TUESDAY,. SEPTEMBER "28,. 1937 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Iowa I Seen As Big Hurdle I )VarsityPath New Coaching Staff Irus' 13 LvIter-winners Raise HawkeyeGrid Hopes Fortified by a new coaching staff, FOotball Manager Describes HisJ By BETSEY ANDERSONI A free ticket to every football game t Michigan plays for the rest of his f life, sitting next to Coach Harry Kipke on the Michigan bench at all football games, permission to drive a> car during the football season, ac- t companyIng the team to all out ofI town games with all expenses paid- and by the return of 13 veteran let- these are only a few of the pleasur. ter winners, the University of Iowa able duties connected with the life of figures to bar the path of Michigan's ' he senior football manager, accord- iming to Fred Colombo, '38, who holds return to football heights when these the position this fall. two teams tangle on Oct. 23 at the Fred, with the help of four junior Iowa stadium. Adding to the Iowa assistants, Ralph Du Bois, '39E, t f a s t c r t hopes is the combination of a num-1 ber of promising sophomores and a schedule which includes the greatest number of home games in 14 years. Of major interest at Iowa this year is the appointment of Irl Tubbs, formerly of University of Miami in Florida, as head coach. Tubbs, who has had 18 years of coaching exper- ience, has a college coaching record of 52 wins, 27 losses, and 10 ties, for a percentage of .672. He will be as- sifted in his new post by Pat Boland, former Minnesota star who was Tubbs' assistant at Miami, and by Ernie Nevers, famous star of college and pro football. Captain Heads Line Of the 13 returning lettermen, nine of whom are seniors, seven are line- men, and six are backs. Line ma- terial is headed by Capt. Homer Har- ris; the giant Negro gnd who has been playing regularly for three years. The rest of the line appears to have ade- quate material, with the exception of the guard posts, which are weaker in both regulars and reserve strength. The average weight of the returning linemen is around 195 pounds, the heaviest man on the squad being Floyd DeHeer, 235 pound tackle. Game Looms Large Only one of the six returning backs was a regular, but Tubbs expects the crop of sophomores to supply some material to plug the gaps. Listed among the most promising of the new men is Nile Kinnick, highly regarded candidate for the quarterback posi- tion. He is reputed to be smart, fast, and an excellent passer. Another promising second year man is Erwin Prasse, big end. He was an All-State man in high school, and looked well as a freshman. Since both Iowa and Michigan were in the unfortunate position of not having a Big Ten victory to their credit last season, this year's contest looms as an important one in both schedules. The Iowa game may be the one which definitely decides the course of the football stars of both schools, since both teams will be try- ing to reestablish their schools in the upper division of the Conference. Operation Changes Dan Smick's Tos Michigan this year will have a counterpart of Eldon Auker, Detroit Tigers pitching ace who was forced to pitch underhanded as the result of an old gridiron injury. Dan Smick, who is headed for the select group of nine letter winners at Michigan, underwent an arm op- eration during the summer and has reported only a submarine delivery is now possible. That the, delivery is effective, how- ever, is indicated by his one pitching start of the summer in which he earned a three-hit victory for his team, going six innings without al- lowing a safety. WRESTLERS AID HOOSIERS Indiana University's football team will have two star heavyweight wrestlers at the tackle positions this fall. They are Charles "Big Mac" McDaniel, member of the 1936 Olym- pic wrestling team and former Na- tional Collegiate champion, and Bob "Spanky" Haak, runner-up in the Big Ten and National Collegiate tournaments last year. McDaniels weighs in at 195 pounds, while Haak will scale 220 at game time. f Philip Woodworth, '39, John Feckney, '39E, and Thomas Reed, '39, and a sphomore staff who take ordersr from the junior staff, will manage all the mechanics of all the games Michigan plays this fall.P Has Plnty Of Work In Ann Arbor, he takes care of all the officials, sees they are paid cor- rectly and sits with Coach Kipke on the Michigan bench at all the games, making out substitution slips for all the players going in the game. During the out of town games, hea travels with the team and manages hotel accommodations, transporta- tion arrangements, berths on the train, meals and the like. He has thes schedules of all the players and mustr arrange things accordingly.- As senior manager, he automatical-I ly becomes a one-man reception committee to greet visiting teams ande see that they are all taken care of. - In this capacity, he also deals with the Press and contacts a great many of the outstanding Michigan alumni throughout the country. Must Work Way Up He arrives back at school for early training with the team and takes care of things for them during the four to five month period that con- stitutes the football season. In re- turn, however, managers are allowed to register early and thus arrange good programs. And then Sphinx and Michigamua, men's honorary so- cieties, annually take the senior foot- ball manager as a member. But the position involves a lot, of work before receiving all the laurels of the job. One starts as a second semester freshman or first semester sophomore and works up. The sopho- more staff starts out by doing most of the odds and ends and most of the disagreeable work to initiate them into all the responsibilities of th job. From this group, four junior man- agers are appointed by the senior manager and from this group of four, a special board, including