PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DlAILY SATURAY, CTOBR 27 196 SATURDAY- ACTARF.R 27. MOM THE MICHIGAN DAILY s s. L x v i s i s x i1AIL inALA AL1. 'U L %JJ D ')'Y4-,O1FI0 i SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1962 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Gopher Coach Successful] By BILL BULLARD Out of the fire and into the pot. That's the way you might de- scribe Murray Warmath's coach- ing career since he took over at Minnesota in 1954. When Warmath became coach, Minnesota was at low tide. In the Post World War II era, the Goph- ers had played only mediocre foot- ball in the Big Ten, compiling an even .500 record. It wasn't good enough for the energetic Minne- sota alumni who looked back to the pre-war teams that were na- tional powerhouses. And the fact of the matter was the many alumns didn't believe Warmath was the man to lead the Gophers back to the top. After all, Minnesota had been national champions five times in the per- iod from 1934 to 1941, and 11 Gophers were All-Americans. Some alumni were plainly skep- tical of Warmath's qualifications. The belief was that Athletic Di- rector Ike Armstrong had made a mistake in not during Charles "Bud" Wilkinson away from Ok- lahoma. Dissatisfaction Grows Wilkinson had been an All- America guard for Minnesota in 1935 and as the former Gopher star developed his nationally ranked teams in the early. and mid-fifties, dissatisfaction with Warmath grew. In his initial season Warmath fashioned a 7-2 record, but things immediately grew worse again. In 1958 Minnesota won only one and a year later were victorious only twice. The pressure on Warmath grew intense. The 49-year-old Tennessean was hung in effigy. He and his family Were repeatedly threatened and terrorized by anonymous telephone calls, and alumni demanded his resignation. Since then, however, the fire has subsided and the pot in Goph- erland has grown warm. Rose from Depths Army to become line coach under Earl Blaik for three seasons. His first head coaching job was at Mississippi State where his 1952 and 1953 teams had a combined record of 10-6-3. His experience as a line coach was to benefit him in building the solid offensive and defensive lines that were to characterize the 1960, 1961, and 1962 Minnesota squads. His emphasis on contact and stiff line play was to make the Gophers one of the roughest and toughest teams in the country. Has Great Season As the 1960 season proceeded, many people could not believe it as Minnesota racked up victory after victory. When the win streak had reached six, the Gophers were scheduled to play No. 1 ranked Iowa at Minneapolis. In one of the classic games seen at Memorial Stadium, the Minnesota squad top- pled Iowa from the top of the na- tionad rankings with a 27-10 de- feat. Now Minnesota was on top. Washington stunned the Goph- ers at the 1961 Rose Bowl game 17-7. But the next season, War- math won that final honor which had eluded him. After a 6-1 Big Ten season last fall, the Gophers were selected to represent the Big Ten in the Rose Bowl because champion Ohio State wasn't allow- ed to go. This time victory did not escape Warmath. Minnesota hand- ed UCLA a 21-3 setback. SINCE 1903: Brown Jug Battle Is 59- Years Old 1 eeks New Bi Ten O i Ii 'I Minnesota Individual Statistics 1' Munsey Jones Sharp Cairns Fischer Enga McMillan Blaska Pelletier Crockett Ramseth Hankinson Sadek RUSHING Att. G 41 151 32 139 12 98 21 85 20 81 20 59 6 30 23 87 10 30 3 21 1 9 1 0 3 1 L 9 6 0 1 4 6 0 57 3 0 0 7 11 Net 142 133 98 84 77 53 30 30 27 21 9 -7 -10 TD 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Blaska Sadek Hankinson PASSING Att. Co. Int. 64 32 6 7 2 0 1 0 0 Yds. 412 26 0 PASS RECEIVING Ca Rognlie Cairns Campbell Fischer Jones Prawdzik Zitzloff Pelletier Enga Crockett In one year Warmath rose from the depths, rebuilding his last place team of 1959 to a 1960 na- tional champion. The Gophers tied for the Big Ten title and War- math was "Coach of the Year." The husky Warmath had two football greats as his teachers. He played for Gen. Bob Neyland at Tennessee from 1932 to 1934 and was an assistant under Neyland for the next -four seasons. He was also an assistant at Tennessee from 1945-49. After leaving Tennessee for the second time, Warmath went to ught Yds. 7 101 6 110 5 36 4 51 4 32 3 37 2 31 1 18 1 11 1 11 No. Yds. 2 37 2 19 1 0 TD 3 0 0 TD 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 TD 0 0 0 Avg. 3.5 4.2 8.2 4.0 3.9 2.7 5.0 1.3 2.7 7.0 9.0 Pet. .500 .290 .000 Avg. 14.4 18.3 7.2 12.7 8.0 12.3 15.5 18.0 11.0 11.0 Avg. 18.5 9.5 0.0 Avg. 37.8 49.0 By GARY WINER" School gridiron traditions go back a long way and memories are perpetuated each year by the fights for symbolic emblems. Purdue and Indiana meet each year to play for the Old Oaken Bucket, while Iowa