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LOU PEKINI I JPn, nl Southern Methodist athletic director called Red Ba.k three times, insistently recommend ng Army an assistant lost in the Mustang coaching shuffle. Re him down because of no vacancy the aide ricmv landed instead at Notre Dame to plot'tie stof-T upended the Kaydets in Philly At a TallalinsBCc coaching clinic last spring, Stram was approached by a Cocoa, high tutor and "I had a kid you'll he wishing you never saw in October." the kid was Bob Anderson, who ripped 81 yards from scrimmage the first time ho carried the ball against the Irish. Tip to Lou Perini: If you get a wire complimenting you on the post-Series kissing scene in the dressing room and signed "Cecil B. DeMille," be forewarned it comes from your pals, a Leahy and Billy Sullivan it was Leahy, incidentally, who set the Braves' move from Boston to Milwaukee in motion by first introducing Perini to the late Fred Miller, beer baron and sports enthusiast who sold Lou on Milwaukee's potential. Quite a contrast, sifting with Leahy' In the solitude of his room at the Cherry Hills Inn, outside Philly, on a Saturday, while Notre Dame enthusiasts were pouring all over the cily and Moose Krniisc and Terry Brcnnan were hosting a party just five miles away.

Leahy on the changes in football: "They're using much more spread stuff and there's less reluctance to pass deep in your own territory" add Leahy: "I still can't eat on a Saturday night after watching a game, but I cat well now on Friday night And I sleep well." "When you're analyzing the improvement in Notre Dame's defense, don't forget a lad named Bernie Crimmins" on Army's fatal substitutions: "1 never anticipated a boy getting tired. I let him 'play till he got that way." Guy asked Lou Burdetle after the Series what kind of name it was, French or what "Heck, I don't know," drawled Lou, "just say Nitro." Burdottc's- past off-field earnings: ahout 31,000, estimates agent Frank Scott this winter's potential: Left over from the baseball season: George Roll's convinced he can play another season, but it's got to be some place other than Baltimore--he's longer buddy with Paul Richards best pool player in the majors is Brave rookie Bob Hazle only team to nix the $25 feet set for pre-game interviews by one National League sportscaster was Cincinnati--the Recllegs thought they should get $50. Night after the series closed, Tommy.Byrne was already in North Carolina lo see his 14-year-old play high school football a regular at end weighing only 132 pounds. Only reason John Unitas is playing regular quarterback for the phenomenal Baltimore Colts is that Don Kellett was idly thumbing through some old waiver bulletins a year ago and recalled the name as a No. 0 Stccler draft pick tracked him down to a sandlot football game in Pittsburgh and found out that in his initial tryout with his home-town pros, Unitas had never gotten into a single play.

see Bud Wilkinson's at it again opening line of his weekly message to the alums: "We were very fortunate lo defeat Iowa State" yeah, had about as much chance of losing as a slot machine. Between you 'n me, for the record the man who caused all the furore in Milwaukee by mouthing an innocent "Busher" was Gus Mauch, the Yankee trainer when a fan invaded the team bus. Gardenia Stakes Is Captured By Queen of Fillies CAMDEN, N.J., Oct. 19 I-R -Willie Hartack, king of the jockey's and Idun, queen of the 2-year-old fillies, teamed for a smashing victory in the Gardenia Stakes at Garden State Park today. Idun eliminated any doubts to her claim for juvenile filly honors and Hartack tied a record of 40 stakes victories in one year held by Eddie Arcaro with a front, running triumph in the mile and one sixteenth race.

Hartack was looking back over his shoulder as he cased the. Royal Charger-Tige O'Myheart filly in the stretch. Idun earned $102,475 for her owner, Mrs. C. Ulrick Bay, who purchased the yearling at Keeneland in 1956, for an American record price of $63,000.

Even at that price, the filly apparently is a bargain. Moore and Cotton Bout Set for Nov. 5 SEATTLE, Oct. 19 off" again, on-again, bout between Archie Moore, aging king of the light-heavyweights and Eddie Cotton of Seattle has been booked for the third time and the two are due to tangle here Nov. 5 over the 10-round route.

