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Huskers beat NOVEMBER 18, 1945 Hawkeves defeat iiiighly Golden 20-19 Sliiif; of wiprti fnil as Miniirsola i I ohii IOWA CITY. la. Downtrodden Iowa, kicked about the Western conference without a football victory since 1942, shocked once Golden Gophers, 20 to 19, Saturday. Not since Iowa crushed Wisconsin's title hofjes, 0 to 0, Nov. 7, 1942, had the Hawks won a confer- a tie with In- in 1943 had rewarded their efforts thruout 18 IVUIlScIS KUU But the of many defeat, wa.

wified out the battling eame from behind to hand Minnesota itJ? fourth draight con- f. I ference IOWA, TRAIIJ.NO 13 to 19 late llaiul the fourth quarter, struck quickly when Jerry the 26 Vy I year old war veteran, and NoKson Smith combined their talents for LAWRENCE, Kas. Kansas 61 yard touihdown play, the lat-iuniversity performing before a ter lialloping 40 after tak- 15,700 homecoming crowd; Ing a pa, kicked the extra sma.shed it. way to a 27-0 foot-, point for the victory over Kansas State) The however, were far in an intra-slate contest that from finished with a little more mirefl the Wildcats in the cellar than four remaining, they.yf the Big Six conference, headed toward the Iowa goal. Oiv The Wildcats, who count no they w-ent, five 10 yaids at sea.son a failure if they can wing a crack as many of the 13,800 Kansas Jayhawker, had citefl f.tnr.

sjalled from the to their three-yard onto the sidelirus. Finally the jn the fir.st half before drive halted after the home team expbided its first had reached the Iowa 10 A touchdown dynamite. Cecil Lang- cost Minne.sota five yards thin man renter, and then Merlin Kisperls at- dowm a pass from Karl tempted field goal from the Kramer to Dale ToHn as the jard line only serious K-State threat fizzled MINNESOT.A. ITS lineup re- out. vi.sed after the 49 to 0 loss to ln-1 m'lj.

of a five- diana opened the yard penalty, the Jayhawks touchdown 97 yards without losing pushed into a 13 to first the ball. Dick Bertuzzi sparked 59-yiird march latt march Only 30 seconds The'of the first half remained when Iowa refused thek the Girard. halfback crossed Hawks covered 75 yards for Iheir touchd()wn. Art Leroy Robison, injured Kansa.s nlher lad back (on who h.ad not played hd" oil fields, ripped off igiiwinl after tourhdown Coyotes, 53-0 Nebraska siilis iiiosl (if tilt ajsaiiist Dakotans Nloorr. Ktmr.

Tiiik BV IxmiUNS. With hi.s first string varsity playing only one quarter and with the team squad handling the assignment during the last two Coach Potsy Clark's Cniversity of Nebraska Cornhuskers toyed with undermanned South Dakota at Memorial stadium Saturday afternoon, winning in a romp by a 53 to 0 core. It took the reguliif just right; pm i ft uMlTflk minutes to march 85 viirds fot'' 1 their initial marker in the oj i ing period, a 17 yard flip from Cletus Fischer to etui Willard' Bunker putting the leather on the 8-yard stripe from which point Gerald Moore plung-d over the Coyote right tackle for the tou. h- down. Bill Sloan converted, h.o«.« Nebraska started it drive from 27 with Alex Fink, subbing for Fi racing 2.

yurd, b. II ic, i up 1 score. This lime Minire rammed Mirhu.n i.i. over from the 1-yard line and Sloan again made good on his attempt. r.ilst BOB COSTELLO'S pass inter-! ception gave the regulars their third scoring in 7 the waning minutes of the Pe the N.U.

center getting back 1 nnxii 19 Thi.s time il war, Fink uumiip n. 1 at 1 1 .11 Ilarkarrt llrutvn 7. who pedaled his way to the ised land, the ex-Lincoln high i. i 0 ball toter traveling 14 yards 'V. M'ore.

