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fl Saturday. Nov. 18. 1950 DETROIT FREE PRESS Redford Barely Budges St. Gregory to 7-6 "Rose Bowl Hopes at Stake at U-M mois JL Win.

Irvine's Hand, Toe Decisive Wolverines Favored by Blocks Punt, Then Kicks Extra Point BY GEORGE PUSCAS Redford High School's huge Huskies slammed smack into a stone wall but even stone walls have been known to "give" a little. The powerful West Siders, abandoning conventional gridiron trickery, turned into human battering rams to squeeze past little St. Gregory, 7 to 6, and capture their first Metropolitan Detroit football championship. On that slim one-point margin, the heavily favored Huskies completed their perfect football campaign with their ninth straight victory before 30,119 Godfellow game fans in Briggs Stadium. i i Karros Set for Clash ivith OSU His Ankle Better for Crucial Contest SEASON RECORDS OHIO STATE ILLINOIS W-6.

L-l W-6. 1-1 27 SMC 2S Oliio lni. 1 Pitt 7 Miwonsin 'it; Indiana II 14 I I LA IK Minnesota 20 Wa-hinxton H. lfwu 21 20 Indiana 3i Nnrthwestern 7 Mirhican tt Wisconsin II 2t Iowa REDFORD'S LARRY PRICE RACES ACROSS GOAL LINE AFTER PICKING UP But officials ruled that Ken Pattinson's knee had touched and grounded FUMBLE ON 10 ball on 10 GAVE HUSKIER REDFORD A REAL SCARE Coach Praises St. Gregory's Grit knee had touched the turf before he lost possession.

The break which St. Gregory followers will moan about was the near-safety which found Joe Hoyt stopping Duane Hadley on the one-foot line after the latter was nearly trapped in the end zone. DIRECTOR HARRY BEGIAX brought his Cass Tech High School marching band of 80 pieces to the stadium two and a half hours before game time. Led by Drum Major LeeAl-good the band went through an hour rehearsal. The Cass band had been working on its formations for three weeks.

i Bedford attempted to cross up St. Gregory's split-T offense and quick opening plays 4 A Touchdown Bradford Accounts for Edge over 'Cats SEASOX RECORDS MICHIGAN' w-3. T-l Mirh. State It NORTHWESTERN W-S. L-2 Iowa S-I Navy ST Dartmouth 7 Army S7 1.S Minnesota 25 Wisconsin 13 28 Pittsburgh 7 13 Wisconsin 7 Ohio State 7 1 Purdue 7 Minilrftotft Illinois SO Indiana BY HAL MIDDLESWORTH Free Press Staff Wrjter ANN ARBOR Michigan will match its revitalized running attack and Chuck Ortmann's passing against Northwestern's double-edge offensive weapon here Saturday in a game which will help determine the Big Ten's Rose Bowl representative.

A crowd of about 78,000 was expected, but good weather might push the figure past 80,000. SHOWERS AXD temperatures ranging up to do aegrees were forecast. The stadium sod was covered until Friday afternoon, when th'e field was used by Northwestern for a short workout. Michigan's light exercise was in old Ferry Field. The Wolverines are favored by a touchdown on the strength of a newly-found power in their ground attack.

Key man is a stubby sophomore halfback, Wes Bradford, who stepped into the lineup last week and took charge of the vacancy where Leo Koceski has been so sadly missed. OXLY 5-FEET-6 and weighing 152 pounds, the little Negro from Troy, had been a fifth-stringer and couldn't even rate a mention in the program until last week. During Michigan's 20-7 subjugation of Indiana, he rambled 105 yards on 17 carries to relieve the pressure on Ortmann and Fullback Don Dufek, who had been about the only running threat the Wolverines offered. There had been talk that Koceski will be ready to play against Northwestern, but that is doubtful, He scrimmaged this week but the knee he hurt in the Army game Oct. 14 stiffened up later and he certainly could not be at top speed against the Wildcats.

ORTMANN APPARENTLY will present his own three-way threat near his best physical condition. Against Indiana, he ran for 83 yards to escape from the minus pool. He goes into the Northwest ern fray with a fine passing rec ord of 37 completions in 85 tosses. Dutek, the teams leading! ground gainer. and Quarterback Bill Putich complete field.

the back- The thrice-beatenVolerines haven't been able totwin two in a row this season but might break the jinx against the Wildcats. With a 2-1-1 record in the Big Ten, they could strengthen their Rose Bowl possibilities, although Wisconsin and Illinois stand ahead of them in that line. NORTHWESTERN is a team to be reckoned with, although out of the championship race, thanks to a one-point defeat by Wisconsin and a 32-0 lacing by first-place Ohio State. The Wildcats have a dangerous versatile team which can run and pass. Dick Flowers, who has connected on 80 of his 153 passes, is second only to Johnny Coatta, of Wisconsin, in the Conference passing race.

