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ski orst. lr. LSS Maul da 6 iuit.vw. Apv MAROONS HAND U.S.F. FIRST GRID SETBACK Mississippi State Line Provides Difference Between Two Elevens MORAGANS OUTPLAYED BY RALPH WELCH ELEVEN Washlngton Shows Superiority In All Departments; Big Crowd Sees Tilt By ALAN WARD 0 V-' jii.

a wees ago oy uie vaiiiomia Bears, lacerated today by the Washington Huskies, the Gaels By RUSS NEWLANp SAN FRANCISCO, Ocf. Scoring touchdowns in the last three periods and playing heads-up football all the way, the Mississippi State College Maroons turned in a 21 to 14 upset win over the University of San Francisco Dons here today. A sunny weather crowd' estimated at 20,000 saw tht visitors from the old South run the bulkier local club dizzy with a devastating ground attack. It was the fourth victory Wolves next Sunday to make.their 1947 football seasori look like something out of a Walt Disney animated cartoon, The Washington Huskies, who had just about everything the Gaels lacked, today before a 39,000 crowd scored a 26 to 6 victory oyer Coach Jimmy Navy Ties Duke In Last Seconds Army, Illinois Play 0-0 Tie TBS J. for Mississippi State over San Francisco since they started their series in 1941.

The locals have yet to win in the series. Two fleet, hard-running halfbacks. Shorty McWilliams at left and Harper Davis on the other side, paced the Maroons to their victory. In addition to loping off long yardage gains, the pair tackled fiercely and McWilliams' punting was a contributing factor. San Francisco lost the ball Mississippi State's 4-yard line after advancing 76 yards just after the game opened.

From then on for NEW YORK, Oct 11. A BALTTMORE, Oct 11. Navy staged a tingling movie- thriller finish today and scored in the final 10 seconds when Fullback Bill Hawkins rammed over the Duke goal from the one-yard line to sain a 14-14 tie and end the powerful Illinois eleven pushed Army all over Yankee Stadium In today's biggest gridiron battle, but the Black Knights from West Point defended their goal line tenaciously: and at the conclusion of the rough struggle before 85,000 the two undefeated elevens settled for a scoreless Repeatedly the Rose Bowl champions from Champaign drove deep into Cadet territory, once missing a field goal from the 19-yard line Middies' 10-game losing streak. The 35,000 customers had just about settled back for another Navy defeat when Duke broke a 7-7 deadlock with three and a half minutes remaining in the fourth period on. a Fred Folger pass to End Ed Austin, good for 45 yards and a touchdown.

STAGE COMEBACK most of the game, the Maroons had control and their linemen rushed the San Francisco passers and punt ers and in turn opened up gaping holes for their own backs on offense. Mississippi State, lined up as the short-ender, mainly because three lopsided victoriet scored bj the previously undefeated Don tbii season. 51 and again piling up on the Army Calilornia' right hall Jack Swaner (13) loses a yard on a won, 48-7, by Bears over Wisconsin. Swaner was brought left end run in first quarter of game today in Madison, Wise to the ground by Otierbadc of the Badgers. AP Wirephoto.

seven, while the Cadets, showing no passing attack whatever, made only one rather puny gesture at the Illini goal. Army thus completed its.31st suc They hadn't reckoned pn a fight Phelan loragans, and only 'while marching -to its lone touchdown early in the first quarter did! Herman Wede-rneyer n4 Company look any part of a football team. 4 The Huskies, on the other hand, tore the Gael line to shreds, rushed the Gael passers, ran the St Mary's ends ragged, aiuThad the situation completely in hand. MORALE LOWERED The team confidence, shaken by two successive defeats the 43 to 6 lacing by California and today's trouncirig by Washington the Gaels are certain to-be deeply upset when facing a Nevada Woll Pack, which in the pre-season analysis didnt figure to come close to even so much as hold its own with the Gallopless Gaels. If Wedemeyer today failed to scintillate it Was principally because he had little protection either in his pitching endeavors or when he tried to run the ball.

there Weren't too many opportunities for Wedey or anyone, else on' the Gael squad to do a great deal of running. The Huskies had control of the pellet most of the time. The iame was less than five minutes ofd when the Huskies shoved their first touchdown across the goal line, and before the opening quarter was ended the Washington boys had put the game well on ice with their second score. ROBINSON SCORES Gains by Sam Robinson. Larry Hatch and Marshall Dallas, with Hatch sparking the drive with an introductory 7-yard run.

put the Huskies on the Gael one yard line. On the, second play Robinson ran up the first Washington score. Bob Mikalson's kick was good. Briefly the St. Mary's rooters and there were quite a few of them in the near capacity crowd had Layne Aerials Rico Monte Cops Bruins Bounce cessive game without a loss and only two scoreless ties, to mar the LUJACK PASSES PAVE WAY TO IRISH WIN OVER PURDUE great' string, but few of those In ing Navy team that came from behind twice to knot the score against the favored Blue Devils from Durham.

