SATURDAY, NOV. 25, 1939 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Michigan Gridders Finish Season Against Title-Boun( PAGE THRTEE d Ohio Star Fullback JimnLanghurst1 Lost To Bucks Capacity Crowd Expected; Varsity Starting Lineup Is Still An Uncertainty (Continued from Page 1 massiveness. Michigan has faced size and weight in Minnesota and Pennsylvania but these are dwarfed by the ponderousness of the invaders. Their line averages 211 pounds and their backfield 201. And the amaz- ing thing about it is that they com- bine catlike agility with their weight. Schmidt-coached teams have always been noted for their speed and this club doesn't permit its weight to handicap it. The big difference between this Ohio State team and last year's is spirit and a sublimation of the Shmidt razzle-dazzle to straight power. In the Bucks' lone defeat they led Cornell 14-0 in the first period and the loss was attributed to the fact that they had abandoned straight football for the more spec- tacular but less conservative hipper- dipper. But they've forgotten it now. And they'll forget it today. They want to beat Michigan. Michigan Lineup In Doubt The Wolverine lineup was still in some doubt Crisler said last night. He had not yet decided whether or not he would use Fred Trosko or Paul Kromer at the left halfback spot and Joe Rogers or Ed Czak at right end. Crisler said that his deci- sion would not be made until 11 o'clock this morning but while Tros- ko had been working with the varsity all week, many observers felt that it would be Kromer who would start. It was Kromer, whose home is in Lorain, Ohid, who last year starred against #Ohio State and there was believed to be the same psychological build-up for the Touchdown Twin this week as there was for Trosko last week when he started, unexpect- edly, against Pennsylvania. The rest of the Wolverine lineup will be the same as the one which started last week. John Nicholson will be at one of the ends, Joe Savilla and Bill Smith at the tackles, Ralph Fritz and Milo Sukup at the guards and Archie Kodros at center. In the backfield will be Harmon, Eva- shevski, Westfall and either Trosko or Kromer. Today's contest will mark the last collegiate game for Kodros, Nichol- son, Savilla, Smith and Trosko among the varsity. 'Stop Harmon'-Buckeye Motto All this week, the Buckeyes have been concentrating on a "stop Har- mon" campaign. One of their tack- ling dummies was painted maize and blue with a big 98, Harmon's number. emblazoned upon it. But the Bucks have their own climax runner in Jim Strausbaugh, probably the fastest back on the field this afternoon. The durable junior has gained 438yards by rushing but leaves the passing to Scott who has had 30 completions out of 71 at- tempts for a gain of 496 yards. The probably lineups follow: OHIO STATE MICHIGAN Sarkkinen LE Nicholson Daniell LT Savilla Marino LG Sukup Andrako C Kodros Nosker RG Phritz Maag RT Smith Clair RE Rogers Scott QB Evashevski Strausbaugh LH Trosko Zadworney RH Harmon Hallabrin FB" Westf all Referee, James Masker, Northwes- ter. Umpire, Anthony Haines, Yale. Field Judge, E. C. Krieger, Ohio State. Linesman, Perry Graves, Illinois. Haynie Will Swim In South America Tom Haynie, captain of the Wol- verine swimming forces last year, re- ceived an invitations from the A.A.U. yesterday to be one on a team of six that will tour South America this winter. The American squad will sail from New York on Dec. 29 and is expected to arrive back in the metropolis on Feb, 19. Haynie won the 440-yard free style event in both the Western Con- ference and National Collegiate meets last year and also took a first in the 220 distance at the Nationals and second in the Big Ten. While only a sophomore he was named most outstanding collegiate swim- mer in the nation. "Tireless Tom" is the first Wolver- ine natator since Jack Kasley to make such a trip. In 1935 the for- mer Wolverine star breast stroker went with the American squad on an exhibition tour through the Hawaiian Islands. Large Crowd W atches Natators In Fifth Annual Swim Gala e IN THIS CORNER By MEL FINEBERG_ My Prayer Is.... Nine weeks ago not even the most pessimistic of Cassandras would have said that only an upset would bring the Wolverines home a victor over Ohio State. Nine weeks ago the Ohio State' game would have been regarded as only of historic impor- tance. It was to be that juncture of the football season which was to mark officially what had been con- sidered a certainty all year. It was to be the crowning of the Wolverines as Big Ten champions. But now the day dawns-and how the mighty have fallen! With kickoff time but seven hours away it appears that the only thing which will re- turn, Michigan's football forces ,to the pinnacle from which it has plum- metted will be an outbreak by a spirit that has been conspicuously lacking in each of its two losses. For it ap- pears that Ohio State, regarded as an outside choice at the season's out- set, has too much strength for the twice-beaten Wolverines. It goes two and three deep in the line and three deep in the backfield. Michigan can match this only with the first team. Once we go past the first eleven not much' remains. But if there is a rejuvenescence of the spirit that was prevalent when the season started, if that spirit is manifested throughout the game, whether Michigan leads or no, then the Wolverines will be right up there.' We don't think Michigan will