Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-11-08
Sport Notes
Off the Cuff
BY Oscar Newman

an upset last Saturday. From the
start Of the second half, there wal
no question as 10 who would have
possession Of the coveted Brown
jug. But In going down in defeat
the Gophers, during the first half
played better than In any game
this season. Their blocking wal
clean and hard with q well-balanced
offensive which for = few crucial
minutes befuddled the entire Vol.
VERNE team.
Gene DeFFieOtte proved 10 Be
more deceptive than anticipated.
His style Of running was . com
binatiOn Of speed, power, and
very flexible hip action. Mime
sofas quarterback, Carl Sand
berg, will probably agree with
the last statement, as he slid
about three feet Wheh he grabbed
an arm full Of air instead Of
Gene.
Len FOFd's play was confined
mainly 20 the role Of deeOy, a.
Minnesota had two men working
on him whenever he was on the
field. From where I was sitting
these same two guys didn't seem
too happy over the Job desiE-
mated FOR them, u expressions
were the Judge Of their feelings.
Bob Mann, 1877 pounds Of dy-
Mantle, was one Of the individual
stars. His best performances
were In the closing quarters an
he altsFnatsd with Ford In the
end position.
The pass caught by Mann from
DerTicotte, was difficult 20 get "a
the Gophers had three men with
Bob In the end zone. How he man.
aged 10 pluck that pass out Of the
air and slude those Gophsrs was
an example Of some pretty fair
maneuVers for any baekheld man,
let alone an end.
Some Of the daily papers seem.
cd % be too busy finding alibis
for the GOpheFs' defeat 10 let
the public know q little more Of
what went on In that game. The
oversight may not have been
deliberate, but II was unfOFtu-
nate.
Elsewhere on gridiron fields, Ne
groes made their presence felt "a
usual. JackAOn's lone touchdown
was nulllhsd when Yale was ruled
oifside, but his pass 70 Dick Jenk.
ins resulted In one Of Yals'a Ave
touchdowns against Dartmouth.
EN- Tunnel was one Of the ma.
jor parts In the Hawksye offensive
In IOwa's game with Illinois. He
connected with three passes In the
closing minutes Of the game.
On the opposing side, Ike Owens,
right end. and Buddy Young, In.
dulRed in some Of the work OF
breaking down the Iowa forward
wall. Mel Gro0mes' sticky fingers
were distinctive factors In gather.
ing those bullet passes Of Ben
Raimondi In Indiana's win over
Illinois.
Wallace Triplett, a reserve Phil.
adelphiR State hAlfback, rOared
into sporting world prominence by
squirming and wigRling his way on
two excursions across FOrdham's
goal line.
Nevada University AthIetic
Board members deserve q lot Of
wsll-eArned praise after they voted
unanimously 10 cancel their game
with Mississippi State because of
their Negro stars, Bin Bass and
Horace Gillom.
The southern state officials wrote
TO Nevada stating the practice Of
pitting Negroes against white play.
ers was additionally banned in the
South and their own state wouldn't
violate the old custom. Wonder
what these same officials SOM
did, not so very long ago, when the
only foxhole near enough 10 hide
their lily white hides from q not
too particular bullet, housed q Ne
gro. They certainly didn't have
time 10 read of n lot Of foolish
anti-eolor laws. This situation d
the same only under slightly differ.
ent circumstances,
In the boxing worlds
Mike Jacobs Eo-cRllsd boxing
monopoly II being raped rather
consistently by the National Box
Ing Association. MIA. claims
JRcobs Ii freezing out Charlie Bur.
ley former local hghtsr) from q
crack At the middlsweight title
Abe Green, MIA president, calls
the Jacobs regime "a monopoly
with n vengeance" Using contracts