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Minnesota 20, Michigan 7 Illinois 20. Mich. State 13 SDttunipdlaiy The Wolverines The Spartans BY HAL MIDDLESWORTH BY LYALL SMITH Free Press Sports Editor titer fresi Staff Writer ANN ARBOR A sleight-of-hand artist named Bobby i CHAMPAIGN, 111. Michigan State's proud dreams of a Co faked Michigan out of everything but shoulderpads and national championship were ground into bits here Saturday. stadium as he quarterbacked Minnesota to a hurry-up second- They were ground into the turf of an Illinois stadium where many another great football team has felt the sting of the Illini's homecoming lash.

Abe Woodson, a 187-pound bundle of muscle, brought the Spartans crashing down to earth by leading underdog Illinois to a thrilling 20-13 decision for the mightiest upset of the season. A sellout crowd of 71,119 roared with approval as the senior halfback from Chicago spearheaded a dazzling comeback wiped out a two-touch- half 20-7 victory before 84,639 customers. It was the first triumph for the Golden Gophers here in 15 past seasons and they fashioned it by stealing a page from the book of one of their illustrious former All-Americans, coach Bud Wilkinson of Oklahoma. Trailing 7-0, they came back after the intermission with a speedup act which rushed the Wolverines off their feet, handed them their second defeat, and practically eliminated them from the Rose Bowl pic- 1 ture i Cox, a transfer from the Uni- versity of Washington, ran his plays so rapidly that the be- wildered Wolverines didn't have time to get set. He'd make up his next de-; cision on his way back to his huddle, and then the Gophers ripped up to the line and through it.

SECTION SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28. 1956 Want Ads Financial Page 8 Page 1G down first-half lead compiled by the nation's No. 1 team, a team which carried a 12-game winning streak. Woodson, the Big Ten's indoor sprint champion, scored all three of the victors' touchdowns. One was a sensational 70-yard dash.

Another came on an 82-yard pass play engineered by sophomore quarterback Bill Offenbecher. The other was a two-yard dive at the end of a 77-yard surge. Altogether, Woodson rambled for 116 yards on the ground and finished with total gains of 198. IT WAS a great one-man show, but all the Illini were great this crisp sunny day. They completely outplayed the high-stepping Spartans.

Coupled with Oklahoma's onesided victory over Notre Dame, the Illinois triumph is sure to knock the Spartans out of their No. 1 position in the national ratings, a spot they gained only last week by trouncing the Irish, 47 to 14. Actually, the Spartans fa IT WAS THE same beat-the-block strategy cooked up by: Wilkinson against Maryland in the Orange Bowl last New; Year's Day and it paid a rich, and deserved, dividend for the Gophers who now have only a tie with Northwestern on their Big Ten record of three confer- i ence victories. ONE BRIGHT SPOT! COX (MIXN-V I -V KRAMElCmn 1 '-vi irv- rw Jit- Vv rOT i.fSrj I 1: il If if fvu r- 4 lti "5" i v- -l't jVii-V. vi tf.v -t-i, rf vn -y Coach Murray Warmath's split-T offense was engineered perfectly by Cox with able assistance from his fellow-quarter back, Dick Larson.

Wayne Squeezes To 4 th in Roiv They threw only six passes and completed four of them. The rest of the afternoon, they either kept the football themselves, or slipped along behind their bulky! line before handing it off to Special to the Free Free CLEVELAND While football fortunes at Michigan and; Michigan State dipped with upsets Saturday, Wayne State vored by three touchdowns-were fortunate to score at all. Both their touchdowns followed "Illinois fumbles, one by Woodson on the Illini 21 in the another backfield mate. Such tactics, coupled with their speed-up program in the last University continued along the victory trail. The surprising Tartars rode to a 10-7 Presidents Confer ence victorv over Western Reserve on the unerrinz toe of first quarter and the other by sophomore Jim McMillan.

IS 24.5 56 4- First down Rubhinjr yardaee Passinic yardage Passes intrrntfH MICH. 131 10-17 3-4 i I 55 3-4i 55 34 in the following period. JIM WULFF cashed in Woodson's bobble by driving four yards for on score while Clar- Punts 1-37 Top 5 Midway through the final period McMillan booted a 28-yard field goal which broke a 7-all tie and provided the Tartars with their fourth straight FumhlM lnt. Vards oenalized 6 ILLINOIS MICH. ST.

