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Cadets Hold Series Edge on
Wolverines
By JIM BERGER "
Today's clash between Michigan
and Army is more than an ordi-
nary intersectional battle. It's
more like a grudge game.
Though the Wolverines and he
Cades have only met eight times
on the gridiron beginning in 1945,
the two schools have established
a reputation for hard-nosed foot-
ball to the final gun.
In the series, the Cadets hold
a 5-3 edge and remain as the only
major school to be up on Michigan.
(The only other team that holds
an edge over the Wolverines is
Wesleyan College of Massachu-
setts. They won 14-6 in the only
encounter between t h e t w o
schools).
Army Powerful
Of all years, 1945 was probably
the worst year to start a series
with West Point. This was the
second of the legendary Blan-
TWO DAMES AT THE GAME:
A Girls' Eye-View of Football
chard-Davis teams which com-
piled a three year 27-0-1 record.
Fearful of the Cadet power,
Michigan Coach H. O. "Fritz"
Crisler, now Michigan Athletic
Director, devised a platoon system,
the first of its kind/ used any-
where by anyone. When it was all
over Army had won, 28-7, but the
young Wolverines played the game
of their lives.
Crisler's freshmen and sopho-
mores had slowed the powerful
West Point attack to a walk for
much of the game and managed to
score early in the game. The final
score was the smallest of the year
as Army wound up the best in the
nation.
Last Season
In .1946, Blanchard and Davis'
last, the Black Knights came to
Ann Arbor and in a whing-ding
game won, 20-13. Notre Dame tied
the Cadets that year, 0-0, to mar
an otherwise perfect three year
record.
It's almost ironic, but after the
loss Michigan wasn't to lose again
until 1949, when Army came to
town to post a 21-7 upset and
snap a Michigan unbeaten string
at 25 games.
In the string were two Big Nine
championships and a 49-0 whomp-
ing of Southern California in the
1948 Rose Bowl.
In 1950 and again in 1954 the
Army posted victories, but since
then the series has turned to
Michigan. In 1955, the Wolverines,
sparked by Terry Barr's 82 yd.
punt return and Ron Kramer's
fierce blocking rolled to a 26-2
victory.
Worst Beating
In 1955, Michiganiadministered
one of the worst beatings in aca-
demy history, 48-14, after amas-
sing a 48-0 lead.
Last year, after a schedule lapse
of five years, the story was the
same. The Cadets, figured to be
the best in the east, had whipped
Richmond and Boston University
easily to open the season.
Michigan had routed UCLA.
They continued their ways, 38-8,
and indirectly contributed to the
removal of then Army Coach Dale
Hall.
Today, new Coach Paul Die tbzA
brings his three-platoon circus to
town. What will happen is alay-
body's guess.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Margie and
Ellen are members of The Michi-
gan Daily editorial staff who claim-
ed they didn't know anything about
football and were afraid to ask,
having inquired once about illegal
use of hands. Here is football from
their viewpoint.)
By MARJORIE BRAHMS
and ELLEN SILVERMAN
Girls may care abouththe boys
who play football but they really
don't care about the ritual of pig-
skin tossing.
Nevertheless, every Saturday
nearly one half of the cheering
crowd in the stands is wearing a
skirt. Why?
Girls troop down from the Hill
enmass weekly to partake in the
colorful, exciting spectacle boys
call football. Girls can't tell the
difference between a touch-back
and a touchdown but they go any-
way.
Explanation
(A touchback for the uninform-
ed is when the halfback touches
the fullback with illegal use of
hands and is therefore awarded
three free throws according to a
new rule recently enacted by Com-
missioner Ford Frick. This ap-
plies only to the National League
needless to say.)
What motivates.girls to go? It
certainly is not the intricacies of
the game, but more like a com-
bination of music. muscle, food and
frolic.
Who can resist the tempting hot
aroma of peanuts, popcorn, crack-
erjack and cold Vernors? Espe-
cially when time which is sup-
posed to be spent watching the
game can be utilized better by
eating.
Then, of course, there's the
band.
Band Wins
Michigan, intelligent though we
may be, is not currently reknown
for the skill of its gridders. But
our band usually wins, and that is
ego building to be sure. What
pomp! What splendor! As the
unknown voice cries, "Band, ta-a-
ake the field," chills run up and
down womanly spines, especially
at the sight of the blue and gold
uniforms and the-large, white por-
celain sousaphones.