He has an excellent partner in End Don Stonesifer, who has pulled down 38 passes for 490 yards and is the Big Ten's top receiver by a wide margin. Saturdays Games Via Air Lanes RADIO 1 :45 p. m. i i a vs. Northwestern, WJR, WWJ.

1:45 p. m. Michigan State vs. Pitt, CKLW, WKMH. p.

m. Missouri vs. Oklahoma, WJLB. 5:30 p. m.

U-D vs. Oklahoma WJBK. 3:15 p. m. Ohio State vs.

Illinois, NBC. TELEVISION 1:15 p. m. Penn vs. Wisconsin.

WXYZ-TV. 1:15 p. m. Harvard vs. Brown, WWJ-TV.

1:15 p. m. Columbia v. Navy, WJBK-TV. i 1 jjj'' BY HAL SCHRAM "Spirit and determination could carry us just so far we got our share of the breaks but those 14 kids I could use simply were overmatched by superior forces." That was the after-game comment of Coach Pete Robertson whose St.

Gregory squad gave highly-favored Redford the scare of its life before bowing in the 13th annual Goodfellow game, 7 to 6. Robertson actually used 15 players from his squad of 26 but Dick Plumer saw service on only one play. AI Roberts, one of the thre genuine substitutes, played three positions. Seven regulars took tht. brunt of Redford's heavier line for the entire 48 minutes.

Redford outweighed St. Gregory 25 pounds to the player in the line. I'm happy to win but I'm disappointed in our showing," was Coach Frank Hojnacki's comment. "You just couldn't convince my players that they were up against a good team, not even after that scoreless first half." THE A A of 30.119 was bHow expectations but an unofficial record gross gate of $72,180.60 cheered Game Chairman Norm White. "I know our sales are already at that figure.

We may have done better than that." said White. The former record was slightly over $68,000. OX THE PLAYIXG field St. Gregory encountered three decisive breaks. Two went with the Cherokees, the other against them.

Larry Price's brilliant return of George Redilla's first quarter punt for a touchdown which was called back due to a penalty cost Redford a more decisive "triumph. Headlines-man Bill Oldani detected Dick Irvine clipping on the play. Ken Pattinson's fourth' down fumble on the 10-yard line, midway in the third period also cost the Huskies a touchdown. Price picked up the ball and swept into the end zone but Pattinson's DON McEWEN Wins second cross-country title McEwen Harrier Titlist Again Spartan Team 2nd in Big Ten Debut CHICAGO (JP) Michigan's Don McEwen, a junior with plenty of endurance, won his second straight Big Ten cross-country title, proving his dethroning last year of Wisconsin's famed Don Gehrmann was no fluke. Wisconsin took the team crown for the third straight year.

McEwen won by 150 yards over Purdue's Bob Rodibaugh in 19 minutes, 34.1 seconds, which would have been a record except it was over a makeshift four-mile course at Washington Park. Last year McEwen was clocked in a record-breaking 19:44.5 as he defeated highly favored Gehrmann, now graduated. But that was over a course which had to be abandoned because a foot bridge was out. MICHIGAN STATE College used the meet as a springboard into Big Ten championship compe- i 'tition, but the favored Spartans finished, second in team standings vvawen uiueii.ei piact-u fTUJ 3 fourth. Third was Walt Deike, of Wisconsin.

In the team results, Indiana was third with 70 points, followed by Michigan with 94; Purdue with 122; Illinois, 137; Ohio State, 142; and Iowa, whose two-man entry was not credited with any points. Minnesota and Northwestern were not represented. Rounding out the top 10 individual leaders among the 47 who finished were: Len Truex, Ohio State, fifth; George Lynch, Illinois, sixth; Robert Dellinger, Indiana, seventh; James Kepford, Michigan State, eighth; Richard Randolph, Wisconsin, ninth, and George Branam, Indiana, 10th. Wisconsin's winning combination included third, ninth, 11th, 13th and 20th places. OK for Hoosiers BLOOMINGTON.

