THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY,OCTOBE
Defensive Backfield Is Key to Halting Purd
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Wolverines Hold 12-2 Series Margin
By PHILIP SUTIN
Infrequent meetings are
dominant characteristic of
Wolverine-Boilermaker series.
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Although Michigan has met Pur-
due 14 times, the two teams have
met only eight times this century.
In the 1890's Purdue met Mich-
igan six times, losing all but one
of the contests. The scores, pro-
viding no consistent clue about
the character of the series, range
from a 12-10 squeaker in 1895 to
a 46-8 romp two years earlier.
Other Michigan victories register-
ed are a 34-6 triumph in 1890;
a 16-0 shutiut in 1896; and a 34-4
victory in 1897.'
The Wolverines took their lumps
in 1892 when Purdue swamped
them 24-0.
New Method
accounted for five of the six
touchdowns scored against the
Boilermakers. Nussbaumer ran 165
yards in 15 carries to top a spark-
ling day for the Wolverines.
Elliott Stars
The running and passing of
Pete Elliott, now coach of the Il-
lini and brother of Wolverine
Coach Bump Elliott, highlighted
the 1945 meeting of the two teams
as the Wolverines downed Purdue,
27-13.
The Wolverines won by their
widest margin in the 1948 game.
Revived Memories
"They looked like the magnifi-
cent team of old as they ran and
passed circles around the highly
touted Riveters and had them at
their mercy throughout most of
the contest," 1948 Daily Associate
Sports Editor Bud Weidenthal ex-
uberantly wrote that day.
Scoring twice in the first 90
seconds,-the Wolverines edged the
Boilermakers 20-12 in the 1949
game.
In the last meeting between the
two squads, the Wolverines tri-
umphed over the Boilermakers, 21-
10.
Tradition favors Michigan in
Saturday's encounter. The Wol-
verines have won 12 and lost 2 in
the history of the series, but in
recent years Purdue has proved
to be the "Spoilermakers" of the
Big Ten. Will form hold? Only
Saturday's game will tell.
By JOHN SCOCHIN 1
Preventing any passing wizard
or would - be breakaway threat
from denting the Wolverine goal
line is the job of the defensive
backfield, the last line of defense
against overt enemy attackers.
Maintaining this stalwart bar-
rierare a bevy of fast backs under
the tutelage of backfield coach
Hank Fonde. At the deep positions
are agile Bennie McRae and Dave
Raimey. Backing up the lineback-
ers in the middle ground are Ken
Tureaud and John Stamos. On the
second unit are sophomores Dave
Hood and Jack Strobel in the deep
spot with Jim Ward, Paul Raeder
or Tom Pritchard up front.
Fairly Speedy
The unit on the whole is a fairly,
speedy flock with adequate size
and the potential to race down-
field and knock down aerial mis-
siles intended for any collegiate
Ray Berry.
In the three games so far this
season, the secondary has inter-
cepted four passes, good for 156
yards. In the UCLA contest, Ken
Tureaud's 92-yard run after an
interception for a touchdown was
a keyblow to Bruin upset hopes.
Against Army Jack Strobel pil-
fered a Black Knight toss and
rambled for a 42-yard gain. Even
on the grey Saturday of the Mich-
igan State game a Wolverine de-
fender intercepted a, pass in the
closing seconds, but was tied up
by a teammate before he could
race toward the unguarded goal
line.
UCLA Fails
UCLA tailback Bob Smith had
other troubles with the Wolverine
secondary besides intercepted
passes. Although Smith is adept
at the roll out option pass or run,
he could only rack up three first
downs with his tosses. For the
afternoon the UCLAns were held
to 58 yards in the air and com-
pleted five passes out of ,18 at-
tempts.
The Army eleven took over the
habits of the Air Force in the
Michigan game as quarterback
Dick Eckert riddled the air with
pigskins, clicking for 22 of 33
passes for a line .666 percentage.
Despite these impressive statis-
tics the "M" defenders were
tough in the clutch, holding thel
Cadets to short passes and pro-
tecting against the longer aerial
bombs.
Though the cadets rolled up 164
yards in the air, they couldn't get
the long one by the secondary
which would count on the score-
board.
MSU Successful
With Pete Smith having a fine
afternoon for Michigan State, the
Spartans put the first real dent in
the Wolverine pass defense, scor-
ing on a nine-yard fling in the
second half for their third touch-
down of the game after posting a
77-yarder in the first period to
set up their second tally. The de-
fense settled down in the last two
periods, however, to keep the
steamrolling Spartans to a re-
spectable 105 yards gained in the
air and five for 10 completions.
Coach Hank Fonde commented,
"the secondary is fast and capable
and has the potential to be a
sound unit."
Practice Notes
Ed Hood hurt his foot slightly
in practice but resumed play after
being soundly taped. The squad
worked on the entire offense in
preparation for the Purdue game
with emphasis on the passing
game. Refinements in, place kick-
ing were also worked out while
contact work was excluded from
the drill.
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The contest in 1900 was a close
one, marred by fumbles. Accord-
ing to the Oct. 21, 1900 Daily, "The
fumbling of punts in the first halfI
was more or less excusable, owing
to the sun being in the players'
eyes. There was no excuse for
fumbling the ball while carrying
it. A new method of passing (the
forward pass) is being introduced
and that accounts for many of the
mistakes made."
