SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1935 THE MICHIGAN DAILY V=- 111 The HOT STOVE By BILL REED It ELMER is our mail man and, a la Schopenhauer and John William Thomas, the salt of the earth - a real sports fan. (Elmer lost $20 by betting on a 21-point margin against Ohio State. and he has had the de- cency not to recall that his wager was laid after we had confidentially told him we would lay our shirt on such a bet). Elmer has been watching Michigan teams for about 15 years, and he probably knows as much football as any other grandstand quarterback, but right now he's pretty disgusted with the Michigan system. It isn't that he thinks the Michigan system isn't a winner- in fact it is because the system is employed only to win games that he criticizes it. For Elmer likes to see flashy foot- ball. It's not that he doesn't ap- preciate good football as Michigan teams in the past have shown it, for he recognizes that the strongest elev- ens he ever saw are those very same teams. But Elmer knows that when Mich- igan has the ball with the score in its favor the play will be once or twice into the line then a punt, or when Michigan gets past midfield and the lead against it the second play will be a pass, and all executed with no more distinction than the precision which players supremely versed in fundamentals show. And he doesn't like that. The plays which linger most in his mem- ory are those passes which Harry Newman was wont to unleash, and the best play of the year to him was Southern Methodist's pass on fourth down for a touchdown. What if those plays do lose ball games, he says, they look so much better. All of which is very significant, because it is what Mr. Farley, Mr. Fletcher and a number of others are continually looking for, the opinion of the man in the street -in this case Mr. Average Fan. But Elmer's views will have no effect on the Michigan coaching staff, for they are out to win ball games with a system which is recognized as the most fundamental in the game and one on which many of the more famous offenses have been built. Given superior material which has a will to play football simply to get more points than the opponent, the Michigan team can meet any other, team of equal talent with the odds on it to win because once ahead, the lead is rarely lost through an inop- portune play. And the best part of the Michi- gan system is that, devoted to fundamentals as it is, it can transform itself into the most de- ceptive scoring machine neces- sary in a moment, and with a maximum of effect. Probably the most famous scoring play in the country is "Old 83" and without doubt the best executed scoring play of the 1935 season was the lateral-forward which scored for Michigan against Pennsylvania. In short, the Michigan system is one which combines a maximum of safety with a maximum of effective- ness and because coaches believe that combination is the one to win ball games and because that is what they are out to do, Elmer and his as- sociates will have to content them- selves with seeing their favorite style of play perhaps a half-dozen times a season as executed by a Michigan team. Yale Omitted From Army Grid Schedule WEST POINT, N. Y., Dec. 6.-(A') - Army's nine-game football sched- ule for 1936, announced today, will find the Cadets renewing relation- ships with four old rivals, and meet- ing two newcomers in addition to their traditional games. Yale is not on the schedule for the first time since 1920, and the Cadets will play Columbia in New York Oct. 10, for the first time since 1925, and play host to Colgate's Red Raiders, Oct. 31, in the eleventh of a series. FRESHMAN FOOTBALL TEAM All freshman football numeral winners are asked to come to a very important meeting to be held at 8:00 p.m. Monday at the Mich- gan Union. Coach Harry Kipke By ALAN GOULD (Associated Press Sports Writer) New York, Dec. 6. - The 135 col- lege football season, one of the most spectacular of post-war years, has produced an all-American team qual- ified in nearly every respect to take its place among the nost accomp- lished in the gridiron hall of fame .. . The pick of the country's talent lines up today in mythical formation, answering the eleventh annual Asso- ciated Press roll-call and bringing to a climax the collegiate career of ously the East and Far West, al- Although no college places more out doubt the greatest all-around I America calibre this year has been l though producing a few fine teams than a single player on this year's back the Big Ten has known since more than offset by the develop- have lost ground in the all-star first all-America, the individual the palmy days of Red Grange. ment of a superb crop of tackles, a scramble. strength of the country's outstanding Better Than Grange The South gains four of the eleven teams is reflected in the selections - . flock of excellent centers and a flash- places on the first team, with two for the complete squad. Minnesota .rwanger, as a matter of cold