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NOTE HIS FANCY STEPPEVG ON THE FOUR-YARD LINE DETROIT FREE PRESS Monday, Oct. 20, 1947 20 for Octroi iMeveii! Dav Illinois Holds Key to Big Nine Race as JJ-M Reveals Flaw Busiest Man on Olympia Ice Goes into Action 2,. I I 1 ii Iff V- 4 -1 If III itt- A 1 i fc' -4. Titlist Impressive in Walloping Minnesota BY TOMMY DEVTNE Ray Eliot, the personable University of Dlinois coach, is the new "quiz master" of the Big Nine football race. There's a title riddle to be solved, and Eliot holds the key to the answer.

The bespectacled mentor who astounded the grid world a year ago by winning the Western Conference championship and the Rose Bowl game will propound the "jackpot question" Nov. 1 when he sends his Illinois team against Michigan. MEANWHILE, there are some preliminary questions to be answered. Michigan must test its touchdown magic against Minnesota Saturday at Ann Arbor, while Illinois engages Purdue at Lafayette. Football experts are agreed that the 1947 Illinois team is superior to the combination with which Eliot won th-? title a year ago.

Whether It is good enough to take a second straight championship is quite another question. Illinois turned in a masterful performance to wallop Minnesota, 40 to 13. The Ulini took charge of the game six minutes after the opening kickaff. PERRY MOSS, Illinois clever quarterback, was the key figure in tne triumph. Moss had a perfect passing record against the Gophers, clicking on seven straight aerials for a gain of 113 yards.

Two of the passes went for touchdowns, and the aerials set Bp a third score. Minnesota's big, rough line punished the Illinois forward wall throughout the first half and limited the mini to a meager 1 yards by rushing in the opening periods. The Gopher linemen tired badly in the last half, however, and Illinois pounded them for consistent yardage. PURDUE, WHICH has improved greatly since losing its opener to Wisconsin, had a field day at the expense of Boston University. The Boilermakers routed ae Easterners, 62 to 7.

Ohio State rallied in the fourth quarter to gain a 13-13 tie with Iowa. INDIANA STRETCHED the Big Nine's string of consecutive football victories over Pitt to 23 by trimming the woeful Panthers, 41 to 6. George Taliaferro, the Hoosiers fleet Negro back, scored two touchdowns and passed for another pair. Indiana tries for its first conference victory this week when It faces a Northwestern team that Michigan battered, 49 to 21. Wisconsin gave the Big Nine another intersectional victory when it upset Yale, 9 to 0.

Free Press Photo ty Tom Venaleck GOALIE TURK BRODA GERRY COUTURE (10) GA YE STEWART (16) Broda blocks shot (arrow) by Detroit's Couture in first period of Sunday night's game THEY FEAR KENTUCKY Bears Give Lions 33-24 Shellacking Luckman Hits on 18 Passes; Nets 3 TDs STATISTICS Chicarn Detroit 11 205 19 1 40 First downs 21 Yards ruh)nc Yards oaisinc Passes attempted Passes eomDleted Passes intercepted Opp. fumbles recovered Puntinc averate Yards penalized DETROIT Cremer 01en.ki I. De Shane 1 ft Szrmanskl Batinski Thomas Greene Tt Zimmermaa DudlpT ladarik Wilson Chicago 20 105 sat 3t 19 3 1 39 138 BEARS CW Smith Kolman iiner Clsrkson Johnon Stir I. el Sprinkle Allen Gnlranirs Minini GaUarnrnn A Detroit 7 3 It 24 Chicago aeorinc Touchdowns Minini, Hartman. KaTanaugh.

Fenimore, Keane. Points after touchdown McLean 8 (placements). Detroit scoring: Touchdowns Dndle? 8. fircene. Points after touchdown Zim merman 3 (placements).

Field oal Zimmerman (placement). BY BOB LATSHAW Free Press Staff Writer CHICAGO An inept pass defense resulted in the Detroit Lions absorbing their fourth defeat in five National Football League games this time, 33 to 24, at the hands of the Chicago Bears. It was aging Sid Luckman who found the holes in the Detroit secondary and came up with his second passing holiday in two weeks. Sid completed 18 of 26 attempts for 340 yards and three touchdowns. 0 HE ENJOYED most of his success in the first two quarters when he hit on 12 of 17 tosses.

