THE MICHIGAN DAILY Seven V Captain Janke To Lead Team In Vital Game Starters In Forward Wall Seem Set; Backfield Is Wide-OpenScramble arsity Gridders Prepare For For seven members of the Varsity football squad, Saturday's game with Minnesota will hold an extra signifi- cance., For Capt. Fred Janke, Don Siegel Ralph Heikkinen, Jack Brennan Louie Levine, Elmer Gedeon anc Danny Smick, Saturday will mari the last chance to get .even with the powerful Gophers. These seven lads are the only squad members who sa, service both in 1936 when the Wol- verines were humiliated 26-0, and during. the 39-6 massacre last au- tumn. Norm Purucker, triple threat senior halfback, watched the 1936 battle from the bench, but on his shoulders rest a good deal of Coach Fritz Cris- ler's hopes of breaking the Gophers' win streak which now numbers four in a row over Michigan. Smick Likely Starter Captain Janke, Heikkinen and Brennan will probably open Saturday at left tadkle and the guard posts respectively. Smick is a likely start- er at end. The remaining trio will undoubtedly see action before the game is over. Another stiff scrimmage session is scheduled for this afternoon with de- fense against Minnesota plays being stressed. Yesterday the Varsity looked a bit ragged against the Gopher plays as run off by-the Jayvees, with speedy Derwood Laskey in Wilbur Moore's tailback post, but this was expected as the boys were seeing the plays for the first time. Better results are ex- pected today, now that the boys are ,more familiar with the Bierman sys- 'tern. The starting line for the Gopher tilt seems about settled from tackle to tackle, judging from yesterday's drill. Big Joe Savilla was at the right tackle post opposite Janke, Heikkinen and Brennan played the guards, with Archie Kodros at his usual center spot. John Nicholson and Smick drew most of the work at the flanks, but Vince Valek, Gedeon, Ed Frutig and Ed Czak were all given a. chance. Backfield Posts Open The backfield posts are still wide open. Yesterday 14 ball-toters saw ,service in the scrimmage, as Crisler continued to shift his men around, endeavoring to find the bestncombina- tion. This didn't include little Herc Renda who was still bothered by his ankle injury, nor Laskey, who may earn a chance by his good work in practice this week. The return of Wally Hook to action promises a lively four-cornered battle for starting honors at fullback with the veteran Ed Phillips and sopho- mores Ed Christy and Howard Me- haffey also in the running. A light workout is on tap for to- morrow afternoon before the squad embarks for Minneapolis at 5:30 p.m. About 35 men will be named for the trip. Phi Delts 'Win1 I-M Speedball S.A.M. And Theta Xi Run Wild OverOpposition Phi Delta Theta, defending cham- pions, started their speedball season with a '7 to 2 victory over Kappa Sigma. Leading scorer for the win- ning Phi Delts was Shuler, with three points, while McNicholas scored two and Peterson one. Morrison and Fletcher did the scoring for Kappa Sigma. In other games, Sigma Alpha Mu decisively routed Alpha Sigma Phi, 19 to 1, With Dick Kruger garnering eight points for the winners. Alpha Tau Omega nosed out Phi Kappa Sigma, 8 to 7. Myer, for the win- ners, and Nelson, for the losers, each chalked up three points. Theta Xi routed Sigma Phi Epsilon, 16 to 2, with McLoughlin booting a goal from kickoff for Theta Xi. Lambda Chi Alpha outscored Theta Chi, 7 to 4, Neumann leading all scorers with three points. PR ESS PASSES By BUD BENJAMIN PRIVATE SIGHTS of a public sightseer:r The most noncommittal person in this hustling community this week --Fritz Crisler . . . The second most noncommittal-Campbell Dickson . . . Third, fourth, and fifth places are tied with Earl Martineau, Clarence Munn, and Bennie Oosterbaan fighting for honors . . . Most optimistic group in town-the Michigan football team . . . To a man they yell "get that Gopher", and they feel positive they can do just that . . . After hearing this for three years, I should be skeptical but strangely enough I'm not . . Most effervescent person in town--Matt Mann . . . "The greatest Michigan team we've ever had," claims Matthew, "and you can quote me" . . . The last part coming from Matt is a surprise . . . He'll be in the stands at Minneapolis, and I'll bet I hear him in the press box . . . Stupidest joe in town-the wise- acre who'll take even money and bet you the Gophers win by three touch- downs . . . Wish I could find him . . . Funny story of the week-by wrest- ling