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mfwxk PART FOUR Pages 1 to 10 Sports Automotive Financial Radio HARTFORD 1, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1948. Hie JM1; Well Conceived Play That Helped Set Up Trinity Touchdown Uconns Drub With Malice Toward None BY BILL LEE Sports Editor Wesmen Win By 28-7 To Retain Title Jim Pync Blocks Punt To Set Up Score and Turn Tide of Battle 'J 2 i I yy 4 i JtAMyff 1 yy yy 1 yyf. SINCE Rochester doesn't seem to Wesleyan's football level, It stands between Norm Daniels's feated, untied season. Trinity and Wesleyan play at yy tA Ky ft fay Vd 4 a y'i WVf Ji'V MB. y.

Sfc, I y- Tyf, St once again it is the biggest small college game in New England. Win or lose in this one, it will be a little hard for Wesleyan to get excited about Rochester the following week. This game is a schedule oddity that means nothing to either side. When expedient, it will S3 yMVju iaxtaiy toVt -A y. -y x- x- y- yt.

yyyyy jW -O 4. vy yy y-A vm 58 "JLS yyt, 5 be shifted to a different spot on Should Wesleyan get over brush past Rochester In the final if yfiy. cV Ihree year record that will give Wesleyan a permanent niche in the 'Little Three Hall, of Fame. Although many teams have equalled and surpassed, Wesleyan's present record of 21 games without a defeat or tie, the achievement, if made, will still be among the outstanding team accomplishments 9r in the history of football, whether Back in the day of the flying wedge, leather jackets and football haircuts, Yale had some marvelous winning streaks. Between 1887 and 1889 the mightly Elis won 47 games without a defeat or tie.

The Michigan juggernaut fashioned by 'Hurry Up Yost won 55 games and was tied once in 56 games between 1901 and 1905. Har vard in 1890 and 1891 won 24 games in a row. GIL DOBIE'S OFF TACKLE PLAY WAS TREMENDOUS. Gil Dobie, when he was at the University of Washington in the decade from 1907 to 1917, formed so flawlessly that his teams won 59 games and tied four. The University of Nebraska back in.

the Gay Nineties won 29 in a row and i -Kw. 'ffl I Tl iS. -X, if i If I -8KSS Jy the Iowa teams of some 28 years ago made use of great stars like Aubrey Devine and Duke Slater to win 20 in-a row. More recently, Cornell rolled off 26 games without a defeat in the four seasons starting in 1921, and if memory serves that was when Kaw and Pfann and other great players were at Ithaca. The Army teams of the Blanchard-Davis era overcame 25 foes before Notre Dame tied them.

In the small college class, Kirksville, Teachers, coached by Don Faurot, won 28 in a row. So Wesleyan need not suffer the records something that has. never been there before. Norm Daniels' men are intelligent enough not to be concerned with anything so intangible. They would, of course, be happyvas a gymnasium full of larks to be able to hang it on Trinity three years in a row and go on to complete three seasons without a defeat or tie.

That record will suit them nicely and it will stand alone in the archives of New England college football perhaps longer than any of us are left to talk about it. No team in our section that this writer has ever heard about has approached Wesleyan's -magnificent record. I wrote after the first perfect season three years have another such year. A Wesman eluded me for that prediction when the Cardinals rolled through another matchless campaign, but I think my supposition was The camera's lens caught this excellent shoe of a key play in tho Trinity football offensive that rolled over. Amherst yesterday, 46 to 0.

Roger Hall, Trinity fullback, haf taken a handoff from Quarterback Whitey Kunkiewicz and is driving inside Bob Fritz, Amherst left tackle, with Tom Naud and Guard Merlin Kolakowskl leading him through the hole. Kunkiewicz faked a pitchout to Jack Corcoran, who feinted wide to his right to draw Amherst End Jay Gain (89) and backer up Dick Simon (37) away from the ball carrier's path. The latter in particular has been fooled by Corcoran's feint and has committed himself too quickly. The play gained 12 yards and made a first down on the Lord Jeff 37. Four plays later Kunkiewicz passed to Pitkin for Trinity's third touchdown (Courant Photo).