The football game also provides
weekly exercise and a welcome re-
lease for pent-up emotions. Of
course, a boy who is "in the know"
is a must to tell you when to
stand. How well we remember the
girl who stood up and cheered for
MSU when she inadvertantly mis-
sed the change of sides while
powdering her nose.
Some Things Ignored
Social aspects of football have
been overlooked by the more sin-
cere experts of the game. In a
stadium of 101,001 a girl is bound
to see someone she knows and
possibily get a date for the victory
celebration, especially if she is
wearing her newest outfit. It's
remarkable that girls persist in
wearing their newest, cutest
clothes to sit on horrible, splinter
ridden seats.
The institution of football has
long survived as an all-male sport
at Michigan. But why would any-
one play if not for the glory of
exhibiting his manly skills in front
of the charming cheering coeds of
the University?
By OTTO PENZLER
Special Daily Correspondent
NEW YORK-When the 1962
football season began, Dick Eckert
was the Army quarterback.
Although he wasn't much of a
runner, he could pass as well as
any man in the East. With gradu-
ations cutting into the Cadet back-
field, fans wondered who would
help him move the ball.
Joe Blackgrove called the sig-
nals for most of the game as Army
ruined Wake Forest, 40-14, two
weeks ago.
Blackgrove Improves
Now, Eckert. was demoted to the
second team, which still wasn't
too bad. After all, Blackgrove had
improved a great deal, and was the
best runner on the squad as a
halfback in 1961, with the speed
necessary for a defensive back.
The 5'11", 170-lb. Blackgrove-di-
rected the Regulars, which is coach
Paul Dietzel's name for his first
string players. This is the platoon
that is expected to do well both
on offense and defense-the best
athletes at-the U.S. Military Aca-
demy.
Eckert was still in charge of the
Go team. This squad, when
brought into the game, was ex-
pected to move the ball down
the field, as all offensive special-
ists are expected to do.
Art Lewis called the signals for
the entire game Saturday after-
noon as Army defeated Syracuse,
9-2.
Eckert Rides Bench
An unexplained knee injury,
combined with a bad cold, kept
Blackgrove on the sidelines, along-
side Eckert, who saw no action
whatsoever. Lewis ran both the
Regulars and the Go team, the
latter scoring all the points for
Army in the second quarter.
Precisely who will direct the at-
tack against Michigan is anybody's
guess.
When Dietzel took over at West
Point this year, he concentrated
his and the team's efforts on de-
fense, and it is defense which de-
serves the credit for the scores
against Syracuse.
Razzle-Dazzle
With the Orangemen controlling
the ball at their own 47-yd. line,
quarterback Bob Lelli rolled out
to pass, flipped the ball to his
halfback, who flipped it back to
Lelli, who then found his would-
be receivers covered. Everyone was
fooled by the razzle-dazzle except
big Bill Chescavage, who swarmed
all over Lelli. The Syracuse quar-
terback went down so fast and so
hard he bore a striking resem-
blance to a heavyweight cham-
pion fighting Sonny Liston in
Chicago. The time was not 2:08
of the first quarter.
At this point, the ball held only
secondary interest to Lelli, who
was far more concerned with pre-
serving life and limb (his),
Lee Grasfeder recovered
safety-first fumble.
A short field goal by Dick Heydt
netted the first three points of the
game for the Black Knights of
the Hudson.
Go Team Goes
A mere 68 seconds later, the
Army Go team added a touch-
down, and Heydt missed the extra
point. Again, the Chinese Bandits,
the name assigned to the defensive
specialists by Dietzel, rate a good
share of the credit.
A 'sophomore, Jack Johnson,
knocked the ball loose from Billy
Hunter, the speedy Orange half-
back, and pounced on the ball at
the Syracuse 32.. Only one play
was needed at this point to pro-
duce the score for Army.
Spurning the slot-T formation
they normally employ, quarterback
Lewis alerted the defense to the
imminent aerial attempt by going
into a spread formation.
Snares TD Pass
Another sophomore, Bob Bedell,
streaked down the sideline, strech-
ed his six foot body as far as he
could, and snared the perfect lead
pass on his fingertips one step
from the end zone. Neither of the
desperate defenders touched him
as he raced over the goal line.
On the ensueing kickoff, the
Syracuse receiver grabbed the high
boot, took a step to the left, then
a step to the right, then just put
his head down and prayed as six
Kaydets gang-tackled him. The
bruising tackles on punts and
kickoffs kept the ball in Syracuse
territory most of the day.
