THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE Kipke Must Strengthen Forward Wall For Minnesota Tilt ^, Annual Secret Drills-May Add MissingPunch Coaches Search For Best Combinations In Lengthy Practice Session May Revamp Team Oosterbaan Calls Gopher Squad Deceptive And Powerful What is going on behind the "no trespassing" signs posted on the gates of Ferry Field is unknown, but it is sufficient to say that if a Wolverine team good enough to beat Minnesota can be built from the present ma- terial on the squad, Coach Kipke is going to send that team against the Gophers Saturday. And the starting place will from necessity be an at- tempt to put more strength in the Varsity line. Will Experiment Monday Kipke ninted that he might carry out a previously-men- tioned plan in this year's annual pri- vate sessions and make a few ex- perimental changes in the lineup, try them out for two days, and if they are not satisfactory go back to his regular lineup. When newspaper men are per- mittednback on the field Thursday they will either see some surprising changes in personnel, br will not know what new combinations have been experimented with. There is quite a lot of suspicion in local football circles that the Mich- igan mentor is not too well pleased with the work done against Illinois by several of his linemen, particularly the tackles, and there may be some shifts involving the men in these po- sitions. End Is Problem With Minnesota boasting one of the best forward walls in the country, a line that Scout Bennie Ooster- baan characterizes as smart and de- ceptive as well as powerful, next Sat- urday's struggle can easily be won or lost between the backfields, and it is safe to say that much of the time spent behind the locked gates will be in seeking to bring the Wolverine line up to a standard that can com- pare favorably with the Gophers. The situation at right end, a prob- lem that has been facing the coaches Five Deaths In Past Week May Threaten Football Captains Minnesota Season's Grid Death Record Mounts To 34 Five Past Week Fatalities Make This Year's Toll Highest Since 1931t NEW YORK, Nov. 11. - (P) - Five additional deaths during the pastj creek sent the nation's 1935 football 'oll to 34 - the highest it has been since 1931 when 49 fatalities resulted' in a sharp revision of the rules - a survey by the Associated Press re- vealed today. Complete data on all the facilities is lacking, but more than half the cas- ualties already have been charged di- rectly to football by Floyd H. East- wood of New York University, who compiled the injury and death sta- tistics for the American Football Coaches Association and the RulesI Committee of the N.C.A.A. Although most schedules will not be completed for almost three weeks, this year's total so far is almost 40 percent in excess of last year's when the toll for sandlot, athletic club, high school and college was 25. The latest victims included two sandlot- ters and one each from clubs, high school, and college ranks. Statistics, representing a compo- site of records compiled by the As- sociated Press and Eastwood, show that sandlot and high school deaths have jumped nearly 70 percent over 1934. A year ago there were four sandlot and 13 scholastic deaths; this year the figures already are nine and 19 respectively. Fewer fatalities have occurred on college and athletic club gridirons this year. Both divisions have had three victims so far - a decline of one each. Sectionally eleven deaths have been reported from the east, ten from the midwest, four each from the south and far west, three from the south- west, and one each from Canada and Honolula.j Writers Alter 'Big But Dumb' Slogan Due To Gopher Record Glenn Seidel, Gopher pilot and quarterback, may again direct Min- nesota's attack against the Wol- verines. Despite an injury, Glenn's play has been one of the main fea- tures of the Gopher's march to an- other Big Ten title and national championship. Glenn is a senior and is from Minneapolis. since September, will also have to be ironed out again. Four men have seen action at the post this fall and the play of none of them has been consistently satisfactory. Mike Sav- age was at the position Monday after being off the starting list since the Columbia game, but Ernie Johnson, FORMER BANTAM STAR "Jumping Joe" Williams, a star of the Ohio State football team, is a graduate of the National Bantam- weight Football League, where play- ers must be not over 16 years of age nor under 118 pounds in weight. By GEORGE J. ANDROS "As dumb as they are big" was the way sports writers described Minne- sota elevens not so many years ago. Today these same writers are having trouble finding adjectives enough that will do justice to the true ability of the Gophers. No longer can the