ROSE BOWL' SUPPLEMENT YI rL .itI aitdf ROSE BOWL SUPPLEMENT Seventy-Four Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXV, NO. 82 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1964 SECOND SECTION LOLLIPOPS TO ROSES: Elliott Builds Champion Team Big To Ten Champs Travel West By TOM WEINBERG Renowned by newspapermen as the silent potentate of Michigan athletics, H. 0. (Fritz) Crisler was far from mum in his praise for the Wolverines' Coach Bump Elliott at a recent press luncheon. "This entire season is a great tribute to Bump and his staff," Crisler said. "To be able to over- come all the injuries to starting players this season and still come out so well is a fine accomplish- ment." At the age of 39, Chalmers W. Elliott will complete his sixth sea- son as the chief mentor of his alma mater with what he terms "the biggest game of the year" in Pasadena on New Year's Day. An All-America whom his coach Crisler called "the greatest right halfback I ever saw or coached," has gone from roses to lollipops- and back to roses since his foot- ball career began in Bloomington, Illinois in 1940. First Bloom The original roses were in the 1947 classic where he took his, most valuable player in the Big Ten tag into a 49-0 drubbing of Southern California. From there, the World War II Marine Corps veteran went to Oregon State (of all places) to join former Michi- gan star Kip Taylor's staff as an assistant coach. At Oregon State, the reunion of Michigan's All-American brother team, Pete and Bump, was to be- come a reality as they worked together for two seasons before Pete moved on to Oklahoma as an assistant to Bud Wilkinson.. In 1952, the older son of an Illinois doctor and football coach, Bump accepted a post as back- field tutor for a downtrodden Iowa team coached by another former Michigan great, Forest Evashev- ski. Important Iowan "There's no doubt about it," Evashevski said this week while he was toastmaster of the annual Detroit football bust, "Bump was instrumental in Iowa's climb from the cellar to national prominence." During Elliott's five year stay at Iowa, the Hawkeyes copped a Big Ten title and picked up a Rose Bowl win as well. In 1957, Elliott consulted with Evashevski and de- cided to return to Michigan to help Bennie Oosterbaan with the Wol. verine backs. When Oosterbaan stepped down two years later, the 34-year-old Elliott with no experience as a head coach, and with just 10 years of coaching under his belt, assum- ed the role of prime mover of Michigan football fortunes. Tradi- tionally the leaders of not only the West but of the entire nation, the Wolverines were rstumbling. It took six years for the roses to bloom again, but bloom they have this season, as Elliott has guided his teams from the cellar to the top in just three seasons. A mediocre debut in 1959 saw a nonetheless improved 4-5 sea- son, which the Wolverines were able to reverse in the 1960 cam- paign. Paced by the hard-running Bennie McRae and Dave Raimey, the 1961 squad posted a 6-3 rec- ord, but could only break even in the Big Ten. At the Bottom The 1962 disaster season saw Elliott's charges sink to the depths of the conference with a 1-6 mark and 2-7 overall, but last season provided a brief sniff of the roses that were to come a year later, as a young and inconsistent team dealt Pete Elliott's Big Ten cham- ;ion Illini their only defeat and tied runnerup Michigan State. The road to the roses this year for Elliott has been somewhat rocky, but the determined father of -three whose faith in his players proved justified this season says he's "tickled pink," with what he calls the "greatest thrill" in his career. S S 1 . i j 1 1 1 i M' Gridders Compile 8-1 Record After Two Straight Losing Seasons By TOM ROWLAND Associate Sports Editor -Associated Press THE NEWLY CROWNED BIG TEN CHAMPION Michigan Wolverines celebrate in the locker room after the title-clinching 10-0 victory over Ohio State at Columbus. Finishing the season with an 8-1 record and ranked fourth nationally, the Wolverines face the Oregon State Beavers in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day. wolverine 'Ti'rae -oster Elliott Names So.Travel Roster 215 S.Of 44 Players ENDS Conley, Jim .... . .......... .6-3 Farabee, Ben3............. 6-3 Henderson, John.............6-3 Hoyne, Jeff .................. 6-1 Kemp, Stan .................. 