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am WW www Upset of Year! Purdue Stuns Irish 39-Game Wiiitreak Indians' Payoff Punt anfratitfero IfflRKwiJ ports ittovmrcli ot the OntUf ncaut.Mr.om Ml 11 JJp mm ml JJ a i Returns Squash OSC Bears Uninspired in Over Penn Ends, 28-14 axe SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1950 24 McColl, Kerkorian Dominate Scene As Stanford Notches Third in Row Triumph Olszewski Skips 43 for Score, 36 to Set Up 2nd; Berkeley's Bowl Hopes Droop By Prescott Sullivan MEMORIAL STADIUM (Berkeley). Oct. 7. They ah' re still "talking Rose Bowl" in the surrounding hills tonight but in softer tones than they had used before California's Golden Bears renewed an Ivy League association with First Home Loss In Eight Years By Chas. Chamberlain SOUTH BEND Oct.

7. (AP) Purdue today ended Notre Dame's reign of terror on the By Bob Brachman BELL FIELD (Corvallis, Oct. Indians, following a most unusual pattern, crashed into th Pacific Coast Conference win column today with a 21-0 spoiler of the Oregon State Beavers' homecoming gridiron party before 16,000. The victory, third in a row for Marchie Schwartz' stalwarts, marked the longest Stanford victory streak since 1946 and left the Palo Altoans among the few undefeated major teams in E-rldiron which had ione un checked through thirty-nine games without defeat, the great est record In modern college foot the University of Pennsylvania here today. Whispers had replaced the shouting and confidence! had given way to doubt.

To some, the Bears had experienced far! ball. the nation. toj much trouble beating Penn, 14-7, to be convincing as a tanr of Pacific Coast Conference championship stature. i The sophomore-dominated Boil But even Coach Marchie ermakers buried the Irish giant, brilliant repetoire. He played, of all things, safety.

NEAR TD FOR M'COLL. Schwartz wore a puzzled look after this one. In all the time he has been the head man on the A iot depended on how much strength you wanted to credit the' Qu-kcrs. If Penn was to be regarded as a top eastern team rcrhaps. Cal deserved a rousing ovation for getting the job done! a', all.

But Penn had come west with no claims of greatness, andj to most of the 64,000 witnesses to this afternoon's contest the', EL-ir rcrtormanee must hav appeared something less than in-'1 28-14, in a stunning upset that shocked the Notre Dame campus and left 56,748 fans shaking their heads in disbelief. He received punts twice in It was no fluke. Purdue, a 20- Farm, the Indians have never used a more unique touchdown-making system. the final quarter, once roaring back 17 yards and, on another occasion, 8. The last time big Bill might have contributed the third point underdog, outplayed the Irish in every category.

PAYOFF PUNT RETURN'S, The Boilermakers lashed to a They got two of their three TD runback of the day but for the fact that little Joe St. Geme couldn't get out of his way. St. Ti'npy Waldorf, however, took a brightct view of the day's week. Ho had "feared" Penn from the start and when it was all over he spoke glowingly of the Cal defense which had held Penn's tingle wing, buck lateral attack, to a lone touchdown.

defense has rome of age," he said. TD's by returning punts all the 210 halftime lead. Notre Dame had cut it to 21-14 by the outset of the fourth period. way. The third score, sandwiched The fat man was not so enthusiastic about the Bear But the rally, which came as between, was delivered by what a drizzle siicKea tne neia, oniy pumped more fire into Purdue.

now appears to be as potent a passing combination as there is whi.i'i stalled pretty badly after a promising start. Actually, it was difficult to evaluate the Bears off this one. They weren't together as a team offensively and they suffered for leek of adequate passing. But, as anyone could see, the "poten The pent-up wrecking crew came on the coast Gary Kerkorian to Geme got all tangled up in Mc-Coil's long legs and sent Stanford's sure-fire All American flankman sprawling. Aa for his defensive work, it ca be said the Beavers tried everything to get him out of the way, and their success was nil as McColl splattered Oregon State ball carriers or intended pass receivers all over the field.

Stanford might have scored Bill McColl. It was a shot that right back to score on a 56 yard pass play, Sophomore Dale Samu- tial" is thore, and Fullback Johnny Olszewski and Halfback Jim-Monachino can run like the dickens. covered fifty yards in one big blast. Bears Fail to Wear 'Em Down. Actually, the Indians, who nev er appeared anything but win It was a strange game for California to put forth.

