THE MICHIGAN DAILY M'-MSU Struggle Takes Over Fast Spartan Pair f ace. Tricky Attack BY FRED STEINHARDT If Michigan is to open the Big 10 season with a victory over Michigan State at East Langing, Saturday, it must harness what may be the best pair of halfbacks in the conference, Herb Adderley and Gary Ballman. Both are fast, as fast as Michi- gan's swiftest backs, Bennie Mc- Rae and Dave Rainey. Both are versatile and can catch and throw as well as run; both are good sized, in the neighborhood of 200 pounds; and both will have the added advantage of a big, mobile line to give them that extra split second every back needs to break into the secondary, Adderley, a senior, is regarded as the best halfback in the Mid- west and was mentioned, on many pre-season All-American teams. He is the latest in a long line of backs to spark Michigan State, following in the tradition of Leroy Bolden, Billy Wells, Clarence Peaks, Walt Kowalczyk, and Dean Look, to name a few. 419 Yards Last season, Adderley led the Spartan backs in yards gained with 419, an average of 4.5 yards per carry. He also gathered in 13 passes for 265 yards. As a Philadelphia high school boy, Adderley collected a bevy of honors and scholarship offers. Although Adderley must be con- sidered the better of the two at this point, it is Ballman who makes pro scouts' mouths water. He has yet to enjoy a big day for Michigan State, and it would be best for Michigan if he doesn't until sometime after this Satur- Michigan. This season, he has been slowed by a recurring leg injury which might keep him from see- ing full service Saturday. Adderley Started Late Adderley also has had trouble getting started as he reported to pre-season camp late due to an illness in his family. He only car- riedi the ball eight times against Pitt and should just be rounding into top shape. Good Reserves Should Adderley or Ballman tire, they are backed up by very capable hands. ,Junior Bob Suci returned an intercepted pass for 93 yards and a touchdown last year against Michigan. Don Stewart, who also can double as quarterback, caught a 25 yard touchdown pass from Dean Look at Ann Arbor last year. Another junior, Larry Hudas, has been filling in for Ballman and might be the most improved player on the squad. Hudas, who made all-city at Detroit Denby, is 6'4" and was a sprinter in high school. These are the players Michigan must stop Saturday, or it will be a long bus ride back to Ann Arbor. MSU Notes EAST LANSING W) - End Art Brandstatter devoted a long ses- sion to field goal kicking practice today as 4%Vichigan State pre- pared for its meeting Saturday with Michigan. The booting specialist for the Spartans missed two field goal tries against Pittsburgh last week. A hit on either one would have broken a 7-7 deadlock. --Daily-Len Lofstrom BIG GAINER-Jim Ward (45) one of Michigan's three right halfbacks who performed so impressively last Saturday, picks up good yardage against Oregon in one of his fine runs. He rushed for 47 yards in five carries, aided by good blocks such as the one thrown by the unidentified Wolverine. The shifty Ward simply outran blocker Frank Clappison (67). Michigan Deep at Right Half: Fitzgerald, Raimey, Ward_ Footba TO MEET SYRACUS Kansas 1M By TOM WEBBER plac Every football season produces the its startling upsets of top-ranked T teams, but few if any can rank hav with the one being predicted in far the Big Eight Conference - this hos year. tion For 14 years the Oklahoma Syr Sooners had reigned atop the ."big Conference. Sports writers were L beginning to sneer and call the bet League, "Oklahoma and the Little can Seven." Last year these "Yankees" tou of football began to slip when ishe they dropped a 25-21 decision to hig Nebraska. This represented the Syr first Conference loss for the Soon- ant ers since 1946. This year, although L the Sooners still have a very fine team, the "Little Seven" have started to catch up. Of the seven, Kansas State is the only one rated completely out of the money. Missouri, last year's Orange Bowl representa- tive, Nebsaska, Iowa State, and Colorado all have been given an even chance to take the title. The team to watch, however, iKansas. The Jayhawks have swamped two rivals while not al- lowing a point to be scored against them. They have moved to fifth "111" Sailors r 59 In Regatta Armed with last weekend's vic- tory at the Notre Dame regatta, the Michigan Sailing Club will' face Midwest schools on the De- troit River this weekend. Timme Schneider, Jim King, and Paul O'Reilly sailed in the 'A' division and John Goldsmith, Rolfe Worden and Terry Tim sail- ted in B.' Miss Schneider and Goldsmith will again skipper their l respective divisions this weekend. ce in the nation according to AP poll. rhis Saturday the Jayhawks ve a chance to move even ther up the ladder as they play st to the top team in the na- n, the mighty Orangemen from acuse, in what probably is the g game" of the week. Gast year, in the first encounter ween the two teams, Syracuse me out on top, 35-21. The three chdowns by Kansas, which fin-' ed with a 7-3 record, were the hest point production against acuse as the Orange rolled to undefeated season. Gast week, Syracuse, defending Spotlight Takes Bid for Top their title as the nation's top team, swept to their eighteenth victory in a row by downing Bos- ton University, 35-7, and Kansas trounced Kansas State, 41-0. Syracuse is rated as a slight favorite going into the game, but Kansas, the team picked to upset Oklahoma's long tenure, will pro- vide the Orange with their most severe test of the season. Syracuse Coach Ben Schwartz- walder has shown a worried atti- tude to his team in needling them about sloppy play in the opener, which prompted them to develop more precision