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i i Wisconsin Badgers Mont TnmiE CAiPirirAiL TTUMIIES nn 4 Fnrdne, to 14 in ine Gridiron Inangural MADISON, SEPT. 28, 1947 Surprise 38,000 Fans by Pass Defense Which Hobbles De Moss; Wilson, Weiske, Otterback, Self, Dreyer Star Wilson After Pass Interception Cl W7 By HANK CASSERLY (Capital Times Sports Editor) HE who lives by the sword shall die by the sword is an old adage, and the Wisconsin Badgers made it come true 5 e. wvl v'Vfc kWW 3 vF 5 again Saturday afternoon at Camp Randall when they routed a woefully weak Purdue eleven, 32 to 14, before 38,000 spectators in the 1947 inaugural. For two years Bob DeMoss, Boilermaker quarterback, has harried the Badgers with his bulletlike passes, but it was DeMoss and his aerials that turned the tide early when Wisconsin intercepted a toss on the second play following the kickoff and in less than no time. Wisconsin had a touchdown and had converted for a 7 to 0 read, which really settled the game after three minutes and 54 seconds.

Wisconsin won the toss and i''5; 'f a -'v f7 CrlVC TTTC YY7 A clear on the Purdue 25 crashing Clarence Self, who reeled off ill-i Ol. liO IllO xV A the longest run in the Wisconsin rout of Purdue, 3214, Saturday afternoon at Camp Randall, is shown above just as he spun away from several would be tacklers on the Purdue 25 and began his 78 yard sprint in earnest. Bob Wilson, Wisconsin center (53) and Harold Otterback (78) watch Quarterback Ken Gorgal miss a shoe-string tackle. Who Said The Cellar? 4r i t) i I jr WESTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS TP OP viH teV'V i A Wisconsins standout sophomore center and ace line backer up is shown above just after he snared a deflected pass from Purdues aerial tosser. Bob DeMoss.

The play was the second from scrimmage in the Wisconsin victory Saturday and led to the initial touchdown. Players in the picture include eMoss (87), Bob Pfolil (88), Pete Barbolak (58), all of Purdue. Illinois at Iowa. Ohio State at Purdue. NON-CONFERENCE Stanford at Michigan.

Minnesota at Nebraska. UCLA at Northwestern. Notre Dame at Pittsburgh. .4 Indiana Tips Nebraska, 17 to Vanderbilt Upsets Cats, 3 to 0 Lisle Blackbourn kicked off behind the Boilermaker goal line, where Harry Szulborski raced back to his own 21. Bob Pfohl rammed left guard for two yards and then DeMosss famed aerial attack backfired.

The highly rated aerial ist let go a forward, but it was partially blocked by a hard charging Badger line and intercepted by Bob Wilson, Badger center, on the Boilermaker 21. EARL MAYES made eight in two tries and Wallie Dreyer added four on a quick opener. Dreyer raced off right tackle to the two-yard stripe and then he took a lateral from Blackbourn who swept right end for a touchdown and Blackbourn converted. Wisconsin 7. Purdue 0.

Before the first quarter Wisconsin added another touchdown to cinch the game. Once more Black-i bourn kicked off, but three straight penalties put the visitors back on I their own nine. On the next play I Pfohl fumbled and Bob Weiske re-! covered for the Badgers on Pur- dues 17. Dreyer was downed for a lone yard loss at right end and jMaves was also stopped without I gain. Jack Winks pass to Charles Zoelle in the, end zone failed and Blackbourns field goal attempt from the Purdue 27 went wide.

Purdue put the ball in play on its own 20 and Adams went for a first down on the 34. DeMosss pass was intercepted by Weiske, who raced to the Boilermaker 17. Clarence Self on a quick opener went to the four and Maves added two at center, but the Badgers were penalized 15 yards for an illegal shift. Self went for two, Dreyers pass was intercepted by Adams in the end zone and the Boilermakers took the ball on their own 20. Failing to gain George Papach punted and the ball was downed by Purdue on Wisconsin's 48.

