3 OBE 2, 1963 THE MICHIGAN DAILYV THE EXTRA POINT ITimberlake Sheds Injury, Gains Starting PAGE Sl .. The Jug One of Michigan's greatest football traditions is slowly vanishing on the Ann Arbor campus. How many freshmen have ever heard of the Little Brown Jug? The sad story is that the sophisticated Michigan students have shown a marked decline in football spirit and for obvious reasons. Recent Michigan teams have done anything but strike terror in the hearts of their opponents. The coaching days of Yost, Kipke and Crialer are history, and Michigan football has remained in a sinking level of mediocrity ver the last decade. However, at one time Michigan's Wolverines actually were the Champions of the West, and during this 50-year period, one of the top battles each year was the Minnesota game for the coveted Little Brown Jug. The first Little Brown Jug battle was in 1903 when Michigan under coach Fielding H. Yost traveled to Minneapolis. This was the third year of the famous 'point a minute' teams. In 1901 Michigan had a 11-0-0 record with 550 points to the opponents 0. The 1902 team went 11-0-0; points for Michigan 644, opponents 12. Football in these days was considerably different from today. There was no such thing as the forward pass. The yard markers were five yards apart, and you had three downs to make five yards. Football ethics were almost non-existent. Never Tied .. . Up to this time Yost's teams had never been tied, let alone beaten. This was the scene on Oct. 31 at Minneapolis. The Jug was not brought from Ann Arbor, but purchased in a small variety store in Minneapolis for 30 cents. The 1M1ichigan trainer sent the little student manager to buy it to make sure Minnesota wouldn't dope the drinking water. It was a five-gallon jug and there- fore not little, and its original color was putty, not "brown." The game was a real battle with no team scoring in the first half. Tackle Joe Maddock finally scored for the Wolverines al- though other accounts give credit to Michigan great Willie Heston. Michigan converted and the score was 6-0. Touchdowns were five points in those days. Michigan fought to hold on, but a giant Minnesota tackle was said to have scored for the Gophers and converted with two minutes left to play. Those two minutes were never played. The wild Minne- sota crowd stormed the field and swept everything with it including the little Michigan manager who bought the jug. The next morning while cleaning up the field, the Minnesota janitor discovered the jug on the Michigan bench and gave it to the athletic director who labeled it "Michigan Jug 'captured' by Oscar, October 31, 1903.' The game was so brutal that Michigan and Minnesota broke athletic relations until 1909. At that time Minnesota wrote "We have your Little Brown Jug, come up and win it." Michigan proceeded to do just that by a score of 15-6. Minnesota didn't see the Jug until 1919 when the Gophers won, 34-7. (The preceeding account comes from the Michigan manager, Thomas B. Roberts, '04, who purchased that Jug in 1903.) Since that time, Michigan has won 28 times, Minnesota has woni 16 and there have been two ties.q After 1919, the Gophers didn't see ; the Jug until 1927. Michigan then proceeded to win it five straight r. times again until 1934. Then the Gophers hoarded the old water jug for nine years until 1942.e Michigan, held the Jug until 1952. Minnesota won in '53, but the' Wolverines held it during '54 ; and '55. The Gophers won again in 1956 but Michigan brought it back for the next three years, but during the past three years the Jug has remained in Minneapolis Although many strange things have happened during Michigan- Minnesota games, there's probab- ly nothing stranger than the. jinx Minnesota had on the great THE LITTLE BROWN JUG Tom Harmon. NHarmon who scored 33 touchdowns during his illustrious three-year era at Michigan and who broke Red Grange's record of 31, never scored against Minnesota. Moreover, Michigan never beat Minnesota during the Harmon '38, '39, '40 years. The Wol- verines lost four games in those years; three to the Gophers. National Champions... In 1960, the Gophers destined to become National Champions, brought their defensive machine into Ann Arbor and shut Michigan out 10-0. The following year at Minneapolis, it was a costly juggle that cost Michigan the precious Jug. Michigan led the whole way until the Gophers' inspiring quarterback Sandy Stephens picked the team up in the last quarter for two touchdowns and a 23-20 victory. The costly play was a fumble by Michigan halfback Bennie McRae which set up the final Gopher tally. Saturday's contest is a battle between the weak and the weak. Michigan has a 1-2-1 mark while the Gophers are 