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1 1 BRILLIANT SPARTANS ADD TO THEIR LAURELS CD Over Irish, 47 14 owe-r 1 been merely first team against fce prf -J-- rf'ffiJ'Sf 5 '1 first team, the Irish undoubtedly would have been able to keep '1 the score close. But in the face of the wave after wave of talented substitutes with which coach Duffy Daugh-erty flooded the field, Notre Dame wilted and was a "patsy" in the final of the contest. not even that "war-time "loaded" Cadet squad could match. It was this depth tremendous reserve strength that goes well into" the three-deep roster that wore down the youthful and inexperienced Irish. It was this constant supply of fresh "troops" which broke the back of Notre Dame's resistance after the green-shirted gridders had played a tremendous first half and walked oft the field with a 7 to 7 tie.

THIS WAS Michigan State's fourth straight victory this sea- BY T03DIY DEVTXE Free frrM Staff Writer SOUTH BEND On they roll and where they will stop nobody knows. A Michigan State team which gains in power and prestige with each passing week wrote another brilliant chapter in its modern gridiron history Saturday when it overwhelmed Notre Dame, 47 to 14. A sellout throng of 59,378. fans saw the perfect-record Spartans take a Bunyanesque step toward the mythical national championship as they put on one of the IN ADDITION to the near record point total there were other significant aspects to the battle. This is the first time since 1950 that Notre Dame has lost two games in a row.

OtldIy; enough, Michigan State figured in the previous back-to-back losses also by nipping the Irish then, 36 to 33, the week following a Notre Dame setback at the hands of Indiana. With three defeats in its four games, Notre Dame is off to XOTRE DAMK MICH. STATE 18 First downs IK Rushing ardace 17 1 greatest offensive splurges ever Pasting yardaee staged at the expense of pndeful 3 ltd 1 77-1-i 4 2-41 Passes li-. Passes intercepted Punts 2-41 Futilities Inst 'J Yards Penalized 15 7 14 7 50 2 7 1-1 -Wilson Miehican State Notre Dame Touchdowns Michigan state: fl-nlunge): Mendvk tti'I-run. 6H-run.

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Only four times in the 70 years the Irish have been playing football has any team rolled up more points at their expense. Two of those previous record totals were in football's "Stone Age" by Wisconsin teams of 1900 and 1904 with 54 and 58 points, and the other two routs were by star-studded Army of the Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis Era of 1944 and 1945 when the Cadets won 59 to 0 and 48 to 0. MICHIGAN STATE had no individuals to parallel the brilliance of Army's "Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside" of a decade ago, but it had depth that probably its rockiest start since 1933.

That season the Irish, then under the tutelage of Hunk Anderson, dropped five of, their first six starts. MICHIGAN STATE brought a road squad of 38 performers here and every one of them saw action. The Spartans again showed fantastic power with their ground They rolled up 396 jards by rushing and atld- Turn to Page 3. Column 4 son and its 12th in a row over a two-year span. Coming on the heels of its 53-6 victory of a week ago over Indiana it provided convincing proof that the Spartans can match offensively the strength of any collegiate team in the nation.

While Notre Dame took one of its worst lickings in history, the Irish still played their top game of the season. If it had r5 v' 'Cw 4 TURNING ON that old power is MSU's Walt Kowalczyk in picking up big Sain against Notre Dame. Dean Studer cuts over for the tackle. 'dcats, 34-20 Off U-M Fights PAT WILSON bats away a Notre Dame pass in first period. MSU went on to hang up a 47-14 victory.

Herrnstein Runs For 3 Touclidovns TmTTsTmrm, BY HAL 3HDDLESWORTH Free Press Staff Writer ANN ARBOR The hunting season opened Saturday and Michigan bagged a Wildcat but it wasn't easy. Stung by an early Northwestern touchdown, the Wolverines had to come from behind to get a 34-20 decision which they hope will start them on the road to the Rose Bowl. 1 Sophomore fullback Johnl 4 Herrnstein scored three times and end Ron Kramer gave a Band Day crowd of 81,227 a SECTION SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1956 Want Ads Travel Page 7 Page 15 First dnw-ns X'HESTERX l'J 2f) IK'i 8-11 I 3-47 60 Pehn State Topples OSU, 7-6 Picture on Page 5 156 i-KI 40 -in Rushini; ardae Passing yardace Passes Passes intercepted Funis Fumble lost Yards penalized Northwestern 7 MICHIGAN 13 ft 11 irst-Period Northwestern Touchdowns Fowler tl6-rd run. Peart 4H. pass run from Ellis), Thompson (I, ilunce.