Dreyer went for three and Self ran to the 45. Ben Bendrick, who substituted for Maves missed a first down by inches and T. A. Cox punted into the end zone. Once more Purdue was forced to kick.

Pfohl punted but the ball took a bad bounce to the Purdue 39, where Purdue Hurrah! 1 Down, 8 to Go Badgers Next Foe College Football Wilis Seventh In Row from Huskers Rookies Field Goal In Last 4 Minutes TipsNortliwestern VANSTON, III. (JP) yan- derbilts scrappy Commodores East 'I Hv SELF TURNS ON THE QAS and outdistances Norm "Ned Maloney, Purdue cap tain (59) and Phillip OReilly (72) on the midfield i- strip. Self did not have a single man within five yards of him the last 45 yards of the dash. (Photos by The Capital Times staff photographers.) ruined the debut of 36 year old Bob Voigts as Northwesterns football coach today by scoring an upset 3 to 0 victory in the final four minutes before a crushed crowd of 42,000. Zack Clinard, a reserve quarterback, playing his first college game, booted a 13-yard field goal from placement to give the Southerners their spectacular triumph.

They outrushed, outscorecl, and outpass-ed Northwesterns Wildcats far worse than the statistics indicated. By LEW CORNELIUS ceNE Down and 8 to Go vJ. Indianas Next! thit was the greeting the victorious Badger gridders got from the dressing room blackboard as they raced happily to change clothes after Saturdays rout of Purdue, 32-14. the scoring the Stu hldrehermen tallied against the Boilermakers was the worst in the history of the knock em down and drag em out series since the year of Wisconsins last champion ship in 1912. The game ended 41-0 that year Could be an omen! Michigan Wallops Spartans By 55 to Chappuis Stars Big Nines Best Ground Gainer Has Three Touchdowns grounded the ball.

0 Southern Cal Easily Beats Cougars, 21 to 0 INCOLN, Nebr. JP) An Indi-i ana tear that overcame a big weight advantage of Nebraskas line by speed and agility whipped the Huskers Saturday 17 to 0, before a crowd of 32.000 fans gathered to watch the last of the current 12-game series between the Big Nine and Big Six teams. Indiana meets Wisconsin in a loop game next Saturday at Bloomington. The victory was the seventh in a row over Nebraska for Indiana. Indiana began the victory march on the last play of the first quarter when George Taliaferro, the Negro star, intercepted a Nebraska pass and raced it back 15 yards to the Indiana ,48.

The interception set the Hoosiers on fire, and in seven plays they were down on the Husker five. The big punch in this march was Dick De Raneks 20 yard sprint. At the five Taliaferro was injured and taken out, but his replacement, Hugh McKinnis, promptly drove to the one. Then Nebraska was penalized half the distance for offside and on the next play Harry Jagade punched over. It was 7 to 0 as Rex Grossman kicked the point, and stood that way at the half.

The Hoosiers broke out again in the third period. They pounded and passed from their own 24 to the Nebraska one, the final play of the series being a dandy Nick Se-brek to Joe Mihajlovich pass for 17 yards. But Nebraska braced to toss Hdr ry Jagade for a two yard loss and then broke up two pass plays, fore ing Qarterback Grossman to drop for a field goal try at an angle and into the wind. Grossman split the bars and it was 10 to 0 Indiana. The last quarter found Indiana taking Nebraskas pass defense apart.

Twice the Hoosiers scored, but the first one was lost because of illegal use of the hands. Soon, (Continued on 2nd Sports Page) Jay Berwanger, the ex-Chicago grid flash, who handled the field judgeship Saturday, was as excited as you and I were on' that triple lateral by Purdue in the third quarter as the Purdue backs and ends flipped the ball from one to another. Jay tried to signal the crowd to get away from the sidelines and flipped the stop watch under the Badger bench. Scores In First Minutes Naumu Paces Open Attack HERE THE Badgers really went to town. Bendrick made three on a spinner and Dreyer lost a yard at left guard.

