Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-16
Their Charges
Lead 10 Safety
And Touchdown
BY HAROLD KAHL


When Gus Dorais. University ~
Detroit football coach. sets out TO
win any particular game. he's a
hard man 10 beat At the start
of the season. ne said there were
two. Villanova and Arkansas. he
would rather win than all the rest.
All because il was these two
elevens that kept his Titans from
a perfect season last year by the
margin OF only four points. Villa
nova by one, TO, and Arkansas
by three, SO.
Half of his objective has been
realized today in the wake of De-
troit's 80 victory over Villanova
before l1,755 spectators at u
stadium here yesterday. Arkansas!
the other half, comes up for de-
cision here next Saturday after
noon.
The victory not only was well
earned and we'll deserved over
rival that has been a ink for years
but was in the form of a birthday
present TO Bud Boeringer, the pop
ular and likable Detroit line coach.
Bud was SO years old last Friday
and the boys promised him a pres
Ient--a victory over Villanova.
THEY TAME WILDCATS
That Soeringer's linemen were
the deciding factor in the ball
game made the present one ne
values more highly than all the
rest he received. They gave the
best exhibition of any line he ever
coached since he came here IN
1927. They harrasSed the Wild
cats from start 10 finish and never
permitted them to get going.
The game was only a. few nin-
utes old when Charley Ruth. De-
troit right end. broke through and
tackled Steve Pritko for a safety
when he fumbled and recovered on
an attempted punt from his own
l4-yard line.
A little later in the first period
Jack Burke. Detroit left guard, set
the stage for the only touchdown
when he shot through partially 10
block Al Postus' punt and the IT,
tans gained possession on Villa
nova's %. Tom Senffner scored
from the s by skirting right end
and Hart converted.
How the Titans dominated the
lplay is shown in the statistics.
They made nine first downs. eight
by rushing and one on q penalty,
Ito 'Villanova's seven. six by rush.
ing and one on pass. The Titans
showed net gain of l72 yards to-,
Villanova's 90 and lost II 10 theiA
opponents 36.
For two teams that specialize in
the forward pass both were away
off form. Detroit tried nine and
completed two for Is yards. while
iVillanova completed three, one be-
hind the line Of scrimmage, for
only Ii yards. Detroit intercepted
four and Villanova two.
What Elmer ''Tippy' Msdarik,
Detroit's star left half, lacked in
passing he more than made up for
in running and punting He carried
the ball % times for net of 100
yards. Postus. Villanova's best.
carried 10 times for 66.
The flip of a coin before the
start OF the game also played an
important part in Detroits VIC
tory. Capt. Don Hughes won the
toss and chose the south goal and
elected to kickoff because strong
southwest wind was blowing. That
put Villanova in hole from which
il never recovered.
QUICK-KICK GETS RESULTS
At the outset Villanova was
pushed back from It's 20 TO its IA,
and then bucking the wind. Pritko
punted out on his own "a. The Ti-
tans rushed 10 the "a in three
plays only 10 have Madarik tumble
going off left tackle and Villanova
\ recovered.
II Only few minutes later NADIA
Irik quick-kicked from his own al
out Of bounds on Villanovas 4.
Dropping back to punt on the first
play, Pritko fumbled the ball from
center and when he recovered
Ruth tackled him in the end zone
for safety.
Right after Villanova kicked Off
from its 20 the Titans started
down again when Hughes returned
from his 80 to the Wildcats 43.
They got as far as the n and
PoStus ended this threat ternro-
rarily when he intercepted NADIA
rik's pass on his and ran it back
to his s.
After two plays gained only 4
yards. Postus had his punt parti-
ally blocked by Burke and the ban
was downed on Villanova's %.
On a spinner Pearl bucked CEN
ter 10 the Is and Madarik fol-
lowed up off left tackle 10 the 7.
He added another off the same
spot before handing the ball 10
Senffner. who swept Villanovas
right end to score. Hart's place.
kick for the extra point split the
uprights.