win. By that we don't mean to say that Michigan can't win. The bandwagon hasn't lost so many boards that we've fallen off. We still think that this Michigan team could be a great one. But facts are facts and unpleasant as they may be we aren't fool enough to avoid staring them in the face. Only it Michigan fights, and fights hard, can it win. Ohio is no top-heavy favorite. The Bucks are quoted at 7-5 or spotted seven points. Anything can happen but we think that, mentally, this Michigan team is in the same condi- tion that it was in the morning of the Minnesota game. The same psy- chological condition is present and once more if a certain sequence of circumstances eventuate we believe that the recovery in morale hasn't been great enough to overcome the two unexpected beatings which Michigan has suffered. If Michigan gets off in front they'll stay there. If the Wolverines score first they'll win. But if. Ohio leaves the post in the van the Wolverine punch will be gone. It's because, once again, Michigan is at the cross- roads. An impetus in one direction will send it along that fork. So, never one to be lacking in cour- age and bravado, we'll make a double prediction. We hate to load that over-weighted limb any more: we've been dumped twice too often already. But the score will be Ohio State or Michigan winning 13-7. It all de- pends on who scores first. Now that we're already well out on the limb we might as well be shot for a lamb as a lion. So we'll take Southern Cal over Notre Dame, Cor- nell over Penn, Oregon State over UCLA, Iowa over Northwestern, Harvard over Yale, Duke over North Carolina State, Oklahoma over Ne- braska, Clemson over Furman, Pur- due over Indiana, Auburn over Geor- gia, Missouri over Kansas, TCU over Rice, Minnesota over Wisconsin, Illi- nois over Chicago, Michigan State over Temple and clouds over Europe. Yearling Aces. Turn In Great Performnances Skinner, Sharemets, Gillis1 Star; Local Boy Betters I Official World Mark t (Continued from Page 1)j from Ann Arbor High, nosed out1 Haigh by a few feet although the fast finishing Wolverine started 121 counts behind. The other breast stroke event1 produced the stirring John Sharemet exhibition where the big sophomorej overcame his tremendous handicap and went on to whip Scott Holm- grain who started at scratch by al- most two lengths. Gillis Wins Kicking Race Then came a special race, one of Matt Mann's own ideas, a kicking event in which only the feet were; used in getting across the pool. Gillis, won this in :14.3 while Burton came in second. After Riedl's thrilling back stroke victory over Beebe, little Mary Claire Upthegrove held off a four count handicap to defeat Lois Kivi in a 50- yard free style exhibition. Burton's showing in the 200-yard free-style handicap was especially colorful and impressive. With a 12 count handicap, the little sophomore shot off ;he finish line like a bat out of the hot basement. He did the first 50 yards in 26 seconds and by the halfway mark he had taken the lead from the other four starters with a time of :56.9. From there on in, it was Burton all the way, and the speedy Wolverine finished three lengths ahead of freshman Harold McPike. In the Women's Athletic Club's tWo team relay race, the squad com- posed of Ruth Allen, Clara Lenfesty, Carolyn Fries and Evelyn Spamer swam to victory in 2:15.5 for the 200 yards. Handicap Too Much For Haynie Following that came a 100-yard free style handicap in which Haynie was the feature attraction, but the former captain had too big a handi- cap to overcome and freshman Jorge Carrula won the event in 59 seconds. The relays produced their expect- ed chills and thrills with the Varsity team of Francis Heydt, Haign and Gus Sharemet winning the medley and the frosh quartet of Bob West, Clair Morse, Jim Garvey and John Patton taking the 200-yard free style., The aquatic festival closed with a diving demonstration first by two girls, Joan Williams and Miss Upthe- Five Wolverine Regulars Will Play Final Grid Contest At Stadium Today By MASE GOULD1 Senior athletes dread the day when they must turn in their uniforms for the last time and assume the role of spectator for the years to come- and for five sturdy members of Mich- igan's football team today is that day. Next fall, wherever Capt. Archie Kodros, John Nicholson, Joe Savilla, Bill Smith and Freddie Trosko may be, the mere mention of the word "football" will harken them back to the many battles of lines; the battles of backs; the weird, free-scoring af- fairs; and the hair-raising finishes which they have experienced during the last three years. But this after- noon at the Stadium, they have work at hand-work which they fully real- ize needs 100 per cent concentration. Feats Of The Past As this quintet' takes the field against Michigan's perennial rival, Ohio State, who can forget: 1) Archie Kodros' phenomenal rise to one of the top centers in the coun- try, featured by a t r u e competitive spirit and one of the rarest wills to win ever exhibited} on the Michigan campus. He has . ;' {> never once given up, even when the moments were in- deed dark. From the very day when he took away the Kociros center job from his captain Joe Rinaldi, in 1937, Kodros has been a driving force, an excellent passer, blocker and defender. In this, his final year, Archie has made far more grove, and then by the Wolverine contingent of Capt. Hal Benham, Jack Wolin, T-Bone Martin and Ralph Pyszynski. Comic Divers Take Over The Varsity divers performed full twists, flying somersaults, cutaway one and a halfs and what not until Purdue's coach Dick Papenguth andI Holmes introduced the humor angle. Papenguth had a different old- fashioned suit on for every dive, while Holmes' creation was the long woolen underwear style marked "union maid" and "do not open until Xmas" on the back. The two maneuvered a "precision dive," a "round the corner Suzy" and finally a "who blew out the lights" dive as the lights were turned off on the fifth showing of Matt Mann's Swim Gala. tackles than any man on the team. I That record speaks for itself. 