PART THREE LYPP- A6F Ar 4f[ AW t r4 t9 ttll 0l5Iai1tt SPORTS SECTION VOL. XVI. No. 1 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1935 Kipke Veteran State Team Favored In First Game Letterman At Every Post On Spartan Eleven Here October 5 Coach Calls Team America's Fastest Warmbein Leading Backs For Tbird Season; Line Has Star In Wagner By GEORGE J. ANDROS A Michigan State team charac- terized by its coach as "the fastest t team in America"sand boasting a let- ter-winner for every position will open Michigan's season October 5 in a game that will largely determine the course of the season for both teams. The Spartans from East Lansing have never beaten the Wolverines twice in a row but are favored to make t history this year. o "I think I've seen faster lines, and Z I know I've seen faster backfields," Coach Charlie,Bachman said in de- (, scribing his 1935 eleven, "but I've never seen a team that was faster as a complete unit." Four Regulars Gone Quarterback Russ Reynolds, full- back Jim McCrary, left end Ed Klew- icki, and right tackle Gordon Reavely are the only losses from the team that defeated Coach Harry Kipke's Tb feeble 1934 eleven 16 to 0, but their absence is expected to prove almost negligible in view of the men ready E to step into the vacancies. State had a light team last year D and this season is to see even a lighter ente eleven on the field. With a line mat averaging under 190 pounds and a the quartet Ireglar backs wiho -will Fot "Bea average more than 160, Coach Bach- echo man expects to be outweighed as thre much as 35 pounds per man in every prop game. Wol Syracuse University handed the riva Spartans their only loss last year after of l five East Lansing regulars were on the the bench from injuries. Colina at Quartrback son, Dick Colina, who has played right cial halfback for 'the past two seasons has Har been learning the quarterback's duties of s during the past year and is ready to up, *step into Reynold's shoes. Colina, agai although weighing about 150 pounds, Spar has done most of the blocking in need State's Notre Dame offense through dew two hard campaigns, and seems to wou have the spirit and intelligence to the make a fine field general. last3 Left halfback, the most important offensive post in Bachman's adapta- tion of Knute Rockne's methods, finds Kurt Warmbein ready to shine for the mak third time in as many years. Warm- Arb bein runs, kicks, and passes in a man- from ner that would bring delight to any Indi coach, but brought only a big head- imp: ache to Coach Kipke in the Mich- hors igan stadium last October. C Dick Edwards and Steve Sebo outs played more than enough at both ferer halfback positions to win letters last erar year and are expected to alternate and at Colina's former right half post, field with the former probably getting first Del F call. Edwards is the fastest of the by a swift Spartan backs, and the smiling ndic Sebo is one of the flashiest open-field Iof M runners ever to play for State. The 0s fact that Bachman has placed them as at right half proves their blocking Clar ability. a pr Fullback Position Strong folic Art Brandstatter stepped into Mc- a o Crary's fullback duties when the col- doub ored star was injured last year, and gain my this year Bachman says that he is a igan better player than McCrary ever was. Don Wiseman, letter winner for two years, has shown form in early prac- O tice sessions that will make the Spar- the tans well fortified at fullback. Kurt of i Kuhne is another letterman who Littl should make things interesting for send Wiseman and Brandstatter. Cap Al Agett,, a punting left half, and jure quarterback Fred Ziegel are other subs letter-winning backs returning, with whic Red Neumann ready to battle for the gam signal calling post again, after being grou an understudy for two. years. Chick New Halbert, George GOltz and Ray Yea O'Malley are sophomore backs who pe may see action this season. Nov. Michigan fans remember Klewicki's hom sensational catches of Warmbein's of t nsac.PCinth last