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or NL Lead inEnter Tied iants, ay or reason OQQcrs MSC' Writes Finis Last I -v 2S0 1 to U-M Reign? WW Is- 5 4 I "J'-1 '4 I vi i i 4 .4 I JMJ.t.Ji..js.lJi.- imir.rr-inm--A B-WI-i Howell to stop a Wolverine threat on the Spartans' seven-yard line. GETTING DUMPED and how! That's the story of Frank Howell and the rest of the Wolverines. In this specific case Spartan End Don Dohoney is putting the crusher on 5 Irish Td's in 2nd Swamp Indiana, 48-6 Wolverine grid history that MSC had been able to win two years in a row. Under Crisler the Wolverines wrote some of the brightest pages in football's history book. THE END of Michigan's golden football reign is reflected in the slumping figure of Fritz Crisler, former Wolverine head coach who now is athletic director.

Saturday marked only the second time in Spartan- Errors Help Notre Dame Waltz In THE DETROIT SECTION RECALLS BIG SAG IN 1950 Spartans Start Slow, Then Romp Power on Ground Crushes Wolverines BY TOMMY DEVTNE Free Press Staff Writer ANN ARBOR The "might" that was Michigan's has vanished. As the Wolverines moved off the lofty gridiron pedestal the occupied continuously for the last four years, Michigan State's ambitious pretenders for national honors indicated they were ready to move in. Before a sellout throng of fans the Spartans continued a meteoric football climb under Clarence (Biggie) Munn by mauling Michigan, 25 to 0. THIS WAS the most decisive victory the Spartans ever scored in this ancient rivalry which dates back to 1898. Michigan State's previous best showing in the 44 games of the series was back in 1915 when the Spartans whipped one of Fielding H.

(Hurry Up) Yost's teams, 24 to 0. It was also the worst setback a Michigan team has suffered since Fritz Crisler's World War II combination of 1945 was snowed under by Navy, 33 to 7. Michigan State's triumph was its second in a row over Michigan. Only once previously in this series have the Spartans put together two ormore triumphs in successive seasons over the Wolverines. Their top skein was four in a row from 1934 through 1937 when Harry Kipke was tutoring Michr igan.

KIPKE WAS one of the vast throng Saturday that saw Michigan outplayed and outclassed in every department. After a scoreless fir3t quarter, the Wolverines were never In the contest. The ineffectiveness of the Wolverines is indicated clearly by the statistics. Michigan made only four first downs two in each half. The Wolverines finished the contest with a net loss of 23 yards for their ground attack.

They picked up only a meager 29 yards on six pass completions for as feeble an attack as any team in Michigan's proud football history ever displayed. Michigan State, on the other hand, rambled virtually at will in the final three periods. The Spartans rolled up 21 first downs and piled up an aggregate of 249 net yards with their ground attack. THIS ISN'T a Michigan State team with great finesse or versatility such as marked the Michigan team of 1947 which baptized Munn in his job with the Spartans by handing him a 55-0 shellacking. Instead it is a combination of devastating power.

With backs of the pattern of Don McAuliffe, Vince Pisano, Wayne Benson and Dick Panin. the Spartans literally ran over the Michigan defense. It was power, slashing power, which accounted for the victory. ONLY AFTER the battering rams of his first-string outfit had hammered the Wolverines into submission did Munn insert some "pony backs" of the LeRoy Bolden-Ellis Duckett type who substituted speed for sheer power. As was the case a week ago in a razor-thin 6-0 victory over Oregon State, forward passes played a minor role In Michigan State's offense.

The Spartans took to the air 11 times, but gained only 58 yards by the passing medium. It was a change-of-pace in their attack, nothing more. Michigan was able to penetrate into Michigan State territory only twice during the game. Both penetrations were the result of intercepting errant Spartan aerials. Under their own power the Wolverines were never past their own 46.

