THE MICHIGAN DAILY Crisler Stresses Point-After-Touchdown In Long Grid P: ractice Jake Seeks Own Replacement , As Cage Squad Starts Practice By HERB LEV the football season, completes the Directed by Jake Townsend, last list of lettermen. He plays center year's captain and generally regard- or forward equally well, and may be ed as the greatest player in Wolver- the man to fill Townsend's shoes. ine history, 35 Michigan basketball Herb Brogan Impresses aspirants are working out nightly in Despite the number or experienced the Intramural Building. I men back, early work-outs indicate The regular season is still some time that a newcomer, Herb Brogan, of away, but in anticipation of the hard Lansing, may steal the show and be- schedule ahead, the boys are wast' come the sparkplug of the new team. ing no time in getting started. Unlike Only five foot eight and weighing previous seasons, there's no 'breather' hardly 140 pounds, Herb has shown on schedule for the opening night. In- an uncanny eye for the basket, pop- stead, the strong Michigan State five ping them with regularity from all will help usher in the new season on distances and all angles with 'equal Dec. 10. proficiency. Fast and shifty and an Eastern Trip Planned excellent floorman, the little sopho- A three-game eastern trip is plan- more seems headed for a regular spot ned for Christmas vacation, with in the line-up. Syracuse and Cornell due to be met There are at least five other sopho- at White Plains, N.Y., and the Univer- mores who have shown they are defi- sity of Rochester providing the oppo- nite Varsity material in the early sition at Rochester. workouts. Gene Brogan, though lack- The main problem confronting ing his older brother's phenomenal Townsend, who is assuming the reins scoring punch, is an equally flashy while Head Coach Bennie Oosterbaan ball-handler, and a sound defensive finishes his football duties, is to find player. As in Herb's case, his lack of a capable man for the forward posi- height may handicap him., tion he held down during the past Sofiak Is Promising three years. Replacements will also Mike Sofiak and Harold Westerman have to be found for Herm Fishman, are another pair of little fellows who Bill Barclay and Manny Slavin, grad- have shown promise despite sizef uated lettermen. handicaps. They're among the fast- Beebe Is Captain est boys on the squad, and both are Suzyceeding Townsend as captain is excellent dribblers. Bill Herrman, a; Leo Beebe, hard working guar'. Not bigger boy, has been a defensive a 'flashy player, Beebe is a pillar on standout and ranks only behind Herb defense and a distinct long shot. Brogan as a shot-maker. Bill Cart-' Leo's runAing mate at guard will mill, six foot red head, is an out- probably be little Charley Pink, who standing pivot candidate.' showed exceptional promise as a Russ Dobson, an excellent long shot, sophomore last season, serving asjBob Palmer, and Dave Wood, are a' Fishman's alternate. trio of last year's reserves who have] Lanky Jim Rae, 20 pounds heavier been working out. All are expected to than last season and much faster be- show improvement with a year's ex- cause of his work on the track last perience behind them. spring, is back to, play center, and The squad will move to the Fieldf speedy Eddie Thomas will again work House floor at the close of the foot- at a forward berth. Danny Smick, ball season, when it will be augment- who won't report until the close of' ed by several gridders Headquarters for ALLIGATOR RAIN WEAR. ALL KINDS.... ALL PRICES I Varsity Drills I For Deceptive Illini Offense Pass Defense No Longer Gives Wolverine Coach Cause ForWorry Having lost one game via the extra- point route this season, Coach Fritz Crisler is determined that it shall not happen again. As a part of the regular practice Cession yesterday afternoon at Ferry Field, the team's place-kickers were sent through a lengthy workout. With a defensive line attempting to block the kicks, Jack Meyer, John Brennan and Vince Valek worked to improve their accuracy. Meyer has seen little 'action in this capacity at Michigan but his showing yesterday was im- pressive, with the majority of his kicks sailing squarely between the posts. Perhaps a glance at the record book also prompted Coach Crisler to call or the kicking drill as the Michigan- Ilini contests for the past five years Full Steam Ahead - - For Zuppke have been decided by either field goals ' r the point after touchdown. See Illini Plays Wallie Weber took the reserve team in hand yesterday and taught them as much of the trickery of wily Coach Zuppke that he coulddetect on his past few weeks scouting ventures. Then they exhibited the plays to the varsity in a scrimmage. After new plays were run, the coaches pointed out to the varsity how they should line-up to stop them. Razzle-dazzle was most evident in the Illini repertoire of plays, several call- ing for two laterals nd then a for- ward pass, others having but one lat- It's up to big Jim Reeder, the six foot two inch Illinois left tackle, to plow holes through Wolverine Don Siegel's position Saturday in the twcnty-fourth renewal of the ancient Michigan-Illini rivalry that started back in 1898. The junior hailing from Tuscola, Illinois, is rated by Coach Zuppke as one of the most dependable linemen on the squad. Weber's Frosh Squad Reveals More Kiski Gridiron Prospects Saffe i &11 6J3ush 310 South State of Tomorrow "S ty e s To day" '2 forecast. NEW AINCOAT N n g amarked preference fot. llege en are showing iversity Coacher raincoa Pt. fowing lines of the Ow these smart young me i old e e acetor tex lire country. We predict that this Hlere'i4 another exam J't the pace for the antii a ya within a short im b ht hion will spread enen et. al the most popular raincoat style on the td . erai before thie iing Ulne Was hieaed.wh With Niormateogonucerwasne- By DON WIRTCHAFTER men who played on the Kiski first With Norman Purucker absent be-Kiski Prep School, heaven's gift to team last year. Well, most of them Spartan Coaches Stress cause of an injured shoulder which he .KiwentPtrOhiocStat. HoweverthegDefens baked under the lights, Vince Valek, college football teams, has done its wenk tom asn'ito qiteHowe erti DefenseAgainst Broncos Fred Trosko and Paul Kromer shared part again this year in increasing the standards last year. EAST LANSING, Oct. 26.