.~1942 THEMI HlICA DAIL ' '. 1 . Fi Wolverines Expected To Overwhelm Crimson Here oda, nENCHCOMBER By BUD HENDEL Daily Sports Editor w * * * Kuzma Robinson, Boor, Madar May Not Play Injuries Should Not Stop Wolverines' Chances; Bob Chappuis Will ProbablyStart at Left Half FROM ACORN TO OAK POST Bill Pritula's Play Places Him in Role of SixtyMinute Man (Continued from Page 1) SOMETIMES this job can become embarrassing, and today is one of those times. Not so long past we printed a tirade of harsh adjectives directed against James Masker, the referee in the now forgiven and almost forgotten Michi- gan-Minnesota game of two weeks ago. Today James Masker comes to Ann Arbor to perform the same offi- ciating function in the Wolverine- Harvard contest. Ordinarily we wouldn't pay much attention to whom the referee was going to be, but this case is, dif- ferent. Corny as it may sound, Michigan's reputation . for good sportsmanship goes on the block when Masker steps out on the grid- iron today. Nowhere was Masker blasted more than he was in this column, but all that must be forgotten now. He is one of the leading offibials in the Midwest and both the Michigan coaches and players have expressed their willing- ness and. desire to have him work more 'Wolverine football games. Sure, Masker made a mistake, but we all do at one time or another. Michigan fans will be making one today if they give Masker an unsportsmanlike re- ception of boos and catcalls. UST TO show you how newspa- pers wrote up football games back in the last century, take a look at this account of the Michigan- Notre Dame game of old '88. That was long before the Wolverines and. Irish severed grid relations in 1909, same relations to be resumed next Saturday in South Bend. Anyway, Michigan walloped the Notre Dame gridmen by the score of 26-6 in old '88, the contest being staged in South Bend during, the un-- timely football month of April. Ann Arbor papers were a good deal less than elaborate in their coverage, of the fray. One journal said, "The Var- sity rugby team beat the boys at Notre' Dame last Saturday to the tune of 26-6." And that was all the mention' a game which would attract banners today received in that publication 54 years ago. But aaother Ann Arbor paper went into glowing description of the encounter. To wit "The rugby game between- the Varsity and Notre Dame resulted in a good vice- tory for our team. The game was played before 800 spectators who cheered all good plays. The features of the game on. our side were the tackling by Duff.y, Harless, Babcock and Briggs, long runs and good passes by Rehodes, DeHaven, Wood, Ball and Button. As usual J. L. Duffy got in some good kicks." No- where is mention of the score made, but at that, all other pertinent facts are included, that is, if you're not interested in who did the scoring. DRIFTWOOD AND SPLINTERS: Coach Dick Harlow of Harvard is regarded by his contemporaries as one of the finest in the business .. . Harlow and his squad arrived at 9:20 a. m. today and Fritz Crisler and Ben- nie Oosterbaan were at the station to give them an official welcome . . Harlow and Crisler went into an im- mediate confab, being old friends when Crisler coached at Princeton ... in the meantime, some wag who was standing around remarked, "Those Harvard boys sure traveled a long way to take a licking." Harvard, incidentally, has been criticized in the East for using an illegal shift . . . observers at last week's Crimson-Princeton tilt, won by Harvard in the last 30 seconds on a touchdown pass play, claim that the Crimson only succeeded in their winning maneuver because they bewildered the Tigers with the illegal shift. Add things we never knew until now . . . Jim McCarthy who scored both touchdowns for Illinois here last week did all the signal-calling for the Illini during the second half from his end post .. . that McCarthy must like Ann Arbor ... last spring he copped the Big Ten golf crown here. Michigan fans may be in for a big surprise today ... with the Wol- verines almost sure to roll up a big score and with the Maize and Blue reserves a sure bet to see more ac- tion than they have at any other time this season, the spectators will get a good glimpse of a fellow who may someday be the regular Michi- gan right tackle, Bob Derleth.. .. he's the sophomore who was pulled from a PEI class because he showed such gnat potentialities and you'll see what PEM can make of you when you see Derleth today. City Editor Will Sapp is feeling pretty cocky these days because he won the Selections Pool with 21 games correct out of a possible 25 last week we only called the turn right on 18 of them, but her's where we knock off that guy Sapp . ..here they are Michigan over Harvard, Rice over Arkansas, Notre Dame over Army, Texas over Baylor, Holy Cross over Brb*n, Southern 'Cal'over Califor- nia,-"Colgate over -Columbia, Yale over Cornell Princeton over Dart- niouth, L. S. U. over Fordham, Georglia Techover Kentucky, Illi- nois over Northwestern, Indiana over Minnesota, Wisconsin over Iowa; Washington State over Mich- igan State, Tulane over Mississippi State; Nebraska over Missouri, Penn over -Navy, -Ohio State over Pitt, UCLA over Oregon, Penn State over Syracuse, Great Lakes over Purdue, Texas A&M over Southern Metho- dist, and Washington over Stanford . . don't say we didn't tell you, and if you lose, see Sapp. Washington State Given Edge Over Spartans SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 6.-(P)- Train-weary from a 50-hour train ride broken by only 10 or 15 minute stops enroute, the Michigan State football team worked out at Gonzaga Stadium today in preparation for the game tomorrow against Washington State. Certain to be heavily outweighed in the backfield and almost certain to be without the services of two first string backs-Ed Ripmaster and Walt Pawlowski - Michigan Staters went through a snappy limbering up pro- gram on the hard firm gridiron ap- parently intent on making speed and passes offset WSC power. Coach Bachman said neither Rip- master nor Pawlowski were suffici- ently recovered from injuries received in the Temple game to see much serv- ice and it is "extremely doubtful" if either will be used at all. "I hope for a dry snappy day, or one so wet we can play in a lake," Bachman added, BOB CHAPPUIS ... expected to start at left half Rose Bowl Tilt Gets Approval Coast Champion May Oppose Service Team PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 6.