That was in the first Turn to Page Column 1 CLASSIFIED SC Takes Victory ball handling last week against Oregon State, we started out to play a conservative game when it was obvious that we were much smoother, and really fired up and ready, we opened 5 1 ONLY KENTVCKY FALTERS Here's How Top Ten Fared on Saturday Form was followed closely by the Nation's top-rated teams as Saturday's games, for the most part, passed as expected. Only powerful University of Kentucky from among the 10 ranking powerhouses felt the sting of an upset. The Wildcats were surprised by Mississippi, 21 to 17. In the order of their rating, here's how they fared: ICE WATER toast for a guy with just that running through his veins Sal Maglie (right), the Giants' 23-game winner, is toasted by teammates Jim Hearn (left) and Sheldon Jones. Braves Blanked by Maglie Phils Get Same from Newcombc Free Press Wire Services Championship tension at its peak gripped Brooklyn's ravaged Dodgers and New York's determined Giants as the National League pennant race moved into its final day.

When the Dodgers square off against Philadelphia at Shibe Park and New York engages Boston at Braves Field, a World Series berth will hang in the balance. The fading Bums and the never-say-die New Yorkers maintained their one-day-old tie with triumphs Saturday. SAL MAGLIE, pitching the most important game of his baseball life, handcuffed Boston on five hits as the Giants grabbed a 3-0 victory. Don Newcombe cupped a protective right hand over the flickering Dodger hopes by turning in an excellent seven-hitter as the Dodgers trimmed Philadelphia, 5 to 0. Maglie's masterpiece, his 23rd triumph of the season, enabled the Giants to rack up their sixth straight triumph and their 36th in 43 games.

Maglie was opposed by Warren Spahn, Boston's stylish southpaw, who was also bidding for his 23rd victory. But the Giants simply wouldn't be beaten behind their great pitcher. MAGLIE ENCOUNTERED two critical' innings. In the seventh, singles by Willard Marshall and Walker Cooper posed a threat, but Maglie got Sibby Sisti to bounce into a side-retiring force-out. Then in the ninth the tension became tremendous when Maglie issued his only pass to Earl Tor-genson with one out and Sid Gordon followed with a single.

The 33-year-old right-hander took a deep breath, however, and proved his mettle by getting Cooper to hit into a force play and retiring Sisti on a pop fly. The Giants scored their runs one at a time, in the second, fifth and ninth innings. Willie Mays' base-running led Turn to Page 2, Column 1 I DIVE SENDS BUDDY J.s1!jJI rtMxja rsVjni-iniiii-" FREE PRESS SUNDAY, SEPT. 30, 1951 NATIONAL LEAGUE SATURDAY'S RESULTS New York 3, Boston 0. St.

Louis 4, Chicago S. Brooklyn 5, Philadelphia 0. Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 2. SUNDAY'S GAMES New York at Boston. Brooklyn at Philadelphia, Cincinnati at Pittsburgh.

St. Louis at Chicago (2). JtAMfM vnwftk ht Av ma jX 4 (T If 11 Q) ft 7 TENNESSEE 14 Mississippi State 0 2 TEXAS 14 Purdue 0 3 CALIFORNIA 35 Pennsylvania 0 4 OKLAHOMA 49 William and Mary 7 5 OHIO STATE 7 So. Methodist 0 MICHIGAN STATE 25 Michigan 0 7 TEXAS 20 Texas Tech 7 8 KENTUCKY 17 Mississippi 21 9 WASHINGTON 25 Minnesota 20 10 ILLINOIS 27 UCLA 13 Major League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE BY MARSHALL DANN Free Press Staff Writer ANN ARBOR Michigan State never will take victory over Michigan casually, but there's still a difference in the degree of pleasure. Saturday's 25-0 shutout produced none of the delirious ec-stacy which marked last year's 14-7 triumph.

As the Spartans streamed into their dressing room, they were yelling and pounding each other -on the back, but they didn't go -wild this time. Enthusiasm was high," yet more restrained than a year ago. Capt. Bob Carey quickly pegged the reason in a short speech to the players right after Coach Biggie Mufin congratulated them all on "a great Michigan State victory." "ALL RIGHT, fellows, this was one we all wanted and we got It," shouted Carey. "Now let's get down to business Remember what happened last year." Carey's reference was to the Saturday following the 1950 Michigan victory.