Minnesota 1 1 20 Michigan 7 7 Minnesota: Touchdowns Schultz (30. First downs 277 Tim): Cox 2 (3. nlunne) Bombardier. Rasmussen. i 4 3-11 10 3-7 I Rushing yardaee Passing yardage Passes Passes intercepted Punts Fumhles lost ards penalized Michigan State 7 Illinois Michigan State: (4.

run Peaks 16'j THE TRIUMPH assured Wayne of its first winning sea-half, gave them time for 64 son since 1951 and no worse than rushes to only 51 for the losers. I a second-place finish in the con- 40 6-4 0.3 4 10( 13 1 1 -n The Gophers zipped for 243 yards Three of Wayne's four Touchdowns Wnlff DlunKe). Conversion through the line and gained 0 victories have been scored over more in the air, MICHIGAN DID better but only in statistics. The Wolverines rushed for 213 yards and then added 131 additional ones on IP completions in 17 aerial attempts to outgain conquerors, 344 to 299. HERE'S HOW the five national leaders in last week's Associated Press poll fared: 1 Michigan State.

The Spartans still are experts on second-half surges but this time from the other side of the fence after Illinois' 20-13 comeback victory. 2 Oklahoma. At least there will be no suspense about the vote for No. 1 after the way the Sooners blasted Notre Dame, 40 to 0. 3 eorgia Tech.

Tulane, worker of upsets, never had a chance this time aa the Engineers romped away, 40 to 0. 4 Tennessee. Johnny (Drum) Majors' passing carried the Vols to a 34-7 decision over once-potent, now-feeble Maryland. 5 Michigan. Those early-season roses are fast wilting after Minnesota bounced up for the 20-7 surprise.

Gopher backs Bobby Cox (12) and Khody Tuszka grab the Wolverine giant to haul him down at Minnesota's 35-yard line. RESISTANCE Michigan found more than it expected from 3Iinnesota, and end Ron Kramer found his share after taking a 15-yard pass from Bob Ptack. Matsko. Illinois: Touchdowns Woodson 3 2. nltinge: 70.

run: 8'f. screen nass from Offenbecher). Conversions Miller and aller. ence Peaks crashed two yards for the other. Peaks, the Spartans' All-America candidate, suffered a severe knee injury soon after the second half started and there was a possibility that he will be lost for the remainder of the season.

The ragged Spartans also were damaged by their own mistakes. Twice in the first half, when they were making threats, they lost the ball on fumbles. Then in the late stages, when they were trying desperately to Turn to Page 5, Column 1 league foes. Its final league test will come Nov. 17 at Tartar field against John Carroll.

Although losing the battle of statistics, Wayne parlayed a 70-yard second period drive i and McMillan's first collegiate i field goal for the victory, achieved before 2,500 fans at Clarke field. Wayne started from its own 30 in the second quarter and hammered 70 yards in 14 plays for the game's first touchdown, i Terry Fagan, Windber (Pa.) senior, scored on a 10-yard tackle smash. Ron Kowalczyk converted and Wayne carried a 7-0 lead Turn to Page 2, Column 2 Michigan's only touchdown came on the first play of the second period to culminate a 92-yard march the first time they touched the football. Terry Barr sped the final 16 yards into the Gopher end rone as the second period began. But after Ron Kramer converted, Michigan's offen- Turn to Page 5, Column 1 Oklahoma Shuts Out Irish For First Time in 5 Years most disastrous campaign it has' experienced since 1933.

The back to back losses to Irish, 32 to 13. one week, and Army mauled it, 59 to 0, the following Saturday. The complete inadequacy of football statistics to indicate the trend of a game never was more clearly indicated than in this contest. Notre Dame compiled 16 first downs to only 12 for Oklahoma and the Sooners had a Michigan State and Oklahoma by such lop-sided scores are unprecedented in Notre Dame's gridiron annals. The only comparable development was in the war-year of 1944 when Navy whipped the slim edge of 235 to 21S in total yards gained.

Yet. this was never a contest and Notre Dame was thoroughly outclassed from the opening kickoff to the final whistle. Oklahoma had too much speed, finesse and depth for Notre Dame. IX ADDITION, the Sooners were highly keyed for the "big game" of their schedule, while Notre Dame seemingly did not bounce back well either physically or mentally after its beating by Michigan State. It's not stretching a point to say this game actually was decided when Oklahoma won the 8168,430 PICTURE BT TOMMY DEVIN'E Free Tress Staff Writer SOUTH BEND, Ind.

Football's millionaires the University of Oklahoma Sooners added to their fabulous gridiron riches Saturday. Oklahoma crushed Notre Dame, 40 to 0. before a record crowd of 60,128 fans and in the process of the rout hung up a notable list of achievements. The Sooners' decisive victory, in the nationally televised game, coupled with Michigan State's upset at the hands of Illinois, will put coach Bud Wilkinson's cutfit back on top in the national polls and in the race for the mythical collegiate champion-hip. OKLAHOMA was the poll pacesetter for the first three weeks of the season but then fell behind Michigan State after the Spartans mauled Notre Dame here a week ago.

