The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 14, 1927, Page 6

PAGE SIX THREE STARS LOOM ALONG BAST COAST Running Nebraska Kickoff | Back 93 Yards Marks Welch For Honors ELI STAR IS NAMED Marsters of Dartmouth and Wittmer of Princeton Are Brilliant (By The Associated Press) (by Alan ~. Gould Associated Press Sports Editor New York, Nov. 14.—4)—If there is any outstanding development of the 1927 college gridiron campaign, it is the rapicity and thoroughness with which favorites among the ma- jor elevens have been bowled over. About this time a year ago sagas of the gridiron were echoing around the prowess of such crack teams as Navy, Lafayette and Brown in the east, Alabama in the south, Notre Dame in the middlewest, Southern Methodist in the southwest and Stanford on the Pacific coast. All seven of these outfits were seeking sectional or national honors, and all but Notre Dame, victim of Carnegie, finishea the season unde- feated, although Lafayette was the only team to avoid so mu "_as a tie. Another Story For 1927 But it is another story for 1927. These same seven teams, with only one defeat altogether marked against them all last season, have been beaten no less than 18 times so far this fall. Eighteen defeats, not to mention four ties, for seven of the biggest elevens in the coun- try, with the campaign not yet com- pleted, is about as big a flop as any- thing on recor. Brown’s “iron men,” of 1926, have turned out to be the tin soldiers of 1927, knocked over no less than ‘six uccessive times. Lafayette has m defeated three tin:es, Notre Dame once, while two setbacks are on each of the records of Alabama, ‘Stanford, Soutlern Methodist and the Navy. Six Teams Undefeated _ . In place of these terms the main battles for sections’ and intersec- tional laurels for 1927 are being - sought by Georgia in the south, Yale in the e.st, Missouri and Illinois in the middlewest, Southern California on the Pacific coast and the Texas Aggies in the -outhwesi, to mention a few of the outstanding pace set- ters. Alone of the 1926 group, Stanford remains in the Pacific coast conference race, but has had its colors lowered twice by small epee’ rivals, St. Mary’s and Santa java, soe ‘The latest performances of three of the east’s greatest individual stars, Gibby Welch of Pittsburgh, Al ivarsters of Dartmouth and Dud Charlesworth of Yale, have focused the all-American spotlight on them to a convincing extent. Are They All-Americans? All three have been conspicuously brilliant ric ht along ‘ut they out- did tho. es last Saturday. We! 4. Ti. captain and halfback, = tne opening kickoff back 93 yaids for a touchdown and other- wise distinguished hin.self in lead- ing his team to victory over Ne- braska. Charlesw: js center, was all over the rridiron, incomplet- ing Princeton passes, pouncing on fumbles, and furnishing a record- like pivot to the big Blue line. The sophomore, Marsters, star of Dart- ment’ s berelorged backfield ballet, starred against Cornell, throwing the amazing number of 23 success- ful passes, and figuri in the longest two dashes fs touchdowns. If there is to be an argument be- tween the relative merits of the east’s outstanding two sophomore halfbacks — Eddie Wittmer of Princeton and Marsters—the debate seems likely to favor the Dartmouth ace. Marsters Ranks First The performances of both against Yale, for instance, were illuminat- ing. Wittmer gave the Elis a num- .. ber of annoying moments but didn’t quite match Masters’ records inst the Blue. Toting the ball times, Wittmer gained 119 yards _ through Yale’s defense, but two — ‘weeks previous, against the same » Blue line, Marsters accounted for ains of 158 yards in ‘he 2° times fs handled the pigski Wittmer au. a ee both are triple threa: ie is speed- ier, more elusive in an open ‘field and a greater passing star, the com- parison of their perf: less of all-American rank- ing either may get at the hands of the this year they have Set aes pte eg along the Pg eo to stardom. * Not si Grange, as a soph- more, flashed across the gridiron in el to gain posteayeetecagerr| og youngs' of ‘2. pine Wittmer lormances re- YALE CLINCHE BASTERN TITLE Caldwell’s Understudies , Per- form Brilliantly in Thrill- ing Contest WITTMER IS TIGER HERO Most Climactic Finish in 50) Years of Rivalry Between Schools BY ALAN J. GOULD Associated Press Sports Writer New Haven, Conn., Nov. 14.