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The Morning Call from Allentown, Pennsylvania • 25

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UN DAY SPORTS NEWS BUILDING EDITORIAL ALLENTOWN, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 7, 1948 TWENTY-FIVE h's Long Rons Def eat-MuMenber CALL Lehig1 20 Engineers Put on Dazzling Display of Thrilling Runs To Win Before 10,000 Fans Statistics Lehigh 'Berg In a game ioatfed down with thrills and spectacular Jong runs Lehigh University's alert Engineers yesterday afternoon turned in a surprising 35 to 20 victory over Muhlenberg before some 10,000 spectators in sundrenched Taylor Stadium. 1 First downs 8 Yards rushing 60 Passes 9 Passes 3 Passes intercepted 3 Passing yardage ..112 Total offense 172 Runback of kickoffs 31 Number of punts 6 Ave. punting dist. 41.5 Fumbles 6 Own fumbles No. of penalties 3 Penalty yardage 25 The well-manned Lehigh squad taking advantage of every opportunity that came its way, never trailed in the ball game that saw them move out in front in the first period on a dazzling 90-yard touchdown run by Jim Noel, and then, leading 21 to 14 in the final period, add two more touchdowns to cement the victory.

With Muhlenberg's Marty Binder bearing the brunt of his 56 yards to Muhlenberg's 13 yard Dei ore kuss strait brought mm team's offensive and Elmo Jack aown. son and Russ Strait aiding bril- On the first play here Gabriel went off left guard for fourteen yards and the touchdown that iianuy an tnat respect, the Mules just couldn't cope with the scor ing breaks that went Lehigh's way despite that Muhlenberg gained 227 yards from scrim sent the Engineers ahead to stay. Rosen kicked the point and j-iemgn nad a 14 to 7 advantage mage to 60 and netted 14 first Later in the second period Le- Gowns to 8 The big crowd didn't have to nign Bill Ciravino intercepted Strait's pass and returned it 15 Princeton Jolts Harvard, 47-7 wait long lor its thrills. Follow Northwestern Defeats Wisconsin, 16 to 7 Madison, (INS) North-western's path was still strewn with roses as the Wildcats hammered a resolute Wisconsin football team, 16 to 7, before 45,000 Ing an exchange of kicks mid yards to the Muhlenberg one-yard line, from where Gabriel Irish Prove Far Too Strong for fo 6 Bloomington, (INS) way in the onenine Deriod. Diz Dean's punt was taken Noel on took it across on the next play.

Rosen again kicked the extra point, and Lehigh had a 21 to LEIIIGII-MUIlLENBERG ACTION SHOTS That picture at the left shows Lehigh's 'Jim Noel, No. 2, going over for the first touchdown of the game on a sensational 90-yard run in the first period. Noel really travelled about 120 yards, because he reversed his field, cut down and outsprinted the entire Muhlenberg squad. In the center picture those two Lehigh players seem to be doing a Russian dance number. Fact of the matter, Lehigh's Bob Kaulis evidently got his signals crossed, because he ran smack into Joe Kuhar and smacked him down at a time when there were no Muhlenberg players in the immediate vicinity.

The picture at the right shows Muhlenberg's Russ Strait just as he started on a 13 yard gain that gave the Mules a first down on the 3 and paved the way for their first score. No. 58 is Elmo Jackson. Lehigh's No. 11 is Navarro and the other Lehigh player is Kaulis.

Princeton, N. (INS) 7 lead at halftime. Temple Defeats Syracuse, 20-0 Philadelphia, (INS) Temple University scored its second foot ball victory of the season, tramping over Syracuse 20-0 at Temple Stadium. Syracuse was stymied from the outset. Its deepest penetration into Owl territory was the 30-yard line.

Bernard Oustis, Syracuse's ace passer was totally ineffective. Three of his passes were intercepted. Temple scored twice in th Princeton's vastly improved football team slaughtered Har Muhlenberg got back in the Badger rooters who had hoped ban game in the third period, in vain for better things. the Lehigh 10. He started over toward his right, and seemed to be bottled up by several Muhlenberg tacklers on the 22.

