THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1,1935 Tournament Opens Season's Intramural Program Intramural Building Hours 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Intramural Building will be open daily (except Sunday) from 8 a.mn. to 6:15 p.m. Activities must cease at 5:45. The swimming pool will be open from 3 to 5 in the afternoon. Sometime after he first of November the building will be open in the evenings. I-M Prepares For 34 Sports, SpecialEvents Program Of Instruction May Be Enlarged With FERA Assistance Coach McMillin's 'Five-Man' Backfield Not All Name Implies i The Hot StoveI t S Boilermaker Coach Still Undecided As To Starting Lineup LAFAYETTE, Ind. Sept., 30--Head- ' ing into the final flurry of drill in preparation for the crucial season's opener with Northwestern at Evans- ton on October 5, Purdue's coaching staff is even more perplexed than ever when it comes to naming a definite starting lineup for the Wild- cat encounter. Faced with the problem of devising a defense capable of halting the pow- erful running attack that the Wild- cats are expected to launch in view of their beefy line, touted as the Big Ten's heaviest, and at the same time developing an end-running and aerial offense in which speed will be the main factor in an effort to elude that samecheavy, forward wall, thePur- due coaches have been placed in somewhat of a dilemma, particularly in view of the wide-open fights for practically every position on the team. Frequent Shifts In Line In an effort to find the most effec- tive combination, trequent shifts have been made in both forward wall and backfield combinations during game scrimmages, but few candidates have been able to gain an appreciable edge in the battle for permanent assign- ments, and it would take a lot of temerity to attempt to name a start- ing lineup at the present time. Most of the indecision centers about the halfback, tackle, and end posts. At left tackle, Forrest Burmeis- ter, fast-moving 213 pound perform- er, will probably get the call, but to date nothing that looks like a per- manent right tackle has been un- covered. Dennis At Guard George Dinnis, who was moved out from guard for a time, has been shifted back to his normal position, and the coaches may be forced to fall back on Ted Fehring, who was handicapped by bad knees last sea- son, or a sophomore contingent head- ed by Clem Woltman. At the wings, Frank Loebs seems due for th eregular spurs at right end, but it may take a coin toss to decide between Howard Guirl, Colby Reed, and sophomore aspirants for the oth- er outpost. GET LIFE PASS Four Cardinals - Frank Frisch, Bob O'Farrell, Jess Haines and Mike Gonzales - have been awarded life- time passes by the National League for their long and meritorious serv- ice. Presenting a diversified athletic calendar for all men students and faculty members on campus, the In- tramural Building starts the school year with the opening of its fall sports program. During the course of the year, 34 sports are carried on in five divisions -fraternity, independent, all-cam- pus, faculty, and cosmopolitan. Spe- cial events are scheduled from time to time such as the Tilden tennis matches, high school basketball tournaments and swimming meets, officials meetings, A.A.U. handball and codeball tournaments, Y.M.C.A. volley ball tournaments, and the an- nual J-Hop. At present the building is not open in the evening, so the greatest num- ber of activities are usually being run off between 3 and 6 in the after- noon. After the first of November the building will be open until 9:30 p.m. Tennis players generally have the preference of the indoor courts up until three after which basketball players, providing there are five or more, may take over the gymnasium floor. One of the features being offered is the instructional program in which some fifteen sports are studied. Due to the FERA help this year, it is like- ly that this part of the program can be enlarged upon so that practically individual instruction can be given. Extension classes are carried on each Tuesday evening and occasional Saturday evening mixed groups such as the outing club and badminton club engage in squash, tnnis, badminton, and swimming. Swimming Meet Finals Scheduled For Thursday After three days of eliminating in the Orientation Week swimming meet, the field has been brought down to a workable size and the champions in the five events are scheduled to be decided Thursday afternoon at 5:00. In the 50-yard free style race eight men will be entered. They are La- Salle, Tauykn, Tomski, Holmes, Hoyt, Kirer, Lautman, and Lawrence. Holmes, Tomski, Sattler, Pasche, Reeford, and Trendle will compete for the 100-yard free style title. Elimination races