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Daily News from New York, New York • 96

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96 SUNDAY NEWS, NOVEMBER 24, 1946 I Yalle 5llas Inlairvairid 27-114, -for Big 3 YMe By Dick Young Cambridge. Nov. 23. YaTp uiauip vict pummenng ox Har vard here this afternoon, but before the Elis nailed down their crown, they were riven a shocking scare by the spirited Crimsons. It was just like the Louis-Mauriello battle at in me opening round with two lightning- touch, downs.

But. hpfnr K7.3ft(l frnntprl tOUCXl- fans who jammed the' huge con- (XEWS foto by HofI) -TIiis Was Number One Lou Kusserow is seen starting off on a short gallon for the first crete crater, laie struck back like true champs to run off four straight TDs and breeze in. FIRST PERIOD Jackson's boot into the biting wind dribbled dead on Harvard's 46, and the speedy Crimson backs, sweeping the ends, drove down -the field to their stunning TD. Gannon would turn the left flank for 5, and then O'Donnell would zip around the other side for 6. That's the way it went, with Gannon occasionally throwing on-the-run passes to O'Donnell and Goethala same end sweeps.

Then, on one of the few Crimson rroctioi! ot touchdown srored by Columbia against Syracuse. The Lions were trailing, 7-0, when Kusserow scored, but that was just the beginning of a landslide. Lions Smash Syracuse By Record 59-21 Score By Gene Ward Columbia climaxed its campaign in frigid Baker Field yesterday with its biggest point-pouring in 21-years. Spotting Syracuse an early lead, the Lions upped and roared for nine touchdowns and 59-21 triumph before 30,000 amazed fans. The touchdown twins, Gene Rossides and Lou Kusserow, set the torrid pace as they had their capable hands and nimble feet in five of the tallies, Kusserow scoring three miaaie, towen drilled for 6 to the Yale 2 and Gannnn n- through left tackle for the tally.

(NEWS foto by Olen) Knocking Down a Pass ivanc placement was good. Yale failed to crack the charging Harvard wall, and Jackson's attempted fourth down punt foozled Joe De Paso, fleet-footerl en1 TWIT vn me ena oi nis loot with Kodis pouncing on it for Yale on their 19. This muffed If irl- nut trio TTHo .11 a hole, but thev srnnnorl Hom.rJ I -Ainiiatu nme ana iurse booted OUt to the frimsnn'a JQ A uv Litem iiiiuseu. TToa a. uisappoiniea young man when he tried to grab a pass heaved to him by Tom Capozzoli.

Halfback Graham of Georgetown rushed up to knock the ball right out of. De Paso's mitts. (Georgetown Beats MVUr 19-12, in Bruising Battle they were off around the ends-Gannon and C.O'D, the cash and 1IRST PERIOD Syracuse Lions Jy a' aomS the wide work, and Gannon's bullpf. Pna. SYRACUSE L.E.

Syracuse kicked and the Lions, from their 37, looked as though they were going places in a hurry. -Mi Ki'e -Kubilius picking up a 22-yard chunk. Soon -Fiacco il was on tne 16, whereupon Gan- Pelletr ri ni COLUMBIA Swiacki Oliver Hast Hampton Klemovich Hasselman Cestry Kasprzak Rossides one over tne middle to Wally Flvnn on the 3 nnrl th. w- vard end bulleted right through By Jim McCulley Georgetown held a 13-12 rmlf-timo ia ATTAy TVT V. n.iT I sarnas K.T Mason R.E Dratrotta Davis L.fi.

Slovenski Watt Ellis Columbia Syracuse Olsoa jvusserow Knned lor a hist down in two thrusts but the next time he got loose his run was nullified by a holding penalty so the ball went back to the Columbia 38. The Lions kicked and Syracuse's return boot bounced off Rossides and Davis recovered for Syracuse 32 yards from tht Lion o-nal lino 1 Kusserow 19 arms ior the score, Dvaric again converted. Score: Harvard 14, Yale 0. SECOND PERIOD SO 14 59 7 1 7 fore 10,000 in Yankee Stadium yesterday. The Hoyas were getting; more action than they bargained for and had to come from behind.

All first-half touchdowns were scored in a hectic second period, after NYTT His Columbia scoring- Touchdowns: S-yd sides pass anil 21-yd run at 8:30 of 2d Kossules (H-yd end-sweep off lateral at Now the wind was working for ale and Harvard r.T i owlacKI i-yd Kasprzak the visitors 15 in the opening session. Kusserow CJl-yd Kossides pass and 4-yd Georgetown won, 19-12 The men in Orange then hit pay-dirt in five plays. Watt went wide for 4. Slovenski took a lateral from Davis for 5. Mandarino bulled for 3, then for 2 to put the pill on the 12.