After Duke's score, Ben Moore, 155-pound Navy scatback, carried the kickoff 42 yards to Navy's 47, almost breaking into the clear. Bob Horne. second string quarter today's big crowd were ready Win for Texas $100,000 Race place the latest model from the Oregon, 24 to 7 Plains in quite the same class with the Blanchard-Davis machine of the back who engineered Navy's first) LAFAYETTE, Oct. 11. (P) Power-laden Notre' new YORK.

Oct. spurred by the passing of All-America Johnny rolled to its second victory today with a 22-7 decision over a Die, won. the $100,000 New York LOS -ANGELES, Oct. U.C.L.A. today won its Pacific battling Purdue football team.

i Handicap before 41.563 racing fans. DALLAS, Oct. 11. (IP) Bobby Layne pitched Texas to a 34-14 victory over Oklahoma today in the wildest of the 41 games that have been staged by these deep Southwestern rivals. At the finish several thousand of the 45,500 fans piled down from the stands and engaged in hot arguments on the field while officers at Belmont Park today score, flipped nine yards to Bill Earl.

Hawkins shot to the Duke 35 in two plunges. Horne passed again to Earl on the 20. After a pass misfired. Horne rifled another' to Bob Schwoefferman on the one. DEBUT SUCCESSFUL End Bob McElroy dropped a Horne pass in the end zone on first down Lujack had a hand in all three of the Notre Dame touchdowns.

He pitched one touchdown pass, ran 35 yards for Coast Conference opener from TJnl versity of Oregon, 24 to 7, tcorin irt -all periods but the third. Oref gon's score came in the second period, as 45,000 fans cheered thf Bruins at Memorial Coliseum. Ridden by Jackey Eddi Arcaro, Rico Monte engaged in a stirrmg another score, and set up the third and final touchdown writh 1 stretch duel with his stabiemate another pass. 1 past three seasons. The Cadets did not complete a single pass today, and attempted only one in the second half.

ARMY END SAVES DAY Illinois, itself working on an eight-game winning streak, brought East a rugged, hard-tackling line which stopped Army's running attack cold when it counted. Their big and fast backs, led by Russ Steger and Art Dufelmeier. repeatedly threatened to rip through to scores, but never quite brought it off. Jim Rawers. rangy Army end.

sayed the day for Army with one fine tackle in the first quarter. Illinois had reached the Cadets seven on six plays after Lou Agase! escorted the game officials away Talon, and won by a nose in a photo finish, as Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs' Stymie could do no better than Luiack's- passing and the Tw-ilip Mr as tne wavy crowd groaned, but WAKE FOREST NIPS fourth to fail his bid to regain: the Annapolis backers got their The game was punctuated by running of John Panelli, Emil fights among the fans and pop bottle Sitko, and Coy McGee repeat-throwing as spectators vented their ji hmuohi th 42 000 sner- chance to yell when Hawkins drove! Iowa Topples Indiana, 27-1 4 over the middle on the next play. NORTH CAROLINA i.

anger on the officials the world earnings lead from Armed. The entry of Rico Montfc and Talon was installed favorite and paid $4.70 to win. The winner cov- Jim Wills, who never had played in a college game before this after-; tators to their feet. Purdue put up a stubborn defense, and its counter-attack was paced ANXIOUS MOMENTJS The big, rough, bruising Oklahoma line manhandled the Long-horns physically so much the ered the two and one-auarter miles IOWA CITY, Iowa, Oct. 11.

(JPh- 3:48 25 and collected $73,700 for noon, calmly stepped in from the CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Oct 11.WH Navy bench and placekicked the Wake Forest, unveiling a spark extra point to tie the score, 14-14. ling passing attack that was gocx Duke had a tough break early in for three touchdowns in the firsi the fourth period when Folger. tak-jhalf. staged a starring upset todaj by the Dassine of Bob DeMoss. the cause to feel elation, because the Moragans came storming back to hedhon runnin of Harrv Al Dimarco and Emlen Tun-jhis owner naa mierceDiea Army's iirst oass.