Again kick split the jnim is. 41, Oiinrit I Hcriitii J.4 0. FIT.LBACK GERAI.n crashed the Coyote forwards for two touchdowns in the opening of 53 to 0 rout. 2t-0 a.s the period ended, Coach Clark sent in a of Bob Korte and Paul Kip-! Here the Walthill Uather toter is cru.shing over for N. second touchdown.

for zle-du 7 plays, romped to a jumped up and to Brown i 14-point halftime lead and then on the four yard line. Hopkins AxrikT Afinnn Mu-n HTP 7 withstood a wild pas.sing splurge then crashed over on the next 1 a-k FllioH Kerkcris converted. to and win; foiirlli pay.s off COLUMBUS, I Jayhawks scored again in added'its third anri'the third period and twicejn the last touchdown on Vic canto for their 3 yard smash, but Johnson came back later in the second period for another score on a pass from Niles on the 9-yard line. It was first victory over Mmne.sola since 1939 when the late Nile Kinnick led the Hawks to a 13 to 9 triumph. Lineups; A l.n I.ofhleln l.T av 1.0 rllml UC, SimrOecK HT Ammonii tjH l.n km c.o.den KB JohntxHi InVkrt MINNKPOTA Kinncr RunKel Carlcy Bnihn Lawrence KUpert la A 0 a 19 on 0 7 30 i.ut*.

final canto count. Thereafter the Wildcats merely struggled to hold down the score. In the first period they showed some of their famed first-half blitz tactics but the Hawk line was too much for the outclassed Manhattanites. passed for three touchdowns and the fourth one himself Saturday to whip Purdue, 27 to 13. and keep Michigan in the running for the Big football championship.

Oklahoma struck for its lone the 1945 Big Six football cham-jtouchdown in the third quarter of football pionship before 24.000 homecom- when Johnny West HiPped a 39- Saturday and the Bucks ing fans. iyurd pass to Aubrey McCall, who Oklahoma and Missouri took the took it on the seven and scored their way to an impres- field undefeated in conferenceislanding up. The lineups: isive 27 to 2 victory over the Illini from Red Cloud, tmik over at si, n. iriiHiia iitifit Eri rp-i il ta ntlcif T. ink spot ano re lumpton it Ohio placed Phil Young at fullback.

ilhai si, Kirkioiiie fourth period power bur.st 0 O. KANHAS I.K l.T Biift IHckiiAon IjinKfiird RO KT Mix.r« RK Pumphriy qB r.car lai Paitf RH Bert KB Harmon Katioas KAnisas touchduwrui Point leBwrenrp. KulbHrtkl (for After ernhnK Toih ilK Smith. (2) (ireeley blasts Wesleyan, 71-6 BY RED BAER. GREELEY, score; Greelev Slate Teachers 71, Nebraska Wesleyan 6 the story, all in one sentence.

Greeley completed a perfect homecoming day here Saturday by snowing under the Wesleyan Plainsmen in one of the most lopsided games ever witnessed on Jackson field KA.N'SAH STATK a KmK Nrrhy Hiirdtn rowan Jonrs Patternon Bandy Hollinner Kramrr 0 7 37 0 (I 0 0 Pum- play and Missouri was (ans on a water- 'hi? for Dun Faurot. wan.K.r soaRorl (lold, Flllo.t catno of, thoibr-ad i' 0 ivft rfisR A LATTERAI. FROM Brown toi bench to take the place of injured Walt Tening and sparked the entire Michigan team to a Llovd Brinkman gave Mi.ssouri it.s yK Kmwn comeback after its trouncing from touchdown in the first period as Brinkman did a tight-ropei kb dance down the left sidelines for' score by 29 yards and the score. iMiA.wuri Uktahuma OKLAHOMA slay right behind Indiana in UurKert the race for the Western conference championship before a chilled crowd of 70,287. The Bucks scored the first time they had the ball and then nursed a slim lead until the final period when superior manpower again paid off and they hammered Tallrhlef Tiilman Botiiohamrr Tiyart Friday McCall Harvell Richardson WMt anarp Jim Kekeris, giant tackle who 7 7 0 across the goal line three times.

