THE MICHIGAN' DAILY AC SEVEN THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE SEVER Inexperienced 'M' Ends Improving SINCE 1890: Michigan, Purdue Old Rivals By JERRY KALISH "Where have all the flowers gone,"' -from a popular song.. Football fans are aware of the rich traditions of ends that Michi- gan. has had. Lowell Perry in 1951 and later Tom Maentz and Ron ' Kramer who many called the greatest end combination in the country. Last season's flankers, Captain George Mans and Scott Maentz, Tom's cousin, were tough too. What's Difference? These Same fans are asking, "What's the difference this sea- son?" ALTMAN GOES: Caxrdinals, Cbs M ak'e CHICAGO (AP) - The St. Louis Cardinals took up some slack in their hitting power yesterday by obtaining slugging outfielder George Altman from the Chicago Cubs in a six-player deal.' In addition to Altman, 29, who batted .318 with 22 homers and 74 runs batted in, the Cubs gave up pitcher Don, Cardwell and catcher Moe Thacker. In return they re- ceived right-handed pitchers Lar- ry Jackson and ;Lindy McDaniel and catcher Jim Schaffer. The deal was handled by gen- eral managers John Holland of the Cubs and Bing Devine of St. Louis. Braves Hire Bragan; L.A. Keeps Alston By The Associated Press. MILWAUKEE - Brash Bobby Bragan, whose fiery temperament led to dismissal from managerial fobs with Pittsburgh and Cleve- land within a year, signed yester- day to manage the Milwaukee Braves in 1963.. Bragan,'who will be 45 on Oct. 30, accepted a year contract to become the fourth Milwaukee field boss since the club's last serious pennant contender when it lost in a playoff with Los Angeles in 1959. LOS ANGELES - The Los An- geles Dodgers re-hired Manager Walter Alston yesterday and Al- ston, refusing to believe reports that he had been sabotaged by Leo Durocher, said he'd like to re- tain the colorful and controversial Dodger coach. Alston, dean of N a t i o n a l League managers, will be return- ing for his 10th season as the Dodger field leader. End coach Jack (Jocko) Nelson explains that the recent inexper- ienced crop is getting tis"baptism under fire." Since last year the end position has seen a rapid deterioration. Six lettermen were lost by graduation alone. Doug Bickle, place kicking specialist, did not come back to school. Lose Top Prospect And when school started in the fall the gridders lost the services of Bruce McLenna and John Hen- derson, a soph considered the best end prospect since the Kramer era. Both boys suffered scholastic ineli- gibilities. This left captain Bob Brown as the only returning experienced flanker. And as Nelson explains, "Ever since I've coached here it's been a question of who to play where with all our depth. Now it's the problem of who's going to play." As a result of the thinning out of the ends, a lot of sophomores are being thrust into game situa- tions without the necessary ex- perience and as Nelson says, "The1 mistakes that we normally would make in practice are with our in- experience, being made in games, and the Big Ten is not a confer- ence to make mistakes in." Sophomore Bill Laskey, Ben Farabee, and Jim Conley along with seniors Ron Kocan and Jim Ward have been bearing the brunt of the load with Brown. Both Halfbacks Laskey and Ward were both halfbacks until this fall and never saw game action from end before the Army game, while Kocan, a rugged competitor, has seen lim- ited action in previous seasons be- cause of injuries. But as Nelson hopefully com- ments, "They still have a lot to learn, but they're learning it fast." And they have too. Both offensively and defensive- ly the modern football end must be rugged and fast. As Nelson ex- plains, "Today the end has moved in toward the tackle on defense and could almost be called a tackle." Rush Passer "It used to be that he was re- sponsible for the sweeps, but we stress that the ends' primary jobs are to help rush the passer and GRID ELECTIONSI Calling all football swamis! Get our your thinking cap and your crystal ball and put them to work. There are only two days left to enter The Daily grid picks contest for this