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he Tradition to Occupy Key Role wr 8 In Grid Game at Philadelphia

By FRANK LEAHY, Head Football Coach, University Notre Dame

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playing important games

Thanksgiving Day we are presented with the opportunity to| "write an additional column this week. Looking over the Tur-|

key Day schedule we find that the most interesting contest |

should take place in Philadelphia as the sylvania plays host to the pri

Although having lost three games this fall Penn is definitely one of the most potent teams in the country as they so strongly evidenced in their one point loss to Arriy. There is but one mar on the Cornell record that being their loss to Dart-

University of Penn-| de of the Ivy League, Cornell.

i shall and Alabama State. Within| the state of Virginia two time| honored rivalries will be resumed as Virginia Tech and Virginial Military square off in Roanoke, and Richmond U. opposes Wash-| ington and Lee in Richmond. When the smoke clears it Is our)

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mouth. Realizing that tradition|opioion that the victorious flags

nell to win by no more than one

Rhode Island entertains the The

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of V.M.I. and Richmond will be waving in the southlands.

» » ” AN INTERESTING sidelight on the Cincinnati-Miami (Ohio) game is the fact that Cincinnati Coach Sid Gilman first achieved prominence in the coaching pro-| fession at Miami University. This game between two of the top! flight teams of the Mid-American Conference is definitely a tough one to pick as Miami was the overwhelming victor last year. Yet, our vote goes to Cincinnati in a very close contest, Wyoming's trip to Denver, Colorado will have a two-fold purpose! as the Cowboys attempt to avenge last fall's defeat and keep alive their hopes for a bowl bid. Al special salute should be given to Wyoming Coach Bowden Wyatt as the 1948 team lost five games ‘while this year's eleven has lost but one to powerful Baylor while playing a more rugged schedule. In the Bouthwest, Texas University is expected to return to the win pide of the ledger by defeating Texas A & Mat College Btation. This game will have no bearing on the Bouthwest conference title, past performances prove that it will provide the fans with a wide open ball game. A final game in the Missouri Valley conference favors newcomer Detroit to annex a over Wichita. The Northwest's lone contest will be a home game at Salt Lake City with Utah Univer-

dge Champions Get

sity being given the nod over Utah State.

all sections of the nation. The Midwest with seven

ish Place’ By LEO H, PETERSEN, United Press Sports Editor NEW YORK, Nov. 23--The United Press today pre-

sents its 1049 All-American football team, selected by. bal‘lots from 313 sports writers and sports broadcasters in

players dominates the team

of 11 collegians chosen as the finest football players at their positions this year. But every section of the country

is represented with the Far

West, South, Southwest and

East each getting one berth on the mythical team.

Five of the players come from three of the four unbeaten and untied major teams, with Notre Dame leading

the way. Three members of were sélected, and one each

the South Bend powerhouse from the fine California and

Army elevens. Only Oklahoma of the unbeaten giants failed to capture a place on the first team, but the Sooners

won two second team berths.

END LEON HART, who led the voting and was

named. on all but four of the

313 ballots; and backs Emil

Sitko and Robert Williams are the Notre Dame all-stars.

. Personnel of 1949 United Press All-American Football Team

END-—~HART. One of the greatest ends ever developed in college football and one of the few, in these days of specialists, - who was as good on offense as on defense. The second youngest man on the squad at 20, the heaviest at 265 pounds and the tallest at six feet, four inches. He is a sure tackler, the best blocking flankman in the business. END WEINER. The best pass catching end in the business. Has caught 48 so far this year for 670 yards dnd six touchdowns. Also a great defensive end. He saved victory in the Duke game by blocking a field goal attempt on final play of game. Could break national record of 52 passes if he catches five in Virginia game Saturday. TACKLE — NOMELLINL Like Hart, an iron man who plays equally well on offense and defense. Despite his 250 pounds, is one of the fastest tackles in collegiate football and is an expert at diagnosing opposition plays, Never played high school football but has been a bulwark in the great Minnesota lines turned out by Coach Bernie Bierman for the past four seasons. TACKLE — WISTERT. The old man of the team at 33 and the third In a line of AllAmerica brothers at Michigan. A standout on both offense and defense, probably played his ‘greatest game against Minne

hard that he has to have h shoulders taped and padded fore each game. “The hardest charging guard I've ever coached”, says Lynn Waldorf. He gets through the opposition line so quickly that opponents referred to him as the fifth man in their backfield. GUARD — BAGDON. A standout on both offense and defense. Coach Biggie Munn calls him the best guard he ever has coached. Notre Dame players said he was the toughest guard they faced all year. Extremely fast for his pounds and nearly impossible to knock him entirely out of a play. CENTER — TONNEMAKER. A standout defensive player who takes his football so serfously that he worked in the keg department of a brewing company during the summer to get his arms and shoulders in the best possible shape. Cocaptain of the team and extremely popular. with all teammates. Pro scouts rate him as one of the best centers ever developed in college football and a sure-fire bet to become an outstanding pro player. BACK-—-SITKO. After playing halfback for three years, switched to full back this season where his speed and drive have been outstanding although weighing only 180 pounds. Also was a fine defensive back, but was kept out most-of the time this year due to lack of height

