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1 )r'ir? UAM9J tUiMit www ri-WMtvwtm-ifc strait 3Fr0 flrsss FINANCIAL PAGE 8 pom OQQ SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1957 OF) TITLES, BOWLS-AND BROKEN DREAMS: -sy ns Section UCQy Stopped (D)(D)IlieF TFTl c) 7ft orre lit Was dDime ff TBidDse BDaVs'. Dame It la. Bows 111 17-13 Chiller Does Irish End Winning Streak al 16, Scoring String at 123 Games Grid'Kubeh9 Turns the Tide NORMAN, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma's all- iow time record of 47 straight football victories was 18 I. STYTE IS sno 37 3-1 I 3 193 94 9-1 A 1-5A shattered Saturday by an underdog Notre Dame team that marched 80 yards in the closing minutes for the all-important touchdown and a 7-0 triumph.

Oklahoma, ranked No. 2 in the nation and an 18-point First dmrni Hushing yardage Passing yardage Passes Passes Intercepted Fnnts FiimMn In Yards penalised Iowa Ohio Stale 45 0 -in 17 favorite, couldn't move against the rockvvall Notre Dame line and the Sooners saw another of their national records broken scoring in 123 consecutive sanies. Conversion: PrfSfoit. Ohio TonrhdowKK Kremblas l. sneak): White fS.

run). Held tioal Snthcrin 15). Conversions Suthertn. Notre Dame had the distinction of hiving been the last team to defeat Oklahoma, doing the job, 28 to 21, in the first game of the 1953 season. by an intercepted aerial in the dying seconds, the crowd rose as one and gave the Notre Dame team a rousing ovation.

THE DEFEAT was only the ninth for Oklahoma coach Bud Wilkinson since he became IT WAS a far cry from last year when the Sooners ran over Notre Dame, 40 to 0. The victory gave the Irish a 3-1 edge in the series dating back to 1952. The smashing, rocking Notre Dame line didn't permit the BY TOMMY DEY1NE Free ress Staff Writer COLUMBUS A 19-year old sophomore jack of all football trades gave Ohio State the Big Ten championship and the Rose Bowl berth Saturday with a dazzling, pressure-filled performance as the Buckeyes came from behind to defeat Iowa, 17 to 13. OKLA. First downs 1 9 Rushing yardage lfi f)H Passing yardage 47 Passes 9-21 4-It Passes intercepted I 1 Punts 103fi.

Notre Dame It 7 7 Notre Dame: Touchdown Lynch (3. run). Conversion Stickles. Sooners to get started on the ground or in the air. The Sooners were able to OKLAHOMA NOIRE DAME Sfi Pitt Purdue ft 4f lnvva St.

11 2H Indiana A til Tnaa 7 "I Armi 2L 4T Kanm A 13 Pit 7 14 Colorado 13 Ntt 5 13 Kansas (St. A 6 Michigan St. 34 3 Missouri Jl 7 Oklahoma A Ntre Dame 7 head coach in 1947. It virtually ended any chance for the Sooners getting a third straight national championship. Although the partisan crowd of 62,000 came out for a Roman holiday, it was stunned into as the Sooners were unable to pull their usual last-quarter winning touchdowns a Wilkinson team trademark.

When Oklahoma's desperation passing drive was cut off A record-breaking crowd of 82,935 fans jammed the big Ohio horseshoe stadium and bull-shouldered, red-haired Bob White gave them a show that rates among the greatest in The Detroit Red Wings erupt in a fitful brawl with the Chicago Black Hawks a 15-minute slugfesf witnessed by a national television audience. There was, however, some stability. Reliable Michigan State throttled Minnesota and Michigan beat Indiana. And Spina was only kidding. The experimental picture above taken in the Michigan-Indiana game, was made with a 600-mm camera, panning the camera at slow speed with the ball-carrier.

A wild and eventful day left the sports world and Free Press chief photographer Tony Spina a little dizzy Saturday. The blur of events across the Nation saw: Oklahoma beaten for the first time in 48 games. Texas top-rated team in the nation, upset. (See Tage 4.) Ohio State overtakes Iowa to clinch the Big Ten championship and the Rose Bowl berth. make only 98 yards on the ground and 47 in the air.

