TUESDAY; SEPTEMBER 26,1961
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1961 THE MICHIGAN DAILY
In One Ear
by Brian MacClowry
A Bit of History
FEEL THE URGE to live dangerously? Haven't been getting your
exercise lately? Like to try running into a stone wall at full
speed? Clip this article and report Saturday morning to Bump
Elliott at Michigan Stadium; you might get your chance.
At 1:30 p.m. the Wolverines square off in the 1961 opener against
West Coast powerhouse UCLA. Let's forget for the moment that the
Bruins rolled for 339 yards on the ground while beatirng the Air
Force 19-6 Saturday night, because the big news around Los Angeles
is the fact UCLA has its strongest line since the undefeated, national
champion 1954 club.
You remember 1954, that's the year you had to buy a
ticket to get to Cuba. That's also the year-plus one day-
when Ohio State beat Southern California 20-7 in the Rose
Bowl. That wasn't the year I left California to go to school
at Michigan. That was four years later after somebody told
me if you can't beat 'em join 'em.
So after the coast had dropped its 11th game in 12 outings with
the Big Ten in the Rose Bowl I jumped on a Greyhound headed
East.
It took three days. I won't say it was a lonely trip but when the
driver screamed, "Ann Arbor," I yelled, "How much?" I mean I just
didn't know very much about Michigan. Three weeks after school
started someone asked me if I was planning to visit the UP. I said
not unless they put the doors back on.
Alumni .Were. Growling ...,
'WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW is that I wasn't joining 'em at all. When
you finish behind eight other schools in the standings you don't
exactly feel like one of the group. The alumni were growling at
Bennie Oosterbaan about the team but Bennie wasn't worried. He
told them if Michigan had been a member of the Big Two we would
have won it all.
This was 1958. I still remember when the halftime score of the
Northwestern game came over the radio. Northwestern 45, Michigan
0. I thought it was the weather report.
Bob Ptacek was the Michigan quarterback that year. He spent
half of his time on the football field and the other half in the billiards
r room at the Union. We didn't win many games that year but we
had the only quarterback in the Big Ten who could put the eight ball
in the side pocket on the break.
Actually Ptacek was the best quarterback in the con-
ference. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns of the
National Football League. A few years earlier the Browns
had drafted another quarterback from a Northern California
school. But he couldn't make it in the NFL. It seems he
stuttered. In fact he never could get past hup one. Paul
Brown was going to keep him anyway for quick openers,
but then Ptacek came along.
Now that Cleveland has Jim Brown they don't even need a
quarterback. The Browns just give him the ball and scatter. Brown
has to be the strongest runner in football. I won't be surprised if
someday he grabs Milt Plum instead of the ball.
The Wolverines might well change their slide rules for machetes
Saturday when they stat scrambling brains with the UCLA line. The
Bruins have two all-coast tackles back including one pre-season all-
America in Marshall (The Shark) Shirk. They boast a center named
Ron Hull who last year was so good he blocked more playing time
than the team captain, who was an all-coast selection himself the
year before. And to round things out they're four deep in lettermen
at the guards and ends.
UCLANS Naughty Recruiters .. .
UCLA has only played the Wolverines once before, that was in
1956 and Michigan won 42-13. But that was the year after recruit-
ing scandals rocked the Pacific Coast. It seems the Northwest schools
were playing with students while UCLA and USC were underhandedly
recruiting football players.
The Bruins and Trojans were forced to play the entire 1956 sea-
son without their seniors. And let's face it, a season without seniors
is like playing spin the bottle without women-there's nothing to
look forward to.
UCLA's ballclub was so young that year they only had to shave
twice a- day-once a month. They took down the sign saying "Men's
lockerroom" at UCLA and put one up reading "Don't write on the
walls." I mean this 1956 team was so naive they thought Brigitte
Bardot was a perfume. And what can you do with a team that
insists Big Daddy was created by Tennessee Williams?
Oh, by the way. If you do intend to report to Bump Saturday
you should weigh in the vicinity of 200 lbs. and sport at least a
C average. This will hold true for every game but Michigan State.
In that one the latter requirement will be dropped. I mean it's about
time we fought fire with fire.
UCLA Reveals Little in Game with Air Force
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By TOM WEBBER
Michigan didn't play a football
game last Saturday, but the next
best thing happened-UCLA, this
Saturday's opponent, did and
Wolverine coaches Don Dufek and
Jack Fouts were there to take
careful note of the proceedings.
They have reported back and
now Bump Elliott and the rest of
his staff know all about the
UCLANs.
Yes, they know all about them
except for a few minor facts- is the wingback who didn't run,
like how good the passing attack
is (UCLA didn't use it Saturday);
or, like what kind of reverses and
other fancy plays they have
(UCLA didn't use any Saturday);
or how good their wingback is
(they didn't use him Saturday);
or, how good their punter is (you
guessed it-they didn't need him
either).
Air Force Drubbed
In case you're interested, UCLA'
ran all over the Air Force Satur-
day. The final 19-6 score was not
at all indicative of the game. The
Air Force, a team not picked to
go anywhere this year and didn't,
had the ball only four times in
the first half and punted all four
times, two of the quick variety.
The Falcons' only score came
the only time they passed the
midfield stripe, with a fifteen
yard penalty and a long run help-
ing them out.
339 Yards Gained
UCLA completely dominated the
play, rolling up 339 yards on the!
ground. Once the UCLANs fum-
bled on the goal line and were
inside the 20 when the final gun
saved the Falcons from further
humiliation.
