TIHE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE FOURTEEN TUESDAY, SEPT. 22, . . . . ............ How To Stop Minnesota Is Prob [em ForBig Ten Coaches Rumblings Of The Far-Off Cage Season Ohio Is Slated To Make Strong Bid For Honors Northwestern And Indiana Rate hig As Contenders For Conference Laurels Openers Are Tough Other Teams Are Classed In Lower Bracket But May SpringUpsets By FRED H. DeLANO In 1935 the big problem facing football teams in the Western Con- ference was how to make Bernie Bierman and his Gophers relinquish their iron grip on theschampion- ship. A year later-the same thing all over; who can stop Minnesota? It is true that Bierman's club was hit hard by graduation with the loss of such stars as Smith, Seidel, Beise and LeVoir, but a good freshman squad from last year is expected to fill the gaps. At the same time Julius Alphonse, captain of the 1936 Goph- ers, and such other stars as Widseth, Uram, Thompson and Gmitro should give Bierman a real backbone for another great team. Minnesota has not been beaten since the Michigan game of 1932 when Harry Newman booted a field goal to give the Wol- verines a 3-0 decision. Ohio State, co-holders of the title last year with the Gophers, will also be making a strong bid for a second consecutive place on the throne. The wealth of reserve material is not so much in evidence in the Buckeye camp this season, but Coach Francis Schmidt is expected to develop a great team out of his hand-picked squad of eighty. Ohio Has Speed Schmidt is expecting much from a backfield probably composed of "Tippy" Dye, Nick Wasylick, Joe Wil- liams and Jim McDonald. Only the latter weighs more than 170, speed thus being the mainstay of the 1936 Buckeyes. Indiana is a team expected to show as much improvement as any in the league. Last year the "Praying Col- onel," Coach Bo McMillan drove the Hoosiers to third place in the final standings. With 20 lettermen re- turning this fall it begins to look as though the scramble for iie Big Ten title may be a wide open one after all. At leaft, there will be a tough fight for second place. Northwestern, after closing like a cyclene last November and including Notre Dame among its conquered, is in the same class with Indiana. They will constantly be threatening for the lead and may be able to do much toward taking it. Heap Is Star Northwestern has a hard October schedule, meeting Iowa, Ohio State, Illinois and Minnesota in that time. Don Heap, hard-running halfback, will probably carry the brunt of the Wildcat attack and no one will dis- pute his ability to do it and do it well. Difficult opening games seem -to be the rule rather than the exception in the Conference this year with Minnesota meeting the University of Washington in Seattle Sept. 26 in a real 'est. Ohio State takes on N.Y.U. in its first battle while local fans will get an eyeful when Michigan State invades Ann Arbor, Oct. 3. After one gets beyond Minnesota, Ohio State, Northwestern and In- diana he finds little to choose from between Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Purdue. Chicago is generally con- ceded the cellar position in the Con- '3 7 Track Captain -Co urtesy of The Cleveland News. Capt. Bob Osgood of Michigan's track team went as far as the fina trials at Randall's Island in States Olympic team this sum- mer but the great Wolverine hurdler fell in the finals to lose'his chance. ference, probably finding the loss of the great Jay Berwanger too great to overcome. As far as Michigan is concerned its possibilities are dealt with elsewhere. Critics realize that Kipke's club is on the comeback trail but how far it will travel toward the top this year ig difficult to predict. Illini Hard Hit Illinois was hit too hard by grad- uation to be a title contender al- though the Indians are liable to rise high some Saturday and knock off a team high in the standings. No Zuppke coached eleven ever concedes defeat. Oze Siminons, great Negro back at Iowa, may lead 'the Hawkeyes to unpredicted heights as he will' be supported by a cast largely made up of veterans. Purdue's locker room tragedy of a week ago spoiled any title hopes the Boilermakers might have held. Coach Nobel Kizer has a fine backfield on hand but the line will probably be weak. Australia's most famous horse race, the Melbourne Cup, draws about 110,- 000 attendance, twice the Kentucky Derby crowd. M.S.C. Team To Face Four Sophomores Blocking And Tackling Left Out Of Early Drills; Stress Conditioning (Continued from Page 7) men. Both are tall rugged players, highly adept at snagging passes A good supply of backfield material has been a cheering note to Kipkc and few will be surprised if the State game finds three sophomores and a junior holding down the back posi- tions. Four Quarterbacks There are four main contenders for the quarterback post, Bob Cooper, Louie Levine, Bill Barclayband Fer- ris Jennings. Cooper is actually a junior but because he was injured beforethe 1935 season opened and did not play at all last year he has three years of competition left. He can pass and punt and is expected to develop into a good field general. At the present he looks like the best choice for this spot. Johnny Smithers, a star in