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Navy 14 California 48 I Iowa 27 I Yale 17 I Texas 34 I Rice 33 I Notre Dame 22 So. California 32 Duke 14 Wisconsin 7 Indiana 14 Columbia 7 Oklahoma 14 Tulane 0 Purdue 7 Ohio State 0 Story on Page 3 Story on Page 3 Story on Page 3 Story on Page 2 Story on Page 2 Story on Page 3 Story on Page 2 Story on Page 2 eldom Better ittt Never ore IVii TED vw 1 Takes an Army of Cameramen to Keep Up with Fast-Scoring 'M' -xi- Result: Wolverines Bury Panthers, 69-0 Point-a-Minute Men Fail to Score Only in Opening Quarter of Game BY TOMMY DEVINE Free Press Staff Writer ANN ARBOR Michigan's touchdown juggernaut tossed football records aside as it rolled to its third straight decisive victory, trouncing the University of Pittsburgh, 69 to 0. X. 'If 4 V- THE DETROIT FREE PRESS b'-l 1. -i-X A5v.

4 Si if -J. A- AA- i xri j- Tret Press Photo by Walter Steirer LONG RANGE CAMERA SNAPS WEISENBURGER SCORING MICHIGAN'S SECOND TOUCHDOWN IN SECOND PERIOD Army Battles Illini to 0-0 Deadlock; f1 1 Help Gophers Win, 37-2 it A crowd of 59,964 amazed fans watched the smooth-working Wol verines boost their season point total for three games to 173 points. In the touchdown carnage Michigan handed Pittsburgh the worst defeat in its long football history. It is a history that dates back to 1893 and finds the Panthers for years one of the nation's foremost powers. THE ONLY setbacks in Pitt history to compare with the thumping Michigan handed it were a 69-7 loss to mighty Army in 1944; a 58-0 loss to Notre Dame that same year and a 59-0 defeat by Perm State in 1903.

The point total was the second highest Michigan has rolled up In 30 seasons. The. only touchdown rampage to surpass It was the 85-0 victory over the Diversity ox inicago in xuoa. For another comparable total you have to go all the way back i to 1917 when the Maize and Blue trimmed Mt. Union, 69 to 0.

THE MICHIGAN total was all fthe more stunning considering the fact the Wolverines were off to a STATISTICS PITT U-M First downs 1 'ill ards rushing 19 ZtVi ards Dassins AO 234 Passes attempted SO 20 I'asses eomDleted 4 II Passes intercepted I 4 Puntine average 41 IT Opp. fumbles recovered 3 1 lards penalized- 25 MICHIGAN (69) PITTSBURGH (0) Mann IE Skladany Hilkcne Tomasi White Wilkin Pritula Rifenburc Yerges Chaonius C. Elliott Weisenborger LT LG RG QH LH RH orsyt he Barknuskie Radnor Coury Plot McPeak Mavstrovich Cecconi DePasaua DiMatteo Michigan SI 28 69 Michigan scoring: Touchdowns Mann tt, Weisenborger. r-lltott, lerncotte, Ten inn reterson. kuick.

rora Points after touchdowns Brleske 9 (placements). slow start and did not score in the first quarter. Once they started to roll, However, tnere was no stopping them. Michigan rambled for three touchdowns in the second period, three more in the third quarter and capped the slaughter with four touchdowns in the final stanza. Jim Brieske, Wolverine place-kicking specialist, made good on the conversion after every touch down, except the first one.

He now has made 23 of 25 extra points for the season. Coach Fritz Crisler used 41 players his entire varsity bench in the rout. Regardless of what, combination was on the field after the first period, it approached gridiron perfection. Impressive as Michigan's offen sive was, the Wolverines showed thy also knew a thine or two about defense. Pittsburgh believe It or not made only one first aown.

THE PANTHERS never were inside the Michigan 40-yard line. iuey rot that close once, the re suit of recovering a fumble shortly Deiore tne nrst naif ended. Pittsburgh had a net gain on xne ground or. only 19 yards. The Panthers boosted their "of fense" a meager 50 yards more with four passes completed of 20 attempted.