Davis then whipped quick over-the-line aerial to! FIRST PERIOD of its own back yard as the tide swung the other way. Jackson squirmed a punt 14 yards to Harvard 38 and in six plays, Yale was over. Fitzgerald and Nadherny toured ODDOsite ends fw Quarterback Georgetown 1WU NYU trot a chance parlv wrior? Pos. GEORGETOWN 8ki 5 vuuTcisiuoa xaoiow- Syracuse scorinr TnnAiUma n. a Dact Georgetown pass ana a poor kick gave them the ball on trio L.E.

L.T L.G sr. y. v. DePaso -Vlajliner Scolpino Martinsett Confraneiseo i A.UaV "a8" end-zone at of i Muntre at 1 :23 of -dj (2-yd plunse at :43 of Jd. Conversions Brown 1 i.f.-.,' 1 1 i Hoya 31, The Violets moved to down on the 28, and Jackson jostled through tackle for 8 more.

After Nadherny had rammed for 3, Jackson faked an fin1 -vim arasnevuz -Dolan VVerder Banonis Arneberp -Robustelli Benigni -Graham -Surman the 15 With a Cannz7ni-tn- Gionta Pirn Jamer- Coo" Mondschein R.G. R.T. R.E. Q.B. L.H.

R.H. Capozzoli Yaremko pass eating up" 10 yards. But with fourth down and four to Hoyas batted down another Finn stopped suddenly, and pitched "to' Fitzeerald who wn tonfort F.B O'Doherty a.uiiuilic on his InTiot-rtmi i Yaremko -O 13 6 1 -O 12 1-A Georgetown 2VYU in the end-zone. After Syracuse had been stalled by the Lions and a penalty, Columbia started from its 23 and went all the way 77 yards for a TD. Olson burst for 19 and then Kusserow, on a quick-opener twisted through and flashed to the Syracuse 12.

It was a pretty run, Kusserow faking a lateral and dancing down the sidelines. Olson and Kasprzak made 4 in two tries nd, on third down, Kusserow bashed over standing up. ure ena zone. On the conversion Vla7oll from center flew high and the kick never came on. MtJ touchdowns Monschein (47-vard pass Irom Capozzoli.

of 2d Mill-man B-inch plunre. 11:40 of 2d). Georgetown touchdowns Miller (71-yard break thru center. 0:58 of 2d Baranowski -yard end run 7:35 of 2d); Graham after a clipping penalty had set the Lions back to the 24, Kusserow went around the Orange right end behind Rossides' key block, and went over. Three minutes later Columbia had TD No.

6. It was a 43-yard march with Rossides The next time VhIa yyjo- session. thev acain ox iu. Baranowski (dropkick). touchdown- With Nnrlli umpire uacivsun guiiuuig out snort chunks and Furse Ditchinc to 'Rorler-iVlr aenai ana tnen punted out to the NYU 38.

An exchange of punts gave Georgetown possession on their 12 and then the Hoyas started to move. Bonforte picked up 15 in two tries. Graham drove to the 30, but here a holding penalty set them back and Georgetown was forced to kick. Bonacoi-sa ran the ball back to the Hoya 43. NYU was smeared for five as the session ended.

Score: NYU 0, Georgetown 0. SECOND PERIOD Capozzoli faded and passed to Mondschein on the right flat who! -V ijinesman E. Bowen. Holy Cross. Field Judtre MonU eomerv- I'lunmh a 1iuut- for 16, Yale made a first down on speeding 8 and 10 yards to the 25.

Rossides then hurled to Kusserow on the 4, and he loped over. Columbia's third score was set up by a short Syracuse punt into the strong wind, the Lions getting stopped. Georgetown, with Bonforte dome most of thp the Harvard 25. 1 hree plays gained just three yards and, on fourth down, Furse faked a pass, lateraled to Jackson, and Levi twister! 1 1 the Violet 21, where a 15-yard holding fine stopped them. Georgetown triprt r.

vital yards. Nadherny then bulled the final 11 through center. Booe converted. Score: Harvard 14. Yale 13.

tack, but could wf bad punt went out on the NYU 34. PERIOD grabbed the pass on the 25 and went for a 47-yard TD. The conversion failed and the Violets led 6-0. On the first, nlav MilW a Yale, starting from their 35, ie vioiets then staged an aerial offense that carried to the Hoya 20 as the period ended. Score: Georgetown 13, NY 12.

