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Patterson, Badger Star, Passes King in Conference Si
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TAKING IT EASY
By ED ZALENSKI
Daily Sports Editor
iHar mon's Greatest Run ...
ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, Nov. 18, 1939, I sat in the stands of
Philadelphia's huge Franklin stadium and watched a twice-beaten
Michigan team squeeze past Penn's powerhouse eleven, 19-17. Little did II
dream that Tom Harmon's 63-yard touchdown run in the third quarter
would be his greatest in three memorable years at Michigan.
The game had been built up by the nation's press as an individual
duel between Harmon and Prank Reagan, one of the finest halfbacks
in Penn's gridiron history. Even Coach Fritz Crisler thought that this
run was Harmon's masterpiece.
MICHIGAN had gone down to Philadelphia for that game with a
team that wasn't particularly impressive, having lost Confrerence
gamies to Illinois and Minntesota. It's true, Crisler had a fine backfield
with Harmon, "Bullet Bob" Westfall, the spinning fullback, and Forest
Evashevski at quarter, a sound field, general and marvelous open field
blocker.
Thousands of rabid. fans from all over the East, Midwest, and South
stormed the Franklin Field gates to be present for the big show, and the
chance of seeing the two great halfbacks in what they were sure wouk
be an immortal struggle. And they were right! Ordinary athletes wilt
under such personal conditions, but Harmon always faced a challenge
of competition as a test of what he was. He did on the gridiron what he
has done twice in the Air Corps--the impossible. And so it was with
his brilliant piece de resistance that Saturday afternoon.
Shortly after the second half opened and the huge crowd was still
filing into the stands, it happened. Michigan had taken the kickoff
on its own 35-yard line, and after one nlay Harmon, who had run 38
yards the first time he handled the ball in the game, started out on a
sweep of left end that will never be forgotten by grid-bitten fans.
IT STARTED out to"be an. ordinary reverse from Westfall (if any reverse
with Harmon on the end. could- be called ordinary) with Harmon striding
wide. Something went wrong, however. Penn's Gustafson smashed through
and grabbed Tom by the jersey and seat of the pants. Harmon refused to
be stopped and jerked himself free, only to be hit again. He squirmed out,
reversed his field, ran all the way back to his 21-yard stripe, cut to his
left and swept back up in a wide arc. Two men tried to get him, but the
Gary Ghost faded out of their reach. It was here that Harmon got his first
bit of assistance.
Captain Archie Kodros threw a terrific flying block that cut a
tackler out of Harmon's patl on the 30-yard stripe. From there on it
was all Harmgn. Not one Quaaker could touch the fleet Wolverine once
he hit open territory. He hugged the sidelines and crossed the final
marker standing up. Sportswriters unanimously agreed that it was the
best exhibition of open field running seen at Franklin Field or anywhere
else in the East in 14 years.
The play itself took about 40 seconds to complete. Harmon ran about
20 yards to his left, then 15 yards tQwarid hi owi goal line, then 10 yards,
to his left again, then back 15 yards to his original position, before addig
63 yards from the line of scrimmage to touchdown territory.
"°N THAT SHORT lateral from Westfall and apparently nmaiiugless
and faulty jaunt, three Penn tacklers had clean shots at him, but
he made thetu miss by his own individual ability and greatness.
There should be emphasis on this individualism, because nowadays we
are a little too inclined to lean over backwards in giving the blockers
Michigan
Seventh
In Big Ten
Lanky Ray Patterson, 6 ft. 4 in.
center of Wisconsin's basketball
team, brought his Big Ten Confer-
ence scoring total to 60 points at the
end of the first two weeks of compe-
tition and dropped Michigan's Tom-
inie King to runner-up spot with 56
tallies.
Patterson, who has competed in
five games to four for the Wolverine
forward, was one of the outstanding
factors in Wisconsin's two victories
over Michigan last week-end with a
total of 35 points. King, on the other
hand, could only bucket 17 in the
two losing battles.
Strack Is Twelfth
Illinois' Stan Patrick and the
sophomore star from Purdue, Char-
lie Haag, tied for third with 53 points
apiece. Dave Strack, Wolverine
guard, jumped up to twelfth place
with 37 points.
Meanwhile, four teams were shar-
ing the Conference lead. Purdue
topped the heap with four straight
victories, followed by Northwestern
with three and Ohio State and Iowa
with two apiece, None n1 tihcse four
have suffered defeat up to this date.
