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First Score Ma chine Gun Camera Catches Precision Play 19 CIIAPPUIS? 4 81 r- -sr 'SI i "'ill 4f j. Vv, 1 5 4 CTAKtCDPl 'J" ijfi-'l I A i 11 4 1 Free Press Machine Gun Camera Photos by Joe Kalec Shea Wins to ive Edge 9 M.M" an blverines Rout And the Mighty Cookie Goes Down Swinging J)i omer ag vv. Big Difference Stanford, 49-13 U-M Powerhouse Settles Issue with 28 Points in First 9 Minutes BY VV. EDGAR Special to the Free Press ANN ARBOR There were shades of Michigan's famous "point-a-minute" teams of another era on parade in Michigan Lavagetto Has Chance Again But This Time He Strikes Out BY JOHN CARMICHAELr Special to the Free Press BROOKLYN They sent "Cookie" Lavagetto up to bat in the ninth inning of the fifth World Series game. The Dodgers were one run behind.

They had a man on second with two out when Lavagetto, who made World Series the day before, lugged his stick to the plate to hit for Pitcher Hugh Casey. But any similarity between this Lavagetto and the one they toasted in Flatbush Friday night, was purely physical. Saturday's Lavagetto struck out and the Yankees are within one game of v- s-i Jf" Stadium Saturday afternoon. This 1947 model of the Wolverine gridiron machine was thrown 'X into high gear for only the first nine minutes, but in that short time it ran up 28 points and then coasted to a 49-13 victory over 7 the Stanford Indians. Nothing like it in a scoring way ever had been seen the Stad 4 the championship on the lift of a 2-1 triumph before 34,379 fans.

ium, and 66,100 shirtsleeved spec tators were stunned by the power and precision of this devastating THE DETROIT FREE PRESS Compared with the sound and fury of that fourth game, this one was conducted in a quiet and 4 machine. MSG Takes Only Chance 3 of 4 Passes Beat Mississippi State, 7-0 dignified manner. SPORTS JUST 48 SECONDS after Bob Mann took the opening kickoff and ran it back to the Michigan With Catcher Aaron Robinson behind the Yankee plate, no Dodger even tried to steal a base 35-yard line, Bob Chappuis hit the rangy Negro end with a pass and he raced to the eoal line. The as Rookie Frank Shea nunea a four-hit game and drove in one SECTION SUNDAY, OCT. 5, 1947 of his runs with a single to left.

play covered 61 yards. When Automatic Jim Brieske added the extra point, the -As. STATISTICS MISS. ST. First downs 13 Tards rushin 18.

Yards Bassin" of Passes attempted If Passes completed 1 5 Passes interrented 0 Pontine average 2 Opp. fumble recovered 4 MSC. 3 78 43 4 3 31 JOE DiMAGGIO, who struck out once and hit into two double plays, authored the winning mark er with his second home run of 0 Purdue Jolts Bucks, 24-20 Fourth Period Score Upsets Ohio State STATISTICS 10 massacre was on. Three minutes later Chappuis lateraled to Elliott on the nine-yard line, and Bump went over. Before the second hand on the clock made two complete additional turns Jack Weisenburger, the big fullback, ran 61 yards for the third score.

MICH. STATE ft MISS. STATE f0 TWO OUT, ONE ON, NINTH INNING AND COOKIE LAVAGETTO STRIKES OUT Hero of Friday's game shown as he takes the final futile cut of Saturday contest the series. Shea had nice speed and had ft good breaking' ball with which he fanned six men. He would have had a shutout except for two walks in the sixth ahead of a single by 'Jackie Robinson.

Huey H. Davis Vocier 1, Garratt Bazdon 1. ii Johnson McCurry Kay Mason Patterson usi Cartwrieht H. Bale Alexander -While the Victors Smile Krestat Smith Three minutes later eight min PCRDI OHIO ST. utes and 50 seconds after the Poioneak LH McWilliams handnois H.

Davis First, downs 17 10 The usual quota of four Brook Northwestern Spills UCLA on Late Spree opening kickoff, to be exact Rlenkhorn Bailey Miss. State 0 0 0 0 Mich. State 0 0 7 0 7 lyn pitchers paraded before home Chappuis hit Dick Rifenburg with eyes for the last time this season Michiean State sconne: Touchdown a long pass at the lu-yara line 35 JO 41 1 18.6 1 23i 9 40 Huey. Point after touchdown G. Smith Yards rushine: Passes attempted Passes completed Yards passine Passes intercepted PuntinB averaee Ooo.