—(?) -Yale snatched victory from Prince- ton Saturday, 14 to 6, with a sen- sat-onal last period rally that turn- ed the tide with dramatic swiftness gust when it seemed that the big blue footsall machine was stalled a Dene ilesa ts score without the| id of its ineligible cog, Caldwell, gins With as thrilling a finish as these ancient rivals have ever put on, the Elis came from behind with a sudden displ.y of aerial fireworks, scoring both their touchdowns with not much more than five minutes to go and with Princeton seemingly | putting up a stonewall barrier to keep the six point margin gained in the second quarter when Eddie Wit- mer dashed over for a touchdown. Pass Starts Show With an electrical suddenness that sent most of the vast crowd of 46,000 in the Yale bowl into a delir- ious frenzy, Johnny Hoben, stand- ing on Princeton’s 47-yd, line, hurl- ed a long pass to Dwight bishwick, giant end, who raced 25 yards for' the first Blue touchdown, Duncan Cox, big fullback, booted the goal that put Yale in the lead and clinch- ed the game, but the Elis, now ram- Pant, rushed over another touch- down as Charlesworth recovered. a fumble on the Tiger twenty yard tine, and Bill Hammersley, in Cald- well’s post, reeled off the remain- ing distance to.the goal line in a series of short’ thrusts. Fore more than three-quarters of the game, however, it appeared that she absence of Caldwell and the scaring punch. be bad exhibited in most, the previous Eli games would cost Yale a keenly desired triumph over her, ancient foe. In civilian clothes, tense and immov- able, Caldwell himself sat on the Blue bench as he saw his team- mates batter and lunge at the great Tey line without. scoring. Of two occasions, in the second period after Witmer had plunged across the Eli goal as the tlimax of 75 yard Tiger march, Caldwell watched his understudy, Johnny Garvey, fail to penetrate the Orange and Black wall with only three yards to go. On the first drive, with Yale making a first down on the three yard stripe, Ga. -ey hurled himself four straight tim-s at the Princeton line, but on the fourth he was tossed back in mass, six inches Soon af- Yale ted ii fit 3°88 Fil z Criumphing over their ancient foes, Eli's fightin, of year. Pictured above are some of the outstanding reasons why Yale and now holds the major claim to eastern honors. Pies the sport spotlight in the south, Southern Methodists Drub Baylor, 34 to 0 Dallas, Texas, Nov. 14,—(%)— Baylor university bowed to the! strong Southern Methodist univers- i BY TIGER KILL’ by a 34 to 0 score in a game fea- ity football squad Saturday, losing} ured by the flashing aerial game of the winners. Hume, a substitute halfback, scored three of Southern! Methodist’s touchdowns, GOPHERS TOY ‘WITH DRAKE IN | UNEVEN GAME Gopher Reserves Play Major) Role in 27 to 6 Last Home Victory Minneapolis, Nov. 14.— nesota got away fo a flying f half start and piled up enough points to coast through to an easy 27 to 6 victory over Drake here Sat- lay. “Coach Clarence Spea first stringers, led by Joesting, who played his t game in memorial stadium, and kept them in the fray long :nough to run up two touchdowns. <A third was missed by a yard when Almquist fumbled while al to go over. «The responsibility then checked to the shock troops and they | carried on in commendable fashion for the rest of the half, ringing up two snappy touchdowns. But in the second half, with Drake taking to the air, the second stringers wer the defense most of the tii Drake Threatens Futility Drake counted its lone touchdown towards the end of the third period after threatening futilty on two pre. vious occasions. When the cha did come, made possible by vO neatly executed forward passes, it required four thrusts from the 1 yard line to put it over. With the exception of Haycroft, Gopher end, who wrenched his shoulder, the Minnesota eleven came through the tussle in fine shape, leaving its man power intact for the championship test against Michigan next week. Cockayne Makes Good Cockayne, who “was rushed into the fray when Drake stood on the 1 yard line with fourth down to go and made good, remained in the backfield and distinguished himself by ripping off the most consistent yardage made against Minnesota’s shock troop line. Captain Cook and Barens played bangup football for the Bulldogs until their weary bodies refused to function further and they had to be releived. Delmege, Drake end, nabbed the forward passes which paved the way to the lone Bulldog touchdown. Drake took to the air lines for yard- age on 21 occasions, completing ven of them for 72 yards. Substitutes were used freely by both sides, The contest was played in a freezing cold which held attend- ance down to 18,000. It was the tinal home game of the season for the Gophers who next week journey to Ann Arbor for the championship test against Michigan. ig eleven looks good to master Harvard in final big clash has lost only one game this year » Her one defeat was at the hands of Georgia, who occu- ILLINOIS SUB \Walker, Playing For Mills, Fighting Mini to Win Big Ten From Franklin, 46-0 ; .j field flash, the Pitt PROVES STAR IN BACKFIELD Regular Half, Scores Two Touchdowns MAROONS FIGHT FEEBLY Title Must Conquer Buckeyes By Charles W. Dunkley Associated Press Sports Writer Champaign, IIL, Nov. 14—Illinois, | bounding along the highway that in. leads to the Western conference gridiron championship, knocked Chi- cago over, 15 to 6, Saturday, be- fore more than 50,000 spectators, and began licking its chops over the spects of walioping Ohio State in the climax of the race a week hence. ih ; The Fighting Ilini to come into undisputed possession of the title, must conquer the Buckeyes, as they conquered Michigan, Northwesterh, Towa and Chicago. _ Offer Feeble Resistance Illinois, faster, harder running and playing smarter football than the battered and bruised Maroons, smashed over with two touchdowns and was on the verge of scoring a third when the bark of the gun end- ed the game. The Maroons, Gog through the loss of their: captain, Kenneth Rouse, rated as one of the best centers in the Big Ten, if not in the west, offered only feble re- tance. Their only score came when an Illinois fumble was recov- ered 10 yards from the Illini goal line and they pulled the lateral pass play out of the . é Rouse Was Out With Captain Rouse out of the Proceedings, Chicago’s defense was seriously weakened and its offensive failed utterly except for a spurt at the beginning of the second half, Chicago made only one first down, compared with 19 for the Illini. The Maroon attempts! to gain through the line were futile, Captain Bob Reitsch, the Illini center, and the other Illinois forwards checking the Chicago ball carriers with little or no gain. World’s Fastest Man Paddock, called the world’s fastest human, will visit Minot December 7! when he \will be a st of Irvin Speed Wallace of this city. Mr. Wallace, immediately after receiv- en route west- for the mes, the famous sprinter to appear], the high school where he will peak. Welch Runs 97 Yards. to Beat Cornhuskers Pittsburgh, Nov, 14—(P)—Led by the redoubtable G' Welch, back- w vy lilo Satur- lay crushed the f OUTGUESSED BY SOLDIERS Touchdowns Scored on Inter- cepted Pass and. Two For- ward Tosses CAGLE IS ARMY STAR Rockne’s Men Unleash Bril- liant Aerial Attack in Final BY BRIAN BELL - Associated Press Sports Writer New York, Nov. 14. bd SE Eee iC cae crowd went wild as both battlers Notre Dame in its trac! to win an exciting but none too played football game, 18 to 0. fighting team from South ing, but it never had mand of the situation throughout. The soldiers outguessed the civilians em. * Notre Dame’s tackling did not do it a bit of good and its defensive tactics at times were badly run down at the heel, Notre Dame gained an edge in earned first downs with 12 to 8, but five of the losers’ were made in the final quarter when Notre Dame un- leashed a dazzling forward passi: attack, interesting but not conclu- sive since it came too late to hel the desperate situation in whicl Knute Rockne and his ed by the previous developments. eener Cagle, who comes from the sugar bowl of Louisiana and proved himself as sweet a football player. as his