Notre Dame, paced by its brilliant 210-pound fullback Nick Pielrosante, rolled up Jfi9 rushing. In the air the Turn to Page 3, Column 6 the 36-year history of the stadium. NOT SINCE a memorable day back in 1940 when Michigan's Tom Harmon completed his brilliant collegiate "career on this same turf with a smashing performance as the Wolverines beat Ohio, 40 to 0, has a player come through here to artans Wings Win, Die 4213 Titans Tell It To Marines eroes, tie It's Bat But Wolverines Win, But Indiana Puts Up Fight, 27-13 BY HAL MIDDLES WORTH Free Press Staff Writer ANN ARBOR Indiana didn't exactly roll over ilnd play OHIO ST. TOWA 14 Tf'17 18 7A riah St. 35 Washington 7 2A Illinois 7 47 Indiana Indiana A 21 Wisconsin 16 Wisconsin 13 a i'wetrn 4 7 N'western fi 21 Michigan 2A Purdue 7 4 1 Minnesota 17 Iowa 13 13 Ohio St.

PKTROIT QV ANTICO Spwial to the Free Prs CHICAGO The Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks erupted into a wild first-swinging brawl Saturday, but the real punch of the game was packed into a rebound goal by BY LYALL SMITH Free Pre Sports Editor EAST LANSING Michigan State won the battle but lost the war. The greenclad Spartans, playing Minnesota with ears tuned to the Ohio State-Iowa battle at Columbus, mopped up on the not-so-golden Gophers, 42 to 13, to do all they could to keep their faint Rose Bowl hopes alive. But although they gained, Norm Ullman. 13 115 lis 24 1 34 3 5 First dnrn 1.3 ariU runhing 307 Yard papains 2f Passes attempted 7 Passes eomnleted 1 Passes intercepted 3 Pants Punting Arerage SO Funmbles lost Penalties 3 Yards penalised IS dead for Michigan Saturday. match White's one-man show.

White is a youngster from Covington, who has filled a utility role for Woody Hayes' Ohioans this season. During the Buckeyes unbeaten march through six straight Big Ten game he has been used as an offensive center, defensive guard, a linebacker, and a fullback Turn to Page 5, Column The Wolverines won all right, downs with dashes of more than 30 yards each. 13 to netrnit 2rr32 before 56,254 fans on a windy Detroit: Touchdowns Russell 2 in the final half to shove over their 13 points in absorbing enough yards 436 of them to put them well on the way to the bowl game, they nad to set afternoon, to assure (fi, run: 45, run): Hunter 2 4, run overcast f4. run): Korpak "J3. pass from Faoro).

Conversions Matter, Korpak 2-! Averaging more than eight yards every time he carried the ball, the long-legged halfback rambled for 128 yards to give MINN. M. STATE tle for a 5-1 Big Ten record 17 and watch Ohio's Buckeyes Rushing yardage Passing varriage First downs Turn to Page 3, Column BY GEORGE PUSCAS involved all but one of the 36 players in uniform. It all started with an elbowing session between Al Arbour and Eddie Litzenberger. They drew minor penalties.

Then they decided to start over again after climbiny into the penalty box, located squarely between the rival benches. Off the benches came their teammates some taking the normal route over ice while others simply climbed through the few intervening arena seats. Turn to Page 7, Column With fast flick at Red Kelly's rebound, Ullman made the play which brought Detroit a 1-0 victory. It was the first goal that Detroit has. put past its ex-goalie, Glenn Hall, in three games.

