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14 Saturday, Nov. 17, 1951 DETROIT FREE PRESS St. Mary Hits Goddfellow Jackpot on Third Try Willi Mary Well Indiana Poll tale Jfcivin as iam Mess 29,283 See Western Lose, 23-6 Kanny's 2 Passes Settle Issue Early of Navy Veteran Suspicion and Strife Surround Adm. Chandler in Tough Job (This Is the fifth and last of a series dealing with a college which has been touched by a major athletic scandal. Free Press Writer Tommy Devine spent several days at Williamsburg," gathering the facts.) BY TOMMY DEVINE Alvin Duke Chandler is a 49-year-old Navy career man.

He stripped off the gold braid of a rear admiral to grab a broom and attempt to clean house at the ancient College of William and Mary following a major sports scandal. r' (f St 4 y't Sax'" -st'S'- Ji TtwwiWtttiina tiiinlaiwiwirtr f(fnf rtr--famti inn -unrrr CLIFF MOON, OF WESTERN, RUNS INTO A HORDE OF REDFORD TACKLERS ON LINE BUCK Norm Masters is on the bottom with another mate hanging on and three others moving in to check the play BEATS WESTERN St. Mary BY GEORGE PUSCAS St. Mary ignored an ancient and honored football axiom Friday, and with its stubbornness rode handsomely to its first metropolitan Detroit high school championship. Chandler was named to suc-.

ceed Dr. John Edwin Pomfret, who resigned after being criticized by the Board of Visitors for his failure to take a firm hand in athletic department irregularities centering around the alteration of high school transcripts and "grade rigging." The job Chandler stepped into is an extremely hazardous one. He heads a faculty that admittedly was not ympathetic to his choice. HE MUST explore and decide on an athletic policy that will be consistent with the school's academic aims after a wild, free-spending 12-year splurge in bigtime football. He must convince alumni and the public alike of his administrative and executive ability.

He must demonstrate to staff members a ready grasp of academic problems. He must rise above the political suspicions surrounding his appointment. Can Chandler do any or all those things? It is far too early to judge. He's been on the job only one month and hasn't yet got his teeth Into the major problems. Where William and Mary will go athletically under Chandler is difficult to ascertain.

The new president expresses deep interest in college sports and is a firm believer in their lasting value. "THERE IS much that is good and worthwhile in sports," he says. "I saw it demonstrated too often during my years in the Navy to have any doubt about athletics imparting the qualities of leadership." Chandler is impatient with critics who clamor for an immediate de-emphasis of football and other sports at William and Mary. "It Is one thing to talk de-emphasis," he says, "but you can't actually accomplish de-emphasis of sports unless at the same time you conduct a program to de-interest the public in them. "This i3 a sports-loving nation and football, basketball and baseball are too deeply ingrained to erase them overnight." Another pet Chandler thesis is that it is impossible for Williams and Mary (or any other College) to map an independent program of action.

"I regard a unilateral policy as impracticable," he says. "There must be a common agreement on common problems by conferences." WITH THAT in mind Chandler is looking forward to a meeting of the Southern Conference at Chapel Hill, N. in December to furnish guidance. The meeting has been called by President Gordon Gray, of the a nortons Favored by 3 TDs MSC Is Aiming at 8th in Row BY TOMMY DEVINE Ftm Pre Staff Writer BL003.HNGT0N, Ind. Top- ranked Michigan State seeks to take another step toward the first national gridiron cham pionship in its history Saturday when it opposes down-trodden Indiana, The Spartans are gunning for their eighth straight triumph in a bid for their first perfect record season since 1913.

Coach Clarence (Biggie) Munn's team vaulted to the No. 1 spot in the national ratings following its dazzling 35-0 triumph over Notre Dame. To keep ahead of hard-pressing Tennessee, Illinois, Stanford and Maryland in the national polls, the Spartans need decisive triumphs over Indiana and Colorado in their closing encounters. Michigan State is a solid three-touchdown favorite to whip Indiana. By all reckonings, the Spartans should win that handily, but football form has a way of going awry.