As far as Pitt was concerned, the game was over when the first period ended. The Panthers had battled Illinois for three quarters before wilting and gave Notre Dame a close tussle for two periods before "running out of gas." But against the power -laden Wolverines, the start of the sec- 111' -2 Going Nowhere I If Mfer mW Alfr Sit V. 'ffL A SPORTS SECTION SUNDAY, OCT. 12. 1947 Marquette Stuns Titans Hilltoppers Run Wild in 41-18 Triumph BY MARSHALL DANN Free Pre Staff Writer MILWAUKEE A spirited Marquette team handed the University of Detroit a 41-18 trouncing before 17,000 fans in Marquette Stadium.

Larry Plate scored three times in the first half for a 21-6 lead. Little Joe Gagliardo's 95-yard punt return was the feature of the second half. MARQUETTE TOOK an early lead after nine minutes of play when Larry Plate circled end from seven yards out to score. Mel Mochalski converted to make the score 7-0. The touchdown march started after an exchange of punt that found Marquette's Bill Hickey returning the ball to the Detroit 37.

Dave Nettesheim picked up five and speedy Joe Gagliardo sped around right end for a first down on the seven. Plate completed the job. The Hilltoppers increased the score to 14-0 when Hickey intercepted Bob O'Malley's pass on the Detroit 31. Hickey whipped a pass into the arms of Plate on the goal line for the touchdown. Mochalski added the point to make the count 14-0 at the end of the first period.

THE TITANS finally broke Into the scoring column midway through the second canto. Wright-returned a punt to the 28. Harry Peterson passed to Johnny Cullen for 19 and O'Leary broke through the center of the line and raced 43 yards for the marker. But Marquette answered that challenge with its third six-pointer when Plate intercepted Peterson's aerial on the 40 and ran 60 yards to give the Hilltoppers a 21-6 margin at the intermission. The second half was only five minutes old when Gagliardo tool-a punt on five and scampered 9." yards to pay dirt.

He was aidet by some brilliant blocking on thf part of his mates. Mochalski converted and the Titans trailed, 28 to 6. GAGLIARDO SET UP the Hill toppers' fifth score when he grabbed a punt on his 18 ant? raced 54 yards to the Detroit MURDER! ST. AUGUSTINE (U.R) Florida Normal, showing little if no friendship for Friendship College, rolled to one of the highest scores of the football season, trampling the Rock Hill, S. C.

team, 106 to 0. before he was nabbed by Gen- Malinowski, Darrell Robarg. whipped a pass into the arms o. Hickey across the goal line for th touchdown, making the score 35-6 Big Mike Kaysserian climaxed a 68-yard march of the Titans by plunging across from the one on the first play of the fourth quarter for Detroit's second touchdown. Score: Marquette 35, Detroit 12.

Prior to that drive, the Titan- rushed 64 yards but were held fo downs on the one-foot stripf. Shortly afterward Detroit recovered a fumble on the Marquette 24 The Titans drove to the one-foo, line and were stopped again. Aided by a pass interferenc- penalty that gave them a firs down on the 47, the Titans tallies again in the closing moments. Thi' time Peterson tossed aN47-yan' pass to Perpich to make the score 35-18. Marquette's final tally was se up by John O'Connor's fumble ar ms own 18 on a punt return.

Hickey eventually dove over fron the one to give Marquette its margin. MARQUETTE DETBorr LE Boistur Con. LG K. Greinc Mutu Simmor RT Finn) F. Kel! Malinowsi I- Wrigr Kurkows' kaysseria it ft fl 12 IS It 7 It 41 Svnboda rolev Janeauskas Shannhan Kwilosz Smith lankiewics Robarge Hockey ate Pitrof Tetroit Marquette Detroit scoring: Touchdowns O'Learr.

Kavsserian. Perpich. Marquette scoring: Touchdowns Plat i 3, Gagliardo. Hirkev 2. Points after touchdowns Mochalski Free Press Photo bv Andy Piofchan HEAD ON VIEW OF WEISENBURGER'S TOUCHDOWN Wildcats Game Ruled by Linemen Illinois Comes Closest on Field-Goal Attempt STATISTICS ARMY ILLINOIS 9 15 First downs Yards rushine Passes attempted Passes completed Yards pasting Passes intercepted Puntine average Opp.

fumbles recovered Yards penalized ARMY (0) 163 131 4 20 10 81 0 I 4i.4 1 I .5.5 40 ILLINOIS (0) Zalknff Rawer reir SteffT Yeoman Henrv Rrvant Trent Gustafson Stuart Scott Rowan I. I. I. (i I. Aaate Wrenn Levant! Siegert Cunx Owens Moss Infelmier Eddleman Steger BY WILFRID SHTH Free Press-Chicago Tribune Wire NEW YORK Illinois 0, Army 0.

