LINOIS OF '64? Michigan To Rate High Predict SnOrts Seers - ~ p Y Sir i4au 416F a t t "This could be Michigan's year.". Football experts across the. country are beginning to make their predictions for the 1964 season with some coaches voicing their opinions, too. Notre Dame football coach Ara Parseghian re- cently hailed the Michigan team as the "Illinois of 1964," referring to Illinois' spectacular Big Ten and Rose Bowl'championships last season. yBump Elliott In Six h Year As Head" Man By SCOTT BLECH In 1947, Michigan was uhde- feated and untied as it captured the Big Ten and Rose Bowl cham- pionships. At right halfback was the Big Ten's most valuable play- er, a hard-driving 160 pound run- ner. Chalmers (Bump) Elliott was the valuable halfback of the cham- pionship Wolverines. Athletic Di- rector Fritz Crisler hailed Elliott as the greatest halfback that he ever coached or saw. Bump Elliott is now in his sixth season as head football coach at his alma mater. His teams have compiled a 20-23-2 record for all games and 12-20-2 in the Big Ten. The best record for Michigan un- der Elliott's coaching was the 6-3 mark of the 1961 squad. Coached at Iowa The 39-year old Michigan coach previously coached at Oregon State and Iowa before becoming Michigan backfield coach in 1957. At Iowa, Elliott coached under Forest Evashevski who was a Wol- verine captain in 1940. The former Michigan stars led Iowa to Big Ten and Rose Bowl titles before Elliott returned to Ann Arbor. Elliott coached Wolverine backs for two seasons and became head coach in 1959 when Bennie Oos- terbaan retired from coaching. In his days as a player, Elliott came to Michigan after serving for the Marine Corps in World War II. In his first season, the power- ful halfback scampered for four touchdowns and averaged 5.1 yards per carry for the season. Showing great pass catching ability and reverses as a rusher, Bump Elliott led the Big Ten in scoring in 1947 with 54 points. The agile right halfback led Mich- igan's national championship team . . .*. m i.:. . . . . . . ' Parseghian pointed out that the Wolverines have hunger, talent, and coaching typical of the West- ern Conference. 'M' Ranked Third Look Magazine went a step fur- ther and eliminated all doubt by ranking Michigan the number three team in the country behind Oklahoma and Mississippi. According to Look Sports Edi- tor, Tim Cohane, Bump Elliott's scrappy eleven is expected to win nine of its ten season contests, losing only to Ohio State. The Wolverines will defeat Washing- ton in the Rose Bowl after tieing Illinois for the Big Ten crown. Look goes on to predict that Bump Elliott will record his fifth con- secutive victory over brother Pete's Illini. Running the Pack Cohane describes the Wolverines as a "hungry and snappish" squad with Bob Timberlake, "the quar- terback to run the pack." Timber- lake, end JohnHenderson, and tackle= Bill Yearby are picked as stars of Midwestern play with Yearby also being named to the Lookb22-ManbAll-American team. Other magazines have been less optimistic in analyzing' Michigan. The Wolverines were ranked third in the, -Big Ten by Street and Smith's yearbook and Football Roundup. Street and Smith's Paul Hor- nung states that "if the tackles and guards produce up to Big Ten standards, Elliott's wing-T may be off winging, because it appears to have about everything else. Michigan did finish the 1963 season with a 3-4-2 'record and a fifth place finish in the Big Ten. The various football prophets ex- pect the 22 returning lettermen and newcomers to start paying dividends to Elliott. Seventy-Four Years of Editorial Freedom I. VOL. LXXV, No. 2 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1964 Optimism Rules Myichigan Grid Ho1 By TOM ROWLAND Associate sports Editor Third in the nation? Beat Wash- ington in the Rose Bowl? . Michigan head football. coach Bump Elliott looked out over his bumper crop of 1964 grid hope- fuls on the opening day of fall drills last Monday and commented with a smile, "It's unusual." Unusual it is. Two years ago Wolverine football fans watched their warriors, slide to the Big; Ten cellar with a 1-6 conference mark. Last year was a 2-3.-2 ef- fort. Michigan hasn't won a Big Ten football title in 14 years. The Wolverines haven't been repre- sented on an all-America team in eight years. And Yet And yet. Look magazine and a' host of other pre-season pickers are giving Ellijtt's "hungry, snap- pish" Wolverines a good shot at the top of the heap come Novem- ber. Among the 90 aspirants that Elliott has on hand this fall are a proven bevy of ends, a "healthy" situation at quar erback-as well as center, more speed than Mich- igan has seen since McRae and{ Raimey in the backfield, and' plenty of punch at fullback. j Big problem to plague 1964 hopes will be in the line, where Elliott week. "We'll start out going both ways and see how our talent de- velops." Now 22 glue-shirted first- stringers mark the two-a-day, drills that began last Monday, a' week before the rest of the Big Ten due to Michigan's