THE SPARTANS have played their best football of the season against three of their strongest, opponents Michigan, Ohio State and Notre Dame. Against weaker rivals, they've applied the pressure only when they had to, and, in several cases their, winning' margin was slim. Munn has hammered all week at the dangers of a let-down following the superlative performance against Notre Dame. The national title, awarded on the basis of the final Associated Press polk is the prime incentive to keep the Spartans keyed. This tabulation has been nsed since 1936 to determine the collegiate king, and only once over that long stretch have the Spartans been In the top 10.

With the exception of Marv Mc-' Fadden, first string offensive tackle, Michigan State is In excel-, lent physical condition. McFad-den suffered an ankle injury against Notre Dame. Bill Horrell will replace him. The Spartans drilled in the Indiana stadium Friday afternoon and then went to their pre-game headquarters at nearby Bedford. INDIANA GOES Into the game with a dismal record of two victories as against five defeats.

The Hoosiers have been one of the big disappointments of the 1951 RECORDS MICH. STATE firrrw Stat A SS Mlrhiran 24 Ohio Mate SO 20 Mamaetta 14 Prim State 21 S3 Plttghnrch 2A 35 Notra Dam INDIANA Votn Dama 13 Plt(hurl 14 Mlrhiran 33 Ohio Stata llllnol 14 Minnesota Wlacontta 48 33 10 21 IS a 140 195 81 7 season among Midwestern teams. Their poor performances have resulted in the resignation of personable Clyde Smith, who has directed Indiana for the past four seasons. The game with Michigan State is the semi-final one of Smith's regime. His resignation is effective after the Purdue contest next week.

Indiana goes into the battle with great psychological incentives. It can salvage some glory from a drab campaign with a win over the nation's No. 1 team. It can give Smith a notable triumph as a remembrance of four futile seasons. Under Smith, the Hoosiers' have won only eight games while losing 25.

DeMarco Bangs Chavez Around NEW YORK-iJP) Paddy De-marco, of Brooklyn, bullied young Eddie Chavez, of San Jose, Calif, and wore him down with body blows to win a unanimous 10-round decision at Madison Square Garden. ox Hands ALVIN D. CHANDLER Cleans house at Big 10 Title for Spartans Wisconsin Upset in Cross-Country CHICAGO Wisconsin's Walt Deike slothed to the individual championship, but- the Badgers were dethroned by Michigan State in the team battle of the Big Ten cross-country meet. With a heavy, wet snowfall pelting Washington Park's four-mile course, Deike finished in 21 minutes, 12.3 seconds. He was about 100 yards ahead of Iowa's Ted Wheeler.

IN THE WINDUP of a crosscountry "double-header," Notre Dame won the Central Collegiate Conference title and Loyola's lone entry, Bob Kelly, took the individual championship in 21:46.3. Kelly finished 30 yards ahead of Ed Aylmer, of second-place Michigan Normal. Fifth in the team race was Wayne University. In the Big Ten meet Michigan State scored 49 points, paced by Dick Kepford's fourth place, to end a three-year title reign by Wisconsin. Third across was Indiana's Jack Wellman.

Wisconsin was second with 62 points and Michigan third with 77, followed by Indiana with 89, Iowa with 109, Minnesota with 144 and Purdue with 152. Illinois, Ohio State and Northwestern did not FORTY-SIX DRENCHED runners finished the race which had been won the last two years by Michigan's Don McEwen, sidelined this fall by foot trouble. McEwen holds the course record of 19:44.5. In winning their first crosscountry crown since entering the Big Ten, the Spartans also had a fifth-place finisher, in Bob Barr. They took ninth, 15th and 16th places in addition.

Rapids Jinx Holds Against Detroit Teams Grand Rapids has a hockey hex on Detroit amateur clubs just like the Red Wings hold over the Chicago Black Hawks. Last year Grand Rapids refused to lose, a one of its 22 games against two Detroit clubs in the International League. The first inter-city match of the current season was held Friday night at Olympia with the same old result. Final score was 4 to 2, Grand Rapids the winner over Hettche before 1,142 fant. George Parker paced the attack with two goals, the second into an empty Hettche net in the last minute after Goalie Bill Tibbs was pulled for a final drive.