Navy last week. MICHIGAN took the field, soggy after an all-morning rain, as a one-touchdown favorite. Rut the! omi Brinkman. Hop-; Wolverines played hstless, unin- opened gaping holes for Mis- attrr touchdown march produced ob. whipped a 40-yard Nussbaumer for Michigan touchdown.

saved the game by throwing stover, minutes and 34 seconds old The Michigan line, then passers fiance ARc? dent it had a man at left halfback before they could uncork their ipverv Ohio threat until the final When r.iiioit KKKCU u.i. exwc sprinting off right pass to Bob Kekcns who spearheaded theiuenderstm; cutfe, fUp cmre from the 11- first I Missouri line in the final half, ihm, Okia- tackle lor the score irorn me ii ichigans line when the game was and saved the game by throwing stover, minutes and 34 seconds old then uassers off balance voyei.Bark.t. sieward. Minutes and 34 scconds ptirey, Hchmidt, Green for Hirmonl touchdown: Robtsun for Hkrmiin) 3 Pumphrey tplace kick). Oklalioiiia rtaiiaiii iiiihraUMi STILLWATER, Okl.

(UP). Oklahoma A. M. remained among the unbeaten teams of the nation Saturday as it crushed Texas Tech 46-6. All-American Bob Fenimore, halfback, scored two of the Aggie counters, breaking loose for a 44 yard gallop in the first period and driving over tackle in the third period who could carry the offensive throws, load, settled down to throttling the passing of Bob DeMoss in addition to opening gaping holes for backs.

The Wolverine forw'ard wall, spearheaded by the alert, diagnostic play of end Art Renner, yielded one touchdown in the second period after Michigan had scored 20 points. Then after Elliott had piled up a 27 point lead in the fourth period, it gave way to the second Purdue touchdown. WHEN attack bogged down in the second period. ELLIOTT scored his one touchdown ftnd passed for another in the second period. Michigan moved 65 yards in 14 plays with Elliott going over from the 1-yard a chance for a New day ELMO RO.MLR, a 32 year old returned prisoner of war, four touchdowns aiul kicked three coHversions to lead the radoans.

I. I The Bears scored twice in the, ill liriKMil BKiriillsIl The Aggies dominated play in and then the red-haired every period as they won Iheu jNavy studepl, came back to toss 17lh straight game and clinchedia 29-yard pass to Nussbaumer on StaplrtoiL Siillierlaiiil opening quarter and had piled up a 39-0 margin at halftimc. Crom- NORTH and Sutherland, two of the the Purdue 25 and he carried over for the touchdown. final touchdown came in the fourth period when Elliott climaxed a 54-yard march with a bullet throw to Renner in the end zone. George Chiames converted three times.

Ed Cody was the only HAwktnc Stone, Hill. Referee, DwiKht Ream umpire, Jack North (Hlkh- period, lanrt PnrKl; head Clay Van Keen Bradley); field Judge. Richard Sklar Cadets rout (Quaker rlaii Navy sleaiii rolls past Wisconsin BALTIMORE, Md, Dick F'isher set up the second touchdown. His 46-yard punt went out of bounds on the four-yard line. On the return kick he grabbed the ball on the dead run and ran 29 yards to the three, from where Ollic Cline went over in three plays.