Then Dreyer tossed a perfect pass to Tom Bennett, who grabbed it in his outstretched fingers and raced 10 yards for the second touchdown. Blackbourn failed to convert. Wisconsin 13, Purdue 0 and the period ended a moment later. That was the ball game and the rest was an anti climax. At the conclusion of the route Coach Coach Harry A.

Stuhldreh-er said, Were off to a good start. I thought we played good hard football. Our backing up was excellent and the work of Bob Wilson and Bob Weiske in this department w'as brilliant. Stuhldreher singled out Harold Otterback as playing a great game in Wisconsin's line -while Dreyers running and passing pleased the Badger mentor. In closing Stuhldreher said: Our defense on passes and our rushing spiked the Boilermaker guns.

Purdue wasnt as strong as we had been led to expect. Stu Holcomb, Purdue coach, was disappointed in the outcome. He said: Were not that bad and Wisconsin isnt that good. ANN ARBOR, Mich. (A) Rolling just about as they pleased by land and air, the talent-heavy University of Michigan Wolverines got away to an impressive start on their 1947 football campaign Saturday by slapping Michigan State 55 to 0 before 70,115 fans.

Michigan marched 53 yards for a touchdown the first time the Wolverines got the ball and scored at least twice in every period but the last. Bob Chappuis, star Toledo halfback who established a Big Nine ground gaining record for the Wolverines last season, counted three of the touchdowns on smashes of five yards on less and Jim Brieske, the place-kicking machine from Harbor Beach, booted seven conversions in eight attempts. Fullbacks Jack Weisenburger, Sophomore Dick Kempthom, Powerful Danny Dworsky, End Leonard Ford and Halfback Chalmers (Bump)) Elliott, who played wartime ball at Purdue as a navy trainee, joined in the Wolverines touchdown parade with one apiece. Michigan State, making its debut under Head Coach Clarence (Biggie) Munn, formerly line coach at Michigan under H. O.

(Fritz) Cris-( Continued on 3rd Sports Page) THEY were calling Wray George ex-East prep guard, One Play George at the half Wray went into the game in the second quarter with instructions to stave off Purdue tackle on offense. Wray stopped him alright and left the game with a bump on the head on the very first play! Talk about embarrassing moments ask Art Lentz what became of the 14,000 programs Saturday morning how many fans noticed pages number 39 and 40 were missing in their pro- Susquehanna 9, CCNY 9 (tie). Rochester 19, Clarkson 0 Coast Guard Acad. 19, R.F.I. 19 Yale 34, Kings Point 13 Army 13, Villanova 0 Muhlenberg 38, Lafayette 0 Cornell 27, Lehigh 0 Bucknell 25, Alfred 0 Bates 14, Massachusetts 6 Brown 33, Connecticut 13 Columbia 40, Rutgers 28 Dartmouth 0, Holy Cross 0 Harvard 52, West Maryland 0 Maine 33, Rhode Island 13 Duquesne 6, Western Reserve 0 Amherst 21, Champlain 0 Cortland Teach.

44, Sampson 0 St. Lawrence 27, Union 6 American International 19, Fort Devens 6 New Hampshire 28, Colby 0 Middlebury 13, Hobart 6 Norwich 13, Lowell Textile 0 Wagner 12, Panzer 7 Shippensburg State Teach ers Col. 12, California (Pa.) Teachers 0 Tufts 21, Bowdoin 12 Springfield (Mass) 41, Northeastern 6 Vermont 28, St. Michaels (Vt.) 6 Slippery Rock Teachers 6, Westminster (Pa.) 0 West Virginia U. 59, Otterbein 0 Boston University 45, Mohawk 7.

Midwest Oshkos (Wis) Teachers 14; Northern Michigan 6. Marquette 33; South Dakota 6. Platte ville Teachers Stout Institute 7 (tie). Michigan 55, Michigan State 0 Illinois 14, Pittsburgh 0 Vanderbilt 3, Northwestern 0 Ohio State 13, Missouri 7 Ohio Wesleyan 40, Albion 6 Minnesota 7, Washington 6 Ohio University 34, Ohio North ern 0 Colorado 7, Iowa State 0 Missouri Valley 28, Washington U. (St.