FOURTH PERIOD Baranowski intercepted a NYU pass at midfield and a fight broke (Continued on page 99, col. 5) score: Syracuse 1, Columbia 6. SKCOXD PERIOD On the first play Watt scooted around the Lion right end for 19 and two plays later Mandarino smacked over, Brown converting to make it 14-6. But Columbia again came back. Kusserow brought Robinson's boot back 10 to the Syracuse 44 and from there two runs, Rossides for 9 and Kusherow for 4, plus a pass, tallied the TD.

So the Lions still were behind, 14-12, but not for long. Rossides heaved to Swiacki over Watt for 36. Then another toss to Cestary was pood on an interference ruling against Slovenski on the 9. Rossides toured the Syracuse end from there on a TDJateral. The conversion failed.

Then, with time running out, the Lions covered 43 yards in two bites. First Olson broke loose for 31 to the 12 and with 20 seconds remaining Kasprzak targeted Swiacki with a TU toss in the end zone. Hoya sub, broke lose through the middle find wpnt 'fnv iha tvin. rne leatner on the Orange 29 after Kusserow's run-back. Olson went wide on a reverse for 29 yards and the TD.

With the score 45-14 against 'em, the Orangemen had the stuff to go for another. Mandarino blasted out 44 on the kickoff A Mandarino pass to Greene picked up 32 and a Lion roughness penalty moved the ball to the 5. From there McConnell went over on the third play, Brown converting. Score: Columbia 45, Syracuse 21. FOURTH PERIOD Caruso sneaked over from the 1 touchdown aided by splendid down- field blocking.

Baranowski dron kicked the Doint and the visitors Yale Harvard Poa. YALE Roderick L.T Schuler -ZZZZZZZZ L.G ei wen zzzzzz R.G Prehlik Hollingwheari RE Lynch went to the front, 7-6. HARVARD i'iorentino Dewey Rodis Fisher Irvaric Davis out on the neid. NYU was penalized half the distance to the goal and the Hoyas started from the Violet 25. A smash picked up 1 and then Graham swept his left end for a touchdown.

Baranowski's dropkick was wide. Final score: Georgetown 19 NYU 12. (Other picture on back page) Georgetown got another when Baranowski returned a kick from his 39 to the NYU 39, passed and ran to the 7 -and then went over on a wide sweep to the left. His drop kick was wide this time. NYU came rirht back for trioTr W.

Flynn Goethala C. O'Donnell Gannon FitzffPraliJ Nadherny on the first play, and Yablonski's conversion made it 52-21. jacKson Cowen 1 "1 II Hit I'ri-f I' -j i 1 Syracuse rolled to the Lion 32 7. 0 Boston Colleee. Field judire John James.

Princeton. Head linesman William McConnell. Middlcoury. before Nork intercepted a Foley flip on the 24. Syracuse got the STATISTICS HARVARD YALE First ilnwna 14 second score.

A 53-yard cutback by Millman put the ball on the Hoya's 7. Millman carried twice and Finn's smash put it six inches away. On fourth down, Millman hit right euard for the TD. Cannzzoli'a lards (rained, rushing; Loss by rushing- Passes attempted 13; 61 14 j-asses completed Yards carnal 65 Passes Kw placement was wide. Score: Columbia 25, Syracuse 14.

THIRD PERIOD Mandarino pulled a boner on the kickoff. After fumbling in end-rone, he tried to run it out and was dropped on the Orange one-foot marker. Dragotta punted out to his 30 and Columbia got its fifth TD in three plays. Kusserow VasseJ to Swiacki for 16. Then, Pittsburgh Whips Penn State, 14-7 Pittsburgh, Nov.

23 Panthers marched 64 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter and then matched Penn State's last, period tally as they whipped the Lions, 14-7, before-a shivering crowd of close to 50,000. ball back via a kick but this time Rossides intercepted and whisked 55 yards to set up Columbia's ninth touchdown. Lincoln went wide on fourth down to score from the 5 and Yablonski's toe made it Final score: Columbia 59, Syracuse 21. pother picture on back page) riO 1.1 7 111 1 11 a 302 4 6 40 Y'ds g-ained, interocp'd passes A umber punts 10 Distance punts (from serimmaere line) 354 fccore: Georgetown 13, NYU 12. THIRD PERIOD "MVTT rAiiT01 an? Ti t-uniinp averatre Runbaak of punts 15 Own punts blocked Number penalties 1 Yards teualizeU It strength of a 46-yard dash by Finn, went to tne noyas i Deiore Deing.

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