This was the uninspiring result in Yankee Stadium by which the Cadets maintained their record of not having been defeated in 31 games. The intersectional battle drew 65,000. Army may well feel it earned a so-called moral victory. It fielded only three regulars from last year but evaded a licking many had predicted. ARMY LOST in the statistical comparison, nine first downs to 15.

Twice in the first half the Cadets turned back Illinois but rallied so thoroughly that play in the final quarter was evenly waged by superlative lines. Actually, line play dominated the contest. Army only attempted four forward passes, completed none and had one intercepted. Illinois passed 20 times Perry Moss threw 19 and completed 10. But Illinois declined to take any chances unless in Army territory, and Moss' throws only gained 81 yards.

Primary objective for each! in Eixiorr 'X- A 5 4 Hili Spartans back to their 28, but substitute Halfbacks Don Sherrod and Frank Waters came back for a first down on the Cougars' 4-yard line. Horace Smith circled left end for the touchdown. WASH. STATE Raeoka Parry Stiirdcvant I-aior Peterson Doornink Swanson Lippinrntt Williams Paul Brunswick MICHIGAN STATE IE Huey Vogler Ragdon McCurry Mason Fusi Balge LQ RG LH RH Rrestel Guerre Chandnois Blenkhorn Wash. State 0 Mich.

State 7 0 7 721 Washington State scoring: Touchdown McGuire. Point after touchdown Lippincott. Michigan State scoring: Touchdowns Huey, Chandnois. H. Smith.

Points after touchdowns G. Smith 3. So. Carolina Drops Furman COLUMBIA, S. (TP) Fleet-footed Ernie Lawhorn and the Droopy Atwell-to-Red Wilson pass combination scored two touchdowns apiece to give the University of South Carolina a 26-8 Southern Conference football victory over Furman.

A crowd of 13,500 homecoming fans saw the ragged contest as the Gamecocks overcame an early two point Furman lead and marched relentlessly over the hapless Hurricane, whose offense never got going. Sit- 'fcr MICHIGAN Fumbles Aid to Minnesota 16-0 Lead Donated by Northwestern STATISTICS MINN. First downs 14 Yards rushing 270 lards passing 34 Passes attempted 6 Passes completed 1 Passes intercepted 2 Punting average 33 Opp. fumbles recovered 'i NO 19 138 191 18 14 1 30 lards penalized 10 I NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA Grant Widseth Nomellini Silianoff Olsonoski Mealy Halenkamp Thiele Bye Dauchtery Elliott Gurski r. I.

Maridnck Parsigian Price Soil Newell Wiltgen Rarrar Aschenbrenner Murakowski Perricon Northwestern 1. (i RT OB FB 0 7 II 31 Minnesota 16 14 7 0 37 JMorth western scoring: Touchdowns Murakowski 2, Wiltgen. Points after touchdowns Farrar 3. Safety Worthing-ton. Northwestern.

Minnesota scoring: Touchdowns Bve, Kuzma, B. Elliott Pollens. Points after touchdowns Bailey 5. BY LYALL SMITH Free Press Sports Editor MINNEAPOLIS Minnesota was the winner, 37 to but Northwestern's Wildcats beat themselves. The game was the Western Con ference opener for both teams and was played before a capacity throng of 60,669 shirt-sleeved fans who saw the Golden Gophers win their third straight game' of 1947.

MINNESOTA SCORED 16 points in the opening period on two touchdowns and a safety and all those points came strictly as Northwestern gifts on two fumbles and a bad pass from center. The Gophers intercepted a Wildcat pass in the final minite of the first half to score again to lead, 30 to 7, at the intermission-Northwestern, the foe of unbeaten Michigan next week-end, put on sustained touchdown drives of 72, 60 and 71 yards to move the highly vaunted Gopher line. But it couldn't overcome the first-half generosity. The Wildcats built up an edge in statistics. They led in first downs 19 to 14, passed for 191 yards to 34 for the winners but were outgained by rushing 270 to 138.

