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MSU, Irish Stake Everything DETROIT FREE PRESS Saturday. Nov. 20. 65 -f BY JACK SAYLOR fr Press SMrts Writer SOUTH BEND All the big blue chips get pushed to the center of the table Saturday. It's Michigan State vs.

Notre Dame, and the national college football championship is at stake. The Spartans have the Big Ten title in the sack and are bidding to take a 10-0 record to the Rose Bowl. Despite their unbeaten status and No. 1 poll position, coach Duffy Daugherty's club has been installed a one-point underdog to Notre Dame. The Irish have a 7-1 record.

They are the nation's No. 4 team and hope to be elevated to No. 1 with a victory over MSU. NOTRE DAME'S lone loss was inflicted by Purdue, a hair-raising 25-21 decision in the season's second game. The Spartans beat the same team a month ago, rallying in the second half for a 14-10 victory.

A Notre Dame Stadium crowd of 59,000 will watch the tussle here along with thousands more via TV. The game Is beamed locally and by closed circuit to 21 cities. The sites in Detroit are Co bo Hall and Southfield High school. The Southfield gym is already a sellout. The press corps is the biggest lured to South Bend Eince the Army game of 1947.

THE GAME matches teams with powerful running games and potent defensive units. Michigan State is the nation's best in rushing defense and Notre Dame ranks second. For the Spartans, the strong points are the all-around generalship of quarterback Steve Juday and the bruising running of Clinton Jones, Dwight Lee and Bob Apisa. Notre Dame counters with a pair of power runners. Bill Wolski and Larry Conjar.

and the breakaway ability of Nick Eddy. Any edge rests with the Spartans' passing game. With Juday throwing, primarily to his brilliant 6-foot-2 end Gene Washington. "MSU's biggest offensive strength is its balance," asserted Ara Parseghian, the Armenian Presbyterian coach who makes himself right at home here in the Catholic shrine. "Their linebackers Thorn-hill.

Goovert and Webster are the key men in their defense," he continued. "They're big and fast and the deep men have super speed with terrific Turn to Page 2C, Column 3 How They Compare SOUTH BEND, Ind. Tale of the tape of Michigan State and Notre Dame football teams, who meet Saturday for a possible national championship: OFFENSE DEFENSE MSU XI) MSU ND Points 239 267 Points allowed 59 61 First downs 175 157 Opp. first downs 108 92 Avg. rushing yards 239 256 Avg.

rush defense 52 69 Avg. passing- yards 123 9fi Avg. pass defense 135 127 Passes 84-158 47-88 Passes intercepted 14 15 Total offense 3,269 2,820 Punting average 37 39 41 Duffy Daugherty Dame Due 1444 lie End each team played nearly flawless football for high school teams. THE CROWD got exactly what it came to see as Notre Dame powered its way to the game's first and last tocuh-downs with Denby's versatile attack getting the two middle scores. Only in the passing column, as was expected, did one team dominate the other.

Denby completed four of eight passes for 66 yards to Notre Dame's 29 yards on three completions in nine throws. BY JOE DO WD ALL A crowd of 25,435 was the only winner Friday night as Denby and Notre Dame fought to a bitter 14-14 tie in the 28th annual Goodfellow Game at Tiger Stadium. The torrid play between the neighborhood rivals was more than enough to keep the partisan fans warm in the near-freezing temperatures. Denby and Notre Dame came up with one of the finest displays of blocking and tackling in the history of the Goodfellow series. Each team hit and hit hard, whether on offense or defense.

On the ground Denby held a slight 145-136 edge in yardage. The game was that close right to the end when Notre Dame had a 43-yard pass to the Denby two-yard line nullified by a clipping penalty and Denby came back with an aerial attack stopped by the clock. DEFENSIVE guard Joe Cottrell stopped Denby's first drive he scooped up Jon Rutherford's fumble on the Notre Dame 34-yard line. The Tars had moved 30 yards after the kickoff but were stalled on fourth down on the Irish 32 when they fumbled. Quarterback Kick Wenner mixed the off-tackle power slants of Al Moore and Dave Baldyga with John Perraca's bursts up the middle as he moved Notre Dame 66 yards in 13 plays for a touchdown.

