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SPORT SECTION THE DETROIT FREE PRESS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1939 long Runs by Walsh and Siera Enable Hurons to Beat Wayne, 13-6 Victors Pile Up Yale's Passing New Faces That Will Be Seen When Hockey Amateurs Open Season Monday First-Half Lead Tartars Late Rallies Bounces Back Interceptions Bring Dartmouth Victory Statistics fall Short or GoaZ Vala DartnaMtli t-" miniiiii'. A r- JOE DL'TTON HERB BfRROX WHIP SIIORTT BILL JENNINGS DICK BEHLING COAOI STEWART EVAN'S Holzbaugh's new coach, Evans, talks things over with two of Burron and Dutton, son of the nig new men who played in England last season. Jennings was hail trom Calgary, while bhortt played with Niagara talis. Trio of New Go alies in M-OPuck Openers Pontiac Plays Windsor, Holzbaugh Meets London Monday at Olympia Statistics Mich, formal 3 16.1 3 4: 20 Wayne attempted IT completed Pawn Intercepted 0 Writ tained. naanlni runlinit avrraae n.mlHc.

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uffrM' Hl'iirrenn I nv 1,, K.ili (Hnmline), lirad line.man Bimou (Purdue). By Ernie Stefani Michigan Normal's touchdown twins, Walt Siera and Jimmy Walsh, reeled off spectacular runs in yie first half to give the Hurons a 13-6 victory over a determined Wayne University eleven Saturday afternoon at Keyworth Stadium. A homecoming crowd of 5,000 saw the Hurons even the 1939 home-and-home series between the two teams. Wayne won, 9 to 7, at ypsilantl several weeks ago. The game waa not a minute old when the Wayne team was caught flat-footed by Walsh.

Dropping hack to punt on third down, Wabh faked and started around left end from the Normal 35-yard line. Ticking up his interferers, he eluded several Wayne tacklers and dashed 65 yards down the sidelines for the first score. Walsh also kicked the extra point. Siera Dashes 63 Yards Then, with four minutes remaining in the second period, Siera broke loose on a similar play on his own 37 and with a nice exhibition of open-field running went 63 yards for another touchdown, jerry Sevick blocked Walsh's place kick. Wayne came back with its only touchdown midway In the first period when Siera fumbled Jerry Sohnelker's punt on his own 30 and Sevick pounced on the ball.

On the first play Ed McMullin, Tartar quarterback, cut through right tackle and ran 28 yards to the Normal two. Schnelker smashed over for the score. Schneider's kick was wide and the-Hurons still led, 7 to 6. Four Threats Repulsed The Tartars fought desperately in the second half to overcome the lead that Siera and Walsh had built up. But four Wayne threats were repulsed by the rugged Normal line.

In the fourth period Wayne rallied and had the ball inside its foe's 20-yard line three times, but each time was held for downs. In the third period, after a series of punt exchanges, Schnelker and McMullin reeled off two first downs to the Normal 29. A pass, McMullin to Sevick, netted another on the Huron 10. Sevick went to the five on an end-around, but the Wayne drive was cut short when Adams fumbled McMullin's lateral and was thrown back to the Normal 17. Two passes then fell incomplete and Normal took the ball on downs.

The victory halted Wayne's inning streak at two and ended Mii'higan Normal's two-game losing streak. Wayne had the edge with 12 first downs to three for Normal. Eagles Win, 13-7' in Final Minutes nncTnw ja pi with 1pss than five minutes to play, Boston College's football forces pushed over two quick and spectacular touchdowns today to pull "'it a 13-7 victory over Auburn's plainsmen before 15,000 fans at Fenway Park. Charlie O'Rourke's sensational passing gave the Eagles both their touchdowns after Auburn had "red on an 80-yard runback of a Pass interception by Lloyd Cheatham. Ben Eastman Marries PALO ALTO, Nov.

4 I A. Ben Eastman, world record holder in four track events, nd Miss Alice Edwina Ellis, of Altos, were married Friday night. After a California honeymoon the couple will live in New York. A Mile Yht inwnt 11 ard caturrf. rothlng '1ft Pawn) itkmirinl ai 15 ard Kainvd, taainc 137 Intrrnted Ptinttnc avrrnaa 37 llpp.

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4 (A.P.) To be brutally frank about it ell, Tale passed Dartmouth to a sensational 33-0 victory in the twenty-third renewal of their current football a 1 a today. Fifty-eight thousand spectator, terraced about the vast Eli saucer, saw the big green team from Han over, undoubtedly playing its best game to date, intercept nine tosses from harried Yale back, practically every interception either paving the way for a touch- -down or curbing a potential threat. It was bad enough to be out played, but to have all the break go against them made it tragic from the Elis' standpoint and from the first half-minute, when Jim Bauman Intercepted Fred Burr pass on the Yale 39, th boys in blue continually were getting themselves into situation which kept them rocking on their heel all afternoon. There was an exchange of punt before Dartmouth scored after that first Interception, but the ball never was out of Eli territory, -and the touchdown march started on the 45, Bauman and Hutchinson ripped the Yale line to blue-ribbons on a steady march, Bauman finally going over from th two-yard line. Hutchinson's place-kick was good.