The over-the-weight tussle was announced today by Promoter Jack Hurley, inactive since he staged the Floyd Patterson-Pete Rademacher heavyweight championship bout in August. Brown Tops Penn First Time in 45 Years, 20 to 7 PROVIDENCE, R. Oct. 19 I --Brown Quarterback Frank Finney scored two second half touchdowns today as he directed the Bruins' first victory over Penn in 45 years, 20-7. The junior's clever play calling and execution enabled the Bruins to bounce back from last week's 35-0 defeat by Dartmouth and posl their second Ivy League triumph over the respected but winless Quakers.

Finney, the Ivy League's total offense leader, sparked a seconc period touchdown march but Penn tied the score 7-7 on a picture 56 yard punt return before halftime. The Bruins marched 54 yardf with the second half kickoff. Will fourth and two at the six Finnej adroitly faked a handoff, fadc( as if to pass, then turned and rac ed through the left side of his line for the score tha't settled matters Missouri Pounds Sowa State, 35-13 AMES, Iowa, Oct. 19 (m Three Missouri fullbacks alternately slashed the Iowa State line in vicious bursts today and brough the Tigers a hard-earned 35-13 victory. The Tigers, in their Conference opener, moved 52, 53 and 77 yards for touchdowns on the legs Fullbacks Hank Kuhlmann, Rog 'er.

McCoy and Fred Henger. Three of Missouri's touchdowns came on plunges of a yard, will Quarterback Phil Snowden getting a pair. Kuhlmann got the other Tar Heels Upset By Terps, 21-7 Army Gains 29-13 Win Over Pitt WEST POINT, N. Oct. in Army shook Pete Dawkins oose twice in the final quarter and scored a smashing 29-13 victory over Pitt's Panthers a game that had been expected to settle the unofficial Eastern Football championship.

II was a stirring, surprising i al; to what had started out as a struggle with i dominating the first half. Army scored once in the third liiarler, strictly on 1 a Ihc line, lo take a 13-0 cad. Then Dawkins, a junior from Royal Oak, who started out is a T-quartcrback, got loose to ake a 32-yard scoring pass from -)ave Bourland and set up a joal by Maurice Milliard with a 54-yard run. Those two plays broke up the jail, game, but before it was over, scored again on a long pass from Ivan Toncic to Dick Haley and gave away another to Army. The 2D points scored by Army today was (he biggest total ever made against a Pitt team in the hree years Johnny Michelosen las coached the Panthers.

It surpassed the 26 points made by Oklahoma in handing Pift its firs't defeat this season. Each team scored once in the 'irst half. Army got a quick one after an early break on a punt that touched a Pitt player. Pitt matched it on a 37-yard Toncic .0 Dick Scherer pass after pushing the Army line all over the ickl but being stopped twice at the 10-yard line. Pitt 0 6 0 7--13 Army 0 7 10--29 Pitt Scoring Touchdowns: Scherer (37, pass-run from Ton- cic); Haley pass-run from Toncic).

Conversions: Toncic. Army Scoring Touchdowns: Anderson 2 (1, plunge; 1, plunge); Walters (2, run); Dawkins (32, pass-run from Bourlandl. Conversions: Walters 2. Field Goal: Hilliard (20). Wildcats Lose To Wolverines ANN ARBOR, Oct.

19 W) Quarterback Jim Van Pelt got up out of a sick bed today and led Michigan to a Ten football triumph over' a courageous, upset-minded Northwestern eleven before 70,884 homecoming fans. The slick senior signal caller, of 25 Michigan players stricken with flu during the week, teamed up with third string Fullback Jim Bycrs and pulled the Wolverines together for a pair of fourth period touchdowns that broke a 14-14 deadlock. Michigan's reserves scored again with less than a minute remaining. Halfback Bob McKeiver, one of the smallest player's in the Big Ten at 158 pounds, nearly lifted the winless Wildcats lo a stunning upset. The squat speedster, who stands 5-feet-4, scored one touchdown and set up another as the Wildcats struck twice in the third period.