6-1 Kirby, Craig .. . ..............6-2 Laskey, Bill .................. 6-2 198 205 185 195 195 190 217 202 230 202 Wright, Ken .... ..............6-1 Sr. Sr. CENTERS Sr. Cecchini, Tom ................ 6-0 Jr. Patchen, Brian .............. 5-11 So. Muir, Bill .................... 6-0 Jr. Nunley, Frank........... ..... 6-2 Sr. Jr. QUARTERBACKS Jr. Evashevski, Frosty ............ 6-0 So. Gabler, Wally .................6-2 Timberlake, Bob...... . . . .....6-4 It took Michigan fans a while to get accustomed to halfbacks throwing for touchdowns, fullbacks hauling in daring pitchouts in last-split-second fashion and scatbacks taking quick laterals, hurdling two blockers, and scampering into the end zone. It took longer to stand in line at the SAB to hand over $200 for a trip to Pasadena. But this was Michigan football, 1964, and only the bold print of Look magazine and the hesitant hopes of the staunchest Wolverine fans dared forecast that Bump Elliott's crew--a team that had only won five games in the past two years-would walk off with an undisputed Big Ten championship, 8-1 season mark, and trip to the Rose Bowl to face Oregon State on New Year's Day. No Prediction But en route to the top no one would forecast that a sophomore third string halfback would pile up 6.5 yards a carry in his fir game, or that a defensive half who had broken his leg on two separate occasions the year before would beat Michigan State, or that University President Harlan Hatcher would stand with his pantlegs rolled up in four inches of snow. It was evident from the first time that Captain 'Jim Conley led the Wolverines onto the field in the opener against the Air Force that this was going to be a -different Michigan team- infamous for its past two years of football floundering. Here was a team that went 80 yards for a touchdown the first time it got its hands on the football. Nine and 40 Nine weeks later-and 40 degrees colder-Ohio State halfback Bo Rein bobbled Stan Kemp's punt and Wolverine end John Henderson scooted to cover the ball. Two plays and it was halfback Jim Detwiler hauling in All-America-to-be Bob Timberlake's pass for the Michigan touchdown. They carried Elliott off the field after the final gun sounded the Wolverines' title-clinching 10-0 victory over the Buckeyes, and yellow roses decorated the Michigan locker- room for the first time in 14 years. There had been a bevy of questions for Elliott to answer in his sixth year of coaching at Ann Arbor. What about the forward " wall, missing a big chunk where 1963 stalwarts Tom Keating and Joe O'Donnell had held sway? Answer-a crew of newcomers O oste haan with a -small veteran nucleus O osterb n would stymie Navy's Rober Stau- bach on defense aid pace a team that led the nation in offensive ow l Team s rushing yards for most of the season. 200 215 210 225 185 192 215 Jr. Sr. Sr.1 So. Sr. Jr. Sr. Parkhill, Tom Smith, Steve.. Wilhite, Clayt .6-2 6-5 . ............... 6-4 Coach Bump Elliott will take a 44-player squad with him to Pasa- dena, tentatively including line- backer Barry Dehlin and defen- sive guard Rich Hahn, both of whom suffered knee injuries against ".Purdue and missed the last five games of the season. The team will practice in Yost Field House or outdoors for a while before leaving for Pasadena on December 20. Regular twice- daily sessions are scheduled on the coast until a day or two before the team meets Oregon State on New Year's Day. Y i J ' 6 . s 7 TACKLES Bailey, Don .................. 5-11 195 Haverstock, Tom .............6-3 235 Kines, Charles ................ 6-0 230 Mack, Tom................... 6-3 220 Mader, Gerry.:...... ..........6-3 225 Ruzicka, Chuck ...............6-1 235 Yearby, Bill .................. 6-3 230 LEFT HALFBACKS So. Detwiler, Jim .................6-3 Jr. Lee, Louis .................... 6-2 Jr. Jr. Sygar, Rick..................5-11 Sr. Rick....................6-3 Jr. RIGHT HALFBACKS Jr. Bass, Mike .................... 6-0 Rindfuss, Dick..............6-0 Ward, Carl .................... 5-9 Sr. Wells, Dick ...................5-9 cu .1 212 190 185 200 So. So. So. So. '02, '-48, '51 . . . ost Crisler. tLead Rose 175 So. GUARDS 190 185 175 Sr. So. Jr. -Daily-Jim Lines ATHLETIC DIRECTOR H. O. (Fritz) Crisler and Coach Bump Elliott confer before a practice session at Ferry Field. Elliott, who Crisler called "the greatest right halfback I ever saw or coached," has developed a Big Ten championship team in his sixth season as head coach. Butler, Dave ............. . . Flanagan, Dennis ........... Hahn, Rich .................. Keating, Bill ................. Marcum, John ................ Mielke, Bob .................. Simkus, Arnie ................ 6-1 6-2 6-0, 6-2 6-0 6-1 6-4 225 220 205 230 210 205 230 SO. Sr. Jr. Sr. So. Sr. FUJLLBACKS Anthony, Mel ................6-0 Dehlin, Barry ................ 5-11 Fisher, Dave .................5-10 Schick, Gary .................. 6-2 210 200 215 210 Sr. Jr. So. Jr. M Ea s reet Victoi By LLOYD GRAFF "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm," hath said Emerson. Although Ralph Waldo was not exactly a sports fan, were he liv- ing today even .he would agree that Michigan has enthusiasm about the Rose Bowl. The wave of popular support rose with each Michigan victory, ebbing only slightly after the Purdue mishap. After the Iowa game it became clear that the Maize and Blue had a shot at the Big Ten championship and the west coast junket. Just the Big Bad Buckeyes stood in the way. All spirit was transformed into hatred of Ohio State, with Woody Hayes pictured as evil incarnate. The Wolverine's ally at the tele- scope, Dr. Hazel Losh and the official Michigan pep peddler Wally Weber led a throng of 4000 leather-lunged fans in cheering the team at a diag pep rally. An estimated 9000 fans journeyed to Columbus for the climactic struggle played in numbing cold. While they were rewarded for their ordeal by weather with victory, their compatriots in Ann Arbor who ries witEnth By JIM LaSOVAGE Three Michigan coaches, Fielding H. (Hurry-Up) Yost, Herbert Orrin (Fritz) Crisler, and Bennie Oosterbaan, have thus far led Wolverine grid teams to the post-season spectacle in Pasadena. Combined, their teams have racked up a victory margin of 112-6 over Pacific Coast Conference challengers. That's quite a respectable walloping when one considers that the feat of scoring 17 touchdowns and limiting the foe to one was per- formed against the "best" team, in the West each year. That wonderful year-1902-marked the first of the New Year's Day gridiron classics ever to be played, and it will, because it was the first, probably be the longest re- membered. James Wagner, the "muttonhead manager" of the U 6"11 Sfirst Rose Bowl, h ad invited M Michigan to play Stanford, al- hmostf observers sidered the football portion of the Tournament of Roses a folly. I Wagner's first choice would havegbeen thesCalifornia Bears, who had just completed an unde- feated season. But the Bears had cold feet, and the bid went to the Cardinals, as the Stanfordites were then known. Only by Two Stanford had been beaten only by California, and by only a 2-0 margin. The Cardinals' overall rec- ord was 3-1-2. However, four of these six games were played against two makeshift outfits named the Olympic Club and Re- liance. Against each team, the Cardi- nals managed a victory and a tie. The only legitimate college team they beat was Nevada, by their largest victory margin (12-0), and Kicking Treasure Kemp turned out to be the ob- ject ofrElliott's search for a punt- er to replace O'Donnell. The Mich- igan soph toed 42 boots, sailin- over 36 yards a kick, with an abundant number of them find- ing the out of bounds marker at the enemy ten-yard line. The Wolverines found an an- swer to a much-needed speed de- ficiency in the person of sopho- more halfback Carl Ward, who hurdled, dashed and otherwise ad- vanced forward for an average of 4.7 yards a carry during the sea- son. Detwiler, listed as third string left halfback two weeks before the first game, got the starting nod after injuries to Jack Clancy and John Rowser left the slot vacant, and then plowed off the right side of the line for 72 yards against the Air Force at a 6.5'per carry clip. Michigan won it sans sweat, 24-7. Staubach Scuttled Detwiler chalked up 77 yards on 11 carries the next week as the Blue sunk the Navy, 21-0, putting a stopper on Heisman Trophy winner Staubach. Timberlake out-passed Stau- bach, out-booted Michigan State's barefooted kicker Dick Kenney, outran Illinois' all-America line- backer Dick Butkus, and out- scored anyone else in the Big Ten. He finished with eight touch- downs, 20 extra points, four field goals, and an all-America quarter- hack herth mummemmen