the Wesleyan team is something that It is a rich tribute to Norm Daniels, the old Michigan nine-letter man who is head coach, and his assistants, Johnny Wood, who was a Rose Bowl halfback at Pittsburgh the late Dr. John Bain Sutherland, and Frank Maze, who Syracuse. WESLEYAN SEEMS TO Two years ago Trinity lost only its opening game to Bates and Trinity Routs Amherst With Seven Touchdowns Blue and Gold Uses Convincing Variety of Attacking Maneuvers to Pile Up Most One Sided Margin in Long Series won all the rest of the way before being chopped down, 21 to 0, by the first Wesleyan team to finish a season unbeaten and untied. Last year these two titans of New England college, gridirons came down Yale Humbles Kings Point Eleven, 52-0 BulldogTeam Registers Highest Point Total in 13 Campaigns STATISTICS: to the classic closing game without a mark on their escutcheons. Again Wesleyan prevailed, this several times felt the sting of bringing his team against Wesleyan without a tie or setback of any 'kind, only to suffer de feat.

The Trinity team that plays talent and it is superbly coached. Rhode Island Staters, 28-6 Huskies Have Little Trouble in Trouncing: Traditional Rivals STATISTICS. OR! First downs 115 Yards gained rushing 186 i Passes attempted 7 14 PasHos completed 4 1 Yarda gained passea 68 22 Average distance punla 33 29 -Fumble 4 3 Own fumbles recovered 2 0 Yarda lost, penalties 30 34 BV BO AN. Kingston. R.

Nov. 6. Th Uriiversity of Connecticut's bulky football machine crushed Rhode Island State with ridiculous ease today in the thirty-eighth renewal of their traditional clash. The score was 28 to The Huskies did.Tt give th Rams a chance. -They stcamrolled to three touchdowns in the first quarter and then settled back to wreck Rhody's supposedly tricky double winged formation.

Rhode Island only touchdown came on an 84 yard runback of an inter cepted pass in the fourth quarter and its only other threat was late in the contest against the Uconn reserves. Connecticut made Its own breaks to gain those first three scores. They rushed Sam Katzen, the Ram punter, on every one of his first quarter kicks. Two of the boots were extremely bad and the other was blocked. Each time the.

Huskies took the ball and drove for a touchdown. GoodH Defense. But it was on defense that the Connecticut team shone. The same Rhode Island team which tied powerful Springfield last week was able to get the ball over the midfield stripe for one brief moment in the first three quarters against the Uconn wall. All the deception and clever ball handling in its complicated offensive went for naught as the Huskies stopped the running attack cold.

As far as aerials were con cerned, the Rams tried 14 passes and completed only one. This completion resulted when an eager Uconn secondary man bobbled the ball after he had apparently intercepted it and the Rhode Island player scooped it out of his arms. Connecticut's 'running attack was highly impressive. Bill Moll, Dick Gaudmo and Dick Turshen all turned In creditable performances and Johnny Hollf elder's quarterbacking was more than ad equate. Many Standouts.

Defensive standouts for the Huskies were Charlie Wolfe, John Blake, Lou Forlini, Al Sardilli and George Bleuher. They were principally responsible for-halting th running game of the Rams. Gau- dino also contributed by rushing in to break up Rhody deceptive pitch out play practically every time it was attempted. Connecticut's first touchdown was set up by Katzen's bad kick which angled sharply out of bounds on the Rhode Island 30 just after the start of the game. Three powerful smashes by Moll brought the ball the 10.

Turshen ripped to the three and then Moll plunged over. Rhody couldn't do anything after taking the ensuing kickoff and Katzen went back to kick. This time Sardilli and Blake both broke through to block the punt and Blake tecovered on the Ram 16. A 15 yard penalty failed to the spirited Huskies and Hollfeld-er pitched a perfect pass to Tur shen from the 26 yard line for tne second tally. Rams Pushed Back.

Then Connecticut's staunch de fense paid another dividend. Rhod Island took the kickoff and ran it back to its own 35. Four plays later the Rams were back on their own four yard line, the result of some ferocious charges by the Uconn linemen. Katzen barely got his punt into the air and it went out or oounds on the 29. An interference penalty on a Hollfelder-Blake pass and a couple of bull rushes by Moll carried to tne one yard line and it took the Connecticut fullback two tries to plunge over.

