Camp Grant at Illinois

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, September 12, 1943, page 28

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  Grant, Pulling Punch, Beats Illinois, 23–⁠0; Backs Are FIashy CHAMPAIGN. Ill, Sept. I’LL linois’ weak football team STAYED off Camp Grant in the first and third periods today, but was victimized for three touchdowns and safety in the other two quarters to lose it’s 1943 grid opener, % to 0, before g. 500 fans in Memorial Stadium. The soldier eleven, which gets its first real test next Saturday from Michigan’s power-laden team, held back much OF its offensive talent today. But Camp Grant showed fleet backs in Jimmy Dewar, late of In diana, and Reino Nori and Tony Storti, and the former Notre Dame fullback, Corwin Clatt, was his usual bone crushing self. Two Camp Grant linemen trapped Don Greenwood in the end zone in the second period for a safe ty, and later Storti scored on a 15-yard run after 70-yard march spurred by Dewar’s passing and running and an 18-yard hike by Storti. The soldiers thus led, 9 to 0, at the half. In the fourth period Storti in tercepted an Illinois pass and ran it back 43 yards to set up the sec ond warrior touchdown A pass from Nori to End Bill Huber, who lateraled to Storti, gained IL more and Clatt in two plays charged the last yards to score. Reserve Halfback Bill Burghardt supplied a thrill near the end of the game by intercepting another Illini aerial on the Illinois A and sprinting to the goal line. The punting of Sam Grider and the brilliant ball carrying of Eddie McGovern kept the Illini out of the hole for NOSE of the remainder of the game,

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  The Daily Alaska empire, September 13, 1943, page 5

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  GRID SCORES Following are scores of football games played last Saturday and also Sunday: Camp Grant 23; Illinois 0. Usrinus O; Strathmore 12. Baldwin Wallace G. Rochester IA Muhienberg 6; Yale IS. Chicago Bears 21: Professionals A. Great Lakes Naval Training Sta tion 20; Cebtaurs of Fort Riley 19. New York Giants 2l; Detroit Lions IA. Brooklyn Dodgers 28; Camp Lee Virginia, Soldiers 6.

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Tied 1–⁠1 in two meetings.