2) Freddie Trosko's battle against physical odds. Her- alded two years ago as one of the fleetest backs ever to come to Ann Ar- bor, Trosko lived up to that reputa- t$ Lion as a sopho- .:... more but became a more or less for- gotten man last year when Tom Trosko Harmon and Paul Kromer invaded the ranks and took over the halfback berths. This year, he got his break when Kromer in- jured his knee, and has Abeen usel mainly in a blocking role for Har- mon. His assignment this after- noon looms larger than ever before. Savilla's Patience 3) Tackle Joe Savilia's quiet pa- tience during the last two seasons when injuries plagued him from all sides. The giant West Virginian fi- nally came into his own this year, ris- ing to great heights ' in the Iowa game to block a punt and recover two . fumbles, all three breaks leading to Wolverine touch- Savilla downs. This afternoon, Coach Fritz Crisler ,will pin much of his hope on Savilla's broad shoulders, for he knows full well that Francis Schmidt drives his backs just inside the ends relentlessly during every game. But you cai} bet your last dollar that Sa- villa will play his greatest game of the year. He'll have to. 4) The steady, consistent play of Michigan's other tackle, Californial Bill Smith. Un- .;: heralded through- out his entire grid I ' *career, Crisler's 217-pound lineman .. " man took over the right tackle berth this fall after al- ternating with Don Siegel last year. In addition to his rugged work on Smith defense, especially effective in the scoreless battle with Northwestern last season, Bill has blossomed into a better than av- , I Western Conference Grid Year Will Finish With Today's Games The Western Conference football The Iowa record so far is four wins steam engine comes to the end of against one loss, and the Anderson the line today. squad has northwestern to contend As the Conference prepares for its with this afternoon. final day, there are still two teams Should the Hawkeyes defeat the left in the race for the crown. Ohio Wildcats in their battle at Evanston, State, undefeated in its five league and should the Buckeyes fall before games, stands on top of the list, and the Wolverine drive, magician Doc a victory or tie today with Michigan Anderson will have lifted his team would give it undisputed possession from second last where it finished of the Big Ten throne. last year to a share in the title in his t l Eddie Anderson's amazing Hawk-7 eyes are the only l other aggregation with a chance to share in the spoils. Frosh Grid Revue, Being Prepared Blues' Will Meet 'Reds' In Intra-Squad Game Wally Weber's annual production, "The Freshman Football Revue," is roaring into its final few days of preparation for the big performance to be given at Ferry Field, 3:30 p.m. Monday afternoon. At this time the culmination ofE seven weeks of intense drilling and practice will take place when the. "Blues" and the "Reds" meet before their most critical audience of the season. Not only will Coach Weber and his staff of gridiron technicians be watching, but chief talent scout Fritz Crisler and his company will also be on hand. The freshman football squad of 48 numeral winners is smoothing off the rough edges of its offensive and defensive play in this week's prac- tices, priming its attack for the big show of the season. With the cast in perfect condi- tion, an important audience scheduled to be in the stands, everything to gain and nothing to lose, "The Fresh- man Football Revue," staged and directed by the likeable Wally Weber, promises to be a three-star produc- tion of an all-star affair. So There, Mr. Schmidt! Michigan, the oldest traditional rival on the Ohio State lists, holds the greatest margin of victory over the Scarlet and Gray. The Wolverines have won 23 games, Ohio has taken 10, and only 2 have been tie games. DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE TTTmTT A'N R . i first season as coach. The worst the Hawkeyes can do, in fact, is finish second from the top. Minnesota, the defending champs, plays host to the Badgers from Wis- consin in their final fracas. This is the first time in many years that the Gophers have been hopelessly out of the race at this time. They have already dropped three Conference matches and tied once. The Hoosier state has its big fes- tivities today when Purdue and In- diana tangle at Bloomington. Al- though the Boilermakers are favored this traditional encounter may well be anybody's game. Illinois bounces back from its whip- ping at the hands of Ohio State to join the "Moider the Maroon" parade. Chicago stopped its apparent suicide long enough to defeat little Oberlin last week, but everything seems to in- dicate that the Midway crew will probably be back in form today. 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