THE MICHIGAN DAILY PRESS PASSES B BUD BENJAMIN t And Now The Home Stretch .. . TWO MORE WEEKS to go in the wildest Big Ten race in years. Two more weeks to crown a new champion, and the way it looks now they hadI better order a duplicate chapeau.< They call- the Western Conference the toughest football league in theI nation, and although there may be some argument about the statement after one looks at the inter-Conference beatings some of the schools have been taking, it is undeniably a mighty football conglomeration. The Big Ten is traditionally a jumble. A season rarely passes when 1 some school doesn't pull one of those stunning upsets that make football 1 the healthy product that it is. Fans at Evanston, Ill., have witnessed two outstanding examples of that fact in the last two weeks. Northwestern beats Minnesota and the following Saturday loses to Wisconsin. I said a few weeks ago,that if Wisconsin could beat Northwestern, and then survive a 4,000 mile trip out to the west coast for the U.C.L.A. game to topple Minnesota on the 19th, they would deserve the championship. I reiterate that today, despite the fact that the Badgers dropped that one- sided Pitt decision. A writer proved to me last night that Michigan could beat the Panthers by 43 points, and also that the Wolverines were 54 points better than themselves. You can take an aspirin after that one and then tell me how mluch comparative scores mean. As to the events of.this week-end I expect to see Michigan in top form. Experience leads me to believe that the Wolverines play their best ball when they are even money or underdogs. Their two best games this year were against Michigan State and Minnesota. Both days it was a case of even- stephen or a nod in favor of the opposition. Their worst performance came on that balmy day in New Haven. They were quoted as prohibitive favorites against Yale. This Michigan team is young, and consequently it lacks stability. The sophomores that are providing the impetus today never have felt the sobering influence of a losing team as have the seniors and juniors. They constantly must be kept under hand to avoid over-confidence and a dangerous assurance. On two successive Saturdays these sophomores will play important roles in the Michigan gridiron drama. Against Northwestern and Ohio State they will need every ability at their command. Because of this fact alone, I believe they will be primed in their battle for a slice of that title, THE FOLLOWING is not an excuse but a brief commentary on my foot- ball predictions. In 69 years of football relationships Rutgers had never beaten Princeton. On the one day that I decided to try the gridiron "eeny- meenies," football upsets rock the nation (my headwriters tell me), ahd Rutgers beats Princeton. Anyway out of 32 games, I picked 22 correctly which leaves 104 wrong, doesn't it? I had Southern Cal over California, Syracuse over Colgate, and Boston College over Indiana, BUT. Northwestern failed to beat Wisconsin, Ohio State ditto Purdue, Pitt ditto Carnegie Tech, Michigan State ditto Missouri, Brown ditto Yale, Texas A. & M. ditto Southern Methodist, Arkansas ditto Rice, Centenary ditto Arizona, Idaho ditto Oregon, and Princeton, after 69 years, got dittoed by Rutgers. Percentage .687. Wait until next week! Robin Hood Of 1938 Bags Four-Point Buck TAWAS CITY, Nov. 7.-(A')-Nel- son Grumley, of the Detroit Archers Club, today became the third Michi- gan hunter of the season to kill a deer with a bow and arrow. A member of a party of Detroit near here, Grumely brought down a archers who are camping at the Oasis four point buck weighing 150 pounds. The arrow was fired from 30 yards. In 1937 only three bucks were shot by archers 'n their full 15 day sea- son which precedes the opening of the regular deer hunting season in the state. The bow and arrow deer hunting season closes on Nov. 14 this year. Must Be Stopped ... Light Sessions Feature Day's Grid Practices1 Ohio State Prepares For Illinois; Gophers Hear Lecture On Irish COLUMBUS-()--Minus four reg- ulars who were injured in Saturday's defeat by Purdue, the Ohio State football squad worked on ground plays Monday in preparation for Il- linois. Jimmy Strausbaugh, Alex Schoenbaum, Frank Zadworney and Pete Gales all were taking lamp treat- ments for injuries. MADISON -(AP) - Deserting the sleet and cold of the practice field, the University of Wisconsin football team worked out Monday in the more California-like weather of the field house as Coach Harry Stuhldreher began practices for the coast game with U.C.L.A. MINNEAPOLIS- (P) -Minnesota's football squad had its customary Monday holiday from practice but Coach Bernie Bierman called his ... By Michigan Line Gridiron Dopesters Call It Quits In Crazy Conference Scramble By TOM PHARES The haggard gridiron "expert" dropped his pencil wearily and tossed his list of predictions into the fire. "Don't count Chicago out of the Big Ten race," he muttered huskily, drawing his tattered coat closer about him and stealing into the night. At last the expert has given up. At a dog race he wouldn't