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Chappuis Has Best '47 Day as Michigan Ends a Great '41 Season 81 5 5 MANN? ffij- vh 'A, -'Xv- 1 MICHIGAN -k v. A It CIIAPPUIS LETS GO AND IT'S 17 MORE YARDS TVE GOT THIS LOOKS SDIPLE' 4 THE RANGE NOW 1 if4" GOES ON THE NOW JYe Pres 81 MANN Maehin Qua Camera Photoi by Joe Kalec BOB CIIAPPUIS PASSED, RAN FOR S07 YARDS TURN TO PAGE 3, COLUMN 1 OOP! MANN LOSES HIS BALANCE DESPERATE, FALLING CATCH WOLVERINES DOWN BUCKS. 21-0 TTD Join M. V1 iA Hero of the Champs TO USC Edges UCLA, 6-0 32-Yard 2nd-Period Pass Nets Only Tally STATISTICS ICLA Ohio State Deficit Only 7-0 at Half time Then Chappuis Gets Attack Rolling to Clinch Perfect Football Season BY LYALL SMITH Free Press Sports Editor ANN ARBOR Michigan's Rose Bowl express found the roadbed a trifle bumpy, but it still arrived on time. It was derailed too many times to pile up the score it expected but was able to grind out a 21-0 victory over a hard-fighting Ohio State underdog.

Victory gave the Wolverines their first perfect season since 1932 and ran their winning streak to 13 straight. The game, played on a dark and dreary afternoon before another THE DETROIT FREE PRE 5 81 MANN! Hail to the TEAMMATES HOIST DICK He was THE ST. MARY HUMBLED, anas .1 I I' Vi koisff i A First down. 1.1 9 I Yards rushinr 84 98 i Vard pasninc 1 attempt ri 25 20 il'af rompletrd II 11 PasKPS intercepted 2 Puntinic averate 37 42 Opp. fumbles reeOTered Yards penalized 30 84 I CSf 0 0 6 Touchdown Kirby.

I UCLA USC Fear Tolman Past re 1 Ferraro Dimitro Clark Paul MeCormirk Vikcevich MrCall Chambers Bendren Clements F. Clearr Reives (R Murphy Hoisrh McCardle Rossi Doll Myers Llllywhite THREE OF THEM 1 I 1 1 --11 1 6 1 AND DOWN HE gave St. Mary another first down on the Tar five-yard stripe, but this time the Rustics could manage only two yards in four plays as the period ended. DENBY'S ONLY offensive play during the entire third, quarter Turn to Page Column 2 'MP Stars Miss Marks ANN ARBOR Although he had the biggest day of the season, Bob Chappuis still finished a few hundred yards behind the mark set by Tom Harmon for three years of play on the Michigan football team. Chappuis' output for three years of passing and running was 3,208 yards, Harmon left with a record of 3,438 yards.

Jim Brieske also fell a bit short of, the modern conversion record. This mark is held by Dick Walterhouse, an Ann Arbor lad, who kicked the extra points for the Touchdown Twins Doo Blanchard and Glenn Davis, of Army, in 1944. Brieske finished with. 45 conversions, compared to 47. by Walterhouse three years ago.

Ml 1 CRANE TTD SPORTS SECTION SUNDAY, NOV. 23, 1947 Four Teams Stay at Top Big Nine Has Day of Major Upsets The nation's four major unbeaten-untied teams Michigan, Notre Dame, Southern Methodist and Penn State kept their winning records unblemished. And while this was going on, the Western Conference was experiencing its biggest day of upsets. Michigan, paced by Bob Chappius, was the sole survivor among the Big Nine favorites as Minnesota beat Wisconsin, 21 to 0, Northwestern outscored Illinois, 28-13, and Indiana edged out Purdue, 16 to 14. MEANWHILE, Southern California clinched the role as western representative in the Rose Bowl by nosing out UCLA, 6 to 0, and Alabama clinched a berth in the Sugar Bowl by crushing Louisiana State, 41 to 12.