1-3. Michigan coach Bump Elliott tied Michigan State for his first achievement in a long time. Maybe he can bring the Jug home. p1 By BILL BULLARD For a quarterback who couldn't even throw the ball a week ago,, Bob Timberlake has made it back into the spotlight in a big way. The rangy junior from Franklin, Ohio gave the Wolverines their only offensive lift of the after- noon last Saturday when he came off the bench in the third quarter of the game. Timberlake com- pleted 10 of 16 passes for 133 yards and scored two face-saving touchdowns himself. So now Coach Bump Elliott lists Timberlake as his probable start- ing quarterback for the Minnesota game at Minneapolis this Satur- day. It will be the first starting assignment of the season for the Wolverine who played more min- utes last season than any other 'back on the team. Expected Starter Timberlake was expected to be the starting quarterback at the start of fall practice. But a week before the first game he injured his right shoulder. "For three weeks after the injury I couldn't throw a football three yards," Timberlake says. Yankees Set 'To Ink Yogi As Manager NEW YORK (IP)-Yogi Berra, the squat catcher with the quot- able wit, was expected to become the 17th manager of the New York Yankees today. The announcementwas to be made at a morning press confer- ence just 48 hours after the one at which the man Berra is expected to succeed, Ralph Houk, was ele- vated to general manager. Houk, who led the Yankees to three pennants and two world championships in three years, suc- ceeds Roy Hamey, who resigned because of ill health. Known for Days The naming of any one other than Berra would come as a com- plete surprise. A Yankee official told the Associated Press that Ber- ra has known for several days the manager's job was his. Yogi himself has been in seclu- sion on orders from the front of- fice. A friend of Berra's said he was on a golfing trip to Pinehurst, N.C., but the Pinehurst people said it wasn't so. That Berra was considered man- agerial timber came as a surprise to some but not to knowledgable baseball people who respect Yogi's native acumen, keen analytical mind, native intelligence and abil- ity to get along with people. Immense Popularity Another consideration was his immense popularity with writers and fans. Yogi is one of the most popular players the Yankees ever had. Berra's imminent graduation from player-coaching ranks to the manaership comes as no surprise to Ca ey Stengel, who led the Yan- kees to 10 pennants in 12 years before giving way to Houk in 1961. "They did some surprising things when I was there," said the grizzly old skipper of the New York Mets, "but this move doesn't surprise me at all." Stengel pointed out that the 38-year-old Berra; who has play- ed 17 full seasons with the Yankee, should be familiar with all the pitchers and batters in the league. "So after the Michigan State game I laid off throwing for a couple of days," he continued. "Then by last Saturday my arm was fine. I don't know if the lay- off, did it. I just think it was due to come along anyway." During the first three games Timberlake was only in action for one series against Navy and also did the kicking-off duties in each game. Elliott pointed out that Timberlake was not totally dis- abled from playing because of his bad shoulder. Injury Disqualifies However, this injury did dis- qualify him from quarterbacking the team in passing situations. To use Timberlake at an offensive or defensive halfback while his' arm prevented him from quarter- backing would disrupt the person- nel of the team according to El- liott. "Unless we intended a perma- nent change in his position we wouldn't use Bob at another spot just for a couple of games," Elliott stated. The head coach said that plans for this season for Timber- lake do not include action in the defensive backfield. Elliott said that Timberlake will play mostly offense this season as opposed to last season when he played both ways and averaged over 35 minutes of playing time a game. His only defensive work this season was last Saturday when he gave Dick Rindfuss a brief rest in the secondary. Mostly Offense Playing mostly offense suits Timberlake just fine. "I like to play offense because I feel I'm more valuable to the team on offense than on defense," he said. Timberlake praised Michigan's ends for their pass catching abili- ties. "I'm real confident in our ends this season," he said. He mentioned all the Michigan ends and singled out sophomore Craig Kirby as being very under- rated. "You don't read or hear much about him," said Timberlake. "But then he goes out and makes four catches last Saturday. 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