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SPORTS EVENING HURQNITE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1941 SPORTS Army Navy Game To Top Weekend; Bowl Choices Eagerly Awaited Big Ten Season Over; Scattered Contests Remain New Year's Day Selection On West Coast IB Between Four Teams; Gophers Tops In Western Conference By HAROLD CLAASSEN NEW YORK, Nov. 3 )--Except for the Army-Navy clash at Philadelphia Saturday and some spaced games here and there not much is left of the football season except allocating the various teams to the equally various bowls. Of the four unbeaten powers, Minnesota isn't interested ift a bowl invitation because of a Big Ten ruling. Except for that the Gophers, who haven't lost in 1939, probably could designate their own Jan. 1 dwelling place.

Texas A still has two major opponents to play although it clinched the Southwest Conference flag Saturday when Texas Christian, its only remaining rival, was tied. Duke and Duquesne, their schedules com- Big Ten Coaches Announce 1941 All-Star Football Team Selections SPORTS ROUNDUP --ly S. Ftilnln, NEW YORK, Nov, 24--(The. Evening Huronite Special News Service)--New basketball angle bobs on 'industrial" connection with the A. A.

U. tourney at the Garden tonight A winning team not only is a good ad for the company, but where operations cover a wide territory, it boosts.morale. The Phillips Oilers claim to have just os enthusiastic "alurnni" as Notre Dame Harvard's big Vem Miller kept his promise about stepping on the On Program Tonight expectation Here's how the various conferences shape up with only one 'big left in the season: Big Ten: Minnesota, retained title by submerging Wisconsin, 41 to 6, for its seventeenth triumph in a row. Michigan and Ohio State, participants in Saturday's 20 to 20 thriller, tied for second. Fourth place went to Northwestern, which closed Bob Zuppke's career as coach of the Illin: with a 27 to 0 setback.

The Big Ten season is over. In Rose Bowl Race Pacific Coast: Any one of four teams, including Stanford, can become the coast team in the Rose BowL That deal was engineered last Saturday by Oregon when it spilled WashinRtcn, 19 to 16. Oregon and Orepori State meet Saturday and if the latter wins it's almost sure- nhot choice for the big bowl. The Beavers whipped Montana, 27 to 0, to get in shape for their big game scales without the Yale game. concealment before He tipped the beam at 306 in full uniform and 292 without it.

Take a Five guys in Sioux Falls, S. have sent us their guesses on prob- pleted, are sitting about in nervous able pairings lor the New Year's Day games. All agree on Oregon State, this week-end. Stanford has its climatic game with California. Southeastern: Mississippi and Ms- sissippi State will do much to clarify the picture in their meeting at Oxford Saturday.

Olc Miss trimmed Arkansas Saturday while the Staters walloped Millsaps, 49 to 6. Third-plnce Vandcrbilt, after spilling Duke, Alabama, Notre Dame, Texas Aggies, Missouri, -Diiquesne and Fordham. We'll see. Meanwhile, how about pasting these guesses in your hats, boys? Rose Bowl--Oregon State vs. Mississippi (if ole Miss comes through Saturday).

Alabama went and got eliminated. Sugar Bowl--Fordham vs. Duke Csee Saturday's tip.) Cotton Bowl--Texas Aggios vs. Missouri, Orange Bowl-Georgia vs. Duquesne- Sun Bowl-You pick 'em.

TODAY'S GUEST STAR Minego, Portsmouth (O.) "When ball players gei loo old to play ia Detroit, they run for a cily office. In Cincinnati Ihey run for the Reds." Harry Gamnge. football coach at the University of- South will be of the principal speakers tonight at the fart annual football banquet sponsored by the Huron Quarterback'Club. event will be held in Marvin Hughitt Hotel and starts at 7 o'clock. Tickets may (till purchased from Harlyn Hedblom.

club chairman. Alabama, visits ove-r Kentucky, Tennessee, victor and Georgia Tech and Georgia collide to share interest with the annual LSU-Tulane struggle. Duke Unblemished Southern: Duke's unblemished record already assures it of a title share while William and Mary's Indians can draw abreast of the Blue Devils this week by defeating North Carolina State, Duke's 56 to 6 victim Saturday. South Carolina meets Pcnn State. Rocky Mountains' Big Seven: Utah kept the title with a record of five wins And two ties.

The Utes, idle Saturday, backed into the title when Colorado State spilled Brigham Young, 22-7. Bifj Six: Missouri's bowl hungry Tigers smashed Kansas, 46 to 6. Nebraska beat lown. 14 to 13, and Oklahoma whipped Marquette, Ql to 14. The latter two winners meet Saturday at Lincoln -with the Sooners needing a victory for undisputed second place.