Michigan, with one triumph and
three setbin cks, dropped to seventh
place,
Grate Holds Game Mark
Individual scoring honors for the
season were taken over by Don
Grate, Buckeye star, who netted 27
points in Ohio State's 72-46 triumph
over Indiana. This iiluded 12 foul
tosses, which gave him the lead in
both departments. Grate's scoring
spree pushed him up to fifth place
in the scoring parade with 4 points.
Mermen Face
Sailors in Stiff
Battle Saturday
"We're going to give them a lot
tougher battle this week than last,"
commented one of the swimmers
when asked about the return meet
here this Saturday with Great Lakes.
"Everything went wrong last week,
and now the varsity is working even
harder than ever to try and even the
count," he said.
Of course, the Sailors will still be
the favorites, but don't be too sur-
prised if the score is much closer
than it was at Great Lakes. After
the meet with Northwestern on Fri-
day it seemed that everyone on the
squad had a let-down and just
couldn't get going. Charlie Fries
was all over the pool in the 50-yard
freestyle, actually swimming about
a yard further, and at that he was
.ust touched out for first and second
in wha twas practically a three-way
(lead heat.
Most of the rest of the team had
trouble on their turns. The pool at
Great Lakes is made of white tile,
making it very difficult to see the
end, consequently several of the
swiimers missed their turns badly.
The meet this week in the Sports
Building pool should be one of the
best of the current season. Only the
National AAU meet here March 31
and April 1 will find so many fine
aquatic stars together in the same
pool. This is the first year that
Great Lakes has had a swimming
team, and no one can doubt for a
minute that they have assembled the
finest swimming squad in the coun-
try at the present time.
Most of the swimming times were
exceptionally slow, even for so early
in the season. This week the Wol-
verines will have the advantage of
swimming in their own pool instead
of one that is unfamiliar, and un-
doubtedly their times will be at least
as fast as they were in the state AAU
meet two weeks ago. Then, too, the
boys will have had a full week's lay-
off from competition-not just 24
hours as they did last week.
Athletic Stars gin Service
EAST LANSING, Jan. 19.-(A)-
Ralph H. Young, Michigan State
College Athletic Director, said today
t hat 5,31 of the approximately 1,000
athletic letter winners are commis-
sioned officers in the armed forces
and are serving throughout the
world.
Purdue Seeks To Extend Winning
Streak at Expense of Wolverines
By BILL MULLENDOlIRE
Paced by three men who are well
up in the race for Western Confer-
ence scoring honors. Coach Ward
Lambert's Boilermakers of Purdue
will be seeking their fifth and sixth
Big Ten victories in as many starts
when Michigan invades Lafayette this
week-end for an all-important two-
game series.
Although the double loss to Wis-
consin virtually removed any chance
for Michigan to bring home the Con-
ference crown, the two contests may
easily prove to be the decisive factor
in Purdue's championship bid. A
pair of defeats at the hands of the
Wolverines would leave an open road
for Northwestern's powerful Wildcats
to annex basketball honors for 1944
Purdue Has Scoring Strength
The Boilermaker squad which will
attempt to preserve their undefeated
Conference slate boasts a starting
lineup replete with scoring strength.
Backbone of the famed firewagon of-
fense is Center Bill Lodge who handles
the pivot position in the fast break.
Lodge opened the season as a for-
ward but shifted to center and has
operated very well at that spot, set-
ting up plays and amassing 42 points
in four games, good for seventh po-
sition in the Conference.
High scorer on the team is Guard
Charlie Haag, a small eagle-eyed
sharpshooter who is entrenched in a
tie with Len Patrick of Illinois for
third place in Big Ten point-making
Big Ten Conference
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Purdue.. 4 0 1.000
Northwestern ........ 3 1.000
Ohio State ............2 0 1.000
Iowa ..... ...2 01.000
Wisconsin............3.2 .600
Illinois..............2 2 .500
Michigan .............1 3 .250
Indiana ............. 0 3 .000
Chicago ..0 3 .000
Minnesota ............0 4 .090
WAR BONDS ISSUED HERE!
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PIOITEER SPIRIT Of
AMERICA
with 53 markers. Haag was a mem- several preliminary contests for the
ber of last year's freshman squad. . Boilermakers and coild prove to be
Two Freshmen at Forwards their undoiing against Michigan,
At Fhesohergardspotis Paul In preparation for the coming tilts
with this fearsome foe, the Wolver-
Friend, a good ball-handler and onlyie n ro r
letter winner on the team. The for- rkoes went through another hard
ward positions are held dn by tw orkout yesterday with the exception
wad ostinsar hlddon y wofof Don Lndr whnwaP iva taro
freshmen, Paul Hoffman and Dennis
Horn. Hoffman has markedup 43
points in the four games, one more
than his teammate Lodge.
