Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
Statistics


rain in the final period, saw the
great Illinois quarterback engineer
his teammates to a surprising
victory in the Shrine benefit for
crippled children. The West team.
loaded with All-America stars.
had lined up as the six-point IA
vorite.
The Eastern team came from
behind to win with a 71-yard
passing and ground drive. O'Con-
nell threw three passes-among
the 81 he completed for his
record-in the march through the
mud.
Extra Point Does 1t.
With the ball on the 5-yard
line, he handed off to Halfback
Billy Reynolds of Pittsburgh. who
swept around the Vests right end
behind great blocking to score.
Bob Haner of Villanova made his
conversion score perfect for the
day - three for three - as he
booted the winning point.
In the same period, the West
had gone into a 20-l4 lead when
All America Quarterback Don
Heinrich of Washington passed
IA yards to an All-America half
back, Billy Vessels of Oklahoma.
Fleet Billy ran Is yards more to
score.
Both teams scored touchdowns
in the first and second quarters.
but the East led at halftime. 14-l3.
due to a missed extra point.
Besides the capacity crowd.
millions saw the game on ma
tional telecast over the DuMont
network. It was also broadcast
over the Mutual radio network.
O'Connell Voted Award.
The vast audience saw O'Connell
win the plaudits of the crowd and
become voted the most valuable
player of the 1852 contest. His
81 competitions out of 81 throws
bettered the old mark of IA out
of 81 set by Don Klosterman Of
Loyola Of Los Angeles for the
West in last years game.
O'Connell's passes were good for
a total of $50 yards. That beat
the old mark of 1872. set by Clyde
LIE Force of Tulsa for the West in
1947.
Paul Decker, Michigan State
end, caught nine of O'Connell's
losses, breaking the mark of seven
set in 1887 by Elmer Dohrman Of
Nebraska for the West. Harry
Babcock of Georgia equaled this
mark by taking seven passes from
O'Connell.
The thrill-packed game was
played under skies so gloomy that
the stadium lights had to be
turned on in mid-afternoon.
Recovered fumbles paved the
way for three of the touchdowns.
Early in the first quarter, J. D.
Kimmel, giant Houston guard,
recovered a tumble by O'Connell
on the East IA. CALIFORNIA; hard
hitting fullback. Johnny Olszew.
ski, drove the last six yards
through left guard.
The East's Billy Reynolds
rushed in to block the try for
point by Nebraska's Bob Rey-
nold's
BabcOck Scores on Pass.
Late in the same period, Ohio
States Tony Curcillo recovered
Olszewskis tumble on the West
20-yard marker. The East moved
the ball up to the 6. From there,
IO'Connell passed to Babcock in
the end zone. Haner's conversion
put the East ahead, 7-6.
4 The East scored from the West
% in the second period after Bob
'O'Nell, defensive end from Notre
Dame. recovered a tumble by Bob
Reynolds. O'Connell completed
one pass to Gene Goldman of In
diana for nine and another to
Left Halfback Don McAuliffe of
Michigan State for eight. Nc
tAuliffe drove through left tackle
for the last yards. Haner again
converted to put East ahead, 1916.
The West came back to score
on a 69-yard drive after Olszew-
(See EAST-WEST, Page B-3)