PART THREE - - -d ilove giltigau ~~IAbtl SPORTS SECTION VOL. XLVI. No. 2 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGANT UESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1935 K ipke Announces entative irst Team Michigan State Exhibits Speed In Opening Game #6 Renner, Smithers Everhardus, Sweet Little Looks To Michigan Game There Columbia Mentor To Put Green Team On Gridiron This Year Praises Record Of Kipke At Michigan Denies The Superiority Of Teams In One Section Over Others By ROBERT J. FRIEDMAN Lou Little begins his sixth coach- ing season at Columbia University this year and for the second time in these six years, he isn't sure about his prospects. When he came in 1930 he had a new squad and it took him some time to learn the type ma- terial with which he had to work. From then on Little had a veteran team on the field but this year things are different. "The prospects? How can I say? With a team bound to include so many inexperienced play- ers, your guess is as good as mine I've seen young teams such as this do well while I've seen others that have been unable to counteract the handi- cap of inexperience. We'll have to wait and see. All I can say is that. there will be plenty of work going on at Baker Field for awhile," i the Lion mentor's comment on the situation. Won't Commit Sdf Little refuses to commit himself on the possibilities of defeating Michigan. "I played against Mich- igan while at Pennsylvania and al- ways enjoyed meeting the Wolverines. Harry Kipke is one of the finest young coaches in the country. A great young coach. I feel sure that if he is given his share of material and the right cooperation Michigan will be having strong teams again. He's done a great job out there." Stresses Scholarship Little stresses scholarship in hi athletes. Out of last year's Colum- bia team not one man has been de- clared ineligible who has reported for the new season's eleven. If a boy shows signs of slacking in his studie Little talks it over and puts him back on the right path once again. As far as one section playing better football than another Little feels that it is governed by a cycle. In some years the Far West has turned out the best teams, in some years the Middle West and some the East. There is no hard and fast rule. According to Little, New York and Columbia await Michigan's invasion with great interest and Little prom- ises a great battle between the Wol- verines and the Lions in mid-October at Baker Field. Varsity Band Will Play For Muskegon Tilt The band of the University of Michigan will appear in Muskegon, Saturday, Oct. 19, as one of the added features of the Muskegon High School football team's homecoming game. The University band is being brought there by the high school athletic as- sociation and Michigan club of Mus- kegon. Muskegon will meet Kalamazoo Central in the homecoming game, which will be a part of a two-day affair. Friday former graduates of the high school will gather for class reunions and a big party at the Cen- tral campus in the evening. The game will be played Saturday with special honors to be paid to the ath- letic stars of other days. The Athletic association officials are planning on 12,000 fans at the game now that the Michigan band Bengal Boss Hopes Cubs Cool Of In Series Coach Bachman Is Satisfied With SpartanAttack Dahlgren, Center, Stars In One-Sided Contest With Iowans Edwards Is Injured Manager Mickey Cochrane, fighting leader of the Detroit Tigers who will meet the Chicago Cubs Wednesday in the first game of the 1935 World Series, is rated by many experts as the greatest catcher in the game. In his first two years at the helm of a major league club, he has led it to successive American league titles. Cochrane has hit in the select .300 group all season, boasting an average of better than .320 at the end of the season but will be competing in the series with a National league backstop who clubbed the horsehide at a .350 clip through the summer. Gabby Hartnett, the experienced Cub catcher, is expected to prove mighty troublesome for the Tiger moundsmen in the classic opening tomorrow and is expected by many to outshine the scrappy Detroit leader. Ohio State Coach Decides To Eliminate FirCst'Team System COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 30.