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THE DETROIT FREE PRESS SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 194(1 Harvard and Pennsylvania See-Saw to 10-10 Tie Before 50,000 aPORT SECTION Stanford Trounces Wash in ton to Move Nearer Rose Bowl Passes Win for Princeton Allerdice Tosses Two in Last Quarter to Beat Dartmouth, 14-9 HurshsAim Downs M.S.C. Indiana Star Hurls Two Scoring Passes in 20-0 Triumph Crimsons Lee Tallies First Reagan Retaliates? Vander Eb and Davis Trade 3 Points Bf the I'nlted Preti PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 9 A fitting Harvard football team, ch refused to bow to pregame "recasts, staged a minor upset when it Played neavi'y favored team to a 10-10 rn- -i I i rr i vvi vv St i 1 1 10 to 7, as the teams turned into the final period. A few plays later the Indians were out ln front, 14 to 10.

Not long after, another touchdown was written Into the records Pete Kmetovic, left half, sprinting 45 yards with an intercepted pass. The Indians started their drive late in the third period. Taking the ball on their own 29, they chalked up 15 yards on line plays, then Frank Albert, the left-handed tosser, whipped one to Kmetovic, who outstripped the Washington secondary to score standing up. Albert added the extra point but Washington still led, 10 to 7. Just before they turned into the last quarter, Stanford took the ball on a pass interception on Washington's 41.

Albert southpawed one to Fred Meyer, right end, good for 12 yards. Nine yards more were added on a buck through center. The fourth period opene. wuh Stanford onv Washington's 20. A pass and eight line piays later, the Indians scored to go into the lead and Albert's kick from placement made the count 14-10 In favor of the home guards.

Near the end of the game, Washington's Dean McAdams threw a pass far to one side at his own 33. Kmetovic raced ln, caught the ball and went down the sidelines for the third touchdown, clinching the victory. WAHHINGTUX (10) STANFORD (SO) Continued from First Sports Pagft It was in those four minutrt that Indiana won the football game. From then on the Spartans just couldn't get Into the scoring habit, while the Hoosiers continued meir joo oy counting two mor markers in the final quarter. In those four minutes Indians: showed whylt has the best passing combination in the Big Ten.

The Hoosiers threw only three passes. tne nrst nair, but all three wera comnleted and netted 41 of tha 80 yards in that march. roe nrst nv plays in the attack were running plays featuring little Dale Swihart, who advanced the ball to midfield. There Hursch and Harris started to work. The first pass they tried was worth 22 Yards.

Two moro running plays brought seven yards ana Drougnc in tne state defense. Hurlln Hall aimed his next ona at Swihart. who went to tha 17. Ilurah Connects Another pair of line plunges gathered onlv two vards. but then the lightning struck.

Hursh fired to ills favorite six-foot-three receiver" In the end zone. Harris eathered in the 15-vard tons eoxilu and Indiana had its first six points. AicMiiim rusnea uene White, a stocky little guard into the line-up, and White converted with a per-feet placement. Indiana stock rose fast thereafter. The Spartans, easily th better team in the first quarter, were rather upset and that touchdown gave that needed extra spark to the Hoosier defense.

Whereas State had piled up six first downs and 104 yards rushing ln the first half, it could click for only two more first downs and 77 yards in the second half. Aerials Really Count Indiana didn't do any rushing to boast about either, but it nad a valuable weapon in its passing. It used the air very cautiously and threw only 11 passes, but seven were complete for two touchdowns plus 87 yards and not one was intercepted. State tried to match Indiana's offensive in the air and threw 10 passes, but only one was good. Three were grabbed by the alert Hoosier secondary.

Walt Ball, Mike Schelb and Dick Kicppe all tried their arm out with no result and Wy Davis threw only one pass. Swihart Snatches One In the last quarter Hursh picked Swihart as a receiver on a. vorv iTtiiii ih ji ittti't ttsitialii Hi TtJ Lawrence Tech Receiver Is Robbed of Bill Coatsworth (17), Lawrence Tech end, was about to bingo 1 Jack Blackburn, DeSales left half, knocked the Syracuse Spoils Penn State Record SYRACUSE, Nov. 9 (A.P.) Syracuse University held a hitherto all-victorious Penn State team to a 13-13'tie today before 15,000 spectators. Passes accounted for both Penn State tallies, Smaltz's 44-yard heave to Krouse setting up the deadlock late in the last period.