fumbles recovered Yards penalized PLRDLE Kex was a surprise and he scampered into the end zone. (placement). BY MARSHALL DAXN Free Tress Staff Writer 60 34 Other Series Facts, Stories on Pages 3 and 5 The momentum carried into the OHIO STATE second period when Stanford, dis IE LT (i EAST LANSING Michigan mayed and shocked, yielded two starter. He got out of a jam in Wildcats Turn Aschenbrenner, Worthington Loose for 27-26 Nod State cashed in on its lonly scoring the first when the Yanks loaded opportunity to post a surprise 7-0 the bags with nobody out, but More Michigan Football Pictures Pages 2 and 3 Morrison Wilson JhIjIium'Ii Lininger Temtilefoii Jennines Bonnie Molilca tiark SensaniiHiiKher Uhisler Heck O'Reilly Murray Sprang Harwath Barbnlak iVIalonev De Moss Nznlborski Adams Milito Ohio State went to the bathhouse in the victory over Mississippi State, The intersectional upset was wit ii RE' QB 7 0 7 3 EVANSTON, 111. (U.P.) Northwestern spotted UCLA three fifth.

Joe Hatten, Hank Behrman, more touchdowns. Midway in the nessed by 22.562 fans, a record Casey worked in that order. touchdowns on the breaks, but came roaring back in the second crowd for Macklin Field. 6 7 period Gene Derricotte, Negro back, took charge of things and scored twice within a minute of half to upset the 1946 Pacific Coast League football champions, Purdue 7 7 I Ohio State icorine: Touchdowns Sen- IT WILL BE Allie Reynolds 27 to 26. The lone tally, which came in the third quarter, resulted from a T-formation aerial drive that carried 54 yards.

It was climaxed play. against Vic Lombardi in Yankee It was UCLA's game throughout the first half, but Northwestern must have eaten fira and brim ice lies sanhaugher 2. Verdova. Points after touchdowns Moldea (placements). Purdue scorinn: Touchdowns Heck.

Adams. Demoss. Points after touchdown Haverstock 3. Field coal Haverxtork. Free Press Chicago Tribune Wire LAFAYETTE, Ind.

Purdue's MIKE DURKET had just punted outside on the Michigan 46 when Picture on Page 2 Derricotte moved into the picture. stone during the intermission by a 17-yard touchdown toss from Stadium Sunday. This was a game patterned after Friday's never-to-be-forgotten conflict in that it sped-along rather rapidly. Shea retired 10 men in order before issuing walk to PeeWee Reese in the fourth. Frank Aschenbrenner and Tom with USC He hit Ed McNeil, second-string end, with a pass to the Stanford Bob Krestal, the No.

3 quarter Worthington, a pair of halfbacks, football men don't know when they are whipped. They pay no back, to Warren Kuey, the regular 27. The drive kept moving down to the two-yard line, where the led the Wildcat comeback. attention to forecasts and form left end. BEFORE THEY staged the win charts.

They just play football. ning drive, the Spartans played a Both Lucky to Slip by with 7-7 Deadlock LOS ANGELES UP) The ASCHENBRENNER was the first to shine. With Northwestern trailing at the half, 13 to 7, he took the third-period kickoff on his own three-yard line, ran to But it wasn't until the fifth that the Dodgers got their first hit, a single by Gene Hermanski who led off. He couldn't get any fur defensive game, iney set tne stage with a running attack from the single-wing formation. Indians suffered a bad break.

They became over-anxious and were charged with interference on a pass. That gave Michigan a first down on the one-yard line, and Derricotte promptly went over. Again Brieske added the point. The cheers for this drive hadn't 'v 4s.y- --v Jn mwm -v? tetfP fc a' 1 mil miinni Saturday afternoon an inspired Boilermaker team twice came from behind in the second half and their last furious attack defeated Ohio State, 24 to 20. When Bob DeMoss, Purdue's ther and the next inning Man Rice Owls, of the Southwest Conference, and Southern California, The drive started after a Picture on Page 5 ager Shotton lifted Hatten in favor of Al Gionfriddo, a pinch of the Pacific Coast, waged a the right and outsped the UCLA furious grid combat for four quar hitter.

quarterback, sneaked over from the one-foot line for the winning faded when J. T. White, Michigan ters and both were lucky to leave the field with a 7-7 tie in the first touchdown, four minutes and 57 THE MOVE proved successful as the little speedster walked. So seconds remained. The Boiler center, intercepted a Stanford pass and moved to the Indians' four-yard line.

Derricotte then drove meeting of the two schools. A sun-baked crowd of 64,231 saw Rice outplayed in the first did Reese after Stanky had struck makers, who three times had secondary for the tying touchdown. Less than five minutes later it was Worthington's turn. He caught a punt by Benny Reiges on his 34, cut for the side line, and romped all the way with never a hand laid on him. That made the score 20 to 13 out.

