| Show up yj'Soih) Utah U Turns Back Top Puncher Oub BUSINESS NEWS For infermountain business news see Pages S8 9 10 fpjie SECTION By BILL CLEGG WDH Wdetd DETb FOOTBALL NEWS Halt fate fktfbun For accounts of mafor games see Pages SI 2 3 4 5 SALT LAKE CITY UTAH SUNDAY MORNING OCTOBER 24 1948 PAGE ONE y touchA pair of downs nearly proved to be the downfall of easy-goin- g Utah and the afternoon Saturday Redskins had the fight of their lives before jthey were able to Universubdue a never-say-di- e 19-- 7 eleven of Wyoming sity for their third conference victoo-eas- tory After the Utes punched over two quick tallies in the first period (Bob Matthews lunged (over from tne two to finish a marh and Gene Evans took a pass from Cannon Parkinson jn the Wyoming 42 going all! the way to score) the crowd of 22275 sat back to enjoys the balmy football afternoon and the Redskins sat back with ’em Not so the Cowboys They 67-ya- rd hammere'd every succeeding Utah thrust into the grass during a grim second period — held the touted Redskin ground attack to a skimpy six yards while scoring a touchdown of their own toj trail 13-- 7 at the end of the third From that point on they caused no little concern both in the stands and on the Utah bench as they fought superbly for a touchdown which could tie or give them a bulge oyer the Indians Tension Eases It was only after Gil Tobler took a low ricochet punt with four minutes left in the game and ran to the Wyoming it back 30 yards 20 that the j tension eased Five plays later Gannon Parkinson laid the swineskiii on Banard Hafen’sfingertips as that brilliant wingone-poi- nt i Golden Bears Rout Hupky Squad 21 to 0 SEATTLE bowl-boun- d Bears g crushed the day hopes of Washington’s Huskies 21-0 Saturday by racking up a Pacific Coast conference football field triumph on a The crowd of 38000 went home feeling the big guys from Berkeley could have made it five touchdowns instead of three in spite of Washington’s gallant defense Once the Bears were checked when they had four tries from the Washington one J Stop Fullback The Huskies stopped Jack Jenk g sen the Bear but couldn’t cope with Capt Jack Swaner The big right halfback from Coalinga Cal tallied all three of his team’s touchdowns and bootin’ Jim Cullom came through with all three placekicks Two threats ofte a gallop by Roland Kirby with an intercepted pass were all that- Washington could muster The Huskies in their only sustained offensive of the day pushed to the Bear eight faked a place-kic- k and lost the ball on downs on the 13 First Counter From there California hammered to its first counter Swaner stepping off 32 yards on one end run and then pushing ever from the one The second quarter was just five minutes old when Swaner hit the pay stripe again weaving seven yards End George Souza had set up the chance by grabbing an enemy fumble on the Washington 33 The final score climaxed a Wyo Total yardage scrim150 mage 56 Yards lost scrimmage 94 Net yards scrimmage Yardage forward passes 99 193 Total yardage (net) 6 First downs scrimmage First downs forward 5 passes 11 Total first downs Forward passes at15 tempted Forward passes comI 10 l pleted Opponents’ passes inter0 cepted 8 Number of punts 36 Average dis of punts Number of fumbles 1 Opponents’ fumbles recov1 ered j ! Utah 113 20 93 82 175 6 2 8 6 0 8 37 5 0 4 50 a Number of penalties Yards lost from penalties 15 Return of allj kicks 67 129 (yards) 0 Times ball lost on downs 1 man raced into the end zone and the Utes were out of danger Wyoming’s punting game a big factor in previous Cowboy victories was directly responsible for all three Utah touchdowns and ironically enough it was Walker (Sonny) Jones scintillating Puncher halfback jwho had the misfortune to get twp of those poor kicks j away Standing on his own 35 after the Punchers had moved the ball up from the 20 after the opening kickoff Jones angled a punt for the far corner but the pigskin sailed only $1 