The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-12
NORMAL DEFENSE
GOES To PIECES

Parading It's touchdown might
with three full teams, the Uni.
versity OF Detroit completely rout
ed Michigan Normars football
forces by a 40 score at U. OF d.
Stadium Friday evening.
The Hurons could do little sx.
cept watch the ieeting Titan backs.
led by Al Ghesquiere and Paul
Mickey" Mclaughlin. scoot across
the goal line for the seven touch
downs which they manufactured.
Michigan Normal itself threaten
ed to score just once--on the final
play OF the game.
The Ghesquiere- Mclaughlin COM
bination was at its height Friday.
this despite the fact that both
were marked men.
Ghesquiere minded the pressure
not at all as he carried the ball
10 times for net gain Of 1874 yards.
slightly better than a l0-yard aver.
age for each attempt. In addition.
Ghesquiere. a--senior. threw six
forward passes and completed two
Of them for 50 yards.
That isn't all II was Ghesquiere
who furnished the highlight OF the
game, a 7l.yard touchdown run in
the third quarter. On the play
the veteran Red and White star
sliced OF right tackle, cut in to.
ward the middle OF the field and
easily galloped his way to pay
dirt.
Mclaughlin was hardly less spec
tacular. Little Mickey. Ghesgui-
ere's alternate. personally account
ed for three of the Detroit scores
His first touchdown came in the
initial period when he shot around
right end from the Huron Is to
reach touchdown territory.
A few minutes later Mclaughlin
topped Titan march downfield oy
tallying on a one-yard plunge. Then
in the third quarter Mclaughlin
reached the climax OF his brilliant
nights work.
Starting from the Detroit 46, Nc.
Laughltn threw a 13-yard pass to
Quarterback Don Hughes. After
tossing an incomplete aerial and
dropping FIVE yards on a running
play, Mclaughlin whipped another
toss to Bob Mitchell. This ad-
vanced the ball to the Normal -
once more. And again II was Nc.
Laughiin swinging wide around
right end for a touchdown.
With such sensational duo run.
ming wild, Michigan Normal had
little chance OF offering dang
erous offense itself. The bare
statistics indicate this, While De-
troit was rolling up 372 yards from
scrimmage. the Hurons managed
bare 40. The Titans made "a first
downs, and Normal Just four.
The only scoring chance that
presented itself to Ypsilanti came
in dramatic fashion. On the very
last play of the game Capt. Walt
Sierra, who came in for the final
Is seconds, threw 30-yard pass
to End Lowell Beach. who scam
pered to the Detroit 10 before he
was downed.
Although the Huron team as
whole was weak defensively, three
individuals were outstanding. They
were. OF course, Barney Dyer, Dave
Gates and Beach, the old standbys.
The fast-charging Dyer put on
personal tackling exhibition that
easily caught the approval OF the
l6.i31 cash customers packed In
the Titan stadium. And Beach
made gains around his end a tough
proposition.
Coach Elton J. Rynearson alter.
mated two teams, while Charles +.
Gus Dorais, L. OF VI. leader, sub
stituted three elevens. The HUI.
rons kept on the defensive from
start to finish.
Besides Ghesquiere and Nc.
Laughlin. three other Titan backs
entered the scoring column. They
were Clyde Johnson. who plunged
one foot for the initial Detroit
goal in the opening quarter: Bob
keene, who snagged a short five
yard pass from Ghesquiere for a.
touchdown early in the third ses.
sion. and Joe Gensheimer, who
counted in the final chapter on
pass from Substitute Jack Buck.
Three extra points were place
kicked by Tackle Ted Pavelec, one
by Al Goodrich .and-one by Bob