in practice yester- day. a q elll bar EATON'S F LETTER PAP 4ality gain INE ERS day. He is the complete football. player, or for that matter, the BIG TEN ROUNDUP: complete athlete. Ballman played his high school ball at East Detroit High, which Iii u i ei Il produced Ron Kramer, ('56) Michigan's last full fledged All- American. In high school, he was IP at least the equal of Kramer in S fl1 every sport. He was a unanimous' All-State selection in football in By The Associated Press his junior and senior years, scor- MADISON - Injuries serioi ing a fantastic 26 touchdowns enough to keep them out of cot in his junior year. tact work slowed five Wiscons Cage Star football players yesterday as t In basketball, he was the star Badgers polished their offense. on a series of powerful East De- All are expected to play Satu troit teams, a consistent 18-20 day against Marquette. point scorer, and a bulwark of strength under both boards. He: EVANSTON-Bob Eickhoff, was awarded first team status on junior carrying the quarterba several All-State teams. burdens in Northwestern's B Ballman proved his amazing Ten opener Saturday, directed tt versatility in track where he made first string through a scrimma All-State in hurdles two years yesterday. running and also won the State Eickhoff is subbing for Di shot put championship. It is these Thornton, regular quarterba qualities blended into one-the who will miss the opener wi hurdler and shotputter - that Iowa because of a thigh injury. makes Ballman the terror that he * * * is, as a breakaway threat and LAFAYETTI'E-Purdue work a power runner, on its passing game yesterday He earned a starting berth last the last contact drill before Sa season as a sophomore and played urday's football clash with Not solid football all year long. He Dame at South Bend. led the squad in scoring with 30 * * * points on five TD's, two in the IOWA CITY-The only casual upset 15-10 victory over North- in the Iowa football training can western. But he did not break wide was Coach Forest Evashevsl open in any games like Kramer himself, who was laid up with did in his sophomore year at high temperature and severe col us a-' in be r- a ck Sig she ge ck ck th ed in at- tre lty rip ki, a By CLIFF MARKS Gaing almost half of Michigan's' 290 yards rushing against Oregon were three hard running right halfbacks, Dennis Fitzgerald, Dave Raimey, and Jim Ward. The three men picked up 132 yards between them in only 21 carries as they impressed upon Wolverine fans how deep the Michigan backfield really is. Each one appeared to be as good as graduated Fred Julian was against Ohio State last year in his final and greatest game. Fitzgerald, a senior, started the game off with a 10 yard advance on the way to 45 yards in 11 car- ries. He exhibited the usual fight, and inspirational drive that has earned him his niche in Michigan athletics, both as a wrestler (Big Ten Champ last year) and on the gridiron. Gained Always He seemed to gain even when there was nowhere to go last Sa- turday which prompted Backfield Coach Hank Fonode to call him, "the fighter." Fonde added that Fitzgerald Is obviously the most experienced of the three offensive right halfs, having played two years for Michigan, and averaging 3.4 yards per play last season, Due to this added experience, Fonde said that Fitzgerald hits the holes a little bit better than Raim- ey or Ward. "He understands the blocking assignments very well," said Fonde, " and has a slight all- round edge, including defense, on the other two. However, it's very close between all three." At the mention of defense, Fonde named still another right halfback, Gary McNitt, who started the game on defense against Oregon. and also saw a little offensive service, as the other three played some defense, too. Speed Prominent Speed was brought up, and Raimey was the one who prompted it. He showed Oregon his heels on 4 25 yard touchdown jaunt the first time he touched the ball in college competition. For a 190 pounder (he's 5' 10") his swiftness is a little surprising, but he has excellent balance which he displayed Saturday. Fonde also said that he is a good blocker, something the average fan might overlook in a game. It is this blocking ability which is a principaldreason why Raimey is rated ahead of his counterpart, Ward, by the coaching staff, Fonde indicated. Ward is almost as fast, and at 6' 1", 195 pounds, is a tough man to bring down. He made this very apparent against Oregon by chalking up 47 yards in five carries, taking advantage of holes opened up by the interior Wolverine line. Amazing Performance Ward's performance was all the more amazing when one considers he switched from- quarterback last spring, a position at which he earned Michigan all-state honors. He, as well as Raimey and Fitz- gerald, will be put to the real test against Michigan State's mas- sive line Saturday. But, as Fonde summed up in a simple understatement, "Our right halfbacks are doing a good job." and from their performance against Oregon, he might well have added, . . . and will con- tinue to do so. P - ' * * Practice Notes .Coach Bump Elliott said yester- day that first string end, Bot Johnson, looked like hy has re- covered from a hip injury suffered Saturday. Only time will tell. How- ever, tackle Bill Stine is still limp- ing and is a question mark. IT :.r ti,,, r .,..+ v . .,, ww~~T-%v1 boxes Take advantage of this economy packaging of Eaton's most famous papers to buy ahead for yourself - and for gifts! Each box contains twice the regular box quantities of matching sheets and envelopes. In a selection of beautiful tints and textures. (Corner band is easily removed for gift- giving.) in 1, I 4 WELCOME STUDENTS! 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