THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE Coach Kipke Issues Order ForStrictly Secret Grid Pr; actices Reporters Not To Be Admitted Until Thursday Revamped Lineup For Minnesota Next Saturday Hinted Contest Hinting strongly of a "revamping" of the Michigan lineup, in position changes, if not in the actual per- sonnel of the starting eleven, Coach Harry Kipke last night closed the gates of Varsity football practice to newspaper men for the next two days. Coach Kipke indicated that any changes would be of a strictly ex- perimental nature and thought it best if they were not divulged to the public. It was a quiet and disappointed Wolverine squad that came out on Ferry Field in the midst of a driz- zling rain yesterday afternoon, heard the mistakes of last Saturday ex- plained, and immediately set to work on new formations to be used against Minnesota Saturday. Spirit of Team Returns The spirit that was noticeable by its absence at the beginning of the practice came back as the chastised Wolverines earnestly began work for a game in which they realize there is nothing to lose and everything to gain. A defeat at the hands of Min- nesota would not lower the standing of the Michigan eleven any farther, while a victory would reclaim a sea- son that now seems to be destined to be a very ordinary one as far as its success is concerned. Assistant Coach Bennie Ooster- baan, who has scouted the Gophers for years, characterized Coach Ber- nie Bierman's eleven as "not as good as last year," but such a statement in no way indicates much weakness, as the Vikings of last year were as powerful a football team as has been seen in the middle west in many a campaign. Defeat Remains Mystery Saturday's surprise defeat at the hands of an underdog Illinois eleven still remains a mystery to everyone, even to the members of the coaching staff. They cannot understand what happened to the blocking, the tack- ling, the running and passing attack, all of which appeared to be greatly improved against Pennsylvania. Capt. Bill Renner, who returned from the battle in the mud limping from an injured ankle and bearing innumerable bruisesi called upon all the resources at his command, and only one play threatened to work - a quarterback sneak through the line. I-M Sports League champions in interfrater- nity volley ball will clash this week in the quarter-final round of the play-offs with the following teams scheduled to meet: Sigma Phi Ep- silon vs. Delta Upsilon; Phi Kappa Psi vs. Tau Kappa Epsilon; Kappa Nu vs. Theta Chi; Phi Beta Delta vs. the winner of Hermitage and Phi Kappa Tau.! Interfraternity speedball has reached the semi-final round with Delta Upsilon, the defending champion, opposing Lambda Chi Alpha, and Theta Chi, last year's runner-up meeting Pi Lambda Phi. Sixteen independent teams will swing into action Wednesday night on the opening of their volleyball season. The Tigers, last year's vic- tors, are not represented in the league this year and as a result the D.D.'s and Chinese Students have been established as co-favorites to capture the title. Until last season when they were eliminated in the quarter-final round by the ultimate winners, the Chinese Students had won the event five times in succession. Natators Will Perform Tonight In Union Pool Michigan's Varsity swimming team, perennial Big Ten and Na- tional Collegiate champions, will make its 1935-36 debut at 8 p.m. today at the Union as part of the Annual Open House sponsored by the organization. Coach Matt Mann's Varsity na- tators, who will be seeking their seventh National crown in ten years next March, will be assisted by the outstanding members of this year's freshman aggregation, several of whom already have gained nation-wide attention by past performances. Several races will be staged be- tween members of the Varsity and yearling squads, and the perform- ance will be topped off with an exhibition by the Varsity diving troupe, without a doubt the great- est group of spring-board artists ever to grace a college team. 60 Cagers Report For Yearling Team Sixty men reported to Coach Ray Fisher at the opening freshman bas- ketball practice last night at Water- man Gymnasium. Coach Fisher said that he expected the number to be swelled to one hundred by the end of next week, for the cagemen on the football squad are not included in the original count. Practice sessions are scheduled for the first four nights of the week until Coach Fisher has cut the squad down to a workable size, when workouts will be moved to the Intramural Sports Building. The elimination period is expected to last about three weeks. BOASTS PRIZE BEAUTY The Chicago Usherettes' basketball team can boast its line-up includes a player twice voted the best looking girl in United States basketball. Ha (ndymaln The Michigan basketballs which has been working out i Cappon Moves Cage Squad To Portable Court John Jablonski Replaces Gee, Injured Veteran, In Regular Lineup Little Brown Jug Adds Zest To Michigan-Minnesota Tilt Sports Of The Day CHICAGO- Willie Hoppe, veteran New York master, goes into tie for second place in world's three-cushion billiard championship. ST. LOUIS - Boxer King Levinsky and wrestler Ray Steele matched for finish bout here November 19. squad, in the Very few football teams can boast of a player as aptly versatile as Minnesota's Vernal "Babe" LeVoir. For two seasons Coach Bernie Bier- man called him "too good to be a regular" and used him as number- one relief man at quarter, full, and halfback. At the beginning