TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, s7 THE MICHIGAN DAILY r ar i Michigan State Shows Strength In Workouts John Pingel Is Spartan's Leading Scoring Threat, Shows Speed, Finesse Tennis Squad Starts Ne ASIDE LINES By IRVIN LISAGOR (Continued rrom Page 9) a i 1C With all of its traditional speed and finesse in evidence, Michigan State has lefinitely shown in its early workouts this year that it'll take a vastly improved Michigan eleven to break their three year victory string. Rated by Coach Charley Bachmans as a team easily as strong as last year's war machine, the Spartans this year feature their typical fast- moving offense manned by an ex- perienced and well-moulded team. t Veterans in practically all depart- ments carry the burden this year1 with the reserves alone providing Bachman with a problem in fash-i ioning an adequate first squad. Offensively the team shows a lot more potentiality than on defense. The first string backs work well to- gether and are -apable in all de-3 )artments. Johnny Pingel, enior left halfback, ;i 7, s the Spartans >v, eathe offensive threat. Pingel kicks, asses, and runs vith the best of hem and is prob- A//ZNO7V ably the most fin- ished of the four All herald Pingel as in for his biggest. year this fall, and Michigan would do well to watch this shifty and versatile Spartan. The other halfback-the blocking post-finds Jack Coolidge and Sam Nuznov in a tight racefor the start- ing berth. Nuznov, a husky Russian youth from Dearborn, is a great com- petitor and may surprise by beating the more experienced Coolidge out of a job. Usif Haney, at fullback, fits well into Bachman's, style of offense. Haney is big and tough-a good line plunger and backer-and will com- bine with Pingel as the Spartan's big offensive weapon. George Kovacich, Haney's understudy at this post, is suffering a practice injury but is cer- tain to see a lot of action this year. At quarterback little Charley Hal- bert and Al Diebold are fighting it out with the latter in front due to his superior blocking ability, an integral part of this position. Herman Klewicki. of the famous Spar- an athletic family, is a promising soph- imore also working in this slot. "Spearhead" Speelman - aptly named due to his inspirational p 1 a this year - is the D/OD stalwart of the Spartan line. Speel- man is the backbone of the entire forward wall, his irresistable drive and determination providing the im- petus for practically the whole team. Howard Swartz has the edge at the other tackle with Schroedei and Schrader completing the S brigade as candidates for this job. Olie Nelson, who packs 202 pounds on his six foot two inch frame, and Frank Gaines, the fifth offensive threat on the end around plays, are the Spartan flankers. Both are vet- erans and well fitted physically for their jobs. Gaines is temporarily in- capacitated with an eye injury, and Ernie Bremer, a good pass receiver, is now filling the vacated spot. Bachman declines to agree with those who question the quality of the Spartan center wall. He has been well satisfied with the play of Tom Gortat, five foot nine inch senior, and Frank Dudley, speedy junior. Norbert Miknavitch, his blond Lith- uanian center, completes the trio at the center post, and the speed of these three linemen may make up for their lack of weight. Offensively the Sprtans prefer the body block to the shoulder va- riety. They seek to spill their op- ponents quickly and rudely, rather than to merely ride them out of the play. Although this type of block is much more difficult to execute, the Spartans have had a lot of success with it in the past and are continuing its use this year. anyone ask than that. Of course, the thing they've lacked in my opinion s a spark, a leader like Warmbein. Give them a man like that and they'll be tough." Bachman had an interesting observation to make about the date of the game. "Michigan's a great football state, and the pity of it is that its season begins and ends Oct. 2. Too bad this game has to be { the first of the season. At the end, or even in the middle, of the year, it would be a sellout. And then neither Michigan or State would suffer the severe letdown that causes us trouble now." Thinking we'd add an original bit to the conversation, we said, "Minne- sota's the team to beat this year." And Bachman readily agreed. "They draw material from the entire Northwest, you know. They have it, all right." Notre Dame, in Bachman's opinion, isn't too hot and won't beat Minne- sota so early in the year. "They come along slowly down there. Later on, they might give Minnesota plenty of trouble. We were still angling for a committment on the Michigan game. "It'll be a good game," said Bachman