One Syracuse touchdown came on a pass, on a great 60-. yardrun by Dick Banger. Br the Anioelated Pre PRINCETON, N. Nov. 9 Princeton gambled its football shirt today on Dave Allerdice, its aerial sharpshooter, and the bet clicked, bringing the Tigers a 14-9 victory over uartmouth beiore 30,000 in Palmer Stadium.

After nurturing a one-point lead through nearly three quarters of the ball game, Princeton found itself trailing, 9 to 7, with the contest going into Its waning minutes. Stymied at midfield, fourth down coming up and nearly four yards to gain, Princeton elected to gamble on Allerdice's pitching arm. Dave threw a strike down the groove to' Paul Busse and with it the Tigers gained a first down. On the next play Allerdice wafted another on the nose this time to Larry Naylor. Naylor grabbed the leather near his 20 and wasn't brought down until he crossed the goal line.

-It was Allerdice. too. who set ud Princeton's first score in the opening period. From behind Dart mouth's 37-stripe he passed 20 yards to Busse, who fought up to the goal's edge before he was stopped. Peters plunged over on his first buck.

Joe racy back whose sprints kept the Dartmouth partisans whooping for victory through the afternoon, dashed 54 yards in the second period for the Indians' lone touchdown, and End Bob Krleger gave the losers' hopes even a greater surge when he put Dartmouth ahead with a neat field goal from the 15 in the final session. (H) DARTMOUTH .) IK Krleter Morr Dampler Voanc Allen (' Pearwn Robinioa R.O....... Gnenther Hire R.T WlnehlD Keller Allerdlea oil ortnn Petern Hnlf. Perlna RllfcM H.ll Kat K.B. HhII Dartmouth 0 7 0 0 14 .1 Princeton arnrin.

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W. Juiirdrt Cornell Beats Yale to Stay at Top of Heap NEW HAVEN, Nov. 9 (U. Cornell's Big Red football team stayed at the top of the perfect-record heap today by defeating Yale, 21 to 0, as 30,000 watched the most thrilling game played in the huge Yale Bowl this season. It was the first time Cornell had conquered the Blues since the learns opened their series in 1889.

Pacemaker of the Cornell powerhouse was Mortimer Landsberg, who accounted for two of the touchdowns. Harold McCullough made the other tally in the opening period of the game. It. was late in the first period when McCullough skipped over the goal line from Yale's 4. Nick Drahos added the point to break the Ice.

Landsberg came through ln the second period from Yale's 3 after a series of rushes that gained Cornell 47 yards from midfield. Drahos again converted. The final period had barely opened when Landsberg was off again for a score, racing from Yale's 37 behind perfect interference. The point was added by Mike Ruddy. fOKNM.r.

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Potts 7 7 i 'ft Drahos Keller Matusaczak McCullousb. Xurphv I.annttberr vorncu Touchdowns Inil.lur, M.r.,hA...t, Points after touchdown Drahos 8, Ruddj V.M.I. Sticks to Ground to Beat Washington 'U' ST. LOUIS, Nov. 9 (A.P.) Virginia Military Institute's football team marched like soldiers do on the ground and their attack overcame the harassment of Washington University's aerial of- iense toaay as the Cadets took a 20-13 decision in the rain.

Br the 'AaloclatM Fr PALO ALTO, Nov. 9 Stanford's Indians, rolling toward the Rose Bowl in unstoppable fashion, came from behind sensationally today to conquer their greatest rivals, Washington's Huskies, 20 to 10. A crowd of 65,000 fans, sitting in cool but sunny weather, saw the wizards of West Coast gridirons retain their unblemished recordthe only undefeated, untied major college eleven remaining In the Far Western ranks. The comeback was the most thrilling of the season ln these parts, with Washington leading, State Shooters Led by joy for Third Time For the -third time in five years Henry B. Joy, Is rated Mich igan's No.