This brought Robinson into Maroon punt was returned to Mississippi State's 46. Operating from the for the first time, Michigan State threw its first pass with Krestal pitching. It went to Ken Balge and was 4 jrood for 13 yards. Johnny Poioneak plunged for two more to the 39. Krestal whipped his second aerial to Red Gilman for 16 yards, and Poioneak ran for another six.

Tossing from the 17-yard line yielded advantage to the Buck over in two plays. eyes, fought furiously. Football Scores on Page 2 THEY YIELDED one first down Associated Press Wirephotos JOE DiMAGGIO FRANK SHEA to a desperate fourth-down for Midway in the third period Stanford gained possession on its 49 and moved into action. With Allyn Morris and Wayne Erick-son playing the leading roles, the Indians went on to score. Erickson led the charge with a half, come back in the third quarter to score seven points.

for the Wildcats. It looked as if it The pitcher and the hitter in Yanks' victory ward pass and then wrested the ball from Ohio State on the Boiler would be enough, but Northwestern failed on its own misplays. Later in the third period Aschen THE VAUNTED Trojans travel FIGURES ON 5th GAME maker 30-yard line on downs. Twice DeMoss kept possession on routine quarterback plays. Then 27-yard sprint.

Marty Feldman ed 81 yards in 13 plays to tie the missed the try for point. brenner made a short kick to the Northwestern 36 and UCLA needed only seven plays to score. me gun ratified Purdue victory. The Wolverine second-stringers count as the clock ticked into the final two minutes of the contest. Costly miscues robbed the Close as Can Be Reiges missed the conversion and the Wildcats still were ahead.

Hundreds of students raced to the field to escort the victors to their quarters. Purdue had Turn to Page 2, Column 8 BROOKLYN (N) AB the limelight and he singled to center, the ball glancing off Shea's upstretched glove. Gionfriddo scored on the blow, Reese went to third and Robinson himself took second on the play at home. But neither Dixie Walker nor Hermanski could keep the inning going. Meanwhile, the Yankees blew another first inning chance when Barney, starting Brooklyn hurler, walked Snuffy Stirnweiss and John Lindell around a double to Tom Henrich.

THIS BROUGHT DiMaggio up with the bags full and nobody out and, of all things, he fanned. McQuinn then hit to Barney who forced Stirnweiss at the plate and Johnson went down swinging as the partisan throng roared. Barney walked Rizzuto in the second and wild-pitched him up' a notch but escaped unscathed. He issued walks to Henrich and Lindell in the third with one out and got out of that jam Turn to Page 3, Column 8 got this back in the fourth when Walt Teninga passed 26 yards to Don Kuick for a score, THERE WAS STILL a little fight left in the Indians, though. They bounced back on Morris' arm.

He hit Mervin with two aerials and the Indians had the ball on the one-yard line. Charles Coker then went over, and Mervin added the Big Nine Standing Pts. OP Pet. 0 1.000 Illinois THEN TOM FEARS, a UCLA end, came into action. Forced back to his 30, Aschenbrenner again decided to punt.

Fears leaped over the blockers, smashed the ball down and picked it up on the 15-yard Kne to run for a touchdown. Reiges didn't miss the kick, and it was 26-20 for UCLA. Wisconsin NEW YORK (A) AB A Stirnweiss, 2b 3 0 0 3 4 0 Henrich, rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 LindeU, If 2 0 0 3 0 0 DiMaggio, cf 4 113 0 0 McQuinn, lb 4 0 0 7 0 0 W. Johnson, 3b 3 0 0 2 1 0 A. Robinson, 3 1 0 7 0 0 Rizzuto, ss 2 0 0,1 1 0 Shea, 4 0 2 0 1 0 Totals: 29 2 5 27 7 0 Purdue extra point.

Indiana Iowa 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 39 38 7 12 20 0 0 0 12 21 52 7 35 24 0 0 0 .750 .500 .500 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 A 2 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ohio State Krestal chose Huey for his target, but the lanky end let the ball slip away. Then he threw to Huey again. Warren took it on the eight and slipped past two tacklers for the tally. George Smith, a placekick specialist, added the extra point. MICHIGAN STATE never got another chance.

In the first half the Spartans got no closer than the Maroon 39. In the second half they reached the 33 once on an Intercepted pass. in the first half Michigan State held for downs on the 18, la and 16, and in the second half on the 20 and 29. Three Intercepted passes ended all other Maroon scoring threats. Mississippi State came the closest in the second quarter.

After recovering a fumble on the MSC 44, the Maroons used all running plays to drive for a first down on the 5. WALLACE MATULICH plunged to the four. On the next play, however, Lynn Chandnois, the defensive hero, tossed Matulich for a six -yard loss. Matulich then threw two incomplete passes, and MSC took over on downs. 1 Stanky, 2b 3 0 0 2 Miksis, 2b 0 0 0 1 Reese, ss 2 0 0 2 J.