IN A TEEN-AGE PeeWee League preliminary, the Shamrocks overcame a 2-0 deficit to beat the Sid Abel-coached Springfield Detail team, 3 to 2. Shamrocks are handled by Frank Gallagher, the Red Wing statistician. The other PeeWee game ended in a scoreless tie between Helin Tackle and the Olympia Knights. IHL STANDINGS ti Pet. CF GA 26 28 24 20 hstham 3 1 3i Toledo 3 'A 6 3 iKTITHE 2 4 0 4 33 f.rand Rapids 2 3 0 4 16 Troy 2 4 0 4 23 FRIDAY'S RKSIXTS Grand Rapidi 4.

HETTCHE 2. Chatham Toledo 2. SATURDAY'S GAMS Chatham at Grand Rapid. STATISTICS ST. MARY WESTERN 14i 10 2 1 S3 as Flrar, downs lit Yards rushing Yarda passing Phki attempted aMa romprrtro1 Paacs Intercepted Fnmblea lent Punting average Yard penaliied St.

Mary SO 7 25 13 It 10 23 0 6 6 Western St. Mary aeorlnr; Touchdown Chendes Maulers. rointa arter toarnnown C. I-aKare 2. Field coal C.

LaFave. Western scoring: Touchdown Shnrtx. BYHALSCHRAM St. Mary of Redford finally ascended the City high school football throne. Thwarted in 1947 and 1948, the Grand River parish made the grade Friday night in its third attempt in five years.

The Rustics conquered Western, public school champion, 23 to 6, "fore 29,283 freezing spectators jx the 14th annual Goodfellow Game at Briggs Stadium. QUARTERBACK Floyd Kanny completed two touchdown passes to End Bob Chendes as the Rustics sewed up the game in the first four minutes and 12 seconds of the second quarter. Those IS points were earned, but an additional 10-point cluster picked op in the final 95 seconds could be charged to mistakes of a desperate Western team which was trying to get back in the game. With a minute and 35 seconds left, Tackle Norm Masters picked up Sam Eliowitiz' fumble on a Statue of Liberty play and rambled nine yards to pay dirt. Then, on the final play of the game Chuck LaFave dropped back and booted a 22-yard field goal.

THROW OUT those 10 points and the score was indicative of the battle which was waged through a constant snowfall. Only scoring threat of a cautious first period was a 39-yard march by Western to the St Mary 15. Western's attack, spearheaded by Cliff Moon, Jerry Shurtz and Frank Nemcheck, couldn't match St. Mary's determined line and the Rustics took over on their 19. St.

Mary then utilized the final two plays of the opening quarter to set up its first dazzling scoring play. Kanny drove to a first down on the Western 36 and Tom LaFave picked up five yards as the period ended. ON THE first play of the second quarter Kanny shot a jump pass to Chendes. He gathered in the ball and sprinted 59 yards for a touchdown. Chuck LaFave converted and the Rustics were on their way.

Four minutes later another Kanny-to-Chendes pass, this one covering SI yards to the Western two, raised the St. Mary advantage to, IS to 0. Chendes grabbed the ball over his shoulder and fell into the end zone as he was being hit. Those were the only passes Kanny could complete all night, but they were the plays which enabled the Catholic League champion to win for the fifth time in this series. WESTERN, which moved the ball frequently for sizable gains between the 25-yard lines, was the victim of a rough break as the third period opened.

After returning the kickoff to the 86, Moon shot around end on second down, cot to the middle, and sprinted 64 yards to score. The play was nullified, however, when Andy Aljain, of Western, was detected clipping on the Cowboy 20. This Western drive stalled on the 28, but the Cowboys were back knocking at the door early in the fourth period. Aljain broke through to block a Kanny punt on the St. Mary 49.

BOB LEWIS got 19 yards in two carries, but after reaching the St. Mary 30, the Cowboy attack again failed and St Mary took over. A penalty set the Rustics back to their 15 and on fourth down Kanny punted. Carlton Eden gathered In the punt on the St. Mary 4S and returned 29 yards to the Rustic 14.