Two went for touchdowns, and another set the stage for a third. The work of Luckman nullified a brilliant 84-yard punt return for a touchdown by Bill Dudley in the first quarter that gave Detroit a short-lived lead. The quick Detroit score apparently aroused the Bears. They came back after the kick-off to score in IS plays and then added another touchdown on an intercepted pass in the first minutes of the second quarter. A 20-yard field eoal bv Rov Zimmerman put the Lions back within fonr points of Chicago after 10 minutes of the neriod.

Then Luckman took over again. www SID COMPLETED four straight passes, two of them to Ken Kav-anaugh, to make it 21 to 10. The scoring effort was a 28-varder to Kavanaugh. Another interception set the stage for- the Bears' third touch down of the second quarter. Bob Fenimore grabbed one of Zimmer man's tosses and returned to the Bear 21.

Two plays later the same Mr. Fenimore was on the receiving end of a Luckman pass for a touchdown. Neither team threatened seri ously in the third quarter, although the Lions penetrated to the' Bear 13 in the closiner min utes. Before they gave up the ball, Detroit was pushed back to the 32. BEFORE RETIRING for the afternoon, Luckman turned that Lion threat into his last touchdown performance.

He let the boys run the ball to the 23-vard line and then hit Keane with a perfect pass for the last Bear score. Detroit came back with two consolation touchdowns after that, but they made little difference in the result. The damage had been done in the second quarter. The Bears cass defVnsA u-nn Spartan Fans Cautious Despite Victory String OF ancmGAN'S BRILLIANT Villanova Jinx Stops U-D, 14-12 Titans Outplay Foe, but Muff Chances STATISTICS V-D YUVN'VA 1 1 137 1 13 4ft 2 7 11 1 1 3 43 44 3 4 15 70 First dnwm Yards rushing Yards palnjc Passrs attempted Passes completed PasKes Intercepted Pun tine average Opp. fumbles recovered Yards penalised DETROIT (12) TELLAXOTA (14) Bsistnre 1.

Brown Sroail IT Lilenthal R. Greintr fJ T. Smith Solnar Komarnieki Simmons Barker Finnln Sandusky Kelly RK Berraoc Mallnowski DohertT Wright If Sehmld KorkowskI Polidar Masser Clavln Detroit 6 6 12 VUlanova 7 7 14 Detroit scorinr: Touchdowns KaTsser- ian. fallen. YillanOTa srorlne: Touchdown Polidar.

DohertT. Points after tonchdonns Siano (placements). BY W. W. EDGAR Free Pri Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA They used the same old script in Shibe Park as the University of De troit football forces bowed to the Wildcats of Villanova, 14 to 12, before a sparse gathering of 15,572 shirt-sleeved spectators.

The Titans outplayed, outgained, outrushed and outfought the op position only to find themselves licked on the scoreboard. Just how badly the Titans outplayed their foes is revealed in the statistics. They Rhow that Detroit held the Wildcats to two first downs both in the first half and yet was never in the lead. The Titans, eager to carry the battle, won the toss and elected to receive. Joe Wright, a peedy back, took the kickoff nine yards to his 19.

THREE LINE PLAYS netted only eight yards, and Jack Simmons dropped back to punt. He spiraled the ball way down the field and Bill Doherty, the Wildcat quarterback, gathered it in. He raced a few yards to the left and then lateraled to Bob Polidar. The play caught Detroit off guard, and Polidar, raced 68 yards down the sidelines for a touchdown. John Siano added the extra point.

Talk about the unusual! Villanova was out in front, 7 to 0, and had not run' a play from scrimmage. It was a bad break for the Titans because they never were able to offset that damage. THEY TRIED HARD. Late in the first quarter Detroit got possession on its 44-yard line and marched 56 yards for a touch down. Gene Malinowski passed to John Cullen, a substitute end, for the score.

From the bench came Len Rittof, the injured fullback, to 'try for the extra point, but his effort was blocked. Midway in the second period, the charm worked again. Starting on their own 46-yard line, the Wild cats moved forward. Doherty hurled a pass to Polidar that was good for 40 yards and the Wildcats were on the Titan 19. After two plays failed, Doherty dropped back to pass.

He found all his receivers covered and decided to run. One Titan after another lunged at him, but he went the 19 yards for a score on a play that ap parently had failed. Siano again added the point and the Wildcats were in front, 14 to 6. IT SEEMED that the script was about to be changed as the second half opened. The Titans took the kickoff on their 37 and marched to Villanova's three.

