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8 8 8 8 SPORTS SPORTS THE MUNCIE STAR SPORTS MUNCIE, INDIANA, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1954 I.U. Gridmen Upset Michigan, 13 to 9 Irish Stave Off Navy, 6-0; Purdue Routs Illini, 28-14 Cards Down Stubborn Pumas, 26-6 By BOB BARNET Sports Editor, The Muncie Star Ball State, wearing down a stubborn St. Joseph's eleven in the final half, earned a 26-6 victory Saturday afternoon at Ball State Field and cast off the shackles of a losing streak that had extended through two games. The Indiana Collegiate Conference affair marked the final home appearance of George Serdula's Cardinals and the victory was their to Indiana State and Valparaiso, fifth in seven, starts. Losses were both ICC foemen.

The redclads will wind up the 1954 program next Saturday at Evansville. Trail 6 to 0 The redclads trailed at the quarter, 6-0, took a slender lead at 7-6 soon after the start of the second, and had their hands full until the last few seconds of the third, when The Statistics Ball St. State Joseph's First downs 11 Yards penalized 30 20 Fumbles lost Passes attempted Passes completed Passes intercepted by Net passes 20 yards rushing 264 148 they picked up their second touchdown. Two more came in the fourth against a team that plainly had run out of manpower. The Cardinals got a lot of mileage out of Sonny Grady, who scored one touchdown and two extra points, and Ned Schlosser, who scored twice, as well as quarterback Len Buczkowski, who got Ball State marker called a fine game until he suffered a leg injury with 11:40 Dick Hunt came off the bench then despite a back injury and gave the redclads a bangup relief performance.

The game was played in a snowstorm and on a soggy field and line play, of which Ball State had the better, was accomplished under the most trying conditions. Frosh Ground Down St. Joseph's starting seven freshmen, made the battle a savage one until the redclads ground them down with superior manpower. The Pumas operated without their head 38-yearold Bob Jauron, who became Please Turn to Page Three, Section Hawks Upset Badger Gridders, 13-7, Dashing Latter's Rose Bowl Hopes Iowa City, Iowa (AP) Iowa Wisconsin in 13-7 Big Ten football surprise Saturday dealt a fatal blow to the Badgers' Rose Bowl hopes. Iowa rapped the Badgers with two first half touchdowns and then fought off a powerful challenge to get its first victory over Wisconsin in six years.

Alan (The Horse) Ameche, aided by some dazzling passing by Jim Haluska, hauled Wisconsin to at least a tie but a fumbled handoff-play by the Badger pair dashed their hopes when it seemed a second touchdown was a certainty. End for Badgers The misplay came on Iowa's fiveyard line and Earl Smith snapped up the ball for the Hawks. That was the dismal end for Wisconsin. Iowa vigorously kept possession in the frantic final five minutes as a Dad's Day crowd of 52,185 saluted its favorite sons. Coming only a week after a 31- 114 loss to Ohio State, the setback SPORTS Middies Tough in Second Half Faye Loyd of the United Press last Saturday was the first woman sports writer to cover a major college football game, from the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Tex.

This Saturday she covered the Navy-Notre Dame game in Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, She was the first woman ever admitted to the press box of a Navy football game. By FAVE LOYD Baltimore (U.P) -Notre Dame scored a second touchdown in the mud of Memorial Stadium Saturday and held on for a 6-0 victory over a Navy team that three times in the second half pushed near the Irish goal line, only to lose its chances for victory an offside penalty, a fumble a and' pass interception. Sixty thousand persons purchased every seat in the stadium, which hosted 28th consecutive meeting between the two teams, longest The Statistics Navy N.D. Firse downs 12 13 Rushing yardage 44 144 Passing yardage 137 130 Passes attempted 27 13 Passes completed 14 Passes intercepted by Punts Punting average 35 26 Fumbles lost Yards penalized 60 series in intercollegiate football history. It was the largest crowd ever to see a football game in the stadium.

