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Section Today All-City Team SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1959 for Sports rrno It's Wisconsin, 11-7; 'Cats Stumble. 28-0 Pairs' I css. -i St' 4 QB Hackbart Passes Illinois Gives Ray Eliot Royal Sendoff-a Win CHAMPAIGN, 111. (UPI) Illinois played football for the last time under coach Ray Eliot Saturday and burst Northwestern's Rose Bowl bubble in a 28-0 rout. A capacity crowd of 65,697 came to see a close match that would help decide the Big Ten championship, but in- Gophers into Ground MINNEAPOLIS (UPI) Dale Hackbart, a limp-legged quarterback who charges up his team with brilliant passing and running, sparked Wisconsin to a last-period touchdown and an 11-7 victory over Minnesota Saturday to give the Badgers the Big Ten championship and a Rose Bowl berth.

It was Wisconsin's first undisputed Big Ten football; stead watched the Illini defeat their traditional rivals with title since 1912 How Big Ten Ended monotonous ease. It was revenge for the Illini, who were knocked out of a Rose Bowl bid bv Northwestern in 1950. The defeat also knocked Northwestern, which had led the Big Ten from the start of Hackbart, a senior who has been a Badger standout for two seasons, lifted Wisconsin to the title with a superb signal-calling job. His passing led an 80-yard downfield scoring parade with less than nine minutes to play to beat the Gophers. He scored the touchdown! himself on a one-yard plunge1 CONFERENCE ALL GAMES PF PA PF PA Wisconsin 5 2 0 97 85 7 2 0 157 105 MICH.

STATE 4 2 0 110 91 5 4 0 149 118 Illinois 4 2 1 82 59 5 3 1 111 93 Purdue 4 2 1 81 74 5 2 2 109 81 Northwestern 4 3 0 99 97 6 3 0 174 134 Iowa 3 3 0 119 68 5 4 0 233 100 MICHIGAN 3 4 0 89 134 4 5 0 122 161 Ohio State 2 4 1 69 84 3 5 1 83 114 Indiana 2 4 1 86 85 4 4 1 142 105 Minnesota 1 6 0 66 121 2 7 0 98 159 on third down. Then, to insure that the Gophers couldn't come up with a field goal and tie the game in a last-minute surge, he completed a pass to end Henry Der- the season, from first place to fifth in the final standing. Illinois finished in a tie for third with Purdue. The Illini delivered a steady one-two punch of fullback Bill Brown up the middle and halfback John Counts around the ends. Illinois worked the combination with routine precision and came up with a new twist in the last period when Brown found a wide hole in the Wildcat line and sprinted 69 yards for a i touchdown.

t'TI'mf i i' in mniiwi iniiim vri in i mfc Mitrii'ii it Him i hi vt Tony Kio turned juggler, but held onto the ball for Michigan's first touchdown leth for a two-point conversion and the four-point margin. IT WAS Hackbart's game and he put on the finishing touch on the last play of the game. He hauled in a desperation pass by the Gophers' Larry Johnson deep in Wisconsin territory and lateraled to teammate Bob Altman for a 40-yard return to Minnesota's 40. Hackbart tried 18 passes and completed nine of them for 149 yards. But none equaled the 51-yard pitch to end Al Schoonover during the touchdown drive.

Schoonover was knocked appy Ending for U-M! Ohio State Upset, 23-14 STILL TIE, 3-3 Wings Can Hold Horvath Special to ttt Free Press BOSTON The Red Wings couldn't halter Bronco Horvath Saturday night and had to settle for a 3-3 tie with the Boston Bruins. Horvath, the National Hockey League's hottest player, scored the tying goal and assisted on the other two Bruin IT WAS the second touchdown of the game for the junior fullback, whose scoring plunge in the final second last veek delayed Wisconsin's rush to the conference Title. The twin victories ended Eliot's coaching career. The Illini coach since 1942 is changing jobs next year and will become the university's assistant athletic director. Eliot, the dean of big ten coaches, had coached the Illini to conference championships in 1946, 1951 and 1953.

Illinois scored at' least once in each period and almost went for a second touchdown in the final period. John Easterbrook got the first Illini score on a one-vard bone crushing football, the Wolverines blasted out a 23-14 decision over Ohio State to drop the curtain on the 1959 campaign. A crowd of 90.093 sat enthralled as the two old foes BY HAL MIDDLESWORTII Free Press Staff Writer ANN ARBOR Another low, low season for once-mighty Michigan ended on a high, high note Saturday. With a return to oldtime stormed up and down the brown turf of the gigantic Michigan Stadium -with a display of the crispest blocking and hardest tackling of the season. For Michigan it was a markers.

down on the Gopher 26 and it took eight plays to go over. Altman was nearly as valuable on defense to Wisconsin, who completed its regular season with seven victories and two losses in a conference record of 5-2. Melnyk. Howe pulled Don MeKenney out of position and fired the puck past goalie Harry Lumley 38 seconds after Melnyk went off. But the Brains got their nAWPr rlav onirnr virith "YfplnvU Horvath's goal was his 17th of the season.