Malinowski fumbled and End Don Griffith recovered for the 'Cats. They panted out of danger, but the Titans marched right back. With Harry Petersen, a sub quarterback, and Mike Kaysserian, the big fullback, doing most of the work, they moved 56 yards for a score. Kaysserian accounted for the touchdown when he hit center forj the last two yards. Rittof again came in to try for the point and missed.

THAT ENDED the, scoring. The' Titans were constantly in Wildcat territory thereafter, but didnt have the drive to go over. It was the Wildcats ninth victory in 15 games between the teams Winffs Blank Toronto, 2-0 Lindsay and Couture Get Late Goals Continued from Page One standout saves in the second period, some on shots he obviously never saw. Bill Quacken-bush, Gordon Howe, Lindsay and Sid Abel were the victims. Lumley matched these when he blocked Syl Apps' 15-footer, made a diving stop of Watson's shovel- shot on the rebound and then sprawled on the puck before Wat son could aim again.

THE SCORELESS duel finally was DroKen at Red Kelly, Howe and Couture took turns swatting a loose puck on a series of rebounds. Couture finallv slipped a shot through a one-foot opening on the left side of the net. Broda didn't crack after that. He opened the third stanza with a lunging save on Abel and then stabbed away a liner by Eddie Bruneteau. The Wings came up with the niftiest passing of the game when Bep Guidolin, Jim McFadden and Pete Horeck swarmed in, and Broda made repeated saves on Guidolin and McFadden.

BKUAEIEAU SET TIP th rmal goal by stealing the puck rrom 5ud Poile in the Toronto zone, jaaie slid a long backhand pass to Lindsay, who had Broda Dy lumself. Ted coollv hookprf the puck into the net at 13:51. Lumley then had to come nn with his greatest work of -th night to save his shutout. He crashed to the ice for a spectacular save on Gaye Stewart, and fit the 17-minute mark survived a determined Leaf drive bv making four rapid SKIMMING THE ICE: Mana ger Jack Adams has revealed the salary figures in the Wings contract dispute with Roy Conacher. said conacher drew last season, plus $1,000 in club and playoff bonuses.

This year he is- asking a S2.000 increase. The club has offered $500. DETROIT (2) TAIAVTA I-nlfr al Broda i. fetewart LD Stanowskl QuackenbBsh KD Barilko Abel I dos Lindsay Waison Bruneteau Ezinirki Detroit spares MKair, Reise, Couture, Horeck, Guidolin. McFadden.

Howe. J. an. aeher. MrNab, Kelly.

Toronto spares N. Metx. Poile. Kennedy, Lynn, Meeker. G.

Stewart. Klukay, Mortson. Thomson. Mackell. FIRST PERIOD: No scorinr.

Penalties Lindsay 3, Abel, Guidolin. Watson, Eii- nlckl. Tnomson. orison. SECOND PERIOD: 1 Detroit.

Coutnrs (Howe), Penalty Barilko. THIRIk PERIOD: 2 Detroit. Lindsay, (Brunetesfa), 13:51. No penalties. But Wolverines Still Get Nod as Standout The first flaw in the Univer sity of Michigan's football ma chine has been detected, but it wasn't causing any of the ex perts to jump off the Wol verines' Rose Bowl-bound band wagon.

Michigan opened its Big Nine campaign by whipping Northwestern, 49 to 21. It was the Wolverines' fourth straight victory and boosted the point total for the season to 222. AS MICHIGAN rolled over Michigan State, Stanford and Pittsburgh some skeptics said: "Wait until they get in against the conference teams. Things won't be so easy then." In the weeks to rome against Minnesota Saturday at Ann Arbor, and when faced with Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Ohio State on the succeeding Saturdays maybe not. But in the contest against Northwestern, the pattern certainly was no different.

The Wolverines scored, and scored easily. Only Fritz Crisler's liberal use of third and fourth stringers held the offensive total down. MICHIGAN scored the first two times it had possession of the ball and then the rout was on. Even Michigan's severest critics could find nothing but praise for the Wolverines' offensive efforts. Defensively, the case is different.

The defect in the Michigan line play developed during Northwestern' first touchdown march. Northwestern drove 47 yards in seven plays for that touchdown, with Art Murakowski. the big right halfback, doing most of the work. The Wildcats hammered the Michigan tackles during this march, and that weakness is the first and only one that has been found in the Wolverine machine. NORTHWESTERN'S last two touchdowns came in the fourth quarter against the Michigan reserves and aren't indicative of flaws in the play of the linemen who will be operating most of the time against Minnesota and Illinois.

