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school ace, with campus visits and football game trips.

‘Here in Indiana, the charges were believed to be a

counter-offensive. Rupp bas been mentioned in behind-the-scene movements in the Jeffersonville High School suspension. Some observes helieve he may be trying to beat Hoosier coaches “to the punch” on subsequent recrulting charges. Rupp said today that BIL Asp

, former baseball player,

“This is significant,” Rupp explained, “only because Hagan has already signed an athletic scholarship at U, K. When a boy has signed with another school,” he “you're supposed to let him alone. It doesn't violate any . rules but it's unethical, and you know how the Big Ten feels about ethics.” ; ”

He said Notre Dame also hadiof the football

bid for but less obviously.

He didn't te on that, Kentuck's state tourney year virtually singlehanded, scoring a record 41 points. His season total was Joo. ky has consistently ent uc played footsie with Hagan, who ‘accompanied last year's UK. championship quintet (now the professional

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By CARL. LUNDQUIST United Press Sports Writer

Hinkle ‘a Little Hurt’ by Editorial

Points Out Errors

, to grid glory, the first Ohio State

In ‘Collegian’ Article|

“I'm not mad. Just a little

That's how Butler's Football

"|Coach Tony Hinkle feels about

the criticism directed at the Bulldog gridiron setup by a Butler| Collegian editorial writer. The Collegian writer “expressed the opinion of the minority and not [the majority,” Hinkle said this’ morning. { © “When you win, they hop on, the bandwagon. When you lose well, that's another story. The editorial writer erred in some of! his charges. For instance, schedule was wrong. Those out-| side the Butler athletic department do not have a true picture situation—but they are entitled to their opin-

fon.” Non-Committal

Butler's President M. O. Ross was non-committal. “I coached

stopped Notre Dame's 1043 powerhouse, 19-14. That Notre Dame backed by Johnny was Notre Dame's only ldss that

Writer

U Press CHICAGO, Nov. 18 — Sopho-

Ohio State rated as the best foot{ball prospect since Chick Harley,

this week hé might come th

Big Ten championship since 1044. All the Bucks need for the title is a victory over Michigan at Ann Arbor.

soph sensation out of four Buckeye contests, Including the 27-

Ohio State loss this year, And it was definite, from his performance against Illinois, that the 19-{year-old .all-state from Elyria might have made a difference

His First Big Day Against Illinois he was the {Buckeye backfield big gun t, both on offense and defense. He made 42 yards rushing in 12 carries, including a

pass for a 42-yard gain the only time he threw the ball, . It was his first big day as an offensive star. Early in the season

his | tionist (him in that first half when

| was tortured to see Steve Oracko’s {didn’t help his mental state any

would have netted a

|Awards at B. R.

twice to beat Illinois and again to pace the Buckeyes back

run foday by the Valparaiso| An ankle against South Treshmr Mgnt The Sty 0 or California kept the 180-pound Coach Emory G. Bauer sent his the to-0 defeat by Minnesota, the only

iaven in as one-sided a contest as that. ;

NEW .ORK, Nov. 16-He starts getting

make a tackle in practice. By Wednesday his worries will {involve the kickers who miss an {occasional conversion baot. Fri day he'll be in such a fret that {he'll be “tickled to death if we can win this one by a single point.” Saturday his boys go out and overpower the opposition.

That's the story of the United

Press Coach of the Week, fantastic Frank Leahy of Notre!

re ne eas A an A Et

upset on Monday| + when a third-string guard fails to

ME of

Dame's magnificent perfect record Irish. i

No condemned felon facing the

gallows could have suffered more’ anguish than did Leahy last Saturday before his young giants, belatedly furious, let go with a second half attack that gave them a 42 to 6 victory over inspired North Carolina. The little things that perfeeLeahy worries. about through the week rose to plague

North Carolina battled to a 6 to 6 tie. Quaterback Bobby Williams, usually a flawless performer had a punt blocked and North Carolina recovered deep in Notre Dame territory to set up a touchdown. : Greatest of His Time Later, when the Irish scored the tying touchdown, Leahy again

extra point try blocked, And it

when All-America End Leon Hart missed a pase from Williams that

touchdown. What Leahy said to his “lads” at the intermission is top secret. But it is significant that they were their old magnificent selves the rest of the way. That is what makes this gridfrofi genius the greatest coach of modern times. A coach who has gone through 35 consecutive games without defeat. Under the golden dome at Notre Dame in South "Bend, they are saying now that he is perhaps an even greater|

hallowed Knute Rockne. There sould be no greater praise than

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Ralph (Buckshot) the word and poster alumni and meet Illinois there

listening.

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fearless stand on the point should go. ! Up to now my protests have made only limited impression on the football fathers. A couple of years back Matty Bell, head man at SMU in Dallas, and at that time a member of the coach's executive family, sponsored a compromise plan: play the game a year or so without the extra point gimmick.

