..... wommlo ESTABLISHED 1890 K.V r 4& 41P milit r I t iaitiP Vol. XXXIX, No. 55. PART 1 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1928 EIGHT PAGES ICHIG TROD CES H ._._ r _ ILLINOIS WINS BIG TE ACN ANNEX SECOND STRIGHT TITLE AS MINNESOTATRIMS WISCONSIN Wilce Loses Last Chance To Win Big Ten Title As Illinois Defeats Buckeye Eleven, 8 To 0 (By Associated Press) CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Nov. 27.-Illinois, 1927 Western Conference football champions, today repeated its triumph of last year, turning back a determined but fumbling Ohio State team, 8 to 0, as Wisconsin and Iowa went down to defeat in other titular contests. Beaten in one Conference game, Illinois had been all but counted out of the Big Ten title picture. But it was a determined Illinois eleven that went forth to, EX QUARTER battle Ohio State with victory meaning the championship or aj share in the title.' The Illini scored eight points in the first half and then held on 0- 0 Conference Standing W L T Pct.I Illinois.........4 1 0 .800 Wisconsin.......3 1 1 .750 Minnesota......4 2 0 .666 Iowa........... 3 2 0 .600 1 Ohio State ...... 3 2 0 .6001 Purdue .........2 2 1 .5001 Michigan.......2 3 0 .400 I Northwestern ... 2 3 0 .400 I Indiana ........ 2 4 0 .333 I Chicago.........0 5 0 .000 1 o with- a desperate grip. Forty. thousand fans saw the game. Il- linois scored a safety early in the first period. Frosty Peters sneakedi across the line for the touchdown in the second quarter, and as the ' minutes of the final period waned, Illinois clung on to its lead that meant the championship. With Illinois' victory went Dr.' John W. Wilce's last hopes of win-I ning the Big Ten title. The veter- an Buckeye coach bowed his way out of the Conference with one of the greatest teams ever put on the gridiron by the Ohio school. Dr. Wilce's passing from the Confer- ence ended a 13-year-old rivalry ' between the Buckeye doctor-coach and Bob Zuppke of Illinois. Illinois crushed its Ohio foe' under the power of a driving back- field and overpowering line. It was a starless Zuppke-coached' eleven that plowed its way through the line, tore around ends and slipped passes for a total of 328 yards for the line of scrim- mage, while holding the touted Ohio running attack to a 168 yards. Illinois' attack netted 15 first downs to four for the Buck- eyes. In the final minute of play Ohio State resorted to passing from be- hind its own goal line, and one toss, Holman to Apber, netted a gain of 60 yards. On the next play Mills intercepted Holman's pass and the game ended before the Il- lini could put the ball in play. NAGURSKI KILLS BADGERS' HOPES FOR CHAMPIONSHIP HARRIERS WIN FOURTH Indiana Annexes Conference Title By Nosing Out Ohio State. DEADLOCKED WITH IOWA (Special To The Daijy) MADISON, Wis., Nov. 24.-With Monroe running a brilliant race to finish in fifth place, the Michigan cross-country team showed unex- pected strength today in the West- ern conference harrier race and tied with Iowa for fourth place. Each team secured 112 points. Indiana won the title by taking five places thus depriving the Wis- consin harriers of the champion- ship for the first time in five years. Abbott of Illinois took the indi- vidual honors by setting a new rec- ord for the Wisconsin course. His time of 26 minutes and 42 sec- onds was remarkable in view of the fact that the cou~rse measures more than five miles. The first ten to finish included Abbott of Illinois who was first, Martin of Purdue, second; Fields of Indiana, third; Anderson of Minnesota, fourth; Monroe of Michigan, fifth; Baker of Ohio State, sixth; North of Minnesota, seventh; Leas of Indiana, eighth; Claphan of Indiana, ninth and Brady of Iowa, tenth. Ohio State trailed Indiana with 71 points and took second place with Wisconsin next with 110 points. With the Michigan and Iowa harriers tied for fourth place, Minnesota took fifth with 124 points and Illinois seventh with 128 points. Purdue, Chicago and Northwestern finished in the order named, with the Purple squad in last place. The other Michigan entrants who placed besides Monroe were Austin, fifteenth, Jesson, seven- teenth, Gunlow, twenty-fourth and Aubrey who was forty-first. Nearly all the runners suffered considerably due to the weather conditions. HEADS "M" C L U B Nel "Shorty" McMillan, '13, of Detroit, former varsity quarter-' back and shortstop, was elected president of the "M" club follow- ing the annual luncheon yesterday in the Michigan Union. Other offi- cers were named as follows: Vice- presidents: Football, Paul Jones, 04, of Cleveland; Baseball, Edgar M. Carruthers, '07, of Tulsa, Okla.; Track, Martin H. Daane, '07, of Grand Rapids; Basketball; Walter B. Rea, '22, Ann Arbor; Minor sports,'Paul Sampson, '26, Ann Arbor; and secretary-treasurer, Homer Heath, of Ann Arbor. A