and Minneso- ta meet for possession of Floyd of Rosedale, a bronze pig. But it's Michigan and Minnesota who do battle each year for the most well- known representative of football glory-the Little Brown Jug. Popular Story Although the popular story has it that the battle for the jug orig- inated when a Michigan team acci- dentally left a water bucket at Minneapolis some years ago and had to beat the Gophers the fol- lowing year to retrieve it, the real story is revealed by Oscar Mun- son, Gopher equipment manager at the time. Some 59 years ago Fielding H Yost took one of his Michigan point-a-minute teams to Minne- apolis to play a lowly regarded hometown squad. Minnesota put up a valiant fight with the contest culminating in a 6-6 tie. The tale reveals that Yost threw the piece of crockery away in sheer disgust. Munson happened upon the dis- carded bucket and gave it to Doc Cooke (head man in the equip- ment room) to hang above his desk, and there it remained un- noticed for six years. Yost Returns In 1909 Yost returned to Minne- apolis for another game, saw the jug, and he and Cooke decided to award it to the winner of that year's game. Michigan won 15-6 and took the bucket back to Ann Arbor, thus starting a tradition. The jug was broken one year, so Yost and Munson each went out and bought another; but Munson's resembled the original more close- ly, so that is the jug which is still used today. Originally being a solid white, the jug is now colored blue and maroon with identical block M's on each side. Just exactly how it was named the "Little Brown Jug,, nobody seems to really know. Determine Champion Many times the outcome of this game has determined the confer- ence champion or established na- tional ranking. Six times the win- ner has been decided by one point, and 19 times the victor was ahead by a mere touchdown. Last year's game was the closest since 1958 when Michigan upset Minnesota, 20-19. Last Time The last time Michigan won was in 1959, another upset score of 14-6. Some of the bigger scores occur- red in 1943 and 1951 when Michi- gan won, 49-6, and 54-27, respec- tively. The biggest wiz~ by the Gopher's was in 1935, 40-0. Looking back over the record, many players claim that the 1947 tilt at Ann Arbor was about the greatest one ever played. Michi- gan, led by All American quarter- back Bob Chappius and halfback Bump Elliott, had already rolled over four opponents that season. Gophers Underdogs The Gophers were underdogs, but their strong line anchored by fearsome Leo Nomellini gave the Wolverines a run for their money. The Maize and Blue finally tri- umphed, 13-6, and went onto an undefeated season including a 49- 0 victory over Southern Califor- nia in the Rose Bowl. Once again the jug will be up for grabs this afternoon. Minnesota is highly favored (so much so that there is speculation that they aren't even bringing the bucket with them), but a little old time glory and tradition could creep in- to Michigan's game. Who knows what could happen then? Tough Defense Minn. Opp. First Downs 62 38 No. Rushing Attempts 194 154 Net Yds. Gained Rush. 66 168 Passing Attempts 72 99 Completed 34 48 Intercepted 6 5 Net Yds. Gained Pass. 438 606 No. Plays Rush & Pass 266 253 Total Offense Ydg. 1104 774 Fumbles 7 9 Balls Lost 4 5 By JIM BERGER Both offensively and defensive- ly Michigan appears to be the sick- est in the Big Ten. Not only have the Wolverines managed to score no points in' their two Conference encounters, but the opposition has scored 65. This is an average of 32.5 points per game. In Michigan's last two games they haven't been inside the op-, position's 10 yard line. Their best advance against MSU was to the 18 and against Purdue to the 22. In these two Conference games Purdue and Michigan State have chalked up 37 first downs while the Blue has had but 17. In to- tal yardage the opposition has chalked up 872 yds. against Mich-; igan's 202. How Low Is Low1 Individually, the Wolverines look even worse offensively. Sen- ior halfback Dave Raimey has managed to pick up 59 yds. in the' two games, and he is Michigan's biggest gun. Quarterback Bob Timberlake, Michigan's s e c o n d leading rusher, has picked up 13 yds. in the two games. As for passing Michigan has at-; tempted 35 and completed 11.1 These 11 completions were good' for 87 yds. or an average of 8.6.1 Michigan's passing percentage is 30.2. The defense has not been able to show either success in stopping the ground game of Michigan State or the passing game of Pur- due. Michigan now resides in the bottom of the Big Ten standings Just Gaining Momentum and is heading for its worst season since the middle 30's. True, Michigan has p 1 a y e d against two of the Big Ten's best but the season won't be any rosier. Minnesota is not a great team this season but a respectable one. The