The title defending Huskcrs can gain a share of the runnerup spot if they win. Harvard On Top East: Harvard is the Big Three king, beating Yale 14 to 0 as the clincher. The week's card is topped by the Army-Navy clash but also includes the traditional Fordham- New York University game. The Rams, winner over St. Mary's, 35 to 7, still are in the bowl limelight despite their loss to Pittsburgh, The Panthers tackle Carnegie Tech and Boston College -meets Holy Cross.

Southwest: The fireworks carry on here. The undefeated Texas Ag- eies won a clear claim to the crown by resting Saturday when Texas Christian was tied by Kice, 0 to 0. Thursday, the Texas turkey day, the Aggies seek to avenge the 7 to 0 upset the University of Texas hung on them a year ago. With bowl rumors and possibilities thicker than a gulf fog the topsy turvy race also offers a Saturday program of Rice vs. Baylor and TCU against Southern Methodist Tulsa.

newly crowned 1941 Missouri Valley loop king, tangles with Arkansas on Thursday. One Minute Spoils Page Ray Doan, who has been running a baseball school for the past ten years, says he won't operate this season because of the defense program Move over you midwestern crowd ploasers--Penn's footballers played before about 422,000 this season and had a home attendance of 357,000 A Broojjlyn bowler dropped dead the other night just after he had made three strikes in a row. One and all in Brooklyn recalled that Tommy Henrich recently bad three strikes in Brooklyn but got life at first base. FORGOT TO DUCK. Bob While, St.

Alans (VI.) coach, was out duck hunting the other day when he felt a strange sensation in his scalp. He reached up and grappled with a vigorous creature that turned out. when he had subdued it, to be an arctic of great snow owl with wing spread of 54 inches. Apparently it wanted his hat as a souvenir. Anyway, the boys now say it lakes more than an owl to make Bob While quail.

Service Depi. Lieut. L. H. M.

Walker, who was killed in a bomber crash in the west recently, was a brother of Gee Walker, the big-league outfielder Sergeant James Manning, the nation's first' selectee, is expected to land on the Fort Custer (Mich.) basketball team if he isn't discharged before the season opens. Volleyball Games To Be Played Tomorrow City volleyball league competition Tuesday night will be opened by a clash between Standard Oil and the Huron Business Men's Club. Armour and AAA will meet in the second game. Play is scheduled to start at 7:30 In Jefferson school. Several vacancies still exist on various teams and those interested are urged to attend tomorrow night's program.

Wolsey Defeats Virgil In Basketball Contest WOLSEY, Nov. 24 (Special) -Wolsey High School's basketball team opened its season here last night with a 36-20 victory over Virgil. Gordon, Vacknitz and Riedel were top scorers for the Wolsey squad with four, six and five field goals respectively. Fruehrer and yan der Horde led the attack for Virgil, collecting three field goals eactu Wolsey led throughout the contest with the count 17 to 7 at the end of the half. The Virgil seconds also met defeat when it bowed 19-14, at the hands of the Wolsey seconds.

History Made By Bierman, Zuppke One Wins, Other Resigns; Paul Brown Of Ohio State Makes Noteworthy Record By DAVE HOFF' CHICAGO, Nov. 24 (ff)--Bierman, Brown and Zuppke--those are the names of the coaches who figured most prominently in the late Big Ten football' season. Bernie Bierman's Minnesota Gophers, of course, won the conference championship by blasting out eight straight victories, and finished their second season without a defeat or a tie. Paul Brown's Ohio State eleven, playing its first season under a new coach, lost only one of eight games and capped.a happy by holding Michigan to a 20-to-20 tie in the final conference encounter. Bob Zuppke, vw-hose Illinois squad did not win a conference game for the second straight year, resigned his coaching post, effective after Saturday's 27-to-O loss to and thus concluded a 29-year reign at Champaign.

Those were three of the outstanding events of the 1941 Western conference campaign. There were other noteworthy happenings, such as Michigan's single-touchdown loss to Minnesota which kept it from an undefeated season and the Big Ten title; Northwestern's two one-point defeats and a 14-to-7 beating by Michigan which labeled the Wildcats as a major out-of-luck eleven, and Indiana's and Wisconsin's thrilling exploits made possible by great sophomore stars like Billy Hillenbrand and Pat Harder. Minnesota's brilliant continuation of a victory streak begun in 1939 meant sorrow for five conference foeg and three outside elevens, but chalked up another great milestone, in the 10-year coaching regime of Bierman. There are six Western conference crowns credited to the Gophers in the last eight yean of that decade. 1 4 Gophers Named To First Squad; Close Race Seen Minnesota, Michigan And Northwestern Dominate In Voting; Schreiner Of Wisconsin Draws Most Ballots By EAHL HILLIGAN CHICAGO, Nov.