yards and out of bounds on the Utah 33 Mixing his plays beautifully behind some superb blocking Parkinson the Utes right down to the guided two-yar- d ribbon where Mathews rang the bel for six The drive featured some nice slants by Clyde Nichols and Matthews and three perfect passes by the “Cannon” — one to scrappy Tex VanSandt for a first down on the 33 and two other nifties to Hafen Bud Gleave converted to ‘put the Utes in front up-fro- nt T-- 0 j lit Two Bfinntec Within the short space of two minutes the Utes had spun the core to 13 thanks to another unlucky punt by Jones Gleave’s kickoff after the 'first Utah touchdown sailed deep into the end zone and Jones was nailed on the Cowboy ' six on the runback Two plays netted nothing so Sonny went Into the end zone to punt out of danger The kick might easily have turned the trick but once hitting the turf took a series of reverse hops finally dying on the Puncher string Nichols found a big hole and barged down to the 18 Evans scampered down to the 10 but that gain was nullified by a clipping penalty then Pearly Wells and Ivan Rosamund smothered Parkinson on the 42 as he dropped back to pass Undaunted Parky faded back fast on the next play spotted Evans behind a convoy of blockers in the left flat and rifled a bellringer into his eager fingers Evans did a fine jot) with some fine interference going all the way for the longest play of the day and Utah’s second touchdown Gleave’s kick was wide but few in the stands believed it mattered — the touchdowns had come so easy They reckoned without Wyoming For the remainder of that first quartet and the better part of the next three the Punchers nearly ran (the Utes out of the j 26-ya- rd stadium ' So vicious was Wyoming's line play In the (third frame that the Utes were able to run but seven times with the ball and then for a net gain of but six yards lt was See Page S-- 2 CoL 3 rain-soak- rd hair-raisi- 75-ya- ng rd Bear march in the last quarhad used his reserves who got their chance at another California counter in the second and lacked the punch to bend the desperate ter after Coach Lynn Waldorf Washington line Babe Zabarias Engages Berg Oct 23 CR FORT SMITH Ark the nation’s outstanding professional women golfers Mrs Mildred (Babe) Zaharias Ferndale N Y and Patty Berg Savage Minn meet here Sunday in the finals of the Hardscrabble women’s open golf tournament Mrs Zaharias subdued the Arkansas champion Betty (McKinnon of Mt Pleasant Tex 5 and 4 in a semifinal match Saturday and Miss Berg defeated Mary Agnes Wall Menominee Mich 4 and 3 Neither finalist had too much trouble winning Saturday Mrs nine Zaharias finished the two up 'and Miss Berg turned three up Miss McKinnon upset conqueror of Peggy Kirk Findlay O in the quarter finals managed to halve the first two holes with the Babe But after she went one down on three her game immediately suffered — Two of STATISTICS Wash 2 First downs 61 Net yards rushing Net yards passing j 0 Forwards attempted r71 Forwardds completed Forwards intercepted Vj 5 8 Number of punts 335 xAverage dis punts Fumbles Ball lost on fumbles 2 25 xFrom line of scrimmage ’12 I d i SC i a? hfzy&K's: 'fe-J-p I £& By OLLIE McCULLOCH Tribune Sports Writer LOGAN Oct 23 — Deprived of victory over Brigham Young uniin the Logan aval since 1937 the Aggies of Utah State struck with the lethal power attack along the ground and dumped the Cougars 20' to 7 before' a homecoming crowd of 12000 fahs -- here Sat-- Eight Yard Gain Aids Redskin Cause Clyde Nichols Utah fallback is tackled after setting up second Ute touchdown on eight-yar- d Cal 16 280 44 15 3 3 5 340 "2O 50 gain against Wyoming in first period— Handoff line to play went from stripe 26-ya- 18-ya- rd rd SCORE: 27 TO 14 Shannon Sets Michigan Defeats Gophers Track Mark For 19th Straight Victory II - Yards-penalize- £ Tull-bac- 64-ya- t 4 ed hard-runnin- ' y " home-comin- STATISTICS Ags Provide Homecoming Fans With 20-- 7 Victory J