A sustained drive by th Huskies opened the second half but it fizzled out on the Rhodv three yard stripe. However, they took Katzen's punt and went 40 yards in eight plays for touchdown No. 4. Moll tried the center of the line three times from the one. yard line, failed each time to get over, and Guadind finally swept the right' end on fourth down to register the score.

Pete Barry kicked all four conversions. Connecticut recovered a Rhody fumble deep in the Rams' territory late in the third quarter but on the first play of the final frame. Tony LaBella's pass was intercepted by Bob Underhill on his own 16 and he went all the way for the Rhode Island touchdown. i onnerticnt 28), end Dezenzo, Chernack, Left Schmidt. Left tackle Forllnl.

Sobieskl. Left guard Blueher, Stula, Link- icucr, v.napin. Center Lefebvre. Veal, Johnson. Abate EuardWolfe' Barry, Rosa, Right tackle Sardilli.

Sloore. Right end Blake. Ha gel. Quarterback Hollfeider. Left halfback Plnsky, Martha.

Za-leski, La belle. E. Ferrlngno. Right halfback Guadlno, Comko-wycz. Fltzpatrlck, Ross.

Turshen. Fullback Moll Legenza. Bhode Island (8). Left end McLaughlin, Gavin. Left tackle Carlin.

Miller. Left guard Hurley. Murphy. Center Bernstein, McSweeney, Hai-eiwich. Moll.

Right guard Middlman, Johnson. Faiman, Hayes. Right tackle Andrews. Wattt. Right end Katzen, Roderick.

Joh Martin. -y Quarterback Bob Curtis. Becker. Left halfback Vamey, Edgar. Underhill.

Right halfback Ben Curtis, TB. Johnson, Powers. fviiuue uiann 9 Connecticut scoring: Touchdowns Moll 2. Guadino, Turchen: points after touchdowns. Barry 4 (place-kick Rhode Island scoring, touchdown.

Wesleyan schedule has been anywhere near the threat that Trinity --v yy 5 -l i w.vx-m;-... Wx -x 1 (, VN XX XXX, yyy. y. yf 'r College Football EAST. AIC T.

Lowell Textile Albright 61. Otterbein T. Allegheny 6, Thlel 0. Alliance 9. Clarion Tchra 0.

Army 43, Stanford 0. Arnold 7, Worcester Tech 0, Bloomsburg 47, Lycoming 0. Boston College Frosh 20. Marlanapo- lls 6. Ros.t nn IJ.

33. Fordham 7 r'. rl( ft 13, Niagara 13. (Tie.) Coast Guard 19, Colby 14. Connecticut 28, Rhode.

Island State 6 Cornell 14. Colgate 6. Cornell Frosh 19, Colgate Frosh 13. Dartmouth 26, Columbia 21. Davis Elkins 7, Pofimac State 0.

Delaware 33, Gettysburg 27. Dickinson 14, Drexel 12. Franklin Marshall 34, Ur sinus 6. Holy Cross 16, Duquesn 13. Holy Cross Frosh 38, Boston Frosh 12.

John Carroll 20, Marshall 8. Johns Hopkins 19, Swarthmore T. Lebanon Valley 27, Juniata 8. Lehigh 35. Muhlenberg 20.

-Mansfield 21, Kdlnhoro 0. Maine 7, Bowdoin 6. Millersville 14, Kutztown 6. Morrisvllle 19, Keystone 6. New Hampshire 27, Tufts 18.

Northeastern 27, Ft. Devens 12. Penn Military 33, Haverford 14. Penn State 13. Penn 0.

Princeton 47, Harvard 7. Rhode Island State Frosh 20. Con-j necticut Frosh 13. RPI 27, Clarkson 14. I Rutkers 34, Lafayette 13.

Sampson 14, Brockport 0. Scranton 20, St. Vincent's 0. Shepherd 7, Fairmont State 7. (Tie.) Slippery Rock 20, Grove City 12.

Springfield 31, Mass. 0. St. Lawrence 14, Norwich 0. Temple 20, Syracuse 0.