environment would suggest, =| REB’ RUSSELL Oscar Orwoll, North Dakota started the army on its way by scor- irst touchdown and road having had injected one in be- le, who did his undergraduate football work at Southwestern Loui- in for post grad- siana before goit nited States mii uate work at the tary academy, gave the cadets their ce for the long cheer soon after hostilities opened. The ball was on Notre Dame’s 49- yard line when the Merryville lad tun back and gave every indication that he was about to toss a forward pass to Born, an end who was leg-|in: ging it down the field. ever, chose to run instead. " and he slipped away from two Notre Dame payers who were almost in his path and was on his way. He not stop until the goal Jine was be- HAWKS SPOIL WISCONSIN'S HOMECOMING Towa Scores First Victory in 11 Conference Games, ex-Detroit s! Wis., Nov. 14.—(AP)— Flashing a brilliant attack backed by a defense that proved virtually im- metrable, Iowa, spoiled Wisconsin’s jomecoming celebration Sat by aside the vaunted eke ys near these two. would not give. Towa Is Rejuvenated a Will Speak in Minot|**”’ Minot, N. Dy, Nov. 14—Charles| 4 Moure Beats Oakes in Last Game, 18-6) 1, tersectional Game ing ‘the Oakes ‘Golden ing word that Mr. Paddock was| “oure 3 F f EF. Pest Seok i r be : a & : 3 a i & E i z 8 r # : rh 883 I { fete if aii a E 1 OES TEN ROUNDS Local Pride Fails to Muster Killing Punch in Spark- ling Match In a slam-bang affair that went 10 rounds to a draw, Jimmy Dugan, Bismarck, and Chrir Grens, Hazel- ton, kept a capacity crowd in a con- stant uproar in the Armistice box- ing pn staged at Mofift Saturday. Two judges. and the referee called the match a draw. : For the whole way, the Bismarck boy forced the Hazelton mauler about the ring, using a left hook that caught Grens time after time but lacked the steam to send Chris ‘to the resin During the latter cantos, the stood toe-to-toe and flailed away with vicious abandon. In the semi-windup, Bobby Burns of Bismarck, li never defeated Hank Smith, Britton, 8. D. fast rounds of clever boxing. , Both lads tried hard for a knockout and drew a big hand f-om the fans as they left the ring. ., in four In the opening melee, Jack Davis, Moffit, and Freddie Mays, Aber- deen, fought four rounds to a draw. ismarck fans who _ thrilled through the Dugan-Grens affair are anxious to see the boys rematched | in Bismarck. LEADS BATTERS Boy, Only 15 Points Be- __| hind Leader Chicago, Nov. 14.—(AP)—Reb Russell, who faded out of the major leagues when his left arm lost its cunning, and who was believed to be suffering from aging legs last spring, showed the American Asso- ciation that he still had the keenest eye of all the batters in the circuit by. banging out. safeties to the tune of .385 to capture the batting hon- ors of the season. Official averages released tonight show Russell lead- the runner-up, Oscar Orwoll of Milwaukee, by 15 points. Roy Grimes, the Toledo first base- man, finished third, only two points behind Orwoll, who pitched as well id|as fielded for the Brewers, and real- ly did agbetter job on the hill than in the pasture, for he was the lead- ing pitcher of the league. In fourth pate ‘was Bobby Veach, lugger, who led the cir- cuit in driving in runs this year, by sending his mates across the pan 145 times. DeWitt Lebourveau, of Toledo, last year’s leading hitter, finished 11th this. year. The Minneapolis Millers had all three of the leading home run hit- ters of the association this year, in- cluding the freak hitter, Frank Em- mer, the only shortstop in recent memory who could clout the ball regularly. Emmer got 32 home runs for a season mark, and the vigor of his swings is indicated by the rec- ord which shows he struck out 79 times, a league record for the year. Earl Smith and Ollie Tucker, Minne- apolis fly chasers, got 25 and’ 24 homers, respectively. Joe Hauser, Kansas City first man, came the closest to the base! wning the Badge: It] Miller trio of heavy hitters, having was Iowa's first victory in 11 con-|20 ho: for the year. Emmer also ference games. the’ el i To nearly 40,000 fans it was the|154, nearly one a game. answer . to -recent criti- i cism of their coach, Burt Ingwer-|easily