1 skeet shot. Joy, the Detroiter who has won so many titles that he has long lost count, Saturday was named captain of the 1940 All-State skeet team announced by the Michigan Skeet Association. In 1936 and 1938 Joy, a southpaw, won this same honor. Besides, he has won one of the positions on the All-State team each year since this selection was inaugurated five years ago. Other sharpshooters named on HENRY B.

JOY, JR. He's still a leader the ten-man Atl-State team In the order of their selection are: Donald E. Sperry, Flint; Frank A. Kracht, Detroit; Paul Slack, Detroit; Richard H. Hecker, Detroit; William A.

Brown, Detroit; Thomas R. Metzger, Greenville, Dr. E. F. Lewis, Jackson; Clifford Sparks, Jackson, and Morris E.

Mc-Broom, Fenton, Mich, In gaining the 1940 All-State captaincy, Joy set a record for Michigan sharpshooters by hitting 1429x1500 in registered competition. Joy won the Motor State, Northwest Ohio and Midwest with perfect scores. Joy also won high-over-all honors in the Northwestern Ohio, Motor State and Michigan State championships. He is the only person on the 1940 team who has made the All-State squad each year since the M.S.A. started picking this team in 1936.

sperry, Wo. 2 man on the team and former State champion, hit 1318x1350 ln the 1940 season. Kracht, ranked No. 3, won the State championship last summer with a perfect 100 score. Missing from the All-State team for the first time is Ralph E.

Teague, of Davison, Mich. Teague won the State small-gauge title last summer but he didn't compete often enough to warrant selection on the honor team. Besides the 10 sharpshooters placed on the All-State team, five men received honorable mention. They are L. N.

Bier, Walter Tul- burt, Gerald Decker and D. P. Allen, all of Detroit, and W. D. Pidd, of Flint.

Bier is the veteran who tied Kracht with a perfect iuu score in me Michigan State championship but lost out In the shootoff, Leaders Meet Easy Foes in Soccer Games Michigan Amateur League soc cer teams will swing into the sixth week of their schedule Sunday with five games. Both unbeaten leaders, Villa Venice and Hispano, face com-paritively easy competition Sunday. Venice will play the aggressive Polish-Americans eleven at Jayne Field and Hispano will meet Venetians at Northwestern Field. In other games Bavarians will face German and Thistles will meet Kolping in a double-header at St. Clair Field.

Jewish-Americans will entertain the Flint Seals at Northwestern Field in the other game. Three games are set in the first round of the National Ar.iatc-ur Clip ccrrsprtiU'w. Iwro, State Cup championship, will face the strong Thistle team at Solvay Field, German United will meet Verhovay at Solvay Field and Celtics will play the Italian-Americans at Atkin.ion Field, mm mm' intl ii tajinTi- T-mi deadlock in an Ivy League battle Wore 50,000 persons at Frank-lin Field today. A fighting Crimson line was the mior factor as Harvard came from behind on Henry Vander Eb's Lid goal in the third period to iot the count and give the In-vaders a moral victory on their first visit to Philadelphia in 13 wars Another potent point in deadlock was the fine clutch ounting of horen MacKinney, LiPh brought the Crimson out of several holes. Penn Line Is Outplayed Harvard forward wall out a Ponn' suDDosedlv sunerlor fine throughout the game, and the QuaKers were wuuiib ociuc jor a tie.

The battered Invaders, viv won onlv one game this vear, were on the Penn 45 when the game euucu, in desperate hopes of a winning Harvard went In front In the jecond period on a 44-yaro. loucn-down drive, when Franny Lee cir cled end from tne lour-yara line. rHr. Kh added the Boint from placement. The Quakers came hacit with a 53-yard drive, Francis Reagan hitting tackle for in nnd tne toucnanwo.

uene Davis' place kick tied the score. Penn Kicks Field Goal The Quakers, battled, to a stand till by the Crimson on the Har after march from mid field in the third period, settled for a 13-yard item goal oy mvis. Harvard came back quickly, when Georsre Heiden inter cepted Allen's pass on the Penn 29. Six line plays carried 10 we iM and here Penn held. Harvard hud the choice of attempting to make one yard for a nrst down on the seven, but elected to settle for Vander Eh was rushed into the game, and again his kick was good tying tne score at ju an.