Trinity 46, Amherst 0. Union 14, Middlebury 7. Upsala 34, Trenton Tchra 0. Vermdtit 14, Rochester 14. (Tie.) Wagner 19, Susquehanna 7.

Washington Jefferson 18, Bucknell 13. Waynesburg 20, Westminster 0. Wesleyan 28, Williams 7. Wesleyan Frosh 13, Amherst Frosh 12. West Virginia 48, Ohio V.

6. West Virginia Tech 13, Concord 0. Wilberforce 41, Deleware State 0. Williams Frosh 40, Union Frosh 6. Yale 52, Kings Point 0.

SOUTH. Alabama 27, Mississippi Southern 0. Clemson 41, Furnman i Georgia 20, Florida 12. George Washington 14, The Citadel 0. Howard 6.

Hampston Inst. 0. Kentucky 13, Villanova 13 (tie). Maryland 19, South Carolina 7. Mississippi 34.

Chattanooga 7. Misslslppi Slate 20, Auburn 0. North Carolina, 7, William Mary 7 (tie). Richmond 6 Davidson 0. Tennessee 13, Georgia Tech.

6. Tulane 28, VMI 7. Vanderbilt 48. Louisiana State 7. Virginia 21.

North Carolina State 14. Wake Forest 27, Duke 20. Washington Lee 14, Virginia Tech 7. Wofford 15, Presbyterian 6. MIDWEST.

Bowling Green 23, Kent State 14. Case 6, Baldwin-Wallace 25. Dayton 7, Miami (Ohio) 0. Hamline 19, St. Mary's (Minn.) 6.

Hanover 40, Indiana Central 12. Hobart 24, Kenyon 0. Illinois 14, Iowa 0. Iowa State 2. Drake 0.

Marietta 18. Wabash 7. Michigan 35. Navy 0. Michigan State Marquette 0.

Minnesota 34, Purdue 7. Nebraska 32, Kansas State 0. Notre Dame 42. Indiana 6. Northwestern 16, Wisconsin 7.

Oberlin 26, Carnegie Tech 13. Ohio State 41, Pittsburgh 0. Ohio Wesleyan 14, Rollins 7. Oklahoma 41, Missouri 7. Oklahoma 19.

Tulsa 0. Quantico Marines 26, Xavler (O.) 15. South Dakota, 41. North DaKota State 6. Washington (St.

47. Grinnell 0. western Michigan Butler 7. Wichita 21. St.

Louis U. 14. SOUTHWEST. Arizona 14, New Mexico. Hardin-Slmmons 34, Oklahoma City 21.

Rice 25, Arkansas 6. SMU 20. Texas A 14. Texas 13. Baylor 0.

Texas Tech 46. Texas Mines 0. Tlllotson 27. Texas State 0. FAR WEST.

California 28, UCLA 13. College of Pacific 32. Mbntana 14. Colorado 28, Utah State 14. Colorado State 13.

Western State 0. Denver 30, Detroit 27. 1.1 3 i will be. Dan Jessee'sitnen were beaten Middlebury yesterday lost to Union, England team without a defeat or Trinity has rolled up lop-sided be within several touchdowns of would seem that only Trinity men and a third successive unde Middletown next Saturday, and the Wesleyan schedule. the Trinity hurdle Saturday and game, it will have rounded out a large, small or intermediate.

his meticulous off tackle phalanx any pressure over putting into ago that "Wesleyan is unlikely to quite logical. This great record of transcends logic. played his varsity football at HAVE THE RECIPE. time by 13 to Dan Messee has Wesleyan Saturday is loaded with Certainly no other team on the two weeks ago by Middlebury and leaving Wesleyan the only New tie. Except-for their lone defeat, margins over Williams, Norwich, and Amherst.

Kingswood star who has a severe SDeed and Dower to the Doint injury in the Williams game yes he will be in tip top shape by next Daniels. Last year Brooks was in He limped on the field with the the injury did not respond up to trying to get in shape for the and the possible incapacitation of Harry Forbes, Frank-Wenner, Dick Velleu, a collection of backs better perhaps if this pressure to avoid it. Scholastic Football 'East Hartford 28, William Hall 6. Bulkeley 25, Weaver 13. New Britain 19, Hillhouse 13.