resolution passed by the club unanimously was read to the mem- bers of the team between the halves as the climax of Coach Wie- man's talk to his men, and helped inspire them to play as few Michi- gan teams have played against odds. This resolution was as fol-1 lows: "'Be it resolved, that the "M" club, in annual meeting hereby tenders to the coaches and foot- bal squad of the University of Michigan its sincere congratula- tions on their splendid work this season, and particularly on the re- markable spirit shown throughout the year." Director Yost, Ed. Shields, form- er baseball captain, "Jimmie" Craig, and Norman H. Hill, retir- ing president of the club, gave brief talks. A committee was named to meet with the Board in Control of Ath- letics to discuss seating accommo- dations for "M" club members and other matters in which the club is interested. KING GEORGE BETTER' IN1 SPITE OF PLEURISY (By Associated Press) LONDON, Nov. 24.-After passing a fair night, King George had im- proved today, although for the first time it became known that pleurisy was present. Announcement in the official bulletin at noon that his majesty's improvement had been maintained gave further relief to public anxiety over the monarch's illness. De- spite the appearance of the word "pleurisy" in the physician's re- port, the palace household gave no evidence that this had caused any additional concern. It is understood that pleurisy in the King's type of lung congestion is nothing out of the ordinary and there need be no anxiety on this account. The visit of Lord Dawson of Penn and Sir Stanley Hewett, the King's physicians, to Buckingham palace this morning was rather an ex- tended one. They arrived shortly before 10 o'clock and remained about two hours. At noon they issued the following bulletin: "The King passed a fair night and improvement was maintained. Pleurisy which commonly accom- panies this type of congestion of the lungs continues prominent." CHAMPIONSHIP SCH LEADS TEAM YEALINS RIUPHTO FINAL VICTORY BY DECISIVE MARGIN IN ANNUALSTRUGGLE~ C O N Q U E R SOPHOMORES BY SCORE OF FOUR TO ONE LARGE CROWD PRESENT Marks Third Straight Defeat In As Games For Class: -x Of 1931 Dahlem Crosses March Down Field; Gembis Boots Field Goal Despite vivid pink-hued posters prophesying a merciless slaughter of the yearlings and a Daily edi- torial exhorting the class of '31 to victory, the freshmen triumphed over the sophomores in the fall class games yesterday morning on South Ferry Field by the margin of four points to one. Although outnumbered by the freshmen, the sophomores tried to atone for their minority represen- tation with alleged music, having the only band present. The com- batants began to gather about 9:30 and provided some excitement for the early spectators with a lively snowball battle and a few scattered attempts at individual fights before the main events started at 10 o'clock. Freshmen Take Cane Spree Green triumphed over red in the first encounter, the freshmen tak- ing six out of the nine contests in the cane spree. The feature strug- gle between the two captains, Ray- mond Priest, '32, and George Ryer- son, '31, was won by the latter giv- ing the sophomores one of their two contests in the event. The ninth struggle resulted in a tie, neither man having gained pos- session of the cane at the end of five minutes. Inspired by their first success, the yearlings were again victori-] ous in the pillow fight capturing three of the five contests. Some confusion resulted in this event as the rules were changed from last year's, contestants not being given back their pillows if they dropped them while attempting to bat their opponents off their saw horses. One Flag Captured Checked temporarily when the sophomores succeeded in captur- ing , the first flag, the freshmen rallied to defend the other two suc- cessfully after fifteen minuts of bitter struggling before a noisy gathering that had grown to ap- proximately 2,000 people. The red besmirched men of '31 won their lone point in less than three min- utes by a brilliant bit of strategy, but failing in their effort to seize the other two flags, went down to their third straigh~t defeat in as many class games. FOOTBALL SCORES Purdue 14, Indiana 0. Minnesota 6, Wisconsin 0. Illinois 8, Ohio State 0. Northwestern 27, Dartmouth 6. Ohio "B" 6, Illinois "B" 6. Drake 18, Iowa State 0. Rutgers 13, Swathmore 2. Harvard 17, Yale 0. Brown 33, Rhode Island 7. Allegheny 27, Alfred 0. Navy 9, Princeton 0. Boston Col. 52, Conn. Ag. 13. New York U. 27, Carnegie Tech 18. Georgetown 20, Fordham 7. ' 1 f'?v,.ft .. vr tt' a . :.:,:isrJ ., By Morris Quinn Attaining their best playing form of the season, a golden- jerseyed pack of Wolverines fought their way to a glorious victory in the final tilt of the 1928 season yesterday afternoon by repulsing the invasion