THURSDAY, OCT. 19, 1939 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Taking Advantage Of His Opportunity, State Learns Rogers Now Fights For Starting Berth Purdue Play _I- niuries Weaken nrtanVAN By MASE GOULD Few people have the knack of com- ing into their own with lighthing- like rapidity, but Joe Rogers, Coach Fritz Crisler's towering, yellow- thatched dark horse end, doesn't seem to relish the long, hard road to success. Speed appeals to him. Only three weeks ago, Rogers would have remained unnoticed to the cas- ual observer if it weren't for his 6 ft. 3 in. frame and that blond head of his which stood out among the pre- dominately dark-haired Wolverine squad. Fights For Regular Berth , Today, the Royal Oak flanker is fighting for a starting berth and improving every day by leaps and bounds. It remained for a break to start him on his way, but he proved himself to be the opportunist which the Michigan team as a whole de- serves to be termed after converting two fumbles and a blocked punt against Iowa. The break came in the form of an injury to senior John Nicholson, who strained his groin in a collision with a Spartan back in the Stadium open- er two weeks ago. Coach Crisler, sensing the defensive and pass- catching possibilities of the tall and speedy Rogers, sent Joe into the fray and he started raising havoc *in no time at all. Impres'ses Against Iowa Came the Iowa game, and Rogers, in his first year of competition, found himself in the starting lineup with the recently recuperated Nicholson watching from the bench. Joe stood out on defense, wading in on several occasions to break up the quickly- :as a knack of getting out of trouble torI faster than he gets into it." Blocking Is Fast Improving EAST Thus far, blocking has been Roger's Coach C mnly drawback, but his plastic char- ning to cteristics are taking care of that. gan Sta 'Ie's a fine pupil and learns quickly. may fox Dickson states that his blocking was game ag noticeably weak at the outset of fall pretend practice, but is vastly improved now. Spartans Rogers' conscientious work on the Bachm ield is supplemented by the same (Ic.t us, attitude in class. Joe has set the field t is web of medicine as his goal and right now, aisaerel in his pre-med work, is loaded down kr with natural science and physics Alth courses.nger sa On and off the field, Joe lives for frthe c speed. And from the football angle,fj s Crisler relishes that fact. He likes'dtesu his ends big and fast. m the f thi~s we( 'ave foi Shaughnessv Fears toe" ry ; cn Purdc MaroonroncingThein camp, th CHICAGO- (AP)-- Coach C la r k matter o Shaughnessy said Wednesday he ex- ready fo pected his Chicago Maroons, trounced ctte, bu last week by Harvard, to take another and knee drubbing Saturday from Michigan, but he juggled his lineup anyway. Ten o One reason for the shakeup was 17 a131 injuries to two of his backfield main- importar stays-Johnny Davenport and Bob to play Howard. Another was a decision to earce,i experiment toward future games in Abdo, a some of which, at least, the Maroons Willie D stood to fare much better. Idle next terback. week, Chicago then takes on Virginia, man Da Ohio State, Oberlin and Illinois. FPound a expected Waldorf Shifts Wildcats Schmi In Drill For Wisconsin F< EVANSTON-(A)-Tackling prac- COLUI tice and a long session of defense Schmidt against Wisconsin plays executed by State ph the freshmen made up Northwes- apolis w tern's drill Wednesday. Coach Lynn with Mir Waldorf broke up his No. 1 squad standing and had the so-called regulars scat- lateral p tered from the first team down to the with mo last reserve eleven. had agai Ilk The SEASON SKI PPER THE MOST COMPLETE COAT THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN! JOE ROGERS ... May Start At End formed interference of the Hawkeye backs. In scooting down under punts, too, Joe was always among the lead- ers with his long stride characteristic of Elmer Gedeon in past years. End Coach Campbell Dickson lik- ens the 193-pound Rogers to Ed Fru- tig at this same time last year and firmly believes that Joe will develop into a really brilliant end. He has one more season in which to polish his play to the proximity of excel- lence. And he has already made a promising start. "Rogers is well balanced for a tall fellow," Dickson observes, and adds, "he is amazingly fast. In fact, he's the speediest end we have. Quick on the getaway, he changes his pace gracefully and it is this ability which has already enabled him to get out of tight squeezes when he has been sucked in too far by the play. He I-M Sporcs Regardless. of weather conditions the All-Campus Fall golf tournament will be held Saturday, Oct. 21, at the University course at 1 p.m. There are to be 18 holes of medal play. En- tries will be accepted up to starting time Saturday. Last year's title win- ner, Art Davidson, has entered again. The Graduate golf tournament will be held at the same time and place as the All-Campus tournament. In both the men will play in threesomes. The regular greens fees of 50 cents will be charged. The senior managers of the In- tramural staff, John Droste and Rob- ert Luery, are both student members of the Board of Directors of the Board in Control of Physical Education. The Interfraternity track meet pole vault and high jump events are to be run off at Ferry Field at 4:30 p.m. today. These events were unable to be concluded at last week's running of the Greek letter meet. About 20 boxers have been work- ing out daily at the I-M building under Marty Levandowski, boxing coach of the Intramural staff. Marty is one, of the few fighters who hold decisions over Jimmy Braddock, for- mer World's Heavyweight champion. "Sportswear Our Specialty JACKE=TS II The coat sensation of a cen- tury - Truly the greatest in clothing history - "The Sea.. son Skipper" now made with complete removable body lin- ing - an amazing feat of tailoring. Functions quickly and easily - no bunching - no binding. "The Season Skipper" is the perfect overcoat and topcoat combined into one. 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