By' their victories Southern Methodist, conqueror of Baylor, 10 to 0, and Penn State, victor over Pitt, 29 to 0, took the lead in the race for the Cotton Bowl assignment. Notre Dame scored five touchdowns in the first quarter in romping to a 59-6 rout over Tulane. The Irish still have South ern California left. SMU WAS forced to produce 10 points in the final period to sub due Baylor. The Mustangs still must meet Texas Christian.

Penn State scored In every quarter for Its victory over Pittsburgh, closing its campaign with nine consecutive victories. The University of Detroit out- rushed Tulsa and held the lead three times only to bow, 30 to 20. KANSAS AND Oklahoma fin ished in a tie for the Big Six crown. Kansas scored in the last minute to beat Missouri, 20 to 14, and Oklahoma edged Nebraska. 14 to 13.

Alabama loomed more and more like the class of the Southeast by trouncing LSU. Tennessee delivered a 13-6 upset over Kentuckj'. Top games in the East saw Yale outscore Harvard. 31 to 21, and Princeton top Dartmouth, 14 to 12. -ft i I I 1 I I Free Press Photo by Tony Spina (TWO TOUCHDOWNS) PANIN TO THEIR SHOULDERS star as Denby won City prep championship Tins RUN NETTED 4 4 m-iTi TinS WAS GOOD AND THIS NETTED 3 sellout throng of chilled fans, rang down the curtain on the scheduled football achievements of Halfback Robert Chappuis.

And while Bob had his troubles, he still had his greatest day of the season. THE THREE-touchdown difference doesn't tell the whole story of Michigan's superiority. Yet the superiority that found the Wol verines racking up 24 first downs and gaining 450 yards to nine new series and 174 yards for Ohio doesn't detract from the game-ness of the losers. They threw out road blocks time and again when the Wolverines were deep in paydirt territory and gave the 86,000 customers an unaccustomed chill of fear that this might be that upsetting afternoon. Michigan held a narrow 7-0 lead at halftime on a touchdown by STATISTICS MICH.

OSTT First downs 34 9 Yards rushin 233 119 ards passing- 217 65 Passes attempted 32 17 Passes completed 12 3 Passes intercented 4 1 Puntinic average S8 86 Opp. fumbles recovered I Yards penalized 30 25 OHIO STATE (0) MICHIGAN' (21 Bonnie Mann Wilson LiT Hilkene Jabbusch Tomasi Duncan Whit Templetoa i Wilkins Jennings Pritula Harue fi Kilenourr Savie Yerges Clark Chappuis Verdovs C. Elliott Cline Weisenburger Michigan 7 0 7 721 Touchdowns Elliott, Weisburger, Chappuis. Points after touchdowns: Brieske 3 Chalmers Elliott on a three-yard lunge to climax a 68-yard drive in the opening period. But even the determination of the Bucks couldn't stop an 80- yard march that sent Chappuis over from the three in the third period.

Another drive of 35 yards just five minutes later in the final quarter found Fullback Jack Weisenburger driving seven yards for the end zone. CHAPPUIS PASSED and rushed his way to a total of 307 yards and wound up with a season total for six Western Confer ence games of 1,019, a record for that number of contests. He needed only 21 additional yards to better his own seven-game total of 1,039 established last year but was prevented from picking up that ground by a single play. On that occasion, early in the second period, he fumbled a lateral on the Ohio two and the ball was recovered by the Bucks on the 27 for a deficit. FRUSTRATION keynoted Michigan's play most of the game.

Paced by a 42-yard breakaway by Weisenburger the Wolverines rolled 59 yards after the opening kickoff to the Ohio 20 before the Bucks threw up their first block ade. Mike Cannavino, the losers' No. Turn to Page 4, Column 5 enby Gets First City Crown BY BOB LATSHAAV Free Press Staff Writer LOS ANGELES It will be the Trojans and the Wolverines in the Battle of the Roses New Year's Day. The University of Southern California clinched the Pacific Coast Conference berth in the annual Rose Bowl classic by squeezing out a 6-0 decision over UCLA before 102,050 fans in the Coliseum. The Trojans struck through the air for a second-quarter touch down and then staved off a desperate last-period Bruin march to collect their seventh victory in eight games.