Wicked Tackles
Another wicked tackle, this one
out of bounds and after the
whistle had blown, nearly resulted
in a free-for-all near the Syracuse
bench when Carl Stichweh hit
Bill Schoonover, the Orange star
who was voted back of the game,
high and hard. The 15-yd. penalty
for unnecessary roughness was
only one of the six 15-yarders
charged to the over-aggressive
Army tacklers and blockers, who
were assessed 100 yards in pen-
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big hole in last Saturday's game with Army. The Army defense
was not as porous throughout the game, holding Syracuse to just
two gift points. Identifiable Army players are tackle Bill Hawkins
(77) and guard Ed Schillo.
HATS AND ALL:
Color Marks Army Platoons
ALL-TIME GREATS-Doe Blanchard (35) and Glenn Davis (41)
were the pride and joy of Coach Earl Blaik, as well as the whole
Army team when they made All-America for the third straight
year in 1946.
GRID GLOSSARY
This is a glossary of football terms:
1) Backfield in motion-The Twist.
3) Defensive holding-Coed's tactics in the Arb.
4) Clipping-when a college football player doesn't get paid
as much as the "rest of the guys."
5) Touchdown-What's a touchdown???????
6) Forward pass-successful pickup.
7) Illegal forward pass-you got rebuked! Don't worry, she was
too young for you anyway.
8) Block-Mike, he works on the sports staff.
9) Tackle-what you use to catch fish.
10) Safety-12:30 per.
11) Illegal formation-panty raid.
12) Illegal procedure-dating your roomate's girl.
13) Unnecessary ,roughness-Necessity for a 2.0 in order to play.
14) Offside-the P-Bell if you're under 21.
15) Ineligible receiver downfield-not getting enough appropria-
tion from Lansing.
16) Backfield coach-Ann Landers.
17) Center--place for meeting friends.
18) Illegal use of hands-what happens after the game.
THERE THEY ARE NOW-This, or a reasonable facsimile, is what the girls come to see at a foot-
ball game-MEN! These genial symbols of masculinity don sweatshirt and trampoline to cheer the
Michigan eleven in its weekly battles. The players-you couldn't see them. When an 'M' gridder
was spotted he was suddenly thrown on the seat of his pants and left looking up at a white shirted
individual running past with something under his arm.
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By STAN KUKLA
When Paul Dietzel is hired as
head coach of a football team, he
takes over the whole school, not
just the football squad.
Of course, Dietzel's main inter-
est IS the football team, but just
a plain old football team doesn't
have much to recommend it.
That's why Dietzel has three pla-
toons, each with a different name
(Regulars, Go, and Chinese Ban-
dits) and each with a different
insignia on their uniform to iden-
tify them.
The Regulars are the first team.
They start each period and play
for approximately half of that
period. The Regulars are expected
to play both offense and defense.
Flag Flies
How can a fan tell when the
first team is in? If he was at West
Point he could look at the flags
that were flying. A black flag
means that the Regulars are in.
But what if Army isn't playing
at West Point? Then, the easiest
way to tell if the Regulars are in
is to look at their uniforms. They
wear white socks with a black
band around the top. This is the
'onlyidentifying mark on the Reg-
ulars, so look close.
Gold, Not Black
The second team features the
offensive specialists. Dietzel calls
them his Go team. When they en-
ter the game, the gold flag is run
up. Their socks have a gold band
on them, instead of the black.'
But the Go team has another
identfiable mark, a shoulder patch.
Worn on the right shoulder, it is
a picture of a missile about to be
launched.
the rest will depend on their
imaginations.
Corps, Too
Dietzel has even called into play
the staid Army corps, whch has
remained aloof in previous years.
When the Chinese Bandits enter
the fracas, the corps dons bright
red Coolie hats and-a red flag is
run up.
When the platoons aren't play-
ing, Dietzel has seen to it that
they will not go unrecognized.
Sideline Insignias
The sideline benches are marked
with the identifying symbol and
each player has his position la-
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belled on the bench, such as "left
end, left tackle," etc., so that
every player sits next to the man
he plays next to on the field.
This "togetherness" is even held
in the pre-game warm-up. The
units form three circles and the
quarterback of that platoon runs
the warm-up exercises, keeping
time to wild music on the side-
lines.
Last Saturday, when the Cadet
Corps marched off the field after
their pre-game show, they left be-
hind them 1,119 oranges which
spelled out: "Go Army Beat Syra-
cuse." What's for today, Dietzel?
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