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Evansville Courier and Press from Evansville, Indiana • 45

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Olmimr mti Ifess Section Sports Want Ads ndi EVANSVILLE INDIANA SUNDAY OCTOBER 21 1951 INDIANA WRECKS OHIO GRID DREAM 32-10 I IM III 4 Purdue Fumbles Away Its Chances Bows To Wisconsin 4 a 4 I 4 4 14 14 4 4 4 4 EVANSVILLE COLLEGE CONQUERS UNDEFEATED MURRAY IN UPSET 14-13 Section Sports Want Ads BUCKEYES BEATEN IN BIG UPSET D'Achflle German Byers Van Ooyen Sparkle In Victory- BADGERS PASS TO 31:7 WIN Jack Throws Keep Boilermakers Back on Their Ileela Br DICK ANDERSON LAFAYETTE Ind Oct 30 A brilliant fall cun bora down on the football hallowed turf of Roca Ade Stadium here this afternoon but It nerved only to highlight and to spotlight two widely different techniques of handling a pigskin The final scare was Wisconsin 3L Purdue 7 and the slightly paunchy old timers from the 1926 Purdue team who were the honored guests today had verjHlttle guest to be nappy about And neit ri xv- 4 'v Indiana's Gene Gedmaa eatchea a long paaa from Lou Achilla far Mm coalers' second touchdown against Ohio 810100 surprised Buckeyes at Cohaaboa Ohio Achilla alas kicked the extra point on the next play to send Indiana late a 1S-S lead 4 4 4 0 font oh It wnn a ramp for the resurgent Cream end Crimsoa team Achilla epsalag Indiana touchdown sad completed seven af It passes as Bucks the worst defeat la years 32-ia (Arms Telephoto) SOUTH Georgia Tach 7 Auburn 0 Mississippi Tulana 0 Virginia 7 Florida 7 13 Vanderbilt 4 7 William A Mary 0 Carolina St 7 Maryland 7 Carolina 7 Tennessee 0 Alabama Rice 14 7 0 taatera Xrntecky Braklna a Randolph-Maaon HI: juniia Hopkins BB Mam an Henry Marrytllla II BBitk j'1 Uull All Iww Bo Carolina Cnltess Trans: Hrky 7 0-17 7-7 7 11-SS 7 30-34 0 7 2t 0 14 35 0 0-14 7 13-37 1-13 0 14-28 0 4-7 Uiaaaao Tack 4 Waatarn Kick Provide Edge In Bitter Tilt By BILL ROBERTSON A persistent attack and a stouthearted defense by Evansville College sent the Murrey Thoroughbreds reeling from foe ranks of the undefeated in resounding upset last night at Reitz Bowl Rated three-touchdown undcr-doga fay the "shrewd" observers the comeback Punda Aces surprised the' swift ana powerful Thoroughbreds with a first-quarter touchdown then struck back when behind late in foe contest to throw the Ohio Valley Conference race info a free-for-alL Matched in touchdowns by Coach Fred Faurot's slippery disciples of the Misaouri-T the unexpected Evansville triumph waa moulded into reality on the toe of Halfback Jerry David David who missed three extra-point chances a week earlier against Quincy College converted after Howard Kerne had rambled 34 yards for the Aeea first touchdown Then with possible victory hinging on his kick in the fourth quarter he did it again Rut It Waa Bwret Neither conversion of 1 1 grace particularly the second one which seemed to drift over Murray's massed defense- and bound crazily and capriciously through the uprights That secured the cherished triumph for foe Acre but foe sur-Ing outcome was not finally ea until Evansville's intrepid nse had to twice atop savage determined Murrey drives inside their 20-ysrd line Some 400 fans got to the Isolated west side to see Coach Don Ping's resurgent lads fashion their moat Important victory of the season over an old rival that had romped over Missouri Mines Tennessee Tech Eastern Kenturky and Marshall in earlier engagement! It was the fourth triumph In six starts for Evansville their second victory In two Ohio Valley Conference encounters Curb Rinrag Attack In beating I he nigh-geared Murray machine the Area had to curb some of the fastest-stepping barks and the hardest rharging linemen In Kenturky collegiate football Well fortified with reserve strength and well-oiled on attark Murray had seemed well on for way to sweeping through the conference until the Area threw foelr full-scale defiance into their path-ay There was lltlie resemblance to last night's Evansville College team and the one that was reeked Into liatlessnesa by Western Kentucky Mime three weeks ago Everything