THE MICHIGAN DAILY
THURSDAY, NOVEMI
TIlE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, NOVEM
TOPS LIONS GROUND ATTACK:
Pietrosante Not H it by Sophomore Slump
Special1/alue!
By FRED STEINHARDT
No one can say that the Nation-
al Football League's "Rookie of the
Year" for 1959 is suffering from a
sophomore slump.
Nick Pietrosante, the youthful
Detroit Lion fullback who receiv-
ed the award last season via the
Sporting News poll, is currently
the team's top ground gainer.
Pietrosante scored the Lions'
only touchdown last Sunday
against the Los Angeles Rams on
a 16 yard burst near the end of
the third quarter, providing the
impetus for Detroit's 12-10 win.
Trapped End
"The play was supposed to be
an off tackle trap but as it turned.
out, we trapped their right end
intsead," said Pietrosante after
the game. "After I got through the
line I cut back toward the right."
Last season, Pietrosante gained
447 yards in 76 carries for an
average of 5.9 yards per carry.
This was the best rushing aver-
age of any of the top 16 backs in
the league.
In 72 carries this year he'< has
already picked up 399 yards and
there are five games left for the
rapidly improving Lions.
Pietrosante's talents do not stop
at ball carrying. He is also a good
pass catcher and a tough blocker.
Last year he caught 16 passes,
mostly of the safety valve varie-
ty.
Pietrosante has two touch-
downs to his credit this year and
scored three times in 1959.
How Block 'Goliaths'?
How does Pietrosante at. 220
pounds go about blocking the huge
defensive linemen of the NFL who
often weigh 270 or 280? "There
really is no set way," he said. "I
size up each player individually.
"That's what is so fascinating
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GRID SELECTIONS
While Iowa plays Notre Dame in a non-Conference game,
Minnesota must play Wisconsin in a game that will probably decide
who goes to the Rose Bowl.
Entries must be in by Friday midnight to be eligible. The per-
son with the most correct answers will win two free tickets to the
Michigan Theater, now showing "Midnight Lace."
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1. MICR. at Ohio State (score)
2. Minnesota at Wisconsin
3. Illinois at Northwestern
4. Indiana at Purdue
5. Detroit at Michigan State
6. Iowa at Notre Dame
7. Kansas at Missouri
8. Colorado at Oklahoma State
9. Nebraska at Oklahoma
10. TCU at Rice
I-3 Volleyball
'SOCIAL FRATERNITIES (PLAYOFFS)
(Best 4 of 7)
Phi Lambda Phi 4, Phi Delta Theta I
Sigma Phi 4, Delta Chi Z
Phi Kappa Psi 4, Zeta Seta Tau 3
Alpha Delta Phi 4, Phi Sigma Kappa 2
Alpha Sigma Phi 4, Tau Epsilon Pi 2
RESIDENCE HALLS "A"
Hinsdale 4, Alen-Rumsey
INDEPENDENT
Fletcher 4, Fredericks 2
AFIT 6, Pioneers 0
Trust 4, Drifters 2
Newman 5, Sportsmen I
Prescott 6, Evans Scholars 0 (forfeit)
GOE 6, Nakamura 0 (forfeit)
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20.
Arkansas at Texas Tech
Florida State at Auburn
Duke at North Carolina
Kentucky at Tennessee
Tulane at Vanderbilt
Yale at Harvard
Penn State at Pittsburgh
Stanford at California
Oregon at'Oregon State
UCLA at Southern California
SOPHOMORE FULLBACK-Nick Pietrosante, second-year Detroit
Lions fullback and former Notre Dame star, shows his NHL line-
busting form.
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NBA STANDINGS
EASTERN DIVISION
W L Pet.
Philadelphia 9 3 .750
Boston 6 3 .667
Syracuse 3 6 .333
New York 2 10 .167
WESTERN DIVISION
W L Pet.
St. Louis 7 3 .700
Detroit 6 5 .545
Cincinnati 7 8 .467
Los Angeles 5 7 .417
Boston 124, St. Louis 106
Syracuse 124, Cincinnati 87
Detroit 119, Philadelphia 118
NHL
New York 4, Boston Z
Detroit 3, Toronto 3 (tie)
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