A PAIR of alert halfbacks co- starred in this Trojan triumph. Picture on Page 4 Jack Kirby, an adept pass re ceiver, was the offensive star, scoring the lone touchdown Gor don Gray was the defensive hero, intercepting a pass in the end zone to wreck UCLA's chances for a tie or victory. Kirby was the first to catch the eye of the huge crowd. He was the principal target for Trojan passers and spearheaded two marches In the first half. Jim Powers, a second-string quarterback, entered the game in the second quarter, after Starter George Murphy couldn't get a concerted attack going.

A PUNT PUT the ball on the Uclan 32-yard line and Powers went into action. Kirby, a man in motion, swept down the sideline and got behind the defensive half back. Powers' perfect pass floated into Kirby's arms in the end zone. The try for conversion was wide and the Trojans led 6 to 0. Meanwhile, the Bruins couldn't get anything resembling an at tack going.

Only once in the first half and once again in the third I period were they able to get be yona tne 00-yard line. They made their first bid for a touchdown in the middle of the fourth quarter but wound up los mg tne bail on the 40 after getting a iirst aown on tne rrojan 35. UCLA THEX started a. drive from its own 35 that carried to the Trojan 13. Two running plays moved the ball to' the five, and then Mr.

Gray entered the picture. With 55 seconds to play, Ernie Johnson tried a reverse pass that Gray intercepted In the end zone and returned to the 22-yard line. The Trojans froze the ball for the remaining seconds and earned their fifth conference championship in six years. On the basis of their performance Saturday, the Trojans will have a busy afternoon when they, tangle with Michigan at Pasadena. aLQ 'V 4 chappuis! -e FOR 8 YARDS Free Prets Photo by Wallj Stieger.

YARDS AND A TD i CHAPPCIS, Lit 14-0 line stands in the third period saved the highly-favored City League champions from defeat. Coach Al Chesney's Rustics, representing the Catholic League, charged out of the dressing room after the intermission to dominate the third-quarter play completely. Eddie Govan, St. Mary's All-Catholic halfback who turned in a fine performance both offensively and defensively, returned the second-half kickoff to his 47. With Jack Start doing the pass ing, and Govan, John Tilson and Denny Behen skimming over the slippery gridiron, the Rustics drove to the Denby 10-yard line on 11 plays.

ST. MARY GOIr another break when Denby was ruled offside. That the Rustics a first down, with five yards to go for a touchdown. Govan battered center but could gain only one yard. Tilson took a handoff and squirmed to the one.

Tilson failed to gain on third down and Govan was stopped inches short of the goal. Dick Panin punted from his end zone to Denby's 86 and St. Mary came storming right back, only to be denied once more. Behen crashed to the Denby 19 and Tilson reached the 10 on two plays. A defensive holding penalty STATISTICS DENBY ST.

MARY First downs in 10 Yards rushing Passes attempted Passes completed Yards passinc Passes intercepted 186 5 SO I 4 30 55 104 12 3 30 fl 31 40 Opp. fumbles recovered Puntinic average. Yards penalized ST. MART 0 DENBY (14 Bauman Enelish Beel Rimley Eesloover Bird Peck Wans Bell Boelstler Panin 0 14 14 Sedcewiek I. Carroll L.T Oswald I.

Thompson Coffman RO Zacharias RT Rrnm Start Behen Govaa Barrr FB Denbr fl Denby seorlnr Touchdown Panin 2 Points after touchdowns Darom 2 (place ments.) BY nAL SCHRAM BY HAL, SCHRAM Packing most of the thrills into a wild second half, Denby mgn School defeated St. Mary of Red-ford, 14 to 0, in the 10th annual Goodf ellow City championship football game at Bnggs Stadium. Playing before 28,538. spec tators, the Tars repelled two St. Mary's thrusts in the third quarter and then struck for a pair of touchdowns in the final period to gain the decision.

IT WAS DENBY'S ninth straight victory, bringing the school a perfect football season and its first City championship. Only two remarkable goal-.