The morning's rain, stopped by game time, but the sky remained overcast and the field was SO muddy that officials changed footballs on almost every play. Bad for Navy at Start At the beginning of the game, it appeared that Notre Dame would thoroughly whip the Middies. The Irish threatened early in the first quarter, pushing 51 yards in 14 plays to the Navy 19-yard line. But the threat ended when quarterback Ralph, Morse Guglielmi's was incomplete pass the Middies took over on downs on their own 19. The next Notre Dame drive, starting from the Irish 40, ended with a touchdown five plays later on a Guglielmi-to-Morse pass.

Morse caught the ball on the 19 and ran across the goal line after Navy defensemen Bob Craig and Dick Guest collided on the 10 to free Morse for the rest of the way. Schaefer's conversion attempt wide. times quarterback in the George second Welsh looked like he would run and pass the Middies to their first victory over Notre Dame in nine years. In third quarter, Welsh's running and his passes to Ronnie Beagle sparked a Navy drive to the Irish seven, first down and goal to go. But Navy was penalized five yards for offside and then lost the ball on downs.

A few minutes later, Navy recovered a Notre Dame fumble on the Irish 14. Navy advanced to the one, where Welsh handed off to Craig, who went over the goal line, but Craig fumbled when hit by Guglielmi, who recovered the ball in the end zone. Guglielmi stopped the third Navy drive by intercepting a pass on the Irish 14. Score by periods: NOTRE DAME: Left ends Shannon, George. Left tackles -Palumbo, Cabral, Nicula.

Left guards -Bisceglia, Lemek. Centers- Szymanski, Mense. Right guards -Lee, Cook. Right tackles -Varrichone, Edmonds. Right ends Matz, Kapish.

Quarterbacks- -Guglielmi, Carey. Left halfbacks Heap, Sipes. Right halfbacks Reynolds, Morse, Studer. Fullbacks Schaefer, Hornung. NAVY: Left ends -Beagle, Freeman.

Left tackles- -McCool, Hopkins. Left guards Benzi, Bendrick. Centers Whitmire, Wittner. Right guards Right tackles Royer, Webster. Right ends Smith, Welsh, Byrom, Left Owen.

Garrow. halfbacks Quarterbacks Fullbacks Right halfbacks Craig, -Guest, Gattuso. Navy Notre Dame 0 00 Notre Dame scoring. Touchdown--Morse. Wildcats' 'Slick' Ball Is Criticized Evanston, Ill.

(AP) The coach of the nation's No. 1 team, Ohio State's unbeaten Buckeyes, sharply criticized the use of a "slick" ball in the Bucks' 14-7 squeek past lowly Northwestern Saturday. Woody Hayes, whose Buckeyes scored their sixth straight victory to grab undisputed first place in the Big Ten race, made quite a dressing room speech on the football employed by Northwestern. "We were worried all week about this game after we practiced with the type of ball we knew Northwestern used," said the steamed-up Hayes. "We fumbled all week in practice five times Saturday," we.

continued Hayes. even asked the official to rough up ball. "Northwestern is the only team in the conference to use this type of ball. Look at the number of fumbles Northwestern committed before the game and you'll know what I mean." Northwestern committed 30 fumbles in five previous games. Coach Bob Voigts of Northwestern acknowledged he used a different ball other Big Ten schools, but his only comment Hayes' outburst was: "We had trouble hanging onto the ball at Mingesota too." Razorbacks Balk Texas Aggie Plans College Station, Tex.

(P) The Arkansas Razorbacks, brilliantly alert for every break and stubborn on the goal line, defeated a fired-up, upset-minded Texas 14-7 Saturday night to remain one Lana the current nation's king of football the Southwest powers Conference. The Aggies never gave up, going to the Arkansas 5 in short, bitter lunges, but the Razorbacks held and the ball went over. Wildcats Give Bucks Close Call Evanston, Ill. (P) Spunky Northwestern's pass defense, steellike for three quarters, suddenly collapsed in the fourth period Saturday, and Dave Leggett lofted a 24 24-yard touchdown pitch to Bob Watkins to give No. 1 ranked Ohio State a hard pressed 14-7 triumph.

