Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 263, Decatur, Adams County, 6 November 1939 — Page 6

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MICHIGAN GRID MACHINE UPSET BY THE ILLINI Illinois Triumph Over Michigan Most Stunning Os Year Chicago. No* 4 (U M Th.* Michigan boom collapsed under the first res I firing and today Ohio State stands alone at the h< ad of th«> Illg Ten football •landing* Prom here on In. the Bork» are the tram to brat and after that rrushing 24 to o victor* over hi diana last week, they'll take a jot nf healing Michigan, vbtrm of AIM* of those typical upsets by tha' ' master upsetter Boh Zlippke <t Illinois must tight it» way bark! thin week then against <»•'.; . to power first against Minnesot i State on the final Saturday of th*season There ha* Ireen no more aiunn Illg defeat thia year than the In, to 7 taring inspired Illinois deals ■ Michigan a mighty eleven a'l Champaign The lianl charglru i lllinl arlied every break and there Were five costly Michigan funi tales, took the play away from ! Tom Harmon at the outset ami j finally demoralised the Wolverfndefense with the granddaddy of I ail forward pass playa ’b*"sleeper" right over Harmon - bead for a touchdown Since Ohio Stale has a sol: tom h si Chicago Saturday thkey contests on the Big Ten schedule are Minnesota at Michi i

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Both Michigan ami Nortliw*--* I' ern must win to stay in the race for Minnesota's vacated championship Also Scheduled are Wisconsin at Illinois. Indiana at Fordham I and Notre Dame at lowa Four teams -Ohio State. NorthI western, Michigan and lowa | have mathematical chances fr j the championship latte in the i season. Northwestern meets lowa , and Michigan tangle* with Ohio i State, whic h indicates there prob* | ably will be no more than wo I co-champions If Ohio State falls > io win the title outright 1 Mic higan's first experience wth j r> team tha’ could matc h charge for charge and pass for pass l-d io a mild panic late in th- third, ■ and In the fourth periods again* . Illinois. Once they were left Imhind on the 46-yard sleeper pas. ' play, liinnty Smith io fullb.x k George Ri-ttlnger who had •-•* a|> ed notice* of he ••Illite Michigan learn by crouching near th*- sid* i lines 'he Woheilnes w*-nl :m*> ■ I 'he air unsuccessfully and tin I ■ defense lost Ils effectiveness Harmon proved to be a gi it I , runner once he reached the o|»*-n field ns Io- did twice niioiri with a forward pass .1?. yaid* !•». i a touchdown and once through the righi -id- of h's own line (.*• t<; yards But th- Illinois • t,,. gy was io blanket him behind th*I line of scrimmage and there they kept him most of the day Northwestern's Bill In- Cot* vont picked an ideal a|iot fur hifirst collegiate heroics Ills It yard gallop In the second period •rt up one touchdown and a <1 yard dash from scrimmage In the fourth heat Minnesota 14 to 7 !?«■■■ surprising contendei foi tinchampionship in < -oh Eddie Adersoti s first s. .non w ith th-Hawk<-ye«, tumid* d Pit du- I to •• on two fourth period safe h-s after exhibiting unexpei led strength on a long march on th* ground It was lowa's third ii. • ory In four games Chicago continued Its un«u .* -* fill campaign against its bettoc opponents by dropping a 17 le » decision to Virginia COLLEGE FOOTBALL Illinois ir. Michigan 7 Notre Itattne It Army o Ohio State 21 Indiana " Northwestern It Minnesota 7. i Virginia 47. Chliago •• Ball Alate 14 Earlham IS. Riitcec 55. Wabash 0 DePanw 74. Franklin «. Hanover 7. Evansville ( Manchester «!• Bluffton Hi l 7 Missouri 27 Nebraska 11 Fordham 13. Rice 7 Princeton ». Harvard 4 Cornell 13. Columbia 7 Penn 13. Navy 4 Pittsburgh 13. Temple 7. Tennessee 2<i Utulslana State* <>, Puke *. Georgia Tech S Southern California I>. Oregon State 7. Pro Football Chicago Bears 30 Green Bay 27 Detroit 11, New York 14 Washington 7. Philadelphia 4 Cleveland 14. Chicago Cards o

iootbaii Star Shines Bright &&&> * • ■m. ”* ’ „ Jilli Tom Harmon Brilliant backfield tee Tom Harmon of Gary Ind. Junior at Un varsity of Michigan, easily is the player of the year and no doo will make the All-American team with ease Harmon is leal •corer in the Big Tea and cm pare and kick, too.