Unquestionably, the Minnesota line Michigan will face this week is" stronger than any the Wolverines have opposed. The Gopher line was particularly effective in stopping Illinois from going up the middle, but it ysn't a forward wall that has speed or depth enough to manacle a ver satile attack such as Michigan possesses. DEVTNE of many of the country's leading baseball figures, including Connie Mack, John McGraw, Jack Dunn and Judge Landis. He sent many players to organized baseball. Among his latest proteges to make the big leagues was Pitcher Joe Coleman, of the Philadelphia Athletics, who twirled for Maiden (Mass.) Catholic High School as a schoolboy.

Brother Gilbert was working on a biography of Babe Ruth at the time of his death. Brother Gilbert's Death Is Great Shock to Ruth NEW YORK (JF The death of the Rev. Brother Gilbert, C. discoverer of Babe Ruth, deprives America and "the young kids" of a great man," baseball great est slugger said. "His death comes as a great personal shock," Ruth said when informed of Brother Gilbert's passing.

I just had a letter from him three weeks ago," Ruth continued. He was feeling fine then. Every body was crazy about him. He loved to work with kids. I am very, very sorry to hear of his death." made 143 yards in 15 sallies for a 9.5 average.

The two other ball carriers in the starting backfield, Chandnois- and Fullback Jim Blenkhorn, pjeked up 50 and 48 yards, respectively. One revealing set of figures were in the penalty department. Iowa State didn't draw a penalty, while Michigan State was called nine times for 102 yards lost. These penalties had a double cost. They wiped out 92 yards of punt and kickoff return yardage and 47 yards of.

rushing yardage. Guerre was nicked for 60 yards of this total. Big 9 Standings CONFERENCE GAMES Team Illinois MICHIGAN Wisconsin Iowa Purdue Minnesota Indiana Ohio State Pet. Pts. 6 2 0 0 1.000 75 25 1 0 0 1.000 49 21 1 0 1 .750 39 21 111 .500 52 62 1 1 0 .500 38 52 1 1 0 .500 50 61 0 1 1 .250 21 34 0 1 1 .250 S3 37 Northwestern 0 2 0 .000 42 86 ALL GAMES MICHIGAN 4 0 0 1.000 222 SI 25 80 Illinois Minnesota Indiana Wisconsin Iowa Purdue 3 0 1 .875 89 3 1 0 .750 85 2 1 1 .625 79 2 1 1 .625 55 40 69 84 61 76 2 2 1 2 2 0 12 1 .500 118 .500 107 .375 46 Ohio State Northwestern ISO .250 69 115 (Big Nine rules count ties as half game won, half game lost.) SATURDAY'S RESULTS MICHIGAN 49, Northwestern 2i: Illinois 40, Minnesota IS.

Iowa 13, Ohio State 13. Indiana 41, Pittsburgh 6. Wisconsin 9, Yale 0. Purdue 62, Boston U. 7.

THIS WEEK'S GAMES Minnesota at MICHIGAN. Illinois at Purdue. Indiana at Northwestern. Iowa at Notre Dame. Ohio State at Pittsburgh.

Marquette at Wisconsin. Hdckey Standings NHL STANDINGS GF GA Pts. Bruins Turn on the Heat Rangers Can't Handle Soft Ice and Lose, 3-1 BOSTON (U.R) The Boston Bruins opened their National Hockey League season with a 3-1 victory over the New York Rangers. Playing in 80-degree heat on melting, spongy ice, both clubs found it difficult to maintain an attack. Boston jumped into a two-goal lead in the first period on scores by Winger Woody Dumart and Defenseman Clare Martin and fat tened the margin in the third pe riod on a tally by Winger Don Gallinger.

THE LONE New York score came in the middle session when Bryan Hextall took a pass from Defenseman Bill Moe and ham mered it past Goalie Frankie Brimsek. So great was the effect of the heat on the ice that the last period was delayed an extra 10 minutes while the skates of all the players on both teams were sharpened. BOSTON KEW YORK Brimsek Go at Kamer Goal LD I. Crawford Flaman Schmidt artel Dumart olville F.ddol T-aPrade Warwick Watson Boston spare -Taylor. Gallinger, Ba- bando, Martin, Henderson, Sandford, Harrison, Wilson, Smith.

fiew York spares O'Connor. Hextall, Slowinski, Sliero, Trodell, Gardner, Russell. Moe, Juzda. FIR.ST PERIOD: 1 Boston. Schmidt (unassisted).