Ohio State thus took undisputed lead in the Big Ten race. The Wildcats, playing before 650 patrons, threw a scare favored Ohio Homecoming, State by holding the Associated Press. top-rated team to a 7-7 standstill until the decisive Leggett pass. Unbeaten in 6 Games The toss kept the Buckeyes unbeaten in six games this season and pinned a five-game losing streak on Northwestern. The Wildcats have beaten Ohio State only once in 10 years and have failed to win a Big Ten game since 1952.

The Ohio State victory, however, was rather hollow for the Buckeyes did not look like potential national champions as a Northwestern sophomore quarterback from Rock Island, Jack Ellis, stole individual honors in his first collegiate appearance. Ellis' three successive pass completions in the second period touched off a 54-yard Northwestern surge in six plays that fullback Bob Lauter capped with an 8-yard scoring smash. But the Buckeyes, flashing their best form of game, retaliated quickly to tie the score, with sophomore fulback Hubert' Bobo drilling 31 yards for the payoff. Bobo played the entire 60 minutes. Leggett's triumphant touchdown pass, on a the second play of the finale, climaxed a 52-yard drive in six plays.

Northwestern passed up two fine scoring chances at the outset of the first period. The Cats marched 76 yards the opening kickoff behind the passing of Dale Pienta and the running of Jim Troglio, of whom was injured in the drive, and helped from the field. Lauter fumbled on the Ohio State 9, and Bill Michael recovered for the Bucks. Ohio State failed to get started and Howard Cassady fumbled with Northwestern's Nosal capturing the ball on the 9. Northwestern got as far as the 3, but that was all.

Ohio State 7 0 7-14 Northwestern ....0 Ohio State scoring: Touchdowns, Bobo, Watkins. Conversions, Weed, Watkins. Northwestern scoring: Touchdown, Lauter. Conversion, Callaway. Taylor Romps Over Fisk, 32-0 Nashville, (AP) de Taylor University of Upland, defeated Fisk University, 32-0, here Saturday in Tennessee's first inter-racial collegiate football game.

A Fisk home-coming crowd of about 2,500 watched as Taylor's Don Callen piled up four touchdowns to lead the Indiana team to a lopsided victory. The 165-pound halfback's most spectacular performance came in the third period when he raced 80 yards to score. Taylor's other touchdown came on a pass from C. P. Tarkington to end Ted Curtis.

Two TDS by Injured Murakowski By DALE BURGESS Lafayette, Ind. (7P) Big Bill Murakowski, who didn't start because of a leg injury, smashed through Illinois for two. touchdowns Saturday and Purdue kept its Big Ten championship hopes simmering, 28-14. Illinois operated without star halfback J. C.

Caroline in its fruitless attempt to win its first West- The Statistics The Statistics Illinois Purdue First downs 11 22 Rushing yardage 158 250 Passing yardage 78 106 Passes attempted 12 Passes completed Punts Passes intercepted 4 by Punting average 36 42.2 Fumbles lost Yards penalized 83 60 ern Conference victory of the season and gave first-half touchdowns deep in awaumbles its own territory. Lenny Dawson, Purdue's sophomore quarterback sensation, threw his 13th touchdown pass of the season, to 6-foot-7 end Lamar Lundy. It covered eight yards. TD a Period The Boilermakers rolled four 7s, a touchdown a period, against the luckless Illini, with Dawson kicking the extra points. Little Rex Brock scored one Purdue touchdown on a four-yard plunge.

Murakowski, 204-pound junior fullback, covered 7 and 14 yards in his two scoring sprints. Illinois matched Purdue's firstquarter touchdown with Abe Woodson's 14-yard run in the second quarter. Halfback Ken Swienton, responsible for one of Illinois' lost-ball fumbles, made up for it with a 26-yard end run for a touchdown in the fourth quarter. Things began breaking against Illinois when Woodson let Rex Brock's punt roll and it stopped on the Illinois 4. Rolla McMullen fumbled on the 7 two plays later and Tom Bettis, recovered.