Then he cut back, swung to his left and went up along the sidelines, outsprinting the entire Muhlenberg team and just about walking over the goal line. Noel really covered better than 120 and on thirteen plays went sixty vard 47 to 7 in what was supposed to be an even game. Stars fell on Indiana Saturday Indeed, for a time it appeared six yards on a sustained march as if their hopes might come highlighted by Binder, Jackson as Notre Dame plowed the helpless Hoosiers under, 42 to 6, be It was Crimson's most humiliating defeat by the Tigers in and btrait, for a touchdown. true, with Northwestern fumbling away one scoring opportun fore 34,000 fans. Binder going across from the the history of the tradition-studded series.

ity after another and leading by In beltinar Indiana. Notre Dame one-foot line. Skorinko's kick was yards on his sprint, considering extended its winning streak to a mere 2 to 0 at the half Harvard took a 7 to 0 lead that he reversed his field in ad- 800d' and the Lehigh margin was 19 straight and its undefeated cut to 21-14. dition to the 90 yards. Rosen skein to 25.

in the first quarter and then the roof fell in. The Tigers, getting off to a running start in defense place-kicked the extra point, and But Irish Coach Frank Leahy But the Rose Bowl-minded Cats struck twice for touchdowns within the space of three minutes at the outset of the third period, and now the only thing Lehigh had a 7 to 0 lead. first half. The first tally was set up by a 22-yard run by Bill Bernardo. Skladany then pushed the of their Big Three Title, scored in his efforts to keep the score to reasonable proportions, cost A pass, Scanella to Morris, was good for 39 yards early in the fourth period, Jackson finally bringing Morris down on the five, Three plays later Scan Army Gallops to Easy 43-0 Triumph Over Stanford Binder Makes 70-Yard Return on Next Kickoff two toucnaowns the second period, three in the third and his team another record.

Notre Dame had scored in 33 consecu that stands between them and the Rose Bowl bid is Illinois, which plays Northwestern Nov. two more in the fourth. A crowd of 37,000 saw the Muhlenberg followers had something to cheer about on the very next play, however, for tive Deriods before Saturday's ella crossed on a quarterback sneak. Rosen kicked, and count went to 28-14. Tigers rack up their first win fourth quarter, when a bevy of Irish bench-warmers failed to when Lehigh kicked off Marty Binder took the ball on the Muh over Harvard Palmer Stadi 20 at Evanston, 111.

Northwestern plays a non-conference game number one attraction in the nation at Notre Dame next cross the goal. By TED SMITS New York. (AP) Army de The Mules came right back once more, however, and with Sikorskl returning the kickoff At that, it was the most one lenberg ten and ran it seventy yards through the Lehigh team, Lehigh's Dan Murphy finally sided result in the history of the cisively scored its seventh um since iyjy. Val Wagner and John Weber led Princeton's attack. Wagner made Princeton's passing game oau over irom tne one and Jack Smith converted.

Bernardo came back a few minutes later to score again on a 33-yard touchdown run and make the half-time score 13-0. Temple continued to run rough shod over the Orange in the second half. The Owls' last score came when Zielinski blocked a Syracuse kick, picked the ball up and ran across for the tally. Smith again converted. The score by periods: Syracuse 0 0 0 0 0 from the 16 to the 48, Muhlen Notre Dame-Indiana series.

It The safety that gave North berg went to the Lehigh 14, a threat for the first time this threat. Fullback Emery Mitchell was carried off the field just after Army scored its first touchdown in the first period, but despite his loss Stanford kept plugging and once reached the Army five only to fold. Cosentino's 78-yard touchdown run in the last period was the longest gain of the game, but from where Binder took a lateral from Deam and. went 14 yards straight victory of th season Saturday by overpowering Stanford 43 to 0 in Yankee Stadium before 46,695. It was the first time in three meetings that Army has defeated Stanford, and the highest western its initial two points occurred in the first period when the Wildcats' Ray Wietecha broke through to block a punt by Wisconsin's T.