Five minutes later the Bucks naled the backfield play with Ihei stati. 1 latter scoring fourthj mi. M.irn* itmHn marker on a plunge from i. Coyote seven. The Hu.skers vvere penalized five yards on their iwi i for point attempt but Sloan con- 7 hrUtinn O.

verted for his fourth in a row. e. A M. IH, Icch W'EAK hv Gene I I I Oy 'B-; rollcuc ID, llllotNoii 0 Owens gave a combination of second and third stringers the apple on the Coyote 26 and young. Holland from Wolbach was.

the fair-haired kid this time.o.f'“** ,1 'Ohki II. IriUniH )l. scampering across from the 1 su. Hiaic boot was wide this time, i The fourth team, with H.rr-! ringlon carrying the mail, counted i in ij, tiiibm 7 again before the end of the po-j 1 14 riod, the leather lugger slipping thru from the five Sloan and Jim Wiess had f. tppH 1 the cause with two substantial! gains and Harrington went ovor, once from the 10 only to havci the ball called back on a 7 alty.

iorpK.in I The half ended with the Scarlet n. suip 0 A kUmnj Ik. uf 13. sporting a 40-0 advantage. 11 unip Bfatlp 21, Frrorui IJ.

HARRINGTON up his second touchdown from 7-yard stripe midway in the third or.pip> 7 wxipynn quarter, a Saladen to Alton Kieii-' kcr pass for 25 yards, selling llljllil the score. Jim kick vvas. rpiKiiion iTrp ii, ouuthH i another touchdown. blocked Harrington recovering i uiitprtHmi iundefealed and once-lied hammered their way and dashing across the final chalkj its claim to gridiron immortality by overwhelming a supptisedly iball team rolled over a highly their 43 to the Illinois 36 and then PHII ADEI PHIA (iP) hut overmatched broke off left tackle and incredible team just about clinched sin eleven Saturday by a score went all the way. o.

iTAnTAPiDiifv of 36 to 7 in a game featuring touchdown runs oy two previous- THE I INAL touchdown was tallied with less than a minute Chuck Gandee intercepted Illinois desneration nass a.s me miusiiipmvu yards to the Illini 10. Clyde mir Glenn Davisifive touchdowns and a safety on Marshall lost five but Paul Sar- und "each Wisconsir. punt bluckud by left n.andnn fnr thn three touchdowms before Jirn Carrinton. Jack Cur were withdrawn from the carnage ranee added four extra points in the third period. What the placement in five tries.

score might have been had the magnificent first team the outset and iiguredjn line for the point. j.Npiwtn 27 i pntir Clyde recovery of South Dakota fumble on the ole 29, gave the Huskcrs the appie late in the third period and Johnny Arkfelt of Battle Creek, 4 plunged over for the final tally of, A I III 1 fll the game from the one yard line.j^ I South Dakota never iTllirV I ringhaus passed to Gandee for the score. Illinois made only two serious scoring threats. The first was on the final play of the second period when Stan- been permitted to go the route the contest. Their big line was ley Stasica intercepted one of Deen perm uca 10 go me luuie hv the hard run-: nnM 0 nn his .35 and was guess.

i I ei's 27 points in the game fiavej stx-rnan finnbaU, will pxjrdue back Michigan couldn't him a total of 71 tor the day in a' stop. He smashed over from the tops in the Rocky Mountain 877 -benefit battle for the North Platteli-yard line in the second period Jensen and Hiskasky first touchdown and Cromer in the rout of the officials of both schoolsjihcn came back in the final period manned Nebraska Methodists.l of the battle to dive to the 1-yard line from BLANCIIAKD Davis simply never functioned as usual, superb. For the third Army forwards. ripped to shreds by the hard run-1 passes on his 35 and ning Cadets backs, and their own ran 60 yards to the Ohio five "as the gun fired. time against a major opponent PFNN LK The second Illini threat was ARMY shortly after the start of the third IMiicr Coulter both ramming over for a pair of tallies late last week.