that waa missing at Howling (irren seemed to be bark In the arsenal Iasi night and no re again tlw promise of early September seems a burning reality again Area genre Kind After a acerriem first quarter Evansville expkidod for a quick tmtnhdewn early in the second period after Hob Wonlry had recovered a fumble by Joe Mil lino In midfield A nine-yard thrust by Wonlry and a five-yard penally agalnat the Racers gave foe Ping-men first down on tlie 34 Then Howard Keene the weaver from Calesliurg took a wide pltchnut to the left ambled rau-tiously down the sideline carefully picked up good blocking protection and went 34 yards for the lint touchdown of the game But foe echoes of the College band had hardly died away when a 140-pound freshman halfback from Brownsville Tenn Jack Cain spoiled foe whole effect Cain whose flying heels constitute Coach secret tong-range weapon caught Don Folz's kickoff on foe ten yard line fumbled it picked it up and headed downficld As Evansville tacklers began to move in upon him he squirmed and darted and dashed like mad into the open- and was going full speed ns he crossed foe goal Una after a 90-yard run An Even Again Fullback Bernie Behrcndt kicked the extra point and Just 18 seconds after Evansville had taken 7-4) frd the game was again even at Thla electrifying run seemed to he the signal for the Murray attack to start moving Driven back to their own 14 a short time later on one of usual fine punts the Racers exploded for another touchdown in just ten plays Behrendt the 190-pound spearhead from Cairo 111 got away on well-planned and beautifully-executed run of 50 yards before Ray Bawel and Wooley caught him on the Evansville 14 The Racers drove ahead to a first down on foe three and three times the Aces repulsed their charge only to see Fullback Hal Gaines take a wide pitchout on fourth down and ramble around left end for the score This time Behrendt missed the important extra kick and that cleared the way for Evansville's fourth quarter rally and ultimate victory Long Drive Falls Late hi foe third quarter Evansville recovered another Murray fumble on their own 35 and drove 61 yards to foe four-yard line only to see imminent victory wiped out momentarily when Gaines intercepted a Charley Fisher pass on foe five and returned almost to midfield But the stiffening Evansville defense forced Murray to punt and faltering kick from foe toe of (Continued ea Page 8-C) By danie OHIO STATE STADIUM Oolum bus Oct Indiana Unlver sity's down-trodden football giant woke up here foil afternoon to blast (foio State's vaunted Buck eyes with a stunning display of gridiron prowess The lloosiers poured It on through the air and on foe ground to win 32 to 10 and gain their most decisive victory over tha Buckeyes in 33 games A startled crowd of 74265 fana saw tha revitalized llooaiers take charge erf the game in the first quarter and retain their mastery until tha finish over tha pre-ses-son Big Ten number one tram which was favored to win by three touchdowns today The linos lera rushed over three touchdowns In foe' first quarter one in the second period and an other in the fourth quarter Ohio attack stopped by i alert and fiercely fighting tao-kllng Indiana defensive platoon kicked a field goal In the first quarter and gained touchdown In the final period after recovering an Indiana fumble on tha seven yard line D'Arhlltn Gedmaa Mar I -Two Pennsylvania boys Quarterback Lou DVAchllle 'and Fullback Pat Gedman and Rnbby Robert from South Bend Ind spar klrd in Indiana's versatile attack Little D' Achilla hit hia 1950 form aa he completed seven of 13 passes and gained 39 yards In 11 rushes Tha llttla lefty waa duck ing dodging throwing and run ning with amazing rfltolency And hia understudy DU-k Ashbumer alao was outstanding completing three of four passes on for touchdown 1 The thunder In Gedman'a ground charges coupled with the lightning in D'Arhlllr'a arm were more than Uie Hurkrya defense eouki handle Gedman gained 48 yards In 14 carries Anil Iloltertnon gifted namer showed hia old form in thla sun-rilled aladlum thla afternoon He fcalncd 47 yards In