Si>~DEL OTE~ER 8, 1948 .5 HU.ill, D- UT1TJU4 Underdog Navy SalvagesS eason by Tying Undefeated Ca *- *, * * dets 21-2. < ) ., :w PHILADELPHIA-(,P)-Navy caught Army with its platoons down yesterday and spoiled the Cadets' perfect season with a 21-21 tie in an unbelievable turn of football fortunes. It was a sweet-tasting moral victory for the Midshipmen, beaten' 13 times in a row-eight this season-and held in such poor esteem that the Cadets were solid three touchdowns favorites. The amazing deadlock was fashioned with hard, teeth-rattling football before a sell-out crowd of 102,581, including President Truman. THE PRESIDENT and his party, including Mrs. Truman and Margaret, sat on the side of the underdog sailors and watched as the Middies stabbed for a quick touchdown in the opening period and rallied twice to hold one of the nation's great gridiron powers to a standstill. It was Navy's day as host to have the President and it was evident almost from the start that this was Navy's day in the long and colorful service game series that now has seen Army win 26 games, Navy 19 and four wind up in ties. The contest was less than six minutes old when Pete Williams, a phantom-hipped midshipman from Miami, Fla., took a lateral from Reaves Baysinger and dashed 59 yards to the Army 13. In three plays Baysinger was across with a Navy score and the packed stadium braced itself for the battle that it knew was in the offing. PRECISIONIST ARMY bounced back with two touchdowns in the second period, set up on identical pass plays from Arnold Galiffa to Dave Parrish. Navy tied the score at 14-14 with a Baysinger-sparked march in the third period only to see Army go ahead again with a touch- down in the first minute of the final quarter. The Cadets' seven-point advantage at this stage looked tremen- dous until midway of the period. Then the Midshipmen launched a land drive that wouldn't be denied. In short, vicious hunks, fullback Bill Hawkins and halfback Jimmy Green started pounding out yardage through Army's tiring line. THE MIDSHIPMEN moved 50 yards downfield, Hawkins scoring the tying touchdown from the eight yard line with five minutes to play. Army took the next kickoff and desperately smashed to Navy's 35-yard line. But there the Middies' stout line pushed back the charge and the game ended with tpe identical score of the 1926 game at Soldier Field in Chicago. Navy had a surprisingly large edge in statistics. The Middies rolled up 19 first downs to 11 for Army and racked up 287 yards on the ground, compared with 205 for Army, the leading rushing team in the nation. ;t; x ONE OF THE ARMY'S outstanding offensive stars-Bobby Jack Stuart-suffered a groin injure early in the contest and was removed from play. His speedy teammate, Gil Stephenson, didn't see as much action as the halfbacks of the No. 2 and No. 3 platoons. Navy's first quarter touchdown followed an 88-yard drive, the biggest contribution being Williams' 59-yard run, the fanciest individual play of the day. Several times during the jaunt Williams was trapped by Army tacklers but he wiggled loose to the 13. Baysinger scored from the one. ITS VAUNTED RUNNING GAME dulled by the hard-charging Navy line, Army resorted to the air to go ahead in the second period. The first of these Cadet scoring marches went for 55 yards, Galiffa's 25-yard pass to Parrish putting the ball on the Navy 13. On the third play, Harold Shultz of Huntington, Ind., a fourth stringer, plunged over from the six., Five minutes later Galiffa, the Donora, Pa., marksman, hit Parrish, an end, again with a 40-yarder that placed the ball on the three. Another sub, Rudy Cosentino of Seneca Falls, N.Y., went over from there. Bill Yeoman, Army's 185-pounder center and captain from Austin, Tex., kicked all the extra points. BAYSINGER, the bullet passer from Syracuse, N.Y., lit the fuse that knotted the score in the third period-a 77-yard Navy march, mostly by air. Baysinger completed four passes to move to Army's 25. Bill Powers, second year halfback from Bryan, Tex., slipped 