Wesleyan only score came downs came out 29 to where Dave Shaw scored. Tackle Tom Hughes converted once. 'the fourth period with Darrel! Berg completing four straight pa.sses. the last one going 15 yards for a touchdown into the waiting arms of Don French in the end zone. JDIIN KNHIIIT once again stood out on the offense for the victims, with Berg and Gerald Fly helping shoulder the offense.

Cromer was the big gun in the 3. 2 guiiiin. Kiri- v.inning attack, helping the Tutors amass 663 yards in passing and rushing to 238 for Wesleyan. I gliatlerH i.riiwuh'r» GREKI.KY Owfn With I l-O Will rtVMiio WORCESTER. (UP).

of football lightning struck AnTok! twice in the same place Saturday Mfllin TovRfto Shaw Hta Weoer period. Ueruinetta hcaVed Summary, WKHLKYAN LK KrffU'h l.T UJ WlRi'man RG RT RK Miller i shatter the cherished bowl LH Auguktyn dreams of Holy Cross and handj RH favorcd Cru.saders their first Kninht crotnrr the SCason, 14 tO 6. scoring r.rciley. Croniir 4. wbile 25,000 fans and representatives of both the Sugar Bowl and the Orange Bowl looked at this year Davis figured in an savtuky Army score on the second play, ag from scrimmage when he raced 27 yards around right end for a rt Rcichcnhncii touchdown after only 2.28 of play.

RE Each of the Cadet.s' All-America; twins had scored 16 touchdowns; rh ocuber during the season. 7 The Quakers, barely beaten by! Navy and generally regarded the eastern team most likely to navu Grimenateln, Richmond. roint extend the West lointeis, 7 lall place- knocked back on their heels at 13 0 3, J. Koldberg Tucker Blanchard 7 28 1.3 -61 0 0 Blanchard 3. From his own 43 Stasica a pass to Ray Ciszek which was good for 47 yards to the Buck 10.

FOUR PLAYS gained a net of only six yards, however, and Ohio took the ball on downs, only to yield a safety to the Illini. Bob threatened and Iheir only sustained attack of any sort came late in the fourth period after Potsy Clark had cleared the bench. So hopeless the Coyote cau.se that llie Huskers vv-ere deliberately pa.ssing to the Dakota safety to give them a chance to carry the ball. THE SCORE was largest recorded by a Nebraska team the Rose Bowl 53 to 2 triumph over Kansas au Lawrence in 1940. Nebraska marked up 22 first downs again.sl seven for the in- LOS ANGELES.

(UP). The Univcr.sity of California at Saturday upset St. coliege football team 13 to 7 before 90,000 spectators at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Fourteen point uruierdogs to the St. Mary's team, expected to com- plclo its fir.st undefeated season in 53 years and cinch a bid for the Sugar Bowl, U.C.L.A.

yielded a fir.st p'criod touchdown on a fumble, then stormed back to win in the last minute of play. It was a great victory for the fighting U.C.L.A. team, which al- Iho outplaying St. for al- 7 button-eyed Field, Temple struck on OI NTRY CILV.MPS—Ed University of Nebraska cross country track team is the unofficial Big Six champion this fall. The Husker runners defeated Iowa State, Kansas and Missouri.

The Oklahoma and Kansas State squads have bowed to Nebra.ska victims, leaving the Scarlet clad lads with the only unblemished record. The squad is a.s follows; Left to right. Gerald Kolbo, Springfield; Joe Martin, Broken Bow; Tom Whipple, Nebraska City; Wayne Roads, Scottsbluff; Don North Platte and Dean Lincoln, I the ground twice in the second pe- and again in the final stanza to end their season in a blaze of glory. Tho they had won six of their seven games, the Owls faced the kickoff on the short end of 3 to 1 ixids against the Holy Cross team that had not dropped a game in collegiate competition since November, 1943. Jake Leielil Oregon to Hill over ('alifoniia BERKELEY, Calif.