Stunned by the Norlhweslcrn comeback, Michigan charged back for a lie-breaking touchdown and Byers accounted for 51 of the G4 yards in the decisive drive. Van Pell, who insisted on playing although he was scheduled to sit out the contest, passed to Halfback Jim Pace for the final seven yards and moments later raced six yards for an insurance touchdown after the Wildcats' last ditch gamble fired. Queen Elizabeth Sees Favored Carolina Beaten on Comeback In Big Second Half COLLEGE Oct. 19 an Maryland upset North Carolina 21-7 giving Queen Elizabeth 11 of Great Britain a much more thrilling show of American football than had been expected. Norlh Carolina was favored by two touchdowns but an 81-yard touchdown run by Ted Kershner broke a 7-7 tie in the last quail or and then Maryland added a third touchdown on a (7-yard march down the field.

Tho capacity crowd of 43,000 went wild on the last half to provide a background of enthusiasm that appeared to delight the Queen and Prince Philip. North Carolina scored in the first period and seemed well on its way to a decisive victory. The touchdown came after the Tar Heels recovered a Maryland fumble on the North Carolina 35. Short plunges carried lo Ihn from where Daley Goff swept his eft end to score. Gene Vcrardi, a sophomore, sparked Maryland's comeback drive in Ihe Ihirtl period when Morlh Carolina took a gamble that "ailed.

With three yards to go for "irst down, the Tar Heels tried to I'rom fake punt formation and the ball to Maryland on downs on the Norlh Carolina 39. Vcrar- di's IG-yard sweep was (he longest gain in the steady march climaxed when Bob 1 a sneaked over from inches away. This made the score 7-7 and set the stage for Kershner's great run. Taking a handoff on his own 19, he charged through the center of the North Carolina line, veered to his right, and went all the way with Goff in hot, but futile pursuit. The crowd went mad but the.

Queen kept her regal composure. The game, selected for viewing by (he royal visitors as being typical of American football, started tamely enough with the officials carrying Ihe ball as much as the players. This kept the Governor of Maryland, Theodore R. McKcldin, and the president of the University of Maryland, Wilson Elkins, very busy explaining things to the Queen. But things got boiling in the second half, and more than made up for a dull opening.

At the end, the underrated Maryland team surrounded Royal box and cheered. After Kershner had broken open the game wilh his great run, making the score 14-7, Mtwyland surprised by adding a third touchdown. The (J7-yard march was accomplished in seven plays. The biggest gain was a 25-yard end run by Fred Hamilton, and Jim Joyce went the 13 a right through -the middle. Don Mealy, a tackle who was opcrnlcd on for appcndictis three weeks ago, played a great game for Maryland, constantly breaking through the Norlh Carolina forward wall.

This was a hitler blow Coach Jim Tatum, of North Carolina, who left Maryland in 1956 to take Ihe post at his alma mater Last year North Carolina crushed Maryland 34-fi, and many expected the visitors might do as much this time. North Carolina 7 0 0 0-- 7 Maryland 0 0 7 14--21 North Carolina scoring touchdowns: Goff (11, Conversions: Blazer. Maryland scoring downs: Rusevlyan (1 fool, plunge) Kershner (81, run); Joyce (13, run). Conversions: Fritsch 2, Lewis. Roanoker Runners Triumph, 15-47 SALEM, Oct.

19 W--Paccc: by Howard Meineke, who led all the way, Roanoke College's cross country runners defeated Mount St. Marys, 15-47, today in a Ma- Conference meet. Meineke covered the- 3.1 mile course in 15:42.5. NBA, With 2 As Only New NEW YORK, Oct. 15 The National Basketball fortified with a pair.

of transplanted franchises and George Mikan as the lone coaching change, swings into its 12th season this week on a note-of high optimism. A 288-game schedule, calling for each team to play 72 games, opens Tuesday night at St. Louis with the Hawks playing host to the defending champion Boston Celtics. By Saturday night all the clubs- including Detroit.and Cincinnati, the new cities--will have seen action. The Pistons and tho Royals have the franchise shifting while Mikan, an all-lime NBA playing great, has switched jobs with John Kundla.

