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Putich Carries the Mail (and the Ball) to Happy Ending for U-M i I i 1 A PLTICn fi" i i i il I 4 a I I i i I'M II BILL DARTS 'x- INTERFERENCE xjT FROM INDIANA 11 LOOK AT THAT 1 1 I i.i ii MICHIGAN OVER THE 10, HOOSIERS MOVE IN Staggers; Michi wa seers sun CO Wolverines Ramble Past Indiana, 33-14 Varied Ground-Air Attack Earns 26-0 Lead Before Subs Take Over BY HAL MIDDLESYVORTH Free Press Staff Writer ANN ARBOR Michigan's football muscles swelled anew as the Wolverines jumped into the Big Ten Conference race with a convincing 33-14 triumph over Indiana. Splicing a wide-open aerial attack to their improved running offense, the Wolverines thumped the veteran Hoosiers handily. They ran up a 26-0 margin early in the fourth quarter before yielding a couple of touchdowns as reserves took over for Li e. -ni1' 5 Ti I 'T vVi i r) yt 0yr BUT HOLE CLOSES, HE'S DOWN ON 4 Free Press Machinegun Photos by Walter 9teter 11 INTO OPENING Free Press Photo by Tony Spina THE FOUR THE NEXT PLAY against Marquette, however. Michigan State completed only four of 15 attempts.

Four others were intercepted. The. victory was Michigan State's 10th in a row over a span of two seasons. It was the Spartans' sixth straight win over Marquette. Bob Carey, the Spartans' injured captain, was in uniform, but did not get in action.

He is expected to be ready for the Penn State encounter next Saturday. DEVINE PUTICH STARTS tale Subs Wear Marquette Down, 20-14 Wells, Bolden Rally Spartans Near End STATISTICS MAR. MSC 14 Jirt 15 4 1 60 0 14 14 2t) Firot downs KiiHhinc nrdace Pnsitine Faseft attempted pH8e roniplrtfd Pas8 Intcrrrnled Puntine averaue Fumble lnt Yards penalized M.irouette Mtchiican State 35 4 38 35 6 Marquette seorinj: Touchdowns Tobias 2. Conversions Leahy Miehiean State seorine: Touehdowns Vell 2. Bolden.

Conversions Lekenta 2. BY TOMMY DEVINE Free Press Staff Writer EAST LANSING Two unheralded substitutes came off the bench to put new life into a staggering Michigan State football team and enable the Spartans to remain among the na tion's undefeated and untied; teams. Sophomore Billy Wells, of Menominee, and Freshman Leroy Bolden, of Flint, literally picked the Spartans up by their bootstraps and spearheaded them to a 20-14 victory over underrated Marquette. A crowd of 35,000 saw the Spartans roar from behind for the second straight week to preserve their perfect record. AS WAS the case in the classic game with Ohio State week ago, Michigan State was forced to rally for two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to pull out the triumph.

The Spartans went into the contest a four-touchdown favorite- They never played like it. For three quarters their offense was feeble and their defense sieve-like. With defeat apparently their lot, the Spartans finally snapped out of the doldrums. It was the young reserves, Wells and Bolden, who put some zip into the listless combination of Coach Clarence (Biggie) Munn. A PAIR of fleet-footed, elusive runners, Wells and Bolden were too much for the weary invaders from Milwaukee to handle.

The Hilltoppers completely dominated first-half play. In the opening two periods they piled up 13 first downs to only four for Michigan State. They scored both their touchdowns in the first half and then tried doggedly to make them stand up. But the late onslaught led by Wells and Bolden succeeded in melting the margin. Wells, a 175-pounder who was a brilliant three-sport performer at Menominee, took over the right-half spot in place of Vince Pisano.

Bolden, who only last season wan playing with Flint North-Turn to Page 5, Column 3 fx 8 x.x vx prow to tow wait, im i -x. v-- x. Iff I 1 lW fANOOVEvl 1 l- -d )w J-r-- a tj I SJ $ZJ I JK.LMsi T-OHAyCMMSSSY 1 Vcfv ri IrAuTi MICHIGAN i I fcv-'itfftififlfiiirriVflM Tasber sobs and four-year-old Barbara Miller can't bear to watch as Johnson City (N. High School loses to Elmira Free Academy. CHEERLESS CHEERLEADERS With every winner there mast be a loser but it's awfully hard to be on the short end of the score after winning 29 straight games.

Mary Ethel Leanard prays for a miracle, Bartie ONE OF THOSE DAYS Spartans No Worse Than Other Leaders Michigan State didn't improve its ranking as the country's No. 1 football team with a narrow victory over mediocre Marquette, but the Spartans had plenty of company in the close-shave department. Most of the other Top Ten sputtered and wheezed through Saturday's games. California and Texas barely won, while Notre Dame lost and Ohio State was held to a tie. Tennessee and Illinois beat minor opposition, but Georgia Tech impressed against LSU.