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Team Standings W I. Pct. Berne I 0 1 000 Commodores 1 o 1 non Geneva 1 0 1 ihhi Kirkland 1 o 1 000 Yellow Jar kets 0 0 000 Hartford 0 0 ,000 Jefferson 0 1 .000 Monmouth 0 1 .<<«> Monroe o 1 tnio Pleasant Mills 0 1 >hhi otio ■ Imcatur fans will be afforded their first glimpse of the great Hoosier sport this week. With both the Commodores and Yellow Jackets performing nn their home floors —oOo—Ths Commodores will antartain tn* New Haven Bulldogs at the Commodores Gymnasium Thursday night in their ascend start of the beaeon. The Commiee opened the schedule last Thursday night with a vlctery over the Pteaeant Mills Spartans in the first game played in

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the new Pleasant Mills gym- ( naaium. 000 New ItiAr-n won It* Ilr*t game la«i week, trouncing Huntertown. 32-13. and with the rivalry which ha* been prevalent between the 1 Bulldog* and Commodore* for sev- ‘ eral aesson*. (an* (hould be provided with a good «pe< taele for the opener Thursday night The pre lltnlnary game between the two second team* will itart at 7:IS p m . with the var*ity game card >d one hour later. —oOo - The Vellow Jacket* will swing into action for th* first time Friday night, entertaining the Portland Panther* in th* Jacket* gymnasium The Jacket* completed their football season Friday night, and little is known of the probable strength of th* Decatur lad*, who lost heavily by gradu- t ation last spring. —oOo—Portland opened it* »ea«on Fri-|, day night, registering a 36-20 vic- 1 , tory over Msrion Feaael's Gray , team. The Panther* are tinder the guidance of a new coach this seas on. Paul Todd , —oOoFour other game* Friday night are confined strictly to intrs-coun- | ty strife These till* match Mon-', roe at Rerne. Hartford at Kirkland Pleasant Mills at Monmouth and , Jefferson at Geneva Je<er*on will also be in action Tuesday, meeting Jackson ot Wells county at Jackson —oOo — Berne. Kirkland and Geneva showed strength hi opening game* last week, scoring Impressive triumph* over Hartford. Monroe and Monmouth, respectively. The Com-■ modores were hard pressed to come through to victory over a veteran Pleasant Mill* quintet Thursday, an early thir dquarter flurry of basketball shooting carrying the Commies over. 000— Two ferocious bottle* were fought In opening skirmishes of Heosisr basketball Friday night. Jasper dedicated its new gymnasium with a hsir-rals-

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Week’# Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams iff ""■ — — ■ o Tuesday Jeth-raoti at Ja< keon iWeiia Co.i Thursday .New Haven at Commodores Friday Portland at Yellow Jackets Moume at Herne Hartford at Kirkland Pleasant Mills at Monmonth Jefferaon at Geneva mg 31-29 overtime triumph over its arch rivals, the Huntingburg Happy Warriors Bedford nosed out Mitchell. 23-21, in other classic of southern Indiana basketball. 000 Several Adams county coarhes and offii Lals are planning to as-! tend the 14th annual basketball clinic and banquet of the North- J eastern Indiana athletic officials aaaorlatlon. which will he held t ort Wayne Tuesday afternoon and evening. The clinic, conducted by Winston Ashley, noted referee of Indianapolis, will open at 4:30 pm.! at the Chamber of Commerce building At 5:45. motion pictures of the Ijing Island university and ixtyola ot Chicago basketball teams will be shown, with Clair Bee. Long Island coach, speaking The banquet will be served in the dining room of the Chamber of Commerce at « 30. NORWAY REJECTS • "ONTINUMD FROM PAUK UNB, by an American luat for profit a The authoritative Deutacher Dienat quoted President Roosevelt's I»3< Chautauqua. N T» speech and apeeches by secretary of atste Cordell Hull warning that the aale of arms to belligerents would spread war. and Mid: "Yet. today. Mr Roosevelt uya the Vnlted Blates will return to | the historic position of a neutral power by removing the arms embargo. that same embargo whlca was formerly lauded aa assisting the preoervatkm of neutrality."