cautiously. "It'll be closer than last year's and the score is likely to be low." He looked at his watch and apologized for having to leave. "Time for practice . .." * * * * i Spartan Spirit Impressive.. . FROM THE MOMENT we left Bachman's office until we walked off the practice field, IT floated about and subtly infected us. In the locker room and on the field it smacked you resoundingly where you live. To be brief, the men at Michigan State have fun playing football ... The contrast between a Michigan workout and a Spartan drill is sharp as a porcupine's quill. The chatter and whoopdedoo of their drill are deafening compared to the morgue-like silence on Ferry Field. The easy informality there is something to behold, very unlike the tension on Ferry Field, where a stranger might expect something to explode any minute. Though gay and informal in their demeanor, the State gridders are not the least lackadaisical, make no mistake about that. When they pack their lithe bodies into one of those flexible dummies, you can hear, with only slight exertion of the imagination ,a bone crunch. When a back slithers off tackle, behind a whooping teammate, his knees pump mayhem, and anyone in doubt may have the inverted delight of trying to impede him. The backs constantly exhort one another, with sincerity. They back- slap meaningfully. It's camaraderie of a high order in the Spartan camp, and one gathers partial evidence for the spirited play of a State team. Bach- man frequently permits the boys "to take a blow," while he nonchalantly lights a cigarette. Poor example? We think not . . . Speelman, all smiles, dashes up a bit late. "Let's go, Spearhead," they shout, and they mean spearhead . . . Pingel ,tall and good-looking, shoots a pass to Usif Haney and fails to follow up for a possible lateral ... "Just doggin' it," he winks, and both boys swing back into action ... We were impressed at East Lansing. The Wolverines will be equall3 impressed Oct. 2. Michigan's varsity and freshmanj tennis prospects, at present some sixty strong, start an entirely new' program of practice and preliminary training this year, according to; Coach John Johnstone. Saturday, in connection with the Orientation Week program, men in- terested in gaining campus recogni- tion or places on the 1938 yearling squad began' a tournament which when concluded will give Coach John Johnstone and Assistant Coach Leroy Weir some idea of the material they will be working with during the year. The new program calls for indoor practice throughout the winter for both varsity and first year men. In the past players worked during the winter more or less at their own dis- cretion. "That type of training is over," ex- plained Coach Johnstone. "Continu- ous directed training throughout the entire year is necessary to a winning team." He went on to explain that this was doubly necessary in view of the fact that players fresh from Mich- igan prep schools are deplorably lacking in ability-the result of in- sufficient training and coaching in those years, a time when proper training in the fundamentals is most important. While this preliminary instruction is steadily improving, Coach John- stone pointed out that it has not yet approached the point where it can be compared to that of prep schools of the Chicago Area, for many years one of the outstanding midwestern tennis fields. Prospects for a good tennis year cannot be said to be excellent, but p GRACE JOHNSON KONOLD 0 0-0 .Studio of Voice Classes are forming for c individual and group in- struction in voice training and singing. TERM BEGINS OCT. 1 r For registration call at the studio at 1908 Austin Ave. PHONE 4855 ( << ... neither can they be regarded at the $ other extreme, Coach Johnstone de- clared. Returning to the varsity this sea-) son are five of last years' men, two of whom saw continuous action last I season. They are Neil Levensonj - _ freshman squad last year. Also mak- ing bids for varsity positions this year are six other numeral winners last spring, Paul Keller, Frank captain of the 1938 squad, Bill Wool- Smith, Robert Mix, Bruce Campbell, sey, John Kidwell, Don Perceval, and Irving Zeiger. and Jimmy Hines.. Bill Smith. In addition the team will be - strengthened by tWe addition of Ed Read Daily Classified Ads Payne and Stewart Low, outstand- ---- ing freshman prospects two years -- -------- i A. C. Barth I The Home of Fine Tailoring - MEN OF MICHIGAN are realizing more and more that, to be well dressed, he must have his suit tailored. * A combination of cloth and style that you are looking for can be had in our large display of exclusive ,woolens. I * You will. find our prices to be very reasonable. 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