StaMichigan ,a Still Uncertain Of V arsity Lineup , -- ,, Scene From Grid Team's Second Practice Scrimmage Chris Everhardus, Varsity halfback, is shown getting off a pass during the football squad's second regula- on practice game last- Saturday. On his feet ahead of Everhardus and waiting to block a rushing pponent !s Frank Bissell, one of Coach Kipke's "watch-charm guards," and to the passer's right is Fred iem, another guard who has pulled out of the line, just completing his block. teat Michigan' till Sounding In Rival Camps irty Years' Prominence On Gridiron Unshaken By Poor 1934 Season espite the fact that Michigan rs the 1935 grid season the door- s of the Western Conference on basis of 1934 records, the cry of at Michigan!" seems bound to. D throughout the fall. More than e decades of almost uninterrupted ninence at the top have made the verines the target for its many Is and even the crushing victories ast season have failed to satisfy deep desire for revenge. ichigan State, opening the sea- Oct. 5, will prove the most- cru- test of the season for Coach ry Kipke's squad. With a host ophomores in the Michigan line- a victory in the opening game nst an unquestionably strong rtan team would be just the tonic ded to impart a degree of confi- ce to the squad while a defeat d undoubtedly put the team in rut from which it failed to escape year.{ aHoosiers Dark Horses Coach Bo McMillins Hoosiers will e their first appearance in Ann or since the mild mannered hero n Centre College took charge at ana, and with his system firmly lanted his team will be the dark :e of the Conference race. aptain Reed Kelso at center, is the tanding pivotman in the Con- nce at the moment, while vet- s Wendel Walker, Corby Davis Vernor Huffman in the back-- and Eore Antonini and Chris Sasso in the line will be supported host of sophomores attracted to ana by the dynamic personality IcMillin mly slightly above the Wolverines championship contenders, Doc ence Sears' Badgers are faced by oblem now familiar to Michigan owers, elephantiasis in the line. As nsequence the Badgers will un- btedly play a strong defensive e, and their ability in that field be attested to by the 1934 Mich- squad. Little's Teams Strong ne of the shrewdest coaches in game, and one of the most able nspirational leaders, Coach Lou le at Columbia never fails of ing a strong threat on the field. tain Al Barabas, cured of his in- d leg, looks to a season which will tantiate the estimates of him ch followed the 1934 Rose Bowl e, and he will be supported by a ip of sophomores attracted to the York institution by that New r's victory. ennsylvania, coming to Ann Arbor 2 for the first of a home and e series, is one of the few schools he country and particularly out- +h e a Asr nAAntf h1 M ap It Will Take Many Poor Seasons To Spoil Grid Record IOWA CITY, Sept. 23.- The all- time Western conference football leadership apparently is firmly in possession of the University of Mich- igan for many generations to come. For the Wolverines have a lead of 164 percentage points over the sec- ond-place university, Chicago, and only four other universities have bet- ter than an even break. Frederic S. Beebee, assistant in the University of Iowa athletic depart- ment ,has figured the all-time Big Ten standing on the basis of when each university entered the confer- ence. Chicago, Illinois, Michigan { Minnesota, Northwestern, Purdue,, and Wisconsin entered in 1896; In- diana and Iowa in 1900, and Ohio Prospects For Grappling Men Seen As Good If injuries, the nemesis of the 1934- 35 team, do not put the Varsity wres- tlers on the sidelines and ineligibility does not rear its ugly head, Coach Keen has high hopes of putting a squad capable of big things in the ring this year. With the return of Harry Wright ineligible last season, the heavyweight section is well taken care of. Many observers feel that Wright has the ability to go far in the national wres- tling circles. Veterans of last season returning include Capt. Wally Heavenrich, 145 pounder, Abe Levine