Sooners drew costly penalties but they could do nothing with bound vvi nn. rJiMin of nell furnished the one-two punch Behind the first two came C. V. ing on irom wavy 15. got to the: by defeating North Carolina 19-7.

A thrown on the 24. On third down Steger attempted to plunge through ing Bobby Layne and his passes. It was this young man's throwing, in crowd of 35,000 saw the Southen r. i today as Iowa toppled Indiana, 27-14. Whitney's three-year-old ace, Pha-jacK jvuuito.

lanx. five lengths away. Stymie was Notre Dame scored first a few in a Western Conference football Qff Re collected minutes after play opened. Panelli game before 51,150 homecoming $5000 f0urth pIace money to increase on his own right tackle, and Rawers met him and smashed him back register during the next four minutes its only scoring contribution to the game. Three successive first downs carried the Gaels from their own 34 to the Washington one-yard line, from which ooint Willie Modrcin inree ana lumoiea, Williams recovering.

It appeared he mistook an official for a teammate and tossed him a lateral. his final appearance against an Oklahoma team, that told the story. Conference game played undel cloudy skies that produced a drizt zling rain in the closing minutes. three yards: That halted the Illini. recoverea a lumoic on uie duiuuc his total earnings to $759,710.

still needing $2000 to pass Armed's Iead- 25 after Nord Adams returned me. Only the clock prevented the Big Ten champs from scoring just before the first half ended. With Little Al, with a whip-lesh right; KlCKOir. L.U13CK pajsea xo xerry. winnjnc, ntal 7fi1 smashed through for six" points.

Al Ghilarducci a kick was wtde. Steger and Eddleman shredding Ah. thought the Gael devotees. Army's forward wall and the In from this point on we'll really get vaders' crack passer. Perry Moss, hitting his ends.

Illinois put on a Brennan in the end zone on fired to Tunneii, the negro Monte, under lop weight of second try. I halfback, for three touchdowns in 12g pounds, was perfectly ridden. FUMBLE AIDS IRISH the first half to give the Hawks He was rated off the pace for the Purdue fought back in the same a 21-7 lead. Dimarco passed 10 first mile and a half, then was sent period. Adams and Szulborski al- times in the opening half and got! up.

The South American horse, a ternated carrying the ball to the bulls-eyes on seven for 147 yards, noted stayer, took command in the Tin rpMo: nitrhed to Szul-iHis game total was 10 out of 14 middle of the turn and under a hard going. Didn't Wedemeyer tear off a 31-yard run after taking a lateral Texas never was behind but had plenty of anxious moments as the formation of the Sooners battered the Longhorn line. But 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 for 129 yards and his throwing figured in all the Texas scoring drives. EIGHTH STRAIGHT Oklahoma showed one of the most terrific ground games ever to show on the Cotton Bowl gridiron, roll- blistering 67-yard drive that gained a first down on the Army six-yard from Modrcin to set up that touch down? mark with 10 seconds to play.

GAMBLE ON KICK borski for the touchdown. I for 198 yards. Szulborski fumbled a few minutes THRILLING RUN drive by Arcaro, who had ridden I him in his two previous outings. Sained the photo decision for his as xne A later aixer roire uame was iorceaj Again, late in the game fourth straight victory. Realizing they probably could complete only one play before the gun sounded, the Illini gambled on a field goal from the 15.

Their luck But the Gaels didn't get going and neither did Wedemeyer, except on a few isolated and non-productive occasions. The Huskies, however, really did start to move. On the first play after the kick-off following the Gael touchdown Hatch, one of the Washington offen Talon, owned by Richard N. Ryan, who teamed up with Rico Monte as an entry, closed fast from the out to punt. Lujack hit Brennan with Iowa partisans were a 33-yard aerial on the next play, joyously acclaiming the snapping then fooled the entire Purdue line cf a two-game losing streak result-by running 35 yards Into the from defeats by U.C.L.A.