’ ‘265 T. L. Nomellini Minnesota 250 G. Rod Franz California 205 Tonnemaker Minnesota 240 G. E, Bagdon Mich. State 202 T. A. Wistert Michigan 220 E. A. Weiner N. Carolina 212 B. E, Sitko Notre Dame 180 B. D. Walker 8. Methodist 175 5-11 R. Williams Notre Dame 180 6-1 B. A. Galiffa Army » . » - » .

one berth, placing Tackle Leo Nomellini and Center Clayton Tonnemaker. The other Midwest representatives are Guard Edward Bagdon of Michigan State and Tackle Alvin Wistert of Michigan. he Rounding out the “dream” team are Back Doak Walker of Southern Methodist; Back Arnold Galiffa of Army; Guard Rod Franz of California and End Arthur Weiner of North Carolina.

Bob Williams BACK — WILLIAMS, Coach Frank Leahy, who has had some great ones, is sure he will

Leon Hart

inches — to defend against passes. Is hard to stop, shakes off tacklers time after time and is mighty shifty. Is a standout on delayed bucks, inside sweeps and end runs when his crashing running and speed are most valuable. BACK—WALKER, One of the few remaining triple threat backs who excel in everything a back is asked to do. Is as flawless on defense as on offense. Gives the credit for his success to his teammates and Coach Matty Bell. Among the nation’s leaders in punting, passing and running. Can go 60 minutes if needed that long. The only backfield man to repeat on the United Press team and one of the few who ever made its mythical team three

ready has topped the passing records of Johnny Lujack and Angelo Bertelll in their best years. Flas thrown 106 passes, completed 65 for 1097 yards— .13 for touchdowns-—for a percentage of .613. Also an excellent runner and considered the best signal caller in collegiate football. He is a gambler, having called two fourth down . passes against Michigan State and one against North Carolina when his team was trailing and deep in its own territory. All but one against the Spartans

~become the best quarterback in - Notre Dame's history. He &l-

* Justice was nosed out by

Galiffa for the fourth back-

field berth in the closest contest of the balloting. In the next closest race, Wistert beat out James Martin of Notre Dame for a tackle spot and Weiner won over James (Froggy) Williams of Rice for an end position.

All members of the first The

five players—Martin, Guard George Toneff of Ohio State, Center Robert Fuchs of Missouri, and Backs Charles Ort‘mann of Michigan and Lynn Chandnois of Michigan State. The Southwest won three berths, Froggy Williams, Tackle

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r of Oklahoma and Guard Stanley West, also

of Oklahoma: The South, East and Far West each landed one representative—Justice, End Dan Foldberg of Army and Back Edward Lebaron of the College of the Pacific.

Emil Sitko

* BACK—GALIFFA. One of the best T-formation men in the

* game whose generalship, run-

ning and passing have spear“headed the team to one of Army's greatest seasons. Coach Earl Blaik, who is not given to praise, wouldn't trade him for any signal-caller in the business, and calls him “as fine a passer as any coach could wish to have in the T-formation.” He has thrown 78 passes this season, completed 39, 13 of them for touchdowns. He also has scored three touchdowns by rushing. He is the best allaround athlete at the academy. He has two letters in football and three each in basketball and baseball and figures to add another in each sport this col« legiate year, making a total of

Navy Passing Worries Blaik Army Coach Rates Middies as Strong

By STAN OPTOWSKY United Press Sports Writer WEST POINT, N. Y,, Nov. 23--The more Army Coach Red Blaik talks about Navy, the more dangerous the Mjiddies become until today they were called “the best team in the country.” The assembled reporters gufe fawed, but Blalk was quick to silence them, “Don’t laugh,” he sald. “Instead, look at their Tulane game. “We scouted the game, and I can tell you that Tulane is a very powerful football team — much more so than their Notre Dame

tied them.” It is Navy passer Bob Zastrow who most bothers the coach of the undefeated, untied Army team, and there he has good reason to be alarmed.