Murakowski the next play, his first of the game. Woodson and Mickey Bates cut up the Purdue line early in the second quarter in a scoring drive that covered 71 yards in 10 plays. Bates Please Turn to Next Page Army Barely Overcomes Virginians West Point, N.Y. (UP) -Army's highly favored football forces barely overcame an inspired Virginia team rain-soaked Michie Stadium Saturday as two third-quarter touchdowns, brought them from 21-to-20 victory over their gallant but outgunned rivals from Dixie. Twice-defeated Virginia, scorning the odds against it, took a 13-to-7 lead as the second half opened before 20,500 chilled spectators and for three minutes and 43 seconds held command over the nation's fifth ranking team.

Aroused Army raged to two quick scores and then spent the rest of the afternoon with its back up against the wall to barely preserve its triumph. The Cadets showed early that they weren't "up" for this one as they marched 66 yards to the Virginia 17 and then fumbled ball away into the end zone where Virginia recovered to avert a score. Army came back, finally, for a 7-to-0 first period lead after Flay Goodwin recovered a Virginia fumble on the Army 44. The Cadets hammered to the nine and Pat Uebel of Bellevue, took it over. Ralph Chesnauskas added the first of his three all-important extra points.

Score by periods: Army 14 0-21 14 0-20 Virginia Army scoring: Touchdowns, Uebel 2, Conversions: Chesnauskas 3. Bell. Virginia scoring: Strempek, Hartwell, Pogue. Conversions, Knowles, Clarke. left Wisconsin with a 2-2 record, a mark to which Iowa ence climbed with its victory.

Another disastrous fumble hurt Wisconsin badly late in the second period. Halfback Pat Levenhagen wards from the one-yard line but hit through the he bobbled barely in the end zone and Bob Stearnes grabbed the ball for Iowa. Wisconsin eventually clicked for touchdown with three seconds Starting to a go in the third quarter. on their 41, the Badgers used two and Ameche to reach the one. Ameche smashed 22 passes Iowa yards in a bull-like thrust to set the grent for his touchdown up bump.

Wilson added the extra point. Hawks Rule First Half Wisconsin held the whip hand through most of the last half but Iowa was in control much of the first two periods in which the Hawks got their vital points. Coach Forest Evashevski, Big Ten Record for Helinski Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP) Indiana, zooming from the Big Ten cellar with quarterback Florian Helinski's flying circus Saturday, handed favored Michigan its first ference loss, 13-9. Helinski, playing brilliantly, also set a new Big Ten passing 118 times without an inter- 5 The Muncie Star Photos Nix (44), Ball State halfback, appears to be the front man in a hare and Top photo-Ray this picture, taken during the Ball State-St.

Joseph's game at Ball State Field chase in the Cardinal runner are St. Joe's John Donnelly (30); Bill Bazil (number Pursuing and Ray Regner (55). The Ball State State player is quarterback Lennie Buczkowski (16). Lower photo Here's a bit of interference that escaped the notice of game officials. Ernie of Ball State (80), is vainly attempting to haul down a pass while Merle Effing, St.

Joseph's gives the Cardinal wingman an enthusiastic, two-handed push. Wrinkles showing in Butler's prove the St. Joe man's hands actually made contact. West Virginia Record Spoiled by Pittsburgh Morgantown, W.Va. (UP--The resurgent Pittsburgh Panthers sank previously unbeaten West Virginia 13-10 Saturday, with Corny Salvaterra pitching a four-yard touchdown pass in the last two minutes.

Salvaterra, who passed for both Pitt touchdowns, hit substitute end Fred Glatz in the end zone on the fourth down to give Pitt its 34th win in the 59-year-old series. Salvaterra's winning toss came within minutes after West Virginia overcame a 7-3 Pitt lead on fullback Joe Marconi's scoot around left end from the Pitt four-yardline with five minutes left in the game. West Virginia, refusing to give went from its own 25 to the up, Pitt 17 on a flurry of passes by quarterback Fred Wyant, but time ran out. It was the third straight victory for Pitt since Tom Hamilton. as athletic director, took over from Coach Red Dawson, out of action with a bad heart after the Panthers had dropped their first three games.

