THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAG PLA & BY-PLAY -By AL NEWMAN Don't Shout Yet... Apologies . . The Line . . %k * * IF THERE IS ANYTHING I HATE, it is a person who says "I told you so," especially in regard to doping football games and teams, which oc- cupation is one fraught with uncer- tainty, sorrow, and damage to one's reputation as a seer and soothsayer. And if anyone but Gil Dobie ever tells you that he doped Michigan to win over Cornell by anything like forty to nothing, send him along tol me as I would like to use him as a prognosticator extraordinary. Last week the Wolverines, to most gentlemen of the press, were very l mediocre indeed. In fact, while I was characterizing Michigan's per- formance in the State game as "fair- ly satisfactory," these gentlemen were again busy at the age-old busi- ness of minimizing Michigan. How- ever, do not get the idea that I am saying "I told you so," because it is too early in the season to say any- thing like that and I would prefer to wait until the end of the season and simply shout it, if there is anything left to shout about by that time. However, these same parties who were running down the Wolverines last week are busily engaged pound- ing typewriters which machines are turning out reams and reams of copy to the effect that Michigan has the Big Ten title all sewed up and so forth. THEY ARE FORGETTING that the Maize and Blue have not yet had a conference game, and that this Saturday the local eleven will run into Ohio State, a tremendously pow- erful outfit with a line rateduas prob- ably the best in the country. In fact, I should say that the two best lines in the nation will clash here Saturday. Michigan's weight advantage over Cornell's line was eighteen pounds to the man, which is an enormous help on a dry field; Ohio State may even have a slight line advantage. What's more, the Buckeye backfield has shown up as the best in years down there. If there is any winning to be done on the part of Michigan it will be on (1) Regeczi's punting (2) Smart football as expounded by Coach Harry Kipke through quar- terback Fay (3) outside chance: a very good passing attack. So it is too early to do any shout- ing about Michigan. Cornell was a very weak defensive team; the Big Reds just couldn't tackle on Satir- day and the Wolverines were block- ing their lighter opponents easily. But dQ not count on the Ohio State secondary defense to miss very many tackles. It is not usually considered as good etiquette on Buckeye squads. I might recommend that anyone here who has any shekels to bet on the Wolverines next Saturday give his extra money to some good home for Blind Mice to prevent the pos- sibility of some Ohio party having a good time with same. * * * F YOU ARE LOOKING over the I field of National or Big Ten foot-1 ball looking for a likely champion, do not look at first for men who are reputed to be the world's best ball- carriers, line smashers, and what1 have you. Look first at the seven men behind whom they work . . . look to the line if you are after a championship machine. These boys in the backfield are im- portant; they are the men who get most of the publicity because from the stands, you can't see a great deal of what is going on in the mess and scramble into which the two forward walls resolve themselves as soon as the ball is snapped. But it is right down there in the dirt and turf of the line of scrimmage that things are going on which determine na- tional championships. Purdue is an outstanding example of all this. Purdue has a wonderful backfield, but there seems to have been some slight oversight on the part of these gentlemen who picked Purdue as a hands-down Conference winner. They forgot all about the line. You could take Primo Carnera, Jack Dempsey, Ed Londos, and Strangler Lewis, and endow them with the speed and shiftiness of Red Grange, send them against a good line while you had a poor one, and you wouldn't make an inch. I-M Staff Organizes Independent Teams In an attempt to organize the in- dependents, the Intramural Depart- ment has scheduled an open house for this Friday. Basketball teams will be made up temporarily and short games will be played. Later in the afternoon, permanent teams will be organized and an indepen- dent basketball league will be under way. The entire week is being devoted to independent activities and a touch football league composed of 15 teams will start the season this Wednes- day. All Independent men are be- ing urged to cooperate and help out the intramural department in this sustained effort to foster interest in the activities of the building and to give everyone a chance to participate in organized games. Football Squad Forced Inside; Plays Stressed Light Workout Featurest Practice; Kipke Drillst On Running Attack Forced by the inclement weathert to keep his squad in the Field House during the entire afternoon yester- day, Coach Kipke utilized the, time to good advantage by