THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY NO VEMI Wolverine 20-15 Win Led jo, Harper, Julian Account for Wolverine Touchdowns Ls Smith, Callahan Combine To Halt Illinois Aerials (Continued from Page 1) by Four Interceptions the game's the thing! Fred Katz, Associate Sports Editor The hosts failed their extra dnt attempt but they held on de- nsively for the remainder of at period and most of the see- id to put Michigan's football >pes at their lowest since the ichigan State runaway. Michigan Comes to Life As the minutes of the first half aned, Michigan suddenly came life for the first time. With Michigan in midfield, Nos- n unleashed a desperation pass Benny McRae on a third down and ten situation. Marshall Stark, who had earlier intercepted Sta- mos' pass was called for shoving McRae and Michigan had an automatic first down on the Illi- nios ten. The Wolverines, however, were to be denied as an Illinois line stopped the Rompers on the one- yard line. But this was the spark Michi- gan needed. The next time the Maize and Blue got the ball, they were a fired-up, hard-hitting team. Noskin typified this by firing three straight first down passes- hitting Bob Johnson, John Hal- stead, and Rio. The aerials moved the ball 31 yards to the Illinois 13. Noskin Fires Complete For his fourth play, the little passer fired another shot to John- son who was in the end-zone. Johnson deflected the ball. But before Illini fans could sigh in re- lief, opportunist Rio dove for the falling ball and caught it. It was Rio's first college touchdown. Noskin was stopped on a con- version run. Michigan scored again in the opening minutes of the second half, after center Jerry Smith set up things with an interception - the first of three grabbed off yes- terday. On the previous plays Johnson and Halstead forced a passing situation by throwing Il- lini back for losses. Smith Returns the Ball Smith returned the ball to the Illinois 26. Julian gained eight on a sweep and Harper shocked the foe with a ten-yard blast behind right guard George Genyk. Noskin called Harper for the same play and he bowled himself into the end-zone in one of his best power runs of the year. Har- per also place-kicked the point, and Michigan led 13-9. Now Illinois had to resort to an offensive weapon they don't have -passing. And their weakness be- came a Michigan strong point as Rio, Paul Raeder, Smith, and Alex Callahan batted down some passes and intercepted others. Callahan Intercepti A Callahan interception and a barreling 43-yard runback to the Illinois 28 by the guard set up Michigan's insurance tally. Nine plays later, Noskin called Julian to run a play similar to Harper's score, and the right half- back scored from the one. En route Noskin threw a 13-yard pass to Julian for one first down and carried seven yards on a fake pass for the other. Harper kicked the point. Illinois rebounded immediately, with an eight play, 65-yard drive. The drive was sparked by John Easterbrook who broke Michigan's back with a pair of touchdown passes last year. He hit Sparks with a screen pass and the play gained 39 yards. Fullback Bill Brown took charge from there and punched the ball over. The point try failed, and the scoring ended. But the game was far from over. There were 10:17 minutes remain- ing. The first-stringers began play- ing a dual role. From offensive aces they quickly converted to de- fensive stalwarts. The line became hard-charging pass defenders and linebacker Smith cooperated by intercepting two of the rushed passes of Easterbrook. Smith drew in the first one aft- er guard Paul Poulos caught Eas- terbrook for two consecutive losses. He intercepted the second after Genyk stormed in on the stubby quarterback and forced him to throw hurriedly. After each interception, the "Go Team" stalled the clock with cau- tious routine running plays. 'I' on the Ball Mich. III. 11 FIRST DOWNS RUSHING YARDAGE PASSING YARDAGE PASSES PASSES INTERCEPTED FIRST DOWNS PUNTS FUMBLES LOST YARDS PENALIZED 13 102 79 7-11 BY 4 13 5-34.9 2 23 152 80 5-12 1 11 4-24.5 1 54 -Daily-Fred Shippey REVERSE THE DIRECTION--That's exactly what's happening. as Darrell Harper (41) intercepted a key pass off the fingertips of Illinois quarterback John Easterbrook in the fourth quarter of yesterday's game. Improved olverines Receive Much Praise from Elliott after Big Upset -Daily-Fred Shippey THE STATUE CRUMBLES-The statue in this instance refers to the "Statue of Liberty" play in which Fred Julian (16) snatched the ball from the hands of quarterback Stan Noskin. Blocking the way is Jerry Smith (51) who played an outstanding game both offensively and defensively, By DAVE LYON Associate Sports Editor Special to The Daily CHAMPAIGN -- Jubilation ran rampant through the Michigan dressing room after the Wolverines had stunned a crowd of 45,600 by thumping Illinois yesterday 20-15. A smiling Coach Bump Elliott praised the whole team and many of its individuals for contributing to the upset win. Michigan's offensive and defen- sive play were improved noticeably over last week. Instrumental in this improved offensive and defen- sive showing were the Wolverine1 linebackers, and Elliott was high in his praise of them. He especially singled out Mike Fillichio, Gerry Smith, and Alex Callahan. The last two accounted for all four of Michigan's interceptions. The pass defense was sharply improved, but not as markedly as the offensive improvement. "What really boosted us today was our offense," Elliott said. * * * highlighted by the return of Stan! Noskin to good passing form. As in the victory at Minneapolis