championship Gophers, Northwestern's Wildcats and Michigan's Wolverines dominate the 1941 western conference all-star football team selected annually for the Associated Press by Big Ten coaches. 'The. selections, announced today, show four Gophers named to the grst team, wit hoNrthwestern and Michigan each landing two places and Purdue, Wisconsin and Indiana getting one each. In a ballot marked by an unusual ly high number of players receiving recognition, and by the closest kind of a race for backfield berths in a half-dozen years, the mentors named the-first team line: Ends Bob Motl, Northwestern, and Dave Schreinere, Wisconsin; tackles, Dick Wildung, Minnesota, Alf Eauman, Northwestern; -guards, Lcn Levy, Minnesota, and Tom Melton, Purdue, and center Bob Ingalls of Michigan. Backfield Choices The backfield is made up of Bill Hillenbrand, Bruce Smith and Bill Daley of Minnesota, and Bob Westfall of Michigan.

Top honors as 'a vote-getter go to Schreiner. This star Badger flanker was the only player to receive a first team vote from every coach, collecting the perfect ballot of 18 points with two being given for first team selection and one point for second team nomination. Minnesota's Bob Fitch was a close third. Among the tackles the standout was Dick Wildung. His teammate, Urban Odson, was handicapped by injury and failed to regain the all- conference rating he was accorded in 1940.

The other tackle, Bauman was the only holdover from the 1940 AP first team. Tie For Honors The steadiness of Minnesota's Levy and Purdue's Melton drew praise and votes from many coaches, these guards tying lor top spot for those positions--- The backficld ranks'with the best ever chosen and is marked by the rare-(election of a sophomore Indiana's all-around ace Bill Hillenbrand. Daley was one 'of the great rushers oi the season and a fine defensive player. Smkh, brilliant teammate, was handicapped by in- All-Star Choices CHICAGO, Nov. 1941 Western Conference all-star, football teams selected annually for the Associated Press by Big" Ten coaches: Motl, Northwestern, height 6 ft 2 weight 192, Chicago.

Wildung, Minnesota, Jr. 6 weight 210, Luveme, Minn. Levy, Minnesota, 5 ft. 11 weight 226, Minneapolis. Ingalls, Michigan, 6 ft.

3 weight 190, Marblehe-ad, Mass. Melton, Purdue, 5 ft 10 weight 185, Cedar Lake, Ind. Bauman, Northwestern, 6 ft, weight 210, Chicago. Schreiner, weight 196, Lancas- Dave' 6 ft 2 ter. Wis.

Bill- Hillenbrand, Indiana, 6 ft, weight 190, Evans ville, Ind. v. HB. Bruce Minnesota, 6 Mighty Minnesota Is Head Oi Grid Pack; Season Completed Conference Rulings Prevent Any Bowl Problems From Bothering Gophers; Smith Draws Top Praise By JAY VESSELS MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 24 the np of the football Bears And Packers Lead Pro Football pack, Minnesota today had no bowl problems to interfere with happy dreams of 1941 conquests and the! glorious feats Captain Bruce( Smith and his lindefeated team.

The 1941 season, packed with thrills arid triumphs at least equal- ling the memorable teams of 1934 and 1935, was closed Saturday when Minnesota smashed a scrappy Wisconsin team, 41 to 6. The Big Ten CHICAGO. Nov. 24--W-- The Chicago Bears and Green Bar Packers apparently arc headed straight for a deadlock for the western division title in the National Football League and that would mean a playoff. The York Giants clinched the eastern crown 'yesterday by beating Washington.

20 to 13. The Packers yesterday mowed. down the Pittsburgh Steelers, 54 10 7, setting a new scoring high for the season. The Boars whipped the Detroit Lions. 24 7.

The- Chicago Cardinals defeated ft weieht 193 I'aribault Minn consjn lcarrl 4I to lne a ie I lho Chicago Cardinals defeated OT--BiU Daley docs not post-season Cleveland's last-place Rams, 7 to 0. 8 ft 2 weight 200, St Cloud" games and Jong th confer- Brooklyn and Philadelphia Mj nn 1 ju 3U 1 luuu ence was on record Minnesota pob- jdle. Wcstfall Miehionn dr as stated that the final a i an scheduled game formally closes the i 1 8 6 Ann Second Team -Fitch, Minnesota; Mich. Ends Ohio State, and Rogers, Michigan, tic. Tackles--Wistert, Daniell, Ohio State.

Guards--Houston, Ohio Pukema, Minnesota, and Steele, tie. Center--Diehl, Iowa. Quarterback--Fan-is, Wisconsin. Halfbacks Graham, Northwestern; Fisher, Ohio State, and Garnaas, Minnesota, tie. Fullback--Harder, Wisconsin.

jury suffered midway in the season but the coaches disregarded the handicap in the belief he rated recognition on early-game showings. In Westfall, Michigan produced perhaps the greatest spinner-play full- Cavour Gagers Win Two Games At Lane CAVOUR, Nov. 24 --(Special)-- A double- over Lane last Friday night marked the opening of the basketball season for the Cavour Cougars. In the preliminary tilt, the Cavour team overpowered Lane, 33-2. The squad, "paced by Fred- Lather with 21 points, defeated the Lpne first stringers, 36-28.