Gophers boast a perennially powerful defense and an adequate offense. Their two tackles are rated to be among the best in the Conference as well as the country. An exper- ienced backfield spotlighted by quarterback Duane Blaska who I has shown himself to be a better passer than his predecessor, All- American Sandy Stephens. The Gophers haven't been scor- ed on in three of their four games, and Michigan hasn't scored in its last two. What are the bets that the Wolverines are going to score today? On Wisconsin After Minnesota, Michigan hosts Wisconsin, another of this year's l Big Ten powers. Not as good a defensive team as the Gophers, the Badgers will bring a passing offense sparked by All-American end Pat Richter. The Badger's scored a big 42-14 win over Iowa last week to establish themselves. i Today they play Ohio State and the result will be significant. What was counted on to be a breather just might be the closest game of the season for the Wol- verines. Illinois will visit Ann Ar- bor in two weeks. The Illini haven't won a game in two years. Showing improvement in every game, the Illini lost by only 17 to the Gophers last week. Finished Off 86-Lothner 87--Zitzloff 80-Campbell RE 73-Schwantz 70-Nord 78-Bell RT 68-Fron 62-Kehl 63-Perkovich RG 53-Marchlewski 67-Rabel 55-Pung 60-Constanza 54--Benson 33--Hook C LE 86-Brown 82-Conley 80--Farabee LT 79-Keating 92-McAleer 73-Schram LG 62-inko 65-Hahn 77-Butler C 58-Muir 55-Green 59-Blanchard QB 28-Timberlake 26-Evashevski 20-Chandler FB 33-Sparkman 38-Dodd 37-Anthony RG 63-Kurtz 61-Marcum 64-Szymanski LH 42-Strobel 46-Chapman 21-Prichard 36-sharp 35-Enga 38-Jones MINNESOTA Three-Deep Lineup MICHIGAN 11-Pelletier 47-McMillan 29-Cairns RH FB 16-Hankinson 14-Sadek 12-Blaska QB Total Points First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty Total Net Yards Total No. Plays Rushing Attempts Yards Gained ' Yards Lost Net Yards Passing Attempts Completions Net Yards Interceptions Punt Returns-Yds. ' Number Kickoff Returns-Yds. Number Punts Average Distance Fumbles Ball Lost Penalties Yards Lost' 30 49 34 10 5 792 264 198 733 172 561 66 25 231 3 28 11 308 20 27 34 11 9 26 223 97 66 40 21 5 1340 258 198 974 78 896 60 27 444 7 182 20 170 8 12 34 15 9 24 197 Michigan finishes up its sched- ule on the road traveling first to Iowa and then to Ohio State. The Hawkeyes have a proven passer in Matt Szykowny and although they don't appear to be the most powerful of Iowa teams, Michigan won't be favored. Ohio State took a hard loss to Northwestern last weekend, but a few bad breaks doesn't mean an unsuccessful season for Woody Hayes. OSU had two touchdowns called back and Northwestern had to come from behind in the final quarter to eventually win. Again, with two losses, this doesn't appear to be the best of Woddy Hayes teams. But it IS a Woody Hayes team. Purdue Coach Jack Mollenkopf said after last Saturday's game that he thinks Michigan will win one game. Maybe the Wolverines can really get up for Illinois. 11 Michigan Individual Statistics (Season) LG RUSHING Att. G L Net TD Ave. Raimey ... Timberlake Evashevski Strobel .... Sparkman Rindfuss Prichard .. 56 .. 43 .. 16 .. 13 . .. . .. 12 12 . 11 INTERCEPTIONS 232 164 46 43 52 35 28, 66 38 9 12 8 0 25 87 32 6 1 5 3 1 1 1 3 0 7 207 77 16 37 51 30 25 65 37 8 9 .8 -7 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.7 1.8 0.9 2.8 4.3 2.5 2.3 6.5 4.6 1.1 1.5 2.7 -7.0 Ramseth Munsey Cairns Dodd ............10 Glinka ...........8 Anthony .........7 i PA Kocan.......... Strobel.......... Raimey.......... Chapman........ Ward........... Laskey.......... Prichard Farabee Brown.......... Conley.......... Hood........... Totals....... Timberlake....... Glinka.......... Evashevski...... Chandler........ Prichard........ Chapman . ...... 6. PUNTING No. 22 1 Jones Skjej Yds. 831 49 Hood ........... Chandler ........ Totals1 3 1 198 733 172 561 4 2.8 THE OLE' GRAD KNOWS - the SHOP ( to STOP isr MOE'S rl - for PUNTING O'Donnell .....................26 896 34.4 Rindfuss ....................... 1 23 23.0 DON BLASKA . . . Gopher quarterback Totals ....................27 919 34.0 Totals U BLANKETS SWEAT SHIRT and for the youngster 'M'-SWEATERS and JACKETS Sweat Shirts -Play Suits -Bibs PENNANTS IS s GO BLUEr POPGUN OFFENSE-Michigan halfback Dave Raimey (19) rips off he yardage as he roars through a gaping hole in the opponent's line and sharply cuts back to follow his blockers, preptred to mow down the secondary. Leading the interference is Grandma Moses. NOT TOO MANY TWO SEATERS, Our RALEIGH bikes are the bE for your money in town 1) Three speeds 3) Unconditionall 2) Hand brakes 4) Big Seats Only $41.95 BEAVER'S BIKE & HARI 605 CHURCH ST. EARNINGS PAID RAWLINGS SPALDING MacGREGOR S)0HAROLDS. TRICK 1 N. UNIVERSITY 902 S. 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