Mikan moves from general manager of the Minneapolis Lakers to coach and Kundla replaces big George in the.front office. The Pistons have their franchise from, Fort Wayne lo Detroit with the "Royals rclo- Franchise Shifts, Mikan Coach, Opens This Week eating their team in Cincinnati from Rochester. Detroit fans get a chance to see their club for the first time Wednesday night when the Pistons meet Boston in the second game of a doublcheadcr. The Hawks and Ihe New York Knickerbockers tangle in the opener. Cincinnati's home lid-lifter takes place Saturday with the Syracuse Nats as the opposition.

Other home openers this week include the Philadelphia Warriors at Syracuse, Friday night and Boston at New York, Saturday night. Other Saturday night games pair Philadelphia at Detroit and Minneapolis at St. Louis. Maurice Podoloff, president of the league, is enthusiastic over the season's outlook. "In presenting the schedule of the National Basketball Assn.

for the season 1957-5S," Podoloff said, "I do so with the. expectation that as last j'car was the grcafest season we ever had, the one we arc about Browns Totleet Colts Take On Lions Undefeated Division Leaders To Encounter Teams They Have Won Over in Games Today (fly The A-snrlutcil" TroHH) The Cleveland Drowns and Baltimore Colts, bolli Undefeated and leading their divisions in (lie National Football League, will try lo make it four straight today jlgnlnst teams they hnvo beaten previously this season. Cleveland, victor over the Eagles last Sunday 24-7, meets the Hints nt Philadelphia, while (he day's largest crowd, some 54,000, will jam Briggs Stadium, at Detroit to watch Iho Colts against the Lions. All li! NFL learns see action this aflernoon with' the San Francisco -llKirs and Green Bay Packers at Milwaukee, the Los Angeles Hams playing the Bears nt Chicago, (lie Chicago Cardinals meel- ing the Redskins at Washington; and the Pittsburgh Steelors opening Die Giants' home season at New York. Cleveland, which defeated Die Giants and Sleclors earlier, will lie favored over the Eagles, who have a losing streak extending through eight league games in 19:56 ami 1957.

All America Jimmy Brown is Hie top ground gainer for Cleveland, while Tommy O'Connell is the league's second best passer. Detroit, which threw up a rugged defense to stop Los Angeles last weck'f 10-7, is tied with San Francisco for second place, each 2 and 1, in the Western Conference. The Lions rnusl find a way lo Ihrottlc Baltimore's Johnny Unil- as, who completed 14 passes out of 23 for 241 yards and four touchdowns I lie last time the teams met. The Colts limited Detroit lo a net gain of only 23 yards on the ground in their opener. Green Bay, whipped 45-17 by Baltimore last Sunday after leading 10-7 at halftime, must tighten its defense against the running of the 4f)ers' Hugh McElhenny and 1.1 ic passing of Y.

A. Tittle. Tittle is third among the league passers with an average gain of 8.42 yards. Eddie Le Baron, diminutive Washington quarterback, is the NFL's top passer with an average of 10.G7 yards, although the Redskins were downed 24-20 last week by the Washington and the Cardinals are tied in the Easlcrn division with one victory and two defeats apiece. The Bears, although beaten last week by San Francisco, 21-17, are favored over the Los Angeles Rams, who sport the league's leading ground gainer in Thomas Wilson, a Durham, N.

C. high school graduate who never played college ball. Probably the most important clash in the Eastern Division is the Yankee Stadium duel between Pittsburgh and the Giants, tied Tor second with two wins and one loss. The "new look" Steelers, with 17 new players--14 brought in by Buddy Parker since lie became coach seven weeks ago--are a dis tinct threat lo the. world cham n'ion Giants.

Pittsburgh defeated the Cardinals last, week, 29-20. to enter on will exceed this." The first of a series of 12 rcg ular season Saturday afternoot telecasts will begin Dec. 14 with the New York at St. Louis game on the NBC network. The rosters of most of the clubs will be sprinkled with newcomers and veterans alike resulting from i several trades as well as the college draft.