The final period was played In midfield. Statistics showed 14 first downs for Harvard compared with 10 for Pennsylvania. HtRVAHIMlO) PEN.V 10 r.l rMilcr PraM; Menitelnne. Arm ('. 'rlk R.

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Franklin-Marshall Loses First, 12-0 NEW YORK, Nov. 9 (A.P.) New York University rose from the shambles of a disastrous sea-ion today, outplayed undefeated Franklin and Marshall for 60 tingling minutes and handed the favored Diplomats their first defeat in seven games this season, 12 to 0. It was the second triumph of the season for the Violet" against five defeats. The firot Violet score came midday in the second period when Woodrow Wittekind plunged over from the one-foot lino after a pass from Mickey Finn to Clar-fnce Frydenborg had put the ball there. On the last play of the Same, Bill Manotti fired the ball quarely into the hands of N.Y.U.'s Joe Frank, who galloped 40 yards for the second touchdown.

Lions Will Clash with Bears. Today Riding far In front of the Western Division race, the big Chicago Bears will bring their power-packed football squad to University of Detroit Stadium Sunday to meet the Detroit Lions at 2 P- m. A crowd of 25,000 is expected to watch the Lions try to Mtch a Bear attack which has wen stopped only once in seven National League games this fall. The Bear attack is led by George McAfee, the All-America halfback 'rom Duke. In his first year of pro football McAfee has worked "is way into the Bears' starting "Mip and has been outstanding every game.

He is a southpaw Passer and a loft-foot kicker. Coach Potsy Clark, of the Lions, indicated Saturday that he would tart a backfield composed of hlzzer White, Lloyd Cardwell, Howie Weiss and Fred Vanzo. Ferndale Upsets Royal Oak High Paced by a 95-yard run by Ferndale High dW the favored Royal P.fl team, 14 -to 6. at i Oak Saturday afternoon, chchi? seventeenth annual wash between the schools. 0ak accounted for the 'Vl when Wllbr Pollack, the halfba.

Plunged from marrh "ya "ne after a 60-yard Pn ln the fir8t Peri0i- Bob In the tomi period. note high sch001 had Sat 'e ln Port "won PoSe t0 at Grosse, "iih two long drive and a Mississippi State Ma-v- "Pfi today h'rn 7 v'tory over a State eleven before lucrative pass play. From Indiana's 38 Hursh threw a hard low toss to Swihart, who was standing on the 30 with three blockers surrounding him. The blockers cleared the way and Swihart exhibited some nifty broken-field sprinting as he raced the remaining 30 yards and scored standing up. White again delivered the extra point The final score came on a break a hard-earned break.

As Kieppe punted from his own 11, Mike Bucchianeri, a 2t)0-pound guard, blocked the punt. The ball rolled over the State goal and Eddie Ruclnskl. Hoosier end, beat Kieppe In a race to it Hursh's try for the extra point was blocked. State Threatens Twlc State really only threatened to score twice once seven minutes after the game opened and again 16 seconds before it was over. The first attempt came on Maro Miller's attempted place-kick from the 19-yard line after the Hoosiers had stopped a 65-yard march.

The kick from a slight angle was wide by several feet The Spartans started a closing rally upon receiving Indiana's kickoff after the third touchdown, and marched to the Indiana 17 before yielding the ball on downs. It was marked by some excellent running by Pete Ripmaster. The Hoosiers have now won two of their six games and State has lost three, won two and tied one. Indiana has won three and tied one ln its rivalry with State. Oklahoma Wades Graft Conlrr L.T..

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CALIFORNIA TOrS TROJANS LOS ANGELES. Nov. The Golden Bears of the University of California today produced a slashing offensive, including a 100-yard touchdown dash, to hand the University of Southern California Trojans a 20-7 defeat before 50,000 fans. The most sensational play was made late in the second period when Jim Jurkovich, California's star sophomore right halfback, intercepted a fourth-down pass by Trojan Bobby Robertson on the Bear goal line and ran the length of the field for a touchdown. The play came when the Trojans were leading, 7 to 6.

