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New Years Day Game

New Years Day Game
BY the Assecioisd Press
EVANSTON, ILL.,, Nov. 20.-North-
Westerns Rose Bowl Express, gath
ering steam behind a great running
attack, made just a whistle stop out
of Illinois today.
The Wildcats of Coach Bob Voigts
rolled to 20-7 triumph over the
Illini, their last hurdle enroute to
Pasadena and the New Years day
classic. They all but clincned the
trip, which must be formally ap-
proved by the Big Nine conference.
They closed the regular campaign
with 5-1 Big Nine record for Sec
ond place and a season mark Of
To. The Cats lost only to unde-
feated Michigan, which repeated for
the Big Nine crown today by down.
ing Ohio State, and to unbeaten
Notre Dame. Michigan is ineligible
to return to the Rose Bowl.
5000 See Battle.
A chilled capacity crowd of $4,000
in Dyche Stadium cheered North
western to its triumphal finale over
its traditional conference foe.
The wildcats tipped II yards in
eight plays for a first quarter
touchdown and turned q pair OF
breaks into two more counters in
the second period to lead 200 at
halftime.
The Wildcats, who outrushed
Illinois 239 yards to 149, looked
their best in their 71-yard scoring
surge. Frank Aschenbrenner, speedy
halfback, touched it of with a IT.
yard sprint and capped 1t with a
23-yard scoring scamper of tackle
as Guard Eddie Nemeth threw a
key block.
In the second quarter, Northwest
ern punched out its second tally. on
one of those one-in- season fukes.
Illinois, behind Sam >Piazza's "a
yard run, had rammed to the North
western 81. From there, Bernie
Krueger's short pass was juggled in
midair by Russ Steger. Peewee Day
jumped up and stole it. ran five
yards then lateralled to End Chuck
Hagmann. Hagmann, q big bruiser
who has been nursing a leg injury,
forgot about his troubles long
enough to gallop 65 yards to score.
Pass Play Clicks.
Later in the second quarter,
Northwestern'S quarterback. Don
Burson, who attempted only two
passes in the brisk winds which
swept the gridiron. hit Joe Zuravleff,
whose broken arm is in cast, for a
23-yard touchdown.
The scoring play was set up when
Illinois was penalized IS yards for
clipping after taking the kickoff
following the Wildcats previous
touchdown. The penalty put Illi-
nois back to it's own 1-yard line.
Dixie Eddleman's punt against the
wind went only "a yards and Day
returned it to the %. Burson then
passed to Zuravleff for the score.
Jim Farrar, after missing the first
conversion, booted the two other
extra points for Northwestern.
Burt Schmidt; a second string
fullback, and Tommy-gun Kruger
made Illinois click in the third
quarter.
A Northwestern tumble was re-
covered by Herb Siegert OF Illinois
on the Illini 80 to fuse 70-yard
march in nine plays. Kruger and
Schmidt mixed passing and running
plays to the Northwestern "a. Then
Krueger, on a jump pass, rifled the
ball % yards to Slip Kersulis. Two
plays later Krueger sneaked across
and Don Maechtle booted the point.
ILLINOIS.
Left ends-Klimek. Smith. Maechtle.
Left saards-dotttried, Mar.isp.so:
Right guarGs-sieeert, Archer:
Right ends-kersuliS. VaIek, Dlmlt.
Observation-Disclosures, Malinsky, Stew
art. Gallagher
Left halfba acks-Piazza. IaZire
Right NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Patterson
Fullhacks--Steger, Schmidt.
NORTHWESTERN.
Left ends-zuravlen, stonesifer, Thomas
Knauer.
Left tackIes-Msddock. Eseers.
Left guards-Nemeth, Ietecha. Parse
gian.
Center-Sarkisian
Right guards-F Day, Pantera, Ander-
Right taekles-cernoch, Forrhan. Bar
Right ends-Ha gmann, Keddie.
Quarterbacks -Burson, Farrar. Yung-
wirth
Left halfbacks-Aschenbren Peewee
Right hafbaoks-Tunniciiff. worthins-
Fullbacks. Murakowski. sundheim, Per-
ricone, Rossi
Illinois g q
Illinois scoring: Touchdown, Kruger.
Point after touchdown, Maechtle tplace-
kick).
Northwestern scoring: Touchdowns,
Aschenbrenner, Hagmann. Zuraved.
Points after touchdown: Farrsr (2) (place.