In the Eastern Division the champion Celtics, headed by Bob Cousy and Bill Sharman, will field; a veteran array; 'including Bill Russell and Frank Ramsay, both of whom wefc missing at last season's outset. Philadelphia will get back Tom Gola from service to go along with veterans Paul Arizin, Neil Johnston and Joe Graboski. Syracuse will display Larry Costello, formerly of the Warriors, in I he backcourt i Paul Seymour and Dolph Schaycs the mainstays. (Continued On J'ugc 23) "Should've Won It in First 7 Jim Tatum Says COLLEGE PARK, Oct. 19 "We should have had the game tucked away in the first half, but we blew it," Coach Jim Tatum said today after his North Carolina football team was upset 21-7 by Maryland.

"I thought Maryland just outplayed us in the second half," said Ihe former Maryland coach. North Carolina scored in the first quarter and went to Maryland 12 in the second before fumbling away the ball. Coach Tommy Mont, who was carried over to meet Queen Elizabeth by his players after the victory, had a message for Maryland fans. "All 1 say is that patience is a great and lust reward," he said. "I hope everyone is satisfied." Maryland fans have been down in the dumps since Mont succeeded Tatum as coach.

The team won only two games last season and lost three out of four before loday. Mont told his squad "I'm going to revel in this for the rest of my life." lie was too pleased lo single out any individual players for praise. "Everyone, everyone," he exclaimed was a standout. Lincoln Is Beaten By Va. OXFORD.

Oct. Mi Chuck i rnn for I wo touchdowns and passed for another today, leading Virginia I'n- ion lo a victory over Lincoln University. Breaks Are Used As Colgate Tops Princeton, 12-10 PRINCETON, N. Oct. 19 Undermanned, underdog Colgate, able to penetrate Princeton territory only once for three periods, turned breaks into a pair of fourth quarter touchdowns that upset the previously unbeaten Tigers 12-10 today.

It was Princeton's errors that kept Colgate in the game and in the end it was a fantastically weak kick, only a burlesque ol a punt which travelled five yards that set up Ihc winning score. ISrnie Dailcy, a second string fullback, scooted for the clincher battling for seven yards and the touchdown i less than three minutes to play. The other touchdown by Ihe Rcc Raiders, a 2t-point underdog in tills one, was set up by a pass interception by Walt Bells who ended a 54-yard drive on a 17- yard pass play with Quarterback Ray Harding. Top-Ranking Spartans Lose To Purdue, 20-13 Tho Pfogresa-Index, Petersburg-Colonial Hoighls, Sunday, October 20, 1957 27 Graves Pilot To Get or 1958 Season One-Year Contract Calls for Highest Pay Haney Has Ever Drawn In 34 Years in Game MILWAUKEE. Oct.

19 lanoy today signed a new one- year contract (o manage the work! champion Milwaukee Braves In for tin lighesi salary in 34 years in baseball. Tim Illtle man whose loam won he National League pennant am him heat the favored New York Yankees In the World Soiled came terms after a brief conference iVllli Pro.sldent Joseph Cairne.s mi General Manager John Qulnn. Ilanoy, fi9, is believed lo have received belween $25,000 and $30, 000 this season, his first full year ns manager of the Braves. A sizable raise was a foregone conclusion after the Braves' fine showing. Although terms were not disclosed llaney described Iho contract as "by far the best one I've over received" and said "I'm very Irnppy iind pleased wilh llio way Ihlngs developed," The contract runs for only one year in keeping with a policy sel by Cairnes.

Quinn said the Braves would make player deals "if we see an opportunity lo boiler ourselves." "Just because we've won the world's championship," Qulnn added, "we're not going to deviate from that policy." Theru was no announcement regarding the status of Ihe Braves' coai'hing staff of Connie Ryan, Johnny Riddle, Charlie Root and Bob Keely. But, Qulnn said, there will be a statement on them "within the next two weeks." This wns taken as an indication 1 hat some coaching changes might lie in the works. LAST TIME AROUND At thoir homo in Wichita, Karen Spencer, his daughter, models (ho cap and shirl that Daryl Spencer has worn Jar (he last time. Spencer will play shortstop for Iho San Frcmcisca Giants noxl Spring. Men With Chomps Usually Homed MVP Colorado Kas.

