AGE SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, NOV. 19, 1944 WolverinesD IRISH RECOVER! Brennan Steals Limelight as Notre Dame Whips Wildcats SOUTH BEND, IND., NOV. 18-UP)-Jim Brennan, 155 pounds of backfield dynamite, gave 48,000 fans cause to forget the loss of Bob Kelly, Notre Dame's ace halfback, as he exploded twice in the first seven minutes of play to lead the Ramblers to a 21-0 victory over Northwestern today. The stocky, 18-year-old freshman from Milwaukee blasted his way through the Northwestern line and scampered 41 yards for a touchdown, with the crowd scarcely had settled in its seats. Four minutes later he hit off right tackle, reversed his field's --- 'own Fighting #takmn9 the IoS aung By HANK MANTHO Daily Sports Editor and danced his way through the Wildcat secondary for another touch- down. After that, the Ramblers settled down to a primary defensive game, halted every Northwestern attempt to get across the 25-yard line and then, as an anti-climax, staged a 50- yard drive late in the third period that culminated in a touchdown by Marty Wendell on the third play of the foturth quarter. But Brennan was the whole show as Notre Dame, bruised and battered by Navy and Army the last two weeks, returned to the victory col- umn. The Ramblers were minus1 their two first Pat Filley and tion to Kelly. Northwestern Sickels Golan R. Justak O'Malley Lightfoot Powers Morris Yungwirth Funderburg Altepeter Clawson Northwestern Notre Dame string guards, Capt. Fred Rovai, in addi- Pos Notre Dame LE Benigni LT Mergenthal L G Martz C Szymanski RG Westenkircher R T Sullivan RE Way Right Q B Dancewicz L H Brennan R H Marino F B Gasparella 0 0 0 *0- 0 14 0 0 7-21, Sailors Tk Marquette 32-0 For Eighth Win By JERRY LISKA GREAT LAKES, ILL., NOV. 18- (P)-Great Lakes' sturdy Bluejackets, playing reserves most of the way and minus Coach Paul Brown, rolled over Marquette University 32-0 today for their eighth triumph of the season against a lone defeat by Ohio State and a tie with Purdue. Bluejacket mentor Brown was in South Bend, Ind., scouting the Notre Dame-Northwestern game, but his team had little trouble brushing aside Marquette for the second time in two weeks.4The Bluejackets won the first game 45-7. First String Produces Lead First stringers accounted for Great Lakes' first three touchdowns in 16 minutes of play and then Bluejacket reserves took over against a game but out-manned Marquette team whose farthest advance was to Great Lakes' 29 in the final period. End Jim Eane paced the Bluejacket' scoring with a pair of touchdowns, the first on a 21-yard pass from Jim Youel on the opening play of the second period, and the second on the game's outstanding play-a two-man 90-yard return of Marquette's kick-j off starting the second half. Lateral Provides Thrilling Score On the latter play, reserve half- back Jim Delaney galloped to mid- field from his 10 after receiving the kickoff and flipped a lateral to Keane, who sprinted 47 yards to score. I: - Editor's Note: This column is written by Ed Zalenski, former Daily Sports Editor and now a lieutenant in the Infantry, who has recently returned to Ann Arbor on leave. By LT. ED. ZALENSKI (OURAGE is not a monopoly of the battlefields of war. Any Wolverine fan will tell you that, after watching the game uphill fight of Tom Kuzma and Julie Franks, two of Michigan's gridiron immortals, or the amazing comeback of Howard "Jeep" Mehaffey after a six-year absence from the football field. But how many students realize that another Varsity athlete. has been battling courageously for the right to take his place with his fellow American soldiers? This story dates back to the fall of 1940 when a dark-haired youth came down from Northern Michigan to take a crack at Coach Ken Doherty's track team. He had been a fair miler in high school, but not exceptional. The name of Ernie Leonardi meant little to sports fans and even less to Chet Stackhouse who was coaching the freshman team that year. But it was destined to mean a lot more within the next three years. Leonardi showed a lot of stuff right from the start. I was a member of the same squad, but not in his class. Ernie caught