of a formidable Hawkeye eleven, 10-7, in what was undoubtedly their most thrilling performance of the year. About 50,000 spectators braved the coldest weather of the season and occasional snow flurries to see Michigan dispell any hopes that the Black and Gold team might have entertained of sharing the title. While the Wolverines were taking the measure of the Iowans, Minnesota forced the title-bound Cardinal machine out of the run- ning at Madison, 6-0, and the Illini of Coach Bob Zuppke hurdled prostrate Buckeye gridmen, 8-0, to gain the Big Ten title for the second consecutive season. By downing the powerful Hawkeye aggregation, the Maize and Blue eleven established it with the receiver and Michigan self as one of the hardest fight- was given another first down on ing teams that has even repre- the Iowa 42-yard line. sented Michigan. After four early Gembis ploughed through the season reverses the Wolverines center of' the line for a third first have finished up in great style, down on the 29-yard mark. Dah- winning three and tying one of lem picked up 2 at right tackle and their last four contests. Truskowski made 6 through the It was the second time in four same hole. Then the husky left weeks that thi Wieman-coached end ,plunged off Iowa's left tackle eleven had taken the field against for Michigan's fourth first down a Big Ten leader favored to go on Iowa's 19-yard strip. down to defeat, but, as was the Old '83' Successful case Nov. 3, when Illinois invaded A line buck by Gembis was good the stadium, the Wolverines for 6, Rich added another at right achieved the seemingly impossible guard, and then Truskowski faked and sent 1927-1928 champions back a line buck and Dahlem took the home on the short end of the ball on told 83' around Iowa's left count. end for a touchdown. The play FIGHTING WOLVERINES RALLY AFTER GLASSGOW DASHES FOR TOUCHDOWN IN FIRST PERIOD Iowa Goal Line Following Captain George Rich who played his last game for Michigan yesterday and turned in one of the best games of his ca- reer. Rich sharei offensive hon- ors with Dahlem besides running the team in excellent manner as quarterback. An injury forced him to leave the game before the final whistle sounded. l l . ' : t s C WHITEMAN ITO APPEAR' HERE TUESDAY NIGHT Program Of Orchestra To Range From Symphonies To Old Time Jazz Music BARGY WILLBE SOLOIST "Wonder what that piece "Free Air, a variation based on noises from a garage' will sound like," mused a student yesterday on see- ing the program that Paul White- man has anounced for his concert next Thuesday night in Hill audi- torium. Among the numbers on White- man's concert will be George Ger- shwin's latest attempt at raising jazz to a symphonic state, "Con- certo in F." The concerto, scored by Frede Grofe, is in three move- ments, allegro, andante con moto, and allegro con brio. Roy Bargy will be the soloist for this number. Grofe's name appears in the sec- ond half of the program when his, number "Metropolis" will be played. Whiteman recently recorded it, and it has brought forth much favorable comment from the critics. These two will be the main numbers of the program, but those I who love the simpler tunes will find satisfaction in "Melancholy Baby," "Gypsy," "Tiger Rag," and others. Contrary to rumors which have' j been prevalent on campus, there are yet many seats unsold, an- nounced Thomas Denton, local publicity director, yesterday. Local authorities have pointed out that there will probably be a large crowd buying seats for a last min- ute rush for the concert. The concert is being given for the benefit of the Women's league, and marks a return after three' years' absence from Ann Arbor for Whiteman. He has just returned to the concert stage after a long absence, and has been acclaimed everywhere for his playing. Delta Upsilon Takes Cup For Decorations Glassgow Scores Big Joe Truskowski brought the stands to their feet early in the first quarter when he threw a 35- yard pass to Dahlem who barely missed holding the ball with a clear field ahead of him. A few minutes later the invaders drew first blood, Glassgow; Iowa's flashy halfback, sliding off his own right tackle for 55 yards and a touch- down. The Black and Gold speedster was aided by perfect blocking in his dash through Michigan's sec- ondary defense and with only Sim- rall, between him and the final chalk mark, he executed a perfect sidestep and galloped down the field for the first score of the aft- ernoon. Michigan -came back strong a few minutes later, however, and started a march that ended on the Hawkeye 17-yard line, where the invader's forward wall held for three plays and then Joe Gembis dropped back to register a perfect goal from placement from the 27- yard mark with Dahlem holding the ball.1 Wolverines Threaten The Wolverines threatened again in this quarter