State, 42-14 MANHATTAN, Oct. 10 Ml --The University of Colorado's Buffaloes, with Halfbacks Stransky and Eddie Dove scoring three touchdowns each, rolled up M7 yards in total offense a crushed Kansas State, 42-14. in a Big Eight Conference football game today. The Buffaloes, who brought llieir season record to three victories against one tic and one loss, made 47U yards on the ground and IB!) by passing. Stransky, a 181-pound senior from Yankton, S.

started the game with a rushing average of six yards for four lilts. He helped himself lo a nifty 1C8 yards rushing and completed 5 of passes for 93 yards today. His longest job was a 4fi-yard touchdown sprint. Members of Winning Team Were Selected 69 Per Cent of Time By Baseball Writers NEW YORK, Oct. Mi-Will Ihc winners of this year's major league Most Valuable Player awards once again come from pennant winning loams? A breakdown loday showed lhal since the MVP selection was put in the hands of the Baseball Writers' Assn 20 years ago, players on championship clubs have won the prize 09 of the time.

Nineteen of the 20 National League MVP's since 101!) have been on first place teams and 17 of 20 in the American. From their performances, it appears that five players in each circuit will be given serious consideration. They are Hank Aaron, Red Scliocndienst, Warren Spahn, Willie Mays and Stan Musial in Ihc National League. And Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, Billy Pierce, Gil McDougald and Roy Sievers in the American. Past history, then, would seem to indicate that Aaron, Schocn- dienst and Spahn of Milwaukee and Mantle and McDougald of the Yankees would be in the best position to win.

But there have been several surprises. Hank Saner, for example, copped the National League prize in 1952 with the fiflh-place Chicago Cubs. He is Ihe only player to head the voting 1 with a second division entry. Chuck Klein of the Philadelphia Phillies in 11)32, Joe Mcdwick of the St. Louis Cards in Ernie Lombard! of Cincinnati in and Bobby of the Philadelphia A's in all copped the award with fourth-place learns.

As in the past, 24 writers will take part in this year's voting for each league's MVP--three from each major league city. Each writer will list his choice, one through 10 with each leading selection counting 14 points. Nine points arc awarded for second place, eight for third and so on down to one point for 10th place. The votes will be counted and the results released in a couple of weeks. Ohio State Routs Indiana By 56-0 In Big 10 Game COLUMBUS, Oct.

19 Ohio State's powerful Buckeye. 1 smothered undermanned and in cpt Indiana under an oighUouch down barrage today as they rack ed up thoir second straight Wcs lorn Conference victory, 5R-0. The ground-eating Ohioans con veiled four fumbles into toucl dowiiH-atHl-i'ntercepltfd-five-Hoof ier passes to all Indl ana's scoring attempts. The scor was the largest turned in by i Woody Hayes coached team ii his seven years here. Hayes flooded the field with 57 players, but all Ihe combination scored as the Bucks went for twi touchdowns in Ihc opening pe riod, three in the second, two ii the i and one in the fourth and added a field goal add to the rout.

16th Meet in Row W-M Harriers Win WILLIAMSBURG, Oct. 19 William and Mary's cross country learn, with Bob cle Tombc setting a record breaking pace, defeated Virginia Military I i here loday for i Kith consecu- tive'meet triumph. Syracuse Beats Nebraska, 26-9 LINCOLN, Neb. Oct. 19 Ml -Undefeated Syracuse shook off an early 7-9 deficit with a two-touchdown surge in the second quarter loday and went on lo crush Nebraska 26-9 in their first intcrsec- tional football meeting i 1929.

Although confined fairly well on the ground, Syracuse I brew a superior passing attack at the thrice beaten Nebraska Cornhuskcrs to roll up the decisive win. Elizabeth Uses Gift Mink Coat COLLEGE PARK, 19 MV-Qucen Elizabeth II just before the kickoff of the Maryland-North Carolina game today, slipped into the luxurious full-length mink coat presented lo her by an American organization of mink breeders. The coat, by a New York furrier who said it was worth more than $15,000, was wailing for the Queen wiicn she arrived in Washington. And she needed it today, for I'hcl weather wns strictly for a -chilly, windy and raw. Davidson Downs W.

