PAGE 42 DETROIT EVE\ IN G TIMES (PHOSE CHERRY SStOQ) Thursday, April 15, 1943 Sports World Stunned as Harmon Reported Missing By 11015 MTRIMIV r. «-st famous men ever to play the game of football, Arbor, were notified last night by Secretary of War April 8. Additional information \\ill be sent you ripping fangs deeper has been missing in the Lntin-Amcrica area since Henry L. Stimson. when received.” War plunge,(l its'tntel. into The telegram from the department I.t. Hannon April >. war said: was en route to a combat zone with the flesh of America’s sport's loving people today “The secretar> of war expresses deep regrets a squadrop of B-25’s. On the sides of the lumber, with the announcement that Lt. Thomas Dudley Toads parents. Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Harmon, that your son, Thomas I). Harmon, is reported he was flying was the sketch of a growling bulldog Hannon, Michigan’s grid (immortal, and one of the living in a new home Tom built for them in Ann missing in the Latin-American territory since dressed in Maize and Blue football togs with the number* "98.” which Harmon wore so gloriously at Michigan, stand- ing out prominently. Harmon’s plane was dubbed ‘‘Little Butch.” 'I his writer received a letter from Harmon on March 21 in which he said good-by. He was to leave his training f #4 base "shortly” for combat duty overseas. The next we read about Harmon was some 10 days ago fey. '|?W * when he was reported to be in Puerto Rica, cn route to one of the battle zones. "Just wanted to say good-by before going overseas,” wrote Harmon. “Please don’t reprint this letter as a lot of people will think I’m looking for headlines. “I’m just another guy going to war. And I hope to do m> part toward getting this thing over and returning to Ann Arbor. That’s where my heart will always be. "I won’t have ‘Kvvy’ ( Forest Kvashevski) along to a ®pj Jm elear the way on this adventure. Hut I’m really looking t f forward to getting into the middle of things.’’ - .¦* •.SjCW ] jQ / ItJ 'j-’iv :\&'j*’C' f Harmon enclosed pictures of his crew’ and of his plane. cmSP ;^i| Later these same pictures were officially sent all over the - country by the public relations department of the Army Air |B Force. •I#l &«*.¦SlflL WBH W Stim-immM**' 1 MSEBaSBk 1 'I WONT HAVE EVVY ... ON THIS 7 jM i|' fr&, i 'i' i ii 1 |"iii| i Croat as he was. Harmon missed the biggest ambition of his life while at Michigan. He never played on a team lEiir that licked Minnesota. 3I I Since joining the Army Air Force, Harmon several times, once on a ' coast-to-coast -.¦¦>. gßMfajfr. radio broadcast, said his ambition in this war was “to be one of the American fliers to bomb Berlin.” | It seems quite possible today that the fates have robbed him of this ambition, too. j Harmon was so strong and powerful, so full of life, that *; *V all those who know him refuse to believe he won’t show up i J7T somew’here. "Tom knows how to take care of himself,” his father said last night. "Allwe can do now is pray.*’ • Kvashevski. a lieutenant end of his sophomore year Harmon looked hack o n the season's record and noted that the one blot was 7-6 defeat by lo Hurl First Minnesota. His “That point after touchdown did Pal’s Alive It,” he said. “I'm promising Coach C riskr right now that he'll ha\e a plaeement “Old 98” roared to £rent pridiron touchdown scorinp record. H< IOWA C ITY. la., April 15 (INS)—Forrest Game in Detroit kicker m*\t season.” Harmon kept his feats at U. of M., as in this game picture also was awarded the* two major trophic? Fvashevski, former Fniversity of word. He practiced all summer. The next season Michigan did have of Tom Harmon. One of his accomplish- as the country's outstanding football Bv I.EO MU nOVFI.f, a placement kicker, and a good one. quarterback and Tom Harmon’s teammate for Thp name was Harmon. ments was surpassing Harold