Oct Cal Oct 23 (UP)— N S McCarthy’s powShannon erful Australian importation added a new record in his American campaign Saturday when he charged 0 to a victory in the Golden Gate handicap at Golden Gate field Shannon whipped home by Jockey Jack Westrope ran the mile and In one minute 59 45 seconds to tie the existing world record and set a new American mark for the disALBANY MINNEAPOLIS Oct 23 (UP) of University Michigan took a long stride toward its second straight Big Nine football title Saturday by whipping Minnesota 27 to 14 before 66130 fans the biggest crowd ever to see the Gophers play at home The versatile Wolverines had to come from behind twice to beat down a tough Minnesota eleven which played its best football of the season The loss first for Minnesota at home since Michigan turned the trivv: in 1946 all but doused the Gophers’ hopes for the western conference championship and a New Year’s day trip for the Rose bowl For Michigan it was the 19th in a string of consecutive victories that started on this same gridiron two seasons ago It was the Wolverines’ fifth triumph this year Both teams filled the air with passes Minnesota heaving 21 in the fo'uth period alone as it fought deficit to make up & The Gophers capitalized on a break to score first early in the second period Gene Darricotte Michigan halfback fumbled a Minnesota punt on his own — The 13-poi- nt 20-ya- rd line and kicked the ball into the end zone where Leo Nomellini fell on it for a Gopher touchdown The Wolverines however roared back with two quick second-perio- d tallies one on a seven-yar- d pass from Walt Teninga to Tom Peterson and the other on a Peterson line after plunge from the one-foEd McNeill had blocked Harry Elliott’s punt Minnesota came back full o fight after the intermission driving 68 yards in nine plays with halfback Ev Faunce completing three long passes and then polishing off the job with a twisting t uchdown run from the line Gordie Soltau’s second conversion put the Gophers ahead briefly 14 to 13- but Michigan once more connected when end Dick Rifen-bur- g grabbed a loose ball out of the air on the Minnesota 25 after a pass and went all the way to cap a scoring drive Michigan’s sophomore halfback flashes Chuck Ortmann and Leo Koceski teamed up for the Wolverines’ final tally with Koceski ot 14-ya- rd - 78-ya- rd Ida Oct 23 CAP)— A crew of University of Idaho Vandals smashed the Montana Grizzlies 39 to 0 Saturday for their first Pacific Coast conference win in four starts The Vandals took over from the opening kickoff and held the play in Montana territory until they pushed over their first touchdown with four minutes to play left in fired-u- p - the first quarter i Coaph Dixie Howell’s driving backs twisted through and around the Montana line to pile up a commanding 33 to 0 lead at the end bl the half i Idaho opened the second quarter with touchdown No 2 and sliced off runs of 10 and 15 yards consistently throughout the period $75-00- one-quart- er tance Fresh from equalling the American record for the mile and eighth in ’49er handicap a week ago the Australian proved his stamina over the distance with an nmazing stretch drive Saturday The favored Shannon running as an entry with E O Stice and Sons’ Prevaricator and On Trust paid seven-year-o- $370 ld $250 and $230 The purse was $61000 lyin-ner- ’s 25-ya- rushing 1 Yards gained passing Yards lost passing "Net Varda gained from $7 Got First Score The second canto looked as 60 though it was going to go the same 71 way when the Cougars held and 0 took over op their own 13 on downs But the Aggie' hit1 hard 71 after Koller kicked out ' of 38 and soon on bounds the ’Aggie 131 had their first score- Caputo passed to Van ’Noy to to the Cats’ 34 and Roylance stepped to the 24 Van Noy took the oval on a cutback over left O 6 guard and went across from there and then added the conversion with 18 three and one-ha- lf minutes gone in the quarter They almost