several games last fall, is expected to hold down the wing back position where his ability as a blocker can be highly utilized. At the other halfback po- sition a sophomore from Hamtramck, Alex Loiko, looks like a fair bet for a starting position for he can put and pass and is also a fair runner Hook Impressive Stark Ritchie, a halfback who flashed excellent form on several oc- casions last year, Chris Everhardus, or Wally Hook may, however, take Loiko's place away from him. Hook, a! sophomore, has impressed the coaches with his work this fall in practice and is sure to get a chance to show his ability under fire. At the fullback spot Cedric Sweet, By RAYMOND GOODMAN Amo ngt )o injured in the Pur- 1 ,o tvi'aning r'oom fire was Pat Ma- laska, "fiery" little Boilermaker guard and a reserve back on the football' team. His injuries were not seriousI and he will undoubtedly be back ont tie floor for the Lafayette, Ind., team when it meets the Michigan quintet in the Conference opener on January 9'(Ih. Few of the 5,500 who saw the Pur-t due-Michigan game last March 6th' at Yost Field House will ever forget1 the drive, desire to win, and lightning speed that characterized Malaska's play and was in a large part respon- sible for the Boilermaker's amazing rally to win 38-37.- * * * That Purdue game brings to mindc the little incident that was reported1 in the now deceased Hot Stove which may have further repercussions dur- ing the coming year. It ran like this:t "It is rumored that Coach Piggyf Lambert of Purdue was overheardi while talking to his Boilermakers in the locker room at the first Purdue- Michigan game two months ago as he said, "Aw, you guys ought to be 20k points ahead of those big clowns." "And it is rumored that John Townsend was the man who over- heard the ambitious Mr. Lambert. "But it is no rumor that John Townsend was telling a Michigan coach yesterday that Lambert would eat those words. "Was Brooklyn still in the Na- tional League?" Gee Leads Cagers lie was planning to attempt a !c ,back at the Evanston ciool this! coming winter when a heart at- tack ended his life. * . * * We realize that it is a bit too early to start making any title claim and that the best that Michigan can be rated is just as a "threat," but still we feel that the Varsity is headed in the direction of a Big Ten cage championship. Townsend's passing, back board, play, endurance, and team work; Gee's hook shot, height, and after three years we can finally say ex- perience;aFishman's speed, deception, and temperment, Patanelli's defen- sive skill, Slavin's crazy girations that make his play under the basket and off the back board dangerous, Smick's height and aggressiveness, Barclay's speed and accuracy make us confi- dent that we are not just overly pa- triotic. Also contributing to this con- fidence is the fact that Purdue and Indiana finally play each other this year. * * * We are glad that the Townsends' brother act has been broken up by the graduation of brother Earl. It is, however, for purely ulterior reasons and not because we do not feel that his loss will be a blow to the Varsity but rather because his presence made it very hard to write about the Wol- verine cagers. You couldn't refer to John Town- send without using his whole name for not only were there two Town- sends but also two or rather three "Johns," Gee, Jablonski, and the om- nipresent Townsend. Now at least our problems are simplified with Earl and John Jablonski graduated. Seto Fit As A Fiddle After Shaking 'Misery' EAST LANSING-UP)-Steve Sebo, Michigan State College halfback who played most of the 1935 football sea- son concealing from his coaches the fact his back was injured, said today he was "right." The stocky little ball toter said a summer's rest has wiped away the last trace of spinal soreness that made his every movement last fall an agony. Despite the fact that he had never competed in organized bas- ketball before enrolling at Mich-- igan in 1933 Johnny Gee (above), six foot nine inch captain-elect of the Wolverine cage quintet, has justified the confidence of Coach I Franklin C. Cappon and earned the right to lead the Varsity in its It was with regret that we learned title asault on Purdue and In- of the death of Jesse MacAnally of diana in the 1936-37 season. Greencastle, Ind., Northwestern cen- tter of two years ago. As a high school player Jesse established him- A REAL IRON MAN .self as one of the finest centers in In- Andrew E. Wyant, playing with diana history. In the pre-Confer- Bucknell in 1888 1889 and 1890 and ernce games in the 1934-35 season, his .ith .Ui 'tsophomore year, he held the pace but with the Unversity of Chicago from broke down in the heat of the Big 1891 to 1894, played 98 games of Ten campaign and failed to return college football. to school last year. .. ii i I i I i I Collegians Clhocse The DOBBS is being pushed hard. i .. \/' 'V. the freshman rendezvous=- -- Gather here, the men of 1940, with your class associates. Enjoy the delicious meals, carefully planned and prepared in the Union's all-electric kitchens, and cooked by chefs who know food as well as cooking. Also, satisfying Fountain Specials. 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