and Frank Bis- sel, at either 165 or 175 pounds, Alvin Rubin, Ed Keilman, and Ed Slocum The HOT STOVE By BILL REED A SENSITIVE nature can hardly be ,held compatible with such a pub- lic position as that of football coach of a state institution, and yet Mr. Harry Kipke, who is a prominent member of the coaching profession hereabouts, does not disguise his sensitiveness on certain subjects. For instance, one might ask him about sailing, and particularly about the Detroit-Mackinac race in which Skipper Kipke's yacht "Flo" was en- ered. One might ask him about the finish of that race, and the erstwhile ;kipper would be certain to ask that the subject be changed to football, without admitting that he emulated the Ancient Mariner as he-sat in a dead calm in Lake Huron for three days before he started the motors "to save the lives of the crew." They were gradually starving to death. Skipper Kipke, in fact, would choose to assume the robes, or mole- skin, of Coach Kipke without even denying the scurrilous rumor to the effect that his anchor had been drag- ging from the moment the "Flo" left Port Huron at the start of the race. But even as a gridiron mentor Mr. Kipke is prone to betray his sensi- tivity on certain subjects even as close as football. For should one be so inconsiderate as to boldly make inquiry as to the 1934 Michigan foot- ball season he would most certainly see the hardy veteran of many foot- ball wars both on field and sideline quake, describe the rainbow in his facial expression, and blusteringly suggest again that the subject be changed. It would be highly appar- ent that he would ratherhtalk even of sailing than the past grid season, particularly the afternoon last fall whichdstarted his squad on the greased slide to the bottom of the football heap. From that description of Mr. Kipke it might be gathered that he is a taciturn individual, disliking con- versation in any of its forms and particularly in the form of an inter- view. But with a happy thought the person who has tried to draw Coach Kipke out on sailing or 1934 football might inquire as to Michi- gan football teams of the present and future and an entirely different estimation is bound to result. In fact, Coach Kipke becomes al- most garrulous on those subjects, particularly on prospects for next year and the future. "THIS YEAR," he will- say, "we're S prettymuch up in the air. Any- thing can happen, and it's bound to be interesting. Frankly, I'm building on sophomores principally for 1936, but because they're the best crop I've seen here since we had a whole :lass of All-Americans in 1930, we ire going to hand out some awful jolts to some unsuspecting teams this year. "Take the backfield. Stark Ritchie's injury hurts us, but I think he'll be around for our most important game, the opener with State. He has every- thing, a top notch ball carrier and kicker, a good passer, he is also one of the best blockers and probably the best defensive halfback. And John Smithers -- there's a fellow you're :oing to hear from; he can block like t fiend, he's no mean runner, and can he catch passes! Then there's Bob Cooper: he'll fit in anywhere; one of the best as a ball carrier, he will undoubtedly share the kicking, and we won't miss Renner so much with him in there next year to pass. And don't forget Harry Lutomski, every once in a while he makes me think that some sports writer wasn't exaggerating last year when he called Earry the best high school fullback to come out of the middle west since Herb Joesting. "Then there's the line. George Ghesquire gave us a jolt when he transferred to Annapolis, but we've still got Art Valpey, and he's a real comer. We may have some trouble this year with our line, it's pretty hard to say, but there'll be no doubt but that some of those sophomores will be mixing it up and making it mighty tough for the lettermen. "At right tackle Jim Lincoln al- ready looks pretty much of a fixture. In our first scrimmage he played al- 'Somewhere r - Sometime' Renner Kvey Man In Offens With Threat State in 1913. all 126 pounders. In matches in Results of the next few years prob- which they were.not hampered by in- ably will do little to change the rela- juries all of these men showed up tive positions of the universities, with Iwell. the exception of the second-place Sophomores -are counted on to fill fight and Purdue's chance of chang- the weak spots, especially in the ing places with Northwestern. Gen- lighter weights. Outstanding among erous percentage gaps separate the thesc is Earl Thomas, former National other members.