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 C*> ( } 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. * * * 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 won over Lloyd 6-0 on a touch- 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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