THE MICHIGAN DAILY sA Punter Par Excellence . i 11 IF SOME ONE would kindly explain why this campus is so optimistically blase about the outcome of the Illinois game Saturday, they would be doing the coaching staff and this column a great favor., Honestly I can't for the life of me figure it out. You would think that we were playing Pudacah Mines to listen to some of the local experts. "Illinois?" they say. "A breeze, son. A mere breeze. Why they've been beaten three times this year. First by Ohio U.-get that boy, Ohio U., a little jerkwater school. Secondly by Notre Dame and thirdly by North- western. Well, if those guys can do it, we'll moider 'em." Tut tut, lads. Not so fast. The only part I'll accept in your analysis are the scores. But as far as a rout is concerned---listen. Illinois is coached, you know, by Robert Zuppke, one of the greatest strategists the game has ever known. This is his 26th year at Illinois. Zup is a football genius. The wily Dutchman year in, year out turns out a rare product at Champaign. Zup hasn't had many good teams since the immortal days of Grange, but he never has coached a pushover. Any team that feels the touch of Zuppke is a tough ball club. Zuppke is an opportunist. When .he found his material light and umable to cope with the ponderous opponents that the Conference so readily supplied, he opened his bag of tricks and brought out the "flying trapese." It wasn't a new maneuver, but the Zuppke rendition made the light Illinois clubs feared throughout the Conference. The writers claim that Zuppke has two upsets a year in his system. The records bear that out. When Francis Schmidt of Ohio was coaching those mighty powerhouses with MacDonald, Jones, Kabealo, and Jumping Joe Williams in the limelight, old Mr. Zuppke still managed to whip the Buck- eyes against supposedly overwhelming odds. Zuppke takes a fiendish delight in beating Michigan. His teams always point for the Wolverines, and if we take a backward look, it proves the point. There was 1933, for example. That game should go down as the most thrilling of a great series: Michigan had a wonder team that year with two all-Americans, Whitey Wistert and Chuck Bernard, and the finest runner in the Conference, Herm Everhardus. They expected to run wild at Cham- paign, and everyone was very "optimistically blase" about the whole affair. Michigan won 7 to 6, but they spent an unusual afternoon doing it. They were outgained and repulsed the greater part of the game by an Illini keyed up to one of Zuppke's best pitches. Michigan scored when a student manager misinformed Zup about the number of timeouts, and when the Illini called time, they were penalized to their one yard line. Everhardus skirted end for the score and converted. The entire second half was Illinois' with the play almost entirely in Michigan territory. In the closing minutes, Jack Beynon, Illini quarterback, signalled for a fair catch on the Michigan 31. Instead of putting the ball into play he elected a free kick from the corner. With Michigan standing hopeless- ly by, Beynon booted. The ball missed by inches. A moment later the game ended. That was a typical Michigan-Illinois game. In 1924 Michigan was also expecting a walkaway at Champaign. But that day a red-headed sophomore, Harold Grange by name, scored four stunning touchdowns in the first 12 minutes, and the Wolverines lost 39 to 14. If you don't believe that the rivalry is intense take a glance at the scores, for the past few years. In 1933 it was 7 td 6; in 1934 the Illini reversed that score; in 1935 it was 3 to 0 in favor of Zup's boys; in 1936 Dave Strong booted his winning field goal and Illinois won, 9 to 6; last year Michigant triumphed, 7 to 6.' Zup has had his ups and downs this year, but his Illinois team is, a comer. His big moment this season was a 12 to 2 victory over Indiana. The Roopiers gained a negative nine yards by rushing that day, which means that the Illini have a pretty fair forward wall. They were decisively beaten by Northwestern and Notre Dame, two vastly superior teams. But the margin of superiority is not indicated by the scores Yankee Power Doesn't Bother LeaguePrexy i CHICAGO, Oct. 26.