Hopkins Grammar 53, Kingswood Woodrow Wilson 27, Meriden 0. West Haven 44, Middletown 14. Berlin 12, Griswold 0. Lewis 7, St. 1 Mary's 0.

New London Bulkeley 2, Chapman en u. Plainville 27. Gilbert 7. Hotchkiss 14, Loomls 0. Berkshire 13, Westminster Springfield Jayvees 20, Suffleld Academy 0.

Milford Prep 13, Abbey O. Windham 24. Rockville 0. Worcester 13, Wilbraham 0, Milford 6, Branford 0. Phillips Andover 48, Tufts Frosh 0.

Taft 19,. Kent 0. Leavenworth 12, Naugatuck' 6. Crosby 26. New Haven Commercial 0.

seynjour 37, wilby 0. Norwalk 4, Bassick 6. Stamford 32, Warren Harding 0. Greenwich 25, Bridgeport Central 7. Ansonia 27, Derby 0.

East Haven 25, Staples 0. -Monson 7, Willlston 0. Putnam 19, Plainfleld 13. Vermont 12, Mt. Hermon 7.

College Cross Country. Syracuse 15, Buffalo Teachers 50. Swarthmore 20, Lincoln 35. Amherst 15, New Britain Teachers 48. NYU 15.

Iowa 40. William and Mary 28, Davidson 30. American Hockey. Buffalo 4, Sprinpfield 1. New Haven 2, Philadelphia 2 (tie).

Providence at Hershey (PP Fog). St. Louis 3, Pittsburgh 3 (tie). Indianapolis 3, Cleveland 2. ffatiketball Association.

Philadelphia 69. Providence 56. Rochester 69, Indianapolis 58. Washington 67, Minneapolis 62. Scholastic Soccer.

Manchester 4. Meriden 2. Willlston 1, Mt. Hermon 1 (tie). National Hockey.

New York 3, Toronto 3 (tie). Montreal 2, Detroit 0. K.P-t Yalo First downs 12 Yds gained rush- inx (net) 17 19T Forw'd passes at'mpted 31 14 Forward passes completed Yds. forward passea 101 233 Forward passes Intercepted by II Yds Rained runback Interceptions 15 58 Punting average (from scrlmmaKe) 33 39 Total yds, all kicks returned 170 61 Opp. fumbles r'c'v'r'd 0 3 Yds lost, penalties 78 75 STATISTICS.

Wes. WI1. Flrat downs 16 12 Yd. aln. rush.

(net) 157 162 Forward attempted 17 36 Forwards completed 8 4 Yds. by forw'd pas. 91 60 Korwd Intercept, by 3 0 Yds. gain, runbackof intercepted passea 83 0 TunU iv. (from acrlm.) 34 29.5 Tot.

yds. all kick; return. 52 74 Opp. fumbles rae. 0 Tda.

loat by penalties 35 0 BT ROGER DOVE. Wllliamstown, Nov. 6. University extended Its -Little Three" football reign through three successive campaigns this murky November afternoon, finishing strong to subdue a stubborn Williams eleven a decisive 28 to 7 margin. As has been their wont in recent the lightly-regarded Eph- men came up to this traditional clash primed to fashion the upset of the falL It took doughty goal line stand for Wesleyan to check a Williams drive at the four-yard stripe in the first quarter with the two rivals locked in a scoreless deadlock.

The scales ultimately were tipped Wesley an's favor late in the second period when husky Jim Pyne, reserve tackle, crashed through to block an atempted punt. The ball was downed on the one-yard line and quickly turned into a touchdown that gave the Cardinal and Black a 7 to 0 working edge at the half. Wes-. Jeyan added its second tally in the third session when Williams gam bled on fourth down and lost the ball at mid-field, and then chalked up two more markers in the final period. Willams's lone touchdown came in the waning minutes of the contest against a substitute-sprin kled lineup.

Score 21st Straight Win. The triumph was the twenty first in a row in an amazing string spanning four seasons and dating back to 1942. As a result of Union's upset of Middlebury today Wesleyan stands alone as the only undefeated, untied collegiate foot ball club in New England tonight. Only two hurdles bar the way to Wesleyan third straight unblem ished record. Trinity next Saturday and Rochester the following week.