Coming at 3:03 of the final period, it ended Hall's streak of shutout hockey against his former mates after 163 minutes and three seconds. -mm BUT THE highlight for the 8.219 fans'at Chicago Stadium and a nationwide TV audience came two minutes later. The game broke into a brawl which First downs Rushing vardaga 83 Passing yardage 56 Passes 3-13 Passes intercepted A Punts 9-39 Fumbles lost 1 ards uenalixed f5 Minnesota A A 7 Michigan State 21 14 A 87? 4 ft-11 3-3 3 I 1 7 4 1 MTCH. 255 3 17 S-24 3 1-38 I li fi 13 7 INDIANA 1 to 39 13 4-11 7-3 1 It 31 A 14 13 i Passes Bowl-minded University of intercepted Detroit looked back to other OSITS ROSE BOWL FOE ti hies lost Yards penalized Indiana Michigan Indiana: Touchdowns Fritg l-foot. head for the west on their 17-13 triumph over Iowa.

THE SPARTANS opened with a rush as they sent their fleet-footed array of backs running all over the place against the sluggish Gophers. The throng of 65,718 hardly had time to take cover against the stiff breezes before State plunge lore run), conversion McDonald. years Saturday back to days when it had theability and power to crush and embarrass a gridiron foe and Turn to Page 2, Column I Minnesota: Touchdowns R. Srhtilix (t'i, pass from I nil; Hlaklev (1-loot, plunge). Conversion fUakter.

Michigan State: Touchdowns Kaiser (77. Interception, lateral ras: Knwalcyk 3 Cii. run; run): Johnson (1. plunge); Ollhert it, nlnnge) Young nlonge). ConversionsKaiser 3.

Herclch 1. Safetv (Tusrka tackled by Kelly and Williams) Michigan: Touchdowns Pace 2 (1-foot, plunge: 1, phmge): Prahst 7. pass from Van Pelt): Myers (II, pass, ran from Ptaeek). Conversions lan Pelt 3. oskin.

It's Oregon in West Oregon will be waiting as Ohio State's foe in the Rose Bowl Game on Jan. 1. The Wrebfoots also clinched their spot Saturday with a 16-7 victory over Southern Cal. Of course, both Oregon, and Ohio State still must await an approving vote from their conferences to make this official, but the election now becomes a mere formality. See story of Oregon victory on Page 6.

conference drub- their fourth bing. started on a touchdown parade which gave it a 35-0 lead at halftime. themselves of at least a .500 finish in the Big Ten 'football campaign. But the final count was only 27 to 13 which is far different from the 30-point margin which was predicted. For a team which had won just once and scored only three The Spartans coasted the rest! THE SPARTANS scored of the way as tne Gophers, able from 'way out and from close to gain only 19 yards over thejin.

Dave Kaiser went 77 yards first two periods, perked up' Turn to Page Column 6 T0 INDIANA A MSC 54 A Notre Dam 2 7 Iowa 47 CM So. Calif. Georgia A Mich. Stata 35 Ohio State 56 i 26 34 21 1 'vrestert 14 iA. Ik.

Ob 7 7 14 manova 21 A Minnesota 34 9 Minnesota Iowa Illinois Indiana A incinnatt 1 Michigan 27 13 13 3sH, touchdowns all season, the downtrodden 'Hoosiers showed plenty of spunk in their seventh defeat five straight in the Big Ten. 'i-rti- 7 I -it as. 1 if THEY STOOD UP to the Wolverines from start to finish, with halfbacks Jim Yore ahd Tom Kendrick dishing it out on offense while end Del Gales and tackle Mike Rabold made life miserable for Michigan defensively. As expected, however, the Wolverines' first-stringers had too much for the Hoosiers to handle and Jim Pace led them to their fifth victory in eight games and a 3-2-1 mark in the Big Ten. Pace, who deserves an Ail-American berth if any halfback does, ripped off great chunks of yardage, scored twice and set up two touch- v.

4 SEE THE SPARKS? The fuse has been lit to touch off the explosie fight between the Red Wings and Black Hawks in their hockey game Saturday at Chicago. Eric Nesterenko (15) and Dennis Olson (14) tangle at the board while Ed Litzenberger and Al Arbonr brawl inside the penalty box. Players a the nearby benches quickly joined in to make it a free-for-all. Historic Touchdown: Dick Lynch Scores for Notre Dame.

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