SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1948 THE MICHIGAN DIY7 PACs TTmiF1 i Maize andBlue Seeks I 7thGonsecutive Triu'mph r '; Indians Scalp Braves, 2-0; Take Series Lead _ DeMoss, Szulborski Ready To SparkBoilermaker Wm Purdue Stars May Have To Upset Favored Wolverines Without Halfback Norb Adams i Bearden Holds Boston to Five Safeties for Second Tribe Win Gene Bearden pitched a five-hit shutout against the Braves to give Cleveland a 2-1 edge in World Series play. Indian Sign BOSTON AB Holmes, rf ........4 Dark, ss ...........4 M. McCormick, if . .4 Elliott, 3b ........3 F. McCormick, lb . .3 Conatser, cf .......3 M asi, c ............3 Stanky, 2b ........3 Bickford, p ........0 Voiselle, p .........1 *Ryan . ............1 Barrett, p .........0 R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 H 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 +0 2 3 6 2 5 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 24 A, 0 2 0 1 1 0! 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 (By The Associated Press)' CLEVELAND-Cheered on by a tumultuous home town crowd packed into the huge Municipal Stadium, southpaw Gene Bearden, purple heart naval hero, pitched a brilliant 2 to 0 victory over the Boston Braves yesterday in the third game of the 1948 World Se- ries. In sending the American League champions out in front, two tri- umphs to one, in the big play-off, Bearden allowed only five hits scattered over as many innings and himself scored the deciding run of the game after powering a long double to right field in the third inning. * * * THE SHUT-OUT was the sec- ond pitched since the series opened two days ago in Boston. Johnpy Sain stopped the Indians, 1 to',0, in the starter-the spectac- ular duel in which Bobby Feller lost a two-hitter. Despite the exhortations of their delirious followers, the In- dians themselves did little se- rious clubbing against the three Boston flingers they faced to- day. Their total hit output was only five, but they were fortu- nate in bunching four of them in their two scoring innings, the third and fourth. Vern Bickford, rookie right- hander, gave up both Cleveland runs before he was derricked in favor of Bill Voiselle with the bases loaded in the fourth. Vois- elle and Red Barrett, who hurled the final frame, allowed the Tribe only one hit the rest of the way, a harmless single by Larry Doby in the seventh. AN AMAZING feature of Bear- den's great performance was the fact that he was pitching his third vital game in seven days. Only last Saturday the tall south- paw shut out Detroit here to keep the Indians in the torrid Ameri- can League finish, and on Mon- day in Boston he beat the heart out of the Red Sox in a sudden- death play-off for the pennant. Totals ........ *-Struck out eighth. CLEVELAND Mitchell, if ...... Doby, cf...... Boudreau, ss. Gordon, 2b ..... Keltner, 3b ...... Judnich, rf .. Robinson, lb ... Hegan, c ....... Bearden, p ...... Totals ........ Boston .......... Cleveland ....... ..29 0 5 for Voiselle ein AB . .001 ...3 ...4 .. .3 . ..28 ...000 ...041 R R O A 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 4 1 0 O 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 0 0 1 5 0 1 2 0 6 2 521 16 000 000-0 100 4x-2 His control was so superb to- day that he issued not a single walk. He struck out four, and toward the last the Braves were so desperate for any kind of a hit that they were bunting to lead off an inning. That worked no better than anything else. Bearden, who was wounded in the fighting in the Pacific and is a well patched-up athlete, permit- ted only four balls to be swatted to his outfielders. He handled six chances himself as the Boston batters topped his down-breaking curves into the turf. LACK OF CONTROL led to Bickford's downfall, just as it did to that of his teammate, Warren Spahn, in Thursday's game at Boston. The rookie issued five passes while he was in there, and one of them led to Cleveland's second run in the fourth inning. For two frames the Indians futilely swung at the young- ster's slants, and it wasn't until Bearden rocketed one off the right field wall with one out in the third that the crowd fiad anything to cheer about. Apparently rattled by the blow, Bickford walked Dale Mitchell on five pitches to bring up Doby, Cleveland's fleet center fielder, and then it happened. * * * DOBY SLAPPED a hard grounder down to little