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...rated Michigan State had its hands full subduing hopped-up Purdue, 14-7, for its 21st straight victory. An alert goal-line pass interception by State Linebacker Doug Weaver, with three minutes to go, saved a possible tie. Purdue, now twice beaten (Notre Dame was the other winner), is still top dog in the Big Ten. An Illinois upset of Michigan, 22-13, may have smoothed Purdue's Rose Bowl-bound path...
...Boyle at the other halfback post. Warner is fast and versatile. Fry, who boots the extra points, is a hard worker, and Boyle, who weighs 190 pounds is big and tough. Yet they have made high schoolish mistakes this year, getting crossed on simple pass patterns. Doug Melville, a sophomore who still has a lot to learn, will play safety...
There were other journalistic hazards far from the convention hall itself. A column by Scripps-Howard's Robert Ruark ("Doug was a dud as a keynoter") was stopped after it turned up alongside an editorial praising General MacArthur's speech as "A Call to Arms." Hearst papers killed a Pegler column saying Eisenhower is "a stupid man [and] I will do all I can to prevent his election...
...wonder if it is as clear to General MacArthur, as it must be to most American voters, that his notion that no general is qualified for the presidency places him in a Doug in the manger attitude...
...Doug In the Manger...