The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-12
PITT HALFBACK
 SHOWS CLASS IN
 DIFFICULT JOB.
DuttOn Goes From 9th to 3rd Against Ohio State;
 Offers Best Kicker
By TOMMY DEVINE United Press Staff Correspondent

(Untted Press Stan COrreSpOndent)
 Chicago, Nov. 12-(UP)-Unher- aided Bill Dutton today carried on a one-man crusade against football emphasis at the University of Pittsburgh.
 Dutton is the left halfback of the ''pure" Partners, and despite the mediocrity of his supporting cast, took over third place in total of- fense among the nations college ball carriers according to the latest compilations of the American Foot ball Statistical Bureau.
 Dutton hopped from ninth place in the standings to third place tins week and his jump was made at the expense of one of the nations strongest teams, Ohio State. While Pitt was being tounced 59 to 19 by the Bucks, Dutton gained 15l ards in % attempts. The Panther back now has gained 1120 yards for the 236 times he's handled the ball in seven contests.
 Real Rivals
 The mark was made against uni fornily tough opposition from Minnesota, s out hern Methodist, Great Lakes, Indiana, Duke, Car negie Tech and Ohio State.
 The individual leader remains Frankie Sinkwich of Georgia with 1919 yards in eight games. Paul Governali of Columbia is second with 1904 yards. In fourth pjlace, back of Dutton, is Roy Mckay of Texas and Ray Evans of Kansas is fifth.
 Sophomores dominate the indi- vidual ball carrying, occupying three of the top five spots. The newcomers are Rudy Mobley Of Hardin Simmons, in first place, Gene Fekete of Ohio State, third, and Elroy Hirsch of Wisconsin, fifth.
 Mobley has gained 1883 yards in 122 attempts to hold a wide lead over second place Bob Steuber Of Missouri who has an aggregate ot TIC yards on 95 ball carrying at tempts. Both Mobley and Steuber are travelling at record-breaklng paces. The Hardin Simmons soph- omore has averaged 84 yards per try and Steuber 81 yards, well above the all-time mark Steuber set a season ago when he averaged 7.5 yards on 113 plays.
 Gillette Improves
 Evans and Governali are en- gagged in bitter fight for the for ward passing lead, but it was Turnbull Gillette of Virginia who took the weeks individual honors Gillette moved from 10th to fourth place by completing B out of 35 passes against Washington and Lee for a seasonal record. Evans has 75 compilations in 154 attempts and Governali 73 compilations in 1s6 tries. Governan's losses have been good for 1197 yards tops in that department, and for IT touch- downs.
 Bobby Offers of Tennessee leads in bunting with an average of 44,9 yards on 28 kicks and Cullen Rogers of Texas A. & M. is thetop pass receiver with 27 catches.
 Four teams-Georgia, Tulsa, Ohio State and Missouri-are compiling record-breaking offensive averages. Each is above the record mark of 375.4 yards per game set by Colo rado in 1887. Georgia leads with 433.9 yards per contest, Tulsa has a APT yard average, Ohio State 422.3 and Missouri 304.
 Tulsa's domination of defensive honors was ended by Miami CFla) university. Miami leads in total defense with a mark of e3.5 yards per game and in pass defense With 28.8 yards. Tulsa is second in both departments.