r, SEPT. 27, 1933 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE Grid Practice Stresses Pass Style Of Play Chuck Bernard Is Still Out Of Lineup But Is Im- proving Rapidly Short Passes Used Close d Scrimmage This Afternoon; Public Game Scheduled Saturday If yesterday's Varsity grid session may be used as an indication, the 1933 Wolverine offense will, as in the past, center around the "punt, pass and prayer" system. The Varsity commenced drill with punting, spent an hour's intensive passing practice, and prayed all afternoon that it wouldn't rain. Coach Kipke has a scrimmage on the program for this afternoon which may reveal his present slant on the quarterback question. Bill Renner, if anyone, was favored in yesterday's session, and it seems to be a certainty that he will see ac- tion in the curtain raiser against Michigan State October 7. Backfields Drill The Fay-Renner-Everhardus-Re- geezi, and the Heston-Renner-Ever- hardus-R e g e c z i combinations re- ceived the most attention. The first group was drilled for three-quarters of an hour on pass defense, and the second group was favored in signal practice later.- With Chuck Bernard still on -the injured lsit, Fuog and Ford received the call at the center post. Bernard is showing an improvement and should be on hand in a day or so. Passing practice received the most attention yesterday. E v e r h a r d u s showed up well on the defensive, breaking up many plays, and Renner, Westover, Tessmer and Oliver were the most successful passers. Many Changes Made Kipke shifted the men around free- ly, drilling them on both the of- fense and defense. Nearly as many passes were intrecepted as were com- pleted. The short pass across the center of the line was the most consistently effective, and the forward pass-lat- eral was also used with success. Chapman, Johnson and Petoskey snared some nice ones. This afternoon's intra-squad scrimmage will be closed to the pub- lic, but Saturday's tussle will be held in the stadium, open to all. Freshman Grid Squad Drilling On State Plays With over a hundred out for Coach Fisher's frosh grid squad and twen- ty-eight already enrolled for Wallie Weber's Physical Ed. squad, both coaches are optimistic about the ma- terial which has appeared. While Coach Fisher's yearlings were working out on South Ferry Field in their first extensive drill of the season Coach °Ray Courtwright had a bunch of twenty-five frosh picked from both squads drilling on the Notre Dame style of play as used by Coach Charlie Bachman at Mich- igan State. This squad will work on State plays for the next two weeks and will scrimmage the Var- sity on Saturday, as well as run the plays against the first stringers be- fore the opening game. Coach Courtwright's outfit lined up with several prep stars in the backfield and on the line. Among thsee were Lett and Wright on the right side of the line and Staboricz, a star from Carl Schurz High in Chi- cago at the other end. Turik, Jen- nings and Lutomski, All Michigan prep stars on the Physical Ed. squad, were in the backfield. OIL BURNERS FOR RENT $3.0 monthly rental including service charges. Installation charge for gas and electric con- nections. For full details- PLAY & BY- P LAY -By AL NEWMAN- Punt, Pass, Pray.. .. Oh, Lady Luck! INDICTMENTS OF MICHIGAN'S football tactics, games, athletes and system have reached our notice through the medium of word of mouth and in the press for three years" now. It has always seemed to us that the Wolverines never got much of a break in the way of pub- licity. In fact, at times, we actu- ally believed that most mid-western sportswriters, given nothing better to do, would automatically sit down at a typewriter and indulge in the old game of "Minimizing Michigan." Now appears a justification of the football system used by the Maize and Blue . . . . a system which has been characterized as "dull," "color- less," and a few other choice adjec- tives, to which we'd like to add "suc- cessful," and as an editor's note: "Dull and colorless to the type of spectator who turns out mostly to look at the crowd and what is being worn by the collegers." This justification was written by Harry Kipke. It appears in this week's Saturday Evening Post, and is probably the best article on football we have ever read. Its title is, "A Punt, A Pass, And A Prayer" . . enough said. Read it for yourself. Maybe this season Kipke plans to add "Perambulate!" as an effective running attack looms in the offing. * * * LET us now invoke the great god Chance, fetish of the football field, deity of the diamond, tyrant, of the tennis court and powerful poten- tate of the playing field. For Chance can make a champion look like an awful dub, and vice versa. It is impossible in any game to rule out the element of Luck. In an equal combat, he rules. Few have seen the god, save his devotees, who are the statisticians, and they only get in- frequent glimpses of his' face. One of the most outstanding ex- amples of Chance which he have ever seen manifested on the gridiron was in the opening game of last season here, when very likely the entirety of Michigan's National Champion- ship hung on a single play; when two linemen gave the Wolverines a start to an undefeated season merely by being offside. Of, if you want to analyze further, two sets of over- strung nerves were responsible. Here is the set-up. Michigan had at the time, if not a green team, cer- tainly an untried one. Nobody, in- cluding most of the sportswriters of the country and quite a few coaches, knew much about the possibilities of the Wolverines and certainly no one would have predicted an undefeated season for the outfit which faced Michigan State, Northwestern, and Ohio State on the first three Sat- urdays. The opener approached and Michi- gan men looked worried. The Spar- tans had two fast backs of national fame, Monnett and Eliowitz. Were the East Lansing boys to gloat at last over the inexperienced Wolver- ine? The past two contests had Lansing Youth To Lead 1933 Wildcat Outfit EVANSTON, Ill., Sept. 26.-(A)- John Heuss, 21-year-old tackle from Lansing, Mich., was elected captain of the Northwestern football team here last night. The new Wildcat leader never played football in high school. As a sophomore he was a member of the "B" team. Last year he started out as a reserve player, but won a brought scoreless ties, and State looked stronger than ever, while Michigan looked weaker. The big day came and fifty thous- and violently partisan rooters turned out to see the contest. Would Mon- nett and Eliowitz realize their dear- est ambition, that of beating Michi- gan? The kickoff sailed down the field into the maze of white splotches . ..the jersies of Michigan State. There was a deafening roar as the interference formed around . . . Mon- nett, the fastest, shiftiest back State had developed in year! He crossed three white lines be- fore he was downed on his own twenty. Michigan partisans heaved a sigh of relief. But it was momen- tary. Eliowitz, a fast and heavy full- back, cracked the Maize and Blue line for a gain of four yards. The Spartans lined up fast . . . a snappy outfit. There was a shift to the left, the ball appeared, the quar- terback took it, spun, and then a white jersey, driving hard, went through toward the blue secondary like a shot. In a second the halfback was left behind. There remained only the safety man, and he, too, was outdistanced. Seventy-six yards ot outdistanced. Seventy-six yards to a touchdpwn in the first minute of play. Eliowitz hadi scored through left tackle! But the play was called back. Both sides offside and the score was dis- allowed. Michigan's adherents be- gan the task of getting their hearts back into the normal place. Michi- gan State lost their drive and snap. They were discouraged... they could not win after a break like that, and they never even threatened again. There was Michigan'stbreak, and they crushed the Spartans 26-0 as the first step in a march which was to bring them to national supremacy. The great god Chance had shown his face ... regular job when a veteran was in- jured. Coach Dick Hanley at first an- nounced he would name a captain before each game, but changed his mind and the squad voted after practice yesterday. Chicago's football team is expected to furnish more surprises this year than any other Big Ten outfit. 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