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: sota. Blue Devils Hear Praise From All GUARD—FRANZ. Hits so. —he stands five feet, eight years in a row. worked. 11. One only athlete in West for W Point history won more—Light- (Davidson and VMI on its Directions inning City Title oh . ; horse Harry Wilson, who won [breather schedule. And it reached By JIMMIE ANGELOFOLOUS Traditional Grid Battles & & Jeu 1 shaky showsnis by Shut Class, the kind that makes champions, usually has & champions’ 2 5s seat M13 Yidory ove Riu. 0 aura about : ; } 1t did at Shortridge High School last night. They honored Short : * b bf od h t F t . ger, explained it this way, ‘We ah Ree ent 2 wen Oy Inired List eadache to Forecasters oc plains Second Team [ex moime,t bn ou or war tn ST Cn vad a I ‘Williamson Picks Penn Over Cornell or i Sok Ts secnnd a ome Ter rag gn medals to any Shortridge team ne omen | Te By a Touchdown in Turkey Day Classic | Les Fleming, Indianapolis In- ods HER we threw, and it worked pretty received that s city championship, Dame, : budf bo 4 OHNSON CITY, Tenn., Nov. |dians’ first baseman, today was ved: well.” Last the champion football his mind. “Hg'tommended J 23—Two regulars were doubtful : By PAUL B. WILLIAMSON sold outright to the local club by| E. Williams, Rice ........ 104 | Coach Blaik insisted that Army Blue Devils gold footballs Shardelow’s defensive starters today as Hanoyer Col- This is the week when the turkeys and the football forecastersithe Pittsburgh Pirates, it was an-| T. Martin, Notre Dame :. 1508 “gave away the short ones to or winning > Fstralght citysnd Bob Giichrist's A" "Radlo Station WKYW (900 | Put their heads on the block—both because of tradition. Some of this nounced by Ted Sullivan, Tribe| G. West, Oklahoma ..... 917 | 45p the long ones,” but a cone : a Hanning a § to 0 city You could tell he was going 10! ke.) of Louisville, Ky. will | Week's grid games have a half century or more of tradition behind business manager. C. Watson, RICO ...vonse 34 sistent on-target man like Zas- : iss three-year-man Big Bill] carry a -by- account. | them. : Fleming became the property| G. Tomefl, Ohio State .... s clincher ‘against Tech's NCC Ralph. ‘Whe i the TD that .— hy ah ny tp Bn erol Grudges and tradition are two things that foul up purenlaivtlor the Pittsburgh Pirates last| T. Walker, Oklahoma ,.. 1138 how cauld be Slsdstrous 8 il an ’ | players, including beat Tech. ge nhl ¥ el Te! like nothing else. | : orl Interest |spring and went to spring train-| E. Foldberg, Army ...... 1082 |, ? . aha Players ineitng Me! TN cuts [(cmores Burey Bow conte pet caste schduid fr adie, and salons, meres ng Wik nal cu To Vas sont B: ates X, Coron 148 | Se awards. Many of the seniors al-| Awards were many. The Robert| wasps in Memorial Stadium here tomorrow is Pennsylvania versus ratings say it's Army over Navy {down to the Indians shortly after| B. Chandnois, h. St. .. ’ ; n ‘the start of the sea but B. Ortma M MN ees ready had theirs, C. Burnett tough man's trophy| Regular defensive left end Sorell Sis eat in Fhlladelphia. rhe ratings said the same thing mained under rt B. a - Dick Falender Forrest Von For. nor i on rd Whitey. Ring has comp Up wih Br ut of 10 a have taken 25 year when the Tart got jn-. leming led the pennant. Honorable Mention: hy y 3 ' s - in 0! Rater, Dick Cooley, Dick Drake, went to Gilchrist. The Frank J. ton: the pao there hih scorer, Cornel. But within the last twols Dred And Hed He aL: yous "inning Indians in hitting in 1048| 1.giune colisgs players who Bill Ralph, Norman Kiein, John Skinner most valuable player : ‘lor three weeks, the Williamson! . : when he posted an average of honorable mention were: n laward Ralph. who! "3 an injured ligament in his| tings h h drasti. than last... : 1.323. He had 26 home runs that lauter, Bob Gilchrist. Rutusiwary was gh to ph: Soig| right leg. It 1s doubtful that] Faings ave Shangtd %0 tha: jt Will Southern California's team season and led in total : At the Marks, and Tom Perine, Rothall fn t championship gold either will start the game. aly oh het dwg teams be utie Notre Dame or almost beat the with 288. Li Butler U -_— Juniors were: ve Quats- 07228 hité er ward for| But the rest of the Panther 8 ae eu, y maybe Eirrish, as it did last year? That's Logs Jow, Ralph London, Tom Lugar, the most improved back went 10,0014) shape. Tim, tions 2nd Another old classic ought toitime, the Williamson System will “1949-50 ¢ Ward Walker and Dick Clifton, Junior Dick Clifton. The Lewis io. conaration has respond-|find Texas running over Texasistring along with Coach Frank Chapman Senjor student manager Max Skinner award for the most Im-| "0, Fo ts and h ould A & M by two or three touch- Leahy a ni “ —- Irish " Dale W. Schumacher cited for three Proved lineman to Von Forrester. 