--(P)-The job; of worrying over whether the New York Yankees are too strong for the good of baseball, believes Presidentt William Harridge of the American1 League, is one for the National League to handle.' "I suppose a lot of people think thei Yanks may be too dominating an in-1 fluence on the game," Harridge said' today. Then he added with a laugh:1 "but I don't think we have anything to worry about, at least so far as theI American League is concerned. "We'll get ourselves balanced up. Boston is improving and Walter Briggs in Detroit isn't a £nan who will stand still with his already strong Tigers. Connie Mack at Philadelphia' always has been a builder and will go places when he gets pitching." The St. Louis Browns, Harridge said, frankly, is the American League's "weak spot." He feels certain, how- ever, that the men behind the Browns will never stop until they make that club a winning one. Among them are] such civic leaders as Donald L. Barnes,I President, Frances Talton, Sam Mc-7 Clune'y, Frank Rand, Andrew John- son and Howard Stephens.1 "J know that when this group took over the Browns they did it as more of a civic enterprise than for profit," Harridge continued. "Barnes franklyl told us a year ago that he would ap-! preciate consideration in deals which would strengthen the Browns and to- day's trade (The Yankees sent catch- er Joe Glenn and outfielder Myril Uncrossed Wildcat Goal Line Is Cause For Minnesota Worries "Uneasy rests the head that wears Kansas outfit trimmed Indiana 13 to the crown,"--Northwestern's Wild- 6. Drake was the second Northwes- cats have begun to move. tern victim, 33 to 0. Saturday's 13-0 victory over Illinois Then came Ohio State and a dogged drove home two facts that are al- Buckeye defense rose to match that ready worring the champion Gophers of their opponents, stopping one drive of Minnesota who are scheduled to of thei ensrd oingoBut rise face the Evanston eleven this week, on the five yard line. But Francis 1e TheElatnt oretheseek. -Schmidt's squad was outplayed most 1) The latent Northwestern scor- Iftewyadth ane ho of' npucwihwa'cnpcosb_ the way and the vaunted Ohio mg punch, which wasconspicuous by razzle-dazzle was stopped cold by the its absence in the Ohio State game, men of Waldorf has come to life with a vengeance.Inw The Wildcats drove through a highly In the Illinois game owever. the touted Illini defense to score on two Wia s y nteam whchws atdas apotential thria f University Course To CloseSaturday The University Golf Course will close for the season this Saturday, Oct. 29, according to H, C. Rogers who is in charge. Mr. Rogers stated that all golfers who keep their equipment at the course must come and claim it before Saturday. The course has been open since May, and record crowds used the fa- cilities. cuTo Byaing utorn ,, . Wm. B. Amstutz - Davis Dealer 607 Wolverine Bldg. Phone 8946 - ANN ARBOR at , t long marches, gain 169 yards byj 111wapaiur c ttllb 4CU longmarcesgain169yard byin the Big Ten title chase. The fleet rushing and chalk up 16 first dr wns.i.t.h Illini backs were held to a total gain NorScores Yet gof but 38 yards from the line of scrim- (2) The Northwestern goal line re- image and failed to threaten, So now mains uncrossed. A stubborn for- Minnesota begins to take notice of ward wall and alert backfield have these goin' ons. stopped Kansas State, Drake, Ohio State and Illinois without a point be- ing scored, which is a real record. In the season's opener, the Wild- cats,whipped a strong Kansas State team 21 to 0 without allowing the op- position to penetrate within their 20 yard line. Last Saturday this same A a A REATH ER 1RELL' AH'P George Rettinger, the 185 pound Illini up-and-coming halfback, will do the punting for Coach Zuppke against the Wolverines Saturday. Against Indiana he averaged 41 per boot, while against Northwestern last week ie averaged 39 yards. Armstrong Is Set For Garcia Fight' NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-(R)-Henry Armstrong still can drop 'em. The light and welterweight cham- pion, who is working out in the Hip- podrome for his defense of the heav- ier title against Ceferino Garcia, is hitting with such authority and mov- ing with such smoothness the gamb- lers are revising their odds for next Wednesday's 15-round bout. -14 to 6 in favor of the Irish and 13 to 0 in the Wildcat game. The Ohio U. contest came too early, and while the Illini ran up over 300 yards by rush- ing, six fumbles ruined their victory hopes. If you've been wondering why the lengthy analysis Ill 'let Wallie Weber tell you: "That game Saturday," says Wallie, "will be the roughest, the toughest, the wickedest, the most vicious ... " At 'that point, Weber becomes too incoherent to follow. This is his 8th year of scouting Zup. 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