-(iP)- the bulk of the work in the punting power and potentialities of Michi- Coach Disabled The 'football theme song at Michigan practice. Valek again duplicated his gans freshmen' grid squad.TCoach.Jsal.Mk, h outstanding performancesof the past LaswhotState College was "defense" with a week and gave indication that he may' Pa., stitution sent to is also principal and part owner of capital "D" today because coaches and see action in this department Satur- Ann Arbor a quartet of grid timber the school, was ill during the grid sea-players alike knew the Spartans must! day. . that played on an undefeated squad son, and his son, who played three rise to untouched heights of achieve- Mehaffey Socked Again I at Kiski the year before. There were years of football at Princeton wash During this phase of practice, How- three backfield men and a guard. forced to take his place. ard Mehaffey, the battering bruiser Look At The Record Kiski won thisee, lost three, and here Saturday. from Kiski was hit in the back of tied two during the season. Even The best ray of hope was the fero- the head while throwing a block. He T is boysmidntfr soibadly that's a fair record against the Cor- city and dependability of the Spartan temporarily lost his memory and Paul Kromer has led the rWolverines nell, Princeton and other eastern line displayed in last week's Syracuse babbled uninteligibly for several min- in scoring; Ralph Fritz is considered school freshmen squads that they game. utes before he regained his senses. the best sophomore guard in the Con- meet, but it's not on a par with the Line Coach Tom King was particu- He retired from practice for the af' ference. Jack Meyer, the. man-like undefeated days of Kromer, Meyer, larly pleased with the work of his ternoon but is expected to be ready to barrel, is a sparkplug, blocking ace lMahaffey and Fritz. ends in that encounter. resume preparation today for Satur- and line backer a la perfection on day's tilt. the Varsity eleven. Howard Mehaf- Queried as to why he was not work- fey, the fullback, displayed. his Kiski ing on Michigan's allegedly weak pass learning on his long run in the Chi- defense, Coach Crisler pointed out lagonme. that in every game except Minnesota, Bag e. our passing attack has gained more But enough for Kiski boys who yards than the opposition's and yet have already made good, for there's the Michigan State, Chicago and more material on campus this year Yale defenses are not receiving the from Seltsburg. Coach Wally Weber same heavy criticism. Further, many has a quarterback and a center on of the successful Eli passes of last his frosh squad that spent a year Saturday were made possible by care- prepping at the famed school that lessness on the part of Michigan's lies 30 miles south of Pittsburgh. backs probably traceable to overcon- Switched To Quarterback fidence. Harris Roberts is the quarterback. Tomorrow, Coach Crisler intends to He played fullback on last year's Kiski start the tapering off process, the squad and specialized at bucking the practice session consisting of little line. Converted to the signal-calling+ contact work, signal drill and prob- spot this year, Roberts has been used ably punting and passing workouts mainly for blocking and line-backing by Coach Weber and carries the ball -- _ - ,in only one of about 15 plays that theI1 Cardinals To Build For 1939 Season This Is the Raincoat' Now in Advance Showing ; at Smart Campus Shops I University Coacher BY ALLIGATOR i" -0 FULL 85-INCH CASUAL TYPE SWEEP FOR CONVERTIBLEt SMARTNESS! COLLAR! f'*S.. IN I ST. LOUIS, Oct. 26 -VP)- Any major league clubs casting covetous eyes on Joe Medwick or Johnny Mize of the St. Louis Cardinals can look elsewhere for their pennant-making material. Neither Medwick nor Mize is for sale and, what's more, Sam Breadon, president of the Redbirds, said defin- itely today that he will not sell a single player who has a chance of' helping the "gas-less Gashouse Gang" regain its old glories in 1939. "We are out to build a pennant winner," Breadon asserted. "There are no trades on the fire and we are pre- pared-to use our sources of supply to produce what we need. In the past, we've sold our surplus, but there'll be none of that now." That means the Cardinals, who have' supplied virtually every National' League team with star material from its farm system, now will bring the boys home to do or die for dear old! St. Louis. - frosh use. Before going to Kiski. Roberts played three years of football at Shaker Heights, Ohio, where he led his team twice to the final play-off of the Cleveland district. He's six feet tall and weighs about 180 pounds. The other freshman from Kiski is Bob Ingalls, the center, who stands about six feet tall and weighs 195 pounds. Big Bob starred at Marble- head, Mass., before going to prep school. Until he injured his knee last week, he was the bear in Weber's de- fense, stopping the big shots cold many a time when the frosh scrim- maged with the Varsity. 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