coach Vorees of Chicago who accompanied the Maroons here last week- end . . . A scribe asked him why Sherman's punting average against Bradley was only 28 yards . . . "Punting against the wind," retorts Vorees . . . And how about the quarters when the teams switched sides? . . . "You know," claims Vorees, "it's a funny thing but everytime we changed sides the wind switched." . . . Ouch! . . . Don't be surprised if Harold Van Every, the great Gopher back, hangs up his cleats for the year ... His ailment has been diagnosed as internal injuries of the vessels close to the kidney, and that's usually curtains in this hectic game of football. Power In Backfield- Injuries Harry Frosh Eleven Scrimmage With Varsity Put OffIndefinitely Coach Wally Weber's freshmen football squad continued to practice among themselves this week when in- juries- made them too impotent to match the determined drives of the Minnesota-pointed Varsity eleven. With Marwood Weber, all-state triple threater from Saginaw, Al Wis- tert, husky blond end, and George Purcell, big back from Marshall, on the sidelines, the small squad went through their- plays and worked on their blocking, tackling, and passing. Arnold Salvaterra and Dave Nelson stood out in the backfield yesterday, while Bill Melzow, Ted Kennedy, Bob Smith, John Stover, and Bob Ingalls worked well on the light but hard i working forward wall. Cardinals Release Five CHICAGO, Oct. 11.-(AP)-The Chi- cago Cardinals of the National Pro- fessional Football League announced the release of five players today. They were: Hal Pangle, Oregon State Quarterback; Bob McGee, Santa Clara tackle; C.L. (Brute) Muleneaux, Arizona center; Vill May, Louisiana State quarterback, and Earl (Tarzan) Nolan, Arizona tackle. WJARD DALLAS, Gopher scout, re- ported to Bierman and Co. Mon- day morning that Michigan was the most improved team in the Confer- ence . . . He is convinced that it will take a much better Minnesota club than has appeared in the initial three games to beat them . . . Scout- ing pessimism or the real McCoy? ... Wally Weber won that cigar from me on the Illinois-Indiana game, and I delivered same yesterday afternoon The Illini are the most under- rated club in the loop, says Weber . Indiana ran up over 300 yards from scrimmage against Francis Schmidt's lager, and Illinois held the McMillans to exactly a negative nine yards by rushing . . . Wow! . - . They tell me that coaches' guillotine which blew through here last winter is heading southeastward toward southern Ohio. . . Of course I can't elucidate but speaking of Ohio State they have the tubbiest line in the Conference ... Their tackles, Schoen- baum and Kaplanoff, weigh 223 and 248 respectively . . . The average is about 211, but they're too slow and pudgy, say observers ,. . . My Minne- sota informant reports that Wilbur Moore is "not only the hardest play- ing Gopher but the hardest driving back Minnesota has had in years . .. And combined with his shiftiness, speed, change of pace, and sparkling defensive play, he is just 185 of halfback brilliance." . . . Larry Buh- ler, Gopher halfback, had trouble get- ting acclimated at the wing post . . . He's used to the driving fullback job . . . Big Ten moguls quashed that proposed post-season affair between Minnesota and Alabama for the Red Cross' before it had a chance to spread. Marty Christiansen, Minnesota fullback, is one-quarter of the pow- er backfield that Bernie Bierman is depending upon to continue the Gopher's four game winning streak over Michigan. As a sophomore last year, he was a constant threat and his speed and power make him al- ways dangerous. W atch Out, Gophers! Jack Brennan's A-CmigBack To Take His Revenge MEMOS to myself:-Hop that Twilight limited at 5:20 p. m. tomorrow and stay on until you get to Chicago . . . That's the train the Wolverines will be taking . . . They'll hang over in Chi for the night and leave for Minne- apolis Friday morning, arriving at.3 p. m. . . . Remember to tell golfer Jack Emery that a 240 Pound oaf of six-four is looking for him, and that he has mayhem in his eye . . . Neglected fact:- if Michigan has one vulnerable spot it must be pass defense . . . In two games, the opposition has at- tempted 51 passes and completed 20 for 276 yards . . . If Grantland Rice mentions Tom Harmon enough in his column, it may mean something this November . . . Sonny Hoffman reports that a Detroit sheet had 12 men trying to tackle Harmon on his touchdown jaunt against Chicago. . . Is