ALL BY GOING OVER FROM both teams. MICHIGAN'S first-half passing was as colorful as the 6,000 high school band performers who entertained the crowd of 61,100 and it paid off with the Wolver ines' first victory in three starts this year. The victory also marked the first step in Michigan's defense of the Conference title it has won or shared four straight years. The Wolverines dusted off an infrequently-used, fullback passing play which made heroes of Don Peterson as the thrower and Lowell Perry as the receiver. It also helped loft the team's passing total to an almost amazing 197 yards, compared with 66 STATISTICS IND.

14 19 17 7 35 75 r-M 15 114 197 Ifl 8 1 44 87 First downs Rushing yardage Passing; yardace Passes attempted Passe completed Passes intercepted Punting averace Fumbles lost lards penalized for Indiana which was supposed to have the passing team. But there were heroes aplenty in this Wolverine triumph. Peterson and Perry each scored a touchdown, as did Quarterback Ted Topor, Halfback Bill Putich and End Fred Pickard. AND FRESHMAN Duncan MacDonald's delayed debut saw him complete vhis first pass in a Michigan uniform for 42 yards to set up the Wolverines' final touchdown. Two Indiana fumbles, recovered by Michigan's alert linebackers, Roger Zatkoff and Gene Knutson, turned back Hoosier drives in the first half when Indiana still was in the running.

The play that broke the Hoosiers' backs right at the star was one which Michigan has used from time to time but not this year. It starts with a pitch-out to the fullback, in this case Peterson. THE FULLBACK can either pas3 or run with the ball and Peterson did both. The first time he hit Perry for 24 yards and planted the Wolverines in Indiana territory in the first minute. His.

second time with the ball, Turn to Page 4, Column 4 THEN PUTICH CLIMAXES IT MUNN PRAISES COMEBACK HABIT 'MSC Letdown Inevitable Here's the whole picture: 1 Michigan State 2 California 3 Tennessee 4 Texas 5 Notre Dame 6 Texas 7 Illinois 8 Georgia Tech 9 Ohio State 1 0Mary'and 20 42 42 20 9 41 25 6 Incomplete. QUICK GLANCE Here's Look At Inside of Sports SMU Deflates Irish Page 3 OSU, Wisconsin Tie Page 2 Cal Bears Keep Growling Page 4 Oklahoma Loses AnotherPage 4 Princeton Quells Quakers Page 4 I Wx A 5 mm yawn mwm --yr J' 1 i jkm a-m. i i State's second touchdown we failed to 'pinch' the ends and that set up the completion." Billy Wells and LeRoy Bolden constituted virtually the entire Michigan State running attack. Wells picked up 97 yards on 10 rushes to be the game's leading ground gainer. Bolden added 67 yards on 10 carries.

The pair of youngsters thus made 164 of the 253 yards Michigan State gained on the ground. It was tftie Spartans' pass attack that brought victory over Ohio State. The air attack was a feeble thing Marquette 14 Washington State 35 Chattanooga 13 Not Scheduled. Southern Methodist Oklahoma Syracuse Louisiana State Wisconsin Georgia 27 7 20 7 6 xx. x.

i ZKft -i. xjHE- A THE DETROIT FREE PRESS EAST LANSING Clarence (Biggie) Munn, Michigan State's head coach, stood in the center of the Spartan locker room and wiped the perspiration from his brow. "The psychology that favors an underdog almost tripped us," he said. "When you've had lough games in a row like we have, an emotional and physical letdown is inevitable. It almost beat us.

"The psychology was all on Marquette's side and when you get teams pointing for an opponent who is on top they sometimes can work "miracles. Marquette almost did it." While perhaps disappointed with many phases of Michigan State's play, Munn passed over the Spartan shortcomings and said: "We came from behind against Ohio State in the fourth quarter and won. We did it again against Marquette. That's the mark of a good football team. I'm proud of the 'bounce' my boys showed in the clutches." Coach Lisle Blackbourn of Marquette was downcast because his proteges had just; missed pulling one of the season's major upsets.

"The big factor," he said, "was that both my offensive and defensive units tired in the late stages of the game. Tired teams make mistakes that cost you. That's what we did. On the pass that went for Michigan R1S CLASSIFIED OCT. 14, 1951 SECTION Big Ten 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Pct.PFOP 0 1.000 33 14 0 1.000 34 30 0 1.000 14 10 0 1.000 21 7 1 .000 6 6 1 .000 16 20 0 .000 14 33 0 .000 7 21 0 .000 30 34 MICHIGAN Purdue Illinois Nor'western Ohio State Wisconsin Indiana Minnesota Iowa Colorado Slaps Missouri, 34-13 BOULDER, Colo.

(jp) Exploding for 21 points in seven minutes of the second quarter, Colorado won its first football victory in 10 games with Missouri, 31 to 13. The victory maintained Colorado's Big Seven leadership wtti two victories and no losses. -t i xi MICHIGAN xSTATE 'nun SPARTAN ROOSTERS CAN SMILE AGAIN AS LeROY BOLDEN, MSC BACK, RACES FOR THE TOUCHDOWN WHICH PROVIDES VICTORY MARGIN End-around play which covers 13 yards keeps Michigan State among the Nation's unbeaten elevens.