Eddie Stanky at second, and the latter wheeled and snapped to Alvin Dark, Braves' shortstop, for a forceout. Dark, in his anxiety to complete a double play, pegged high over Frank McCormick's noggin at first, and Bearden eas- ily dug on around to score. It was the third error for Dark in the past two days, and it was rough on his fellow rookie Bickford. But the right- hander averted the final blowoff until the next inning. He opened the fourth by serv- ing his fifth walk to Ken Keltner. Walt Judnich, Cleveland right fielder, struck out, but big Ed Rob- inson followed with a single to left and catcher Jim Hegan jammed a safety into center to send Kelt- ner across. When Bearden fol- lowed with a short shot into left to fill the sacks, Bickford was re- placed. * * *3 VOISELLE, THE eccentric right- hander who used to hurl for the New York Giants, turned in a commendable job of stopping the riot. He retired the side without another run as Mitchell and Doby failed to hit beyond the infield. In all, the man from Ninety-Six, South Carolina, served to a dozen Indian batters before he retired for a pinch-hitter in the eighth, and he gave up one small single. All this relief pitching was wasted, however, as Bearden wove his magic spell over the collection of athletes whom Billy Southworth somehow drove to a National League flag. Something like four out of every five for Bearden's pitches were knucklers, which dipped and wobbled across the plate, and it was next to impossible to get the wood on them squarely. The only Brave to reach third base was Stanky, the gamester who recovered from a mid-season ankle break just in time to com- pete in the money series. Eddie struck a clean single to right in the third inning, and moved around two pegs on a sacrifice and an infield out. He remained right there as Dark lined out hard to left field. Thanks to two double killings behind him, Bearden left only three Braves on base. In his three nearly - perfect exhibitions in seven days, the 28-year-old south- paw distributed a total of one earned run-to the Red Sox last Monday-an examination of the box scores disclosed tonight. That is pitching! Purple Meets Mi nnesotans Undefeated Elevens Hit Hard by Injuries (By The Associated Press) EVANSTON, Ill., The Big Nine's two strongest Rose Bowl contend- ers, Northwestern and Minnesota, match unbeaten records and bids for the Conference title before a capacity 47,000 football fans at Dyche Stadium today. Northwestern's Wildcats, boast- ing a high-geared attack and a forward wall which held UCLA and Purdue scoreless, are rated favorites over the Gophers, who will be making their Conference debut. MINNESOTA, whose 214-pound line appears its chief asset, blank- ed Washington, 20-0, and last Saturday finished pre-Conference tuning with a 39-13 romp over Nebraska. Both clubs will be considerably below full strength because of in- juries and ailments. Northwestern will be missing a star end, Joe Zuravleff, who frac- tured his left arm in practice Wednesday. Other Wildcats who may be sidelined are sophomore Dick Flowers, a strong defensive back, and fullback Gasper Perri- cone. Flowers has an injured knee and Perricone a battered nose. * * * MINNESOTA'S casualty list in- cludes halfback Billy Bye, the Gophers' best runner; fullback Bill Elliott; right half Bud Haus- ken; and left half Ev Faunce. Bye, Elliott and Hausken have in- juries and Faunce a severe cold. The Wildcats have rolled up 454 yards by rushing in their 19-0 win over UCLA and 21-0 romp over Purdue. So effective has been the running of Art Murakowski, who has averaged six yards per try in 29 carries, Frank Aschenbrenner, Ed Tunnicliff, Tom Worthington and Johnny Miller, that North- western has rested its passing at- tack. But the Wildcats have a dang- erous flipper in quarterback Don Burson, who has completed eight of 17 tosses for 134 yards. If Minnesota's line is as tough as everybody thinks it is, Burson may get a chance to really un- limber his throwing arm tomor- row. (Continued from Page 1) fensive and defensive team sys- tem that has been so successful in the past. If the Wolverines receive the kickoff, the line will be com- posed of Dick Rifenburg and Ed McNiell at the ends, Ralph Kohl and Joe Soboleski at the tackles, Dom Tomasi and Stu Wilkins at the guards, and Bab Erben at center. In the backfield it will be Ort- mann and Koceski at the