Study the interim results, then decide whether to reinstate it or

Said Mr. Bell at the time: “The try for extra point was of course. to reduce the number of tie games. most of us have agreed m value is placed on the ability kick a football over the bar from 10 or 12 yards out. since no better means of breaking

were made today (Lo members of the varsity, reserve and freshmen

ball Broad. le Re enty-four letter awards went They

members, are: James ~ Alltop. John Ashworth, Richard Campbell, Bill Crouse, Bruce Farnsworth, George Freyn, James Gibson, Joe Granger, Bob Hanna, Tom Heidenreich, John Higley, Bill Jessee, Arlen Klingler, Tom Logan, Jack McNairy, Jack Phillips, John Plum, Forrest Reeh ling, John Scctt, Franklin Speck-

Lee Young, Tom Graves and Carter Hall received Accumulative Letter cer< tificates for seniors. Thirty-three players received reserve m

more Vie Janowicz arrived atiand freshman pins went to 30

rhinies.

CHICAGO, Nov, 18 (UP)—The Chicago Hornets today gave unconditional releases to Halfback Frank -Aschenbrenner and End Dolly King. Aschenbrenner, a rookie, was a star on the North-

King was a standout pass-catch-ing end with the Hornets last season.

Amateur Basketball

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western 1949 Rose Bowl winners.

a y-Gridten or ihall team} Syfner os at ihe ¥. siing Jorden IX, PRE [Batts BE The ets

ties has been devised ‘the has been allowed to stay. » ss » “FEW COACHES think it fair for a team to lose a game’'by the extra point after it has played its opponents on even terms or better in all around football throughout the game. Frequently the touchdowns are even, though one team has outplayed the other badly. Yet this team can and occasionally does lose by the margin of an extra point. I maintain this is not only unfair but doesn't make sense.”

Bell says the objective is to minimize ties. But what is so ob-

[Jectionable about a tie that raith-]

{fully reflects the relative skills lof two competing teams? And {lsn't a tle under these circum-

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Too Much Importance , : Put on TD Kick. NEW YORK, Nov. 16—My ambitions as a hard-hitting, passionate, crusading newspaper man are on the modest

side. Not many causes of cosmic significance are spawned in this bed of type. From time to time, though, I do take a

Of course, it doesn't. As Mr.

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after touchdown. I think it stances eh mole desirable ani in broader sense

justice amount to a cheap victory? ss =»

lation to the demands and rewards of the game as a whole. If

there'd be fewer clear cut championships and the bowl schedules would lack clarity— but, as Mr, Bell seemed to be asking, would this be good or bad?

cloaked in theory, speculation and opinion. There’s no material evidence available, no figures or fact with which to arm either pros or cons.

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CAN be little doubt Of the week as they prepared to that the value of the extra point Weet Indiana in their annual is ridiculously overstressed in re- (clash Saturday for the Old Oaken

it were to be abolished ties would{!8st heavy scrimmage yestérday|

I'd still like to see Mr. Bell's! explanatory scheme given a whirl.! Fight Results

As of now the entire subject is! ' IR TEs oui Too Disticeo Purdue has the edge in seasoned nTPRORD. Coun. ry 148. | personnel.’ H Szulborski, Nor|Fnsenit, i. Outpoinied Lino en- ble Adams and John Kerestes, the |

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'Purdue—in Practice

BLOOMINGTON, Nov. 16 (UP) —Next Saturday's game will be pretty rough on Purdue. if the fers’ offense and defense k as well against Boilermaker plays as they have in practice. Freshman teams running Pur. due formations achieved - little success against the varsity in yesterday's drills, Nick Sebek riddled the frosh with accurate ‘passes to Ends Hugh Carton and Cliff Anderson while Hoosier de'fensive units stopped the freshmen cold.

Purdue Slates Light

Workouts for Hoosiers

LAFAYETTE, Nov. 18 (UP)—, Purdue gridders were slated for only light workouts for the rest

Bucket. “The Riveters wer.. through their

on a closely-guarded practice field while squads of students patrolled the Fieldhouse lobby to prevent the displayed bucket from loss to possible Hoosier raiding parties.

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ana’s Vern Huffman and Purdue’'s Cecil Isbell playing lke All-Americans. Form Means Little

makers have won 26 games, lost 20 and shared five links. Each year it’s the same story. The form charts and season records, too, will be burned like OI' Jawn Purdue. They little. Team fortunes last year, too, boiled over in finale, .

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Indiana with 0-5. But Purdue has

Notre Dame 35, Purdue 12. Notre Dame 49, Indiana 6. Towa 21, Purdue 7. Towa 35, Indiana 9. Illinois 19, Purdue 0. Illinois 33, Indiana 14. : Michig: 1 20, Purdue 12. Michigan 20, Indiana 7. Purdue Has Veterans

x \ — Perkins, 140, RSS. . t ommy Greb. 158 "goston 10), Baty a] To

{tornado trio of last year, will be ‘back again Saturday. Eight sen-|

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By JIMMIE ANGELOPOLOUS ‘Ps in that Old Oaken pod that annually Indiana delegated envoys

and humbly informed Purdue the Hoosiers were still int

in Trophy

of goodwill to make a yearly

of the Old Oaken Bucket interested in

jors may get the starting nod and 17 seniors end careers.” That in cludes Adams, Szulborski and Capt. Angelo Carnaghi who'll be battling in their fourth straight Bucket classic. Pitching Nick Sebek, who is the only letterman around from the 1945 Big Ten

championship team, {will try it again for the last time with Cleveland Brooks,

Al Tutsie, Capt. Casimir Witucki, Wilfred Rawl and the fine Bartkiewics brothers, Joe and Walt.

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