put a dime on the electric rabbit to show. The Big Ten race is like that this year and last Saturday came another upheav- al. George McGurn, junior fullback on the Wildcat squad, who will cause the Wolverine forward wall plenty of trouble with his vicious plunging. He shares his duties with Jay Laskay. Battered Spartans Given Needed Rest Freshgfroma victory over Minne- sota, Northwestern's Wildcats confi- dently faced Wisconsin who had lost to Purdue who had lost to Minnesota. It was in the bag. No team had scored a touchdown against Northwestern this season. The expert's face shone. He had a winner. But then Howie Weiss and Com- pany swung into action. They scored not once, not twice, but three times against the vaunted Wildcat defense, outplaying them in every phase of the game, making 11 first downs to six for Northwestern and outrushing Waldorf's boys 101 yards to 88. And now the positions are reversed. It's the Wisconsin fans who are hoping for a share of the title while over in Evanston grim determination is the keynote. The Wildcats have only an outside chance and they still must face Michigan this week. It's a big down Columbus way where an im- pressive Purdue eleven, rankled by the Iowa tie of last week, virtually knocked Ohio State out of the run- ning by dint of two last period touch- down drives. Lou Brock was the Pur- due villain from the Buckeye stand- point. The brilliant. junior ran 50 yards for the first score and his 80 gunt and pass interception made the second marker possible. Gophers Jse 7 Men The Golden Gohpers gave warning that they were not out of the title chase by walloping Iowa 28 to 0. The "brawn of the north" used 37 players during the afternoon and won as they pleased. Minnesota tackles Notre Dame next week and then the all- important Wisconsin game comes up. On the intersctional front Michi- gan managed to uphold its end but the disappointing Indiana eleven proved to be no match for Boston Col- lege who maintained their unbeaten record by virtue of a 14 to 0 victory and Chicago was swamped by Har- vard 47 to 13. The Hoosiers now are on even terms with Chicago in the Conference cellar. Both have lost all three Big Ten games they have played. Bernard Jefferson, flashy Negro halfback, is the leader of the North- western running attack. His power was shown in last week's game against Wisconsin when he ran back a kickoff 95 yards for a touch- down. Blackhawks Lose Shill CHICAGO, Nov. 7--W)-Jack Shill, left winger with the Chicago Black- hawks, will be lost to the team for three months due to dislocated ver- tebrae suffered in a game against Toronto in the Canadian metropolis last Saturday night. The extent of Shill's injuries was disclosed by X-ray examination to- day. Physicians said he would be re- quired to remain in a hospital for a month. The Hawks began immediate search for a replacement. A G f c 1 1 l l t players to the lecture room and Scout Dallas Ward told them of the EAST LANSING, Nov. 7.-()P),- danger that lies ahead from a potent Coach Charley Bachman prescribed a Notre Dame team. Ward told the rest cure for his crippled Michigan Gophers that Minnesota must play State College football squad today, an improved brand of football next hoping to fit the team for Saturday's Saturday to defeat the Notre Dame combat with Marquette University at eleven. Milwaukee. The bruised and battered regulars IOWA CITY-(P})-A driving snow- were chased home to bed. Even the storm made practice impossible for reserves, who generally take a beat- the University of, Iowa football team ing in practice, found the work light- Monday, so Coach Irl Tubbs devoted ened. the time usually spent in drill to a Marquette had an open date last lecture on the work he wants done in week-end and Bachman said he did preparation for the game with In- not like the thought of sending his diana at Bloomington Saturday. weary Spartans against a rested team that likes nothing better than to LAFAYETTE-(P)-Purdue's foot- spoil a day for Michigan State. ball team, with two weeks ahead to The coach said he thought part of get ready for its yearly game with his injury problem would solve itself Indiana, skipped practice Monday. this week with the recovery of the Coach Mal Elward showed his men injured fullback Paul Derrickson, moving pictures of their 12-to-0 vic- who was on the sidelines. He said tory Saturday over Ohio State. there was no chance that Ole Nel- son, pass snaring specialist' and end- BLOOMINGTON-RP)-Coach Bo around artist, or Steve Szasz, flashy McMillin of Indiana University Mon- halfback, would be back in uniform. day charged to "inexperience" his Gene Ciolek, the prize of the reserve football team's failure to score on halfbagks, was counted out for the Boston College Saturday. season. job. Another championship bubble burst Illini Prepare For OSU CHAMPAIGN-(/)-Rain Monday restricted football practice at the University of Illinois to signal ses- sions as the Illini, who had an open date last Saturday,. began their second week of drills for Ohio State. 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