early, classes.. Elliott has 22 lettermen from last year, plus three others who gained monograms in the 1962 cellar season plus a strong crew up from the frosh ranks to fill in the gaps and supply needed depth. One of the brightest newcomersI to keep an eye on will be a speed- ster halfback wish Dave Raimey's old number 19 on his back and the same mobility in the open field. He's Carl Ward, 5-9, 185-lb. right half who was all-city, all- state, and all=American in high school ball. Elsewhere the Wolverines are happily supplied with virtually the same backfield as a year ago. Dick Rindfuss. Jack Clancy, John Row- ser.. Dick Wells-they'll all back at halves, along with soph poten- tials Jim Detwiler, Louis Lee, and Mike Bass. Power Here Fullback is stocked, too. Last year's leading ground-gainer Mel Anthony leads the corps-he ram- -Daily-Jim Lines WOLVERINE GIRDDERS execute drills in a practice session earlier this week. Coach Bump Elliott's team has been working out twice a day prior to next week's classes. The players include: RE John Henderson, RT Bill Yearby, RG John Marcum, C Brian Patchen, LG Bill Keating, LT Chuck Kines, LE Jim Conley, QB Bob Timberlake, RH Dick Rindfuss, LH John Rowser, and FB Mel Anthony. year, pushed by some strong soph talent in Dick Vidmer and Rick Volk. Add seasoned quarter Frosty Evashevski-and that .makes for strength at quarterback whichever way you look at it. "Timberlake's doing a good ,ob," says Elliott, "but he's. going to have to stay that way if he's go- ing to keep the spot." Timberlake came on strong at the end of last season , after a shoulder injury slowed the start of his junior year. Vidmer was all-state, all Western Pennsylvania, and scholastic all- American at Hempfield High in Greensburg, Pa. Open Up "We intend to open up and throw the ball this year," comments El- liott, "but to just what extent is hard to say. With all our ends back it may be a strong advantage through the air." Seven lettermen are back at the flanker spot-offensive standouts like Craig Kirby and John Hen- derson, who paced the Michigan scoring last season with 32 poins, and all-around performers like veterans Bill Laskey and captain Jim Conley. All this along with Steve Smith, Jeff Hoyne, Ben Farabee-and sophs Clayt Wilhite, punter Stan Kemp, and Carl Cmejrek. Tom Ceechini was named Big Ten lineman of the week last year in the game previous to the one that sent him out for the season with a knee injury. He's back and healthy at center this fall, but he's going to have to take the position away from his 1963 replacement, Brian Patchen. Frank Nunley, a 6-2, 225-lb. soph, will bolster the position. In the question mark line, El- liott has big Bill Yearby (6-3, 222) at one tackle, with improved Tom Mack right behind him. On. the left side non letterman Chuck Kines may get first call, but there's a scramble for the spot with names like Charlie Ruzicka, Jerry Mader, and Arnie Simkus in line. Rich Hahn, a 6-0, 205=1b. senior, and John Marcum. who weighs and stands the same, will give strength to the right guard spgt with soph Bob Mielke behind. Bill Keating, 230-lb. brother of bzaduated tackle Tom, has first call right now. on the left 'guard post. Keating, a sophomore, didn't see any action last year but look- ed strong in spring drills. i i ''M' MEETS AIR FARCE FIRST: Wolverines To Face ough pponents By BUD WILKINSON are injured or. if the untested the Big Ten in passing and total n1aver rko nnt develon. Navy will offense last year, has graduated ; Bump Elliott and his boys will. face a tough schedule of oppon- ents this season including seven Big Ten teams plus two service academy squads. The season opener will be at Ann Arbor where the Wolverines will face the Falcons of, the Air Force Academy. The Air Force, coming to town with a 7-3 record from last season, should be strong- er on defense but weaker offen- sively. The defensive line is big- ger, stronger, and mote experi- enced. However, the Falcons' offense last year consisted almost entirely of Quarterback Terry Isaacson, who set 15 school records. There is no adequate replacement for Isaacson which means that the Falcons' offense will change from roll outs and options to power running by the halfbacks. The overall look for the offense is big halfbacks with fair speed, inexperience at quarterback, lack of line experience except at ends where the flankers are fast and tough. Roger and Friends The next team to visit Ann Ar- bor will be Navy, one of the tough- est squads the Wolverines will face. Roger Staubach, an old friend of Michigan fans, will be returning after winning an All-America berth on every major team, the Heisman and Maxwell 'trophies, and setting several Navy records. Also returning will be Pat Don- nelly, one of the best fullbacks ever to play for Navy, and half- back. Ed Orr. Besides these three, however. only ten lettermen will return, leaving Navy with a depth prob- lem. Only one letterman end will be returning and if key personnel j~1 4J'Gl0 UV 11V V- iAL VLtvj/y .1. wvy lv ua ; ---Y-' - -'_ "t " -' ff _ ____Lt_ _ ___ Ly_. _ be weaker than last year's squad which defeated Michigan 26-13. The following week the "M" men will invade the campus of their arch rival, Michigan State. The Spartan team seems to be weaker than that of last year"which tied for second in the conference. The four top rushers of- last year'sI team have graduated and the line will be much lighter. The Spar- tan's greatest problem should be a lack of offensive speed. Their{ strength may be at quarterback where four lettermen return. Purdue Lacks QB leaving no one with more than five minutes experience at quar- terback. The situation is similar at full- back because of the graduation of the three top fullbacks. At the re- mnaining positions the Boilermak- ers have 23- returning lettermen and have adequate depth and ex- perience. In the Homecoming game, Min- nesota invades Michigan Stadium to try to retain possession of the, famed Brown Jug. The Gophers have lost their two outstanding tackles, Carl Eller and Milt Sunde i k i. !1 } i t l - 1 'I °3 i 'i j iii must plug up the vacancies left by last year's bulwarks Tom Keat- ing and Joe O'Donnell. But even here the head coach is not pes- simisuic: "It will be a hard prob- lem to solve," he admits,. "but we've got some non-letterwinners who are going to give us a lot of help in bolstering up the line. Bill Keating, Tom Mack, Chuck Kines --they're showing a lot of im- provement." New offensive line coach Tony, Mason echoes the same. "Attitude is going to have a lot to do with it. We've got a challenge-and we'll have a good line." Two Platoon It's the year of the two-platoon' in college football, a return al- most to the free substitution thatj was ruled out in 1953. The general rule changes have brought it back,' and this year unlimited substitu- tion is allowed when the clock is stopped-and even two can enter the game when'time is running. "We're planning on having of- fensive and defensive units as much as possible," Elliott said this bled for 394 yards at almost four yards a carry in 1963. He's backed up by defensively-tough Barry Dehlin and soph Dave Fisher. The "healthy"'situation at quar- terback sees veteran helmsman Bob Timberlake back for a third On October 17, the Wolverines with no one in sight to replace! will come back to Ann Arbor to them. face the Boilermakers of Purdue. Minnesota's big problem stems who defeated them last year, 23- from the fact that the squad has 12. Purdue's worst problem is find- suffered heavy losses in person- . BUTKU ing a starting quarterback and nel for the past two seasons withDIKBTU fullback. Ron DiGravio, who led only mediocre freshman squads tc plug the gaps in talent. Accord- Washington in the Rose Bowl, and ing to Coach Murray Warmath, may be even stronger this season. "We have nothing but problems at r all positions." Returning are fullback Jim Gra Myers Returns bowski, leading ground gainer an' Northwestern comes to meel Rose Bowl "Player of the Game": Michigan the next weekend led halfback Sam Price, the second by quarterback Tom Myers who leading rusher; quarterback Fred b a roenbadc t Tm ysng who- Custardo, and All-American Dick broken 12 Wildcat passing rec- Butkus, one of Illinois' all-time ords. According to Coach Aley greats at linebacker. Agase, Myers will be running moreg this yeair to help develop a re- Snook Plus Defense spectable ground offense to com"-" pleen th pssig ttak.The "M" ridders next travel tci element the passing attack. -play the Hawkeyes of Iowa. The The Wildcat's greatest strength Hawkeyes will be depending on will be down the middle with ex- Ithe passing of Gary Snook and a perience at left half, quarterback strong defense. Iowa lost its top fullback, and center. Problems will :.:..:.:rushers, receivers, and -linebackers occur in the line where five start- ers graduated. er fist Saturday in Novem- ost positions. Although the top bertheWoleries illtak onreceivers have graduated there are {e, the Wolverines will take on eturning lettermen and sopho- Illinois, guided by Bump's brother more standouts to snare Snook Pete. The Illini of last season were passe second-ranked in the nation, Big TOM MYERS Ten champs, and victors over Th Wolerines wind u y ____ son at Ohio State. The Buckeyes should Lave a very strong defense )OTBALL SCHEDULE but the offense may be weak. There is plenty of experienced AIR FORCE HOME depth and talent on the line but NAVY HOME the offense which scored only 12 MICHIGAN STATE AWAY touchdowns last season needs def- PURDUE HOME inite improvement. MINNESOTA HOME The Buckeyes major problems NORTHWESTERN - HOME are realigning backfield personneo ILLINOIS HOME to get maximum punch and find- IOWA AWAY ing a field goal and extra point OHIO STATE AWAY kicker. CARL WARD MICHIGAN'S TENTATIVE DEPTH CHART (Based on pre-practice estimates) BUMP ELLIOTT and won the Chicago Tribune's silver football award for being the Big Ten's most valuable play- er. Lettered in Baseball Besides earning two letters for his gridiron prowess, Elliott won a pair in baseball and a letter