-(P) - Coach Francis A. Schmidt, of Ohio State, blessed with one of the finest arrays of gridiron talent ever as- sembled under the Scarlet and Gray banner, has decided he will hive no, "first team" this year. The tall, taciturn Texan, convinced he has two or three players of equal Atrength for practically every posi- 'ion, is taking advantage of that fact by constructing a highgeared ma- chine in which the parts will be in- terchangeable. With 19 lettermen from last year's ;eam, a flock of fine reserves and sev- ral outstanding sophomores to start the training season, he has welded to- ;ether a team possessing deception, Speed and power., Sophomores Work In A team of lettermen could be placed in the field by Schmidt, but the -hances are that several sophomores will shoulder their way into the lime- light before the opening game with Kentucky here Oct. 5. The best of the first-year men are ball-toters-a department where Ohio already had plenty of talent. The newcomers are Jim McDonald and "Jumping Joe" Williams, and in- dicafions are that both will spend quite a bit of the autumn in Schmidt's backfield. Regardless of how he shifts his linemen around, the Ohio mentor will1 present a forward wall averaging about 198 pounds, while his backs, no matter what combination he uses, will stack up at better than 180. Rely On Passes Early practices indicate that Ohio States, as last year, will rely on the wide-open aerial style of game to gain ground, but the wily Schmidt has augmented that with a powerful run- ning attack. The punting, with John- ny Kabealo, Franklin Boucher and Jimmy Karcher doing it, is far from a source of worry. At least five of the backfield .men ar eable to pass, with two of them, Stan Pincura and "Tippy" Dye, be- ing masters of that art. Last year, Schmidt's first at the Buckeye helm, Ohio won seven games and lost one - a 14-13 verdict to Illinois. Practically unhurt by graduation losses, Ohio has been touted to wn the Big Ten'title. To such claims Schmidt's only answer has been: "We will have a good team. But let's play those other fellows before we claim any titles." The Ohio schedule: Oct. 5-Ken- tucky; Oct. 12-Drake; Oct. 19- Northwestern; Oct. 26-at Indiana; Nov. 2- Notre Dame; Nov. 9- at Chicago; Nov. 16--Illinois; Nov. 23 -at Michigan. Warmbein And Sebo Are To Lead Michigan State Against Wolverines (Special to The Daily) EAST LANSING, Sept. 30. - That Michigan State is more than an out- standing threat to make it two in a row over the University of Michigan gridders became highly apparent here last Saturday when the Spartans swept to a 41-0 win over Grinnell. Coach Charlie Bachman, however, beyond repeating that he has the fastest team in America, makes no prediction as to the outcome of the Michigan-Michigan State game at Ann Arbor Saturday, although he did express himself as "satisfied" with the Spartans' showing in their op- ener. Edwards Is Lost State's victory was costly, too, as it saw the loss of Dick Edwards, sensa- tional junior halfback who has been heralded as the equal of Kurt Warm- bein as a backfield spark, when he. left the game with torn knee liga- ments which will keep him out for. about 20 days. Warmbein ,out of the Grinnell game with an injured shoulder, will be back to lead the Spartans against Michigan ,and Ed-. wards will be replaced by Steve Sebo, whose sensational punts were a fea- ture of the State victory last year. Speed again was shown to be the essence of the Spartan attack, against Grinnell. The Iowans offered. a team which outweighed State eight pounds to a man in the line, but the. speed of the. Spartan centers literally shredded the Grinnell defense at times. Dahigren Outshines Wagner Dahlgren, at center, was the out- standing line star of the game for the Spartans, outplaying Sid Wagner, his team mate at guard. Wagner has been rated for two seasons as one of the outstanding linemen in the Mid- dle West and Coach Bachman has said he had "never seen Wagner do the wrong thing." Supposedly weak at the tackles, Grinnell failed to gain against State at those spots while the Spartans worked repeatedly off tackle for long gains. Michigan State, despite the ab- sence of Warmbein, the ace passer of the squad, and Edwards, also a cap- able passer, resorted to the air several times, throws connecting for sub- (Continued on Page 21) Thornhill Trains To Be Ready For New Stanford Grid Year PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 30.-0(IP) -It's a man-sized job coaching a squad of husky football players says Claude Earle (Tiny) Thornhill, so the good natured mentor of Stanford University gridders tuned up during late summer days with a training routine of rigorous if not pleasant nature. The giant whose tackle and guard activities at the University of Pitts- burgh earned him all-America recog- nition from the late Walter Camp in 1916, found himself down to a mere 238 pounds after chopping up cords of wood, massaging a few acres of land with a pick and painting all the barns and fences in sight of his Palo Alto home. "If hard work is good for the play- ers it ought to be good for the coach," says the man whose teams have won the Pacific Coast Conference cham- pionship the last two years. Favored to win its third coast title, Stanford is putting a team manned almost entirely by veterans on the TIhe HOT STOVE By BILL REED "BORN TO FIGHT" is the title of a gaily colored paper brochure which these days is vieing with the numbers and the ponies for the twenty-five cent pieces of the colored population of our nation. Not that there is anything sensational in that, or in its contents, the life of Joe Louis, but anyone who has