It came on a 10-footer at 8:27 of the final period after the Wrings twice rallied from one goal deficits to take a 3 2 lead. The two assists boosted the former Red Wing's league-lead still in the box when Mackell PlunSe the first period and Brown's one-yarder in the sec was set up by Jerry Toppazzini and Horvath. Mackell broke between Red Kelly and Marcel Pronovost to beat Terry A A intercepted two Minnesota passes and he returned one of them 27 yards to the Gopher eight. That play came late in the third period. And, though Minnesota's line stopped a touch- ond was the next one.

Counts ran 17 yards to cap a third period drive and Brown wound it up with his 69-yard 1 fcJ rW? "rTniiir.iii ir uil ing point total to 30 in 19 games. THE BRUINS went in in the first period, out-! shooting Detroit by a 14 -11 1 margin. Guy started the scoring at 3:53 with his seventh Murray Oliver, brought up romP behind a key block by from Edmonton last week, "nru-nng a 1 1 a Gary Kolb. Turn to Page 5. Column 1 jdown, Karl Holzwarth kicked i his seventh field goal of the season, an NCAA season record, jfor Wisconsin's first points.

Altman's other Interception First downs Rushing yardn Passing yardage FIRST PERIOD: 1-Boston. Grendon (Horvath, Stasiuk) 3:53. J-Detroit, Howe intercepted ILLI 3 IT 3- 3 5-42 I 2 19 NWtf 11 3A 10 18-J 0 4-33 A 0 Punts (Aldcorn) 3 Boston, Mrfckell (Top- goal of the season. Playing left wing on the Uke Line in place of the injured Johnny Bucyk, Gendron rapped in Horvath's rebound on his first turn on the ice. Gordie Howe got that one pazzini, Horvath) 17:43.

Penalties-Boivin Melnyk Yards penalized was in the Badger end zone, stopping a Gopher drive which had advanced to the six for what would have been a clinching touchdown. SECOND PERIOD: 7-Detroit. Oliver Illinois 7 7 7 7-JJ (Howie, Aldcorn) 7:47. i-Kelly (Del-1 vecchio, Cullen) :45. Penalties-Flaman "-L-Easterbrook 1 plunge (Wood kick).

(10-J6). Marcon (15-02). ILL W. Brown 1 plunge (Wood kick). I'ZYvr lZ "LL-Cnunts 17 run (Wood kick).

P-ILL-w. Brown run (Wood kick). (Mohns, Gendron) 1:27. Penalties Aid-corn Stasiuk Howe Minnesota scored on the! back with his 11th goal while rewarding climax to an uphill climb which has seen the Wolverines win three of their last five starts for a 4-5 finish. In the Big Ten race they closed with a 3-4 mark, good for seventh place.

All this a Might Improvement over 1958 for Michigan in Bump Elliott's first year as head coach. The Wolverines have won only seven times in 22 starts since the middle of 1957. Ohio State, toppled unexpectedly this year, finished with 3-5-1 and 2-4-1 records, the worst for Woody Hayes in his nine-year coaching career at OSU. IN" THE Michigan back-field Stan Noskin. Darrell Harper and Tony Rio ended their careers brilliantly as the Wolverines snapped the Buckeyes' two-game winning streak in the ancient series.

It was Michigan's 35th victory in 65 meetings, with two games tied. Noskin, under fire for pass interceptions all season, quar-terbacked a perfect game for the Wolverines. Scoring one touchdown and passing for another, the Chicago senior hit seven of 10 aerials for 88 yards. His only interception wa relatively harmless. RIO BARGED across for two touchdowns and Harper kicked a 29-yard field goal to close out the scoring for the Wolverines.

They never trailed but were tied, 14-14. at one point in the third quarter. Fred starting senior in the Michigan backfield, set up the Wolverines' clinching touchdown with a "scared -rabbit" run of 11 yards. His total of 54 jrds was exceeded only by Harper's 58 for Michigan. John Stamos, sophomore Turn to Page 3, Column 1 fourth play of the game when killing of a penalty to Jerry Sanford Stephens completed a 57-yard scoring toss to Arlie Bomstad.