(UP). Jake carried the back from the University of Ore-! gon to a 20-13 victory over Uni-j versity of California before 35,000 fans Saturday. Given able assistance by Walt hard-hitting freshman haPback from Siinta Ana. who scored all three Oregon touchdowns, Leicht overcame a 13 point deficit at halftime to trounce! the Bears. liasketball resulta HH.H«.

St. Efklry 22, I OKS. URitkuftb M. lH4Tolt 41. vaders, five of the Coyote downs corning in the last few minutes of the whole game, fell victim the final quarter.

to bad breaks in the first half that Net yards gained from scvim-iseemed destined to give St. "io the Huskers, 450 e.ghth victory of tho year. the end zone, dropped a pspj Nebraska sauad which Mo.ir«* 2 2 from center which was 0 littlei if v. ui Arkf.i.i, low and was downed bv Ciszek at least half tht ball k.imo, Try 4 low ana was aowneu uy Waync Stale Teachers at MarrinRt-Ht o-tin). I 1 AVI J.

Siiliit II lit iurit; Hout PiikDln: Grand Island Thursday afttrnoon. Iwcka, V. I.d»mhrrt, ('tihalan. Atuirraon. Kmis.

Hurnliy, M'tt, Klffikcr, t'ol- Tf'Kt, WllhelnjB, KtlHtik, Hrl- ilrn, guards, Siifk. Hmittt, HuRnea, Htiyt, ftsitrra. Short, liurhanari. HI rr Baiirr. Carrtkfr; I'Tnk, Saiadan, Lalkina, SkftR, Sloan, 8 Bmllrr.

YuunR, OrartovlllP, llarrlnRton, Pick I'ulllam laland ffdlcRp, umrlrc, Joe Weir tiraaka lincaman, Cornic Collin, CrctRhton; field Judge, BUI Keefer, York cwilcge. The summary; 801 th dakii TA LK Hutiker smith LT JfihnKOii Cave Ui Costello R. RG Holfameyer Mitteer RT SedlatPk (CCi KK Kloslerciifiril gB Story Ovtens LH Ktsrher Rifhurtls KH Rohinson KB M.tore Mumford Sf-ore by 0 0 0 0 South Dakota 0 Nebraska 21 7 6 llusker-Coyotii slatistics SI BSTITl TE El 1 LH.At'K DON II.ARRlNTiTO.N shared scoring honors with Jerry Moore, rhaiking up a pair of touchdowns. Here he has just driven thru the middle for his first marker the third penod. IQ Nebraska 2 3 4 TtlIQ So.

Dakoiu 2 3 4 Til First down.s earned 10 55 2 22 I 10 5 7 First dnw ns penalty 0 1 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ball lost on dou n.s 01 0 0 10I 00I Yards lost rushing 14 977 5 391 2 23 14 57 96 Yards lost .,14 9 00 23 26 3 19 30 Passes attempted 3 3 4 8 18 35 16 15 Passes incomplete 1 3 2 3 9 1 4 I 4 10 Own pas.ses intercepted 0 1 34 11 0 0 3 Passes completed 2 0 I 2 5 1 00 2 3 Yards gained on 33 2.52482 10 0 0 26 36 Net yards gained .188 131 102 29 450 10 17 11 64 102 Punts 0 022 4 2 3 2 3 10 Punts average 0 0 2925375331 35 31 34 PuntH returned 19 27 38 16 100 0 0 9 0 9 Punts blocked by 0 000 0 0 0 0 00 Kickoffs 4 3 1 1 9 0 0 1 01 Kickoff yardage 178143 44 44409 0 0 60 0 60 Kickoff returned 0 0 000 483825 11 122 Fumbles 1 00 1 0 0 2 0 2 Ball lost on 0 0 000 0 0 2 0 2 Own fumbles recovered 0 I 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 Penalties 1 7 12112 3 10 6 Penalty yardage 4515 20 95 10 25 5 0 10 Field goals attempted 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Field goals 0 0 000 0 00 0 0.

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