Purdue at Indiana

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  The Waterbury Democrat, November 30, 1945, page 14

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  This Sporting World AppLesauce Just about this time of year, the annual football foolishness of sell ecting an “All-American” football team really gets under way. For the past few days, have been expect ing, almost hourly, to hear from my two prize pickers in this vicinity MT. Edward Keenan of Waterbury and MT. Clarence Haigh of Naug- atuck. Both men have made re- markedly good selections during past years, which, l. why would like to present the first of them, which arrived via telephone yester- day from my Naugy stlector. Harry Grayson of NEA selected eleven first string Army players as the NEA All-America of 1945-- and let it go at that. Of course, the foolishness of All-America selecting is this: ordinary reason, aside from official records of individual per- formances over the entire season, precludes the possibility that BLEW FEN college football players picked as team, are better performers on the football field than any other individuals throughout the country. In reference to MT. Grayson’s all- Army, aIl-America selections, have in mind, George Taliferro, sterling Indiana Negro halfback, who has been primarily responsible for the Hoosier Hot Shots winning the Big Ten Conference title last Saturday; plus the fact that he has been 8 standout player in every Indiana game this season in which he took part. Neither MT. Grayson nor MT. Haigh gives him a nod in their sel- ections; though Bo McMillan’s $ Hoosiers have gone through the sea- son undefeated, with wins and one tie, a TT count with North western. They have scored 279 points against 56 for 10 opponents, including wins over Michigan, H. linois, Nebraska, Iowa, Tulsa, Min nesota, Pitt and Purdue; and give a gander at the scores: Michigan lost 7–⁠13; Illinois lost 0–⁠6; Nebraska lost 14–⁠54; Iowa lost 20–⁠52; Tulsa lost 2–⁠7; Minnesota lost, 0–⁠49; Pitt lost 0–⁠19 and Purdue was beaten 0–⁠26 last Saturday. So, the $64 ques- tion arises: how can you leave George Taliferro off ANY All America team? Clarence Haigh of Naugatuck comes up with these selections, which are excellent, as follows: Dick Duden, Navy, left end; Savits- ky, Penn, left tackle; Green, Army, left guard; Mancha, Alabama, cen- ter; Amling, Ohio State, right guard; Coulter, Army, right tackle; Betchol, Texas, right end; Gilmer, Alabama, quarterback; Davis, Army, e f t-halfback; Wedemeyer, St. Mary’s, right-halfback and Blan- chard, Army, fullback. Four of eleven places for Col. Red Blaik’s S boys. Whadda YOU think?

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  The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., November 25, 1945, page 11

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  Indiana Wins Title In Beating Purdue BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Nov. “a P)-Crafty Alvin (Bol McMillin’s Pore Lii. Hoosier Boys” were roaring football giants today, towering underfeated to In diana University’s first champion. ship in big ten history with decisive 26 to victory over Purdue. A delirious throng of $1,000 who overlooked the small Indiana stadium saw the Hoosiers, denied a championship since the school en-. tered the Big Ten in 1900. explode for not only the conference title but also a spot close behind Army and Navy in the national picture. With burly Pete Pihos, rough and tumble ex-paratrooper-bulling his way to the first two of Indiana’s four touchdowns, the Hoosiers finished with a near-perfeet record of nine victories and IT conference tie with North. western. The boilermakers lived up to old oaken bucket tradition by battling Indiana to a scoreless tie in the first half. But relentless Hoosier power unleashed by Pihos and George Taliaferro, great Negro halfback, and quarterback Der Raimondi’s superb passing ripped Purdue’s defenses to shred in the last two periods.

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  Detroit evening times, Michigan, November 25, 1945, page 15

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  BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Nov. “a The meek inherited the earth here today as the poor little boys of Bo Mcmillan won their first Western Conf erence football championship. The HooSierS won the title in decisive style. hitting the strong Purdue eleven with a barrage OF touchdowns in the last half to win, 26–⁠0. Indiana scored two touchdowns in each of the last two quarters after failing 10 cash in on lis chances in the first two sessions. Indiana finished the season with record of nine victories and one tie, the latter with Northwestern. It’s Big Ten victims were Michigan, Purdue, Iowa, Minnesota and Illinois

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  The Daily Alaska empire, November 26, 1945, page 3 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL ! SCORES Following are the final scores of leading football games played over the weekend: EAST Harvard, 60; Boston U, 0. Yale, 20; Princeton, IA. Pittsburgh, T; Penn State, o. Columbia, 21 Dartmouth, 0. Pennsylvania, 59; Cornell, G. Colgate, G. Brown. 6. (Tie). SOUTH Tennessee, IA; Kentucky. 0. Maryland, 19; Virginia, IS. Duke, IA; North Carolina, 2. Clemson, 2l Georgia Tech, ‘. Alabama, 55; Pensacola Navy, 6 Auburn, 29; Louisiana Tech, 0. Mississippi U, T; Mississippi State Notre Dame, 32; Tulane, 6. MIDWEST Northwestern, IS, Illinois, ‘. Indiana, 26 Purdue, 0. Michigan, 2; Ohio State, 3. Wisconsin, 26; Minnesota, l2. Missouri, 33; Kansas, l2. Nebraska, IS; Iowa, 6. Oklahoma A & M, AT: Oklahoma 0. SOUTHWEST Texas Christian, IA; Rice, l3. Southern Methodist, 34, Baylor o. FAR WEST e.. Colorado A & M, T: Colorado College, T. (Tie). California, 6; UCLA, 0. Washington State, 2; Washing. ton, 0. Texas Tech, 6; New Mexico 6 (Tie). SUNDAY Holy Cross, 46, Boston College, 0

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Officially, Purdue leads 77–⁠44–⁠6; as played, 75–⁠44–⁠6 in the 125 games on file; the official count covers all 127 meetings, counting the 79 since this game.