Now, the Sooners unquestionably will take over the lead by landslide proportions. The victory was Oklahoma's S5th straight. This winning utreak is the longest in modern Nose Wins Richest Race CAMDEN, N. J. (U.R) Calumet Farm's Barbizon cut loose with a tremendous burst of speed in the stretch Satur toss and elected to receive.

The slick and power offensive-minded Sooners took the opening kickoff on their own 32 and promptly set about to day to win the $319,210 Garden State Stakes in a three-horse; MITCHELL (ILK) I VS. I I xk A i J' i 4'- fit i i.y 1'; if 1 1 i si ys i 'v, r--' ,4 I "'C photo with Federal Hill and Amarullah. The favored Bold Ruler fin- ished out of the money as Bar-j had the lace won when he pulled bizon hauled down $168,430.50 away to a two-length lead at; in the world's richest horse race. the head of the stretch, paid' A crowd of 40,154 watched $6.60 and $5.80. Amarullah re-j Barbizon run down Clifford Lus show the sellout crowd and the Irish that they were the bosses.

In just 10 plays boom-boom-boom fashion Oklahoma drove 68 yards for a touchdown just after the clock passed the four-minute mark. Jim Harris, the talented quarterback, passed 14 yards to end John Bell for the score. Oklahoma was off and running. They could have called the entire thing off right then for the decision had been settled. NOTRE DAME never really NOTRE DAME OKLAHOMA sky's Federal Hill right at the wire to win the mile-and-one- IK turned 9.40.

WHILE Federal Hill missed! the big jackpot, his effort was! First downs sixteenth race by a nose. Only 8 4 5-1 i.S 60 7 10 a neck iarther back was George amply rewarded. He won $63, 9 11-1! ft 13 Rushing yardage Passes Passes Intercepted Punts Fumhles lost Yards Dejialiird Oklahoma 13 D. Widener's Amarullah. 842.

Third place was worth With Bill Hartack in the SS1.50 to Ambehaving. Oklahoma: Tonchdowns Bell (H-wass from Harris): O'Neal l-nltinge) Thomas 2 (11-riin, 36-nas intercention Harris 1 -plunge McDonald (55-pass Interception). was dangerous and before long saddle, Barbizon more than made up for the $12,135 which Calumet Farm paid to get the son of Polynesian to the post. The colt had been named for the race originally, but his eligibility was allowed to lapse and the stable had to pay the heavy fees to make him eligible again. Melson was fifith, followed by Tranquil, Take Note, Nashville, Miquelet, Clem, Finlan-dia.

Iron Liege, Prince Khaled, Bakhit. Buddy, California Kid, Bold Ruler Blue Spruce and the exhausted Jaunty John. Bold Ruler made all his own trouble," jockey Ted Atkinson gridiron history and one of the lengthiest compiled at any time since the game was originated it became merely a question of how big the Sooners' winning margin would be. Before the first quarter ended, OkLihoma scored again. This was a "cheap" one which came when both beams had their second-string units on the field.

eai'H "Wa triaH rrnt V. BOLD RULER, 2-1 favorite. -X--. more than 0 years ago. This was the 111th consecutive game in which Oklahoma has scored, and marked the first time in 48 contests Notre Dame failed to get a touchdown.

The last previous blanking of was fourth as the field of IS trun two-year-olds circled the bend! into the home stretch. Then he dLl "JTV ran up on the heels of Jaunty 7 tv, race. Notre Dame sophomore quarterback Bob Williams dropped back to punt. Sooner tackle Steve Jennings broke through to block the kick and end Bob Timberlake grabbed it in mid-air and raced to the Irish three before he was downed. Two plays later quarterback Hroivn Catches Rhode Island Detroit who was tiring.

Bold Ruler stumbled and almost went down. Barbizon's winning purse was the richest ever won by a race horse. His backers collected $15.20, i PROVIDENCE, R.I. (JP) an Irish team was in 1951 five years ago when Michigan State beat Notre Dame, 35 to 0. While Oklahoma was fattening an already overloaded gridiron wallet, Notre Dame was finking deeper into one of the worst slumps in its history, THIS WAS the Irish's fourth loss in five games this season and the team is headed for the I The University of Rhode Island Jay O'Neal sneaked across for 7 and $5.20 across the board when their choice scampered across the finish line In 1:44 the score.

led Brown University, 7 to 6, after the first half. Saturday, but the Bruins overpowered the Rams in the second half for a Oklahoma picked up another 4-5 over a "good" track. THE BRUSHOFF Illinois gave It to top-ranked (above). In full stride, Mitchell drives ahead, brushing Michigan State with power runs like that of Bob Mitchell aside the Spartan tackier in first period. Federal Hill, who apparently 27-7 victory.

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