Louis) 13 Monmouth 6, Parsons 0 Lincoln 40, Wilberforce 6 Iowa State Teachers 20, North Dakota 0 Lawrence 33, Depauw 0 Knox 13, Dubuque 6 Upper Iowa 20, Buena Vista 7 Wayne (Detroit) 33, Great Lakes Naval Training Station 7 Cornell (la.) 20, Beloit 7 North Central 19, Illinois Wes leyan 6 Wheaton 26, Wilson Jr. College (Chicago) 0 Illinois State Normal 20, Indiana State (Terre Haute) 7 Indiana 17, Nebraska 0 Wisconsin 32, Purdue 14 University of Dayton 28, Scranton (Pa.) 6 Denison 39, Rio Grande 0 Hanover 44, Canterbury 12 Wabash 27, Southwestern (Memphis) 7 Southern Illinois 58. Scott Field (111.) 0 Concordia Moorhead Teache postponed to Monday night, rain Findlay (Ohio) 34, Edinboi Teachers 12. Carleton 0, Macalester 0 (tie). Emporia State 23, Fort Rili Centaurs 12.

Hamline 6, St. Olaf 0. Wartburg 6, Carthage 20. Concord 0, Potomac State 8. Morehead 12, Marshall 38.

Northwestern, making six costly fumbles, and playing a ragged game on the ground and in the air, never advanced beyond Vanderbilts 33 yard line, although the Cats, stung by defeat, ripped to the 34 yard stripe in the closing seconds only to lose the ball on a. pass interception after passing and running for a gain of 45 yards from their own 21. VANDERBILT NORTHWESTERN North LE Gorskl Cantrell LT Hagman Robertson LQ Knauer Clark Sarkisian Cooper RG Dlfrancesca Copp Sawle Anderson Wiltgen Patterson QB Farrar Nalley Aschenbrenner May RH Murakowski Tighen -FB Graham Vanderbilt 0 0 0 33 Northwestern 0 0 0 0 0 Vanderbilt scoring Field goal CU-nard. sub for Patterson (placement). Substitutions: Vanderbilt Ends.

Ellington. Brown, Corcoran: Tackles, Maddux, Page: Guard, Pool: Center, Hov-ver: Backs. Wade, May, I. Berry, Clinard. Hicks.

Day. Northwestern substitutions Ends. Suravleff, Stoneslfer; Tackles, Ford. Sewell: Guards. Day, Parsegian: Centers, Miller Price; Backs, Burson, Day, Laser, Worthington.

Everist, Perricone, The first real Saturday ofjj( college football was one with1 upsets aplenty. Michigan came through as expected with a 55 to 0 rout of Michigan State. The form sheets had spotted the Spartans plenty, but the Wolverines were on vengeance bent and they didnt pull any punches. The Illini came through in the fourth period with a 14 to win, but they were extended to the limit for three quarters. The fumbling Minnesota Gophers eked out a 7 to 6 triumph over a Washington eleven.

The real upset was the defeat of Northwestern by Vanderbilt, 3 to 0. California handed the Navy a licking, 14 to 7, and Lynn Waldorf kept his Bears in the running and they loom pretty tough for the Badgers. Spectators Saturday at Camp Randall were amazed at the manner in which the Badgers broke up and intercepted the passes of Bob DeMoss. If Wisconsin can do as well against George Taliaferro, Indianas star back next Saturday, all may yet ba well. Taliaferro was injured in the Nebraska game last Saturday.