Stack's eye from the start and it wasn't long before the barrel-chested miler was hanging up freshman records from a half-mile up to two miles. It was easy for me to notice his rapid progress and I'll always remember that it was he who paced me to the best half-mile I ever ran as a trackman at Michigan. This is Ernie's story so I'll fade out here. The first year was over and it was there in the books. Leonardi had broken records and had estiblashed new ones. His highlight performances included a 4:26 mile and a terrific indoor two-mile race in which he chased the great Ralph Schwartzkopf, former Wolverine distance runner, across the finish line. Ralph ran 9:41 and Ernie was right behind. Since this is not a recapitulation of his individual performances I won't bother with the number of firsts, seconds and thirds he won, nor will I rehash his time foi' these events. He won dual and triangular meets and was the only sophomore to place in the Big Ten that spring. It was apparent to everyone that Leonardi was on the way to championship per- formances. HE THIRD year came and it appeared that Leonardi had found his niche in the two-mile with Bob Hume dogging him in every race. He started off well with victories in several dual meets. The Indoor Conference in Chicago that spring caught him off guard and he had to be content with a fourth behind the same Hume. Shortly after the return from Chicago, the Michigan ROTC, of which Leonardi was a member, was called to active duty, and there was a long period when Ernie had to be inactive. Finally, he returned to complete the semester and turned in one of his greatest perform- ances in the mud at Evanston, Ill., to place in the Outdoor two-mile run in May. With the end of the semester came basic training for all ROTC men. They still talk about the forced march that Leonardi put his platoon through at Camp Wolters, Tex. It seems that he started double-timing at the start, and when 10 miles were up he was still going strong while his platoon was stretched for miles behind him, either in agony or un- conscious. Ernie came back to Michigan after completing basic training and looked forward to the day when he could run again. Last Christmas, he went home on a furlough. One night, while driving with a friend on an icy road, fate stepped in and the result was a twisted pile of wreckage and two seriously injured men. Leonardi fractured his col- lar bone, dislocated his hip and suffered numerous other painful abrasions and contusions. The months that followed were tough ones for him. LEONARDI moved from hispital to health service, health service to hospital for the next eight months in an effort to get back to normal. The shoulder bone knitted beautifully, but calcification developed in the hip joint. And it's there today. Ernie realizes that he'll never run as he used to for Michigan, and has resigned himself to it. His fight now is to get back on general duty and do his share with his buddies overseas. And while recuperating he has been doing clerical work with one of the ASTP units located in the East Quadrangle. Certainly, Leonardi's long battle is proof that gameness and courage are not limited to the battle- field. Badge. Lions To Battle With Bears for Second Place DETROIT Nov 18 -- 4()- Any hopes the Detroit Lions may nourish toward finishing second in the Na- tional Football League's Western Di- vision will get a thorough test here tomorrow when the Bengals engage the Chicago Bears, whom they tied 21 to 21 in Chicago last month. The season's largest pro grid turn-! out here is expected to jam Briggs Stadium as the Lions try for their first win over the Bears since their. 