PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN lbAll.V C A mTTbTl A V !!!rml17b1Cn 0 I n +a SATURD1AY. OCTOBER 6. 1962 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAG FOURv THu MCJ&r Ub i tW AUDY COE ,16 Cadets 'Drop oeyEd lyPaon 731tLay1ta~ s111Uravia ws iA TUE MI HIANvDAILY. a FOR ARMY: Elliott uggles Wolverine First { By OTTO PENZLER Special To The Daily NEW YORK - Two major strategic innovations were intro- duced to the Army football team when Coach - of - the - Year Paul Dietzel left Louisiana State to take over at West Point. On the negative side, he disposed of the famed "lonely end" forma- tion which flourished when Pete Dawkins and Bob Anderson were writing headlines. Of a more positive nature, and of even greater interest and sig- nificance, is the inauguration of the three-platoon system that is spanking new to the Military Academy, but not to Dietzel, who gained national prominence at LSU with his Chinese Bandits. Individual Practices This method of gridiron opera- tion requires a minimum of 33 healthy, aggressive, young football players. They are divided into three separate and very distinct organi- zations, so much so that each group holds individual practice sessions. Also, and this is vital, each of the three platoons has a different colored set of socks. These teams also have names. They could be called the Reds, the Whites, and the Blues, or the of- fensive platoon, the defensive pla- toon, and the Heroes. But at West Point, they are known as and solemnly referred to as the Regu- lars, the Go team, and the Chinese Bandits. Regulars Best The Regulars are the best all- around players on the team, good both offensively and defensively. Here is where you'll find Joe Blackgrove, the number one quar- terback this year and the number one halfback last year, and John Ellerson, the massive end who many consider a powerful All- America candidate. Forming the Go team are the eleven offensive specialists, and the Chinese Bandits, of course, excel in defense. In its purest form the system operates something like this: The Regulars start each quarter. At the halfway mark in each of the four sessions, they are with- drawn in favor of one of the other platoons. If Army has possession of the ball, the Go team takes over. The Chinese Bandits are called upon if the opposition con- trols the pigskin. The succeeding exchange of the ball ordinarily calls for the entrance of the other platoon. Bandits Go The Go team, it should be noted, never remains in the. game on de- fensive, but the Chinese Bandits, the fair-haired boys at West Point, occassionally run a few offensive maneuvers. The Bandits have an apparent weakness in the pass defense de- partment. A reserve quarterback for Wake Forest, John Machovic, riddled and confused them with quick, over the middle tosses two weeks ago. Against Syracuse on Saturday, many would-be receivers frequently found themselves in the clear, only to have the quar-" - -41) terback miss his target by about two and a half miles. The Bandits have been more than adequate against running plays, however, as they stopped powerful, 235-lb. sophomore full- back Jim Nance cold. Nance is the third fullback in the sequence that began with Jimmy Brown and continued with Ernie Davis. Nance is considered the most powerful of the three, although whether he can run in the same class as his predecessors remains to be seen. The important thing is that he is very good now, but picked up negligible yardage against the hard-hitting Bandit tacklers. Color Scheme The colorful names of the three squads were not entirely picked out of a fedora. Where the Go team got its name should be fairly obvious. The Chinese Bandits were named after some cartoon characters in a strip called "Terry and the Pi- rates." These names followed the coach all the way from Baton Rouge, and seemed likely choices at West Point. The naming of the Regu-' lars, however, is credited to Mike Soth, a cadet from Ontario, Calif. He came up with it in a