On the first play of the second period Bauman dropped back from the Yale 19 to the 35 and whipped the ball down toward the end zone. Bob Krieger raced past the defense men and took the ball over his shoulder for a score. Thi time Hutchinson' kick was wide. In the third period Hutchinson made the most sensational play of the game as he took a punt on hi own 22, started to his left, cut back, and, behind superb blocking raced to the Yale 11 before Hovey Seymour brought him down. then went the rest of the way in easy stages, and completed th incident by kicking the goal.

In the final period Lou Young intercepted a wild Eli pass and roared to the Yale 12. Ray Hall picked up five more and then Jo Arico went the remaining seven like a bullet. Courter's place-kick was good to end the scoring for the day. Tigers Lick Harvard PRINCETON, N. Nov.

4 (A.P.) Those two old settlers of the Eastern slope, Harvard and Princeton, put on a stirring, action-filled struggle In their thirty-fifth meeting in Palmer Stadium today, the 40,000 fans getting their full money's worth as Princeton scraped through, 9 to 6. The Tigers gained their margin of victory at the very outset of the duel, when they scored a safety and a spectacular touchdown within a space of two mur utes. The Crimson, striving to fight off its third straight defeat, came back to count on a brilliant 47-yard run by Franci Lee, a substitute back, in th ec-ond quarter. HARVARD PRIVCF.TOV MarKlnnrr Anbrrr Mill" l.T Lowrr L.lj.... Bl-nrlna I' Pilrnil PII.IrT R.li Worth nealT Kin Ivina K.E it Slanlrr Allrrriira I'-trra 'Ma Bokom Colrman II llridrn F.B Harvard 0 6 0 Prinrrloa BOO orryrr Touchdown I.c imh for Cnlpman).

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4 (A. Fullback Moose Nelson scored two second-half touchdowns, on on a 48-yard sprint, to give Washington University a 12 to 6 victory over Washington and Lee in an intersectional game here today. Game Behling with Harringay Grey- three newcomers from Canada. West Kentucky Beats Broncos Stadium Dedication Spoiled, 20-14 KALAMAZOO, Nov. 4 Western Kentucky Teachers put a real damper on the dedication of Waldo Stadium today with a 20-14 victory over Western State.

The only satisfaction of the Broncos came in a great uphill fight put on in the final quarter, when both Western State touchdowns were shoved over by the passing game. Western Kentucky had a decided edge in the first quarter by su perior punting and five first downs to one for the Broncos. Opening the second quarter, Dulaney pass ed to Dowling and Murphy then made it nrst down on the Western State 13. Dulaney then passed to Murphy for a touchdown. Zoretic was rushed into the game and converted.

Shortly after the next kickoff. Red Oliver, Western Kentucky left half, reversed Jus field and raced 70 yards for a touchdown. Zoretic again converted. In the third quarter Western Kentucky started a march from their own 37 on passes and off tackle slants, with Dulaney breaking away around end for the final 20 yards. Zoretic missed the extra point.

In the final quarter, Western took the ball on its own 27 and started a 73-yard march, with Alex Lolko heaving passes. Reaching the Kentucky 11, Loiko and Kribs carried the ball, with Kribs going over from the four. Starting next on the Western 36, another passing aUaek, with Loiko throwing brilliantly, sent the Broncos down the field again. Loiko passed 45 yards for the second Western touchdown. John McCook caught the ball in the end zone on the first play he has seen this year.

Halstead converted for the second time and it ended 20-14 when the Kentuck-lans received and froze the ball almost until the final gun. Prior to the game the new $270,000 Waldo Stadium was dedicated, with Murray VanWagoner, state highway commissioner; Mayor Blakeslee, of Kalamazoo, and others praising Dwight Waldo, Western's first president, for whom the stadium was named, and who died last Sunday. Writ. Krnlurkr (20) Wntcra Male (M) Dnwnlnr T.nllrn VanmrMr I l'Mlirr Tailor Bnr Handera llutvliiir Uhlnnrl t. I'linrolnlo K.r...

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Sabo flEORGE MEAD, supervisor of v- the Cjty High School League, should make a pretty good crosscountry runner. Mead does more chasing around town to see that everything is going smoothly in his league than any two persons you can name. If there is a cross-country meet, George will be there. If there also is a night football game, you find Mead on the sidelines. And when there, is no athletic event scheduled on a day, George usually is making the rounds of the City League schools to see if there is anyining ne can do.