tßed) player while at University of Michigan. MINCIK. . three years, refused today to believe his friend Ind April 15 Harold Inc magnificent Harmon New is expected to draw also added punting to his grid w hotiser (bores as dead. I the honor of being ’lie first to his junior year and did well. But the Minnesota jinx g ip toh for the Tig* ¦ s in a game at ¦iiii on and tout w is the season Bob Zuppke-added more woe “I heard about it over the radio.” be said, Briggs Hi- year. to Michigan Harmon's <»roalncss Stadium s cause by sparking Illinois to one of the great up- ‘‘but I don’t believe it. Somehow, I feel Tom w ill Tho young bet hander prohahly sets of modern times. will ho on tho h.ll when tho Tigers show up alive before loop:. Harmon’s senior year found him breaking Is Told in Kcrords and Piratos engage each othet in records of all his Detroit Saturday. .kinds. He played one of the greatest games of his Michigan “With stamina and desire to live, it Now hm.'or and Stubby Ov rr- c trrer against the rnr, Golden Gophers of the North. Rut Michigan By \r havfs would require an awful lot to take away bis life. mire looked good as they pitched again bowed, 7-6. Tigers \;< Tom Karrrrn wa« no fla-h in his first gam® he gained but 27 I heard from Tom before be left, in which he the to tojy over tho the pan foctbail player. So many yards, playing only 16 minutes. Chicago Cubs at George Field HE COULD DO players leave high school with a He got a touchdown the next said he was very anxious to see combat duty. army aviation camp near Vin- EVERYTHING fabulous roro ri only to falter Saturday against Chicago. lie cennes. At tho rn-.l nf hia fontba !I t 'rrri Harmon wi, guampM ) radio, with v I rn faced w;th the s’erner com* payed his heart out against Min- “It’s bard to be rational and give a logical Paul ear he scored in ending a months training grind build a home for my mother and dad. institution of learning '‘where hi- even game hut his annual rnroun-| which was labeled "satisfactory" And it's got to be in Ann Arbor." ter with hig by Steve O'Neill. hat talents would he more appre- Minnesota His dayj I is exactly what he did. The same home w here a mother ciated it out at against lowa when 'tireatost of All*—lri*lor | Before the Tigers left Kvansville Harmon stuck was he and father sir today amid mingled mental Michigan and even when fame four times. His \ardage for the' AS LT. HARMON there was some puc-iion as to torture and hope. It j "In my greatest is the same home came 1 o him in his -enter year he sf'a'-nn went up to sSt rushing and hook Tom the of them all.” Fl it/ Cti-lec. ; whethi r AI t'nser would reporl on Harmon talked about in his last letter— tha head coach of Michigan, gu-h place did nothing that would hu?i h.i* fss p.,*smc never one to over a player or a option to Buffalo. I.eav ,ng for his he wanted to be after the war. performance, who couldn’t -ay chances of getting a degree on Manv believed he reached h * enough about Ilarmon when inter- home mar Decatur for a Msit Out of all the jobs off. viewed ny> the red him. Harmon chose sport* graduation peak a< a tumor and there would limes today. T'n-et told fiends there was a dav. « announcing. This was the thing he wanted to do for he a *’tjmp as a senior. But in Williams Wins "I.ike every one else I hope and pray Toni will he found alive ftossihility hie may "stay on the a career. KTORV OF HIS GROWTH 1 He was handling a job of nature ms first game of the final season and soon. It’s just doesn't make sense that he's gone for good. farm, as did Hal Mandeis wpcu this for WJR when the call to colors was sounded. }li« record on the football field he ian wild against California. He We’ll all cling t«» iho hope he is somewhere in the Latin-.