THE ~MIC~HIGAN DILYJ 'W^nv"A"O' 1 TritTL 'IaA°srti If wn - aJ -v+.av-- a.aFRIDAY __________________________________________________________________________15 lIIAY, NOVEMBE 10~I, U1961 Hall Bolsters 'M' Defense IN PLAYOFFS: PEK Beats Psi Omega, f U By JIM BERGER with Maximum TWO-DAY SERVICE at i I . 0 Lee Hall could very well be the most versatile lineman on the Michigan football team. The 6', 210 pound senior guard from Charlotte is probably known best by Michigan's football fans for-his uncanny knack of recover- ing' fumbles. 'I.owever, Hall has done a lot more for Michigan this year than pounce on loose foot- balls. Changed Position At the beginning of the year Hall was slated to play as Michi- gan's starting left guard. But then the injuries to starting right guard Joe O'Donnell and his replacement; Lou Pavloff necessitated a change. Hall was called on to make the change to right guard with John Minko playing left guard. "It was kind of different at the beginning," said Hall, "I had played left guard for a long time, and when I made the change I was doing everything backwards." Awkward at First "Instead of hitting with my left shoulder, I had to hit with my right, and it took a little while to get used to. Also I had to make changes in by blocking assign- ments." Michigan Coach Bump Elliott r considers Hall an underrated line- man. "Lee is a solid lineman. He's out there working all the time. "With our injuries at guard, we: needed Lee to change over and he's been doing a really fine job. He's a good blocker and tackler." Earns Praise Elliott also praised Hall as good on the pull out end run plays and described him as a "good down- field blocker." Hall has made another transfor- mation this year, when he was moved to defensive linebacker. "This was also quite a change for me," smiled Hall, "as a linebacker- I have to be watching for the pass as well as the run." Also Placekicker The senior guard's versatility doesn't end. with playing offensive guard and defensive linebacker, Hall is also a placekickers. In high school Hall kicked 19 out of 25 conversions. "Naturally with such a good placekicker as Doug Bickle we don't have any occasion to use Lee," said Elliott, "but if the occa- sion ever arose when we'd need { anothe rkicker Lee would probably 1 i be the first guy we'd call on." P H St Lee used to practice his kicking every day, but has recently discon- Numb fingers and a slate of tinued it. "With a guy like Bickle evenly - matched contests kept on the team, I can see now that I scoring action to a minimum dur- won't see any action as a kicker." ing the lower-bracket finals of Former All Stater professional fraternity touch foot- ball last night at Wines Field. At Charlotte High School, Hall Second-place finals found seven was an outstanding guard. He was Psi Omega gridders plus seven both Associated Press and United Phi Epsilon Kappa athletes with a Press All State Class B. few additional frozen spectators in In his senior year at Charlotte an explosive combination of tem- he was the team's co-captain. At pers, threats, and flying fists. In Michigan, Hall has lettered for between rounds, Phi Epsilon Kappa two years. In his sophomore year won, 10-0. he played 75 minutes and last sea- PEK Moves Ahead son he saw 183 minutes of action. Settling down to a somewhat As far as professional football is more serene second half, the PEK concerned'Hall is not too optimis- offensive machine began to roll. tic. "I suppose I'd like to play, but Quarterback Butch Nielsen con- I don't think I have much of a nected to Gary McNitt on an aerial chance. from the 12 for the clinching Not Big Enough touchdown. McNitt tallied the ex- "I don't think I have the size tra point on a second pass from to play pro ball, and I really don't Nielsen, and Wes Maki nailed Psi plan on it. What I want to do is Omega's Nel Sherbourne in Psi. coach and teach math in high O's end zone for an additional two school." points. a Sma Victor In the game that sent Phi Epsi- lon Kappa to the finals, PEK downed Alpha Omega 20-0. McNitt scored twice, and Benny Abramson accounted for the third six pointer for the winners. Phi Rho Sigma Wins Barry Zindel's touchdown toss to Carl Borders nipped Delta Sig- ma Delta 8-0, as Phi Rho Sigma took the third place title. In the fourth place playoffs Al- pha Chi Sigma invaded twenty yards into the land of the aggrega- tion' of Beta Rho Betas and Eta Kappa Nus to win in overtime 1-0. In other overtime action, Tau Epsilon Rho took the fifth-place finals with a Joe McDade-Sy Cole- man aerial TD combo to end up on the top of a 6-1 score. Delta Sigma Phi picked up the lone point by virtue of possession of the pigskin in enemy territory at the end of overtime play. Hall is in education school and graduates in June. He is majoring in mathematics. "I'l probably try to get a position in a smaller high school where I'll be coaching football and baseball." Recently, Hall has not been playing to full capacity because of illness. "I feel much better now and I'll be playing at my best this weekend. I hope we can come home a winner." Practice Notes The team went through a light workout yesterday in preparation for tomorrow's game at Illinois. The team will leave this after- noon from Willow Run Airport at 2:30 pm. and arrive at Champaign at approximately 4 Central Time. FROM THE FOE: Ilin Starters Healthy, Shotgun Boosts Offense (EDITOR'S NOTE: the following article was written especially for The Daily by Taylor Bell, Daily Ii- lini sports Editor.) 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