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COLUMBUS, O. (IP) Under- AT LEAST once each same, U-M's hard-running Pace hurtles himself against the foe for a touchdown or gain. Saturday, Free Press cameras caught two views of Pace driving to the Northwestern 1-yard line (above and below). A touchdown followed. Daring Young Man: vermes on even terms after a I dog r-enn State, taking advan BY GEORGE FUSCAS In the famed childhood tale, the third of the Three Little 27-13 first half.

IT WAS a rough battle, with two Northwestern and one Michigan player ejected for ungen-tlemanly conduct and both sides Pigs built himself a brick house to withstand the huffing and puffing of the Big Bad Wolf. Sometimes you can learn much from childhood tales. tage of every break and making a few of its own, upset previously unbeaten Ohio State, 7 to 6, before 82,585 amazed fans here Saturday. The Nittany Lions outplayed Ohio State's heralded line to break a scoreless tie with three minutes and 36 seconds to go, when nttle halfback Bruce Gil-more plunged from over the one-foot line. QUARTERBACK Milt Plum kicked the extra point, which turned out to be the winning Play.

Two Football Leaders Fall One Point By The University of Detroit built itself a brick wall Saturday, and though Tulsa University's Golden Hurricane huffed and puffed, it did so to no avail. The wall never cracked. What we need here is another fairy tale. But the compelling truth is, Detroit lost another football game by a slim 3-0 count and the havoc was great. FRAGILE Titans were stripped of their three top ends and their center.

Virtually all chances of recovering a share of the Missouri Valley Confer- The stunned Buckeyes, unbeaten in their last eight games. roared back taking the kickoff on their 20. handicapped by injuries to key players. Lineman Larry Faul, of Michigan, and Tom Williams, of Northwestern, were thumbed out for swinging at each other at the end of the first quarter. The Wildcats also lost linebacker EdQuinn in the final period when he was detected kneeing.

Breaks affected the scoring on both sides Northwestern getting one touchdown after a wobbly short punt and another after a pass interception while penalties and a fumble figured strongly in three of Michigan's counters. But in -the long run it was Michigan's superior personnel and powerful single-wing running attack which brought the Wolverines their fifth straight triumph over Northwestern. With Terry Barr, Jim Pace and Herrnstein clicking off big yardage, the Wolverines rumbled rrxsA 1 1 19.1 7I 4-7 DETROIT 4 IS I 9-34 1 20 3 Firt down Rtihinc vardaee Passing yarda Parses Passe intercepted Punts Fumble lost Yard penalized Tulsa tajsC 24'''' Tulsa: Field eoal Wynes 38. Sparked by the running and passing of halfback Don Clark, they covered the distance in five plays and scored their touchdown from the three, with 1:58 remaining. Coach Woody Hayes of Ohio State, seeing the Buckeyes had 12 men on the field for the point after touchdown, hurriedly called end Leo Brown to the sidelines.

The officials called a five-yard delay of the game penalty. Kremblas missed the kick, and that wa3 the ball game. PLUM'S PASSEVG and punting constantly kept the Buckeyes in their own territory. Twice he punted dead inside the Ohio State tive, in the second and fourth periods. Plum smartly engineered the Turn to Page 2, Column 4 BUT WOLVERINES PROVE JUST TOO BIG Importance of the point after touchdown was punched home in fashion for two of the nation's grid elite Saturday Texas Christian and Ohio State, both ranked among the top five teams in the country, were beaten by one-point margins.

The three ruling clubs, how-pver, all were winners as Oklahoma, Michigan State and Georgia Tech. each took its fourth in a row. HERE'S HOW the five leaders in last week's Associated Press poll fared: 1 Oklahoma: Nearest sign of weakness seen yet in the Sooners was that Kansas became the first team this season to score on them in the 34-12 game. 2 Michigan State. A TV audience now knows what Notre Dame had to learn the hard way: Those Spartans have manpower to burn as the 47-14 triumph proved.

3 Georgia Tech. That Johnny Menger must be a great football player after what he did to Auburn in the 2S-7 victory. 4 Texas Christian. Maybe after Don Watson graduates Texas will cease such upsets as this 7-6 decision. 5 Ohio State.