The first break in this afternoon struggle, which ended an early punting duel between Williams' Stu Duffield and" Harry Forbes, came when Duffield lifted a 72-yard boot that sailed well over Safety Man Frank Wenner's head and was downed on the visitors' 12. Roughing "the kicker was detected, however, and the resulting 15-yard penalty was accepted and moved Williams up to its own 39. a dangerous triple threater, completed three passes In seven plays for a first down on the Wesleyan five as the aroused Williams stands started to root a possible upset in. The first toss went to Stu Cool, tall end. who took the ball just behind a Wesleyan halfback.

The second pass was out on the side to Pete DeLisser, a halfback who went out in motion and no one covered him, and picked up 15 yards. The third pitch was good for 10 yards and a first down on the five as Howie Smith made a spectacular jumping catch. Full-bcak Harris Fisher bucked to the four, but two more Duffield aerials missed connection in the end zone. Then on fourth down, with the ball squarely vin front of the goal posts, Ernie Mierzejewski's attempted field goal was wide, and the ensuing sighs from the opposite sides of the field were for far different reasons. Forbes Intercepts Pass.

Forbes set up a Wesleyan threat In the second quarter when he intercepted a pass and ran it back 48 yards to the Williams 17 with the help of a lateral to his fellow back, John Robinson. Harry went high into the air to practically take the ball out of Cool up raised arms, dropped to one hand as he regained his balance, and with the Williams players all moving in the direction of the pass reversed his field and cut toward the sidelines. With only two defenders between him and the goal. Forbes slipped a lateral to Robinson and blocked out one of the men. The other Williams player dropped Robinson, how ever, to temporarily preserve the stalemate.

wesleyan couidn gam, an aroused Williams defense stopping the Cardinals cold, but an ex change of punts soon backed the Ephmen up to their own eight, On fourth down. Cliff Tried to punt out but Fyne charged through to block the kick -and the ball was downed on the one. Quarterback Charlie Medd im mediately darted across the goal line on a sneak, but a five-yard penalty for backfield in motion nullified the touchdown and moved the ball back to the six. oroes arove to tne tnree on a dive tackle play, and then on' the next play went through the same spot as his teammates opened a gapping hole to score standing up. -Don Burdick, the managerial assistant, dropped his charts on the Wesleyan bench, donned a helmet and trotted out to kick the first, of four successive place ments.

Needing one yard for a first down at the Wesleyan 46 early in the third quarter, Williams took a fourth-down gamble and tried to rush it. But a spinner attempt failed dismally as the Wesleyan forward wall tossed Farmer for a two-yard loss. The daring gesture was admirable but the strategy to try it with a spinner looked bad ax the delay the play required (Concluded on Page 2, Column 5.) Hobart, Middlebury, Worcester Tech -w- xr x3'x Steve O'Neill Is Fired As Tiger Pilot Harris, Richards and Cramer Mentioned As Possible Successors Detroit, Nov. 6. (AP.) Steve O'Neill, who gave Detroit one world championship and three American League runner-up clubs in his six-year stay here, was fierd today as maijager of the Tigers.

He was the seventh major league pilot to lose his job this year. One of the other six, Stanley (Bucky) Harris, deposed New York Yankees manager, has been rumored as a likely successor to O'Neill. Other possibilities include faui Kicnaras, rormer liger catcher who now manages Buffalo in the International League and Roger, (Doc) Cramer, Detroit coach. An announcement from Detroit General Manager Billy Evans said no successor has been chosen. It said O'Neill's contract is not be ing renewed for 1949 because of a belief "that a change in field man agement would be desirable.

Evans' statement said the De troit management "is keenly1 ap preeiative" of O'Nfill's six years of "loyal and conscientious service." O'Neill, reached at his home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, said he had- no plans for the future. He said he hadn't "giver it a thought" before receiving a telegram from Evans. Shortly before that he had received the news of his dismissal from newsmen. O'Neill, who came out of Mi- nooka, as one of four brothers to become major league players, took over the Detroit reins from Del Baker in 1943. That year the Tigers wound up in fifth place, the same as last season.

