Evening star., 1947-10-12
Cadets Pushed
|AII Over Field
before65,o00
Big Ten Champs Driv'
DownfieId Repeatedly
But Fail to Score
. BY The Assoeiotsd Press


NEW YORK, Oct. 1l.-A powerful
Illinois eleven pushed Army all over
Yankee Stadium today, but the
Black Knights from West Point
defended their goal line tenaciously
and at the conclusion of the rough
struggle before $1,000 the two un-
defeated elevens settled for a score
less tie.
Repeatedly the Rose Bowl champ
ions from Champaign drove deep
into Cadet territory, once missing
"a field goal from the 15-yard line
and again piling up on the Army Z,
while the Cadets, showing no passing
attack whatever, made only one
rather puny gesture at the Illtni
goal.
Army thus completed It's 3lst
successive game without a loss and
only scoreless ties to mar the great
string, but few Of those In today's
big crowd were ready to place the
latest model from the plains in
quite the same class with the Blan-
chard-Davis machine of the last
three seasons. The Cadets did not
complete a single pass today, and
attempted only one in the second
half.
Rowans Saves Day for Army.
Illinois, working on an eight
game winning streak, brought East
a rugged, hard-tackling line which
stopped Army,s running attack cold
when 1t counted. The big and fast
Illinois backs, led by Russ Steger and
Art Dufelmeier, repeatedly threat
ened to rip through to scores, but
never quite brought it off.
Jim Rawers, rangy Army end,
saved the day for Army with one
fine tackle in the first quarter. Illi-
nois had reached the Cadets 7 on
six plays after Lou Agase had inter-
cepted the first Army pass thrown
on the "a. On third down Steger
attempted to plunge through off his
own right tackle, and Rawers met
him and smashed him back yards.
That halted the Illini.
Only the clock prevented the Big
Ten champs from scoring just be-
fore the first half ended. With
Steger and Eddleman shredding
Army's forward wall and the in
vaders' crack passer, Perry Moss,
hitting his ends. Illinois put on a
67-yard drive that gained
a first down on the Army with 10
seconds left to play.
Realizing they probably could
complete only one play before the
gun sounded, the Illini gambled on
a field goal from the Is. Their luck
was wretched. Tom Gallagher, who
was to hold the ball while Don
Maechtle attempted the placement,
fumbled the snap-back from center,
and when Maechtle finally was
able to lay his foot to the igskin
he managed only wild shot to the
left of the posts.
Penalty Nullif1es Dash.
The fates continued to badger Illi-
nois right through the second half.
Early in the third quarter Eddleman
broke loose on a weaving 29-yard |
run which carried him down to
Army's II, but penalty for clipping
the dash.
Again in the third period Moss
began hitting his receivers with |
bullseyes, and on a succession of
completions to End Sam Zatkoff the
Illinoi spurted Is yards down to the
Army "a. Then, with the Cadets /
aerial defense spread wide open,
Moss pitched a beauty which hit
squarely on the 20. The
tall Illinois halfback tucked il in and
started to run through almost az
clear field, but as he turned the ball
squirted from his hands, and Bill
Gustafson, Army quarterback, finally
recovered it on the IL.
Twice in the final period Illinois
drove into Army's end of the field,
once reaching the 26-yard mark
and again attaining the 80 before |
the Cadets defense stiffened. With
the goal in sight, Moss couldn't find
q receiver at that stage, and the |
Army forwards were rushing him
hard. /
Army muffed its one real scoring
opportunity in the second quarter
when Eddleman got off a poor kick
from behind his own goal line and
Johnny Shelley, Cadet halfback,
raced it back 8 yards to the Illinois
3d.. In four thrusts at the Illinois
line by Elwyn tRipD Rowan and
Bobby Stuart, Army gained a first
down on the visitors "a.
Last-Down Pass Fails.
There an offside penalty set the
Cadets back S yards. In two more
drives the Cadets took it back to
the 20, their closest approach to the
[llini goal, but on fourth down Gus
pass into the end zone
[ound no receiver.
Moss showed the Eastern critics
some fine passing. He completed
half OF his 20 throws for total gains
of 81 yards. He might have COM
pleted more, but he was extremely
vary of interceptions and didn't
turn the ball loose unless he saw a
clear target.
Pos. Army. Illinois
lie RaWers Zatkof