at Purdue where he played during his Marine Corps training. He and his brother Pete, head coach at Illinois, garnered 16 Michigan letters between them. Pete is the only Wolverine in modern sports history to win 12 letters, Bump, however, has defeated his brother in four straight football games as head coach. i LE Jim Conley Steve Smith Ben Farabee Carl Cmejrek LT LG Charles Kines Bill Keating Charles Ruzicka Dave Butler John Yanz Steve Yatchak Tom Haverstock C Brian Patchen Tom Cecchini Frank Nunley Bill Muir RG Rich Hahn John Marcum Bob Mielke Nick Frontezak RT Bill Yearby Tom Mack Jerry Mader Arnie Simkus Bob Timberlake Frosty Evashevski Dick Vidmer Rick Voik LH Jack Clancy John Rowser Jim Detwiler Louis Lee FB Mel Anthony Barry Dehlin Dave Fisher. RH Dick Rindfuss Carl Ward Dick Wells Rick Sygar Mike Bass /: t' Football Ticket Pickup Commences at I-M Building iAs was the case in 1963, stu- I termined by the number of semen- 1964 F( SEPTEMBER 26 OCTOBER 3 OCTOBER 10 OCTOBER 17 OCTOBER 24 OCTOBER 31 NOVEMBER 7 NOVEMBER 14 NOVEMBER 21 RE Bill Laskey John Henderson Craig Kirby Jeff Hoyne dents desiring.football tickets this fall will be required to purchase the twelve-dollar Student Athletic Coupons. This fall's coupons, however, will be used only for football games and will guarantee no priority for basketball games. The priority system for football games will remain the same, with the four classifications to be de- I Ste for Cage Arena Awaits Building Start ters in attendance at the Univer- sity. The top or fourth priority classification, with tickets begin- ning at the 50-yard line, will be limited to students with six or more semesters; the third: four to five and one-half semesters; the second: two to three and one-half, semesters; and the first: one and' one-half semesters and below. Summer school will count one-half semester. Tickets will be distributed ac- cording to the above classification, and students arriving late will be forced to take tickets in the clas- sification of the pick-up day. The dates for distribution are as fol- lows: Group Four - Monday, August 31. Group Three-Tuesday, Septem- ber 1. Group Two-Wednesday, Sep- tember 2. Group One-Thursday, Septem- ber 3. The IM Sports Building will re- main open on the above dates from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. After September 3, tickets will be dis- tributed at the Ticket Office, Hoo- ver and South State, through} noon, September 12. A 7n-in ran.. fns . -tt ,,.i McClendon Sees Effect Of Sub Rule FORT WORTH, Tex. (P) - Louisiana- State football Coach Charles McClendon sees the new substitution rule as a boost for .the offense, proving better and more exciting action this fall. He thinks there will be more specialization and says the rule, which allows platooning when time is out, also will speed up the game by eliminating the time-consum- ing check of substitutions. Whereas the players last season were allowed to substitute at cer- tami times and thus had to be checked, now they will be able to go in as many times as desired and there will be no need to keep a record. H'e told newsmen that he plans to continue his three-team system but that his starting unit will be two-way players. McClendon said a coach still has to teach his players both of- fense and defense because the new substitution rules do not permit platooning at all times as it did when it was discontinued 12 years ago. Thera teams could be pla- tooned when the ball changed By CHUCK VETZNER Welcome to Michigan's new 14,000-seat field house. Right now it's a vast rolling field of verdant growvth just south- east of Michigan stadium-the same stage of conscruction that students left it in last spring. Why? We tried to find out. First, a call to an assistant to the Vice-President in charge of Business and Finance. Finally getting him on the third try: "Sorry, I don't know anything about it. Why don't you call Mr. B-. He, knows all about it." So again we dialed-it took two tries on the new Centrex: "Are you referring to the University Events Building?" he quieried smugly.] Embarrassed, we admitted that indeed we were and apologized for "I don't know," he answered. "Who does know;" we insisted. Architects Still Planning "Well, you see, the architects are still taking price estimates and doing the preliminary planning." We weren't quite sure what that meant, but we didn't want to sound duml again. "Thank you, Mr. B." With time to think we decided that no one knew when the arena would be started and that if the building was to be ready for graduation it would have to be started in March of this year. Some one who knows about such things also pointed out that if Ann Arbor has a normal winter there will still be plenty of snow and ice on the ground in March, making it difficult to excavate. _ _ .... .. ...... ;:,:. . ::. ..r::.:; ::............ ....:.::. :::::..: ::;:;:;.:::::: :z:>>::.ti.: v. ............................................................... d...:..._........_..._.._.................... ..........................:": h".