:ti.. , .. THE IAY, JAN,- 200 1944 T-1441 Mi C :-R fit: AA I t Al-i-:V UAnv rrttji'M ii 4, 1X4 f i t.WxWIL I NIALNY A Patterson, Badger Star, Passes King in Conference Si coring 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 W L Pet. 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! Continuous from i P M -Today thru Saturday - 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. ENDING TODAY THE FUNNIEST SHOW IN YEARS' fANCHOT MAY VCTOR [ wELL ~- and twce as funny! AISO'! Cartoon Mats. Ni News 25c 4( A Parrmovnt'$'kture --emen ?5c 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 .... . I( A .27 . 21 . 21 .24 .2Q .18 .19 .17 .12 .14 . 17 .17 .15 . 15 .x14 .13 .15 .ax .14 FT 6 14 11 5 4 5 7 5 8 16 11 3 4 4 :3 5 7 1 Pts. (it 56 53 53 48 45 43 43 42 40 39 37 34 34 31. 30 i 29 29 World War II BLACK DIAMOND: F i , of N', 0., '4° ,: . I,, : 9 NICKELS ARCADE 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 '- - CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY 11 }} ,f 4^ I r Ell A Q a X k "ti lf, CLASSIFIED RATES $ .40 per 15-word Insertion for one or two days. (In- crease of 10c for each addItional S wordls.) Non=iontract $1.00 per 15-word iserton for three or more days. (t.- crease of $.25 for each additional words.) Contract Rates on Request 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 DAILY OFFICIAL BULETIN (Uollthuuea frot hage . ) 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." 7 i "' N' / / ,/ -I 4 TWO boys wanted for work in kitch- en for luncheon and dinner for board of three meals a day. Please phone Mrs. Rowles at 2-3279, PART' TIME help wanted, sandwiclx maker, waitresses, waiters, dish washers. Good p ay. niversity brill. William Street., thirld door from State. Phone 9262. 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