-1 A.A.U. 118-pound champion. -__i-- ~- _- - -- - Michigan's *Amrine, Robert Y. *Aug, Vincent J. Babbin, George Barasa, Joseph L. Barclay, William C. Barnett, David G. *Bissell, Frank S. *Bolas, George A. Brandman, Charles Campbell, Robert D. Carr, Carl W. Cooper, Robert E. Cushing, Frederick T. *Ellis, Joseph O. *Everhardus, Chris Farmer, Douglas A. Garber, Jesse G. Gray, Charles Greenwald, Edward J. *Hanshue, Cloyce E. Hinshaw, Joseph M., Jr. *Jennings, Ferris G. Johnson, Ernest C. Kramer, Melvin G. Lillie, Walter I. Lincoln, James H. Luby, Earle B. Lutomski, Harry J. Meyers, Earl J. Mumford, John Murray, Charles A. Myzyk, Alexander F. Nelson, Winfred Olds, Frederic C. Oyler, Thomas T. *Patanelli, Matthew L. Pederson, Ernest A., Jr. *Remias, Steve *Renner, William W. (Capt.) Rinaldi, Joseh M. Ritchie C. Stark **Savage, Michael Schuman, Stanton J. Shakarian, George Smithers, John A. Football Roster '37 '37 '37 '38 '38 '37 '3. '37 ~9f '30 s 3 '37 '37 '37 '33 '38 '37 '37 '37 '36 '38 '38 '38 '38 '38 '37 '37 '37 '38 '36 '38 '37 '37 '37 '36 '36 '38 '38 '36 '37 '38 '38 C QU 1 Q1B G -B 0 QB 111 QB C 1113 IB t G 013 T G G QB F T G T T FB E FB T E HB G C E G FB QB C HB E C C HB 1 London, O. 1 Cincinnati, 0. 0 Pentwater, Mich. 0 Chicago, Ill. 0 Flint, Mich. 1 Detroit 1 lyanrisport, Mass 2 Chicago, Ill. I Findlay, 0. 3 Ionia, Mich. S aline, Mich. 3 Detroit 3 Bis:ini gharm,Mich 1 Talc River, Wis. l lxaiazra roo, Mich. 0 Hinsdale, Ill. 1 New York, N. Y. 0 Lombard, Ill. 3 Whiting, Ind. 1 Kalamazoo, Mich. 0 Bloomfield Hills 1 Ann Arbor 2 Grand Rapids 0 Toledo, 0. 0 Grand Haven 0 Harbor Beach 0 Chicago, Ill 0 Detroit 0 Detroit L Birmingham Mich. 3 Butte, Mont. 0 Pittsburg, Pa. 2 Greenville, Mich. 0 East Lansing 1 Cincinnati, O. 1 Elkhart, Ind. 1 Grand Blanc 2 Chicago, Ill. 2 Youngstown, 0. o Elkhart, Ind. 0 Battle Creek, 2 Dearborn i Winnetka, Ill. 0 Dearborn, 3 Elkhart, Ind. Coach Harry Kipke, who has brought to Michigan four Big Ten football titles in six years and two national titles in the same period, makes no assurance of Wolverine grid successes this year although he intimates that some unsuspect- ing eleven may get a hard jolt sometime. But if not confident of successes this year, he does not hide the fact that his eyes are to the future. Kicks Of Regeczi Prove Big Help To CollegeAll-Stars "John saved our necks," was the way Charlie Bachman, football coach at Michigan State and one of the four men who trained the College All- Stars for their game with the Chicago Bears, described John Regeczi's per- formance in the second annual bat- tle between the professionals and ex- college stars picked' by a nation-wide newspaper poll which took place the night of August 29 at Soldiers Field in Chicago. Regeczi, fullback on Michigan's national championship elevens of 1932 and 1933 and right halfback on last year's Varsity, was known dur- ing his college years as the leading punter in the mid-west, and his kicking against the Bears was al- most sensational in view of the weather conditions. Rain Hurts All-Stars "When it began to rain early in the first period," Bachman explained, "we began losing ten years on every exchange of punts. We sent in Regeczi and immediately started MICHIGAN 1935 SCHEDULE Oct. 5 - Michigan State, here. Oct. 12--Indiana, here. Oct. 19 -- Wisconsin at Madison. Oct. 26-- Columbia at New York City. Nov. 2- Pennsylvania, here. Nov. 9 -Illinois at Urbana. Nov. 16 -Minnesota, here. Nov. 23 - Ohio State, here. gaining ten years per kick." The