has left six in the 50-yard breast stroke, namely: Clark, Kent, Hird, Bohn, Vincent, and Foryth. Blake and Kent will have the 50-yard back stroke event to themselves. Newhouse, Ash, LaSalle, Bohn, J. Barnard, and Ruff will compete foi the diving title. Those men in the finals were win- ners of either first or second places in the elimination competition. By RAYMOND GOODMAN When the Michigan eleven meets1 Indiana a week from this Saturday, Wolverine fans will be given their first oportunity to see Coach A. N. (Bo) McMillin's highly rated "five- man" backfield in action. Hoosier fans, who witnessed all of Indiana's games last season, en- countered much difficulty trying to figure out just what McMillin's sys- tem is. In most cases this perplexed state of mind was caused by the name which while it proved good pub- licity at both Kansas State College and Indiana, does not describe the McMillin system in its true form. Shifts Into Line Most spectators expected to see five men, all of whom were behind the line of scrimmage at the time the ball was snapped, in the place of the conventional backfield of four. This was only natural for the name implied that this would be the case. However, when the game got under way the fans found that they had been hoaxed for this was not what they saw at all. Instead they saw five men, the four backs and one of the linemen, probably the right guard, line up behind the line of scrimmage; the quarter calling the shift, and the fifth man going back into the line. From that point on the play functioned in the same gen- eral manner as that of the average team. Varies Position The disturbing factor in the "five- man" backfield is that the opposing eleven can never be sure into just what juncture of the line the fifth man will shift. In time he may go into the left side and make an un- balanced line. The next play may find him at his regular position on the right side, should he be the right guard, and the Hoosiers with the ordinary type of forward wall. McMillin uses other linemen oc- casionally, besides the right guard to play the fifth man and may even al- low one of the backfield men to shift into the line at times. This varia- tion, however, is rare. . Must Keep Alive Because the opposing team can1 never be sure just where to find the' "fifth man" it is necessary for every man to stay on his toes always ready for any quick change. Last year the system met with fair success until the final game against Purdue. It was in the Boilermaker tilt that the Hoosiers actually clicked, stealing a tie for the Big Ten title from the surprised Purdue team. This season :s sure to find the "five-man" system a really dangerous weapon for Coach McMillin now has a squad which will know how to use his plays as well as a veteran, Bob Keck, to fill the position of fifth back. In addition to these assets the Hoosiers will boast a real offensive threat. It was the lack of offensive power that caused McMillin most worry last season, however, with the return of Vernon Huffman, 190 pound quaterback, to the lineup as well as a generous supply of veteran backs, this problem has been solved. (Continued from Page 15)t care of his finances and generally exerting a stabilizing influence, the chances of Louis losing himself on the traditional road of broken pugs are less. The second influence is Louis' own apparent sincerity. The Bible-read- ing of Louis, however it has been ex- ploited, is no myth, and along with it is an honest desire for learning which was denied the boy who found himself on the road to a million dol- lars after quitting a five dollars-a-day job in an automobile body plant. And that desire is characterized by an- other connection with Michigan, in the person of Willis Ward, one of the greatest of all Michigan athletes. His friendship is prized by Louis, and at least partly because of the intellectual and moral balance which Ward showed in a college career which did not lack its rough going. In the person of John Roxborough and Willis Ward, then, are character- ized two of the influences which every fight follower who has been forced to accede to the power of Louis' ring personality hopes may be permanent. A LOT OF WEIGHT EVANSTON, Ill., Sept. 30.-Place the 10 tackle candidates on North- western University's football team on one scale and the combined weight will exceed one ton. Their total weight is 2,061 pounds, an average of 206 pounds per man. The heav- iest is Park Wray, 238 pounds, and the lightest is Vance Burnett, 195 pounds. State Street Barber Shop for SATISFACTION SERVICE SANITATION Proprietors: "Steve" Hiuser Wm. A. Miller 225 South State Street Opposite Kroger's I r Ann Arbor's Newest Spot! 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