They led in total yardage, however, 329 to 304. CRIPPLED BY the loss of two starters, the 'Cats fumbled on the first play of the game. Clayt Tonnemaker recovered for the Gophers and in five plays, Minnesota had covered 20 yards to send Billy Bye over from the nine. A bad pass from center five minutes later went over Tom Worthington's had and when he caught up with the ball in his own end zone, he was smothered for a safety and two more points. A second Wildcat fumble a few minutes later was recovered on Turn to Page 2, Column A Associated Pres Wirephoto IT'S NO GAIN FOR ILLINOIS Four Cadets trap Russ Steger after pass WASHINGTON STATE SURPRISED Little Guerre Shines as Spartans Win, 21-7 I ond period sounded the death knell MACHINE GUN CAMERA Run followed interception in third period PULLMAN, Wash.

(U.R) George (Little Dynamite) Guerre fired a series of bulls-eye passes to lead the Michigan State College football team to a 21-7 intersectional victory over Washington State College before 18,000. Guerre, a 160-pound scatback, squirmed his way through the Washington State line for 120 yards, tossed one long touchdown pass to End Warren Huey, and teamed with Huey on another 40-yard pass that blazed the way for another tally. GUERRE'S supercharged performance put the visiting Spartans in front, 14 to 0, before the Cougars collected their resources in the last half of the second period to march 72 yards down-field for their single touchdown. Late in the first period, Guerre scrambled through center for 25 yards. On the next play he tossed a long pass which Huey grabbed and rai across the pay line standing up.

Guerre fired another 40-yard pass early in the second period. Huey took it in and ran to the 15. Then, three plays later, Lynn Chandois swept around his left end for the touchdown. MICHIGAN STATE added its final touchdown in the fourth period after recovering Don Paul's fumble on Guerre's punt on the 16. A shoving penalty pushed the Free Press Photos by Joe Keiec CATCHES ELLIOT SCORING 5 Free Press Photo by Tony Spina for Pitt.

It took Michigan just 55 seconds of the second quarter to score. Once the touchdown lightning struck, the' Panthers might as well have left the field for they were powerless to stop the point-mad Wolverine backs. HERE ARE the unmerciful details of how Michigan rolled up its staggering touchdown total: 1 A pass play from Bob Chap-puis to Bob Mann covered 70 yards. Chappuis' toss was 40 yards and the big Negro end raced the remaining 30 yards. 2 A three-yard plunge by Jack Weisenburger climaxed a 55-yard march.

3 Bump Elliott dashed 38 yards after intercepting a Pitt pass tossed by Jimmy Robinson. On the try for the extra point the Wolverines were guilty of holding and penalized 15 yards. The added distance meant nothing to Brieske, who calmly split the cross bars. 4 Grene Perricotte streaked 79 yards down the sideline after taking a punt by Bill Hardisty. 5 A pass play from Weisenburger to Mann covered 22 yards and climaxed a 52-yard drive.

4 A two-yard slice off right Turn to Page Column 6 mm 11 9m tour team apparently was to overpower the other by smashes from tackle to tackle. Neither was consistently effective, although Illinois did put together four first downs by rushing in the second period. Army linked together three first downs in the third quarter. WITH 12 MINUTES of the first half remaining, Illinois made its best bid for victory. The drive started from Illinois' 27 with Russ Steger breaking loose for a first down on Illinois' 40.

Moss passed eight yards to Sam Zatkoff and Steger's two plunges got a first down on Army's 34. Moss' pass failed but he then threw for nine yards to Walt Kersulis. Steger burst through on third down and was thrown on Army's six-Illinois lined up for an attempt for a field goal. Center Lou Le-vanti's pass was a bit high. Tom Gallagher, holding the ball for Don Maechtle, momentarily fumbled.

He recovered the ball and Maechtle got the kick away, but it was low and to the left. I RIFENBURG GRABS PASS FOR A TOUCHDOWN Another ground camera caught this action.