TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1 9 5THTHE MICHIGAN DAILY
Sisinyak Moves
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TILLOTSON IN ITALY:
'M' Cager Plays Abroad
-Daily-Robert Kanner
WELCOMES FRESHMEN-New freshman grid coach Don Dufek welcomes his new group of freshman
football players. Yesterday's get-together "was the first official practice session for the yearlings.
They are asseml led in the baseball stands at Ferry Field where Dufek gave them preliminary
instructions.
Fullback Switches To Fill Vacancy;
Injuries to Byers, Syring Cause Change
By HAL APPLEBAUM v
Fullback Gene Sisinyak has al-
ways been in the background on
Michigan's football scene and now
for the first time he may have a
chance to step into the limelight,
but this time as a center.
For two years Sisinyak has been
a reserve fullback. Playing less
than 200 minutes in the last two
years his future looked bleak at
the start of practice sessions this
season.
Moved to Center
Until last Saturday he had been
running as fourth string fullback
but then first string center Dick
Syring was injured in a scrim-
mage and the Wolverines were
left with only two available cen-
ters, Bill Dickey and Bill Mac-
Phee.
Yesterday, Sisinyak took his
first lessons in the art of playing
center from Coach Jack Blott. If
he can master his new position in
less than one week he will see
c o n s i d e r ab l e 'action against
Southern California on Saturday.
Head Coach Bennie Oosterbaa
said of the move, "We will mainly
try to use Sisinyak at the defen-
sive center post which is lineback-
er. As a fullback Sisinyak played
linebacker too, the only difference
is that he will play on the other
side of the line. We don't know
who we will use on offense. We
hope Syring will recover from his
injury enough to see limited serv-
ice."
Syring Injured
Syring, winner of the Morton
Trophy last spring, suffered a
painful hip bruise in last Satur-
day's scrimmage. Team physician
Dr. Albert Coxon and trainer Jim
Hunt were pessimistic on his
chances of returning to action by
Saturday. Both agreed, however,
that he would be fully recovered
for the Michigan State game
Oct. 4.
Jim Dickey took Syring's place
in the first string line-up today
while Sisinyak broke in with the
fourth string. Dickey will in all
probability 'get the starting as-
signment come Saturday.
New Lineup
Today's first team line-up con-
sisted of Gary Prahst left end,
Don Deskins, left tackle, Jerry
Marciniak, left guard, Alex Cal- I
lahan and Mike Fillichio alter-
nating at right guard, Dickey,.
center, Bob Ptacek, quarterback,
John Herrnstein, fullback, Brad
Myers, left halfback and Fred
Julian, right half.
The entire squad participated
in a two-hour practice session
which featured defensive work,
running of offensive patterns and
a briefing on the Southern Cali-
fornia squad.
Southern California, who upset
Oregon State Friday by the re-
sounding score of 21-0 will be a
rugged opponent according to
scout-Coach Matt Patanelli who
attended that game. He said they
have a rugged line and improved
speed and they played without
the aid of the top running threat
speedster Angelo Coia who was
side-lined with a. knee injury.
Last year the Wolverines also
opened the season against South-
ern California and defeated them
at Los Angeles 16-6. Patanelli said
that the Trojans are very much
improved and should give Michi-
gan a tough battle.
This game will give Michigan
fans a chance to see the new rule
changes in effect for the first
time.
By FRED KATZ
Pete Tillotson, former Michi-
ganabasketball center and cap-
tain, left over the weekend for
Belgium with the touring Italian
National team, according to a
postcard received by Wolverine
cage coach Bill Perigo.
Elected captain and most valu-
able member of Michigan's 1957-
58 squad, the 6'6" Tillotson is the
only American playing for the
Italian team.
Tallest Mari
The big red-headed ex-Wolver-
ine stands three inches taller than
the team average of 6'3" but is
playing forward instead of the
pivot position he played last year.
The forward post is not strange
to Tillotson, since he played there
his sophomore and junior years
when Ron Kramer (remember
him?) was at center.
Star Center
Tillotson moved to the pivot last
year and emerged as the Wolver-
ines' leading scorer with an 18.8
points average per game. The
stalwart from Ludington, Mich.,
finished sixth in Big Ten scoring
with one-tenth point below his
season's average.
Tillotson will remain in Italy
for the next ten months in con-
Independent
1mM eams
To Organize
The I-M department announces
a meeting for all those interested
in organizing teams in the inde-
pendent league.
The meeting will be tomorrow
at 7:30 p.m. at the Sports Build-
ing. Anyone who plans to have a
team in the independent touch{
football competition, or who is or-
ganizing a team for any inde-
pendent action throughout the
year should attend.
The independent league is open
to all male students, with the
particular objective of offering a
chance for those who are not in
residence halls or fraternities to
compete.
Junction with a training program
in the import-export business.
On the card postmarked Flor-
ence, Italy, Tillotson wrote: "The
Italians and Europeans are excel-
lent floormen but not very ac-
curate shooters."
This remark conforms pretty
much with the usual conception
of basketball as it is played
abroad. European ball relies pre-
dominantly on team speed and
tricky handling, with the set shot
being used more widely than the
jump shot. The latter has always
been a Tillotson specialty.
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