George simply isn't content unless he has something to do. No member of Catholic Cen-tral's football learn nas ever played in a losing game in high school and John Had-kett. Shamrock coach, has never bossed a high school team which lost a game. No wonder Detroit is Catholic Central conscious. The big tro-phy which Catholic Central received for beating Him-tramrlr In th Mead big City-Catholic football game last fall still is missing.

The trophy disappeared a few days after the Shamrocks won it last fall. Then it reappeared only to disappear a few weeks later. This time it didn't reappear. THE CATHOLIC LEAGUE basketball entry this winter will find nearly 40 teams in three divisions. This league is by far the largest high school group in the state at present.

And growing each year. George Jaglowicz, former U. of D. football lineman, says he seldom watches the backfield men when he eoes to a football camp. George gets more fun out of the game in watching the lineman push each other around.

'That's where most ball nmn really are decided," George claims. Nick Sullo, big boss of Mack Park, would like to arrange with the City League to have one nieht football game played each week this park. Nick hopes in the near future to arrange for one City League night game on each Friday and one Catholic League night contest each Sunday. 'They'll get bigger crowds at night games," Nick argues. I with the Earlscourt Rangers and hounds, Fontiac counts on these Bob Kittl and Jack Ross.

Francis Ruelle, who has been with Holzbaugh for the last five years, will change his livery and serve as the Chiefs' fourth defenseman. Steele's big job is finding a forward trio that will pack scoring punch comparable to that supplied by Joe Carveth, Archie Wilder and Les Douglas, who were graduated to the Indianapolis pro team. Among the new forward talent Steele can count on are William (Whip) Shortt, of Niagara Falls; Eugene Sheedy, who captained St. Michael's College in Toronto last season; Joe Dutton, of Calgary, son of the New York Americans manager; Gordon Finkbeiner, of Guelph; Herb Burron, of Calgary, and John Hogan. Veterans include Johnny Newman, Nick Skos-ich and Cliff Fauria.

Windsor Defense Bolstered Windsor's already staunch defense has been bolstered by the addition of Pat Gardner, chunky youth who jjlayed for Stratford last year. He will team with Jack Dent, Harold Meadows and Roger Proulx, New forwards are Johnny Thompson, up from Hershey of the Eastern League; Jack Ward and Roy Jardine, who were with Chatham last year; Jack Stover, a product of English amateur hockey, and Walter Renaud. Old-timers back include the ever-present Alex Kennedy, Herbie Jones, Norval Fitzgerald, Jimmy Gatschene, Mickey Drouillard, Gordy Armstrong and Art Her-chenratter. Holzbaugh has eight of its last year's regulars returning. On the defense will be three husky veterans from the Copper Country, Wes Lampsa, Rudy Zunich and Joe Elenich, and two Canadian newcomers, Doug McCaig from Brant-ford and Dick Behling from Kitchener.

Coach Stew Evans has the former Michigan ace, Keith Cross-man, centering one line, flanked by Bill Jennings, of London, and Carl (Winky)S 1 1 of Oshawa, Three Toronto Tlayerg The Ford's second or "kid line" will be composed of three Toronto youngsters, Harvey Raney, Dalton McKenna and Ken Trottec Three veterans, Al Geishel, Jimmy Jamie-son and Matt Wiljanen, compose the third line. Emmy Reid will be utility man. Four stars from the Eastern League, John McKinnon and Charles Good, from Atlantic City, and Pat Wilson and Creighton Louther, from Baltimore, will wear London uniforms. Others of Coach Gordon Fraser's players are Thomas Gard, of Toronto; Walter Gerow, who hails from Jack Adams' home town, Napanee, and Gordon Pantalone and Charles Stapleford. Veterans back are Bill Meloche, Jarvis Taylor, Doug Calhoun, Alison (Pickle) McNichol and Doug Galbraith.

a Spectacular Run New York Americans' manager, Tie Is Played by Assumption Grand Rapids J.C. Loses Margin Assumption College's football team had to come from behind to gain a 7-7 tie wtth Grand Rap ids Junior College at Kennedy Stadium, Windsor, Saturday after noon. The Grand Rapids eleven went ahead in the second quarter when. after an 81-yard dash by Bob Hart, Lou Charow tossed a pass to Pete Kemp in the end zone for the touchdown. Hart then converted the point With Eddie Susclnskl doing most of the ball carrying, the Purple put on a 60-yard drive to score in the third period.

Suscinski car ried the ball over from the four-yard line. Pat Peartree was rush ed into the game and kicked the extra point to tie the score. Both teams resorted to an air attack In the final quarter but failed to gain any ground. ASSI MI'TIOS 7 (i. R.M'Iim r.