With these men in his starting line-
up Lambert has a quintet which av-
erages just a little less than six feet
in height, The lack of size has lost
V" - VI t~iiu wouWas gtven aH rest
after his play Tuesday against Fort
Custer. Michigan's civilian squad,
which dropped a 35-32 decision to the
soldiers, did not look particularly im-
pressive in defeat. Assistant Coach
Bill Barclay singled out only fresh-
man Al Pertile for special mention,
praising his fine aggressive play.
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Individual scoring:
Patterson, Wis. .........
King, Mich.........
Patrick, Ill. ............
Haag, Purdue ........,.
Grate, Ohio State ... . . .
Smith, Wis. .,. ......... .
Wendlund, Wis. ........
Hoffman. Purdue ......
Lodge, Purdue .......,
Kirk, 1 ..Ill, ...............
Degraw, Chicago :.-. ..
Strack, Mich. ..........
Judson, Ill. ........H.o.n. .u.d.e
Horn, Purdue .. .. .. .. .
JDick, Wis. ......... ..
Danner,, Iowa.
Graham, Northwestern .-
Ward, Northwestern ...
Shields, Indiana ... . . .
Risen, Ohio State .... .
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too much credit for many of these
long and brilliant runs. If Harmon
had not been able to call on his
own ability to get away from these
men,athe play would have ended in
just a commonplace failure, instead
of a Michigan victory.
Revised Wole rd eaPueksters
Face Fingal Squad Saturday
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HELP WANTED
By JO ANN PETERSON
Saturday night's hockey game
with the Fingal, Oent. Army Air
Force Base, should be one of the
most interesting battles the sextet
has had in some time.
There are two reasons for this. In
the first place, fans will probably
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at 6 (10 wk :today to honor Rev. Dan
11on tington nen. Mr. 1Fenn, Dire( =
for of the Department of the Minis-
try of the American Unitarian Asso-
ciation, is a member of the Executive
Committee of the General Commis-
sion on Army and Navy Chaplains.
He will speak at 7:15 p.m. ,
crming .Events
The Lutheran Student Association
will meet in Zion' Parish Hall on
Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock for a
skating party. If weather permits,
the group will go out to West Park
for outdoor skating; if it is too warm,
they will skate in the Coliseimu. Scr-
vicemlenl as well <1s .st ' jjc.j is *i in=-
vited. k
M1ueabcrs of Xi Cmapvr of Pi
id1a'ibda Theta and their guests will
have dessert and a social lme(tilg in
the Russian Tea Room of[ the League
on Saturday, Jan. 22, at 1:45 p.m.
Call Mrs. W. A. Goudy, president;
of Xi Chapter, at 3359, or Mrs.
Arnim Timm, corresponding secre-
tary, at 26026, for reservations. I
get the usual excellent exhibition of
hockey put on by Canadian teams,
only a little bit better. Secondly, the
Michigan lines have been revamped,
and have been coordinating better
so far this week. The change in
lineup should give Michigan an in-
finitely stronger attack, and with
Dick Mixer, goalie, getting additional
practie, plus the aid of stellar de-*
feisemnen Bob Henderson and Tom
Messinger, the team should be in the
best shape it has been this season.
Fingal is Tough
Fingal will undoubtedly be no easy
squad to handle, Last year the Fin-
gal Air Base team reached the finals
in the Ontario Hockey Association,
and although the boys that -layed
on that team have probably moved
on to distant bases, there is no ques-
Lion that the team will have the
characteristic speed and skill of
Canadian crews.
With the return of Vince Abbey to
the lineup, the starting forward wall
will be slightly changed. Abbey, Ted
Greer and John Jenswold will prob-
ably form the front line, although
Coach Eddie Lowrey is not sure yet
which of these men will be holding
down center ice.
Second Line Change!l
The second line whIch alternates
consistently with the other front
wall will be manned by little Jack'
Athens, Bob Derleth and either lHerb
Upton or Gordie An~der'son,
Anderson has been laid u since
last Saturday's gamne and has been
tlable to practice so, Upton will
probably get the nod. -
Lowrey was disappointed with the
showing of his squad in last week's
Woodstock game, but he says that
there "shouldn't be any exhibition
this week, such as there was last."
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