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Cornhuskers' 1940 Opener Sunuau uuuiai oimiui INDIANA 1 3 TO 6 d. A Ur Mlnnoenta. .1 7 mill IfH UJ iriHHUVrvrj Longhorn Tallies Come in Second. Third: Passes Rohrig toRohii Serial Good for Reds Come Back on Even Terms With Tigers, 5 2 ie galloping LonKhorns were to shake the dogged, Scarlet Marker GoplMf Hm hwrita irtoi Margin in Fourth. BY DON KELLOGG tfKMOItlAL UMDM Minne.

apohs Minn Two mighty football mggernauts battled atvagely here Saturdav with t'niversity of Minnesota'. QoMoi Gophers finally soumt; II ft) WOtOFJ over the Nebraska Cornhuskers at 41.000 persons looked on. 1 charging Hoosiers, wl Hal Even Again te'r. dropped from short PlDerrtoer TENNESSEE BEATS deep into his end 8 a a pUnt formation il pass, hoping 5 2 2 1 0 0 ft was a sad hope Cram caught 5 0 2 13 0 0 on the dead run on Indiana's 43. 2 0 1 0 0 0 darte(1 first to his left, then right.

1 1 1 Series in DUKE BY 1 3 TO 0 liA iront Smi to lutl Vols Score Twice in Second jo't0" Minnesota. Coach "Major" Biff Jones' Huskers played their heart out. Coming from behind, the valiant Nebraska rew found its cheek rudely slapped by lady luck. 5 0 1 4 0 0 cuet hack to the sidelines as the 5 0 10 10 Crimson jerseyed Hoosiers formed Period to Overcome I teach Stream 0 0 3 0 STATISTICS. the 30 they hit mm ana am tlftind but kept on going until I finally fell out of bounds on Vaunted Devils.

I Out. of II Totals 38 ft a the 6 yard line. Detro K.Vo.WlLLK T.nn lift. The Bartell, 4 0 0 1 0 0 Harkins Scores. 1 0 0 0 0 0 A five yard penalty for ba.

..2 1 1 2 0 0 field in motion was wiped it 4 0 0 5 3 0 a thrust at right tackle, the ball Tennessee Vols' grid prestige punctured in the 1940 Rose Bowl Genr)nger, 2b BY JUDSON BAILEY. BRIGGS STADUM, Detroit'. The courageous Cincinnati Reds coursed back onto even terms in the 1940 world series Saturday by muzzling the Detroit Tigers 5 to 2 on the five hit pitching of big ill mm mr game, was patched and pumped Greenberg, If up skin tight Saturday with a York. id sparkling i io victory 3b Htggii 2 0 0 13 1 0 direct pass from center and lit ".4 1 1 10 0 erallv ambled around right end .4 0 2 1 9 1 for Texas' second touchdown. Not 2 0 0 2 0 0 i der toui hed him.

Mike Bue 1 0 0 0 1 0 chianieri blocked Sanders' at 1 0 0 0 1 0 tempted placekick and Texas led The Reds raided three Detroit Tory. Recardless the Huskers countered ways on the attack se Minnesota superior crowd of 64.093 who ated fans who overflowed Shielc for the fourth fracas vVatkins stadium sat thrilled an ual autumn classic. amazed as Coach Bob Neyland turned 0 0 0 0 1 0 Indiana was the whole show in 1 0 0 0 0 0 the MlMI flfi! POftOd Mike outcome. They kept up a more or lss team, forsaking for the first Un end, fum under "the Blue Devils HERE IS BILL DALEY of Minnesota picking his hole onfrtkta legs 1 important contribution test was the strong a i hurling For more than three quarters, Nebraska was on even terms. Then.

Bruce Smith. Bierman stellar back, dropped back, fired a perfect pitch fee 00 CftBlOlB MB with a tricky new snui. some fancy ball juggling and more pass spot in ho' scrim ma ge, line piUuip. He just Dt rch got over ft ith tftft bftll bfttofi of Derringer. 31 2 527 16 1 opening kickoff and the Hoosiers smitfi opened a drive that kept Texaa for McKam 55 own territory the entire 'or Bartell in period.