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back, finished the scoring with The toUl handle' for the eight iotj. Kjn iounn uow.n, jtcvc kjim piunse irom me one-yara line. -ro rrri ti oor kor kicked a field goal George Taliaferro. Indiana great; reRular i8.day Belmont meet which Negro back, tied the score in the; ended today fo $36 035 648-first period on a thrilling 66-yard MANY PENALTIES Lujack again went into action late for Texas in this intersectional series played as a feature of the Texas State fair. The second Texas score was hotly disputed by Coach Bud Wilkinson and assistants of Oklahoma as the Longhorns went over with one second to go in the half.

The score came on a 48-yard drive. On the one-yard line Texas called time out and that was all that gave them sufficient time to score. Canady, drove into the line and fumbled but Randall Clay picked up the ball and rushed across. Wilkinson claimed Clay's knees had touched the ground. ri i 41 was to hold the ball while Don Maechtle attempted the placement, fumbled the snap-back from center, and when Maechtle finally was able to lay his foot to the pigskin he managed only a wild shot to the left of the posts.

The fates continued to badger Illinois right through the second half. Eearly in the third quarter Eddleman broke loose on a weaving 29-yard run which carried him down to Army's 17. but a penalty for clipping nullified the dash. Again in the third period Moss began hitting his receivers with bulls-eyes, and on a succession of completions to End Sam Zatkoff the Illini spurted 25 yards down to the Army 34. Then, with the Cadets' sive stars, rambled around the St.

Mary's left end ior 29 yards. Robinson. Dallas Hatch and Fred Provo pecked away at the Gael line until the Huskies were on the Moraga 19. Then Dick Ottele. another Husky ace.

pitched a perfect pass to Al Kean, who made the catch in the end rone. Mikalson's try for point failed. With three touchdown! scored in the first quarter, there was reason to believe the trend would be maintained in the second quarter; but not until the third period was in its dosing minutes did Coach Pest Welch's athletes pick up additional points. HUSKIES THREATEN rr; XruZn tt tackle and reversing his field. five and then fed the ball to on the Rex Grossman knotted the count with his extra point kick.

HALF AND HALF Floyd Simrnins who went off tackle for the score. Jack Millito re-injured his trick knee trying to Alabama Triumphs After Late Start TUSCALOOSA. Oct. 11. (JP)1 Alabama got off to a late start; against a determined Duquesne.

gridiron squad but came through as expected with a 26-0 victory before, a capacity crowd of 25,000 today. Ford Headquartert Twenty-sixth, Broadway and Webstar Streets halt the Irish advance and left the; Indiana, with Taliaferro doing game. (some expert running and passing. The lineuo" i traveled 64 yards in the third period TE. 2-8800 PURDUE NOTRE DAME notre dame for its second touchdown.

Nick XE Martin Sebek, the quarterback, made six tlPCK The Huskies threatened in that aerial defense spread wide open. Murray i iiscner i-" Camashi stromeyer i Grossman converted. Indiana never Moss pitched a beauty which hit MINNESOTA TAMES WILDCATS, 37-21 Horvath Jv(j CnOeUi Arnh cIaca a ocin nryA Tnwn'e -f riiiT4V Barbolalc RT Czarobski Maloney RE Wlghtkln OWNERS Eddleman squarely on the 20. The tall Illinois halfback tucked it in and started to run through almost a clear field, but as he turned the ball squirted from his hands, and ITu IU Feidkircher Ashbaush Szulborski Ut Brennan Adams RH Sitko Millito Panelli MINNEAPOLIS, Oct 11. UP) touenoown was so mucn veivex.

The victory gave Iowa a .500 rating in the conference for two games. The Hoosiers' loss followed an opening 7-7 tie with Wisconsin last week. Minnesota opened its 1947 Western Abill Gustafson. Army quarterback. Conference football campaign today Score by periods: Purdue 7 Notre Dame 13 0 7 022 iinally recovered it on the 11 with a 37 to 21 triumph over North JL Twice in the final period Illinois Volume Production Economies make possible the following Complete Ford Engine Exchange Service: second period and might have added to the indignities they were heaping on the Gaels if Arne Weinmeister, last year a back, hadnt forgotten now he la a tackle and caught Fred Provo's pass.

The Huskies were working from the Gael 15 at the time. Washington was moved back to the St Mary's SOi and shortly thereafter the-, Phelan boys took charge of the'ball on downs. A elipping-'penalty nullified a 45-. yard hike by Washington's Herb Harlow, and for the balance of the quarter there was little about which either side could cheer. Fumbles and Intercepted passes were the rule rather than the exception.

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