The major thing about the vic-
tory was that UCLA used only
power plays up the middle and end
sweeps. These, Fouts said, were
basic plays that any single wing
offense would use. So the scouts
learned practically nothing about
the UCLANs.
What the scouts did find out
was that UCLA is loaded. "They
only had one sophomore on the
traveling squad," Dufek said.
"They are a very experienced team
with good depth," he added,
stressing the "good."
"They have two :09.8 men in
(Kermit) Alexander and (Bob).
Smith," Dufek added. Alexander l
and Smith is the tailback replace-
ment of Bill Kilmer, last year's
star. Dufek singled out pre-sea-
son All-America tackle Marshall
Shirk and the Bruins' two guards
as the best linemen.
Fouts merely added more of the
same. "They have two good lines
and get a third one by substitut-
ing a few players," he said. He
also added that they used four
tailbacks, with Ezell Singleton
playing about the same amount
of time as Smith.
Fouts particularly liked the
Bruin fullback, Almose Thompson,
who, he reported, picked up much
yardage through the line. "Smith,"
Tomorrow is the last day that
student tickets will be issued,
Ticket Manager Don Wier an-
nounced yesterday. He said that
any unclaimed student tickets
as of 4:30 p.m. tomorrow, the
27th, will be sold to the public.
he said, "is reported to be a bet-
ter runner than Kilmer was."
"They say he's a fair passer, but
we didn't see enough of that to
tell anything," he added.
And then there's that rumor
that UCLA could beat the Los
Angeles Rams this year.
Practice Notes
The Wolverines got a taste of
Ann Arbor football weather yes-
terday-rain. So they moved in-
side Yost Fieldhouse to practice
lining up the defense against
UCLA's single wing offense. This
came after the team had received
the scouting report on UCLA.
Bennie McRae dressed only
briefly for yesterday's practice
then retired to rest his sore, foot.
It's expected that he will be ready
for UCLA, however.
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The workout, although short,
was very spirited-possibly due to
the fact that the first game is
finally in sight.
BULLETIN
LOS ANGELES-Reserve tail-
back Ezell Singleton may not be
available to the. UCLA Bruins for
Saturday's game in Ann Arbor
against the University of Michi-
gan.
Singleton suffered a tendon pull
in his right knee in the game
against Air Force Academy last
Saturday night. He suited up yes-
terday and did a little running,
but did not take part in the reg-
ular workout. It is doubtful he
will be able to engage in any con-
tact work this week.
TIE BRUIN BACKS-Here's the speedy, veteran UCLA backfield
which will attempt to tear up the Michigan turf this Saturday.
From top to bottom are Bob Smith (tailback), Kermit Alexander'
(wingback), Almose Thompson (fullback), and Bob Stevens
(blocking back).
I-M ACTION:
TWenley DefeatsGomberg,_1-0
By ROY FRAZIER
and KEN VAITKUS
In yesterday afternoon's opening
day I-M competition shutouts were
in order as nine teams failed to
score in their initial outings.
In perhaps the most exciting
game of the afternoon Wenley
eked out a 1-0 "A" victory over
Gomberg in sudden-death over-
time play. Wenley was awarded
the victory when the defense, led
by hard - charging center John
Lipkowitz, pushed Gomberg back
deep in their own territory and
thus allowed the offense to run up
the game-winning margin of yard-
age.
Kelsey House came on late to
surge past Chicago House, 14-0, on
touchdowns by Charles Blackmer
and Gerry Bergmoser. Allen-Rum-
sey won over Adams, 8-6, with
John Hayes and Bill Lebnitz scor-
ing a touchdown and a safety re-
spectively. David Monroe scored
the lone touchdown for Adams.
Kelsey Wins Two
Adams "B" team lost to Kelsey,
14-0, with Gary Gutterman scor-
ing eight points for the winners
on a touchdown pass and a safety.
A touchdown run by Chuck Stitller
accounted for the other score.
Williams beat Greene, 14-0, on
touchdowns by Ed Odem and Joe
Horveth and a safety by Vince
Ferlo. Scott House shut out An-
derson, 20-0, with Bill Connally
running for two touchdowns. Hu-
ber House defeated Hayden, 22-0,
with George Skaff getting a touch-
down and a safety. The Huber "B"
team won by an identical score
over Williams House.
In other "B" action, Wenley
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down by Ken Sarkozy. Gomberg
walloped Reeves 30-6. Allen-Rum-
sey outscored Cooley, 14-0, on
touchdowns by Fred Beach and
Jack Schmidt.
Lloyd Loses
The men of Lloyd learned that
the game is not over until the
final whistle is blown. Leading 6-0
at halftime, Lloyd House fell to
Strauss 8-6 on a game-tying pass
from Chuck Aumach to Clarence
Brown. Aumach ran the extra
point for the win.
Michigan tromped Taylor 18-0
and Van Tyne slipped past Reeves
6-0 in other "A" action.
Anderson rolled over Strauss
12-0 on touchdowns by Dave Al-
merigi and Ronald Kacinarek. Ed
Stanton scored the extra point.
Scott won easily over Hinsdale
by a score of 12-0. Standouts for
Scott included Lee Dietrich, Dean
Reuschle, and Gary Metzger. A
forty pard pass from Dietrich to
Reuschle was the first store for
Scott. Gary Metzger scored the
other touchdown for Scott. Diet-I
rich also made several major runsI
for Scott House.'
Chicago barely slipped past Van
Tyne in other "B" action by a
score of 6-0.
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