17 to 14 triumph in 1940. Detroit, with three wins and one tie in seven starts this season, must' down the Bears to wind up as Western Division runners-up to the pace-setting Green Bay Packers. Ensign Sid Luckman, the Bears' merchant mariner quarterback who missed the earlier contest with the Lions, is expected to arrive by plane from his station in the east in time for the kickoff. With Luckman a likely starter, Coach Charles E. (Gus) Dorais of the Lions must devise a means of stop- ping a Bear offense that rates as one of the best-balanced in the League. The former Columbia University flinger has completed 51 of 97 pitches this season for 747 yards and eight touchdowns while a teammate, Gene Ronzani, has clicked on 19 of 39 for 363 yards and five scores. Ronzani's passing accounted for all three Bear touchdowns in Chicago's earlier tie with the Lions. In the running department, four Chicagoans are high among the league leaders, Henry Margarita, Al Grygo; Gary Famiglietti and Jim Fordham each boasting averages of better than four yards a carry. As has been the case all season, the Detroit attack willbewrapped up in the running and throwing of Frank Sinkwich and Bob Westfall. A sensational duel in the line is expected at center, where Detroit's veteran Alex Wojciechowicz, scrap- ping for all-league honors, mixes it with the Bears' Clyde (Bulldog) Tur- ner, named to the mythical all-star outfit three years straight. Attendance is expected to ap- proach last season's record of 48,118 which saw the Bears nose out the Lions here, 27 to 21. Eleven, (Continued from Page 1) Culligan's pass from midfield was batted into the ag by Badger left end, Jack Mead, and recovered by Clarence Esser on Michigan's 39. Two covered. Culligan intercepted a stray Badger pass two plays later, but the half ended as Renner drop- ped Culligan's desperation heave in the end zone. The second half was almost a repi- tition of the first. Following a Mich- igan drive which was halted on the Wisconsin 27, the Badgers began to roll, marching 46 yards in 13 plays to the Wolverine 27 before losing the ball on downs. Wisconsin Hampered by Fumbles Undaunted, the Badgers started another drive after forcing the Wol- verines to kick, this time getting to the Michigan 37 before a fumble, recovered by Renner halted the ad- vance. The Wolverines again could not gain and were forced to kick. Cox's return punt was taken by Chubb on his own 15, who handed it to Weisenburger. Weisenburger, aid- ed by a beautiful block by center Harold Watts who mowed down two would-be tacklers, came back to the Michigan 35. Three plays later Lund got away for his 56-yard sprint which sewed up the game. The Badgers made one more des- perate bid in the dying minutes, pen- etrating to the Wolverine seven- yard-line, but another fumble snuf- fed out their chances as the final gun sounded a moment later. 14-0 1 Touchdowns by Lund, Culligan Spark Team Michigan Scores in First, Last Qnarters; Wisconsin Tops Wolverines in First Downs DON LUND Spartans Elect Captain EAST LANSING, .. OV. 16-(Z)- T. Brady Sullivan, 26, a junior from Steubenville, Ohio, was elected hon- orary captain of the 1944 Michigan State College football team today by the 22 major letter winners. Sullivan, who played center, is de- ferred from military service while studying veterinary medicine. He played in all of the Spartans" games. running plays and a pass failed to gain, and T. A. Cox, fullback, punted out of bounds on the 14. Wolverines Connect on Pass Most of the second quarter was played in Michigan territory, but in the final minutes the Wolverines un- leashed their aerial attack to drive to the 23. Left end Art Renner hauled down one of Culligan's tosses on the 10, but Michigan was offside. An- other pass to Renner carried to the 28, but two plays later Chubb fum- bled Lund's lateral, and Esser re- M First downs by rushing .... 2 First downs by passing . ... 3 First downs by penalties .. 1 Total first downs...........6 Net yards rushing........188 Net yards passing......... 46 Total yards gained (net) . .234 Forward passes attempted.. 11 Forward passes completed 3 Passes intercepted by .......2 Punts, number .............7 Punting average..........35.3 Yards kicks returned .......14 Fumbles................ 3 Fumbles recovered by .......5 Penalties, yards ...........15 W 11 1 15 184 57 241 12 4 1 6 28 152 12 2 25 UNIlVE'RSITY fGRIllI -a II WILLIAM STREET - THIRD DOOR FROM STATE UPSTAIRS - Phone 9268 You may make Resertations Now for THANKSGIVING DINNER Roast Chicken, Southern Stuffing 1.75 New Orleans Chicken and Shrimp Gumbo 1.60 OTHER DINNERS: 12 NOON TO 8 P.M. 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