OREGON STATE VICTOR CORVALLIS, Nov. 9- (U. Scoring twice in the last two minutes of play; after cashing in on a 67-yard drive in the second period, Oregon State College blanked the Washington State Cougars today, 21 to 0, in a coast conference football game, OREGON UPSETS U.C.L.A. EUGENE, Nov. 9 (U.

The University of Oregon won its first Pacific Coast Conference football game today when it out-powered and outsmarted the University of California at Los Angeles, 18 to 0, before 8,000 Oregon homecoming fans. Eastern Kentucky Beats Bearcats MT. PLEASANT, Nov. 9 A rugged and powerful Eastern Kentucky Teachers College football team dampened the enthusiasm at Central State's homecoming today and kept its own record unmarred with a 25-0 victory over the Bearcats, It was Central's worst de feat in three years. Wyatt Thurman, Kentucky left half, was the spark in the Southerners' attack, scoring two touchdowns, passing to another and toting the ball to within striking distance for the fourth.

Hillsdale Victor over Adrian, 22-6 HILLSDALE, Nov. 9 Hillsdale College defeated Adrian Bulldogs Z2-6 today in the Dales final football contest of the season. Hills- dais scored a safety in the first period and touchdowns in the first, third and fourth periods. Bruce Coburn topped a 44-yard drive with a four-yard touchdown plunge the nrst period, following the automatic safety which resulted from two blocked Adrian punts. Don Tuohy went 12 yards on an end around for the second tally and Bert Eklund climaxed five long gains from the 45-yard line with a two-yard dive into the end zone in the fourth.

Eklund and Coburn each converted by place- kick. Adrian romped 44 yards to score from the 5-yard line with Ernest Kirkman going around end for the score. Keithley Stars as Tulsa Trips Catholic 12-6 TULSA, Nov. 9 (A.P.) N. A.

Keithley's slippery skipping pro vided the shining light of a gray and soggy day a3 the Tulsa University Hurricane overpowered Catholic University, 12 to 6, today. Keithley brought the 5,400 customers to their feet time and again as he twisted and slashed his way down the field. In the fourth period, he counted the win-jiinn. fr 'fin Hurricane, thrice plunging through Catholic's left tackle to score from the 11. In the third period, Tulsa stagpd a 67-yard march from the kickoff to score.

Glenn Dobba smacked over from the two. a Catch catch this pass Saturday when, ball out of his grasp. 80-Yard Run Beats U. of M. Gophers Score 7-6 Victory on Long Dash by Bruce Smith Continued from First Sports Page That gave Michigan a 6-0 lead and a few minutes later Michigan kicked away another golden opportunity.

This time End Ed Frutig blocked Franck's punt from the end zone and Tackle Rube Kelto recovered for Michigan on the Gopher 3-yard line. Again Michigan couldn't connect. On third down Harmon passed and the toss was intercepted by Bob Paffrath; Gopher quarterback, in the end zone. That gave Minnesota the ball on Its 20. It was here that gridiron lightning hit Michigan.

Smith took the ball on first down and cut over his own ieft tackle. Eighty yards he streaked over that slippery turf and he went the last 50 yards without a Michigan man within 40 feet of him. That made it 6 to 6 and Mernik was rushed in to the game by Coach Bernle Bierman, He replaced the breathless Smith and Mernik did what he was supposed to do. He kicked the point that won the game. Gopher Line Groggy Trailing 7 to 6 at the "half, Michigan came back with an offensive that had Minnesota's 214-pound line groggy.

But Minnesota's lino wasn't groggy when Michigan was within touchdown distance. Michigan, with West-fall's plunging and some good passing by Harmon to Davey Nelson and Frutig, went 75 yards down the field and reached the 4-yard line. With first down on the 4-yard line, Harmon fumbled but recovered on the 7-yard line. On the next play Evashevskl and Westfall handled the ball and Evashevskl fumbled. Urban Odson, 247-pound Minnesota tackle, jumped on the ball on the 9-yard line and that was all for Michigan.

Only five minutes remained to be played and Michigan was finished although the Wolverines did get to the 26-yard line once before the game ended. What kept Minnesota in the ball game until Smith's great run was some extra fancy punting by Franck. Once In the first quarter he got away a 64-yard punt with the slippery ball which went out of bounds just 18 inches from the Michigan goal line. Another time he punted 39 yards out of bounds on the Michigan 5. Franck's Running StopjK-d Franck, the speedster of the Minnesota backfield, netted only 17 yards on the wet turf.

