THE MICHIGAN DAILY ATISTICS: .sr t Leading Big Ten SPORTS BEAT Three Intereeptions The Brothers Elliott SOME 70,000 FANS and a regional television audience will have their eyes trained on the Michigan Stadium this Saturday for the long-awaited meeting of the brothers Elliott. Ever since Pete signed as Illinois' head football coach last winter, the ballyhoo machines have been working overtime to play up the first meeting between he and his brother Bump, now in his second year as Michigan's head coach. And it must be admitted that in the case of the brothers Elliott, the publicity men have had a lot to work with. For one thing, this will be the first "brother act" in Big Ten history, and only the second in football history. The first one took place back in 1922 when Howard Jones' Iowa team won a 6-0 victory over a Yale squad coached by his brother Tad. In addition to its uniqueness, the game also has a traditional aspect. For the brothers will meet in a Stadium where they both attained glory as undergraduates. Both came to Michigan in the mid-forties as a result of. the World War II service training program. Pete came to Michigan in 1945 on a Navy training program and earned the first of his four letters in football (freshmen were eligible then). Meanwhile, Bump spent some time at Purdue under the Marine program before being shipped to China. While at Purdue, he earned one letter playing halfback. Back in the States in 1946, Bump decided to join his brother Pete at Michigan. Their first year together they both won letters, starring occasionally for a Michigan team that posted a 6-2-1 record. The two losses coming against Rose Bowl champion Illinois and the fabled Army team that had Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis in the backfield. THE FOLLOWING YEAR the Wolverines and the Elliotts were un- beatable. It was the year of Crisler's Magicians, the Michigan team that won ten straight games, including a 49-0 victory over Southern California in the Rose Bowl. Bump, in his last year of eligibility, was picked on the Coaches All-American team as a halfback, and was also named the Big Ten most valuable player. The following year, Pete went out in a similar blaze of glory as he quarterbacked the Wolverines to another unbeaten season and the mythical national championship. The Elliott's also starred off the gridiron. Bump won two letters in baseball in addition to two in football. Pete won four each in football, basketball and golf for a total of 12, more than any other athlete in Wolverine history. A third point that has drawin interest to the game is that both men have risen to the top of their profession with amazing speed. Pete at 34 and Bump at 35 have two of the top coaching plums in collegiate football. Both began their c o a c h i n g careers under another former Wol- (- verine, Kip Taylor, and for two years were members of the same coaching staff. In 1951, Pete shifted to Okla-: homa where he was an assistant to one of college football's all-time coaching greats, Bud Wilkinson. He remained there for five years before moving to Nebraska where he took over the head coaching job. . Pete coached at Nebraska for one year before moving on to the head coaching job at California.. His 1958 Golden Bear team won the Pacific Coast Conference titlew and a Rose Bowl bid. Last winter' he returned to the Midwest where PETE ELLIOTT he replaced the retiring Ray Eliot .! opposing coach at Illinois. In the meantime, Bump had moved from Oregon State to Iowa where he was an assistant to another of football's great. coaches, Forest Evashevski. He remained there for five years before accepting a job as backfield assistant to Michigan's Bennie Oosterbaan in 1957. He held that post for two seasons before moving up to replace Oosterbaan, who retired at the end of the 1958 season. Thus, with all this material to work with the publicity drums are booming and articles on the Brothers Elliott will be a must on almost every sports spage in the country sometime this week. The brothers, however, are trying to remain oblivious to all the clamor as they both are very interested in winning a football game this Saturday. BALLPLAYERS ON GRIDIRON-Bill Freehan (88) moves toward the tackle, while Dick Syring (55) watches helplessly from behind against Michigan State. Both Wolverine lineman do doubles duty in athletics for Michigan, on the football field and on the baseball diamond. Besides these, two, seven other Wolverine gridders are members of other Michigan varsity teams. 