Coach Kipke, will select the senior manager for the next year. Supervises Assistants For the Ann Arbor games, one Junior manager is put in charge of the field. He issues all the orders to the sophomores, sees that all flags and markers are in their proper po- sitions, and takes care of the equip- ment. It is up to another member of the junior staff to see that all the players are given cold towels and warm blan- kets as soon as they return from the field and that they get their hoods immediately. He is also in charge of the locker room. A third junior manager sits in the press box and charts the entire game. A sophomore manager sits with him and totals up the number of min- utes each man has played in the game and the number of timeouts. Through his work, it is possibleto total up the amount of time each man has played and thus determine whether or not he deserves a merit letter according to Conference ruling. Has Few Unpleasantries Although, several years ago, the juniors were accustomed to making the trips to out of town games though at their own expense, the board in control decided that the finances of the individual managers should not enter into the competi- tion for the senior managership, so, consequently, the entire burden of each out of town game is given to the senior manager ,and this, in ad- dition to his other duties, makes the position one of the most important and responsible positions on campus Other duties of Manager Colombo f and his assistants include the exclu- Fred Colombo Duties, In Toto sion of spectators from secret prac- tice and the chasing of dogs off the field during games. The close contact with the players; and the coaches during the long fall'I practices on Ferry Field, the factl that the entire managerial staff is' more or less "in the know" as re-' gards the inside machinations of the team and the coaches, and the in- side connection with members of the press from all over the country- thcse more than repay for the work connected with the job, Fred ex-I plained. Perhaps this makes up for the fact that after three years of work, only one of the juniors receive the senior position and the other three receive only consolation and perhaps a minor sports managership, for there never eems to be any complaining on the part of the losers. Job Runs In Family The position of senior manager- ship seems to run in the family in Fred's case. Five years ago, his brother Louis held the same title and he has a cousin in law school here who formerly held the position at Notre Dame. He's all in favor of the football training table idea as advocated byl The Daily last year, as it would in- sure each player at least one good- meal a day and help repay them for their efforts on the field and the! hours of practice put in for practice each day during the season. And, considering the gate receipts of the BLUESTAR BRAND SALT Added Power I To Cage Squad Seen In Sopls Michigan's 1937-38 basketball team' already studded with junior and sen- ior stars, will be further strengthenedI this winter with the addition of sev- eral sophomores who last year showedi high promise on the yearling squad.1 Fighting it out for the center post with Danny Smick this year, accord- ingfi to Coach Franklin C. Cappon, will be Jim Rae, lanky six-foot-three boy from Toledo. From Detroit Northwestern is1 Charlie Pink, a good fast man who is particularly adept with left handedl shots. Also on the tall side with RaeI is Russ Dobson, graduate of Univer- sity High, Ann Arbor, who stands at six-foot-two. Dobson is a good shot with either hand and likes to sinkI them from far out on the floor.- Bob Palmer, a Grand Rapids grad- uate, is another man who looked good1 last season. Clever with his hands, his forte is passing and short shots. However he still has the question of speed confronting him, and needs improvement in getting up and down! the floor in a hurry. Fred Trosko, from Flint Northern has just the opposite problem. He has all the speed he needs but needs to develop his aim.f game, he doesn't think it would be impractical. A member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, Fred's a history major and plans to graduate in June. - -' Coach Fisher Drills Several Pitchers Although the opening of the col- but his past record speaks well for legiate baseball season is still many him. McHugh looked good in his few months away, Coach Ray Fisher is varsity appearances, but also needs already taking time off from his more experience. duties as freshman football coach, in mFishnan and Smith, veterans of order to work with some of the bat- many seasons of college and sandlot terymen, upon whom he is depending to lift the Wolverines out of the base- ball doldrums, and restore Michigan to its former place on the top of the Western Conference heap. Fisher hopes to spend some time this fall with big Russ Dobson, right- handed hurling ace of last year's freshman nine, who, together with the veterans, Herm Fishman and Burt Smith, is expected to form the nucleus of .next year's staff. Accord- ing to Fisher, Dobson has all the physical attributes necessary to make a great pitcher, but is lacking in ex- perience. Jack Barry and Chuck O'Brien, now sophomores, and Chuck Mc- Hugh, a junior who was a reserve on last year's nine, are other flingers with whom Fisher hopes to work this fall. Barry ranked among the best of last year's freshmen, and had a good season the past summer on the sandlots around his home in Katonah, N. Y. O'Brien did not have a chance to participate on the yearling nine be- cause of a heavy scholastic schedule, ball, naturally don't need as much preliminary training, and probably won't report until next spring, being occupied with other sports during Tyder s the winter months. 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