Vikings from the far north beccalled a group of wild- men - an unshackled powerhouse that runs all over the place every Saturday with a tremendous loss of energy. It is still a powerhouse that comes out of Minneapolis, but it is a well-organized unit, an aggregation of supermen that has exhibited spirit and intelligence in piling up 22 con- secutive victories against the strong- est competition in the country. Bierman Provides Spark Bernie Bierman started the "new deal" in Minnesota football when he came up from Tulane in the fall of 1933 to take over the coaching reins. In the course of that campaign, Bier- man's warriors did not lose a game, but played in four tie games, one of these with Michigan, rated as Na- tional Champions that season. Last season found 10 regulars re- turning, and enough stellar reserves and outstanding sophomores addedto satisfy any three average coaches. They did all that was expected of them and swept through all opposi- tion for an undisputed National Championship, swamping Michigan 34 to 0 and overpowering the power- ful Pittsburgh and Nebraska elevens. Some observers picked as, many as five Gopher players on their All- American selections. Coasting To Title Again This season the Norsemen are coasting along to a second National title despite the loss of six regulars from the preceding year's team. Sub- merged at the beginning of the cam- paign by very great amounts of since- silenced Ohio State ballyhoo, the Gophers have steadily gained mo- mentum as they rode over North Da- ota State, Nebraska, Tulane, North- western, Purdue, and Iowa. Every team has pointed to its struggle with Bierman's eleven, and every one of them has had its early threats si- lenced in a barrage of crushing line drives, swift end runs, and daring passes. Michigan and Wisconsin alone re- main in the way. A victory for either of them would be a football miracle such as comes about once every five years. Before the sea6.-n started rumors spread over the football world that the Gopher line would be weak. Now few voices are raised in protest as Bierman announces that from tackleI to tackle he has the strongest for-I ward wall in the nation.l Laron And Tenner Forgotten And even Butch Larson and Bob Tenner, glorious ends, are being for- gotten in the play of sophomores Ray King and Dwight Reed. The tackle posts are firmly in the grasps of Ed Widseth and Dick Smith,j either of whom could be placed on an All-American eleven without too much protest. Dale Rennebohm ap- pears on the road to becoming the Big Ten's best center. Veteran Ver- non Oech and Charlie Wilkinson, for two years understudy to the great Bill Bevan, are making it extremely hazardous for the opposition to try the guard posts for gains. Captain and Quarterback Glenn Seidel was taken from the Tulane game with a broken bone, but Babe LeVoir is filling in and proving why for two years Bierman called him "too good to be a regular." Julie Alphonse was suddenly declared ineligible, but Minneapolis has its Tuffy Thompson, who they say puts Ohio's "Jumping Joe" Williams to shame. 'Why Bother To Bring Jug?' - Gopher Trainer MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 13. - uP) - Oscar Munson, veteran custod- ian of athletic equipment at the University of Minnesota, today polished up the Little Brown Jug, famous "trophy" that goes to the winner of Minnesota-Michigan football games. Munson finally gave in to thej arguments of Dr. L. J. Cooke, an- other veteran of the days when Oscar seized a Michigan water crock after a Wolverine-Gopher gridiron battle in 1903, and said he'd take the jug to Ann Arbor Saturday for this year's game. "Why take the jug down there on that long trip?" asked Oscar, "when we'll only have to bring it back again? It might get broke, or somebody might 'borrow it,' or something (like I did in 1903) and then what would happen to the tradition?" HEADS LIST Southern Methodist was rated as the first ranking team in the country yesterday by the Associated Press as a result of their 21-0 victory over University of California at Los An- geles Armistice day. Minnesota, was ranked not second, but third, a notch behind Princeton's undefeated Tiger. and a complete line of formal accessories. TH E TUX ... $25 Single or Double-Breasted. White or Black Vest . . 4.50 Dress Shirts $2.50 Cuff and Line Sets $1 to $2.50 Black Silk Hose 35c - 50c Dress Ties ... 75c and $1.00 Dress Collars .. 35c Mallory Formal Hats $4 & $5 THE FULL DRESS $32.50 OUR CLEANING IS ODORLESS. White Vests $4.50 to $5.50 Tuxedo's to Rent $3 THE DOWNTOWN STORE FOR MICHIGAN MEN .