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Five- Years remaining in one week the season, Doland Wheelers To Open Season Tuesday DOLAND, Nov. 24 --(Special)-Coach Halverson's Doland Wheelers will appear in action for the first time this season Tuesday evening when they meet the fast Raymond quintet on the Raymond court. Ealverson is gloomy over the outcome with but two of last season's starters available--Menno Hofer and Kenneth Wales. Tom Ewing, veteran of the past two yeaars, is still nursing a football injury. Lake, sophomore, who played some last year, may see action tomorrow.

Otherwise the lineup will consist of players with little or no ejcperience. back in recent Big Ten. history. Among Minnesotans receiving honorable, mention was tackle. Collins I's Ousted By Dudley As Top Scorer NEW YORK, Nov.

24-- Dudley marched to the top of the nation's scorers last week by collect ing 22 points in the Virginia victory over North Carolina while Ben Collins, erstwhile leader from Tex as State, was blanked by Texas A and I. Dudley "finished his career in that game but his total of 134 points probably will stand as the record as both Collins, second with 132, and Johnny Thompson of the Coast Guard Academy, also have completed their studios. The Big Ten leader was Pat Harder, Wisconsin, -with 72 points. Football Stars By The Associated Press Angalo Bertelli, Notre Dame-Completed 13 of 21 passes for 156 yards as Irish finished unbeaten by downing Southern California 20-18; his season's record is 70 in 123 for Arbor season. Eighi Victories Shaw Actually eight games, gripping as' 1 they were and including some pret- ty- close squeaks, was just about', Michigan and enough for fandom itself -which bravely packed the 53.000 capacity stadium proper on a day when red noses competed with bright pen- i nan Is in the gaudy, frigid back-j ground.

So the folks dug in for the winter and enjoyed sweet memories. The; name of Brue Smith was on the; tongue tip of everyone. Those who saw Captain Smith perform in that I final, title clinching game, excitedly'. ranked him with such other Min-' nesota immortals as Aroe Oss, Earl Martineau and Pug College careers of Captain Smith and fourteen other Minnesota lettermen were ended. And in that collection were many men who figured strongly in the perfect 1941 1,027 yards.

Bruce Smith, Minnesota--Gopher captain, returning to heavy duty, figured in four scoring drives as team ran winning streak to 17 straight in winning season's finale from Wis- CORNELL ATTACK TBJCKY NEW -HAVEN--Spike Nelson of Yale considers Cornell and Pennsylvania great, but says the Big Red offense has more variety and deception. consin 41-6. Winston Siegfried, Duke--Blasted I through North Carolina State defenses for four touchdowns as Blue Devils finished unbeaten and untied with 55-6 triumph. ROSS, COACHES BRUINS BOSTON Art Ross is a i coaching -the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League from the bench after (in absence of two yean. NECESSITIES season.

Bob Fitch, the end, like Smith saved his best showing for the last Fitch always was terrific on defense. Saturday he roared on the offense, once on a pass. Then he came running up after a block to further help Captain Smith on a 41 yard run. Just as Smith was tackled, Bruce flipped a lateral to Bob and ha rambled seven yards to score. "Was I surprised; I didn't ask for the ball," grinned Bob later.

That was his only Minnesota touchdown. Sweiger To Go Also lost to the squad will be Bob Sweiger who-did some great blocking and plunging; Ends Judd Ringer and Joe Hirscher; Tackles Urban Odson and Ed Lechner; Center Gene Flick and Guards Len Levy, Helge Pukema, Gordon Paschka, Neil mcn, Bob Smith and Howard Straiten. Several more key 1941 players may action from their draft boards before the business of trying to extend that winning streak gets underway next September. INCREASE HEATER. EFFI GtENCV.

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Football Scores Sunday Detroit 28; Creiehton 0. fit. Ambrose 19; Loras 6. Saturday Abilene Christian 18; 81 Mary's (Texas) 14. Texas 14; New Mexico Ag- gies 13.

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Western Conference football standings: W. L. T. Pts. Op.

Minnesota topped the Associated Press poll as the nation's best eleven. BROWK FHI8JCT PROVIDENCE Brown's freshman football, team has "lambasted Worcester Academy and Yale and 'Dartmouth peagreens. CADETS ABOVE HEADS WEST POINT. Tossing owt the Harvard defeat, Red. Blaik says Army has played above Its actual potentiality.

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