THE MCHIGA N DAILY Johnson Boosts M' Pass Offense By DAVE LYON Starting right end Walt John- son, one of Michigan's most de-} pendable but least-heralded foot-} bal players, continues to play his share in making the Wolverine! passing attack more potent with each game. With Darrell Harper proving against Minnesota last Saturday' that he can pass well, Michigan now has three men-Harper, and quarterbacks Bob Ptacek and Stan Noskin-who can throw the ball. Most of these passes have pre- viously been directed at left end Gary Prahst, but now Michigan passers have other targets at which to aim. Ptacek has provedl himself a capable receiver when the team has operated from the single wing. Utilizing Potential Wolverine quarterbacks are now taking fuller advantage of the pass-receiving potential of John- son, a senior from Dearborn, who is not to be confused with Michi- gan left end Bob Johnson. Harper connected with Walt Johnson on a 56-yard pass play in the first half of the Minnesota game to set up the touchdown that gave the Wolverines a 13-7 half- time lead. Head Football Coach Bennie Oosterbaan describes Johnson as "one of our most persevering, hard-working players." He made a "fine run" on the long pass play Saturday, and he is a "rugged" defensive player, according to the coach. It is fortunate that Michigan Last-Minute wTally 1te By The Associated Press NEW YORK -- Fleming Mack- ell's goal with only nine seconds left gave the Boston Bruins a 2-2 tie with the New York Rangers in a National Hockey League game last night. Mackell's tally, his first of the season, disappointed a crowd of 11,108. The veteran forward took three swipes at the disc before1 finally caging it behind goalie Gump Worsley.; The Rangers, seeking to move1 Into sole possession of secondi place, held the upper hand during1 most of the action. Camille Hen- ry's 45-foot goal at 4:26 of the second period shot New York into a 2-1 lead. S , , TORONTO - The Montreal Canadiens, showing no sign of fatigue despite a tough road trip, shut out Toronto, 5-0, last night and extended their National Hockey League lead to seven points. NBA SCOREl St. Louis 112, Minneapolis 100 is developing a more versatile passing game, for that may be the Wolverines' hope against Iowa Saturday. In practice yesterday Michigan's first three teams drilled against reserves using Iowa plays. Passf defense was emphasized, since Iowa boasts a quarterback, Randy Duncan whose exploits are well known. Defense against Hawkeye rush- ing plays was not neglected, for Iowa has a halfback named Ray Jauch, who in three Conference contests has gained 226 yards on' 29 running plays for a neat 7.8-1 yard average. ON THE I-M SCENE: LCA 'B By WAYNE MORTBERG < Lambda Chi Alpha advanced inr the third place playoffs in social fraternity "B" football by win- ning, 16-12 despite a last-half spurt by Kappa Sigma. The fanciest play of the game was a pitchout from Arnoldt Straka to Denny Shermeta, whol in turn tossed a short pass to Straka for the touchdown.1 Straka accounted for the other: Lambda Chi touchdown by pass-E ing to Mike Foy. Straka flipped1 passes to Bill Mitchell and Sher-< meta on the extra point plays. I Rally in VainI These points proved to be vital, since Kappa Sig rallied from al 16-0 deficit as Chuck Cnudde darted over the goal line for a touchdown, and then threw a pass to Jack Houck for another score. Sigma Phi Epsilon routed Phi Epsilon Pi, 26-0, as Jim Brad- Shaw passed for four touchdowns.l Bill Roman, with two, Doug Hind- man, and Ralph Garlick gatheredf in Bradshaw's payoff tosses. Beta Theta Pi defeated Phi Sig- ma Delta, 13-6, in overtime as Gordon Boydston scored on a longt touchdown pass from Bob Quarn- strom in the extra period. Thet Phi Sig score came on a Mikeg Small to Stan Kostman pass. Phi Kappa Psi eked out a 1-0t overtime victory over Theta Xi in a hard-fought defensive game. The contest was marked by the inability of either team to begin an offensive surge. Dick Drinau, scoring two touch- downs, sparked Alpha Delta Phi to an easy 28-0 victory over Tau' Delta Phi. In other games, Phi Gamma Delta defeated Phi Kappa Tau, 6-0, and Pi Lambda Phi was awarded a forfeit victory over Al- pha Sigma Phi. The Alpha Tau Omega-Zeta Beta Tau game was not played, since both teams failed to appear for the game. - l !' Team Wins, 16-12 Iiathe only residence hall "A" game, Lloyd topped Taylor, 6-0, as the result of a Tom Clark touchdown. The win enabled Lloyd to cop its league championship and move into the first-place playoffs. along with Winchell and Adlen-Rumsey of West Quad and; Cooley of East Quad. In independent championship play Frederick defeated Gomberg Older Element, 1-0, in overtime. In other games Hardcord dumped TEP, 8-6, D.S.D. defeated Tyler House, 20-6, and the Kitch- en Keepers sh'ut out Newman Club, 22-0. WALT JOHNSON . . . "persevering" Three Iowa Gridders Rank Among Top Big Ten Leaders GRID SELECTIONS "Gigi," Lerner and Lowes' musical comedy, has been rated by some critics as one of the best musicals ever to hit the movie screens. "Gigi" is opening in Ann Arbor at the Michigan Theater this, week and you can obtain two free tickets to see it by winning The Michigan Daily's Grid Picks contest. Entering this contest is quite a simple matter. Clip the list of games printed below out of The Daily, plainly circle the teams you think will win, predict the score of the Michigan-Iowa game, then send the entry to Grid Picks, The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard, Ann Arbor. Reasonable facsimiles of entry blanks are also accepted and entries may also be filled out in person at The Daily.r The contest closes midnight Friday and each contestant is only allowed to enter once. THIS WEEK'S GAMES 1. 