nine attempts and earns through In tha clulelies with hia rushes and IHinta Gedmaa Scores Twice Gedman scored two touchdowns no on a three-yard plunga and ilio other on 19-yard pasi from P'Achllle D' Achilla also threw a Til pass to Luft and Aahhurner hit Cliff Anderson tha big Negro end for a tauchdmm Hnhrrtann got I he other Indiana touchdown on six yard plufige While the Indiana attack moved with authority on the ground and In the air tne Hnosier defensive warrior covered themselves with Jerry Van Ooyen senior fullback from Antlgo Wls turned in of tha greatest defensive per formanrea ever seen in this capital of college football Ha abm down Ohio State's highly regard ed runners with tackles that popped And he Intercepted one pass that led to a TD Evansville's a a Byers played an outstanding game at defensive left halfback His tackled All-American Vie Janowlcz several times when the Ohio star back was in the game foe flrat half Jano wicz suffered a hip bruise and only came in to kick the extra point in the last half Other Stan End Bob Inserra Halfback John Davis and Quarterback Ray Pa trauskaa were among foe other defensive atalwarta in the Cream and Crimson The Hboalers were magnificent in the first half when they won the game They gained S3 yards rushing and 106 passing completing five of seven tosses The first downs were 10 to 10 but foe Hoo-siers had the winning kick today and foe Buckeyes Mew when the blue chips were down It was 10th victory in the series They have tost 20 and three games have been ties Indiana's explosion astonished the gridiron experts aa well as tha Buckeyes and the spectators Tha Boosters fell 48-6 before Notre Dame tost to Michigan 33-14 and beat Pittsburgh 13-6 before today's game The Buckeyes had beaten Southern Methodist 7-0 tied Wisconsin 6-6 and tost to Michigan State 24-20 The lloosiers were stopped on receiving tha kickoff and Robertson punted to foe Ohio 20 Jano wicz fumbled on foe first play and Junior End Bob Inserra of Motion gahela Fa recovered for Indiana on the 14 D' Achilla tost two Gedman made two and then D'Achille hit senior End Don Luft two yards from the goal line for touchdown kick waa wide Two minutes and 55 seconds had been played Hoosler Line Holds The Buckeyes marched from their 31 on taking foe kickoff to the Indiana eight where Indiana's defensive platoon rose up in all its might to hurl them back Byers nailed Janowicz for a three yard loss on the first play Janowicz threw an Incomplete (Continued ea Page 4-C) Head Coach Stu Holcomb and his assistants as they watched the butterfingered Boilermakers fumble away any ant of a chance they had against the Invaders from Madison Nine times Purdue fumbled and tlx of the nine were lost to Wisconsin's eager Badgers The defeat was Purdue's first in two conference games and their third for the season and In every one of the defeats Coach Holcomb can sit and ponder the whya and the wherefores of one kid being able to hold on to a football and another not He seems possessed of the type who cannot Dangeroaa Passing Benefitting from the tdegree temperature and the perfect passing weather Wisconsin called on their see heaver Jaek Coatta and the veteran senior did not let them down IQs pass attempts all afternoon were dangerous and while he did not account for two on his own and led directly to the third he could Just as easily have hit on two or three more Purdue's charitable tactics displayed themselves early the first period but it wasn't until the second quarter that the Badgers began to capitalize on them And once they ght the Idee they proceeded to chill a partisan crowd of 40000 fans who had looked perhaps to some sort of a football miracle When the announcement of Indiana's driest of Ohio State came with eight minutes left in the Purdue game the crowd began to file out of the stadium first touchdown came early in the second quarter when the big- Wisconsin line which had harried little Dale Samuels the Purdue passer all afternoon broke through and three big-white-maroon clad bruisers surrounded him The ball was knocked out of his hands and Wisconsin recovered deep in