sta- ing array of backs. Injuries cut each coming from the Southeastern and Prindeton each place three men. tistical fact, can do many more short the all-America chances of the and Southwest Conference groups. There are two each from the ranks things well than Grange, such as year's best all-around backfield men, Big Ten football furnishes three se- of Southern Methodist, Texas Chris- kicking, blocking and tackling, in ad- Andy James Pilney of Notre Dame. lections on behalf of the Middle West. tian, Rice Institute, Stanford and dition to bali-cap rying and passing. Pilney or the ove- The astandFarWes eah pace owa i-arringan assng.Pilney set the stage for the over- The East and Far West each placelIowa. The sturdy boy from Dubuque has throw of Ohio State. two men. h sThree players stand out as just rounded out three seasons of play ead gai about the unanimous choice of the during which he gained more than MactPgan a nd Bl ehneraof Taking the all-star squad of 33 as a !country for All-America recognition. a mile from scrimmage, completed Michigan are both on the honorable whole, with little too choose in many Two of them, Stanford's Bobby Gray- 51 out of 148 passes, averaged 37.4 ern Conference men coming in for instances among piayers on any of j yards at punting, scored 22 touch-em Cnrncmncoignfr tnesreetams, eSothaganyisIson, as fullback, and Captain Darrell yds n teuxtrs ointsuand higher rating. Widseth and Beise the hreeteam, i~e Soth aain s t downs, booted 20 extra points and of -Minnesota and Simmons of Iowa in the lead with 12 performers from Lester, Texas Christian's giant center, otherwise managed almost single- areMines nd Simmons oflIoa three major conferences. The Middle won their all-America spurs last year handed to lift a Chicago team with Wagner of Michigan State. West is next with 10, also represent- and demonstrated all this season that lmited manpower out of the Big Ten ing an increase over 1934. The East they belong at the read of the class. ruck. Western Conference critics put gains seven places but the Far West Ehy blos th greado he cndss Berwanger in the-hallowed class with has to be satisfied with only four. a Each rose to great heights under j Eckersall, Heston, Harley, Martineau' new "low" for the Pacific Coast sec- pressure. The third is John Jacob and other famous all-around backs tor, which had a corner on all-Amer- (Jay) Berwanger, famous as Chi- of Big Ten history. Undoubtedly he ica talent several years ago. cago's "one-man backfield" and with- belongs there.h7000 -~ _---_ --=-===-- --=- ---fi-- - The somewhat limited supply of - - - ~~~~~~~~~first-class ends or guards of all-_________________ many a distinguished athletic son the old alma mater. of Big Ten Has Three This year's selections, based upon a consensus of expert views and opin- ions in all parts of the nation, reflect he sensational strides made on southern gridirons, particularly in Texas. The far-flung battleground 3f Dixie, stretching from the Caro- linas to the Lone Star State, shares with the equally copious Middle West the distinction of developing a bum- per crop of all-America performers in the 1935 campaign. Simultane- Prep Mentors Meet Today To Discuss Rules The twelfth annual rules interpre- tation committee of Michigan High School basketball coaches meets here today to consider the present cage rules in an attempt to modify them in such a way so as to improve the game for both the player and spectator. In addition to the coaches coming here today there will be several hun- dred prep school cagers who also will watch the demonstration of how the new rules operate. The rule prohibiting a man from remaining in the foul circle more than three seconds has not been fa- vored by many high school coaches thus far this season and it is expected that this rule will be disgarded today. The program for the day follows: 10:00 a.m., Demonstration of Fig- ure 8 offense by St. Augustine team of Kalamazoo. Defense formations by Northwestern High of Detroit at Yost Field. Noon: Luncheon, Lloyd Olds, Mich- igan Normal Track coach will ad- dress the meeting. 2:00 p.m., Annual discussion and rules interpreting meeting at Hill Auditorium. 7:30 p.m., Players and Coaches guests at Michigan. Michigan Nor- mal basketball game at Yost Field House. ! I,_______ I 1 t l r i FOR THAT DIFFICULT- T-SEL ECT Christrnas Gf One gift you can be sure will always be acceptable, one that is always appreciated, is a box of Prekete's. HOME-MADE CANDY done up in all sore of attractive gift packages. PR K ETE'S SUGAN SRTWL 109 SOUTH MAIN STREET. . II . I I L = -- - =---- --- - il I XMAS GIFTS A RADIO WOULD MAKE THE IDEAL PRESENT FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY- PH I LCO and SPARTON Purchase aio Service I. 1111 - FOR A CHRISTMAS GIFT: GARGOYLE and ILIFE $1.2 5 for Seven Months Mailed Anywhere Except INDIA and ETHIOPIA Send Checks and Addresses ..a-1 fI Phone 8696 OPEN EVENINGS 331 S. 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