giving the teamj several new plays and revising nu- merous old ones. Kipke seems to have decided after Saturday's game that Michigan's running attack, with Herm Ever- hardus in the starring role, is worth perfecting. Most of the new plays are designed for Everhardus or are intended to set the stage for him. Petoskey, who was drawn into the backfield for several plays Saturday, got his chance to carry the ball on some new end-around plays. Only One Out With the exception of Zit Tessmer, whose college football career was definitely ended after he suffered a broken collar bone in the Cornell game, John Viergiver, sophomore tackle, was the only member of the squad not in uniform for yesterday's drill. Viergiver has a cold and Train- er Roberts has advised him to take it easy for a few days. Whitey Wistert and Chuck Ber- nard contented themselves with very light workouts, but the rest of the first string spent nearly two hours running through the new plays. Yesterday's Line Up - The first squad lined up with Pe- toskey and Ward at the ends, Austin and Jacobson, tackles; Kowalik and Borgmann, guards; and Fuog at cen- ter. What seems to have become of the regular backfield combination of Fay, Regeczi, Everhardus and Hes- ton spent over an hour at the back- field posts, but Renner, Oliver, Triplehorn and Westover also got their chances to learn the new plays. Renner and Westover seem fated to fight it out now for the position of understudy to Fay. Westover 'did well at safety, and carried the ball acceptably against the Big Reds. Renner, meanwhile, established the fact that he can throw passes un- der the fire of actual game conditions and will undoubtedly be called upon to demonstrate his specialty some- time during the Buckeye game. DEMAND the only FULL QUART CAVALIER PALE DRY GINGER ALE and LIME RICKEY 32 OUNCE at 15c (Plus 5c Bottle Deposit) SOLD AT YOUR FAVORITE STORE Misfortune Follows Tessmer During Fntire Gridiron Career By ROLAND MARTIN As a freshman, Tessmer was con- The varied career of Estil Tessmer sidered one of the best football pros- as a Michigan football player came pects among the yearlings. In the to a rather tragic end Saturday when spring of 1930, Zit was awarded the the senior quarterback suffered a Chicago Alumni Trophy against broken collar-bone shortly after tough competition from such poten- Coach Harry Kipke sent him into the tial stars as Harry Newman. Cornell game as a substitute late in That fall, as a sophomore quarter- the second period. back, Tessmer started the first two The gods of chance haven't smiled games before the sensational work very warmly on Tessmer during his of Newman forced him into the back- tenure on Michigan football squads, ground. Tessmer showed considera- first as a yearling gridder in the fall ble ability as a field general in those of 1929, and later as a regular quar- first two games, but had to make terback. And they must have looked way for a brilliant passer. a w a y altogether It was in 1931 that Tessmer really when Kipke sent came into his own. In the double- Zit into the game header which opened the Michigan just before t h e schedule, Tessmer was at right half end of the half to in the game against Mt. Pleasant. :. .replace Everhard- His passing and blocking ability ma- - us. terially aided the Wolverines in gain- O n t h e first ing a victory over the Bearcats. New- J t"{ play, Switzer, Cor- man was the regular quarterback to ." nell quarterback, start that season, but Kipke started dropped back to Tessmer in the Illinois game because punt, but instead Zit was considered a better field gen- of kicking, he ran eral than Newman. In that game, TESSMER with the ball for Tessmer's calling of plays started the five yards before Wolverines on a touchdown jaunt Tessmer spilled him. It was an un- that crushed the Illini 35 to 0. Tess- fortunate tackle for the Wolverine mer was given the call at quarter in back because it was on this play that both the Princeton and Indiana his collar-bone snapped. Zit, who games in '31 and his generalship and has never been accused of lacking excellent blocking stamped him as a fight, did not give up even then, re- first rate quarter. maining in the game until the gun But just when it seemed that he ended the period. He was in there was getting started, he became ineli- doing his share in the three plays gible. Last year, he did not school that were run off before the half at all. ended. Back in football togs again this In the dressing room between the fall, Tessmer tried hard and lately halves, Dr. Frank Lyman examined has been rated just under Fay as reg- the shoulder and found that Tess- ular quarter. But again the Fates mer's football days for Michigan have ruled Zit out; this time his wereover. The clavicle was broken. football career is finished. 1Be One of Goldman's I Goo dwill kY I See the MICHIGAN-NORTHWESTERN Game At Evanston ....... .ABSOLUTELY FREE ! 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