22 yards to the three. From that point, Hawkins, Navy's 200-pound full- back from Richmond, Va., who has been out with an injury, went on from there. Army took the ensuing kickoff and struck back with a 66-yard march, sparked by hard-running Gil Stephenson and Galiffa. Galiffa, a passer by specialty, high-kneed 15 yards to the Navy 17 and two plays later went ten yards for the touchdown. THIS ONE CHILLED Navy supporters for a moment but not the Navy team, which had grit enough left for the final score-, leveling rally. Notre Dame Rolls Past Feeble Washington, 460!' ow1 GameS -'4a Five Husky Fumbles Help Irish Gain 29th Consecutive Win to Break Rockne's Record Cotton Bowl OIdahoma, Tarheels Win Sugar Bowl Will Feature Final Games; SMU Ties Pits Sooners SOUTH BEND, Ind.-(YP)-The football was like a greased pig to the University of Washington yes- terday. Notre Dame turned five fumbles by the Huskies into quick touch- downs during the first half to romp rodeo fashion to a 46-0 tri- umph. It was the Irish's greatest win- ning margin in nine consecutive decisions this season and stretched their victory streak to a school record of 2-1. The game also was the 27th in which Notre Dame re- mained undefeated, including the scoreless tie with Army in 1946, to cclinse another mark which was hoisted in the Knute Rockne era. COACH FRANK LEAHY em- ployed a total of 43 players and six different ones crossed the goal line, end Leon Hart counting twice. A crowd of 50,609-about 5,- 500 under capacity, ending a Notre Dame record of playing to sell-out throngs through 24 games-watched the Irish with awe as they piled up four touch- downs in the first quarter and one in each of the next three pe- riods. Frank Tripucka flipped three touchdown passes, each stemming from recovered fumbles, in direct- ing an aerial game that account- ed for 107 yards on three out of five competitions. Leahy, trying to hold down the score in this first of a two game series with the Seat- tle team, gave orders to throw no passes in the last half. Then the Irish's ground attack was un- corked, picking up most of the total 337 yards rushing. WASHINGTON completed only eight of 24 tosses for 65 yards and was checked for 45 yards on the ground. The loss was the Huskies'l seventh in nine encounters this campaign, and their worst. Here is the 'Fumbleitis Chart:" Ansel McCullough lost the ball to Captain Bill Fischer of Notre Dame cn the Washington 24. John Panelli ripped 11 yards then sprinted the remaining 13 to score. * * BROOKS BIDDLE lost to Ed Hudak on the Huskies' 25 and af- ter a five yard penalty Tripucka tossed 30 to Terry Brennan. Dick King's bobble was cap- tured by Lancaster Smith on Washington's 36. Panelli banged 17 and Hart scooted the last 19 around end. Jack Seth lost to Fred Wallner on Washington's 35. The Irish soaked up a five yard infraction then Tripucka connected for 40 to Hart. SMU-Oregon Ducks Get Special Permission To Play DALLAS - (P) - Oregon, which got snubbed by the Rose Bowl, yesterday accepted an invi- tation to play Southern Method- ist in the Cotton Bowl Jan. 1. COACH . JIM AIKEN of the IWebfoots watched the finish of Southern Methodist's thrilling 7-7 tie with Texas Christian in a Southwest Conference game. "That team will break loose any time," he mused as SMU's Gil Johnson passed and ran the Mustangs 99 yards in the final, seconds to get a tie with TCU. Rogers said the Pacific Coast Conference had given Oregon per- mission to play here. Oregon fin- ished undefeated in Conference play and won one more Conference game than California but the lat- ter was chosen for the Rose Bowl. Oregon lost to Michigan 14-0 in nonconference play. California is undefeated. &outhern Methodist won eight, lost one and tied one. J4 ~ x~ A LARGE SELECTION of CHRISTMAS CARDS from five cents and up Reasonably priced personalized cards also available. New Michigan Christmas cards fifteen cents each. DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING AT MICHIGAN'S OLDEST AND MOST COMPLETE BOOKSTORE Wahr's