The Bears. ners, were themselves responsi Fcored both of their touchdowns in the first half, directly and Indirectly as a result of long runs by Olszewski. Leading, 14-D, at the ble for keeping the score within intei mission, they looked like "good things" to win by a whopper; Fcorc. Then, in the final half, when their tremendous reserve! Let's Take It Like Champs: Leahy SOUTH BEND Oct. (AP) Coach Frank Leahy, after Notre Dame's 39 game unbeaten skein was snapped, 28-14, by Purdue today, solemnly told loyal Irish fans swarming outside the dressing room: "The entire world will he watching how we take adversity.

"It Is a real test of real peo pie to lose like champions. "I promise you we will reciprocate from now on." strength should have been mopping up on a tiring opponent, tney were outplayed by the plucky men from dear old Penn. Jooin't often happen that way to Cal. As a rule, the Bears get stronger as tho battle wears on, and expecially so on a hot afternoon like this one. But it was Penn that came on and it was Cali-foin'" which wound up panting.

respectable bounds. They fumbled nine times when it looked as if they were end zone bound. And the hustling Beavers, not as crippled as Coach Kip Taylor had led the public to believe, grabbed the pigskin on five of those occasions. The dominant figures in the action, as usual, were Kerkorian, who whipped home ten out of sixteen pass attempts for 188 yards, and McColl, a football giant of no right off the bat with a little more alertness. Kerkorian mingled passes of 24 and 17 yards to Bruce Van Alstyne with a series of short jolts to move the Indians from their own 26 to the Oregon 16.

On second down, Gary flipped a quick backward pass to his right. But Bobby White wasn't turned around for reception and the pigskin hit him on the backside. All the Indians forgot it was (Continued on Page 28. CoL 3.) mean ability. Bill showed uo with something new In an already els to Mike Maccioli, and slam the 1 no experimentation against the durable and fee.

He threw only thirty-three men into the fracas and thr.t'o a low tor the season. In the end. he was grateful that his troops had made a good beginning. Although the Bears weren't lucky, the struggle was one which might have produced a t-addcr result. Striking a blow for Ivy League football, the Quakers eame close enough so that it would hae taken but one more pass, or a break of some kind, to give them a draw.

California's victory added another chip to an ever growing stack. It was a fourth straight win over Penn, in a series dating back to 1925, and, not counting post-season reverses in tne Rose Bowl, it was also the twenty-seventh consecutive success for Cai since 1947. The nature of thp contest is revealed by the statistics. At. the half way mark, California had outgained Penn, 222 yards to 38, all of Cal's yardage having been made on the ground and nearly half of it by the charging sophomore, Olssweski.

door in Notre Dame's face. IRISH EYES AREN'T SMILING There were tears in the eyes of Dick Cotter (18), defensive line backer of Notre Dame as he and Halfback Cill Barrett headed for the dressing room after their team's stunning defeat by Turdue yesterday. The Irish hadn't been beaten since 1945. hadn't lost a home game since. 1942.

Tne last time the Irish were beaten was by a 39-7 score by the Great Lakes Naval team on December 1, 1945. Since then thirty- Prtnf Wirnhnto seven teams folded before them. THE EMPORIUM Market Strttt Shea 1:30 t. Two others, Army with a 0-0 Yanks wcc Scaics; Ford deadlock in 1946 and Southern 5:30. Monasy California with a 14-14 standstill till p.m.

Yukon 2-1111 Winner, 5-2, bib Final bailie in 1948, came close to victory. It was Notre Dame's first loss at home since Michigan won 32-20 Cal Fumble Gives Penn Lilt. Coupled with Cal's 14 the figure? suggested a second half rout, but Penn, getting a "lift" from a Bear fumbk one of ivc took the initiative at the start of the third period and its touchdown in that quart rr was the oulv score or the fitvl half. in the 1942 season. It.

was only the fourth defeat a Frank Leahy-coached team has absorbed in eight seasons. His Irish have won Tailback Francis "Reds" Bagnell, Halfback Glenn "Bones" Bcrra Delivers Homer for Big Punch; Woodling Errs USC Rally Earns Tie sixty-two and tied five. Notre Dame's line was ripped unmercifully, its pass attack and I I. 1L- t. Adams, Guard Bernard Lemonick, Tackle Bob Evans and End Eddie Bell the last two being the first Negroes ever to play for Pern were the strong men for the Quakers.

