Minnesota at Ohio State

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  Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, October 30, 1944, page 17

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  PENALTY is COSTLY Illinois stayed in there battling until the last few minutes when a holding penalty cancelled out a 72-yard touchdown run by Don Greenwood which would have settled the issue in favor of the Illini. The loss of Buddy Young during the entire second half hurt the cause OF the losers. Young’s brilliant. gallop of “a yards for a touchdown in the first few min utes of the game set the Irish back on their heels and they didn’t recover until the fourth quarter. Illinois had the best of the 60 ing all the way. They had couple of drives under way In the second half that might have gone all the way had Young been in the back field. BUCKS KEEP GOING Ohio State is likely TO find itself rated the No. ! team in the nation in the weeks polls. The Buckeyes scored in every quarter against Minnesota TO win. 34–⁠14. Les Horvath, the Bucks All-American back, added a couple of touch downs 10 his total Ohio is now at the top Of the heap in the Western Conference. the only I’M beaten team. But there’s a long trail ahead with Indiana, Illinois and Michigan still on the program. All three are capable of providing up sets, especially Michigan, which can make any season success by beating the Buckeyes. STATE EYES ORANGE BOWL Michigan State has two games left. one with Maryland and the other with Missouri. Victories in these two will likely supply the Spartans with tickets TO Miami for the Orange Bowl game on New Year Day. Missouri fell TO Nebraska in a

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Officially, Ohio State leads 48–⁠7; as played, 49–⁠7 in 56 meetings, counting the 50 since this game.