2 Boston. Martin (Gallinger-Bahando), 10:39. Penalty Martin. SECOND PERIOD: 3 New York. Hex-tail (Moe).

10:34. Penalties Henderson, FJaman. THIRD period: usiiiDxer (Henderson-Taylor), 15:10. No penalties. Midget Race Won by Householder CHICAGO -JP) Ronnie House holder won the 200-lap championship race which concluded the midget automobile outdoor racing season in Soldier Field before 18,000 fans.

Another First for Free Press The series of machine gun photos across the top of this page is in addition to those pictures of the Michigan-Northwestern game given first- to Free Press readers Sunday. To insure Free Press readers the finest and most dramatic coverage of Michigan's first Big Nine test, the Free Press sent three staff photographers to Evanston in a chartered plane. This Is another first In a long list for the Free Press. 1 BROTHER GILBERT MOURNED Death Comes to Man Who 'Discovered? Ruth Special to the Free Press EAST LANSING Although Michigan State now has won three in a row, followers are cautious in making any outstanding claims about the Spartan team. For one thing, they still can't forget that 55-0 beating from Michigan in the opener.

For an other, they feel that the real test is coming up this week when MSC will meet powerful Kentucky. THE SPARTANS have improved considerably since meeting Michigan, as successive triumphs over Mississippi State, Washington State and Iowa State testify. A true measure of this improvement is expected next Saturday for Michigan State still will be a decided underdog to the invading Kentucky outfit. Little new was learned about the Spartans in their 20-0 victory over Iowa State Saturday. The hero was Halfback George Guerre, who filled his familiar role for the second game in a row.

He scored twice on runs of 87 and 25 yards, while Lynn Chand-nois made the other with a 40-yard jaunt. THE SWAMP that was Macklin Field prevented MSC from going all-out with a ground offense in fact, the remarkable thing was that the two halfbacks could hold their feet for those three touchdown runs. Continual rain fore stalled any passing plans. The heavier and faster-charging Spartan line checked Iowa State's offensive almost perfectly. The linemen demonstrated their efficiency by stopping four Cyclone threats on the 14, six, IS and 16-yard lines.

Statistics, more than the final score, reflected Michigan State's superiority. The Spartans picked up 344 yards rushing to Iowa State's 34, and the Cyclones had minus one yard for all their running attempts In the second half. OF Tins rushing total, Guerre World Midget Mark Set OWOSSO (JP) Al Flackney, of Detroit, driving a Hartsfield Offenhauser, set a world midget auto racing record by circling the banked half-mile Owosso track in 21.95 seconds. The mark, recognized by the Great Lakes Racing Association, bettered the previous record of 22.04 set by Paul Russo. at Win- JJ Chester, two years ago.

LOWELL, Mass. (JP) The Rev. Brother Gilbert. 62. C.F.X., discoverer of Babe Ruth, died from a cerebral hemorrhage Sun day during afternoon retreat serv ices at Keith Academy, Roman Catholic Boys' high school.

Officials at the Academy said Brother Gilbert was kneeling in his pew during the services and another brotner heard him sign. At the conclusion of the services, he failed to arise. Brother Gilbert first recognized Babe Ruth's, ability while coaching baseball at Mount St. Joseph's College, Baltimore, in 1914. He went over to St.

Mary's Industrial School one day and saw Ruth catching with a left-handed glove. HE BROUGHT Ruth, then a gangling youngster, to Manager Jack Dunn, of the Baltimore Ori-eles of the International League, who developed Ruth as a pitcher. Ruth, who later became baseball's greatest home-run hitter, was sold in that same year to Harry Frazee's Boston Red Sox, Where he developed into one of the game's greatest all-time tars. Actively Interested in athletics, Brother Gilbert was a close friend little better than Detroit's. But the Chicago defenders always managed to come with an interception or otherwise make the Detroit passes ineffective when the Lions were knocking at the door.

Twice Lion drives were halted by interceptions after moving deep into Bear territory. Tarn O'Shanter Host to Golfers Tam O'Shanter Country Club will be the site of a Detroit Dis-! trict golf event for the first time-in several years Monday when pro-amateur tournament Is held there. DETROIT 2 0 1 8 4 5 New York 11 0 4 2 Boston 1 0 0 1 2 Toronto 0 0 2 2 4 1 Montreal 1 1 0 5 4 2 Chicago 0 2 0 4 8 0 SATURDAY'S RESULTS DETROIT 2, Toronto 2. Montreal 4, Chicago 2. SUNDAY'S RESULTS RETROTT 2, Toronto 6.

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