\inericaii the pitcher icturnod to lowa lot sp«*ak* for itse f But most es all gained 1.31 v trds rushiVlg and jungle and will la* safe. a "visit.” stotv of his growth as Adam Bcngocshcn. GAVE it tell* the -cored foiu time*. He furnished First Match "I never saw another youngster like Toni. Both as a football second hase- CREDIT TO EVVY h football player. Thrre was no thrill af’er thrill to the roasi fans plaver and a friend he was tops. I never had a hoy easier to handle man. left Kvansville to join the. Hagerstown. . inking hack o> rr Harmon s illustrious at Michigan sudden hur«t es glory and then a w hn had come to believe their sec- y either on or oft the field. \ny suggestion vou made about his play- H.-ort- at Md where *T' career err- riNFFU/RST c April 13 training tain thrill-packed moments -e'tlirc bark to rest on his laurels ton was supreme in football He ing or his eonduct he was quirk to follow. Butt tin is Mu real Hr u :»t. return. i I I*> Second round matches pitcher, to In ms sophomore year Harmon H > greate-t day wa« hi« last one returned kickoffs and punts for an- m a also was sold Buffalo, s'ir'ed r Jit off with a smash- "I talked to his father on .Monday and he told me he was at g ] *-t nga.nst rs me gridiron. His great year other 1M yard- and romnleted five' ¦the forty-thud annual North- forma nee Minnesota that was 10 end tragicallv. Puerto Kirn. He was leading a charge against senior season nu« of passes. All this ;n just the Holden Gophers that surelv h.s nine Sorth Amateur Golf championship! "The lass tune I saw Toni was during the < hri-tmas holidays. c l,er- touchdown. extra point was missed, rrodexf son was Williams, he always gave the members of the team credit for his great work. In the second son a! triumphs and army' cor|x*ral from' j half the Wolverines were on the march again. only Mmne- In the army it was his crew. He brought all nine of Ihem home ‘Harmon broke through so* stopped him Against Camp Butncr. N. (’., against 1.t.l In War \evvs center and ran all the wav to midfield where SrrnlHirs i the at Christmas and thev all stayed at the Harmon home. Some slept e was stopped by the Gophers a S ‘ Gopher safety man. As he was tackled there * he threw touchdown Alfred .1. Keck r. N. R.. Wal-| « • VAICA in bed. some on the Moor and others wherever they eolild find room Michigan a t h let e figured was a ' fumble. Minnesota recovered T A g-vKj. p t i* beloved Wojveiines den. N. V and second-ranked 1 but all stayed with Tom. That's the way he did things.” prominently in war news I lie in came into p , .vester- lured Harold Van Kvcrv TV M Ps«-» »nt- r ' ¦'! rr.p*' los’ 7 to h The s. hied frosko, who had gone in Harmon, * for V*;<- I final appearance on the college against Knsigri C. started for Frf’h P*r» pr "t» Foster Biown '•*' ti:pped and fell. caught fi< f w s(-f>i | HANK fIRKK.NRKRfJ. former Beil the long, looping pass Rs'» r.\* C f ttl!. Jl r.C fieri he i three times l'. K N R Maplewood. V .1. two1 and P ur F-*r\ Tiger slugger, was promoted plays liter Wilbur Moore skirted end for a e.’ hio State Both William- and Strafaei, cn- 'lie Asked so touchdown. The NaRKaUASSFTT P < —Frnfi£ lieutenant captain. Gophers kicked goal and Michigan's great play Pa t< am 1 ! I< t the }'i. to fi rout of a> the result of from to was dimmed. a faxorites their- "Tom could have taken a an in Xir mnn was he •* .< jnh as Instructor the \rrm broken-hearted over the furnhlc R»|. He Hutk ’* |»roud B keyes He collected medal rourul tallies, had close v .c- | BXRNKI McCONKV, another Hai had committed. « y » Corps tmt lie insisted on combat service. That kind of spirit will He was inconsolable after the victory, despite cfToits of F f’h n At- v vards • u-hing and 5«)6 passing --tor ins in tfie opening round of other I igcr. and l)l(f\ KIKIM’K, teammates !, r.o-* Mfj see him through.” i d Krutig a teammate a and coaches to snap him out it. rH'TftPI ?