DETROIT LIONS DEFEAT GIANTS — Lions Down Giants As I Chicago Bears Defeat . I Green Bay New York. Nov 6 (UF> There , were no undefeated teams left In (the National football league today. The champion Mew York Giants, unbeaten through a stretch of !• J straight games, were back to earth I today after riding the crest since Oct. 3. IMS Top honors for the Sunday bat* j ties go to "Gloomy Gus'' Henderson's Hetrolt Uons who punctured I (he Giants' bubble of superiority with a spectacular 13-14 triumph before 45.4V2 spectators at Briggs stadium, largest throng ever to see a professional game in Michigan In another wild, cut throat game in the west the Chicago Bears found themselves at last and battled to a 30-27 triumph over ihe Green Bay Packers before 40.537 al Wrigley Field. Chicago. The Lions and the Bears' triumphs turned the leagne topsyi turvy. leaving five teams still in the running for the championship. The Lions' victory Mot only elevated them to the undisputed lead in the western section but dropped the Giants Into » deadlot k with the Washington Redskins for the eastern lead Although the Lions are on top In the west, with alt victories and one loss, the Packers, winners in six out of eight, cannot be counted out of the race, and | the Hears, with a 5 and 3 record, still have a fighting chance at the | title. Washington mored back into a * tie for the eastern lead with Its surprisingly close ”■« victory over the Philadelphia Eagles The Cleveland Rams shoved over two first period touchdowns to more the day < only one-sided victory, a j It»• shutout over the Chicago Cardinals in the mud and -win a! Cleveland before a small house of 5,3.5. The Dodgers Pittsburgh game at Brooklyn was postponed until tonight l>e<aii*e of rain Sport Parade * By Manry McLsmore New York. Nov. <U.B> Mon-1 day's grid irony: Michigan must > nave an awful champaign hangover today after the party given by Bob Zuppke and Illinois , . . Mo hlgan s new "point a minute " , team played up to its name but ' only for seven minutes . . , The ! llllnoi* victory not only Increased ' Zuppkea reputation as a coach, but added to his prestige as a painter . He is first worker in oils ever to paint an entire state blue h> two hours . . . Now that - the arms embargo has been lifted ' we wonder If Minnesota, through its purchasing agent. Bernie Bierman. will be able to buy armamenta that will enable it to win a foot-1 ball game .. In Beating Minnesota the North western* finally shook loose Bill De Correvont and the youngster made hia acrapbook come to life . . . For a few seconds he looked as good as his press 1 clippings read . . Tennessee stuck another roar in Its hair by knock- ' Ing off Uiuisiana State and the only thing that can keep the Vole out of the Rose Bowl is a discontinuance of transcontinental travel r . . . The T-rmeasee backs were so fast that had they been In Baton . Rouge on the day OF THE great ’ disappearance they would have I caught prexy Rmlth before he got i to the city limits. The Oregon trail doesn't lead i to the Rose Bowl anymore . . . • Th* Oregon State Beavers bowed I out before Howard dimes' Southern California Trojans ... The Tro- > Jana used only three first strlng : quarterbacks in Ihe game which would Indicate that Jones has tn-

May Lose Leg i " ' ‘ * ' • I Jr • h. Dos Herring As s result of an injury sustained in ths Brown game. Don Herring, Princeton university track and football star, may lose his left leg by amputation. ally cut down hia squad to a neat. 1 workable unit of 250 or there abouta . . We now know th<origin of the expression "an army travels on its stomach'' . . . Thman who coined that phras.- saw the Army piay Notre Dame The Texas became the Arkansas travellers on Saturday and did more to the rasorbacks than Arm our or Swift could . The Aggies are tougher than the Alamo deiewdars s-d fast as a Jackrabbit with floating power . . . Far above Cayuga's waters loyal Cornelltans were picking spots to leap from before a blocked kick enabled the big red to down Columbia's small but game forces . . . During most of this game the big red was such a pale pink that even the Dies committee wouldn't have been interested . . . Oklahoma's burly Soonera continued to stay aa a five-alarm Ere In a celluloid roller ‘ factory . . . They had an easier time beating lowa Hute than Ghandi has dressing . . . T. C. U. I

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