Wisconsin, which entered the game tied with Northwestern and Michigan SUte for first place in the Big- Ten race, had to win to clinch the title College Football Scores MAHER GETS 23 PTS. Titans Pour It On Villanova the bowl opportunity. MICHIGAN STATE had finished its season and could have won the title only if both the Badgers and Wildcats had lost! Saturday. Northwestern did lose, to Illinois, 28-0, but Wisconsin did BY MARSHALL DAXX The U-D players carried coach Jim Miller off the field on their shoulders Saturday, so it is obvious that Miller's first year as new boss was a happy success. Other indications also were; shown earlier in the afternoon' i not and the vote of Big Ten athletic directors to pick the bowl team will be only a I I -rr A ws.

1 at U-D Stadium. Led by Bruce Maher's 23 First downs points, the Titans romped for VILLANOVA 14 190 13-32 3 4-26 4 DET. 19 20 129 12-24 3 2-17 3 74 4- 7-40 their highest total in the last passing yaraaga Passes Passes intercepted Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized 62 games as they drubbed old MINN. 151 14 183 151 a-14 2 0 11 WIS. 154 15 167 154 10-23 3 0 35 8-11 0- 7 Passing yardage First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Passes Passes intercepted Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized Wisconsin Minnesota fnt-.

Villanova. 40-6. Three of Villaonva Detroit 11 BIG TEN Illinois 28, Northwestern 0. MICHIGAN 23. Ohio State II.

Notre Dame 20, Iowa 19. Purdue 10, Indiana 7. Wisconsin 11, Minnesota 7. STATE DETROIT 40, Villanova 6. MIDWEST Baldwin Wallace 42, South.

Conn. 28. Bowl-Green 13, Ohio V. 9. Brigham Yg.

14, Colorado St. 13. Colorado CoL 47, Ft. Hays St. 0.

Dayton 18, Wichita 13. Fresno. St. 21. Losa.

St. 0. 111. St. Norm.

20, 111. Wesleyan 6. Kansas St. 29. Nebraska 14.

Kent St. 16, Louisville 14. New Mexico 28, Air Force 27. Missouri 13, Kansas 9. Oklahoma 35, Iowa St.

12. 35, 24. EAST Baldwin 42, Southern Conn. 28. Albright 48, Frank, and Marsh.

14. Buffalo 37, Marshall 12. C. W. Post 14.

Kings (Pa.) 8. Columbia 26, Rutgers 16. Dartmouth 12, Princeton 7. Delaware 22, Bucknell 6. Turn to Tage 7, Column 1 DET Maher 2 run (Maher kick).

DET Davis 4 run (Stonebreaker pass from Lusky). DET Maher 28 pass from Lusky (pass failed). DET Peretto 7 pass from Hanley (pass failed). DET Maher 17 run (pass failed). DET Karpowicz 3 run (Maher kick).

VIL Hopkins 1 run (pass failed). MINN Bomstad 37 pass from Stephens (Hall kick). WIS-Holzwarth 22 FG. WIS-Hackbart 1 run (Derleth pass from Hackbart). the touchdowns came in the first four minutes.

THUS THE campaign ended with three straight victories for a 6-4 overall record. All things considered, It will be a warm winter for U-D fans who scarcely can wait now for 1960. True, the Titans got big breaks for their early TDs a poor opening kickoff and two fumbles. But they also showed alertness in recovering the fumbles plus an unaccustomed flair for wide-open passing in the early stages. Michigan First downs 20 Rushing yardag 198 Passing yardage 108 Passes t-ll Passes intercepted 3 Punts 1-34 Fumbles lost I Yards penalized 10 Ohio State Michigan 7 7 OSU 20 258 130 11-1 1 1-30 2 10 -14 3-23 Navy Rehires Hardin for '60 ANNAPOLIS (UPI) Wayne Hardin, who gets his first chance to guide Navy against Army next Saturday, Saturday signed to coach the Middie football team again in 1960.

Detroit had a 21-0 lead after running just nine plays from scrimmage. These nine," five of them completed passes by Bob Lusky, covered a 47-yard drive and two quickies of 28 yard length. This spree erased all ele-Turn to Page 6, Column 3 MICH Rio I pass from Noskin (Harper kick). OSU Houston 1 pass from Fields (kick failed). MICH Noskin 1 run (Harper kick).

OSU Detrich 1 run (Herbstreit pass from Field). MICH Rio 1 run (kick failed). MICH FG Harper 2. Michigan-Ohio State name pnoto coverage by TONY SPINA and DICK TRIPP IT WAS EASY to spot Ohio State coach Woody Hayes Saturday. He was the man in shirt sleeves.

He was also the man making all the commotion. (See "As of Today," Page 3.) i i.