Evening star., 1955-11-20
STATISTICS

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saw . superior Buckeye squad
grind up the Wolverines by q
wider margin than reflected by
the score. Not only did Michigan
fail to win the trip TO the Tour
nament Of Roses, not until the
final moments today did the
wolverines even penetrate past
the midfield stripe. And then q
penalty for unsportsmanlike con-
duct chiefly was responsible.
Goalpost Down
The Wolverines did not even
have a goalpost at which to kick
lin case they had scored. The
steel bars went down a minute
and so seconds before the final
whistle. In the Anal 5 minutes
the orange-red flags Of the of
lficials were sailing in the air or
Lying on the ground after almost
every play and from the stands
hundreds of snowballs pelted
Buckeyes and Wolverines alike.
Two Of Michigan's top starters.
End Ron Kramer and Tackle
Lionel Sigman were elected from
the game and free-for-alls
among the Yabid fans were nar-t
rowly averten. Hundreds
swarmed on the Aeld before the
'iinal whistle thinking that q
wolverine time -put with 4 sec
-onds left was the end Of the
game.
a 6-poirt underdog. Ohio
State finished the season beaten
by Stanford and Duke but win
ner Of all six OF its Big Ten
games. Michiean State has q
5-l record In the conference and
Michigan a So mark.
Cassady Big Gun
The big gun was. as usual.
Howard fHopalong) Cassidy.
| I2l-year-oId Columbus halfback
who was winding up his college
career. In addition to his bril-
liant punt and kickoff returns.
plus pass ipterception. Cas-
sadly carried % times for q net
/ Of l46 yards. or 81 more than
IMichigan's entire ground game
rolled up. He also scored the
first touchdown to make 1t 30
early In the final period.
|. Only for one complete period
did Michigan give Ohio State
la hard time. Both teams. were
Econtent to feel each other out.
but with the start Of the second
Quarter the power Of the Buck
Ieyes became evident. Statistics
don't always mean much, but
they did today. state made 20
first downs to five and gained 1888
yards rushing TO 95. Neither side
showed much Of q passing at
tack. Ohio State gaining a mere
| four yards on one completed pass
and Michigan only IA on three
connections.
Cassidy, Of course. was not
the whole show. Quarterback
FRANKLIN Ellwood and Halfbacks
Don Sutherin and Don Vicic were
q big help to Cassidy in the
lbackfield, while Ohio States big
line was too much for Michigan's
ball carriers, headed by Lou
IBaldacci. Terry Barr and Tony
lBranoh.
Buckeye Drive Stalls
Just momentariiy and just
barely was Ohio State in the
wolverines. territory in the OPEN
ling period but the Buckeyes be-
gan to take full command after
Cassidy returned q punt to his
own % early in the second quar-
tier. In 13 plays, Ohio State moved
Ito the seven before the drive
stalled. Sutherin was stopped
/ icold and a pass. Ellwood to
| ISutherin on the goal was caught
out Of bounds. On fourth down
came the word from Coach
/ Woody Hayes: kick.
With Ellwood holding. Right
End Fred Kriss kicked from his
Ia. It was ironic that, while
outplaying Michigan by such q
wide margin. Ohio State OBJ
.ltained only q 80 lead, and that
'|by a fluke.
1 Kriss' boot was hardly q clas-
Isle. The ball grazed the left up
fright but caromed properly for
iOhio State and the score was 80
Keyed Up After Half
Coming out after lavish
band show between halves. Ohio
State was the keyed-up team
Cassady returned the kickoff
from his own end zone to the
l36 and the Buckeyes marched
down to Michigan's four. where
on fourth down Ellwood, trying q
Jump pass. fumbled. Tom Maentz
recovered for the home side and
lie looked like q big break fol
Michigan at the time. although
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