A. Cox, who for the touchdown. The try for season, and Weber ploughed through the line time and again for big gains. Wagner's aerials accounted for Princeton's first two scores got that way via two Notre Dame touchdowns in the first period, three in the second and one in the third. Steve Orak kicked six straight extra points in the winning cause.

Notre Dame moved 82 yards for its first touchdown the first kick was no good, and the count was 28 to 20, Lehigh. fell on the ball in the end zone. A 56 yard touchdown play on uainia whose passing was a lateral pass from ucaneua to to give the Tigers a 13-to-7 lead at half time, and he passed for Temple 0 13 7 0 20 WAKE FOREST BEATS DUKE sharp all day scored on a 41 Gav from the 20. Landry's one Doyne gave Lehigh its final time it laid hands on the ball. dhKW Tnerd to tally, and Shultz had score any opponent has run up this year on the Big Reds, rated only 20 points behind the Cadets on the strength of walloping Washington 20-0 and barely losing to Southern California 7-6.

with Red Sitko going the payoff yard buck ended an 80-yard scoring march by the Irish third Durham, N. (AP) Scoring touchdown midway in the final period. score oy periods bringing mm down on the Lehigh 20. That set the stage for Muhlenberg to tie the score, for Russ Strait hit off tackle for 13 yards two plays later, and then Elmo Jackson went around right end from the four for a touchdown. Skorinko place-kicked the extra point, and the score was tie at 7-7.

Late in the first period Muhlenberg's Roger Talosky recovered Kuhar's fumble on the Lehigh 26, but on the next play Muhlenberg's Latzko fumbled and Lehigh recovered again. Lehigh's Dick Boyne paved the way for his team's second touchdown when he Intercepted one of Russ Strait's passes and rani yards a 56-yard run to his credit. Stephenson scored once on a once in every period. Wake Princeton 0 13 20 1447 stringers in the third perioa. Lehigh was knocking on tne Harvard 23 yards.

A 50-yard pass from Frank Tripucka to Bill Gay set up. another Irish scoring play, with Jack Landry bucking over 7 0 0 07 In the failing moments of the plunge, and set up the touchdown with a 48-yard gain on a shovel game, Indiana advanced to tne Notre Dame three, whence Del Russell passed to Joe Bartkiew- door for another touchdown in the final minute of play, a pass Case to LaSassa, netting the Engineers a first down on the Muhlenberg four. When Lehigh at from two yards away. In the second period, John Forest took a 27-20 decisiion from Duke for its second victory in 21 years over the Blue Devils. 11-Year Coach New Haven, Conn.

Murray Murdoch, former New York Ranger "iron has been Yale's head hockey coach since 1937. icz for the consolation touchdown Stanford's previous worst defeat was 27-14 by Santa Clara. Army had too many fast backs for the faltering Stanford line Gil Stephenson, Arnold Galiffa, Harold Shultz, Bobby Jack Stuart, and Rudy Consentino all making spectacular dashes. Stanford's one big offensive Panelli dashed 51 yards for the NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Montreal Detroit 0 New York Toronto Ule) AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGCE Henhey-Providenre postponed, foe PufTalo 4 Springfield 1 M. Louii 3 Pittsburgh ft tie) New Haren Philadelphia 2 ftle BBA BASKETBALL SCORES Wathlnitton 67 Minneapolis 6t Phllly Warriori 69 Providence 86 that didn't console anybody.

tempted to pass, however, Roger third Irish score, and Tripucka pass from Gamia. The game, considered the big city substitute for the once dynamic Notre Dame-Army series, was marked by loud booing whenever Coach Red Blaik of Continued on Page 30. Column 2 Tolosky intercepted and carried produced a pair of touchdown passes, one to Bill Wightkin from The score by periods: Notre Dame 14 21 7 042 Indiana 0 0 0 6 6 to the 44 before being downed. Continued on Page 30. Column 4 45 yards away and another to That Wonderful Rich Feeling! The Inside Story Of Outside Coat Comfort ENJOY IT IN.

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