In between those years, however, the Tigers finished second to St. Louis in 1944, won the World Series from the Chicago Cubs in 1945. ended up second behind Boston in 1946 and runner-up to New York in 1947. Last season was O'Neill's eighteenth as a manager, and his inth in the American League. Of his 17 years as a player he spent 13 as catcher for the Cleveland.

Indians. O'Neill's first big league managerial job was at Cleveland, where he took over from Walter Johnson in 1935. After three years there he went to Buffalo for a three year stay as pilot. Then he came to Detroit as a coach under Del Baker for a year before being sent to manage Beaumont in the Texas League in 1942. He led Beaumont to a league pennant that year with such present Detroit players as Dick Wakefield, Hoot Evers and Pat Mullin.

Only Hughie Jennings of Detroit's 11 previous managers led the Tigers for longer than O'Neill. v. Trinity may have to face Wesleyan without its best back avail able. That is Frank Eblen, former knee iniurv. Eblen has combined where "he is Dan Jessee's best back.

That he will be missed goes without saying, even though Trinity, numerically, has an impressive array of good backs. Eblen is still their best and his chances of being of service are not good. Wesleyan may also be without a valued operative. Willie Firstenberger, one of the fastest of the Cardinal ball carriers, suffered a recurrence of an old terday and it is doubtful whether Saturday. Bill Brooks, New England intercollegiate sprint champion and the-fastest back either side could put on the field, is another man STATISTICS.

First downs Yards gained rushing Passes attempted Passes completed Yards Rained passe Average distance punta Yards lost penalties from line of scrimmage A 13 10 256 83 13 20 9 6 232 53 41 19 41 19 55 32 BY BILL LEE. Trinity scored seven touchdowns on a convincing variety of attacking maneuvers yesterday to crush Amherst, 46 to 0. It was the greatest point total and most onesided margin either team has achieved through 43 games of a series that had its beginning in 1886. The Blue and Gold, beaten only by Middlebury in the six-game schedule leading up to next Saturday's objective contest with undefeated Wesleyan, crossed the Lord Jeff goal line in every period. A disappointing crowd of 3200 saw the game.

For a while after halfback Bob Barrows intercepted Lew Hammond's pass and ran 55 yards for the first Trinity touchdown on the fifth play of the game, Amherst fought back doggedly and actually managed to drive 50 yards to the Trinity eleven before Jack Caroll stopped them with a pass interception. But from the time that one Amherst threat of the game petered out, Trinity rolled to an ever increasing margin, scoring three touchdowns in the second period, two in the third and another in the fourth. Coach Dan Jessee just about emptied the Trinity bench in the final period and from the middle of the Ihird quarter to the finish most of his regulars were being rested against next Saturday's game. That's the one in which Trinity hopes to inflict upon Wesleyan the latter's first defeat in three seasons. Except for a weakness at the flanks in the early stages.

Trinity has a staunch line against which the Lord Jeffs were almost helpless to advance. Line Applies Pressure. who won't be any use to Norm jured prior to the Trinity game. squad but was not used. This year there has been some hope at Middletown that Brooks would recover from an ankle injury received in pre-season practice, but when last week, Brooks decided against Trinity game.

Despite the loss of Brooks lrstenDerger, Wesleyan still has John Robinson, Charley Medd and that would be welcomed by any coach. This will be another battle of the titans. Every line written and spoken about this game, adds to the tension among, the players and BV JIMM? CTJXAVELIS. New Haven, Nov. 6.

A hungry Yale Bulldog feasted on a grade A soft touch this afternoon in the Bowl. The thrice beaten Blue squad rolled over little Kings Point, 52-0. The Eli point total represented the highest score amassed by Yale in 13-years. Yale, vi i of successive trouncings from Vanderbilt, Dartmouth the past two weekends, welcomed the impotent Mariners with open arms. The Long Islanders threatened but once and failed to cash in on the opportunity sup plied by a long forward pass com pletion.

The Ells' Ferd Nadherny was withheld from play but that didn't make any difference. Yale Head Coach Herm Hickman, rightfully unworried about the outcome of the game, took the day off to scout Princeton, Yale's next foe. After seeing the Tigers humble Harvard, 47-T. Hickman probably wished he hid stayed home. Seven different Elis notched the seven Yale touchdowns as the Bulldogs passed and ran against the visitors with equal ease.