week. Some of the out- standing games this weekend are Michigan State at Notre Dame, Northwestern at Ohio State, Arkansas at Texas, and of course Mich- igan at Purdue. Many of the games this week are rated as tossups, so your guesses just might win two tickets to the Michigan Theater and a subscription to the Football News for yourself. Don't let your brain go to waste by doing homework, or taking bluebooks. Concentrate on really important matters such as this week's gridiron selections. Fill out the entry and mail or deliver it in person to The Daily, 420 Maynard, before midnight, Friday, Oct. 19. THIS WEEK'S GAMES to help inside on the slant plays. It's up to the corner man to stop the end run or sweep," he added. Offensively the Wolverine ends provide plenty of the blocking while mostly running short pass patterns. The backs who are gen- erally faster, go out for the long pass. * * * Practice Notes Coach Bump Elliott ran his team through a non-contact drill getting ready for Saturday's game against Purdue with the offense running against the defense. He wound up practice with kickoff re- turns. Pur due Has New Starting. LAFAYETTE (P) - Quarterback Ron DiGravio led a new starting backfield through an offensive scrimmage yesterday as Purdue prepared for Saturday's visit by Michigan. Others in the No. 1 backfield were halfbacks Tom Fugate and Charles King and fullback Roy Walker. Alternate quarterback Gary Hogan's backfield consisted of halfbacks Tom Bloom and Cur- tis Vick and Tom Yakubowski and Gene Donaldson, who alternated at fullback. The Boilermakers also went over defensive tactics in the heavy workout. By TOM ROWLAND I Way back in 1890, by some means or another, Michigan tripped Purdue, 4-0. And when the two gridiron giants clash this Saturday, over 70 years later, the Wolverines will be after their four- teenth victory over the Boilermak- ers since that first ancient con- test. The Boilermakers have man- aged to edge by Michigan on only two occasions, once in 1892 and again in 1929. And currently the Blue is clinging to a seven-game win streak over Purdue, the latest victory being last year's 16-14 squeaker. Way Back The Michigan-Purdue series is one of the oldest on record; even Michigan State (1898), Ohio State (1897), and Minnesota (1892) are more recent. In fact, in the 15- game history between the two schools seven contests were before the turn of the century. After Purdue bumped Michigan 24-0 in 1892, the .Wolverines took revenge a year after with a 46-8 bombardment. The Boilermakers won 30-16 in 1929 and haven't seen the light of victory since. The rivalry is marked with few "Looking for a Good Haircut" " 9 BARBERS * NO WAITING Try THE DASCOLA BARBERS near Michigan Theatre i"run-away" games. Michigan rolled to a 40-14 smash in 1944 and again to a 40-0 Win in 1948. Blue Purdue Last year's Purdue-Michigan clash at homecoming was a re- newal of the series after a seven- year break. The Boilermakers, two strong victories and a heartbreak- ing 22-20 loss to Notre Dame un- der their belts, came to town with the touted arm of Ron DiGravio in tow. The Boilermaker quarter- back had hit 16 of 30 through the air lanes and coupled with some piledriving fullbacks was slated to give Michigan top problems after. the Wolverines had just dropped their first conference game. That first Big Ten game. Mich- igan State. 28-0. Soun'd familiar? Ironically, it was DiGravio him- self who called a pitchout to half- back Tom Boris in the Purdue end zone that resulted in two points for the Wolverines. Two points was all it took. Michigan scored. twice - Bennie McRae for 72 yds. on a Dave Glinka pass and Dave Raimey from the one - to nip the Boilermakers, 16-14. DiGravio dashed from the 13 for one Purdue tally and passed to Jack Elwell for the other. Down MSU The unpredictable Boilermakers went on to upset Michigan State and ended up fourth in the con- ference. Michigan was sixth. This year when the Wolverines travel to Lafayette they're going to find either a band of very shaken or very bloodthirsty Purdueans. 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