Perreca scored by diving one yard over left guard at the three-second mark of the second quarter and Dan Haston's kick gave Notre Dame a 7-0 lead. PENALTY HURT ND 'A Bad Call' -Bazylewicz BY HAL SCHRAM A tie never settles anything, never makes anyone happy. The dressing rooms of Denby and Notre Dame Highs were both cloaked in disappointment following Friday's 14-14 stalemate before 25,435 fans in Tiger Stadium. "Both teams hit hard it-' was a good game what else The call from the pressbox can you say?" said Denby! looked justified, coach Roger a i r. -We're not happy but I don't' Jt impossible for the think they're very happy the detachment of police to other locker room either." keeP crow'd ln hand- (south goal posts were down a Coach Walt Bazylewicz before the game ended.

Notre Dame, was unhappy to be; Thousands of youngsters sure. He barred the doors to the sw-anne(i out of the stands and dresing room briefly while hethe officials were about readv talked to his squad. lU) pick up ball and it DEXBY GOT only three yards the next time it got the ball, but after stopping Notre Dame on the 29 yard line, the Tars went 71 yards in 11 plays for their tying touchdown and conversion. A Rutherford to Jim Kon-opka pass gained seven yards to get the Denby attack rolling. Then a 32 yard Rutherford Konopka pass set up Denby's score from the three-yard line.

Gary Parmentier got the touchdown as he cut over right guard. Pat Piper kicked the extra point. The passing forced Notre Dame to loosen up its defenses in the second half and Denby capitalized on it. WITH PARMENTIER slashing off guard and Jim Cotter sweeping the ends. Denby moved from its 73-yard line down to the Notre Dame nine, where the Irish held for two plays.

On the third down and nine Turn to Page 3C, Column 2 DENBY 1 14 1 19 7 0 7 ND 13 0 35 0-H 7-14 First downs Yards rushin? Passes Passing yardage Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized Denby Notre Dam ND Perreca 1-yard run (Hasten kick). DEN Parmentier 3-yard run (Piper kick). DEN Parmentier 2-yard run (Piper kick). ND Baldyga 10-vard run (Hasten kick) jHi c-'r i i yv i -Xl Vi A. rt: VxV- I V' 1 fflSJ'.

ii ri, in -i iw inn mif tm "IT WAS A BAD call," Bazv lewicz steamed in referring to the clipping penalty which mined Notre Dame's last gasp chance to pull out the victory. "I told our boys they reallyjsimple facts of television life. Touchdown coming up Fre Press Photo by VINCE WITEK first Xotre Dame score LAST HEAVY KING? quits "ith 30 seconds left on the clock. THE OLD Newsboys, sponsors of the annual Goodfellow Game will have to face the This game was not meant for the tube. It was a splendid night, one of the best in the game's long Turn to Page 3C, Column 2 dividends.

From $1 85 won Uhe game. We should have had the ball on the two-yard line," Bazylewicz roared. But most observer dis agreed with the Irish coach the exchange may be one of the Let Clay Talk; He 's the Show BY JOE FALLS Free Presi Sports Writer LAS VEGAS If Sonny Liston can knock out Floyd Patterson twice in the first round Louis Jabs at Champ 'Cassias Not In Best Shape' BY FRANK ANGELO Fre Preis Managing Editor LAS VEGAS Puncher, poet, standup comedian and sometimes sociologist Muhammad (Cassius Clay) Ali was breathing a bit heavily, too heavily, particularly to please a critic like Joe Louis. Louis had just watched AH the Puncher at work in the final stages of hi3 training for next Monday's fight with Floyd Patterson and he passed along this opinion when asked to comment on the upcoming match: "Well, I thought he was breathing pretty heavily here today, which means he may not be in the best of shape. How does the fight look to me? Well, 1 can't see that there has been much change since their last fight." DO YOU think Ali will win? "Well, no, I haven't made a selection yet.

After all this guy's kinda young yet at 23 and he hasnt had the kind of testing like I had against Joe Savold in Detroit, for example (Ed. Note: It took Louis 12 rounds for the kayo.V "You can't ever be quite sure what these young guys will do in a fight," added Louis. It seemed that former champion Louis, who incidentally is in fine shape and looked dapper in his smart red sweater, black shirt and slacks, was politely suggesting that Ali the Puncher will have to show him a lot more before he gets Louis' nod as a great fighter. This was even more apparent from Louis' unenthu-siastic reaction to the fight. He really seemed more interested in talking about old friends in Detroit than the fighters in Las Vegas.