Uiversity Bookstore 316 South State Street OPEN SATURDAY AFTERNOONS FROM NOW UNTIL CHRISTMAS STILLWATER. Okla. - (A') - Oklahoma won its ninth consecu- tive football game of the year yesterday against Oklahoma A&M. 19 to 15, and a bid to the Sugar Bowl. But Oklahoma had to fight for victory today as hard as in any of the few close games it has had this season. An Oklahoma Aggie football- team-which may get an invita- tion to the Delta Bowl at Mem- phis-fought the Sooners yard for yard. The inspired, fighting Aggies could only be called great in de- feat. Thirty thousand rain-soaked spectators watched the contest which was hampered by fumbles caused by a wet field. Oklahoma also was brilliant in victory, turning back the ten- acious second half Aggies at- tack which three times swept within ten yards of the Sooner goal. Jim Spavital, the hard-hittiing Aggie fullback, made both his team's scores in the second and third quarters-the final touch- down a 57-yard run. Justice Stars CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Charlie (Choo Choo) Justice en- gineered North Carolina's un- beaten Tarheels into the New Or- leans Sugar Bowl against Okla- homa yesterday. The great, 167-pound back, scored twice and passed for two more touchdowns to lead the Tar- heels to a 34-12 triumph over Vir- ginia, an ancient gridiron rival. The victory ended the Tar- heels' campaign, their first un- defeated season since the turn of the century. Only a 7-7 tie with William and Mary mars North Carolina's record, which includes nine victories. A record Scott Stadium crowd of 26,000 spectators watched Jus- tice carry the leather .15 times from scrimmage for 159 net yards. Justice completed four of six passes for 87 more yards. With the second quarter only 35 seconds old, Justice whipped a 40-yard touchdown pass to end Art Weiner. A little more than five minutes later he streaked 80 yards for another touchdown. After Virginia's aerial game had clicked for second and third quarter touchdowns to make the score 21 to 12 in favor of North Carolina, Justice came back in the fourth quarter to widen the gap again. Charlie hit end Bob Cox with a 31-yard flip almost to the goal line late in the final perior. SMU 7, TCU 7 DALLAS - Southern Methodist rode with the passing arm of Gil Johnson to a 7-7 thrill-packed tie against Texas Christian The clock showed a minute and forty-one seconds to go and the crowd of 67,000 was filing out of the Cotton Bowl as Gimlet Gil set his sights from the Southern Methodist one-yard line. Fighting Texas Christian had outplayed SMU badly and was leading 7-0. Johnson passed to Zohn Mi- lam on the Southern Methodist 19. Some of the people leaving the stadium came back. Then Johnson, who never runs with the ball, took out around right end for 22 yards. Next the great passer pitched to Dick McKissack on the Texas' Christian 35, and then, as the clock showed 22 seconds to go, the baldish man with the whipcord arm faded back and passed to Milam down on the TCU two-yard stripe. Milam gathered it in and fell across the goal line Doak Walker, playing with an injured leg, kicked the ball through the goal posts and it was 1947 repeating itself. III Big Seven Champs Meet North Carolina DALLAS, Tex. - (R) - North Carolina and Oklahoma were picked to play in the Sugar Bowl yesterday, The teams were announced at Sugar Bowl headquarters here after theCarolinaTarheels had finished an unbeaten, once-tied season by beating Virginia 34-12, and Oklahoma's Sooners had won their ninth straight victory, 19-15 over Oklahoma A. and M. In matching Carolina's South- ern Conference champions with the Big Seven titleholders,. the an- nual classic came up with the two highest rated teams of the season in terms of national rankings to play in any bowl. North Carolina was rated fourth in the Associated Press poll of the past week, and Oklahoma sixth. Those were a shade better than the Rose Bowl participants-Cali- fornia at No. 5 and Northwestern at No. 7. 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