Evening star., 1931-11-29
BO|LERMAKERS WIN
TIES BIG TEN KNOT
Gives These Teams, Michigan
Mark of Five Victories in
Six Contests.
BY PAUL NICHOLSON.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

ASSOCIhLeu HTeSS OpOTbS WTlIer
0HICAGO, November 28.-
Purdue'S BoilermakerS of
~ the gridiron toppled North
western from it's undefeat-
ed pinnacle today with stunning
7-to-0 triumph and tossed the Big
Ten championship into one of its
most turbulent turmoils in years.
The unexpected victory, gained
in the final period when Jim Pur-
Wis dashed around his own right
end for IL yards and the only
touchdown of the battle of Sol
dier Field, threw the title three
ways to the BoilermarkerS, Mlchl-
gan and Northwestern, which had
been regarded as the certain
champion until it collided today
with its nemesis for charity.
Each of the shareholders of the
crown had records of five victories
against one defeat, while fourth,
Ohio State, missed its chance to make
a uuadruple stalemate by losing to
Minnesota in its charity game today at
Minneapolis.
Purdue Deserves Win.
The final standings gave Purdue only
a tie, but the 10000 spectators who
shivered through freezing temperatures
and a drab day saw the better team
conquer. The Boilermakers, playing
the iron-man role with but one sub
stitution in the entire struggle, out
gained, outrushed, and outplayed the
Wildcats from the first period on ana
overcame several bad breaks Of loot
ball that would have shattered the
morale of an ordinary team. Further
more. they proved their ability under
fire by stopping Northwestern's biggest
threat from the 1-yard line and twice
from the 30-yard stripe.
The touchdown stroke that spelled
Waterloo for Northwestern came only
a minute before Purdue appeared to
have tossed away its biggest chance to
score on a gross error or judgment by
its great sophomore halfback, Fred
Hecker. The Purdue back grabbed one
of Pug" Rentner's long passes on his
own 20-yard line and broke loose:
With a great burst Of speed he eluded
the Wildcat tackles until two of them
bottled him up on the Wildcat 15-yard
line. Cornered, he tossed pass for
ward to Bill Fehring, Boilermaker
tackle, who ran over the Northwestern
goal. The ball was called back and
Purdue penalized Is yards for the pass.
The crowd thought that break was
enough to shatter the Purdue morale,
but the Boilermakers came back with
a rush and it was the same Hecker
who turned the trick. Standing on the
38-yard line, he tipped a sharp pass
to Paul Moss, who was dragged down
on Northwestern's 12-yard stripe.
Purvis then shot around his own left
tackle on a beautiful dash, swept aside
three. tacklers and went over for the
touchdown that put the Big Ten title
in a snarl. Paul Pardonner then
drop-kicked the extra point, his tenth
straight successful boot.
Wildcats Get wild.
The touchdown play, behind fine in
terference, broke the Wildcats who
spent the rest of the game trying to
pass their way to at least tie, only to
have "Ookie" Miller, Purdue's great
center, who shared with Purvis and
Hecker in corneTing the glory Of the
day, intercept the ball and freeze them
out with quarterback sneakS the rest
CT the way.
The single Purdue substitution was
made with but only one minute to play,
Jimmy Peelle replacing Pardonner.
Official statistics gave Purdue an edge
that will give the Boilernakers another
big talking point in support of their
contention that theirs was the better
team today. The Boilermakers collected
nine first downs to six for Northwest
ern and gained 80 yards by rushing as
against u for the Wildcats. North
western outscored them in yards gained
from passes, II to SO, but more than
lost that advantage with seven fumbles
to Purdue'S three.
They also lost more than twice as
much ground by penalties, losing 65 TO
NorthWestern's 80.