Coach Dana X. Bible MlftHtllUd 100 oio5 1 001 0002 2iS mrist break ganged ny a nai wnvu imwm Jonnson. and xne uopner ena romped Into the end zone for th difference in the score. mi m. luih second quarter, a pass gooa ior Caught Napping.

Cardinals and four the Reds, and this his first poir.ts ui I lunge following Petsch and the Nebraska senior tout hdown. but that doesn't tell the story of the way the Vols i swarmed over the befuddled Blue Devils. s'arted the s. ai let on its way ly a few minutes before, was as a bit of surprise strategy on the part of Manager Bill Mc Ke. hme determined to stifle the Tiger sluggers.

He dit it with the same stout hearted elbowing F. McCormick; Der lyers to F. McCormick. One invasion. ntht tackle, passed eight yards high in the air and swung his arms frantically at the looping ball, but the oval sailed over him that he has used to pull tne national league champions out of many another tight hole.

jn base: to Mai Kutner for a first down on olt (AL) the two. Twice he plunged at right Trout 1 tackle and the second shot pushed nessee territory. The remainder of the time the Blue Devils were rocking back on their heels, the midtuld stripe only a miracle. At least twice the Vols had Struck attempted placement, hut Sanders (Bartell. snatched the ball off the ground 1 Der and circled down the sidelines and into Johnson's am and the ball game was just as good as over.

A quick opening play that allowed sophomore Fullback, Bill Daley, to shoot out in the open space, set up the pins for the first Minnesota touchdown in the ser ond quarter. The Husker No 2 i team was completely surprised as Daley started out and Clarence Herndon grabbed for him desperately but the Grand Island tackle little Bullet passed to Fred Campbell Tin nn Mi 1 1 tt a the toUf he pitched the toughei he became, giving no hits and no walks after the sixth inning The Reds, in the meantime, had pounced Oil Paul THj" Trout for two runs in the first inning nnd shelled him off the mound before he got anybody out in tha if. Ule i the ball squarely runs, ft starting late in the third Jimmy in his hands, but he dropped it. In hit in 4 passing attack tnai carried third); Smith, the final period fcioo Anariuge sprinted into a corner of the end zone to gather in a pass from Buist Warren, but he was juggling innings; McK: Innings. Wild Umpires: Texas' 38 at the start of the fourth Petsch gave the Huskers the 11 (NL) 1b; and Zimmer cut it by yards stepped out ot plate; quarter with his intercepted lot Mernik's bullet like toss The 2:06.

itendance: i Guire passes to Dumke and Howard Elliott nlus a roughing pen The first touchdown was richly rned. It climaxed a steady 63 Ungles lie Husker returned 10 yards to tl 50 yard stripe only to find that a holding penaltv would set Nebraska back to its own 35. ird drive, featured by the plunges i Bob Foxx and Ike Peel, and the um iwrragftr" one IO go. UWW mmmwm mm, 1 I An nLUOiMlMO nuuu drama than BRIGHAM YOUNG. 12 attempt or exua pou.u fore, Mike Ival GcKximan slan pitch into the lef for a double and a eye.

uooaman Laat Tuesday a tmra siru Luther Gets Loose. On the first play, Walter "Butch" Luther, the fleetest of the entire Husker squad. started around his own left side on one of third University of Ltah kc.isku.s n. himself when Pinky Hig i promoted to the second string desperate, iasi pwkm i Big i tilt pie get thru him for at Trout was touched for singles in the second it ose famous Husker reverses He In't appear to be going any rther than the line of scrimmage, it brilliant wriggling finally Young of Provo. 12 to 6 at lM Ute stadium in Salt Lake ot ttmmm Saturday.

TofU be "I d. ig" o'l off. v. vhich Sub End Scores. icn Foxx eased back from the 33, looking for a pass re he spotted this same Al far off to the left and gal st rone ly Foxx shot the ball ahead of the flying figure, took it in stride on the 10 i air bled on over the goal.