But he didn't have to run. He punted like a demon and Smith's run was more than enough to offset Franck's dashing. It marked the fourth time ln 32 games between the Gophers and the Wolverines that a game has ended 7 to 6. Each team has won twice by that margin. However, Minnesota's two 7-6 victories are of very recent vintage.

Two years ago Minnesota beat Michigan by the same score ln Minneapolis. Minnesota now must beat only Purdue and Wisconsin to clinch the Big Ten championship and a claim to the mythical national title. The Gophers should win those two games. It's a certainty that Minnesota will not find Purdue and Wisconsin as tough as Michigan was today ln the rain. The crestfallen Wolverines left tonight.

It was still raining. And as they left, no one spoke. Misery that comes only after a one-point defeat by Minnesota in Minneapolis is a misery which even a great Michigan team couldn't shake cff. WINTER GOLF PLANNED announced Saturday that gnlf would be played all winter at the Hawthome Valley Golf Cour.se. Me paid that gou r.ai Deen I Jones Paces Pitt Victory Carnegie Tech Held for Downs Deep in Panther Territory Be the t'nlted Pres PITTSBURGH, Nov.

9 A courageous goal-line defense after Edgar Jones had raced over with a touchdown gave the Pitt Panthers a 6-0 victory this afternoon over its city rivals, Carnegie Tech, before 28,000 football fans in Pitt Stadium. Just as happened last year, Jones was the hero ln bringing victory to Pitt. In 1939, he flung a forward pass half the length of the field to send Tech down to a 6-0 defeat. This afternoon, Jones outflanked the Tartans' left side in the third period to flash 12 yards across the goal line. After Quarterback Mike Sekela failed to convert, the final score was 6 to 0, but that doesn't tell how ekiae Tech came to being the victor or even wresting a tie.

With little more than five minutes to play, Ernie Bonelli, Pitt substitute halfback, punted from his 36-yard line. The ball skidded back with Harold Dunn and Pete Dobrus, of the Tech team, in pursuit and Dunn recovered for Tech on Pitt's two-yard mark. But George Muha, Tech's big rieht halfback, on four line plunges was unable to bridge the tiny gap to the end zone as tne Panthers gave a display of courage and took the ball on downs. It was the twenty-first victory for Pitt in the 27 meetings between the two neighboring schools with Tech winning five of the games and one ending in a tie. Rice Conquers Arkansas Eleven FAYETTEVILLE, Nov.

9 (A.P.) Up and coming Rice In stitute floored the Arkansas Razorbacks today, 14 to 7, in a homecoming game witnessed by 7.00Q spectators. Mystery team of the Southwest, Rice kept its conference slate clean by scoring in the first and last quarters and turned ln a minor upset for the day. for any in its history. The old record was approximately 63,000 who saw Notre Dame beat the Gophers, 7 to 6, in Minneapolis in 1937. Fifty minutes before th'e kick-off Coach Fritz Crisler, of Michigan, walked out on the field with three of his assistant coaches, Clarence Munn, Earl Martineau and Benny Oosterbaan, and examined the Minnesota gridiron from one end to the other.

The Minneapolis weatherman took a beating today, much to the dismay of the football fans. Both Friday night and early Saturday morning the forecast was clear and cold. Then the rain came, The Minnesota team ran onto the field 40 minutes before the. opening kickoff. The Michigan team, possibly a bit allergic to the moisture, did not come out until 15 minutes later.

Then the warmed up barely 10 minutes. Michigan's 100-man band march- ed out on the firld 15 minutes before the game with the six-foot seven-inch Jack Sherrill waving the drum major's baton. DeSales Blasts, Blue Devils Sailors Win, 33-7, to Throw M.O.O.C. Race into Three-Way Tie BY BOB XATSIIAW After spotting Lawrence Tech a seven-point lead in the first period, the Big Sailors of DeSales College turned on a five-touchdown attack to rout the Blue Devils, 33 to 7, at Ives Field Saturday before about 1,000 fans; The Sailors' victory threw the M.O.O.C. title Into a three-way tie with Lawrence, Assumption and DeSales' all knotted with three victories and one defeat ln conference competition.