of this fall's campaign terrific graduation losses and the sudden ineligibility of Julie Alphonse forced Bierman to put LeVoir at right halfback. A few weeks ago, Glenn Seidel, cap- tain and brainy quarterback, was taken from the Tulane game with a broken clavicle. LeVoir was moved to the vacant post and is doing a very good job calling the signals for the Gophers as they roll on to another national championship. He is 5 feet, 10 inches in height, weighs 175 pounds and is a resident of Minneapolis. Intramural Sports Building since practice began three weeks ago, moved to its permanent home, Yost Field House, last night. The Field House floor was assembled over the week-end. Coach Franklin Cappon is still brushing up on fundamentals in an effort to avoid the curse of bad ball- handling, which has caused the downfall of otherwise capable quin- tets. The opening game against Cal- vin College of Grand Rapids is sched- uled for Dec. 2, still three weeks off. Gee Out For Two Weeks Due to a broken right thumb of John Gee, Varsity center last sea- son, will be unable to scrimmage for about two weeks more. Coach Cap- pon has shifted his first team lineup putting John Jablonski in Gee's posi- tion.I This marks the return of Jab- lonski to the Varsity for the first time since he was forced out of com- petition by an ineligibility ruling at the close of the first semester last season. At the time he was leading the Wolverine five in scoring and was a starting forward. Gridders Will Revise Lineup John and Earl Townsend are filling the forward posts, with Capt. Chelso Tomagno and George Rudness play- ing the guard positions. This lineup will undoubtedly be revised when the cagemen on the football squad report at the close of the grid season. One of the Townsends will probably do the jumping for this combination. It is hard to say with accuracy just what position each of these men fills. Because of the change in rules allowing a man to stay in the foul circle for only three seconds, with or without the ball, Cappon has been forced to use a formation with three men back and a player in each corner. These men change positions often and a guard may be at the pivot post temporarily, while a forward is fill- ing the position conventionally recog- nized as guard. a wo By RICHARD LaMARCAx Next Saturday Michigan will notc only attempt to avenge last year's 34 to 0 drubbing at the hands of the Minnesota Gophers, but will also try to regain the little brown jug, sym- bolic of the traditional rivalry be- tween the Wolverines and Gophersr for the past 31 years. The history of the brown jug dates back as far as 1903 when Fielding H. Yost, present athletic director, was gaining national recognition for his famous point-a-minute teams. Dur- ing this time the opposing team car- ried their own water thus the oldJ jug was used as a water container. The 1903 game resulted in a 3-3 tie. When Yost returned to Ann Arbor he discovered that the jug was missing and immediately wired Minnesota officials to return it. Whereupon the Gopher staff replied that if Michigan wanted the jug itI would have to win it back. 'Captured By Oscar' Following the 1903 tilt, Oscar Mun, son, Minnesota's athletic equipment manager, painted on the jug "Cap- tured by Oscar in '03 from Mich- igan." Grid relations with Minnesota were discontinued till 1909 when Michigan journeyed to Minneapolis to defeat the Gophers 15 to 6 and win the Big Ten Title. Despite the lapse of six years, Yost never forgot Minne- sota's reply to his request of 1903 and as a result the brown jug ac- companied the Wolverines back home. Having dropped out of the Western Conference, Michigan did not en- counter the Gophers until 1919 when the jug changed hands in Minne- sota's 34-7 romp. However, Mich- igan beat Minnesota the following year and then kept the jug here till 1927 when the Wolverines were beat- en 13-7. The jug was safely guarded by the enemy during '28 and '29 but returned to Ann Arbor in 1930 where it remained till last year. Jug Stolen in 1931 In 1931 the jug was stolen and a duplicate was made. However, the original was discovered in 1935 in the hedges near the library. Even though the duplicate has been kept it has no prestige whatever. Like Minne- sota, Michigan has trusted her equip- NEED MORE SPEED Northwestern found trouble in leg- ging it this year. In both the Purdue and Ohio State games they had run- ners in the clear a couple of times, but the runners just weren't good enough to reach the goal. ment caretaker, Henry Hatch, to keep an eagle eye on the jug which is safely installed in the equipment room in the Yost Field House. The jug, which is composed of or- dinary clay pottery, stands three feet high, and on it is printed 'Michigan and Minnesota Scores Since 1903.' Previously the colors of both uni- versities were pinned on the jug and at a friendship banquet the losing captain would remove his colors and present the jug to the victorious pilot. Although this elaborate ceremony has been abolished, the annual battles have continued to be bitterly fought. I Mo I 7000 ill a CORBETT'S New Suits rush in Where cobwebs fear to tread . . . Any store is glad to quote you a low price on a suit that has been hanging in stock for months. At Corbett's your this year's dollar will never run into last year's garme its. We are bringing in new suits because we are doing business and we're busy because we are showing BRAND NEW MER- CHANDISE at the low prices you like to pay. 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