LOUIS IS going to be among the 8,500 at this town's Convention Arena at 10:30 p.m. (Detroit time) next Monday when Ali tries to pm down a claim that he should be considered the world's heavyweight champion. Technically, the World Boxing Association says he isn't, but a lot of people figure that his fists say he is. Ali is holding his workouts at the Stardust Hotel in the heart of a dazzling strip of gambling-dependent hotels. You pay one dollar to see him workout at 1 p.m.

in the big room which Is the scene of the hotel's brilliant girlie show at night. About 300 had paid their way in the other afternoon so Ali had $300 to use to pass out among needy Negroes. As he told another reporter: "I never read about things like the proceeds collected for Turn to Page A Col 5 OFFICIAL TEAM Here's All DID YOU BUY A SEAT ON THE EXCH ANGE OR IS IT YOUR LOUIS ROTH SUIT? Remorkable things can happen when you wear Louis Roth. Port of it is the way you look: poised, impeccably groomed anrj handsome. Part of it is the way you feel; poised, impeccably groomed, and handsome.

That's because Louis Roth toilers a suit th way you're built, to foliow the natural line faultlessly, flatteringly. And they follow through with craftsmanship that is second to IKS Dave Baldvga plains to the national anthem Clay may indeed want to end it right there. But they're going to settle it in the ring, and because this is still for the heavyweight championship of the world, no matter how cheap the title has become, the interest will be worldwide. ALREADY you can feel the excitement welling up in this inecca of money. There are fight writers here from all the outposts erf the world London, Liverpool, Paris, Tokyo, Stockholm and Peoria Heights.

Get this: They're showing the fight in a theater in Cardiff, Wales, and it goes on at a.m., and, blimey, gov'-nuh, where'd all the ticket go? Even Norman Mailer, who is badly in need of two bucks to get a haircut, is here. The convention arena isn't sold out yet. The place seats 8,000. They've sold about 6,000 tickets and this is a colossal achievement. Any time you can get 6,000 people to leave the gaming tables in Las Vegas you have done the impossible.

THE ATTRACTION Well, it's not Floyd Patterson. Poor Floyd. He speaks from the heart and bares his soul, all with a baleful look on Ms face, and the compassion of the people who listen to him is a moving thing to behold. But Floyd Patterson does not arouse the Jungle instincts latent hi all of us, and this is what this business of boxing is about, and why it is so universally appealing. You feel sorry for Floyd, touched by his sincerity, however sorrowful it may be.

But he wears a New York Mets' robe of orange and blue. It's Cassius Clay who get Turn to Page 4C, Column 6 i one-yani line to set up Pistons Fall To Knicks, 116 to 109 Even the home surroundings failed Friday night to put the! Detroit Pistons back on the; right track. Despite a fourth-period rally i Cobo Arena, the Pistons; wound up 116-109 losers to the New York Knicks before 3,652 fans. Thus the Pistons suffered; their eighth straight leaving them one short of their-all-time record for consecutive; defeats. The dubious mark could be equaled Saturday night; when the Pistons invade Louis.

I IT WAS ANOTHER case'; Friday of the Pistons running! out of steam. After lagging by 17 points in' the second period, by 11 at! half time arvd by 10 after three 1 quarters, the Pistons put on rush which sliced the Knicks' advantage to 106-105 with 3:40 left to go. Rod Thorn, Don Kojis and Tom Van Arsdale provided the spark for the futile comeback. Just when it appeared the Turn to Page 3C, Column 5 Chiefs Win Big Battle In Pontine Pontiac Central, fifth-ranked high school football power In the state, struck for two second-half touchdowns to over take Pontiac Northern and win their annual city championship battle, 14-9, before 6,000 in Wisner Stadium Friday night. Dan Lavolis cracked two yards in the third period and Jerry Murphy dived one yard with five minutes left in the game to lift Central to its sev enth victory against one loss and a tie.

NORTHERN, which lost its first five -games, surmised bv jumping into a 9-0 lead. Bruce Tippin passed 28-yards to Chris Giles in the second period. Then Boyd Crver threw Lavolis for a safety on a third- penua puni. And if Cassius Clay can knock out Liston in the first round. Then Clay should get Patterson somewhere in the middle of the national anthem.

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