Bell, a sophomore, blocked two kicks in the first half, and remained to play a bang-up defensive game in the last thirty minutes of the fracas. It was if i.iz l.rd never ol fwind h'li" wallop. Ani it mrr i.Dve r'ti ill" 1 n- in -river? foi-oHcn it. Anyway, it was on the vry first play of the third quarter that ihe Penn- I'cn i-howm? their defense failed miserably. All (Continued on Pace 27.

Col. 1) By Curlcy Grieve Faininer Sports Editor PULLMAN" Ot. 7. LPi- Badly heatf-n for nearly 'hree pptiods. Ihp USC Trojan? YAXKKK STADIUM (N.V.), Oct.

T. The slaughter of the innocent is over. The New York Yankees raroreri the fn7 -cheeked vii.h iii" kic Lo'i .1 Me Tl'e Qua' rr I. wero fot'fpd lo seorr threp time': Broncs Bow To San Jose your face can't feel! JJ, 1 in thr fourth period today to; vhix Kids of Philadelphia for the fourth stra'iffht time -am a 20 20 tie with an astound-! today to sweep the World Series, ing Washington State College; was a Rran(j sam football team. was the end of the Philadelnhia storv.

a final rhantn writi Ginlv. 3ou of a former Pi-rn Al'-Ain The i tn bv End Bob Cumming and he held it until tackled on the Bear 31. Jack Krimmel, a 200-pound guard, inaoe the rceovci there and in ihei' first menacing gesture of the afternoon the Quakers jolu-d their way to the Bear seven-yard stripe, wneie the busy Bagnell was hurled back by Cal's 210-rjonnd John Mihoits. A 75-yard punt return by half- '11 'Ck, black ink and splashed with busted dreams. I By Walter Gamagc SPARTAN STADIUM, San ine Yankees, exnlodins twice with eustnmarv fwvcmoK anHi iCM ume uiey got me.

uan me noys noiu i mmu ma un, jQnn Wilii3mE and a 17 an me way -overcoming a mucn y-iu uuiuing yn.uany a muy Frank put taking advantage of presented opportunities, terminated blue rihhnn r-vent vuith 3 R.9 triumnVi Kfn Ki noo lean's Oct. 7. Coach Bob Bron-San Jose State Spartans l.lU.l.pi, LI.IUH VUJVU, Behind the noised oitchinsr of Edward Charles rwhitrvi vnH 'pushed over two touchdowns In the Trojans back in the game after they trailed, 20-0. at the of the hst quarter. L'FC STUNNED.

the 21 year old whiz of their own youth program, the Yanks routed tne flnal Pcnod toniSht to score Philly starter Bob Miller in the first frame with a two-run first footbaU Santa frishtened the fahulons fi.rrran Tim Knntt.ntv hrm.r,,nClara, 1410. before a crowd of Bear Defense Comes Of Age. Says Waldorf Coach Forest Evashevski's team nad stunnod the visitors with in thc and then yanked the rarpet right from under the, aunched a final, belated, pro-1 Fullback Harry Beck account Phil? when the National LeasuM first-quarter esling bid in the ninth. harU V.wii TWfW 1nnW John! ed for both the Spartans' touchdowns, climaxing long marches of 63 and 72 yards tiiat snapped Fouch's punt uns'went 45 Thoc thp Pla'" cts of thc case, down the sideline for the first ptlllS Wearied Of ClOSC SliaVCS. mio lnnlhr Waiinmitnii Ktatei a string of three wins by Santa Clara over its neighborhood rival, By Bill Mulligan MEMORIAL STADIUM, BERKELEY.

Oct. Coach Lynn "Pappy" Waldorf of California and Coach George Munger of Pennsylvania complimented each Other's tam after Cal's 11-7 triumph here today. 4 halfback Dwight Poole, exploded! But actually today'? game was no carbon copy of thc previous hrou-h the line for three vardcthrfr- Tnc had lost tnrir zin5 and thcir sting. They had been ihe eeond t.llv four minutes shavcd 50 wantcd m0 contact witn the razor. They I The Spartans aommatea tne play throughout the contest ex- anrl thr hatlle-searrrrt lne Pcrloa WIIC" crumblcd at the outsrt.

icfore the end of the fits quar- ithe Broncos scored a touchdown maulers of Gothairl just rolled home Silver Star Doublo-Edgod Blades in Whiz-Pak Dispenser Thus the Yanks, thc Goliaths of baseball, annexed their second iand f01 Coach Dick Gallagher of Santa "Pennsylvania i a good, tough, well knit, well coached outfit," "Pappy" declared. "They! have the quality of hanging in there when the going is tough and getting stronger as the 1 game grows older. That is the Ull JUI1 Ul in-, ii" 1 r. marrhnH 41 vard the third' lluw" Vdmnl 01 ai(y 'engri ror ine inarched 4o tne tn xth time jn thrjr fa) th th nuarter all the wav on tnc, 3 straight games. It was their thirteenth World Championship and Clara was unable to attend the contest, being confined to his bed with a thyroid condition.

