Illinois at Northwestern

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  Evening star, November 21, 1948, page 39

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  Wildcats Apparently .C|inch Bid 10 Play in New Years Day Game New Years Day Game BY the Assecioisd Press EVANSTON, ILL.,, Nov. 20.-North- Westerns Rose Bowl Express, gath ering steam behind a great running attack, made just a whistle stop out of Illinois today. The Wildcats of Coach Bob Voigts rolled to 20–⁠7 triumph over the Illini, their last hurdle enroute to Pasadena and the New Years day classic. They all but clincned the trip, which must be formally approved by the Big Nine conference. They closed the regular campaign with 5–⁠1 Big Nine record for Sec ond place and a season mark Of To. The Cats lost only to undefeated Michigan, which repeated for the Big Nine crown today by down. ing Ohio State, and to unbeaten Notre Dame. Michigan is ineligible to return to the Rose Bowl. 5000 See Battle. A chilled capacity crowd of $4,000 in Dyche Stadium cheered North western to its triumphal finale over its traditional conference foe. The wildcats tipped II yards in eight plays for a first quarter touchdown and turned q pair OF breaks into two more counters in the second period to lead 200 at halftime. The Wildcats, who outrushed Illinois 239 yards to 149, looked their best in their 71-yard scoring surge. Frank Aschenbrenner, speedy halfback, touched it of with a IT. yard sprint and capped 1t with a 23-yard scoring scamper of tackle as Guard Eddie Nemeth threw a key block. In the second quarter, Northwest ern punched out its second tally. on one of those one-in- season fukes. Illinois, behind Sam >Piazza’s “a yard run, had rammed to the North western 81. From there, Bernie Krueger’s short pass was juggled in midair by Russ Steger. Peewee Day jumped up and stole it. ran five yards then lateralled to End Chuck Hagmann. Hagmann, q big bruiser who has been nursing a leg injury, forgot about his troubles long enough to gallop 65 yards to score. Pass Play Clicks. Later in the second quarter, Northwestern’S quarterback. Don Burson, who attempted only two passes in the brisk winds which swept the gridiron. hit Joe Zuravleff, whose broken arm is in cast, for a 23-yard touchdown. The scoring play was set up when Illinois was penalized IS yards for clipping after taking the kickoff following the Wildcats previous touchdown. The penalty put Illinois back to it’s own 1-yard line. Dixie Eddleman’s punt against the wind went only “a yards and Day returned it to the %. Burson then passed to Zuravleff for the score. Jim Farrar, after missing the first conversion, booted the two other extra points for Northwestern. Burt Schmidt; a second string fullback, and Tommy-gun Kruger made Illinois click in the third quarter. A Northwestern tumble was recovered by Herb Siegert OF Illinois on the Illini 80 to fuse 70-yard march in nine plays. Kruger and Schmidt mixed passing and running plays to the Northwestern “a. Then Krueger, on a jump pass, rifled the ball % yards to Slip Kersulis. Two plays later Krueger sneaked across and Don Maechtle booted the point. ILLINOIS. Left ends-Klimek. Smith. Maechtle. Left saards-dotttried, Mar.isp.so: Right guarGs-sieeert, Archer: Right ends-kersuliS. VaIek, Dlmlt. Observation-Disclosures, Malinsky, Stew art. Gallagher Left halfba acks-Piazza. IaZire Right NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Patterson Fullhacks--Steger, Schmidt. NORTHWESTERN. Left ends-zuravlen, stonesifer, Thomas Knauer. Left tackIes-Msddock. Eseers. Left guards-Nemeth, Ietecha. Parse gian. Center-Sarkisian Right guards-F Day, Pantera, Ander- Right taekles-cernoch, Forrhan. Bar Right ends-Ha gmann, Keddie. Quarterbacks -Burson, Farrar. Yungwirth Left halfbacks-Aschenbren Peewee Right hafbaoks-Tunniciiff. worthins- Fullbacks. Murakowski. sundheim, Perricone, Rossi Illinois g q Illinois scoring: Touchdown, Kruger. Point after touchdown, Maechtle tplacekick). Northwestern scoring: Touchdowns, Aschenbrenner, Hagmann. Zuraved. Points after touchdown: Farrsr (2) (place.

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Illinois leads 59–⁠55–⁠5 in 119 meetings, counting the 77 since this game.