State mentor intimated further that without the ex-Wolverine's toe in ac- tion, the margin of the Bears' vic- tory might easily have been more than 5-0. Regeczi's kicking performance at Soldiers Field recalled his play in the Minensota game of 1932. John, then a sophomore, gained almost 300 yards for Coach Kipke's eleven through his punting, after the Wol- verine running attack had been stop- ped cold. Newman Kicks Goal The game was played at Minneap- ols under sub-zero weather condi- tions and was won by Michigan by a score of 3 to 0 only after Regeczi's punting had placed the Wolverines in position for a place-kick by Harry Newman, All-American quarterback of that year. Running Attack Is Built Around Ritchie, Injured Sophomore Back Light Guards Get CallhI Scrimmage Smithers' Blocking, Pass Receiving Ge Him Sure StartingAssignment By WILLIAM R. REED After two weeks of strenuous drills and two regulation practice scrim- mages, Coach Harry Kipke has an- nounced that he is still far removed from picking a Varsity grid lineup which will be called upon to lift Michigan from the Conference cellar. Still reluctant to make any definite prediction for the 1935 season further than to admit that he is looking pri- marily to the future, he does see a steady progress in the squad's show- ing at each practice session. In the two practice games Kipke has had proved to him what he has known since last spring, that the key to the present season is Captain Bill Renner, whom Kipke has fre- quently rated as the peer of all Mich- igan passers, past and present, and therefore one of the most dangerous offensive threats in the conference. Renner's Passing Is Nucleus About the passing ability of Ren- ner will, be built the current grid ma- chine, but unlike 1934 when Renner's removal from the picture brought chaos to the Michigan camp, Kpke has a squad of sophomores from which he has molded a potential run- ning attack with which to supple- ment Renner's passing. Key man in the running attack re- mains Stark Ritchie, despite a leg in- jury in the. first week of practice which may not let him play against Michigan State. Kipke continues to build as if Ritchie were present, using Chris Everhardus and Bill Barclay in Ritchie's role of halfback. But Ritchie is only one third the running attack, the other two-thirds being John Smithers and Bob Cooper, both sophomores. Smithers, in the two practice games, has established himself as one of the most promising sophomores in recent years with his stellar block- ing and pass receiving. Cooper, de- spite leg injuries, which have kept him out of the two games, is still rated high enough to earn his way into the first string backfield with Renner, Smithers and Everhardus. He would most likely play at full- back when Renner is in the game and call signals with the captain out. Sweet Shows Improvement Cedric Sweet, veteran from last year, almost pushed himself out of the picture with a poor showing in the first scrimmage but redeemed himself with an improved showing last Saturday. The kicking remains one of Kipke's principle problems, with Sweet and Cooper slated to share the burden until Ritchie is able to assume the full burden of his backfield duties. Despite a "25 per cent improve- ment" Saturday over the season's first scrimmage, the line still is the biggest problem on Kipke's squad. Starting with a line which averaged over 210 pounds, Kipke has benched Bud Hanshue, guard, Harry Wright, center, and Mike Savage, end, to give a lineup which started Satur- day's scrimmage of Matt Patanelli and Art Valpey, a sophomore, at ends, John Viergever and Jim Lincoln, a sophomore; at tackles, Frank Bissell and Fred Ziem, also a sophomore, at guards, and Joe Rinaldi, another sophomore, at center. That line averages 190 pounds, but the speed furnished by Bissell and Ziem, 165 and 170 pounds respective- ly, at guards was shown Saturday to strengthen the running attack and brought approval from Coach Kipke, but he has indicated that he is not through experimenting. III r i