Big Ten Standings Chicago (P) Big Ten football standings: W. L. T. Pet. Ohio State 5 0 1.000 Minnesota 3 0 0.750 Michigan 3 .750 Purdue 2 1 .667 Iowa 3 .600 Wisconsin 2 .500 Indiana 00 .250 Michigan State .200 Illinois .000 Northwestern 3 .000 The Statistics Indiana Michigan First downs 11 18 Rushing yardage 149 236 Passing yardage 103 52 Passes attempted 20 Passes completed 10 Passes intercepted by 0 Punts Punting average Fumbles lost Yards penalized 55 ception, 20 of them coming in Saturday's game.

The Hoosiers scored after a Michigan fumble and after an interception. Helinski scored the first Indiana touchdown by going over from the six-yard line on fourth down. He passed 20 yards to decathlon champion Milt Campbell in the end zone for the second Indiana score. Lone Michigan TD Fullback Fred Baer scored Michigan's only touchdown, going over from four-yard line. It climaxed a 16-play, 66-yard drive.

But 48.502 astonished fans saw a fighting Indiana team contain Michigan through the last half. Michigan threatened several times but Indiana stopped the Wolverine drives with interceptions, even in the waning minutes. Michigan scored a safety in the third period when Tom Maentz blocked an Indiana punt and it tumbled into the end zone. The Hoosiers capitalized on 8 misplay by recovering a fumble on the Michigan 27. In seven plays, four of them within the Michigan four-yard line, Indiana scored, Helinski carrying the ball over from the one on fourth down.

Later that period, Helinski intercepted a pass by Michigan's Tony Branoff on the 20 and returned it to the Indiana 33. In 10 plays the Hoosiers score again with Helinski passing to Campbell in the end zone. Michigan's touchdown came in the first period on the only concerted drive that the Wolverines were able to keep alive. Lou Baldacci, Michigan quarterback, sparked the drive by carrying the ball himself on the option play several times. By continually plugging at the center of the Indiana line, Baldacci finally handed off to Fred Baer who scored.

Michigan's Ron Kramer, a sophomore at end, converted for the ninth time in nine attempts this season. INDIANA: Left ends-Aloisio, Fee, Fellinger. Left tackles Skoronski, miller. guards-Hall, Gentile. ters- Vesel, Anstutz.

Right guards -Karras, Leo. Right tackle- -Gorden. Right -Bomba, Maglish, Roberson. Quarterbacks- -Helinski, Cichowski. Left halfsStone, Domenic.

Right halfs Campbell, Bell. Fullbacks-Bartkiewicz, Kun. MICHIGAN: Left ends Kramer, Rotunno. Left tackles -Walker, Kolesar. Left guards Cachey, Fox.

Centers- -Bates, Goebel, Snider. Right guards -Meads, Dick Hill. Right tackles- Geyer, Morrow. Right ends- -Maentz, Brooks. Quarterbacks- Bal.

dacci, Maddock, Macdonald, Knickerbocker. Left halts Cline, Barr. Right halfsShannon, Branoff, Dave Corey, Hickey. Full-Baer, Hill. Indiana Michigan 9 18 9 Indiana scoring: Touchdowns Campbell.

Michigan Conversion Touchdown Baer. Safety-Maentz. Conversion--Kramer. 8 hounds Saturday. hidden), Butler end, pants High School Football Tormented Spartans Lose to Gophers, 19-13 Minneapolis (P) -Bolting Bob tormented Rose Bowl champions from and steered Minnesota to a 19-13 coming fans.

McNamara, shifted from right of the game to plug the Gophers' two touchdowns and contributed The churning 190-pounder nailed six starts under yearling Murray Warmath by grabbing a Pat Wilson fumble before it touched the ground and racing 40 yards to a touchdown in the third period. MSC's Fifth Defeat It was Michigan State's fifth defeat against one victory in its most dismal season since its rise to national 1 prestige. The Spartans, after scoring an easy touchdown in the first quarter, were unable to threaten again until late in the game, when LeRoy Bolden bounded over from the four. MSC's Johnny Matsock toured, right end for a 24-yard touchdown romp in the first quarter. McNamara, shifted to right half, got it back on the end of an 82-yard march in the second quarter and Geno Cappelletti's conversion gave Minnesota a 7-6 halftime lead.