0 treatments and he should) °t ¥y and his “Fighting h y of a r Ronnie Passwater got the John |D® Teady for full time duty downs. That is what the differ Picks Tar Heels 80th Stre J years excellency. A. Davis trophy for the out. | against the Wasps. ence in ratings would indicate. y. ine South, the oldest classic During Plaudits Were Many of freshman. Tom Wood's| Hanover worked out on Young But this is a game in which time |e 410 week is the Virginia-North had playe The plaudits and commenda~ freshmen won four and lost only High School field in Knoxville, has shown that percentages fré- carolina game. Although Virginia 23 games tions flowed freely but sincerely.lone. Bob Bruce, who score nine Tenn. yesterday afternoon and quently look different on the field jo the highest rating, by 38 points. T Principal Joel Hadley was “proudiof the reserve team's. 12 TI's {came here this morning. This than they do on paper. . points, the system goes against Second se of the championship character’ iwas: cited. hi wi |afternoon the Hilltoppers were to| Two more old-timers should jis ficures and. picks North Caros 8 foot 1 | of thé Blue Devil team. Bert Ingwerson, Mine coach at/Tun through a light drill on the find Brown demolishing Colgate yin, : played be Athletic Director Bob Nipper|Ilinols, was entertaining as turf of the Burley Bowl jand V. M. I shading Virginia 1, other classics, take: Missis-| - | regular, J dean of the-city prep grid coaches principal speaker. He cited the EI {Poly.. Still inother venerable yinnt University over Mississippi br a : ; He pla} + mot too many years ago, reflected importance of competitive ath- NII) Tr in L |classic in the mid-brackets is/gtate: Oklahoma over Oklahoma > « CV. you the Joe Harrie Football Fove- ball at the stability and respect of an ad-|letics and showed an All-Amer-| al @AVE@S western Reserve by a hair overs & M. 8 M. U over T. C. U cast, the most accurate in the land . . proved] School. I ministrative staff that carried/ica tackle's zest for “wanting to) Case. er al Ata SAN 824% accurate over & peviod of goon. - Hed) At 7:30 Saturda Wake Forest over South Carolipa, 1945, Rip dot hor Ro oh IRtshinn athe Shortridge’s champs didn’t for-| ™ . al P % y | A Louisville Favored a {Tennessee over Vanderbilt,’ Au- CV... For Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 1949 - . . CY ke ane fn y ® spec ennsy ‘ train for! comparatively modern burn over Clemson, Georgia Tech Probable Winners & Scores Probable Losers etball t ch than win it” ho(§8. teamnigte Tom Perigs. Thelne Notre Dame-Southern Cal Thanksgiving classic will see over Georgia, Texas Tech: over] Brown U. ... Colgate U. * He at hr arpdvirmeniaiie Re —. wore shaar aid. 0d ain And awarded Bim the chame8Ame will leave Union Station Louisville U. playing Mississippi Hardin-Simmons and Tulane over| Col of Pacifie —47 California Poly —_ 7 evada U. Dear Sh br Santa Couch George Gale, the tasks Satirday at’ 730 8m. {Southern at Hattiesburg: Louls< 1.8, U. si Rr Pes 3 ate’ FreSne re w plonship ball autographed by all 7 an Jose State —__27 Fresno State who won his second eityiin, oiavers, Sponsored by the Notre Dame ville ought to win. This week also starts the 1949 Davidson College 20 § santa Barbara San State F championship in four years at| pp.ystood up and clapped long Club of Indianapolis, all avail-| A good Friday game will be bowl play. There are five “bowls” Us cia 2T Wichita U. 13 [ennesses Poly L...27 Middle Tennessee "OF Oo Shortridge, spoke freely of thelwith heartfelt appreciation when able tickets have been sold. The Kentucky over Miami and theithis week and a total of 50 or Ui oer 20 Cha + —1 Texas U. ..... Texas A. & MIAMT, spirit that made champions of his/thetr teammate was train will arrive in South Bend at Wildcats should win this readily. more athers will be played before Gannon College 27 Steuben 0 Trinity Col. (Texas)..27 Hardin College In a surp? ball club. wheeled into the cafeteria lying[1205. Returning to Indianapolis But looking back over what!Jan. 3. Among the bowl contest- Gettyshus Col. 27 Frank. & Marshall. 7 Utah U. ...... 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