there a traitor in the Michigan ranks? . . - The AP photographers were shooting Norm Purucker's punting form yesterday and on the very first boot he ended up flat on his back . . . Must be his cold . . . Cuties: - that Pitt backfield, who, according to the cinema, are four of the roughest look- ing mugs on the loose . . . Henry McLemore, my favorite scribe, reports that a prominent major leaguer broke a bottle in his hip pocket sliding into third this summer . . . They tell this one about Tony Galento, the barrel who walks like a man . . . His Joisey City brewery was on the rocks, so he decided to ask the advice of a Newark brewer . . . After Tony had told his tale of woe, the friend asked to see the Galento books . . . "What books?" asks Tony . . "Do you mean to say you don't keep any books?" retorts the friend . . . "Listen, pal," cracks Tony, "people come to my place to drink beer not to read." By DICK SIERK - Back in the fall of 1938 Jack Bren- nan, then a sophomore, made two mistakes. His first error was playing the game of football so well that he spent a large part of one Saturday afternoon being hamburgered by the Minnesota steam-roller of that year. Just how he paid for his mistake may be judged from this excerpt from the Daily's sports pages the day following the game, "Sophomore Jack Brennan was face to face with the full fury of the Minnesota attack yes- terday, substituting for Jesse Garber at left guard. The Gopher running attack was largely centered upon the middle of the Wolverine line and the Michigan guards took a heavy battering as a result." Last year the Gophers again pow- ered their way to a 39-6 victory and again Brennan took a beating. It is little wonder then that Jack, imbued with the new Michigan spirit, is counting the days until "we give those guys the game of their lives." For Brennan, at least, the Minnesota game will be a grudge battle. The blond guard's second mistake ai m - t -I in 1936 came when he, in a moment Wolverines all afternoon with a play Danny Smick reads 'politics of bitterness toward Michigan co-eds known as "mouse-trapping," where Wally's poetry by confessing he or in a spirit of levity, informed. a the opposing lineman -is allowed to rather hear Tschaikowsky's Daily reporter that, "Four out of five charge through, then is ganged up Symphony than date Miss Anm girls are beautiful; the fifth one on and pushed out, of the play. Maybe "cwazy pipples" t comes to Michigan." "Calvano was rather slow to catch strong enough. Then again, r For this statement Jack is, and on to what was happening to him," it was too strong. Who knows9 rightfully so, contrite. In fact, if a chuckled Brennan, "and after about retraction can be made two years the 15th time we had pulled it on him You Can Get BETTER GRA after a statement is made, the "Blond he got up and said, "Jeez, is that a Speedy, efficient study is a sc Adonis" wishes to do so via these moose-trap?'" Don't try to learn how by hit columns. And another thing, blonds Jack makes his home in Racine, miss experimentation. The Our are his preference. Wis., but his high school football Study Charts give you "stream His greatest kick out of football was played in Chicago where he won methocs that double the resu came last year in the Northwestern all-city honors as a fullback and your work. Get far better i game, when the underdog Wolverines center. He is enrolled in the school Write today for information. gave the Wildcats such a scare. Mike of education and expects to coach The STUDENTS GUILD Calvano, top - notch Northwestern or embark on a business career after Box 511, San Diego, Calif guard, had been victimized by the l graduation. VARSITY NIGHT Bierman To Start. Power In Bacf*eId MINNEAPOLIb, --(P)-Coach Ber- nie Bierman indicated he would con- tinue to stick with his power back- field of George Faust, Wilbur Moore, Larry Buhler and Marty Christian- sen against Michigan as he sent the Minnesota Gophers through their in- itial workout of the week Tuesday. Harold Van Every, triple threat half- back who has been out'of action two weeks because of injuries, reported for the first time FRESHMEN WRESTLING All freshmen who would like to try out for the freshman wrest- ling team are asked to report at the Waterman Gym, today at 4:00. Otto Kelly FRESHMEN BOXERS All freshmen interested in boxing report to the boxing room in Wat- erman Gym, today, at 4:30 p. m. Vernen Larson lar music or any other brain twister. 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