I d. (P) Head Football Coach Clyde B. Smith, of Indiana University, whose, teams have won five of 25 games in the last three seasons, was. given a new three-year contract. 1 I 6 13 A 7 3 HH 11K BY LYALL SMITH Free Press Sports Editor CHAMPAIGN, 111.

A scrappy band of Illinois football players, strengthened by the return to starting action of Halfback Johnny Karras, will try to trip up the Big Ten's "policeman" here Saturday. A crowd of 71,000 fans hope th attempt will be successful. The policeman is Ohio State whose Buckeyes, denied a return trip to the Rose Bowl, have patrolled the Big Ten precinct of the Bowl-beat in stern style. Ohio is rated the No. 1 collegiate team in the land after losing its opener to SMU and then winning six straight, including five in a row over Western Conference foes.

Illinois, a one-touchdown underdog, also has a 6-1 mark with its sole loss being a 7-6 setback by Wisconsin. BEST NEWS on the Illinois campus was that Karras will be in the starting lineup, after finally recovering from, a sprained ankle which caused him to miss two games. With him, the Illini have more hope for an upset victory over thu Buckeyes to keep alive thir chances of returning to the Rose Bowl, where they scored a victory in 1947. Vnless they can trip up Ohio and then wind up their season with another victory over Northwestern, their New Year's Day trip is in doubt. Wisconsin still plays Minnesota.

A Badger victory would give Wisconsin a 5-2 Conference record which could only be topped if Illinois defeats both Ohio and North- western or if Michigan dumps the same two teams. This battle, which starts at 2:30 p. m. (Detroit time), will a highly-geared Ohio offense aeainst an effective Illinnis defense which has Dermitted iust. five touchdowns to be scored against it in seven games, all by passing.

THE liUCKEYES are paced bv All-Everything Vk Janowicz. who upon icr more neavy i 1 1 i Liim usual uec; use 01 me doubtful physical status of Quar- terback Tonv CurciKo. C'urcilln also has been bothered by an ankle injury but it appeared late Friday that he would be able to play. He was not listed as a starter, however. Janowicz may move into th quarterback spot, with Sophomore Fred Bruney taking Janowicz's tailback position.

Good weather has been forecast for the 39th meeting of the two teams. Ohio has traveled at a terrific scoring pace this season with 40 touchdowns to 17 for the Illini. 689 Series Tops Loop Jack Dattilio, including a 254 game in a 689 series, topped individual performances in the Greater Masonic Bowling League at Log Cabin Recreation. Dattilio's scoring paced the Harry Shorter five to a sweep of Motor State, 3051-2929. League-leading Riley saw its margin cut to one game as it split with North, 2769-2779.

while second-place Pepsi swept Lincoln, 2949-2901. newal of their usually hot rivalry. Toledo has won four and lost five. Both clubs have been riddled with injuries. Wayne will take 27 players to the game, while Toledo will dress only 25.

Coach Lou Zarza has made two notable changes in the Wayne line-up. He has sent senior Ray Piesko into the quarterback spot, replacing Dick Brown, who has a fractured nose. He also picked Walter Albers, a sub all season, to fill in for injured Frank Rosenthal at left half. IT WAS an unexpectedly hard-earned triumph for Redford, which brought the City League back to superiority over the Catholic League in local football competition. The loss was St.

Gregory's second in nine games, and It was a hard one to take for the valiant Cherokees. Outmanned and outweighed by tremendous margins, the comparative "midgets" from the Catholic League battled their public school rivals on better than even terms through almost three quarters of the game. AS IT USUALLY does in tight battles, a break broke the stalemate and it broke St. Gregory's chances. Late in the third period the Cherokees' George Redilla stepped back to punt from his own 43.

Bedford's Dick Irvine smashed through, got a hand on the ball and partly broke down its flight, the. ball finally sailing out of bounds on the St. Gregory 43. From there Redford banged its way down near payoff territory. It reached the one-yard line, but on fourth down Fullback Ken Pat-tison fumbled on the 10.

Larry Price picked up the ball and shot to the end zone, but the officials called it back and St. Gregory took over. REDILLA got away a short punt this time, and Redford was STATISTICS ST. GREG. RKFF.

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The Huskies didn't muff this opportunity. Price and Pattison alternated in short cracks. Then Price hit Duane Hadley with a pass which carried to the four. Two plays later Pattison drilled Into the end zone from the one. Irvine booted the eventual game-winning point with only 35 seconds left in the period.