• on gridiron. three-year now flier Michigan State halfback for the of Tr> k '1 r final rm the mutch play yesterday. Williams < that f • in the stationed at He, discussing lu« >n same field, his year, Michigan » navv, Clrosse was Harmon led - s veats Bumbaiger friend Tom on a n-ct -«1 P.*,r I'ut* H’ nr :»T H .e total leads edged out Tommy of last three seasons, were inducted inside ti • • drive Minnesota's five-yam line with II ishmc- . 131 yards, pasvmg 1 hot College. North i Harmon Into the naval air force. m the second half Mull- a>"l O ¦ <** I an Var-»‘«— and Strafaei < Johnny to get into \nd then the news thaf twist of fate tnA "¦ the tight as soon as possible. He was proud of the an unbelievable P r 'I!. Uh-tv !¦ foil" and total points eroft, I>ut ham. N. C. hv similar I T. TOM If \KMON is missing %-r.t M*c! iccord Many believe Harmon's performance against the r- margins. >ip , (( touchdowns in a 10-0 victory. Night Edition Code Key B\ IIUls || \| But TF.R -itv who -is passing stopped Surrounded by family, husband, somehow we like to remember Ins performance an *- T< n all Ann heads students Iter she autumn w slipped his around Tht T rr*« *l* v **s * • Ilarnion arm ( afternoon against Pennsylvania on Franklin ’|< r-njr,, ,• fervently believes raised their hats. unfolded, as site Field. KC r ¦ > *n# 1 \:l>or will re- and v iad Hint less the shoulders of his wife. • **- » * Harmon and Frank Reagan skMeh r«. a»p»Tl inn : ( sn» 6i*t . \ to his family and his time since yextetday afternoon, put on one of the greatest duels we rif They believe Tom Hainion. the "Torn will he hack, mother." »'*nair* r*#'» »h« .n the blue and have ever seen F'irst it would he Harmon with his running youngest of -i\ children, is alive white telegram which he -i id "He's strong and can and r • - passing and , * f r ! kicking. Then Reagan would come to R»1 Vn* Lr’r 'T n a t rViort t » 'd I t I- .1? T--ms th- flight the mecesnger hoy at the take of himself." hack have hi* - - faV cr 7fi-year-old will return from bomber had left care ’ I/>uis »• a¦-1 ?a- I'nj*1) •' turn. # v I r i if Ihr 1 Th* rerVA rum* »rr*»'* ON V Hariuon I s mother. Rose. 67 his on which the .secretary war yes- door.1 Mrs Harmon smiled up at him Ait' f'fiff’f I'hev did everything in the hook, hut Harmon and his Michigan hi - iher !x»uis Detroit, anti terday reported him mining in Again she "I know you’re right, dad," PP IN t of his thej read it: .mates finally triumphed. IVTFD COPr' T ; . ¦l * f t »y f Ct , t *, r « fn •• she said pated Tt* A* l"T tefr rrnrw t sisieis. Mrs Bertram Jensen of Latin-American area. "The secretary of war cv- and his hand Not the bis accomplishments '* least of was ht« record of » L'37 A 14 fs »-1 < 1 lit: I ?>* I Ann Att-or and 3* fame- Con- Just ,m hour before the mass. pre*\p* his regret that your son. Kvon more confident than }far-' ** points scored during his thiee a. s *; » • \eais Harmon scored 35 touchdowns, It 04 t i* k i w'id;Nf of G.c y iin a t>i prayer Mrs Harmon tired anti worn after ind I f Thomas l>. Harmon, Is mnn s parent* are his brother if *A NT* O. IA | 7 it sisters, who Illinois I I ls I n as W JO I group ¦*! friend l a- the a sleephs*. night *at in the living reported missing in the Latin- came over a three-year penod. AS / -<¦ priest intoned the immediately join their parents maiestic words loom of the beautiful home tins \merlcan area since April H. \d- to Like many others, this wijter mu«t string along »he they that Tom Har- of -on had built for them in one ol ditional information will he sent when heard the news. mon he safe en every will found F> the demons of wouldn't dare put »;:-h ’t IN Thi PjHT the fme-t residential sections of you as received.” Almost member of the him out he t *, » I-X It I.r action f niff .•*?, ft #1 np of until realizes that ambition of "a crack at i •; Ji liiC ch.ija.i with firm step and lifted Ann Arbor. 1 Louis Ilarmon. her white-haired, .(Continued on Next Vane, Col. 4) Beilin.''