after Simrall had punted to the Hawk 2-yard strip. Cooley's punt from behind the goal line was returned from the 38- to the 28-yard line by Simrall. Three passes failed and Simrall punted over the goal line. Taking the ball on their own 20- yard mark, the Hawkeyes institu- ted an offensive that netted 40 yards before the half ended. Oran Pape, who replaced Glassgow in the Iowa backfield, featured this advance with two long gains of 15 and 25 yards each. After an exchange of punts as the third quarter began, Michigan opened up with a running attack that ripped the ponderous Hawk- eye team to shreds, and resulted in four consecutive first downs and I a touchdown that .gave the Wol- verines the lead, 10-7. Simrall took McLain's punt on was perfectly executed and caught the Hawkeye defense napping, Dahlem's speed carrying him across the final chalk mark before a Hawk tackler laid hands on him. Gembis' kick for the extra point was good. Iowa kicked off and Michigan took the ball on her 32-yard line after an exchange of punts. A series of end runs and off-tackle plays with Ricn and Simrall do- ing most of the ball toting carried the oval to the Hawk 38-yard line. Truskowski hit the line for a 7- yard gain, another line play failed and Truskowski's pass was incom- plete. Fake Kick Fails On fourth down Gembis dropped back into place-kick formation but it was a fake and Simrall was thrown for a loss-of 8 yards. Iowa took the ball on downs on her own 42-yard mark and unleashed a series of line plays that carried the ball to Michigan's 47-yard line as the quarter ended. The final period found the in- vaders desperatly attempting to push over another touchdown, only to be thwarted time after time by the stubborn Michigan forward wall. When Glassgow failed to gain consistently, Nelson was in- jected into the backfield and threw a barrage of forward passes that kept the Wolverine secondary on the alert throughout the great- er portion of the period. With the ball on Michigan's 27- yard line and only a few seconds of the game remaining, Nelson dropped back to the 35-yard strip and attempted a drop kick that would have knotted the count had it been successful, but it was short and the game ended shortly after- wards with the ball in Michigan's possession on her own 20-yard line. As a unit the Michigan team turned in what was undoubtedly their best game of the season. In addition to the stubborn defense Lone Cheer-Leader Leads Inspired Yells (By Associated Press) A Ids as "Sl MADISON, Nov. 24.-A roughAmidst Vast Sie young man named Bronko Nagur- ski as tough on the gridiron as A great Michigan pep meeting his name sounds, ruined Wiscon- composed of one small cheer lead- sin's chance of winning unchal- er and himself, predicted a great lenged possession of the Western Michigan victory yesterday. The Conference football champsion- great victory came, but not because ship today, when Minnestota wal- of the pep meeting. loped the hitherto undefeated The little cheer leader, the one Badgers, 6 to 0, before a record with the auburn locks, ran out on breaking crowd of 46,000. the middle of stage and called for Nagurski, Minnesota's pulveriz- "a 1-o-c-o-m-o-t-i-v-e." There ing fullback, scored the touchdown was no response. The vast vacuum, that tumbled Wisconsin out of the of vacant seats stood speechless championship, early in the second and as the tiny cheer inspirer period of a bitterly fought game, swung into action, the deep tones after Rebholz, the Badger full- of his soprano voice came sweetly back, fumbled on the Wisconsin back from the depths of the sec- 18-yard line. Pulkiabek, a Minne- ond balcony. sota guard, who rarely gets his! It was a great pep meeting. After name in the papers, either in Min- the little cheer leader had led him- nnf Anfat nr virtAri. nnune- -f in few veils the Varsity Dnce of Hill Auditorium and worse yet a graduate of Princeton came forward to testify. He seemed to think Michigan was going to win if all the vacant seats in the audience supported the team with constant cheering. Then the main speaker of the occasion, John R. Watkins '17L, of Detroit was introduced as the rep- resentative of the alumni who would occupy more than half of the seats in the stadium. Watkins likened the situation to one four years ago when a Michi- gan team "like the teams Minne- sota usually has" lost to Iowa, 9-2 on Ferry field. He then predicted that Michigan, occupying the op- posite role before the game, would turn the tables and win. Evi- ir 0 K 1\ .| N Army 13, Nebraska 3. Lafayette 38, Lehigh 14. Tulane 47, Louisiana 7. Missouri 25, Kansas 6. Vanderbilt 26, Centre 0. California 13, Stanford 13. _ STATISTICS Michigan Michigan Mlichigan First Downs 10 Ic By Rushing 8 Io By Passing 2 Ic Passes Attempted I wa 9 I owa 8 . owa 1 I I Delta Upsilon fraternity won first