witnessed, seen pictures of, or heard broadcasts of the 21-year-old fistic wonder in the ring cannot help but be struck by the fitness of that title. If there are any adjectives which have been overlooked in the descrip- tion of the Detroit Dynamiter, the Tan Tornado, the Brown Bomber, ,they are not in Thesaurus, and neither in the Thesaurus will be found some of the adjectives which have been coined to do justice to his ring personality. Beyond remarking that "person- ality" is perhaps not the best desig- nation for Louis' ring demeanour, it is superfluous to attempt any addi- tion to the many volumes which have been written about the man who seems destined to stay at the top in boxing for some time. However, it is possible to remark upon a matter which has in the past week attracted much attention and will inevitably attract much more in the future, that being whether Louis will findrit possible to retain that ring "personality," that jungle bear- ing which has been his biggest draw- ing power. It is first necessary to point out that that bearing does not mean any inherent viciousness of the sort which possessed the ogres of the fairy tales, but rather a very definite ser- iousness about this matter of boxing, which happens to be the livelihood of this young man. Recent reports have stressed the fear that big money and the ac- companying fast living would destroy that attitude, emphasizing how Louis has already changed from a boy "kicking at imaginary pebbles and turning his eyes away while talking" to a "self-confident man who will answer every 4uery straight-forward- ly, even showing an occasional grin." Two influences, however, tend to counteract the development of Louis away from his original ring posi- tion, both incidentally, being connect- ed, however indirectly, with Michigan. In the first place is John Rox- borough, Louis' Detroit representative, and the father of Elsie and Virginia Roxborough, students here. A gentleman among boxers, Rox- borough's influence has already been felt in the management of Louis' earnings, the 21-year-old already be- ing assured of an income for the rest of his life of $1,000 per month, after establishing his mother in a fine home and scaring for her in every way. With Roxborough taking (Continued on Page 18) A Busy Man Wallie Weber, whose exploits as a fullback for Michigan have formed the center of many legends, coaches the backfield of the Var- sity grid squad, coaches the fresh- man Physical Ed football team, is an outstanding scout, concentrat- ing on the teams of his good friend, Bob Zuppke, and finds time to tutor scholastically wayward Wol- verine athletes:. Coaches Seek Track Material In Fall Drills A call for all potential track ma- terial on the campus, especially can- didates without experience ,to report for a four-week period of fall outdoor drills has been made by Varsity Coach Charlie Hoyt and by freshman Coach Ken Doherty. Freshmen will continue the fall work into an indoor season which in- cludes telegraphic dual meets with other Big Ten schools and the Varsity will continue with the indoor season which is climaxed by the Big Ten in- door meet in Chicago in March. The fall program, which begins this week, includes all events on the spring program, and both coaches have announced that especial atten- tion will be given during the drills to the development of material in the field events ,particularly the high jump and javelin throw. The fall training period, which was continued for five weeks last year, and which contributed materially to the superior conditioning which marked the Wolverine performances in the 1934-35 indoor season, will be climaxed by two meets, planned for Oct. 19 and 26. Scrimmage Encouraging To Coach As Speed And Drive Are Shown Brilliant Runs By Grey Feature Day Kramer And Campbell Also Star As Regulars Defeat Reserves Greatly encouraged but still far from optimistic as the result of a regulation practice scrimmage Satur- day in the Stadium, the last scrim- mage before the season's opener with Michigan State here next Saturday, Coach Harry Kipke has announced a week of light drills for the Varsity grid team which will emphasize de- fensive play. Kipke's motivation in the planning of light drills was the fear of further injuries, he admitted, the squad al- ready having been badly depleted by the injury jinx. Saturday's scrimmage, while again demonstrating the importance of Captain Bill Renner's presence, showed a Varsity team which was not lacking in speed and drive, and caused Kipke to make his first announce- ment of a tentative lineup for the opener. Renner At Quarter Kike has announced a tentative starting lineup which will include Captain Bill Renner at quarterback, Cedric Sweet at fullback and John Smithers at a halfback, with Chris Everhardus the probable starter at the other halfback. Stark Ritchie, recovered from a sprained ankle, will be almost certain of seeing action, in place of Everhardus, but Bob Cooper, whose knee