The Blue Devils scored first early in the first quarter but the Sailors made the most of two breaks to tie and then take the lead in the second period, 14 to 7. Air Game Clicks Taking to the air In the third period, the Sailors added two more touchdowns and, just for good measure, inarched 30 yards, using straight power plays to chalk up their final marker In ths fourth period. Except for a brief period ln the first quarter the Sailors completely outplayed the Blue Devils. The Ohioans' line outcharged the Tech forwards, and it was only consistently good punting by Harry Awdey that the score was kept down. Paul and Bernard Selbenik, guard and tackle for the Sailors, stood out especially.

The two brothers spent much of the afternoon in the Tech backfield piling up the Blue Devils' running game. It was Awdey who tossed a 25- yard pass to Johnny McHugh who raan 10 yards for the Lawrence score in the first period. But then the DeSales touchdown dynamite broke loose. Two Quick Score Awdey, punting from his goal line, got away a short kick that DeSales took on the Lawrence 20. Kenny Herman then passed to Bob Nienberg for the first touchdown scored against Lawrence in conference competition this season.

A few minutes later Johnny Schieber recovered a Lawrence fumble on the Blue Devils' 45 to start another touchdown march, Schieber carrying the ball over himself from the 2-yard line. In the third period Larry Bondy passed to Jack Blackburn for 35 yards to the one and then Bondy carried the ball over from there. After an exchange of punts, Blackburn away for a 46-yard dash to the Lawrence nine and three plays later Ted Sarah-man passed to Blackburn for the score. I)E SAJ.ES 33 LAWRENCE CJ) Nortny Pupke P. Seihenirk Doa II.

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T-'rotirk burn, H.hi-fr, "letrarmn. Hiraaa, TliutUai, Wolverines Not Interested in FoodBefore the Game Nervousness Causes Players Merely to Nibble at Their Luncheon; 7,000 Michigan Fans Journey to Minneapolis for Battle to 13-0 Victory lit the Vsorfnred Pre LAWRENCE. Nov. 9 A couple of punt-hazy Big Six football teams sloshed up and down a muddy field for three and a half periods today before Oklahoma struck twice to defeat Kansas, 13 to 0. For more than three-fourths of the way kicking the soggy ball was the best attacking weapon.

Then, in the final period Oklahoma forgot it was raining even if th 4,000 spectators and be gan passing. A shovel pass from Huel Hamm to Orville Mathews netted the first touchdown. Mathews swung around his own left after catching the pass on the Kansas 41 and went splashing over. A few minutes later the sama passing combination worked tha slippery oval to scoring territory with Johnny Martin plunging over from four yards out College Football THIS WEEK'S GAMES FRIDAY Kalamazoo vs. Michigan Normal at Ypsilanti.

SATURDAY -Northwestern vs. Michigan at Ann Arbor. U. of D. vs.

Gonzaga at Spokane-Wash. Michigan State vs. Marquette at Milwaukee. Wayne at Buffalo. Ripon vs.

Detroit Tech at Robinson Field. Adrian vs. Ferris at Big Rapids. Lawrence Tech at Defiance. O.

Manchester vs. Western Sia' I at Kalamazoo. Central State vs. DoSates af jToieJo, MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 9 Talk about pregame anxiety.

Three and a half hours before the Michigan-Minnesota football game today the Michigan players sat down for a light lunch. Capt Forest Eva-shevskl nibbled at his food for four or five minutes, then got up and walked away. Food just doesn't taste right to football players before an important game. Most of the players felt the same way. Even the usually jovial Ed Frutig said little.

A squad of 25 stadium workers started rolling the tarpaulins off the field an hour before the opening kickoff. It took 12 tarpaulins to cover the field from goal post to goal post. End Eddie Frutlg's parents were among some 7,000 Michigan fans who came to Minneapolis and braved the cold rain to see the game. Included among the fans were several hundred who came up from Garv. Ir.d., Tom Harmon's hometown, on a "Harmon Special." Every available spot in the Gopher stadium was fiiM with! temporary seats.

Minnesota sold mors seats for this game than' 1 Lotid, Mid ii.

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