two weeks ago, Noskin was regularly hitting his receivers,;instead of the defenders. "Stan played a great game," Elliott said. Also 'standing out was fullback Tony Rio, "He played one of his E finest games," Elliott stated. Rio I " Broken lenses duplicated * Frames replaced " Contact lens fluid sold CAMPUS OPTICIANS 240 Nickels Arcade NO 2-9116 ===i {,I College Scores GRID PICK SCORES Michigan 20, Illinois 15 Michigan State 15,aPurdue 0 Ohio State '0, Indiana 0 Iowa 33, Minnesota 0, Wisconsin 24, Northwesteri 19 Georgia Tech. 14, Notre Dame Missouri 13, Air Force 0' Iowa State 18, Nebraska 6 Syracuse 20' Penn State 18 Harvard 14, Princeton 0 Pennsylvania 28, Yale 12 Clemson 6, Duke 0 Tennessee 14, LSU 13 Vanderbilt 11, Kentucky 6 Arkansas 14, Rice 10 Texas f3, Baylor 12 SMU 14, Texas A&M 11 Oregon 20, California 1I Southern Cal. 36, W. Virginia UCLA 55, Stanford 13 I caught a deflected pass on his shoetops in the end zone for Michigan's first touchdown which put Michigan back in'business. Rio also batted a long Illinois pass away front the intended re- ceiver in Michigan's end zone in the fourth quarter. * * * Each team fumbled four times, most of the bobbles coming in the first period. This frequent fumbl- ing was partly due to the numbing 25 degree cold and partly to hard tackling. "Illinois has always had hard tackling teams," Elliott said. "But we held on to the ball after the early stages of the game." And when the Wolverines stop- ped fumbling, they began scoring. The joy in the Michigan dress- ing room after the victory was extreme as was the thickness of the gloom in Illinois' locker room. Losing Coach Ray Eliot was a man of few words after the defeat, saying only, "We played a lousy game." And Along Came Smith CHAMPAIGN-Michigan yesterday incorporated enough irony in itse victory script to satisfy the fussiest of movie directors. In no particular order of sequence or significance, the Wolverines: 1) Rocked favored Illinois 20-15, thus ending a string of four games in Memorial Stadium in which they themselves had been upset; 2) Cleared the air of further Rose Bowl talk and hopes by giving the Illini their second Conference loss. Michigan had all but reserved hotel space in Pasadena in 1955 when Illinois made like the dog in the manger with a 25-6 bubble-buster; 3) Proved that the Big Ten's worst defense is better than, the Big Ten's worst offense. Before the game, Michigan was reclining on the bottom rung of the ladder of defensive statistics; Illinois was there on offense; 4) Used the identical weapon, the intercepted pass, that Wis- consin employed against them last week. This final item is worthy of greater elaboration because the most prolific interceptor of the day, Gerry Smith, has finally earned the headlines his teammates will insist he has deserved all season. As a center in the Big Ten, the 5'10", 187-pound Smith is a physical misfit. He is underfed and near-sighted ("I feel like a midget out there.") Maybe that is why Mike Haadad, his high school coach at Detroit Pershing, had him at quarterback on offense and at safety on defense. Haadad's a great humanitarian. Smitty (all popular guys named Smith are subjected to this uni- formly individual nickname) must have gotten an inkling as to the more hazards awaiting him when he became known as a fullback in Wolverine coaching circles. For what's most likely to happen to a seldom-used fullback on a team where filling the center position becomes necessary? You guessed it. Just move him about four giant steps in a straight-T formation and a pivot man is born. That's how Ernie Vic (Michigan, '21) became -an All-American. Jim Dickey and Jim Byers (Michigan, '58) were no All-Americans, but the principal, was the same. And in between those 37 years, many a Wolverine fullback eventually found himself manning the position that generally handles the ball only before the play begins. It was with a belligerent disapproval of this recognized rule of centering that Smitty the Midget establisled himself yesterday as David among the Goliaths of his trade. HREE TIMES he hugged to his white-shirted bosom wayward footballs intended for blue-shirted Illini. The first of his thefts helped put, Michigan in the lead perman- ently. The last two interceptions assured him the life-long animosity of quarterback Jonasthon Easterbrook. Smitty shouldn't-be too worried though, because if he is a midget, -Easterbrook (5'8" 156-pounds) is Tom Thumb. Midway through the fourth quarter; Illinois was making one of its. final panicked attempts to eliminate a 20-15 deficit. On a third- and-twenty ,situation, Easterbrook lined a pass to Johnny Counts at midfield. It hit Counts' chest and bounced farther than -a bad check. Smitty's knuckles must have scraped the ground but his hands were, there before the truant pigskin could touch the 50 yard marker. Michigan thus was able to eat up valuable time. By the time Illinois got the ball again, it was -on its own 19 with less than three minutes left. Smitty's second encore sent the frozen spectators towards the exits. Ie hauled in Easterbrook's pass on the Michigan 44 to complete his threestage masterpiece of mid-afternoon banditry. While the Champaign County Sheriff's Office was putting up warrants for Smitty's seizure, Dad Smith stood with his arms around his grimy son in the lockerroom, displaying the affection only a father could have for a robber. Did Smitty use any secret weapon, like radar, geiger counters, or divining rods? "Nope," he revealed, "I just polished up my contact lenses. 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