San Jose established its su a game to find out about that. "As for our offense, I'm afraid we are a little too conservative and depend too much on our running game. We must get balance. "I am glad to report that we suffered no injuries. Dick (iroger was cut on the hin In the first half.

He could have returned hut we felt we did not need him that badly." ground. Halfback Byron Bailey smashed across from two feet out. he entire National League has won only seventeen since the Series' ft j' ncubation forty-seven years ago in 1903. "I Thc poor Phils, wno rose dramatiea'ly to snatch the flag on 70 bUdef if'i Fullback Ray Hobbs kicked hi 93c periority early in the game, twice 1 1 A 1 1 k. aisptnscr final day.

have now lost eight consecutive series pam wuwawi" Then Southern cat eame to me cames. It was far back in 1915 that the Quakers won a series mark of a good football team." "Cal was far stronger than we had been led to believe," Munger was saying on the other side of the stadium. "I was impressed with Waldorf's team's ability to come through with what I call In the hole' The Broncs began to turn the But, It had a third period tOUCn-; hr'ninr; r.rnvcr rirvrlanrl AlcvanHci nnlv in Hrnn fruit in a tide in the second quarter and pass called back as theow Boft Ilod Sox T1 thi ha t0 haDDen-risht at a down quarter ended, uinciais rui'u, time when some prophets of the sports pages foresaw the toppling they finally gained command at the outset of the third, thanks (Continued on Page I. ol. DLFENSL LAUDED.

Pete Schabarum, explosive halfback, gave credit to Cal defensive team. "We wer not too sharp on (Continued on Page 28, CoL 2) 4) (of the mighty Yankee dynasty ruled so majestically by the im-I mortal Joe ThiE was the ninth Woild Snier for the pi irif of San 1 Francisco's North Beach. It perhaps uas his bcit. Yale Noses Out offense today," Pete declared 10 with 49 1 Regular pack of 5 bladet 25c Try thesa $o-imooth double-edged raror blades that your face can't feel! Diridium process means an easier shaving blade. With the Whii-Pak Dispenser here's no wrapping to tale off.

Just press upward on the dispenser and a new blade Is ejected, all ready for use! THI IMPOHUM CUTltr, STRUT HOOK plays. That is, when on second of third down they need, six, seven or eight yards, and they go out and get them. That pays off for any team and is the trait of a good ball club." "PAPPY" PLEASED. Waldorf started his dressing room conference by saying: "but we are improving. Our le- "OrcHldm 21-14 tensive men today won the, 4 DIMarj, Gerry Top ank Heroes.

game, in my opinion. They were UN'S)-The passin" of Stu Tis- While the New Yorkers' pitchers had the strong, resonating, ale' and a spectacular 97-yard Dass; in tnis Quartet of victories. Jolting Joe sang the lead with his great." But back to the Pennfvlvanic u. i u. vi convinnn oai ana naw.ess Dairoi oi ine center pasture.

iVsloiiiidiu! Purdue 28. Notre Dame 11. Nebraska 32, Minnesota 26. Indiana 20, Iowa 7. I SC 20, Washington St.

20. Tennessee 28, Duke Oklahoma 34, Tex. 28. Wisconsin 7, Illinois 6. North Carolina 0, Georgia 0.

oach. Munger was quite high on l. tL-. It the Yanks never make the winner's circle azain in thc short-! 1.VL1 I 1 A urr" Calitornia otfersive back vve naa a gooa game, ine oia fashioned, rock and kind. biJ1 ttAnA ne dav in the first football meeting 1,1 1 01 tr' I jeiween the two bchools.

warmmg Vnowog that hr left a privet imprint of his initials on Tisdalc passed yards to Enl tn'3 cnr tr-i xt-rA. Tn His tx-rtoi ma nee in ihc canw err at catch and dra-i RS P.ncu, mm of Ar, Cornell and Dart- i iil tt cjuuin iui uii'; nii'i Continued Page 29. Col. 4.) I up ancther with two more passes. (Continued on race Col.

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