State took too long to recover, and absorbed a 84-7 trouncing from Maryland. It was the only defeat on the nine-game card. "Remember Maryland." That will be the wary cry on the East Lansing practice field this week as the Spartans prepare for Ohio State. DR. JOHN HANNAH, MSC president, led the team into the room after the game, then per-sonally congratulated each player.

In his formal statement, Munn declared he "never was more proud of his team and paid tribute to Michigan's Roger Zatkoff, a superb linebacker, as "a really "brilliant player, one of the best I've ever seen. Analyzing the game, Munn stated "because of our peculiar Jt jf in Stride up a bit." He agreed that Jimmy Ellis 78-yard runback of the second half kickoff, which set up the Turn to Page 2, Column 2 TCU Drubs Gornhuskers LINCOLN, Neb. (JF) a Christian scored three touchdowns in the second period on a Nebraska fumble, a short plunge and a long forward pass to pave the way for 28-7 victory over the home club. A crowd of 38,000 saw Nebraska, minus All-America Bob Reynolds who was injured, fail to show anywhere near the offensive power flashed last year. KERR MAKES A FUTILE Pet GB W.

Pet GB New York 97 56 .634 New York 95 58 .621 Cleveland 93 60 .608 4 Brooklyn 95 58 .621 Boston 87 66 10 St. Louis 80 72 .526 14i2 Chicago 81 72 .529 16 Boston 76 77 .497 19 DETROIT 73 81 .471 25 Philadelphia 73 80 .477 22 Philadelphia 69 83 .454 Z7', Cincinnati 68 85 .444 27 Washington 61 91 .401 35'; Pittsburgh 63 90 .412 32 St. Louis 51 102 .333 46 Chicago 61 91 .401 33'z Worden Scores Four Times in Big Stanza BY HAL MIDDLESWORTII Free Press Staff Writer SOUTH BEND, Ind. There're as green as the shirts they're wearing but they're still the mighty Irish of Notre Dame. With three soDhomores and -a freshman in their starting lineup, they tied into a veteran Indiana team before 55,790 fans and emerged with an astonishing 48-6 victory.

It was practically the same Indiana team which beat a more experienced Notre Dame team, 20 to 7, a year ago but the Hoosiers were lucKy to escape with their hides intact this It was an eaeer. anxious Irish team which exploded for five touchdowns in nine minutes of the second quarter. That was enough to demoralize Indiana, which never did get untracked. EACH OF THOSE five touchdowns came after an Indiana "error," fumble, pass interception or flubbed punt. But it was the lightning quick defensive team of Notre Dame which was forcing the Hoosier mistakes and an equally fast offensive team which capitalized on them.

Neil Worden, 185-pound sophomore halfback, scored four times in the whirlwind second quarter for Notre Dame on runs of one to eleven yards. Johnny Lattner, sophomore halfback, added the other touchdown of that breath-taking period. The other Irish counters were in the first period by Veteran Billy Barrett and in the final quarter by Del Gander, third string fullback who was a starter a year ago. Indiana got its consolation tally in the third period, following two 15-yard penalties assessed against the Irish for a little fisticuffing. Bobby Robertson, senior halfback, scored it on a 14-yard sweep which was set up by Lou Turn to Page 4, Column 3 Temple Wins on Late TD PROVIDENCE, R.

I. (U.R) Temple University capitalized on a last-minute pass interception to edge underdog Brown, 20 to 14 before 6,500 fans in Brown Stadium. The game was tied, 14 to 14, in the closing minutes when fullback Paul Maguire of Atlantic City, N. bulldozed through the Brown line to score. Willie Mays Pulls a Disappearing Act as He Steals Second SATURDAY'S RESULTS Cleveland 7, DETROIT 6 (IS innings).

New York 4-3, Boston 0-1. Chicago 8, St. Louis S. Philadelphia 5, Washington 1. SUNDAY'S GAMES DETROIT at Cleveland.

Boston at New York. Chicago at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Washington (2). 1 jr.

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