'i I' r7 I1 11 By DAVE ANDREWS When football season draws to a close at Ohio State some two and a half weeks from now, most of the squad members will forget about athletics, except for the in- tramural variety, until next year. But nine members of this year's varsity team will simply switch uniforms. Five of them, ends Scott Maentz and ,Bob Brown, halfbacks Bennie McRae and Den- ny Fitzgerald, and tackle Guy Curtis, will make the change im- mediately. Maentz and Brown will join Dave Strack's cagers, while McRae joins Don Canham's, track team and Fitzgerald and Curtis begin preparation for the defense of their Big Ten wrestling crowns. The other four, ends John Hal- stead and Bill Freehan, halfback Ed Hood, and guard Dick Syring, will have to wait until the spring before donning their baseball uni- forms. Figure Big .Maentz and Brown both figure prominently in Strack's plans as with the Wolverines admittedly short of 'Big' men, they are being counted on to bolster Michigan's front line. Maentz was a starter last year during the early part of the season, but was lost to the team because of academic reasons for the major part of the Big Ten season. Brown came on fast during the year, and by season's end he had worked himself into a starting role.' While football is Fitzgerald's first love, and has been since he was a youngster, the stubby ex- Marine does well on the mats also. Last year he was unbeaten at 167 pounds in dual meet competition and led the Wolverines to a Big Ten championship. He's this year's captain. Speed Asset McRae, who's biggest asset on the gridiron is his speed, keeps in trim throughout the winter and spring by running the hurdles. While he was troubled by back and leg injuries last spring, .he did manage to capture the 70-yd. low hurdles title indoors. Curtis, who was overshadowed last winter by the fact that the 191 pound weight division wasn't counted in the team totals, also won in that division. This year it will count. When spring finally r o1ls around, it's possible that four po- sitions on Don Lund's baseball team will be manned by football players. Syring, the captain, will be behind the plate, Halstead,'who missed last season due to scho- lastic trouble, probably will play in right field, Hood will take over his familiar spot in center, and sophomore Bill Freehan will be given a crack at first base. Big Sticks All four should wield "big sticks" in the Wolverine attack. Hood and Syring hit better than .300 for the better part of last I L season, while Halstead two years ago led the Conference in batting most of the season. Freehan has. the reputation of being the best hitter to come to Michigan in a long time. At any rate, without these nine men, more than one Michigan team "would be hurt'ln." S * * * Practice Notes Michigan's football team ran through a cold biting wind yester- day polishing offensively against Illinois defenses in preparation for Saturday's encounter against the suddenly potent Illini. Following the practice Coach Bump Elliott said, "That we won't use anything that they haven't already seen." He also said that inspite of the two re- cent losses'to Minnesota and Wis- consin the team's moral, "is good." When questioned as to the ru- mors of a lineup shakeup, Elliott stated, "that we haven't planned anything definite, but we would like to use some of the younger ballplayers who haven't had too much chance to .play, 'a little. more." Physically the Wolverines are in good shape as the only player sporting more than the usual bumps and bruises, is junior full- back Bill Tunniclift. The Hawkeyes of Iowa face the Minnesota Gophers this weekend in what is one of the biggest games of the year for both teams. Both teams are undefeated in Conference play as well as having a clean slate overall. Iowa 'is ranked first in the nation and Minnesota second in one poll and third in another. It should be quite a game! Decide who you think will win this battle of college football giants. Also pick the winners of the other 19 games on this week's list, including the score of the Michigan game, and send your entry to Grid Picks, The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, or return it by hand to The Daily. Entry blanks may be obtained at The Daily and must be in by Friday midnight to be eligible. The person who picks the most winners will win two free tickets to the Michigan Theater, now showing "Song Without End." \ Here are this week's Grid Picks: GRID SELECTIONS I 11 _I 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Illinois at MICHIGAN (score) Iowa at Minnesota Northwestern at Wisconsin Michigan State at Purdue Indiana at Ohio State Colorado at Missouri Nebraska at Kansas Syracuse vs Army Navy at Duke Harvard at Princeton 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.1 18. 19. 20. Rice at Arkansas Texas at Baylor North Carolina at Clemson Georgia at Florida Oklahoma at Iowa State Washington at Southern Cal Tennessee at Georgia Tech Pittsburgh at Notre Dame N. Carolina St. at Wake Forest Oregon St. at Washington St. "KEEP AHEAD OF YOUR HAIR" IllllllllllllllIIIIIIllNlHIIIII 1111111IMMOMI IF - ww tm try us for: * CREW-CUTS * PRINCETONS * FLATTOPS "10 HAIRCUTTERS" SUCCESSFUL Tomorrow Evening, Nov. 4, 7:15 H I LLEL presents at its SABBATH SERVICES HENRY SHAW, of London Director, Hillel Foundation at the University of London Speaking on: "Judaism and the Survival of Jewish Values" All Are Invited To Attend and Welcome Mr. and Mrs. Shaw Zwerdling Cohn Chapel 1429 Hill Street m