contest for the Corps of Cadets. His inspiration for the nickname was a drawing by H. Charles Mc- Barron, Jr. which depicted the 22nd Infantry Regiment attacking at Chippewa, July 2, 1814, a scene in which General Winfield Scott is leading his troops in classic bat- tle formation. Following endless defeats, the American victory at Chippewa was a Godsend and a moral boost greatly needed by the country, and Scott became a na- tional hero. Noting the grey uniforms, Bri- tish General Phineas Riall thought he was facing American militia- men, but when they continued to advance with closed ranks he, rapidly changed his mindrand, be- fore leaving the scene even more rapidly, the old fellow found time to shout, "Those are regulars, by God." By MIKE BLOCK In an effort to win its first foot- ball game of the season, the Mich- igan football team is doing any- thing but standing pat. Earlier this week, head coach Bump Elliott announced several lineup changes to take effect in today's bout with Army. Some of these maneuvers were made neces- sary by injuries which occurred during last week's game and this week's practice sessions; most, however, came as a result of the subpar play of certain starters in last Saturday's loss to Nebraska. Now that starting senior tackle John Houtman is out of action mages, will take Hood's place be- indefinitely with a badly hurt hind Dave Raimey and Dick Rind- knee, junior Tom Keating will fuss. have a chance to show his talents Still Waiting as a member of the first team. Elsewhere in the backfield, El- With Houtman sidelined, the other liott is still waiting for sophomore two players assigned to the left fullback Mel Anthony's sprained tackle slot, Jack Lehr and Jerry ankle to heal. But in the mean- Mader, will move up to the second time, he's made another switch- and third teams, respectively. Wayne Sparkman, a junior, will Ed Hood, third string right half- play for the number one platoon back, suffered the only other ser- today. Bill Dodd, who started ious injury of the week with a against Nebraska, moves down to shoulder separation sustained in the defensive specialists, while Tuesday's practice session. Tom former guard Roger Schmitt re- Miheve, a sophomore who has mains on the third team. shown occasional indications of One other backfield shift sees fine running in intrasquad scrim- ex-second stringer Jack Strobel move up to take Harvey Chap- man's place on the first team. It was hardly Chapman's running in- ability which cost him his job, considering the fact that he didn't once run from scrimmage last week. Instead, he exhibited a had case of dropsy-dropping forward passes intended for him, that is. On the other hand, Strobel made a couple of fancy receptions, so Elliott has decided to promote him and see what Chapman can do working mainly on defense. Former signal-caller Tom Pri- chard stays on as third-string .eft half. Ends Shuffled As usual, Captain Bob Brown will start at left end, but there'll be changes made on the right- hand side of that position. Senior Jim Ward, who had moved from halfback to fullback to right end, has been dropped from the first to the third team. Bill Laskey, who's been showing some promise of late, replaces him today, and similarly promising Ron Kocan advances to the second squad. One other change involves the switch of junior letterman Dave Kurtz to starting right guard, a station formerly manned by John iJ d THE ARMY MULE For more than 50 years the mule has been identified as the mascot of Army football. In fact, probably no other mascot save Navy's goat has received as much national attention as the mule. The "mulenapping" and "goatnapping" activities of the two service academies each fall before the Army-Navy game hardly ever escapes attention. Selected by the Corps of Cadets near the turn of the century, the mule was probably picked because it was the best known animal to be identified with the United States Army. Currently, the West Point mule stable numbers four, one of