their own territory Purdue Never Recovers On the first play Coatta dropped back shot one down the middle and Bob Young who was wide open let the bell trickle through his hands' In came Sophomore Jerry Witt out went Young end back went Coatta he cocked his arm let fly on the very same pass and Witt gobbled it in and seconds later he was brought down on the Purdue 8-yard line After a couple of tries hard working Alan Ame-che a relative of the former movie star slid wide cut back and scored standing up Coatta kicked the point and Purdue never recev- Purdue got a sickening break for i few minutes later when they did nanage to click on a pass play that went all the way for a touch-lawn but was nullified when the leadlinesman caught both aide off-lids Wisconsin picked four of their SI Snta on a couple of safeties the it following the opening touch-lown Mat Werle punting for Pur-iue got a high pass from center ind he couldn't get the kick away the Wisconsin line breaking through to block It the ball going jut otthe end zone and two points to the Badger total Football rules say the team having had the safety scored against them must kick off and Purdue lid fullback Amrche taking the ImII on his own 20 and racing to the S4 before he was brought down Dn the next play he banged his way up to the Purdue 47 a hard-knocking run all the way Second Safety Now It was time for young Mr Coatta and he dropped back In the passing slot sent the ball sailing right down the middle and Into foe mphomoric arms of Jerry WItt He wt innim on over for the touch- and Coatta kicked the point Wisconsin's second safety came foe start of the third period len Samuels was swarmed on as tried to pass deep down and the ill was knocked back Into the tone for two points Purdue's bedraggled charges ough renewed hope to their ickers however when big Jim hltmer recovered a bad handoff foe Wisconsin backfleld on the iaconain three Two plays later nlor Don Kasperman banged er for the score and Samuels rked the point In this drive It was foe corner cklhg of Herman Montgomery lich set foe stage for the Boiler-aker marker He angled hia ck at the corner and hit It on nose The ball going out on three In the only tangle In backfleld all afternoon Win-main's Coatta i laughed the ball at Whttmer came barging rough to grab it He was so (Continued oa rags S-C) snu Harold Fsverty (St) end Jerome Smith (7S) tackle and Bob Kennedy (SI) taekle- Purdue men are: Joe Weljyo (71) tackle and Joe KhtMnnkl (SI) guard Aeme Telephoto) Jerry Thorpe Purdue halfback fumble as he's hit hard first quarter of the game with Wtacnnida Roger Hamburg (II) and another Rodger maha too tackle Other Wisconsin men In the play San- nnranra Mltelaalpnl roll' I MlaalaalpM Indaalrini Mi boa rills Collaaa Morria-Srovn 44: A lint a AimiHUno Mi Xllaaksth (ill Trhra i Duka VPI I Tinnaaaao Taeh 14: Woatern XS 7 BENT California 7 7 0 Mo Calif o' 0 )4 SI Oregon Stela 7 0 Wash Slat 7 13 0-20 A iiitiiO 21 Oregon 0 0 0 Stanford 7 0 7 Suita aaraH 0 7 7 4-14 Wranilni Srtaham Vnwi 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lot 9-0 But foe game was closer than foe score indicates In fact Fullback Anderson's run of 70 and 30 yards gave the Liana 177 yards rushing compared with US for the visitor It was Anderson however who was tackled behind foe Lincoln goal in the first period to give the visitors their first two points In the next quarter Ted Smith right end grabbed screen pass for the only touchdown of the game ita JS mlth brISL kaon XchOlt eaasesaqLOsaesae Campbell S3 Oldham Brtdjeq RT If Inlthcn JJf Smith foemlna Cpiwy Green ImRHIIIIMJI SnMIn 4sra joT ease I i 11 Pwm talcri-ratod br I Yard law ecaaluca LOCAL Central a 14 Jeffersonville 0 BIG TEX Indiana 19 Ohio Stats 3 Minnesota 7 Nebraska 7 Wisconsin 0 Purdua 0 Michigan 7 Iowa 0 Michigan Stats 13 Penn StaU 0 Northwestern 7 Nsvy 4 7 4 0 0 II It 0 II 4-31 0-14 0 30 II 0 7 7 7 0 I 0 It 7 7 7 7-11 O-lt 7 1-30 20-58 4-26 0-41 0- 6 Illinois Washington a a a a i 7 11 7 0 INDIANA COLLEGES Earlham 12 20 6 Anderson' 7 6 7 Wabash 21 14 Olivet 0 0 0 Hanover 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