was wrenched in his first scrimmage appearance last week, will definitely be unable to play. Sweet will do the kicking, according to Kipke, with the outside possibility that Smithers and even Renner may Informed that Dick Edwards, star Michigan State halfback, had been injured last Saturday and would not be able to play against Michigan in the opener here Saturday, Coach Harry Kipkehad a ready answer, en- gendered by the long string of injuries which have slowed the progress of the Michigan team. "I can still do more than match Bachman," he replied, "cripple to cripple." Are In Backfield Manager Dan Hulgrave And His Stooges Are Versatile Crew Coaching Staff Resumes Scout Duties As Grid Season Begins While Michigan's 1935 Varsity was working out behind closed doors last Saturday, Michigan's coaching staff was also functioning in a very val- uable but unostentatious capacity. A football team is only as good as its brains and the brains were watching Michigan's opponents run through their opening games. Coach Cliff Keen and Ray Court- right were at Lansing jotting down the peculiarities of Michigan State's new eleven as it rolled up 41 points over Grinnell. Every man on the Spartan team was being carefully observed by the Wolverine coaches and Coach Kipke now possesses val- uable information about each and every one of Charley Bachman's play- a scout who has watched Zuppke's team for years. Wally Weber has been traveling back and forth to Champaign plenty in the last few seasons and last Saturday watched the Zuppkemen begin their new sea- son with a surprise loss to Ohio. The scouting assignments for the remainder of Michigan's games have not been decided upon as yet. "Cap- py" Cappon will probably observe Ohio State's games again this season and he is another coach who has fol- lowed his team for a long time. The football scout is a very im- portant factor in the modern game. He diagrams very carefully the differ- ent maneuvers in the offense of the scouted team. He makes notes about By FRED BUESSER Would you like to sit next to Harry Kipke on the Michigan bench at all the football games, would you like to make trips to Madison, Champaign, Bloomington and New York with all expenses paid, would you like per- mission to drive a car in Ann Arbor during the football season, would you like a free ticket for every game that Michigan plays for the rest of your life? If you would, and if you don't mind working five afternoons a week till after six for three years, carrying water, packing iced towels, checking equipment, and being a general handy man, you'd better come out for foot- ball manager next spring. Danny Hulgrave, himself an all- City quarterback from the University of Detroit High school is senior man- ager of the grid squad this fall, and to him come all the privileges here- tofore mentioned. Hulgrave is in ior manager for next year. In addi- tion to these juniors, there are a group of sophomores who take orders from the junior managers and who consequently do most of the dis- agreeable work. The sad part of this manager bus- iness, however, is that of the four men who work for three years for the senior managership, three of them get only consolation and perhaps auman- agership in a minor sport. But de- spite the fact that they may be out in the cold after three years of work, the boys are little given to complaining. Manager "In The Know" The intimate contact with coaches and players, long afternoons in the fall sunshine on Ferry Field, the touch games between the managers and the "gentlemen of the press," and the fact that the whole managerial staff is "in the know" as regards the inside machinations of the team and be called upon if necessary. Smithers kicked several times for a fair aver- age in Saturday's game. Bissell Injured In the line Kipke has announced Matt Patanelli as a certain starter at left end, John Vieirg'ever at left tackle and probably Frank Bissell at left guard. Bissell, suffering from a slight injury, did not appear in Sat- urday's scrimmage. At center Joe Rinaldi is expected to start while at right guard and right tackle respectively leading candidates are Bud Hanshue, Jim Lincoln and Mel Kramer. Kramer impressed the Michigan coaches with his savage play last Saturday, and is expected at least to alternate with Lincoln. At right end Mike Savage and Art Valpey continue to do battle for starting honors, with neither con- ceded a distinct edge by the coaches. With Renner starting at quarter- back in Saturday's scrimmage, a Blue team which included Smithers and Bob Campbell at the halves, Sweet at full, Patanelli and Savage at ends, Viergever and Lincoln at tackles, Jesse Garber and Hanshue at guards and Rinaldi at center, scored 10 points after gaining possession of the ball twice. Pass Scores Touchdown Both marches, however, were cen- tered about Renner's passes, although the first touchdown was an 80-yard run by Campbell through a defense spread out to wait for Renner's passes.