There was a long interlude be-
tween games, but the next meet-
ing in 1929 was not a joyous one
for the Wolverines who got smash-
ed, 30-16.
The Wolverines overcame a 13
point first quarter lead in the
1930 game to gain a close revenge
on the Boilermakers, 14-13. Steady
passing and stout defense marked
Michigan play that day. Harry
Newman's place kick provided the
margin of victory.
Led by Team Captain Bob
Weise and Bob Nussbaumer, the
1944 Wolverines swept by Purdue
40-14. Weise and Nussbaumer,
now a coach of the Detroit Lions,
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BATTED DOWN-Defensive back Tom Pritchard falls to the turf after leaping high to bat down
a pass intended for speedy Spartan back Sherman Lewis in the final quarter of the MSU game.
Quarterback Ron DiGravio and his Boilermakers should give Pritchard and his teammates a real
workout Saturday.
Wolverine
Reserves
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Face State
All .is not over yet. The Wol-
verines will get another crack at,
those mean guys from Michigan
State this afternoon in what's.,
slated 'to be a rough and tumble
gridiron battle between the re-
serves of both teams at Ferry
Field at 3 p.m.
Those who will see action today
will be: at left end, John Yanz,
Bill Tageson and George Ginger;
at left tackle, John Lehr, Paul
Schmide, Jim Gallagher and John
Coplin; at lett guard, Wally Her-
rala, Chuck Collin, Don Baty,
Dave Kovacevich and Ron Kocan;
at center, Dave Slezak,.Don Blan-
chard and Dave Voight; at right
guard, Dick Szymanski, Gerry
Cowan and John Pasch; at right
tackle, Dick Schram, Dan Stringle
and Paul Woodward; at right end,
Bob Filar, Tom Moth and Paul
Doersam; at halfback, Ron Spacht,
John Iowalik, Bill Hornbeck, Don
Kornowa, Jim Locke, William Rat-
cliffe, Jim Steckley and Herb Wil-
liams; at fullback, Bill Dodd and
Wayne Sparkman and at quarter-
back, Bill Dougall and Dennis
Alix.
By ED HEISER
and TOM ROWLAND
Tempers flared in thq first round
of the social fraternity "A" play-
offs yesterday as a ,'superb Sigma
Alpha Epsilon team rolled over
Delta Upsilon 28-0 at Ferry Field.
. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, social fra-
ternity football champion for the
last two years, showed its power
immediately as Jack Mogk con-
nected with a long pass to Dennis
Spalla in the end zone on the
second play from scrimmage. Mike
Ratterman caught a short pass for
the PAT.
Hard Play
Both teams had played exceed-
ingly hard during the first of the
game and toward the end tempers
began to wear thin. Several inci-
dents broke out among the players
after a couple of rough plays and
words flew back and forth on the
field. Finally, with .two minutes
left to play, two of the players
squared off against each other and
pandemonium broke loose on the
field. Fifty or so members and
supporters- of both fraternities
rushed on the field and joined in
the row.
Seieral moments later the field
superintendent broke up the crowd
and warned both fraternities that
any more such conduct could dis-
qualify their team from continu--
ing in the playoffs. The game was
called with two minutes left to go,
and SAE was credited with the
victory.
In professional fraternity play
yesterday, Alpha Omega defeated
Alpha Chi Sigma 8-0 and Nu Sig-
ma Nu trounced Phi Delta Chi
38-0. Alpha Omega had only four
players as they held a full strength
ACS team scoreless and scored the
lone tally of the, game on a pass
from Dennis Webber to Arnold
Ager.
Roger Metzer passed and ran
Nu Sigma Nu to a smashing vic-
tory over Phi Delta Chi as he
completed four touchdown passes
and carried the ball over the goal
line once himself.
In the only other game of the
afternoon, Fletcher whipped the
Pioneers 28-12 in the Independent
League.
PEK Romps
In activity under/ the lights,
Wes Maki's power running paced
Phi Epsilon Kappa to a 44-0 romp
over Tau Epsilon Rho. Maki
scored after taking a handoff from
Gary McNitt, crossed the goal af-
ter hauling in a pass from Butch
Nielsen, and ended up on the
scoring end of a tricky five-man
interchange to chalk up a third
six-pointer.
Reverse Pass
Phi Alpha Kappa twice took ad-
vantage of a flanker reverse pass
to trip Delta Sigma Pi 16-0. Dick
Lenters tossed to quarterback Jack
Faber for both tallies.
Hitting to the airways for four
touchdowns, Falcons knocked Eta
Kappa Nu for a 28-0 count. Bob
Gamble fired aerial stlrikes to Nick
Kredich and Bob Topp, .and then
handed the passing chores to
Topp, who followed with duo
touchdown tosses.
Eight plays of overtime action
found Phi Chi perched 13 yards
in Psi Omega territory and one-
point victors after the two teams
had battled to double-naught at,
the end of regular playing time.
Phi Rho Sigma defeated Gam-
ma Alpha, 28-0, on the strength
of Barry Zindel's pair of touch-
down runs and a scoring pass to
Kent Gibbs.
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All Michigan Team: '27 Lit. '24 Lit., '26 Law '49. Arch. '42 Lit., '47 MBA
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