which has been retired. Pancho, 31 year old burro presented by former Ambassador Colon Alfaro of Ecuador, has been put out to pasture. Pancho II, another burro, Hannibal, seen at Army games the past 13 years, and Trotter, the newest and largest, weighing 1,500 lbs., are on hand for all Army home games. When transportation is feas- ible at least one of the animals travels to away games. Last fall, when the Cadets invaded Ann Arbor none of them made the trip. Not to be without their mule, however, one was imported as an imposter from nearby Dexter. Three Deej BILL LASKEY WAYNE SPARKMAN ..end of end problem? ... rises to top JACK STROBEL ..help at halfback DICK NOWAK ... Bandit leader BRINGS BANDITS, TOO: Dietzel Keeps LSU Tactics Army LEFT END 80-McMillan (195) 81-Clark (180) 82-Bedell (180) LEFT TACKLE 77--Hawkins (220) 73-Heim (228) 75-Sherrell (217) LEFT GUARD 62-Schillo (211) 61-Kempinski (218) 53-Butterfield (205) CENTER 56--Grasfeder (203 50-Nowak (215) 52-Miller (208) RIGHT GUARD 60-Ryan (215) 63-Vaughan, G. (195) 64-Vaughan, C. (205) RIGHT TACKLE 70-Sarn (225) 71-Kerns (214) 76-Zadel (217) RIGHT END 87-Ellerson (200) 83-Chescavage (195) 89-Woodbury (193) QUARTERBACK 16-Blackgrove (170) 25-Sipos (177) 12-Lewis (195) LEFT HALF 44-Stichweh (180) 42.-Waldrop (200) 43-Seymour (204) FULLBACK 37-Paske (207) 30-Cunningham (200) 33-Wright (215) RIGHT HALF 20-Stanley (196) 22-Johnson (194) 31-Parcells (200) 1st-Regulars 2nd-Chinese Bandits 3rd-Go Team 8 7 Q; 7 6 6! 7' 5 5 5 6 6 6G 7 7 8 8; 5 2 2 2 4 41 2: 1 1 3 31 31 6 1 TOM KEATING ... replaces injured Houtman DAVE KURTZ RON KOCAN ... veteran takes over ... moving up I | Army Individual Statistics (Season) By GARY WINER Chinese Bandits, red coolie caps and colored knee socks? Where did all of this lingo come from? Paul Dietzel, head football men- tor at West Point this year, can be blamed for the new terminology. He rocketed from obscurity just five years ago to be heralded as one of the best coaches of our time. As a matter of fact, he was vot- ed the best collegiate coach in the country in 1958. This distinction followed the selection of his Loui- siana State team as the number- one team in the nation that sea- son. Long Apprenticeship players throughout the game, sub- stituting individual players, but Dietzel decided to use 33 men in three shifts. He gave them names, too-the Whites, composed of of- fensive and defensive players; the Go unit, offensive men; and the Chinese Bandits, defensive special- ists. The names caught on and built the morale of his LSU charges. The Bandits gained such popular- ity that the students (and now the Cadets nonetheless) donned red coolie caps every time they entered the playing field. Gets Paid Off Things paid off in 1958 when LSU went through an undefeated season, 9-0, and then won the Sugar Bowl game from Clemson, 7-0. To say the least, Dietzel was HAULS 'EM IN - Captain John Ellerson is just a plain old right end this year. He's not lonely any more. Paul Dietzel has dropped the formation that distinguished the Cadets in past years and installed the three-platoon system he made famous at LSU. awarded another five-year tract. con-I Knights Roll "Nonconforming" would be the best word to describe his coach- ing methods. His three-platoon system was judged by many na- tionally known coaches as too radi- cal to be successful. Also, Dietzel had only six hours of practice per week with no prac- tice on Fridays; he eliminated scrimmages once the season got underway; and he did not show the game movies to the players if they had won the game the pre- vious day. Soft Head "I once-told Dietzel he was too soft to make a head football coach," exclaimed A 1 a b a m a' s coach, Paul (Bear) Bryant. Dietzel had served as assistant under Bryant at Kentucky. Dietzel's big test is now with Army. With only 18 lettermen re- turning from a squad that com- piled a 6-4 record last year, Diet- zel had his work cut out for him. Figuring that his tactics were still good, he installed his