had another a 'mina ute later when Roylance intera Bushore pass and took it 0 cepted 14 The Cougar line 2 to the Y and Caputo tried & field 45 goal from his own 17 on fourth down but the boot was wide 57 The rest of the half was strictly 7 football and 34 neither backfield was able to pene- - 1 i six-point- er hd -- j- r held-howeve- middle-of-the-fie- ld trate nearer than the 30-ya- rd stripe The second Aggie counter came only 10 plays and five minutes after Roylance packed the kickoff from the 10 to his own 32 An pass Caputo to Hansen and run to the Van Noy’s three-yar- d line before being run out of bounds were the big notes Roylance scooted between two flipped5 an incomplete pass husky B Y U tacklera for the on fourth down and the Ags took points ' over Van Noy’s kick again was good Late in the quarter the Farm- with Caputo holding ers sparked by a jaunt by Lost Touchdown Roylance to the 20 marched to Oie Provoans’ eight but couldn’t Again the Aggies lost a touchfind the handle on thje door down when the Cats fumbled and Van "Noy and Erhle Groll pushed Hal Romney who played a great it from the 20 to the eight but Ca game at guard recovered on tha BYU 22 Roylance went to the nine and Van Noy sauntered over on the next play but a backfield in motion penalty set them back and nullified the score After jthat the Cougars tied the offense up again and the teams wore down the grass between the thirties for the remainder of the quarter the first moments of JLhe final canto Kent Murdock dropped a Caputo toss while standing all by himself in Cougar territory and Virginia 26 VM1 14 the misplay ' which would have Duke 7 Virginia Tech 0 meant another six points for the 7 ‘42 Tech Florida Georgia Romney-me- n turned into BY U’s Tulane 21 Auburn 6 West Virginia ’14v Washington A only touchdown Lee 7 j: Bushore raced Caputo’a kick 54 Tennessee 41 Tennessee Tech 0 yards down the sideline to the North Carolina State 7 ChattaAggie 16 where Non Johnson I nooga 0 hauled him down from the rear 47 Maryland George Washington 0 On the next play Eccles chucked Sewanee 21 Centre 7 his money pass to Benson Ken - WalBowling Green 33 BaldwinHamblin pounded the ball over t lace 28 the cross bar for the point Furman 10 Citadel 0 The Loganites moved to the four Muhlenburg 32 Gettysburg 20 n Western Maryland 20 Randolph-Macoon their next set of downs but 2 were denied their- final score for a j few minutes when Hansen barely Mountain Rocky missed Caputo’s fourth-dow- n pass 10 Utah Wyoming 7 Utah State 20 Brigham Toting 7 In the end zone When the Cougars had been Colorado State 10 Omaha U 6 Drake 31 Colorado A A M 20 back to their own goal punched Washington 7 (St Louis) 40 Cololine Cecil Lloyd angled a long kick rado College from his own end zone and Van Colorado 51 Kansas State 7 Western State 20 Celorado Mines Noy packed it back to the Y 23 i 0 Sorenson Scores St Alary’s 33 Denver 22 Idaho 39 Montana V 0 tc the 17 Roylance Montana State Frosh 26 Montana r and Groll picked up a first down School of Mines A Southern Idaho College of Educaon the nine in two tries (Capyto tion (Albion) 28 Weber J C S sneaked to the five and Sorenson 14 U 20 Pacific of Idaho College third right halfback for the Aga Arizona (Flagstaff) 25 7 See Page S-- 2 CoL & 18-ya- rd 21-ya- rd Bu-sho- re Benson took Noval Hansan’s low kickoff on his own 11 and packed to the Y 33 Lyle Koller and Benson conspired for a first down on the midfield stripe and then Eccles hit Arnold Weidauer with a toss on the Aggie 35 He was brought down on the 31 Koller hit right tackle to the 29 and Benson took his turn to the 56-ya- rd TRIBUNE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD I Pittsburgh 21 Indiana 14 Princeton 16 Columbia 14 Army 27 Cornell 6 Dartmouth 14 Harvard 7 Colgate 14 Holy Cross IS Michigan State 14 Penn State Penn 20 Navy 14 Vanderbilt S5 Yale t n i I- rd Fumbles were costly to the Grizzly team A bobble with only time for one play left