Virginia Tech DAVIDSON, N. Oct. 19 MV- Freshman Quarterback Tom Red ding threw two passes, complel ing both for 101 yards and twi touchdowns today, to spark Da vidson's 33-14 victory over Wcs Virginia Tech. The Southern Conference teai scored all its points in the firs three periods before the visitor (allied twice in the la.st quarte against a reserve-dotted lineup. Tim Davidson victory left hot football teams with 3-2 record for season.

Hodding, a IGll-poiindcr fror Ashcboro, had been usci sparingly before loday, only three passes i no com plclions in four previous games End Craig Wall was on Die re cciving end of both Redding losf cs today in each of the first tw periods. In Ihe first period Wa! and Redding combinqd for a 31 yard scoring play and in the sec ond they paired up on a 70-ynrt cr. Vandy Outlasts Nittany Lions UNIVERSITY PARK, Oct. li) wj "VimcTerbllt today unleashed a three-touchdown assault in the second half to come from behind and defeat favored Pcnn State, 32-20. Perm Stale look an early lead in the game before a homecoming crowd of The Nltlany Lions were In front 2()-13 at the half.

But in the third quarlcr, the Commodores look control i State unable lo move Ihc ball for any appreciable yardage. Tho third quarter scoring opened midway in the period aflei an exchange of (Hints. On Ihc second play from scrimmage Van dcrbilt Quarterback Boycc Smitl fired a pass from bis own 23 to Halfback Tom Moore at the '10. Moore galloped the remaining 37 yards for the score. Back Travis missed tho extra point and Vandcrbilt si ill trailed 20-IU.

Stale was unable lo gel rolling after (he kickoff and Halfback Dave Kaspcrian fumbled. Van dei-bill recovered on Ihe slate 27 On the subsequent play, Smifl shot a short aerial lo End Ron Miller, who took it over for tin. score. The Iry for extra point failed n.s Vanderbilt moved ii front for (lie first time, 25-20 Pcnn State took ihe kickoff am. moved the ball to the Vanderbilt '12 where Commodore Cenlcr Ben Donnell intercepted a pass from Stale Quarterback AI Jacks.

Van derbilf (lien put together a serie; of eight pass and run plays to the Lions' one-foot line. i I sneaked over for the score and then passed to End Bob Laws for the extra point to make it a 3220 edge early in the final period. Boilermakers' SophomoreStar Directs Upset Minnesota Is Stunned By Illinois, 34-13-- Iowa Tops Wisconsin In Key Big 10 Game EAST LANSING, Oct. 19 (Vt--Injured, ailing and underrated Purdue pulled a stunning football upset today by knocking off Michigan Stale, the top rated collegiate team in the nation, by convincing 20-13 scoro. The MSU Spartans were a 21 point favorite going into tho game and were expected to run all over the bruised Boilermakers who had the nddcd handicap of haviiiR some key men mlasing because of the flu bug.

But Ifl-year-old Ross Ficlimer, a green-as-grass sophomore qiiar- lerbaek, had different ideas nild directed his Purdue crew to the upset with all the poise of a pro veteran. The only thing in recent football history that could compare with this shocker was the time I hat Purdue did Hie same thing here In 11)53, when a Boilermaker team that hadn't won a game, slopped 20-gnme Spartan win- ling streak with a G-0 triumph. The situation wns the same going into this one. Michigan State had won its first tlirce starts and Purdue had lost its first three. After a scoreless first quarter during which tho Big Ten rivals took turns stalling and punting, Slate showed some of the spark that made it the No.

