Detroit evening times., 1942-09-28
.Fdvorites Flop,
Underdogs Rise
In Grid0peners
BY EDGAR HAYES

Footballs first big Saturday OF
1912 has come and gone. Hopes
once high have fallen and where
gloom prevailed there is dew and
sunshine. That is the case in
many parts OF the country.
Notre Dame. hailed as the best
college team in the land, was held
to a tie. Great Lakes. called too
strong for college competition,
was completely outplayed and
humbled by a spectacular Michi-
gan eleven. Proud Navy ex-
pected TO have its best eleven in
years fell before an underrated
Williams and Mary team. So IL
was down the list. In brief here
il is:
OH BOY, OH BOY, OH BOY
Michigan comes up with a colorful
offense and brilliant forward wall
to turn back the great collection
Of pros and college graduates
called the Great Lakes Navy
Training Station No fluke
this. the Wolverines completely
outplayed and outfought the big
ger. heavier and more eXperi-
enced sailors all the way.
MORAL VICTORY
NOTRE DAME SYSTEM VS..
THE frank Leahy, Notre
Dame coach, shifted to the famed
T formation this fall and assem-
bled what many said was to be
Notre Danes greatest team. Wis
consisn, under Harry Stuhldreher,
one of the Four Horsemen of
Notre Dame, stuck with the time
honored Notre Dame system. First
returns, no decision. Teams battle
to tie. But ii is a moral victory
for Wisconsin, the underdog In
the contest.
SCOURGE OF THE NORTH
Bernie Bierman has moved his the
ater of operations from Minnesota
to Iowa Pre-Flight Cadets, but it's
the same old story. Power and lots
of IL for Bierman. Grief and lots
of it for the competition. Saturday
the Iowa Cadets, who play Mime
sofa next Saturday and then come
TO MiehigaH,.beat very good
Northwestern eleven, 20 to II.
SHADOWS OF COMM
EVENTS-Ohio State swamps
Fort Knox, So to 0. Minnesota, Big
Ten champions, in their first start
under new coach George Hauser.
scored at will against weak
Pittsburgh eleven. so to 7. Illinois,
playing its first game in 80 years
without Bob Zuppke as coach, got
seven touchdowns for the new
mentor Ray Eliot to bury North
Dakota. as to 0. With Bill Hillen-
brand in high gear. the Hoosiers
of Indiana set new scoring rec
ord for their stadium, whipping
Butler, SO to 0. Iowa surprised a
good Nebraska eleven and won. 27
to 0. after a scoreless first period.
BINGo, DOWN THEY GO
THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN
and Mary 3. Navy O..
Tennessee 0, South Carolina O..
Washington State 6, Stanford o..
Tulane 27, University of Southern
California 13. Dartmouth II, Holy
Cross 6.
HATS OFF TO-Clarence Mum,
line coach of Michigan, who devel-
oped forward wall that outplayed|
Great Lakes, although outweighed|
25 pounds to the man.
SATUR RID AY'S CHILDREN
The Michigan line. Bob Chappius,
who threw the touchdown pass for
the Wolverines. and Paul White,
who caught it. Bob Wiese. a sopho-
more who played so minutes in his
first game at fullback. GEORGE
Ceithaml. who did a flawless job
Of running the Michigan eleven.
Pat Rarder, who spanked Wiscon-
sin in their tie with Notre Dame.
Bill Hillenbrand, who led the In.
diana offense with a 60-yard touch
down in the first two minutes of
play. Big Bill Daley OF Minnesota,
who scored four touehdowns. Bob
Steuber of Missouri, who scored
three touchdowns, one on a 53-
yard romp.
GOOD START-Clark Shaugh-
messy. who left Stanford to take
over at Maryland, led his team to|
a 34-to-0 win over Connecticut.
SERVICE TEAMS - JIMMY
Crowley's North Carolina re-fiightI
school trimmed Harvard. 13 to o;
Georgia Cadets IL, Pennsylvania
6; Iowa Cadets 20. Northwestern
IL; Il; Michigan 9, Great Lakes O;
Princeton %. Lakehurst Training
School 6; st. Mary's pre-fiightI
School 9, Oregon o.
LONGEST RUN OF THE DAY
-Pittsburgh's Tony DiMatteo's
9S-yard return of a kickoff against
Minnesota.