Bi secting Billy Booe, little senior, converted six extra points from placement perfectly. Just for fun after one touchdown Billy swapped jobs with Roger Barksdale. Roger converted with Billy holding. Booe booted a field goal in the third Denod from the 14 yard line. Yale Makes Sure.

The game Mariners succeeding in holdnig off the impending Blue tidal wave until after 13 minutes of the first period had elapsed. If the visitors entertained any hopes of holding the score down they were smashed beyond repair in the second period when the Bulldogs rammed four touchdowns over. Three of them were notched within the space of three and one-half minutes. Backfield Coach Hank Margarita, running the Yale club, cer tainly didn't take any chances of blowing the decision. After Yale iiad pushed the count to 28 several regulars including Levi Jackson were still around.

Leading, 35-0, as the secondhalf began, "the Elis started the same combination that opened the game. Guard Bob Jablonski recovered a Kings Point fumble on the visit ing 32-yard line to make, way for flie first Blue touchdown. On the eleventh play of the advance Quarterback Tex Furse sneaked across the goal line from two yards out. A pretty pass play from Furse to Dfck Liechty covering 45 yards coaches on both sides. It would were not there, but there is no way Windham High Drubs Rockville Eleven, 24-0 Wlllimantlc, Nov.

6. (Special.) Windham High registered Its fifth win In eight-starts at Frank E. Guild Field this afternoon, defeating Rockville High to the impressive tune of 24 to 0. The visiting gridders were never In the running and the freshman backfield finished up the contest for Windham. Windham 24.

Ends: Grenier, Hille. Kllburn, Gaucher, W. Merriam. Tackles: Hinckley, Tlernberg, El-dridge. Cook.

M. Merriam, Brehaut. Guards: Skelley, Banning, Auger, Bacon, Blgelow. Stone. Centers: Breen, Dennehey, Adams.

Backs: Turcotte. Vadanals, Hawkes, Welden, Lind, Dubose, Cutko, Kelley, E. Williams, Dawson, Spencer, Cancel-arro, W. Williams, Franz, Hatcher. Rockville 0).

Ends: Kulo, Lusa, Gronskl, Klta. Tackles: LaForge, Yedzlniak. Guards R. Stewart, Minor, Goldman, Rot he. Centers: Lehyman, Brennan, Graf.

Backs: Bahler, Say, North, Butler, Dubonoskl, Abramason, Weingartner, Whollebbee, Badsteubner, Hirth, Dom-bek. Touchdowns: Dubose, Hawkes. Points from try after touchdown: Turcotte 2, (placement). Yale-Princeton Tickets on Sale The Courant nas a supply of tickets for the Yale-Princeton game at New Haven Saturday. Reserved seats are priced at $4.80 and general admission $2.40.

They go on sale at 9:15 a. m. tomorrow in the Accounting Department on the second floor of the the Courant Building. No telephone, mail orders checks will be accepted. be The ferocity in charging and tackling of Joe Ponsalle, Mitch Holmgren, Cy Seymour, Dave Simmons and Merlin Kolakowski put so much pressure on the Amherst offensive that it was rarely able to function.

The Trinity line harried Lew Hammond, the Jeff's heavy duty back, all afternoon. Four times linemen broke through to block Hammond's kicks and they so rushed his passing attempts that he never had a fair chance to get the ball away. This purposeful rushing of the passers set up the first Trinity touchdown and took the grip out of the team from Massachusetts. Amherst had received the opening kickoff and squeezed out a first down on running plays. With the ball two yards on their own side of mid-field, Amherst elected to try a pass.

Two Trinity linemen chased Hammond back and one got an arm around the passer's back just before he cut the ball loose. The pass had far less carry than Hammond intended and Trinity's Bob Barrows grabbed it out of the air and raced straight back for 55 yards and a touch- Concluded on Page Column 4.) Idaho 28. Montana State College 124 venio, jim Martin. Nebraska State (Wayne) 27, 21 2 1 2 do College 7. Oregon 13, Washington 7.

St. Mary's 19, Portland 0. Utah 12. Colorado A Washington State 26, Oregon State 36. (tie) (Concluded on Page Column 7.).

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