Dispatches fail to tell the extent of his injury, but he may not be in tip top condition for the Badgers. Five LOS and out to 1947 touchdown in the touchdown with U.S.C. Johnny two to tally One their plays bounced the Again punt It took reserve sneaking line. As and Roundy grams? I i TOUGH BREAK Bob Stormy Pfahl, incidentally suffered a brok-( Continued on 3rd Sports Page) ANGELES (JP) The University of Southern California ran passed to an easy 21 to 0 victory over Washington State Saturday as a crowd of 48,173 turned see the Trojans open their grid season in a Pacific Coast Conference game. Southern Cal scored its first in the first five minutes of the Contest, added another second, throttled the one threat the Cougars offered in the fourth period and climaxed the affair in the last minute a spectacular 55-yard touchdown pass.

Hawaiian Halfback Naumu the most consistent ground gainer, cashed in on faulty Washington State punts their first two touchdowns. punt went out of bounds on own 33 yard line and five later, from the 17, Naumu off his own right end for touchdown. in the second a Cougar went out of bounds on the 44. six plays to push it over, Quarterback Jim Powers over from the one yard the final gun was readied, jie sophomore combination of Powers Halfback Jay (Merry-Go) connected with the touchdown pass. With the ball on the Trojan 5, Powers found Roundy on the 30 and he traveled on across the goal line.

Illini Score Ttvice In Fourth Period to Beat Pittsburgh 140 HAMPAIGN, 111. (A) A high-spirited, stubborn yards by rushing in the first half but twice fumbled away scoring Ohio State TFins In Last Three Minutes Over Missouri 13 to 7 Pittsburgh gang stalled Illinois football machine for three quarters Saturday before a second-string half-back, Dwight Eddleman, punched over two touchdowns in the final period to give the Illini a 14-0 victory. A crowd of 22.079 turned out in perfect weather to watch the Illini open their 1947 season and maintain a record of never succumbing to Pittsburgh in five meetings to date. TO RETURN to the scoring, Wisconsins third touchdown came early in the second quarter after Cox punted out of bounds on Purdues 20, failing to gain, Papich got away a great punt, which Dreyer returned to the Badger 22. Maves failed to gain, but on the next play Self went through left tackle to the 30 and was apparently stopped, but he fought his way clear from a pair of tacklers and went 78 yards to score.

He was all alone as he passed mid-field and increased his lead with every stride. Here Purdue made a brief offensive stand. Taking Blackbourns kickoff on his eight Bill Canfield raced back to the Purdue 28. Can-field made three and Pfohl was hurt on the play and carried from the field on a stretcher. DeMoss hit Captain Ned Maloney with a pass good for a first down on the Purdue 48.

Adams picked up two DeMoss completed another pass! this time to Clyde Grimenstein on the Badger 34 and repeated with a pass to Maloney which the Purdue leader took as it was batted by a Badger on the one-foot line Charles Heininger went over for the initial Boilermaker touchdown and Art Haverstock converted. Wisconsin 19, Purdue 7 Brown Eleven Beats Connecticut Bill Fox of Indianapolis, well known sport scribe, thought that Indiana would be a far tougher opponent for Wisconsin than was Purdue. Thats not exactly news, Purdue was rated as a contender for the cellar championship along with the Badgers. Harry Stuhldre-hers team moved out of contention for this undesirable position Saturday. Were firmly convinced that Purdue is headed for the cellar crown unless Saturday was an off day for the Boilermakers.

opportunities. The Panthers crossed midfield only twice. Their best penetration was to the 35 on a 19 yard pass from Billy Lee to Carl Depasqiia. Illinois scored at the outset of the last period. Art Dufelmeier stole Lou Cecconis pass to set up a 48 yard march.

Steger hit the line twice and Moss passed nine yards to end Sam Zatkoff to put the ball on the 25. Then Moss tossed five yards to Eddleman who galloped the rest of the wray. Later. Illinois drove 45 yards to the 3 only to lose the ball on downs. The Panthers punt from the end zone was taken by Eddleman who returned it 40 yards for the second score.