1 team in the Million. Hurley Walt right half clubbed tho "Sprinting Blacksmith," scored touchdown all on his own In one minute and four seconds of the second quarter. Kowalezyk rail a punt back from his 43 along (he sidelines to tho Purdue 10 lind bucked over lo score three carries later. Purdue gave the record Spar- Ian Stadium crowd of 64,050 a clue of what was going to happen by evening the score before the half ended. Bob Jams was one man wrecker for the Boilermakers.

After a Spartan fumble on their set the stage, Jnrus carried five limes in succession on running plays, bucking over from yard out on his last try. Fichlner, who never before had slnrled a game, was in for Hie regular signal-caller, Bob Spoo, who saw only limilcd action because of a hand cut. He lobbed a '13-yard puss to Tom Franck- hauacr that carried to the four and then kept handing the ball to Fullback Mel Dillard, bruised in from the one on his third try. Gophers, Beaten CHAMPAIGN, 111., Oct. 19 Iff) The running of Halfback Mitchell, hospitalized earlier in the week wilh a temp'-raturc, touched off an Illinois homecoming explosion today that blew apart Minnesota, the nation's fourth-ranking team, 34-13.

While 60,010 fans cheered the two-touchdown underdog Illini and of others watched on the national TV hookup, Coach Ray Eliot's upset-minded team deluged the Gophers; 21-0, by halftime, and maintained the pressure to hand them their first defeat in four starts. In gaining its second triumph, in four games, Illinois duplicated its homecoming ambush of last year when it trimmed Michigan Slate, then the nation's No. 1 team, 20-13, in one of the season's biggest surprises. Mitchell, a 180-pound i from Hot Springs, who won All-Big Ten iionors as a sophomore and was hobbled with injuries in 1356, time and again (Continued On Page 2D) Soul-hwest" Conference Texas AM Stops Fumbling TCU, 7-0; Texas Uses Arkansas Mistakes for Win FORT WORTH. Oct.

19 Mi Roddy Osborne passed 10 yards lo Bobby Marks for a touchdown in the first five minutes, then Texas AM stopped fumbling Texas Christian time a lime the rest of the way loday for a 7-0 victory. The Aggies cashed in on a TCU fumble for I heir score which came on the fifth pass Osborne had thrown all season he has gotten three touchdowns out of the five. Then the Horned Frogs, wilh lowering Buddy Dike in the lead, ripped and roared up and down Ihe field for three periods, reaching the Aggie fi-yard line twice and line once. John Crow, the great Aggie halfback, was pretty well bottled up by the powerful TCU line that gave the AM Wall a strong licking until Ihc closing minutes. But it was Crow who saved the day for A He stole the ball from Finney, Ihe TCU quarterback as Fimicv was headed for a -touchdown and (ell with the pigskin on the Aggie six to end the lasl Frog threat.

A crowd of 45,000 the largest ever lo sec a football game in TCU Stadium and in all West Texas--watched the battering, rib- rattling game that saw the Frogs dominate most everything except the score. But six fumbles, on which they lost the ball three times, were too much for the jittery Frogs. Texas AM, ranked No. 3 in Ihc nation and rolling through its fifteenth game without defeat, was opening defense of its Southwest Conference championship. The victory, however, was rather hollow.

TCU slammed to 262 yards on Ihe ground and 14 in Ihc air to 00 rushing and 42 passing for AM. Texas Triumphs FAVETTEV1LLE. Oct. 19 Texas Longhorns. led by Bobby 'Lackey and George Blanch, turned three Arkansas mistakes into scores today and applied terrific defensive pressure to smother the Porkers' speedy ground attack 17-0.

The upset dealt a severe blow to previously undefeated Arkansas' Southwest Conference title hopes and put the Longhorns up among the league's top contenders. Halfback Blanch grabbed a punt that had been touched by Arkansas lo pave the way for a field goal and Quarterback Lackey hopped on a fumble (hat started the Longhorns on the way to a touchdown and an early 10-0 lead. Fred Bcdnarskif a soccer-type kicker who uses a sideways foot motion, kicked the field goal after the Longhorns had been halted on the Arkansas 23 in the first After Lackey forced a fumble and then grabbed it on the Texas 33--at the end of a 25-yard pass from Arkansas Ounr (Conllmitfl On Page 29)..

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