Evening star., 1932-10-30
NEWMAN'S TUMBLE
LETS TIGERS SCORE
OutpIayed to Half, Wolverines
Rally, as Blocked Punt
Turns Tide.
BY MERLE OLIVER,
Associated Press STAFF Writer.
ICHIGAN STADIUM, ANN

M .ARBOR, October %
w The Maize and Blue clad
warriors of Michigan, bad
ly outplayed in the first two
periods, hit the comeback trail
during the second half of their
gridiron battle with Princeton'S
Tigers here this afternoon and
emerged with to 14-to-7 victory.
After being helpless on the ground
and in the air for half of the game,
the Wolverines showed a great change
of form and scored touchdowns in the
third and fourth periods. A punt
blocked by Capt. Ivy Williamson turned
the tide of battle. Chuck Bernard,
Michigan center, grabbed the ball and
ran two yards for the score.
1t was the hard line plunging of
Jack James. Princeton fullback, that
gave the visitors the advantage in the
first half. Michigan's forwards were
unable to stop his plunges, and the
homecoming crowd Of 10000 saw the
wolverines fall behind for the first
time this season.
4 BREAK gave the Tigers their op-
n portunity to score in the second
period A light rainfall made, the
ball slippery, and Harry Newman FUN
bled punt on the Michigan 16yard
line The ball was recovered by Fair
man of Princeton. James gained l3
yards on three plunges. and Bales took
the ball across the Wolverine goal line.
Fortune place-Acked the extra point.
A safety gave Michigan two points in
the same period. Regeczi punted past
Bales, Tiger safety man. the ball
bounding and rolling over the Prince
ton goal Bales ran back and picked
it up. but was tackled in goal by Ward,
Michigan left end.
After the rest between halves. the
Wolverines used a Sevenman line most
of the time and were more successful
in stopping James smashes at the
guards. The Tigers advanced into
Michigan territory, but Capt. William
son intercepted a forward pass on
Michigans 18-yard line to halt the
Orange and Black march.
Johnny REGECZI and Ted Petos-
key then reeled off first downs on
tries at the tackles. and the VOL
VERNE rushing attack took the ball 10
Princetons 33-yard line before the IT.
gers braced Regeczi punted out of
bounds at the 10-yard line, and on the
second play Williamson rushed in to
bat the ball of the punter's toe. There
was a wild scramble for the pigshn.
which finally reached the hands of
Chuck Bethard. His touchdown gave
Michigan an 8-to-7 lead NeWman's
attempted place-kick was wide.
The second Michigan touchdown came
midway in the final period on a for
ward pass from Newman to Ward and
followed short punt by Kadlic. which
Newman returned from the Princeton
38-yard line to the 30yard stripe
RegecZi made 7 yards on an end run
and the Tigers were penalized to their
i2-yard line for unnecessary roughness
Newman then tossed a forward pass
to Ward. who Travelled around behind
the Princeton secondary. NeWman's
place-kick failed again and the VOL
verines had to be satisfied with a IA
tot decision.
THE Tiger forward wall, coached by
i Tad Wieman, former Michigan
mentor, outplayed the Maize and
Blue line during the first half, but
were checked by the great tackling of
Bernard and PetoSkey in the third and
fourth periods The Orange and Black
also had been instructed well in de-
fense for the overhead heaves of Harry
Newman. The rain and consequent
slippery ball aided the visitors in their
pass defense. But the shifty tactics of
Willis Ward when he got into the end
zone behind their secondary gave Mich
igan fans the satisfaction of seeing a
Newman forward pass converted into
touchdown.
The Tigers we're outpunted by Johnny
Regeczi, whose spirals averaged Al
yards. compared with an average of 29
fer the visiting punters. Princeton
completed two forward passes in five
attempts and Newman completed only
one-for a touchdown. James and his
mates in the Tiger backfield gained a
net Of 126 yards by rushing, compared
with los yards for Michigan.
Princeton marked up nine first downs
and Michigan five. The visitors were
penalized SO yards. They were pen
allied twice for delaying the game,
when the noise Of the crowd drowned
out the signal callers voice. Michigan
lost 80 yards by penalties.
The victory gave the Wolverines a
clean record for intersectional foot ball
games since 1926. Their victims include
Navy. Harvard and Princeton.