Place kicking specialist Don Maechtle converted both times. PITTSBURGH ILLINOIS Zatkoff Prymuskl Wrenn Levant) S)egert Cunz Owens Moss LG Dufelme)er RH Patterson Steger 0 0 0 0 0 0 1414 Illinois scoring Touchdowns. Eddleman 2 for Patterson). Points after touchdown, Maechtle 2 (sub for COLUMBUS, JP) Ohio States bucks, euchred by Missouri for two periods, came from behind in the last three minutes Saturday to snatch a 13 to 7 victory for their new coach, Wesley E. Fesler.

A crowd of 59,444 watched the Bucks stage touchdown marches of 75 and 84 yards, with Fullback Joe Whisler, 220-pound junior from Willard. going over for the two markers. In between those Ohio onslaughts the Tigers paraded 76 yards to send Sub fullback Ed Quirk of St. Louis over from the five for the score givipg Missouri a 7-6 lead which it retained until two minutes and 40 seconds before the finish. Although Whisler scored the touchdowns, it was Alex Verdova, substitute right halfback from Lakewood, who carried the Bucks practically single-handed to the winning score.

The 186-pounder, who has been on the sideline during much of the training with an injury, wheeled into (the game in final minutes when the Bucks had the ball in midfield. His first run, a stuttering, whirling trip around end, was good for 27 yards. Whisler went for five, and then Verdova drove over tackle for another 14 yards. That put the ball on the seven, and the Bucks made it in three more plays MISSOURI OHIO STATE Oakes LE Fritz LT, Wilson Abrams Jabbusch Fuchs C. Llnlnger Stone RG Templeton Pepper RT Jennings Sheehan RE Dive Bonnie Entsmlnger QB Slager Hopkins LH Clark Brinkman Sensanbaugher Bowman 7.FB..

Whisler Missouri 0 0 7 0 7 Ohio State 0 0 6 713 Missouri Scoring: Touchdown Quirk (sub lor Bowman). Point alter touchdown Day (sub lor Hopkins), (placement). Ohio Scoring: Touchdowns Whisler 2. Points alter touchdown Moleda (sub lor Slager) (placement). Missouri Substitutions: Ends Bounds.

Hulse. Wren: Tackles Donley, Bullock; Guards Maruslc, Carter: Centers Cliffe. Blair: Back West. Sauer. Bon-nett.

Day. Kling, Volz, Quirk. Ohio State substitutions; Ends Shannon. Hague: Tackles Hamilton. Fazio; Guard? DiPierro.

Snyder: Centers Telfke. Renner: Backs PerlnL Swinehart. Cannavlno. Demmel. Verdova.

CUne. Stunels. Moldea. PROVIDENCE, R. I.

(A) Brown, after a slow start, overpowered the University of Connecticut eleven, 33-13, Saturday in the opening football game of the season for both colleges before a 15,000 crowd at Brown stadium. Sparked by the hard running Left Halfback Fred Kozak, Brown scored three of Its touchdowns two by Kozak in the third period. 0. Winona (Minn.) Teachers Eau Claire Teachers 6. One scribe in the press box has a great liking for Ben Bendrick, alternate fullback on the Wisconsin team.

When Ben was sent into the game for Wisconsin some writer yelled Hes too slow. The noisy one couldnt take that sitting down. He may be slow, but hes a tough cookie and he can play on my team. yelled the Chicago Although shoving the lig Panther crew around most of the game, Illinois rated a first-( sion team in the forthcoming Big Nine title campaign after winning the crown last year appeared pitifully slow. -South The Citadel 13, Presbyterian 6.

Wake Forest 6, Georgetown Univ. IDAHO UPSETS STANFORD PALO ALTO, Calif. (JP) Idahos surprising vandals, under their new coach, Millard Dixie Howell, scored an upset Saturday by knocking over the Stanford Indians. 19-16. THE BADGERS scored midway in the third period when Papieii punted to Self and the doughty (Continued 2nd Sports Page) rying the ball at least 50 percent Mississippi 14.

Florida 6. (Continued on 2nd Sports Continued on 3rd Sports Page) of the time, the Illini rolled up 154 Agasei (place kick). i I- -t.