Wonder what Woody Hayes haa to say about the role of the point-after-touchdown after Perm State's 7-6 victory? ence championship disappeared, and this third straight defeat necessitates a powerful recovery to save a dying campaign. A disappointing homecoming crowd of 9,118 saw the contest and few placed much importance on Tulsa's fourth-down play at Detroit's 17-yard line at the 6:22 mark of the game. back after Northwestern opening touchdown to score three times before the scrappy Wildcats could brace for the rugged finish. In addition to Herrnstein's counters on two plunges and a 17-yard run, Kramer and Jim Maddock hauled in thrilling passes for Michigan touchdowns. KRAMER, after altering his course at the last minute to little Wildcats Display Sharp Claws up ANN ARBOR Michigan's, the Wildcats, 283 yards to 200 Gene Snider was shaken but recuperated rapidly.

lost evade Northwestern tacklers Northwestern, however, McKeiver and three other key ganged in the end zone, made Jim Maddock, Pace and Barr connected on seven of 10 for Michigan to reach 156 yards. End Tom Maentr, who didn't play during the second half, was the Wolverines only serious casualty and he could have played if Michigan had needed him. Center on the ground. NORTHWESTERN, reputedly without a passing attack, surprised the Wolverines by hitting eight out of 11 aerials for 162 yards. Bob Ptacek, Jim Van Pelt, players for varying lengths of time, definitely handicapping the undermanned Wildcats.

MIDDLES WORTH 34-20 victory over Northwestern Saturday emphasized the value of the "good big man-' over the "good little man." Bob McKeiver and Wilmer Fowler, Northwestern's 160-pound halfbacks, performed valiantly but were overshadowed by Terry Barr, Jim Pace and John Herrnstein, of the Wolverine backfield. McKeiver, who missed the last seven minutes because of injury, made 44 yards on eight tries, while Fowler, a sophomore, carried the ball only four times to net 48 yards. Aussie Girl Splashes Way To 5 Records Tulsa had shown its power and drive by taking the kick-off at its 23 and marched relentlessly downfield to the Detroit 13. The Titans held their ground at that point, then rebuffed the Hurricane and threw it back to the 17. With fourth down coming up, sub quarterback Charlie Wynes dropped back to hi3 24-yard line to kick a field goal.

He booted. The ball climbed high, seemed likely to fall short of the goal posts. But it barely sneaked over the crossbar for the three points. THAT OPENING blast characterized the entire game. It was Tulsa constantly on the march, punching ahead, grinding over and carrying along the Turn to Page 2, Column a sensational leap to pull down Barr's 16-yard toss just before the end of the first half.

The gigantic All-America candidate turned in another brilliant 22-yard catch during a 77-yard march which brought Michigan's final touchdown and kicked the Wolverines' four extra points. The Wildcats caught Michigan by surprise when Jim Van Pelt's erratic punt, halfway through the first period, carried only 17 yards to Northwestern's 35. Three plays later the Purple sprang halfback Wilmer Fowler loose for 46 yards and North Plioto Teams Cover Games Six Free Press staff photographers were on hand to record on film the football victories of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and Michigan State University at South Bend, Ind. At Ann Arbor were Chief Photographer Spina and Walter Steiger, Vincent Witek and Bud Johnson. Staff photos by Dick Tripp and Jerry Heiman were transmitted specially for the Free Press from South Bend.

En route, Miss Crapp also set records of 2:18.5 for 200 meters, 2:19.1 for 220 yards and 4:47.2 for 400 meters. The event was held in a 55-yard, pool. Later Miss Crapp came back That It set a 100-meter freestyle mark while swimming a leg in a record-breaking 400-meter relay event. MISS CRAPP was clocked in 4:48.6 for 440 yards, breaking the old world mark of 4:52.4 SYDNEY, Australia (1J.P.) Lorraine Crapp, 18-year-old Australian girl, broke five world swimming records Saturday at an Olympic squad carnival in the cold waters of the North Sydney pooL Miss Crapp surpassed four records during the course of a 440-yard freestyle race and then Barr, the best all-around back to swim the 100-meter leg in :63.2. Since no world record is ANNAPOLIS, Md.

The Naval Academy announced Saturday all tickets have been sold for the Nov. 3 game with Notre Dame in Baltimore Memorial Stadium. western had a startling 7-0 lead on the field, ripped off 95 yards for Michigan, followed by Pace with 65 and Herrnstein with 62. Altogether, Michigan topped which she herself had set last recognized, Miss Crapp's time August. will be submitted as a new mark.

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