A break also gave St. Gregory its big chance midway in the fourth period. Price fumbled on the Redford 24 and Jim Swoish recovered for the Cherokees. On fourth down Sub Joe Davis tossed 12 yards into the end -1 zone to Jim Clajton for the equalizing touchdown. St.

Gregory then had two chances to tie up the game, but failed. Redford was offside the first time when Davis' pass to Swoish for the extra point fell incomplete. '2 On the second effort, Pattison slammed through to drop Redilla, who tried to get through the line. THAT WAS the extent of the scoring, and it was much less than what was expected or rteuiuru ue-X fore the game and two minutes after the opening kickoff. Early in the first period St.

Gregory had to punt after fail-t Ing to make headway in its first series of plays. Redilla booted from his 27 and Price, behind brilliant blocking, sailed 43 yards into the end zone. Like the "fumble touchdown" in the third period, this one was called back, for a clipping penalty. ASIDE FROM those instances, neither team could offer serious scoring opportunities. In the third period, however, Redford's Had- ley was spilled just past the goal line, avoiding a safety, on a punt return.

The entire first half was strictly a punting duel, developing when both teams failed to produce as much as two successive first downs. Redford got to the St. Greg-t ory 35 once in the first quarter I and crossed over to the 48 just before the half ended. Other- wise, the Huskies' offensive was confined to their own ground St. Gregory, too, had difficulty! penetrating beyond midfield reached the Redford 32 late in the I first quarter, then the 42 late in the second period.

by employing three defenses. At various times the Huskies used four, five and six man lines. Elkton High School came down from the Thumb as guests of Committeeman Fred Winckler. Winkler had attended a banquet in Elkton a few weeks ago and promised the team a trip to Detroit for the game if it defeated Pigeon in its traditional game. 'They didn't win but tied Pigeon so I decided to pay off anyway," said Winckler.

THIS WAS THE FIRST 7-6 results in Goodfellow history. The Metropolitan champion has now won seven games while the series has produced two ties. A desperation lateral-forward pass from Jim Swoish, to Redilla to Jim Clayton almost pulled the game out of the fire for St. Gregory. Clayton, who was stricken with' tonsilitis earlier in the week and only returned to practice Thursday, got behind the Redford secondary but couldn't hang onto the hall.

The five officials who worked the game, Jerry Boglarsky, Charles Emling, Walter Collins, William Oldani and Sam Bishop, donated their services. Walter O. Briggs donated the use of the stadium a $7,500 gift in itself. Cadets Absent Pay for Ad to Lift Team PALO ALTO, Calif. () West Point's Cadets won't be here for the Army-Stanford football game, but they bought a full-page ad in Friday's Palo Alto Times to cheer the Black Knights to victory.

The ad read: "Army team: We can't be there for the game, but you should be able to hear us from the Hudson, screaming Beat Stanford!" LT. ELD ON GRAHAM, head cheerleader for the West Pointers who made arrangements by mail for the advertisement, said that it was paid for by voluntary corps contributions. Lt. Graham wrote: "We hope that everyone in Palo Alto enjoys the game. We only wish we could be there, too." Long Term for Schwartz SAN FRANCISCO (U.R)-Mar-chie Schwartz, a lawyer who makes his living coaching football at Stanford University, learned that he may remain at his post for another five years.

The university board of trustees confirmed President Wallace Sterling's recommendation for a five-year contract. Illini JV Wins CHAMPAIGN. 111. (JP) Illinois' Junior Varsity football team ended its season with a 21-13 victory over previously undefeated Ohio State. 4 ST.

GREGORY'S ART GAGON LEAPS TO BREAK UP PASS He was lone defender between Russ Yarin (60) and the goal line TOLEDO 2-TD FAVORITE Worst Wayne Season in 20 Years at Hand Wayne University's badly battered football team apparently is doomed to its worst showing in 20 years. The Tartars have been cast two- touchdown underdogs to suffer their seventh defeat of the season, when they face the University of Toledo in the Ohio city's Glass Bowl at 2 p. m. Saturday. Not since, 1930, when the Tartars won none and lost nine under Norm Wann, has a Wayne team fared so badly.

The Tartars will carry a five-game losing streak into the Toledo game, their last of the season. BOTH TOLEDO and Wayne are; in sorry shape for the 22nd re- DUANE HADLEY (26), OF REDFORD, BREAKS THROUGH LINE FOR A 20-YARD GAIN He stiff -arms unidentified St. Gregory player and gallops by into secondary i 4 ii 1 ri 1 1.