I made it 7 to 0 with a place line that charged like a mad LVT.sen Coutar quarterback. directly to the opposite sidelines. straightened out again ana weni crossing the line. untmna ROY PETSCH MADE A DESPERATE effort to snag this pa l's in the LLlZbutJo iernik. ever a tho, I h.uh to knock the ball from the Cowboy's outstretched hands.

toU. hdow As usual, the Blue Perfect Pass Play Ruins Huskers Perfect Season Is were punching away haim deep in their own territory Creighton Rims White Sox Win From Cubs, li 2 WALTER E. DOBBINS. INNEAPOLIS, Minn. Ne ka' dreams of an unde Nebraska over the 40 year od has won only four times, has not beaten the Gophen Minneapolis since 1902.

CHICAGO. UH, On three I J. feated I secutive singles after er out in the ninth, the edged the Cubs. to high in gridin was Major Jones' comment aft the battle. "The Gophers had I Big Red Turns to Pas 5 1 to Rout Surprised Colgate.

one game under their smooth off the rough spot The Huske athout a serious injury advantage in the sene bovs. particularly the (N) ah vta yen. were pretty badly ised seven sophomores Bryant IV Aden Zikmund. Bunker. Burdette Wert uSSSttt ill ItojSS alph Whitehead.

Howard mee. on rf nd Vic Schleich. Of the th colors flying. I PRINCETON SQUEEZES PAST VANOY, 7 TO I Min of pli COLORADO COLLEGE IN by RoH VICTORY OVER NORMAL COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo.

(INSi. Showing unlooked for strength, the Colorado College Tigers Saturday drubbed the visiting yard only a few seconds before and of Nebraska. Nebraska's tackling was ragged, typical of early season play. In the first period the Huskers were slow getting into the Gopher backfield while Minnesota was using quick opening plays effectively. Major Jones may have to change his battle plan for the Saturdav in the Commodores' Palmer Stadium debut before 16.000.

153 vards: all told the 'Then' the all important try The Tigers scored every pe manr.e.g. Yanderbilt drove wdthin 1 gained 239 yards by com ng 12 passes out of 17. ringer took ci away and struck out sota had experienced reserves. Coach Bernie Bierman didn't use as many men as Nebraska, calling upon onlv 15 replacements, while Major Jones used two full teams plus Kelly. Bunker, Schleich.

Theos Thompson and Hank Rohn. 27 men in all. But Bierman substituted more often while the Biffer was forced to use his regulars thru most of three periods. To Nebraska's first team and to Hermie "Roly Poly" Rohrig goes the palm. This bunch fought their hearts out.

After Luther's brilliant 66 yard galop had been nullified bv an offside penalty, The victors for point. With all the coolness anyone could hope to possess, Rohrig. with air took up a HARVARD RALLItb UMCUIIUftTnw 4wn pc Saturday for the double unit idea gers one point edge. Tired from lack of reserve strength, the Com out before against didn't V225VSLE2! BEATEN BY KENTUCKY swept mod, missed fust down ny ly to right and came hurrying hotne as Higgins lifted a tremendous fly against the right field than a yard. Princeton scored its touch.

The game siooa uea ai au hn the third quarter expired. Then came a surprise. For the first time since he started out his two team system. Major Jones de Meier and Burruss showed the effects of their recent illness and injuries, a fact that permitted Howard Kelly to get his baptism just before half time N0DAK STATE BEATEN being outplayed for almost three LEXINGTON, Ky. UP).

Kentucky periods, Harvard's supposedly powered its way to a 47 to 12 vic strong line settled down and pro Saturday before 12,000 over vided its ball carriers with the sup pory TA. washine Aller teral. from I Paul Ri the Nebraskans bucked right up BY MONTANA STATE BOZEMAN, Mont. UP). The Mon tana State Bobcats pushed across Minnesota presentea Huskers could nearly evitable approaching.

to 0 victory over Amherst Satur ton and Lee gridiron team that day before a 15,000 opening game packed a highly effective short ALABAMA SCORES EARLY TO WHIP MERCER. 20 0 hird peri Late McNic In the last period Sheldon Dietz 48 yard et the stage for the second more fl nuchdown by intercepting a pass once or Amherst's 15 yard Une. I Black..