in the first half resulted in the Vandals’ fifth touch down John Brogan’s pass to end Bill Beitz tallied from the eight While halfback Roy Malcom waS getting off long spiraling kicks to pull his Montana team out of the danger zone his efforts were cancelled by the hard running Vandal backs and the good blocking the received Sophomore backs Bob Mays Broj-gaand Bud Riley combined with three Vandal fullbacks to keep the Montana defense hopping from the ends to the micdie of the line Halfback Johnny Christensen sparkled on punt returns Utah State B Y U 98 Yards gained rushing 342 38 36 Yards lost rushing Net yards gained from passing Total yards gainecr rushing urday afternoon 343 and passing The gathering which enjoyed downs gained from the best of football Weather along First 13 rushing with their gridiron treat was esti- First downs gained from' 2 mated by officials at a figure passing downs gained from equal to that which watched the First ’penalties Aggies and Utah Redskins-battl- e j Total first downs in 1936 Number of passes at- footsome saw And they tempted good ball too as Jay Van Noy Ralph Number of passes com 3 pleted Roylance and Newel Sorensen all Number of passes had Inball into the Cougar paypacked 0 tercepted dirt in that order in the second Total distance returnfd In54 third and fourth quarters All the terceptions 4 Farmer touchdowns came along Number r kick offs Average distance of f kickthe ground on short dashes at the offs end of drives of 68 68 and 23 Total return of all kick- 54 21 yards Van Noy placekicked two offs extra points Number of punts 5 The Cougars however took to Average distance of t 46 punts the air for their points with Jim Total return of all punts 13 76 Eccles tossing to Don Benson for Number of fumbles 4 1 in the third Number of times ball their lone f 1 1 stanza and Ken Hamblin kicking ’lost on fumbles Number of penalties 5 1 the seventh Yards lost on penalties 25 6 to The fans had plenty of time Number of times bait lost settle into their seats as the two on downs 3 teams chose the middle of the field for first quarter play after B Y U’s 15 before he was (phased out of opening drive pushed the pigskin bounds Three scrimmage plays down to the Utag 14 netted only one yard! and Don Ortmann pass grabbing a on the Minnesota 40 and racing across in front of three blockersj Idaho Runs Wild to Blast Montana Eleven 39-- 0 MOSCOW two-leng- th STATISTICS when he chose to run puto lost five on a pass-ru- n option play and the quarter ended there 19Bucknell Lafayette 49 14 7 Brown Connecticut C ' Case 26 Carnegie Tech 20 Johns Hopkins 34 Catholic V 6 Coast Guard 19 Norwich 0 Albright 0 Franklin & Marshall 0 20 Lehigh 6 Rutgers Bates 31 Maine 0 St Bonaventure 7 William Mary 6 Penn Military College S3 Drexel 6 Toledo 21 Springfield (Mass) 1C Buffalo 41 Washington A Jefferson 14 Wesleyan 27 Amherst 0' Williams 14 Tufts 13 Bowdoin 28 Colby 0 Vermont 14 New Hampshire 0 John Carroll 47 Niagara 14 Far West I Oregon Washington State 7 Southern California 7 Stanford 6 Oregon State 28 UCLA 0 California 2) Washington 0 Portland 7 Montana State 0 Pepperdine 14 Fresno State 13 S3 Illinois 10 Purdue 6 Notre Dame 27 Iowa 12 Michigan 27 Minnesota 14 Northwestern 48 Syracuse 0 Ohio State 34 Wisconsin 32 Kansas 27 Nebraska 7 Kentucky 25 Marquette 0 Missouri 49 Iowa State 7 Cincinnati 16 Bntler 7 Miami (Ohio) 21 Ohio U 0 Ohio Wesleyan 34 DePauw 0 Kent State 1 4 Western Reserve 14 Xavier 39 Western Michigan 20 ‘ 1 Southwest - Texas 20 Rice 7 Baylor 20 Texas A 4 M 14 Oklahoma A A M 41 Temple 7 Nevada 65 Tulsa 14 Mississippi Southern 55 Oklahoma City 20 East Texas State IS West Texas State 7 Oklahoma 21 Texas Christian 18 Southern Methodist S3 Santa Clara 0 Texas Mines 0 New Mexico 0 Texas Tech SI Arizona 0 Trinity 15 Housten U 7 South Alabama IS' 32 Boston College 10 Mississippi State 7 Mississippi high-stepp- Bed-lan- ed ds i ! 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