On the next play Shurtz took a pitchout, swung wide, and skipped down the sidelines for Western's touchdown. That was the way things stood when Masters gathered in Elio-witz's fumble for his touchdown and Chuck LaFave added his field goal in the closing minute and a half. German Fighter Whips Jamaican BERLIN (JP) Germany's leading light heavyweight Conny Rux, 181, bolstered his claim for a chance at Don Cockell's European light heavyweight championship by winning a decision over Lloyd Barnett Jamaica Negro, 185, In a 10-round bout. Follow Games Via Air Lanes SATURDAY (Radio) 1:45 p.m. Michigan vs.

Northwestern, WWJ. WJR. 1:45 p.m. Illinois vs. Ohio State, WXYZ, WCAR.

5 2:80 pan. Mich. State vs. Indiana, WHMH, WCAR. 5:30 p.m.

Detroit vs. Marquette, WJBK. 5:30 p.m. UCLA vs. Washington, WKMH.

(Television) 2:45 p.m. Colorado vs. Nebraska, WWJ-TV. SUNDAY (Radio) 2:30 pjn. Lions vs.

Eagles, WJR. 4:45 p.m. Rams vs. N. Y.

7:45 p.m Browns vs. N. Y. Giants. (Television) 2:30 p.m.

Lions vs. Eagles, WJBK-TV. Rolfe Arrives, so Tigers Get Down to Business Red Rolfe, Tiger manager, checked in for a huddle with General Manager Charley Geh-ringer and Muddy Kuel, the club's new farm director with an eye on next week'a major league draft meeting. After a long vacation in New Hampshire, Rolfe reported 10 pounds heavier than he was when the American League season ended. He and the other Tiger officials will decide before Monday whether to gamble on any minor league draftees.

Last year the club failed to draft a man. Next week's meeting will be held in Cincinnati. Michigan JVs Bow to 'Cats ANN ARBOR (Northwest-em's junior varsity scored two touchdowns in the third period to defeat Michigan, 21 to 7. Michigan's score came in the first quarter when Halfback Ted Kress plunged over from the one after setting up the touchdown by running 21 yards. Bob Topp made the conversion.

BVT NOT EZZARD AT OWN GAME Flaunts Keenly prepared and confident the Rustics refused to accept the proved theory that success comes quickest by hitting an opponent at its weakest spot. Instead, the unbeaten youngsters from Detroit's northwest Grid Results HIGH SCHOOL LOCAL Redford St. Mary 23, Western 6. SUBURBAN Owosso IS, Royal Oak 0. Port Huron IS, Pontiac 0.

STATE GR Union 33, Wyandotte 28. Sag. A. Hill 1, Fl. Central 0.

COLLEGE Arkansas St 37, Henderson IS. B'bridge Center 21, Navy JV 6. Davis Elkins 26, Concord 0. Doane IS, Wayne Tchrs. 6.

Heidelberg 21, Akron 13. N'Western JV 21, Michigan JV 7. S'Eastern 30, East Central 7. Youngstown 13, Mt. Union 13.

Had Enough SPRINGFIELD, Mass. U.R) Thomas H. (Chip) Gannon, has resigned as head football coach at American International A if i niiuMta tmi inv -irnTTH 'r Rules section chose to meet once-beaten Western where its power was greatest in the line. THAT IT was a wise and effective choice no one can deny, since the Catholic League champions rolled to their ninth straight victory by mauling the City League kings, 23 to 6. Western entered the 13th renewal of the Goodfellow charity classic noted chiefly for its defensive strength.

It was in the line that the Cowboys laid their hopes of halting the St Mary attack and climaxing their greatest season in 54 years wfth the Goodfellow championship. Yet it was in the line that the Cowboys collapsed and became the fourth City League loser in the series. "We ate up their eight-man line," Coach Alex Chesney beamed. 'That was the biggest factor in the game. It showed us that we could move on the ground and it showed us that we would be able to pass." ST.

MARY actually put the game away in the second period when passes produced its first two- touchdowns. Coach Ed Rutherford, of Western, agreed that the failure of his line to come up to expections was his biggest disappointment "We've been a defensive team all year," he said. "We had to beat them defensively or else we were through. In the first half, we didn't even come across the line after them. I don't know why.