Cappelletti sneaked over to cap another Minnesota drive in the third period and McNamara clinched it with his recovery and sprint down the sidelines in the third. Cuban Champ KO'd Havana (AP) Hank Jones of Washington, D.C., bounced back after being floored twice in both the first and second rounds to knock out Charolito Spirituano, the Cuban middleweight champ, in the fourth round of their scheduled 10-round bout at the Sports Palace Saturday night. McNamara gouged Michigan State's two backfield positions Saturday victory before 63,575 chilled Home- halfback to fullback at the start injury-stricken fullback corps, scored decisively to a third. down Minnesota's fifth victory in THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Warsaw 19, Mooseheart Ill. 12.

Culver 12, Kentucky Military 7. Gary Roosevelt 7, Gary Wallace 0. Ft. Wayne Catholic 27, Ft. Wayne South 0.

South Bend Washington 13, Ft. Wayne North Bloomington '20, Evansville Bosse 0. South Bend Adams 13, Elkhart 12, Columbus 21, Terre Haute Wiley as a psychological maneuver and perhaps to give a reputedly not too healthy a first team as much rest as possible, started Iowa's second unit. The No. 1 squad went into ac-.

tion with 8:30 left in the first period and struck for a touchdown after a Badger punt to their 49. Fullback Binkey Broeder clipped off 15 yards to the Wisconsin two, and on second down, Jerry Reichow twisted through the line for the score. Jim Freeman added point. Iowa's second touchdown, and as things turned out the big one, came with only 40 seconds available in the second period. Stearnes scored from a yard out on the second play after a fancy pass had picked up 16 yards to the Wisconsin 3.

Kenny Pleon passed to Freeman who caught the ball on the eight and handed off to Smith. Iowa Wisconsin 7 0 6 0 0--13 Wisconsin scoring: Touchdown, Ameche. Iowa scoring: Touchdowns, Reichow, Conversion, Wilson. Stearnes. Conversion, Freeman.

College Football Scores PRESS Duke 21, Georgia Tech 20. By UNITED EAST Tennessee 26, North Carolina 20. Xavier Boston College 14. Maryland 20, South Carolina 0. 19, Harvard 27, Ohio 13.

Florida 7, Mississippi State 0. Yale 13, Dartmouth 7. Alabama 0, Georgia 0. Princeton 6, Colgate 6. Clemson 32, Wake Forest 20.

Pittsburgh 13, West Virginia 10. Kentucky 28, Villanova 3. Brown 34, Lehigh 6. Auburn 27, Tulane 0. Army Oklahoma 12, Tulsa 0.

Cornell 26, Columbia, 0. SOUTHWEST 21, Penn State 35, Pennsylvania 13. Syracuse 25, Holy Cross: 20. Rice 34, Vanderbilt 13. MIDWEST Baylor 12, TCU 7.

Cincinnati 13, College of Pa- Texas 13, SMU 13. cific 7. Arizona Tempe State 14, HardinIowa 13, Wisconsin 7. Simmons 13. Ohio State 14, Northwestern San Jose State 27, North Texas 7.

Minnesota 19, Michigan State 13. State 35, Drake 0. State 20. Nebraska, State 25, 28, Missouri Kansas 19. 6.

Arkansas 14, Texas 7. WEST Wabash 25, Carroll 14. Colorado 37, Montana 34. Southern -Ill. 20, Eastern Ill.

State 6. Montana State 22, Idaho State Washington Mo. 42, Evansville 7. 13. Bradley 30, Wayne 12.

Idaho 14, Utah 13. Wichita 9, Houston 7. Illinois Wesleyan 19, Beloit 6. Utah State 45, Brigham Young Youngstown 7, Caroll 0. 13.

St. Olaf 33, Monmouth 6. Oklahoma 13, Colorado 6. St. Thomas, Minn.

20, Hamline 12. UCLA 27, California 6. Carleton 14, Lawrence 7. Cornell 12. Southern California 34, Oregon 32, Grinnell Coe 46, Knox 21.

State 0. SOUTH Washington State 30, Stanford VPI 7, William Mary 7. 26..