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Hart. Alabama Women's Golf Champion Kills Herself MONTGOMERY, Nov. 4 (A.P.) Mrs. Lucille Vredcnburgh, thirty-three-year-old Alabama women's golf champion, was found dead of a bullet wound in the right temple at her suburban home today. A note addressed to her husband, Peter Vredenburgh, III, was found at the residence, but Coroner M.

B. Kirkpatrick said l.t did not open it "because it was such a manifest case of self-destruction." National League Pro Football WESTERN' DIVISION TF PA DETROIT 5 Green Bay Chicago 4 Cleveland 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 97 136 170 56 94 96 126 141 63 147 Cardinal 1 6 0 EASTERN DIVISION FF FA New York fl 0 1 77 39 Washington ..4 1 0 127 65 Brooklyn 3 3 1 84 108 Philadelphia 0 4 1- 27 70 Pittsburgh 0 6 1 66 147 SUNDAY'S GAMES New York at DETROIT. Chicago Cardinals at Cleveland. Green Bay at Chicago Bears. Brooklyn at Pittaburgh.

Philadelphia at Washington. Wayne University Cornell Eleven Pressed to Win Beats Columbia, 13-7, on Two Breaks By Sid Feder ITHACA, N. Nov. 4 (A.P.) It took two blocked kicks to pre serve Cornells spotless football slate today against a lion-hearted set of gridiron Lions from Colum bia. Before a crowd of about 15,000 fans, the Cornellians scored once in the second period, and then cashed In their second break early in the third quarter for a 13-7 victory over Lou Little's gallant grid- ders.

The heroes of the bruising battle were Jerry Conn, the 180-pound varsity right guard, and Mike Ruddy, substitute back. Cohn blocked the second-period kick and Walt Matusczak recovered on the Lion 29. Three plays later, Mort Lands-berg powered through for the touchdown. Ruddy turned out to be the little white-haired boy less than five minutes after the second half opened. A Cornell punt had rolled over the Columbia goal line.

The Lions had taken over on their own 20. Jack Naylor, who had trouble getting his kicks off all afternoon, tried to clear the charging Cornellians with a boot, but Mike got in the way. The ball bounced and rolled back over the goal line, where Ruddy fell on it, and that meant the ball game. The Big Red had to come from behind to do it. The usually reliable Nick Drahos had missed the extra point after the first touchdown and that might have proved costly.

Naylor took the following kick- off on his own five, and, in the most spectacular play of the game, raced through the entire Cornell team 81 yards to the JBig Red four. On fourth down, Len Will, the fullback from Evansville, hit the middle for the touchdown. Will added the point. rm.i MRIA iorxfi.i. um Rarher Mnark u.

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P.I Tf hnH tn honnen sometime, but Ord was a sad town today. Its high school lost a lOOlDau game aiitr 40 consecutive victories. Some 500 persons, nearly a quarter of the population, drove 72 miles last night to see Albion, win, 20 to 6. Th last frame Ord lost was on Thanksgiving Day 1934 By E. L.

Warner, Jr. Three new goalies will be batting them out of the net Monday night when the Michigan-Ontario Amateur Hockey League raises the curtain on the 1939-40 season at Olympia. Johnny Mowers, a Ni-agra Falls youngster who was looked over by the Red Wings, will tend goal for the league champion Pontiac Chiefs as they meet the Windsor club in the first half of the opening double-header at 7:30 p. m. Phil (Red) McAtee, the nimble Stratford youth, will be back- between the posts for Windsor.

Holzbaugh will have a Windsor boy, Joe Turner, in the goal, while the opposing London Mohawks present a new net minder in Harry Marsh. Pontiac has only six members back from the club that won the 1938-39 title. Three of them are on defense Coach Frank Steele, AUBaba Plays Feature Role in Return to City All Baba, who is a plnhead in appearance but not in intelligence, will share headline honors at the Arena Gardens Monday in his first Detroit mat appearance in more than a year. He will face Bull Montana. The other half of the double-header will see a rematch between Klmon Kudo, the Japanese strong man, and Zenko Zarnoff, a wild Russian.

The card also will see other famous foreign tiers in- eluding Bengal Enebloom. AU Baba. Finland, against Buzz Jones, a Kcntuckian. It will mark the Finn's first appearance locally. Just to offset the foreign atmos-Dhere.

Matchmaker Eddie Lewis has signed Johnny Silvey Harold Cnaundy. and Penn State Rally Wini STATE COLLEGE, Nov. 4 (A. Penn State shoved over two third-period touchdowns today to beat Maryland, 12 to 0, before 10,000. Lloyd Ickes got the first on a three-yard plunge after Steven Rollins' 48-yard run, while Petrella scored the second on a six-yard slant off tackle.

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