halves, Tom Peterson in the fullback slot, and Pete Elliott calling signals. * *I * ON DEFENSE 'THE backfield will remain pretty much the same with the exception of Wally Ten- inga who take over for Koceski, and Dick Kempthorn who replaces Peterson as line backer. If this week's practice is any, indication, Teninga, the hard driving senior who has been shifted to the tail-back slot, will see plenty of offensive action as a key to the Wolverine passing attack. In the line on defense Coach Oosterbaan will throw in tackles Al Wistert and Al Wahl and guard Quentin Sickels to stop the speedy Purdue backs. * * * TO COMPLETE WHAT is prob- ably the best line backing combi- nation in the country will be Dan Dworsky who will see action along-side Kempthorn as defen- sive center. It is believed that the key to stopping the Boilermaker T-- formation offensive lies in stop- ping the passes of DeMoss, one of the best flingers in the busi- ness. It was his aerials that ran up 27 points against Notre -Dame. Northwestern stopped him with a hard-charging line and a set of alert backs, and went on to win going away. The Wolverines will leave Chi- PURDUE Heck O'Reilly (C) Horvath Sprang Gibron Barbolak Sheer Demoss Gorgal Adams Szulborski cago this morning and arrive at Lafayette about noon. A large number of Michigan rooters are expected to be on hand for the encounter. Probable Line-up Pos, LE LT LG C RG RT RE QB LH RH FB OFFENSIVE BACKFIELD - These are the backs who will carry the ball for Michigan to- day. Above, left to right, are Leoa Koceski, wingback, and " Tom Peterson, fullback. Below are Chuck Ortmann, tailback, and Pete Elliott, quarterback. ::..*... MICH. Rifenburg Soboleski Tomasi (C) Dworsky Wilkins Kohl McNeill Elliott Ortmann Koceski Peterson Series Notes A PERFECT COMBINATION - A nice drive and a fine dinner v Dine with teOrnisbys "ON THE VILLAGE SQUARE" - DEXTER Open until 7:30 P.M. Daily (Closed Sunday) Recommended by Duncan Hines in "Adventures in Good Eating" PROBABLE LINE-UPS MINN. Grant Nomellini Fritz Tonnemaker Widseth Carroll Gagne Malosky Studevant Warner Beiersdorf Pos. LE LI' LG C RG RT RE QB LH R H FB N.W. Stonesifer Sawle F. Day Sarkisian Nemeth Cernoch Hagmann Burson Aschenbrenner Tunnicliff Murakowski I; ' CLEVELAND-(1P)-In addition to displaying excellent pitching in the World Series so far, the Cleve- land Indians' moundsmen have turned in some of the flashiest fielding ever seen in any fall classic. In three games, Bob Feller, Bob Lemon, and Gene Bearden have accepted a total of 20 chances without a bobble. Lemon, a converted infielder, leads in this department, han- dling three putouts and six assists in Thursday's game. Feller had a putout and four assists in the opener and yester- day Bearden had six assists, in- cluding the starting of a double play that nicked a possible Braves' rally in the fourth inning. *. * * One of the big reasons yester- day's game took only one hour and 36 minutes was the fact that Bear- den and the three Boston hurlers, Vern Bickford, Bill Voiselle and Charlie (Red) Barrett, threw a total of only 181 pitches. The Cleveland southpaw threw only 84 times while the Boston trio totaled 97 deliveries. .* * * The time for the game was 11 minutes shy of tying the series record for shortest game by time. The series' record for the short- est game by time is 1:25, set by the Chicago Cubs and the De- troit Tigers in Detroit on Oc- tober 14, 1908. The Cubs won the game, 2-0. Yesterday's appearance was r MSC To Face Favored Irish At South Berd SOUTH BEND, Ind.-(AP)-Nb- tre Dame is favored to extend its defeatless football string to 21 games over three seasons against Michigan State today at Notre Dame Stadium in a renewal of a rivalry which lapsed 27 years ago. A capacity crowd of 57,000 will watch the ambitious Spartons tac- kle the rough assignment of try- ing to hand the Irish their first setback since Great Lakes did the trick in the finale of the 1945 sea- son. In between 19 victories since then, Notre Dame played Army to a scoreless tie in 1946. This season Notre Dame has beaten Purdue and Pittsburgh. The Irish and Spartans met 15 times previously, with Notre Dame grabbing 13 decisions. Michigan State won two, in 1910, 17-0, and in 1918, 13-7. The last date in 1921 ended in a 48-0 Irish win. Girl Friends" at the 'op r aid to the ization h. 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