback Bruce Upstill, is out with a knee injury. He averaged 269.4 yards per game passing this season and trails only George Bork of Northern Illinois, the No. 1 small college team in the Associated Press ratings. Emporia is listed among the second 14 in those ratings. The Associated Press final small college ratings: (1) Northern Illinois.

(2) Delaware, (3) Whittenberg, (4) Massachusetts, (5) St. John's, (6) South Dakota State, (7) Florida A (8 Abilene and Bill Bevan got some experi ence there this fall. Quarterbacks John Han-kinson (injured all season) and Larry Peterson, who played only briefly yesterday, will return. In addition, current freshmen like halfback Dave Col-burn of LaCrosse, tackle Gary Hoehn of Hopkins, end Kenny Last of Bloomington and halfback-fullback Ken Rota of Minneapolis are expected to play a lot of ball next fall. It is true, as Murray War-math says, the yearling crop produced no "blue chiDDers." that the Gophers still m'aV nnisn last in a somewhat "down" Big Ten.

On the other hand, a couple fumbles were the onlv dif ference between this year's Minnesota team and Illinoisv newly crowned Big Ten champions. The one remaining business item on the 1963 slate is the election of the 1964 captain, which will be announced at Tuesday's convocation in Coffman Union. 1964 Schedule S'Pl. J6 N.bro.la. Oct.

3 At California. Ott. 10 NortbwviHrn. Oct. 7 lllimii.

Oct. 14 At Michiaon. Oct. 31 At Indiana. Nov.

7 town. N. 14 Pvrdv 21-At Wisconsin. Another tiory, scoring tla tistics: Page 1TB Eller Named All-Big Ten CHICAGO, 111. (UPI) Minnesota tackle Carl Eller--today was named to the UniU.

ed Press International all-Big Ten football team. Gopher tackle Milt Sunde and center1 Frank Marchlewski were named to the third team irt the balloting by conference coaches. Inet HooVkk. and CM Naitnif lactilM tlar ana- Tom Ktatmaj, Micntaan; award! mmm -RetHy, Hwa, and Vfally Milginaaif. tnv iintii tch tartioft.

Illinais; ojuortttaafJl tan DiGravra. Pvrdwo; oajNttajakt SHcrm lwi. Michigan ftala and) nrf Onia Stan); Mlaock Tm Paul Ramseth will be back, Peters had been up with Chicago in 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1962. But he had managed to win only one game during those four years. Each time he returned to the minor leagues and posted winning records, having a 13-10 record with San Diego in 1961.

American League officials said Peters qualified for rookie honors since he had pitched only 20 innings in 12 games during the four years before 1963. GARY PETERS Persistence pays WINNERS OF ROOKIE AWARD BOSTON, Mass. UP) -The list of American League Rookie of the year award winners: Tror. Pfavar and Ctvb 14 tor fcewr. St.

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southpaw won 11 consecutive games, setting an American League record for freshmen hurlers. Peters wound up with a won-lost record of 19-8, and had an earned run average of 2.33 tops in the league for starting pitchers and bettered only by Dick Radatz 2.03 figure for Boston. He also pitched 13 complete games and had four shutouts. He struck out 189 batters in 243 innings Christian. (9) Southwest Texas, (10) McNeese State.

Behind these, listed alphabetically, not by votes, were Colarado Western, Emporia, John Carroll, Junitia, Kearney, Lewis Clark, Northeast Oklahoma, Prairie View, San Diego State, Sewanee, Southwest Missouri, Slippery Rock, Tennessee State and Westchester. Gagliardi was less im-j pressed by his team's rating than he was by Thursday's! viewing of Emporia Specifically, he singled out Emporia's backfield power, the two big and fast "halfback types" at ends and the threat of 205-pound fullback Jim Switzer, who set an all-time collegiate scoring record this year with 168 points on 28 touchdowns. Of course, St. John's is not! all defense nor is Emporia all I offense. The Johnnies boast a balanced attack spearhead- ed by the running of half-1 Sad Badger Finish St.

John's today was listed as the fifth best small college football team in the country for 1963, while College of Emporia, its 1 p.m. Saturday NAIA foe at Metropolitan Stadium, did not even make the first 10 in the Associated Press final rating. But the more favorable rating was not too impressive to St. John's Coach John Gagliardi, winner of eight straight games this season and 17 straight over a two-year period. He has a healthy respect for Emporia's 9-0 mark this season and 25 regular season triumphs in a row before losing last year's finale to Central Oklahoma in the NAIA playoffs Tomorrow's NAIA playoff, figures to be a classic matching of the Johnnies' stonelike defense against the Presbies' near unstoppable offense.

St. John's is the nation's rushing defense backs Bob Spinner and Ber-nie Beckman and fullback Rich Frohle. St. John's will be playing under NAIA rules rather than those prevailing in the MIAC. That means, conversions count only one point (the Johnnies have used the two-point play rather often).

It will be permissible to pick up a fumble and run with it and a ball cannot be run out of the end zone. Tomorrow's winner will advance to the Camellia Bowl at Sacramento, Dec. J4. Schedule Set CLEVELAND, Ohio A 35-game exhibition basebal schedule for nest spring was announced today by the Cleveland Indians. Fourteen games will be played with the San Francisco Giants.

if IT WAS HARD to believe that the Wisconsin team that took such a beating yesterday was the same gang that looked like the best in the league against Purdue earlier in the season. Seldom have we seen a college team with as much potential go downhill as fast as the Badgers did this year. They took a terrific physical beating in the first half to soften them up for a weak finish in the second. Much of their incentive left, too, when they couldn't score from one yard out in three tries at the end of the second quarter. Hail the Champions it THE BIG TEN will send a surprising but strong representative to the Rose Bowl in the Illinois team.

The 1963 champions earned their honors. They weren't supposed to reach their peak until 1964, but they arrived ahead of schedule because of a most powerful offense and will-to-win spirit that has been typical of so many teams out of Champaign. Pete Elliott's scrappers wil ltake good care of themselves at Pasadena Jan. I..