McMillan’ % sen, for they fought with a new-|sprinter sliding in safely 43 times, pazetedly swept eight better an Matthews of In- circuitvin runs scored, with The base steal ianapolis, with the others nowhere Carleton Rallies to - Defeat ; Coe, 13 to 12 Northfield, Minn., Nov. 14—(AP) —Carleton college continued its drive for the third consecutive midwest football cham) icorbip here Saturday by hurdling college of Cedar » Towa, 13 to 12, after staging a ite second half rally that net two touchdowns. € ihe vistas lead piled up a6 to 0 lead in the opening period and then another touchdo' i rard line, where the Wolveri: yt i ines lost ‘was the result on Navy's two-yard line, where’ two Navy tacklers ped him. dropped Despite the overwhelming lead which Michigan ran up in the first two. dae? Navy continued to i » Lloyd and_ Ransford LOUIE AND BEN IN BEST FORM OF THE YEAR Crowd of 87,000 Watch Michi- gan/Scuttle Navy Dread- naught, 27 to 12 LLOYD IS NAVY STAR Oosterbaan and Gilbert Launch, Their Sensational Pass- of a pas: from awa; time and again for 8, usually starting from a GREEN ELEVEN BURIES CORNELL * Dartmouth Gridders Batter Ithacans to Win by 53 BY J. PHILLIP BREWER , Associated Press Sports Writer Mich., Nov. 14.—A slashing, fighting machine backfield tore through the N; the ends to win their. intersectional| the green Dartm clash with the Midshipmen, 27 to] through the hills of Hanover Satur- .. | day to devastate a dazed and bat- Some 87.000 persons crowded in-| tered Cornell eleven as completely to Michigan’s new! as the waters that so recently stad-| swept this countryside. Under a panoply of fcrward pass- es Dartmounth swept the Cornellans 4 into a 58 to 7 defeat. Predic-|feat almost tions that a bliz-; meted out by the master eleven of zard was due to} 1925 and ended in a final blaze of triumph the career of an eleven that has bowed only to Yale. Gopher State Honors Taken When Gustavus Adolphus Wins, 38 to 0 St. Peter, Minn., Nov. 14.— The Gustavus Adolphus college football team, spurred on by 2,500 students - and alumni, clinched the Minnesota conference football of|here Saturday by swamping St. John’s university, 38 to 9, in a home- Hanover, N. H., Nov. 14—(P)—A line and off] flood of hoes bodies shrouded in 12, here Saturday. ium to witness the game, despite crushing as that strike the vicin- ity before game was greater than that which was weeks ago when the new stadium was formally open- ed with a victory over Ohio State. A versatile line smashing attack, which twice took the ball over the goal line in the first period, gave Michigan a lead which it did not relinquish, despite the brilliant assing and running attack joyd and Ransford, Nav; Lloyd Stars for Lloyd, Navy's triple threat man, bore the burden of the Middies’ at- tack until l..te in the third period, Ransford entered the game with Michigan leading, 27 to 6. Im- mediately following Michigan’s sec- ond touchdown, Lloyd broke loose around Michigan’s right end and outdistancing the fense men, ran 85 yards for a touch- down. The second Navy score came in the third period, when Ransford, after carrying the attack to Mich- It was the fifth straight confer- ence triumph for the Gusties who still have one more game to play with St.Olaf this week, would still give the Gusties a higher percentage than any other team. The Gustavus backfield was func- tioning perfectly again Saturday with Hollander and Klien alternating at the quarterback post and directe ing the team with alertness. treich, Lurth and Stapleton went around ends for large gains, while Witty added yards by plunging. Conference Standings Wolverine de- through the line for a touchdown. Both of Lloyd’s tries for point after touchdown went wild. Benny in Best Form The Michigan pass’ ag Louie Gilbert got under full head- Michigan captain moorororone xConference season compl SINGING FOOTBALL TEAM Appleton, Wis., Nov. 14.—@)— Lawrence College’s football team engages in lusty singing as a regu- lar part of practice sessions. Coach Mark H. Catlin says its a great builder of morale, Anything is war- q.| bled, from jazz to classics. form which gave him all-American rt late in the final period, which took the ball to Navy DUTCH IMPORTED