'511 for Ohio

If Ohio State's hurrying Halfback Howard ("Hopalong") Cassady is not awarded a big block "S" for his vast contributions to Michigan State football, Michigan State's athletic authorities will be guilty of a sin of omission. While the Spartans were taking it easy last week, murdering Marquette 33-0, Hopalong ran wild, led a hopped-up Ohio State squad to an upset 17-0 victory over Michigan's Wolverines. The Buckeyes earned themselves their second Big Teh title in a row, but more important, by beating Michigan they bought Michigan State a ticket to the Rose Bowl.

It took Cassady and his team a little more than a quarter to start scoring; then they piled up points with amazing versatility. A field goal, a safety and two touchdowns put them so far in front that Michigan was never really in the ball game. Elusive and powerful, Cassady was a constant irritant to the outplayed Wolverines. Result: the Big Ten finished its season with some fine collegiate fisticuffs, for the Wolverines seemed to figure that, as long as they were beaten, they might as well beat up the enemy. In the final few minutes, the football almost disappeared under a pile of penalty markers.

It was an exceptionally profitable afternoon for Michigan State, but on the West Coast, U.C.L.A. served notice that a Rose Bowl victory might cost the Spartans a great deal more than their tickets to Pasadena. Even without the services of Pinup Boy Ronnie Knox, U.C.L.A. was far too tough for its cross-town rival, U.S.C. Behind the bruising drive of Tailback Sam Brown and Fullback Bob Davenport, the Bruins overpowered the Trojans 17-7, won their third straight Pacific Coast Conference championship and the unenviable privilege of trying to bottle up Michigan State's multiple offense come New Year's Day.

Elsewhere, other games added their share of autumn excitement: P: Notre Dame fought back in the final eight minutes to outscore stubborn Iowa 17-14.

P: In the snow-filled Yale Bowl, the erratic Elis stopped Harvard 21-7, to split the Big Three title three ways. But Princeton salvaged the Ivy League championship by sneaking past Dartmouth, 6-3. P: Hampered by injuries, West Virginia's Mountaineers played host to Syracuse for the first time and lost their second straight game, 20-13. P: Still riding high after its victory over Michigan, Illinois was tripped up by the Northwestern Wildcats, who have yet to win a game this season, and eked out a disappointing 7-7 tie. P: Unbeaten Maryland kept its record clean by holding off a stubborn George Washington team, 19-0. Meanwhile, Oklahoma, which will meet Maryland in the Orange Bowl, kept its own record clean by whipping Nebraska 41-0.

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