We just didn't" Chesney, beaming like a schoolboy himself after finally making good in his third try at the Goodfellow title, refused to single out any individuals. "They're a wonderful bunch of boys, everyone of them," he said. "I would do an injustice to them by singling out any one player. I guess you'd have to call it a team victory." DESPITE A 13-0 halftime deficit Rutherford thought that his Cowboys still could have won in the third period. "We gave them all the time in the world to pass in the first half, so I guess we've got only ourselves to blame," he said.

"In the second half, though, two things really hurt us. They were the clipping penalty on Cliff Moon's touchdown run and the loss of Frank Nemcheck." Moon got away on a scoring run early in the third period, but a clip by Andy 'Aljian 15 yards behind the play nullified the touchdown. Western then lost Nemcheck, its ace quarterback, and was left only with Halfback Bob Lewis and Sophomore Sam Eliowitz to guide its offense. Neither had seen much previous service in the vital role. BOTH OF St Mary's previ-ous Goodfellow appearances were against Denby.

The Rustics lost in 1947 and again in 1948 when Denby was rolling up a 25-game winning streak with Fullback Dick Panin, now starring at Michigan State, MOVING ALONG Western's Jerry Shurtz (16) breaks loose around end for a short gain. Bill Slaven (53), of Redford, and Jim Spicer (31) chase him as one of their teammates wallows in the mad after missing the tackle. BUT JIM'S DESTITUTE Thorpe's Spirits High as He Leaves Hospital i PHILADELPHIA UP) Jim Thorpe, one of the greatest athletes in American sports history, was released from Lanke-nau Hospital in "excellent spirits." The famed 63-year-old Indian underwent successful surgery last week for the removal of a malig University of North Carolina. While It was the sports scandal which put Chandler into the presidency, a post which his father held from 1919 until his death in 1934, he prefers to look ahead rather than backward. "We're not as black as we've been painted," he says emphatically.

One major athletic problem confronting Chandler which must be solved promptly is the question of "faculty control over intercollegiate athletics" as demanded by accrediting agencies. "What Is faculty control?" he asks. "The book says you must have it, but no place is the control defined. Ever since I've been here I've been trying to find out just what it is." Chandler is an energetic, outspoken individual. He is brash and brusque at times, traits which undoubtedly trace to 28 years in the Navy and recent duty at the Pentagon.

He gives the impression that while not looking for a fight, he will not back away from one as his predecessor did. "111 TELL YOU this," he says bluntly. "I'll know what is going on around here in athletics as well as in other things. Since I've been here this college has been living in a fish bowl. We want to be left alone for.

a while to work out our problems." While William and Mary's administration already has pledged to athletes receiving scholarships that the full "ride" promised them for four years will be provided, Chandler insists that the era of preferential treatment is at an end. "I GUARANTEE that the ath-Turn to Page 15, Column i Louis Gives Rocky Edge over Jersey Joe TOKYO (U.R) Joe Louis said that he thought Rocky Mar-ciano would beat Heavyweight Champion Joe Walcott if they were matched, but that Rocky would find Ezzard Charles "a bit too clever" for him. nant lip tumor. His wife, Patricia, said the former Olympic champion went directly to New York where he intends to take it easy for awhile. She said, "Jim is very tired." MRS THORPE said her husband was destitute and added the hope that "people would stop using him and exploiting him for his name." She said he had received "about in contributions from persons in the United States since his plight was revealed by the operation, performed without cost by a prominent surgeon.

More has been arranged for, she added. The only thing that would make Thorpe happy, his wife said, is for the Amateur Athletic Union to restore his 1912 Olympic medals. The honors were stripped from Thorpe for accepting money to play baseball. t. Marciano fight would draw a huge gate.

AS FOR HIMSELF, the Browni Bomber repeated that he would not decide to retire until after his exhibition tour is complete. If he does quit, he said that he would continue active in boxing as part owner of the International Boxing Club, which promotes bouts in New York, Detroit and other cities. The former champion made the observation in a radio interview broadcast to the armed services. He continued his training for his exhibition tour opening here Sunday to help build a hospital for crippled children. Louis said that he considered Marciano, who knocked him out in their recent bout in New York, the "most promising" heavyweight around today and that a Charles-.