Robinson, lb 4 0 1 5 Walker, rf 4 0 0 0 Hermanski, If 4 0 12 Edwards, '3019 Furillo, cf 3 0 0 2 Jorgensen, Sb 4 0 0 3 Barney, 10 0 0 Hatten, 0 0 0 JO Behrman, 0 0 0 0 Casey, 0 0 0 1 A-Gionfriddo 0 10 0 B-Vaughan 1 0 1 0 C-Reiser 0 0 0 0 D-Lavagetto 1 0-0 0 Z-Lombardi 0 0 0 0 Totals: SO 1 4 27 MICH. STANFD lO 13 184 137 253 139 17 37 8 11 3 4 44 33 3 0 Michigan N'western Minnesota First downs Yards rush ins Yards passing Passes attempted Passes completed Passes intercepted PuntinK average Opp. fumbles recovered Yards penalized Trojans of scoring chances in the first half as they outran the Owls, 152 yards to 69, and racked up six first downs to two for the visitors. Quarterback Ike Eikenberg ran and passed 38 yards in 12 plays for the Rice score, going over on a sneak himself for the tally. Jimmy Williams booted the extra point.

FROM HIS own 19, Sophomore Quarterback Jim Powers, with Jack Kirby and Gray lending the most help, put together a final sustained drive that carried on across the midfield stripe. From there, Gray ran 29 yards. Kirby smacked the middle of the line for nine, and the Trojans pounded down to the one, from where Fullback Verl Lillywhite crashed over. Tom Walker converted, the score was tied and the game ended a moment later. Rice 0 0 7 0 7 ISC 0 0 0 7 7 Rice scoring: Touchdown Eikenberg.

Point after touchdown, i. Williams. ISC scoring: Touchdown Lillywhite. Point after touchdown Walker. Even the proudest Northwestern rooters were stilled then.

UCLA was holding the Wildcats even. Unable to gain from his 28, Reiges punted out of bounds on UCLA's 48. In three plays Northwestern had gone to the 32. Sub Halfback Jules Siegle came into the game and Jim Farrar passed to him over the goal on the next play for the winning 33 31 MICHIGAN (49) Mann Hilkene Sobfleski 1. T.

White Wilkins Pritnia Rifenburg Yerges rhappuig C. Elliott STAFFORD 13) Martin Budte LI Clark JL Flat land Feldman Phlecer Burke Bell Erickson L.H Titus M. Anderson SATURDAY'S RESULTS MICHIGAN 49, Stanford 13. Minnesota 28, Nebraska 13. Purdue 24, Ohio State 20.

Wisconsin 7, Indiana 7. Northwestern 27, UCLA 26. Illinois 35, Iowa 12. NEXT WEEK'S GAMES Pittsburgh at MICHIGAN Illinois at Army Indiana at Iowa Southern California at Ohio RBI Shea, DiMaggio, J. Robinson.

2BH Henrich, Vaughan, Shea. HR DiMaggio. LB New York 11; Brooklyn 8. BB Off; Barney Shea Behrman 1. SO Barney Shea Hatten Behrman Casey 1.

Barney, 3 in 4 Hatten, 0 in la; Behrman, 1 in Casey, 1 in 2. DP Reese to Stanky to Robinson; Reese to Miksis to Robinson. WP Shea. LP Barney. Attendance 34,379.

Weisenburger 0 7 9 28 14 Michigan 6 7 13 Stanford Golfer Makes 190-Yard Ace W. J. Griffin used a No. 4 iron to score a hole-in-one at Pink Lake Country Club. Griffin, who was playing with J.

M. Woods, aced the 180-yard 12th hole. rCXA 13 13 026 Michigan scoring: Touchdowns Mann. A-Walked for Hatten in 6th. B-Doubled for Behrman in 7th.

C-Walked for Stanky in 7th. D-Struck out for Casey in 9th. Z-Ran for Edwards in' 9th. New York (A) 000 110 0002 Elliott. Weisenburger.

Rifenburg, Derricotte 3. Kuick. Points after touchdown: Brieske 7 (placement). Stanford scoring: Touchdowns Erick State Northwestern .0 7 13 7 27 UCLA scorings: Touchdowns Myers, Roesch. Page.

Fears. Points after touchdowns Reiges 2. Northwestern scoring: Touchdowns Worthington 3. Aschenbrenner. Siegle.

Points after touchdowns Farrar 3. son. Coker. Point after touchdown: Mer Notre Dame at Purdue California at Wisconsin Brookljn (N) 000 001 0001 vin. Columbia 13 Army 47 Indiana 7 Illinois 35 Notre Dame 40 Texas 34 California 46 Minnesota 28 Na- 6 Colorado 0 Wisconsin 7 Iowa 12 Pitt 6 N.

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