same three- platoon, Chinese Bandit, red cool- ie cap system at staid West Point. His methods have been a bit upsetting to those personnel who believe in strict militaryproto- cal. Dietzel's success also rests with his own recruiting system which he carried to the Point. Make Sale "Sell the parents first, then sell the boy" has always been his poli- cy. LSU's football fortunes can still be traced back to Dietzel's work in this department. So far, "Pepsodent Paul" has proven his techniques at Army. The Black Knights, rated as aver- age opponents prior to the start of the year, have won their first two ball games. Wake Forest went down ignominously, 40-14; last week Syracuse tasted defeat, 9-2. RUSHING Att G L Net Seymour .............. 25 154 2 152 Parcells .............. 16 64 2 62 Wright ...............10 48 0 48 Pappas ..............8 29 0 29 TD 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Paske ................ 10 Stanley..............12 Lewis ................ 15 Stichweh .............. 3 Blackgrove ............ 3 Eckert ................ 1 Cunningham ...........2 Waldrop..............4 29 0 30 1 50 21 29 29 29 Avg. 6.08 4.00 4.80 3.63 2.90 2.42 1.93 14 0 14 0 4.67 9 0 9 1 3.00 7 0 7 0 7.00 4 0 4 0 2.00 5 3 2 0 0.75 Eckert ............ Totals PA Bedell.......... Ellerson .......... Parcells ........... . 1 1 25 13 0 203 4 .520 SS RECEIVING . Caught Yds. TDs Avg. ........... .. 3 58 1 19.3 .3 53 1 17.7 .3 38 1 12.7 W right ...................... 1 21 0 Seymour .............. .... . 1 16 1 Woodbury...................1 11 0 Pappas ........................ 1 6 0 21.0 16.0 11.0 6.0 Totals 109 443 29 414 3 PUNTING No. Y4 Peterson .....................14 47 Stanley .......................... 3 11 PUNT RETURNS Returns TD's ' Waldrop.....................5 0 6 Stichweh .................... 2 0 2 Stanley . ........... 2 0 1 Sipos.......... .............1 0 4.25 Avg. 34.1 37.0 PASSING Att Co.I 21 9 .3 3 1 Totals 13 203 4 15.6 INTERCEPTIONS Yds. Avg.I 9 13.8 Sarn ........................ 1 10.5 W aldrop ...................... .7 8.5 Blackgrove .................... 6 6.0 'Grasfeder .................. ... No. Yds. TD 1 12 0 1 8 0 1 1 2 0 Int. Yds. TDs Pet. 0 152 1 .429 0 53 1. 1.000 0 8 . 1 1.000 Lewis. . . Blackgrove 0 0 Avg. 12 8 2j 0 4.0 3.0 4.0 A First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty No. Rushing Attempts Net Yds. Gained Rush. Passing Attempts Completed Intercepted Net Yds. Gained Pass. No. Plays Rush. & Pass. Total Offense Yardage Punting Number Average No. Punts Ret. Net Yds. Punts Ret. No. Kickoffs Ret. Net Yds. Kickoffs Ret. Penalties Yds. Penalized Fumbles Ball Lost vrmy Opp. 35 25 24 8 10 13 1 4. 109 62 414 128 25 54 13 24 0 4 203 269 134 117 617 412 17 13 35 35 10 8 113 70 3 10 41 174 14 7 170 65 2 8 0 5 I Michigan Individual Statistics (one game only) RIUSHIING Att. G Raimey ................17 69 Timberlake ............7 36 Dodd................. 6 22 Sparkman.............3 21 Rindfuss .............. 4 18 Glinka ........... 1 8 Evashevski............ 3 8 Strobel ................ 1 2 Hood ..............1 0 L 10 0 Net 59 36 TD 0 0 1 21 0 0 21 0 0 18 1 0 8 1 3 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0. Ave. 3.5 5.1 3.6 7.0 4.5 8.0 2.7 2.0 0.0 Timberlake ............4 Prichard .............. 1 Totals..............21 2 0 16 1 0 3 8 0 83 MEET A AFTER TH E GAM PIZZA fror FREE DEL IV Portable Heaters frc Until mit CO'ttq e & 512 E. William Free delivery 'til 2 A.M Kocan......... Strobel ....... Chapman ..... PASS RECEIVING No. Yds.' .2 26 ............... 2 24 .............:.. 1 23 TD 0 0 0 Ave. 13.0 12.0 23.0 9.0 3.0 -2.0 W ard ...................... 1 9 0 Hood ........................ 1 3 0 Raimey .... .... ............ 1 -2 0 Totals ..............43 184 14 170 2 4.0 PASSING Totals ................... 8 83 0 10.4 Att. Co. Glinka................ 8 3 Evashevski ............3 1 Chandler ............. 5 1 Int. Yds. 0 30 0 17 0- 17g Ave. 3.7 PUNTING 5.7 No. Yds. 3.4 O'Donnell .... ..... ....... 5 182 Ave. 36.4