2. 3.' 4. 5. 6. 7.' 8. 9. 14). Iowa at Michigan Ohio State fat Northwestern Wisconsin at Mich. State Purdue at Illinois Minnesota at Indiana Baylor at TCU California at Oregon State Georgia Tech at Duke North Carolina at Tennessee Oklahoma at Colorado 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Pitt at Syracuse SMU at Texas Wake Forest at Clemson Penn at Harvard Kansas State at Kansas Notre Dame at Navy Auburn at Florida Texas A & M at Arkansas Alabama at Georgia Colgate at Army Phils'. Roberts NEW YORK (tP)-Robin Roberts. of the Philadelphia Phillies, a 22- game loser who battled back to regain his position as one of base- ball's leading pitchers, yesterday was voted the National League comeback player of the year. Roberts was named on 59 of 98 ballots by members of the Base- ball Writers' Assn. in the annual Associated Press poll. E 2 3 t Three persons who have been instrumental in giving Iowa a 3-0 Big Ten grid record are among the Conference leaders in various of- fensive departments. Quarterback Randy Duncan, who completed 14 of 18 passes last Saturday, leads his Big Ten con- temporaries in number of pass completions, percentage of at- tempts completed, total yards gained by passing, and number of touchdown throws. He has attempted 49 passes, completed 29 of them for a .592 average and a total of 413 yards, with four tosses worth six points each. Dick Thornton of Northwestern ranks a distant second behind Duncan in each department. Duncan's favorite receiver has been end Curt Merz, who has gathered in nine of the qaurter- back's throws for 130 yards and two touchdowns. Rich Kreitling of Illinois has also caught nine passes, but for a 286-yd. total, in- cluding two TDs. But Iowa's offense does not de- pend entirely on Duncan's arm. Hawkeye halfback Ray Jauch has responded to 29 chances to carry the ball with 262 net yards. His average of 7.8 yards is best in the Conference, although he is closely followed by Michigan's Darrell Harper, who has compiled a 6.7-yard averase on 167 yards in 25 carries. Subscribe to The Michigan .Daily. Why Socialism is Needed for Survival I PUBLIC LECTURE PRACTICE DAILY AT FIELD HOUSE: Cagers Prepare for Opening of Season f f By TOM WITECKI Not far from where head foot- ball coach Bennie Oosterbaan and Co. are preparing for this week's game, another Michigan varsity team is also practicing for a game, one which will not be played for another month and a half. This squad is the 1958-59 Mich- igan basketball team, which is. making ready for another season which will start with a home game against Pittsburgh on De- cember 1. An important task in these ear- ly practices is to see how last year's freshmen, now sophomores, will help the varsity squad. One Starter While the new crop of sopho- mores does not contain the "big" man Coach Perigo has been look- CAFE CURTAINS complete with VALANCE ing for during the past several years to fill the all-important pivot position, it does contain at least one sophomore who will be good enough to make the starting five. That sophomore is 6'3" John Tidwell, whose sharp shooting and overall play has labeled him first- string material. Tidwell hails from Herrin, Ill., where he earned all- state honors in leading his high school team to the state cham- pionship. Commenting on Tidwell, Perigo said, "He has developed very well and with his great shot-making ability he should break into the starting lineup." No Center Perigo's main problem as in past years is who will play center. Last year Pete Tillotson transferred from forward to fill the gap and did a good Job, ending up as the team's top scorer. With Tillotson's graduation the hunt has begun anew. A possibility is that sophomore John Parker will play the posi- tion some of the time. Although only 6'3" tall, Parker has looked impressive in, the offensive pivot position. If Parker can handle the job on offense, Michigan's out- standing forward and top defen- sive player, 6'4" M. C. Burton can be used to handle the defensive pivot duties. Perigo is still hoping for the day that Michigan will get a big man of the Archie Dees or Joe Ruklick type to take over the center position, but that day will not be this winter. Hockey Notice Sophomores who have after- noons free from 4 p.m. once or twice a week, and who would like to be hockey managers, are asked to call Chuck Green- ing at NO 3-7029. Haircutting To please you!! 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