-'50/1'ie to Serve ./4iwt 609 SOUTHE MAJN *STRE"~ IRead The Want Ad IMPELLITTIERE ARRIVES Ray Impellittiere arrived in Detroit yesterday with his manager Harry Lenny for his scheduled bout with Ford Smith, the conqueror of Buddy Baer. Neither fighter's record is particularly impressive but the win- ner is supposedly going to get a crack at Joe Louis if he wants it. Guard against OF all the alphabetical dis- eases - C.O. (Clean- ing Odor) is probably the most common. Most suits that come from the average cleaner smell like a filling station. That's a handicap to any man - socially or in business. BA N D BOX "- 121 E. Liberty Phone 8722 Superlative CleaningSevice call*.... I I Nation's Outstanding Teams In Games With Traditional Rivals By FRED DeLANO While in the main the sporting eyes of Michigan will be focused on the scrap for the historic Little Brown Jug here in Ann Arbor Saturday, more than just a sidelong glance will be cast toward the nation's other leading grid skirmishes involving members of the gridiron elite, the undefeated and untied elevens. Bernie Bierman's Gophers have taken six in a row this season and are leading the parade of mid-western unconquered teams, of which there are only two. Marquette, the other, invades Pop Warner's Temple camp Saturday in an effort to continue its victory streak and at the same 'time will help in giving the east the out- standing card of the day. Ten Unbeaten Teams At present there are 10 unbeaten and untied major teams in the United States with all, of them being men- tioned for appearance in the Rose Bowl New Year's Day. However re- strictions will probably keep at least two of them from getting a bid even if their records remain unscratched through the remaining games. In the east Princeton, Dartmouth, New York U and Syracuse are in the top class while the South's only rep- resentative is the powerful North Carolina aggregation. In the South- west Texas Christian and Southern Methodist have unmarred seasons and on the west coast the Golden Bears of California are the only team. As a result California is almost cer- tain to be the west's representative in the New Year's Day classic unless the Ccllege of the Pacific or Stanford proves unexpectedly tough in the next two weeks. Face Colgate This Saturday not only will there be hard opponents facing most of the elite but traditional rivalries are dom- inant on the day's list of attractions - - and there is always the chance of an under dog finishing on top in such an engagement. Syracuse risks its record against Andy Kerr's Red Raiders, Colgate. favored to win by at least two touch- downs, the factor of ancient rivalry may prove a stumbling block for Syracuse as it did in 1531 and '34 when Colgate spoiled otherwise per- fect seasons.I Meets Duke New York has a breather in Rut- gers and Princeton in Lehigh. Dart- mouth meets Cornell, another tradi- tional dog-fight in the east that has more than an outside chance of end- ing with unbeaten Dartmouth on the bottom. Last year the only big game Cornell won was from Dart- mouth and is out to repeat. Besides these games involving the undefeat- ed in the east the Fighting Irish from Notre Dame take on Army at Yankee Stadium in New York City and ac- cording to advance reports at least 80,000 should see the battle. Last year the Irish won 12-6 and are fa- vored to repeat. Pittsburgh and Ne- braska round out the East's list of headline affairs. North Carolina, most favored club for the Rose Bowl invitation, meets a fighting Duke eleven in the South's feature attraction. Southern Meth- odist should have little trouble with Arkansas but not so for Texas Chris- tian who meets Texas. Coming along rapidly, the Texans won by one point and may be able to knock the Chris- tians out of the group of national title seekers. California plays A. A. Stagg's scrappy College of the Pacific but should get through unmarred. Of all these unbeaten elevens Dart- mouth stands out as having the feature attraction. FF -______ Sports Of The Day CHICAGO -Once again rumors are flying thick and fast to the effect that 'Doc' Spears, Wisconsin's football mentor, is on his way out, and that Tom Lieb, present line coach, will be his successor. The change will probably wait until Spears' team has played Northwestern and Minnesota on successive Satur- days. COLUMBUS - Burt Shotten has been named to replace Ray Blades, former manager of the Columbus Red Birds, according to President George Trautman. NEW YORK -The Chicago Bears still lead the Pro football league from an offensive standpoint with 2,328 yards gained from scrimmage thus far. CALL MANAGERS All sophomores interested in trying out for basketball manager report at Yost Field House to- night at 8:30 p.m. Jack Cawley, Senior Manager. C0 n T=n ii ,= i College Cab ' 7000 Ei " 0 0 0 C Ii the beer vault 221 west huron For Air-Cooled Kegs (of '/ to 1 Barrels), Cases, Bottles. Popular Brands $1.79 case. 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