-R)- The guesting can start, folks. They're going to play the Rose Bowl game here again next New Year's Day, all things being equal. The Associated Press learned from an unimpeachable source today that while formal application for permis- sion to play has not yet been acted on by the Army, there is no objection to the 29th renewal of the classic, oldest and most famous of the post- season bowl games. The source cannot be named, and there was no comment from the Army. Last year's contest, coming in the midst of huge military preparations on the. West Coast, was moved to Durham, N.C. Oregon State defeated Duke, 20-16. May Be Cancelled This year's game, as is every other civilian activity, is subject to cancel- lation at the Army's discretion. Although tentative preparations for the event have been going on for weeks, the general uncertainty has held back a usual rush of speculation as to who'll oppose who that Friday afternoon. Here are a few things to bear in mind as the chatter along those lines gets under way: 1. The opponent of the Pacific Coast conference champion is ex- tremely apt to be a service team. The Iowa, North Carolina and St. Mary's Pre-Flight Navy training schools are all prospects. So is the up and coming March Field Army Air Base eleven from only 75 miles away. UCLA Leads on Coast 2. The coast representative at the moment is UCLA, unbeaten in con- ference play. Next choice is Wash- ington State, once beaten. 3. Transportation is an important factor. It might cause the selection of a West Coast team-St. Mary's Pre-Flight or March Field-although UCLA lost.to the former, 18-7, in its second game of the season. The Bruins also dropped one to Texas Christian, 7-6. In any event, the West's opponent won't come from any farther away than necessary. 4. Bearing the transportation situ- ation in mind, these are the best col- lege bets at the moment: Georgia, Georgia Tech, Boston College, Penn- sylvania, Texas, Baylor and-last but definitely not least-Tulsa. Harvard has an excellent halfback in Wayne Johnson who does most of the ball carrying and passing. John- son accounted for one of the Crimson touchdowns last week against Prince- ton and helped his teammates to their only win of the season. John Fisher, 187 pound Crimson center, inspires a rather mediocre line with his aggressive play. One of three brothers on the team, John is a capa- ble line "backer-upper" and continu- ally breaks through the opposition's forward wall to bring down the ball carrier. Fisher Has Plenty to Face Of course, whether John will be able to accomplish this feat with men like Merv Pregulman, Al Wistert, and Julie Franks staring him in the face is extremely doubtful. Two of the stronger pillars on the Crimson forward wall are guards"Russ Stannard and George Hibbard. These boys weighing a combined total of 414 pounds, or 207 pounds apiece. They give Harvard a decided weight advantage over the Wolverines. Vainty Wrist Watch Barnes Harvard has four ends, the best of which, Bill Barnes, a fellow who can catch a pass from any angle on the field and make it look easy. If he gets out in the open, Michigan can expect to be scored upon. When Harlow was approached in his quarters yesterday at the Law Club, he was anything but a pessimist. "I never went into a game yet that I didn't think we had a chance of win- ning," he pointed out. "My boys have plenty of spirit and in football that can mean a lot." Strangely enough, Harvard holds a winning average over Michigan but hasn't beaten the Wolverines since 1914. Prior to that time the Crimson won four straight, before Michigan turned the tables and took three games for themselves. In their last meeting the Varsity turned Harvard back by the score of 26-0. Today's game should have much the same result. Day for Reserves If Michigan takes an early lead many of the Varsity reserves should see plenty of action. Among them will probably be Bob Derleth, Vince Secotine, and Bill Baldwin at tackles; Ralph Amstutz and Angelo Trojan at guard; Rudy Smeja, Chuck Kennedy and Cliff Myll at ends; and quarter- back Bob Vernier. Michigan will be seeking its fifth victory of the season having defeated Michigan State, Great Lakes, North- western and Illinois. By BUD LOW Of all the sturdy men that compose the Maize and Blue forward wall, one of the most amazing is probably Bill Pritula. Unpublicized and vastly un- derrated, Bill has proven that he is invaluable to the team. One of the greatest problems that faced Fritz Crisler this year was find- ing someone to fill the right tackle slot. Rube Kelto, who held down this position last season, was voted the most valuable player on the squad by his team- mates, but he and three other tackles were graduated last June. Al "Ox" Wistert -_was the only re- turning tackle and PRITULA so consequently this was the weakest spot on the team. Finding at least one more tackle was Crisler's biggest worry, and by the looks of things his greatest problem has been solved. For two years Pritula has been playing center. Last year he had the misfortune to be playing third string pivot man behind Bob Ingalls and Ted Kennedy. You see above the difficulties that have plagued Bill: first, playing sub- stitute for two great centers, and then, changing positions to take the place of the most valuable man on last year's team. Proof that Pritula has done an ex- ceptionally fine job is shown by the fact that he has played more minutes than any other Wolverine with the exception of "Iron-Man" George Ceit- haml and All-American bound Julius Franks. In six games so far this sea- son Bill has played all but 20 out of a possible playing time of 360 minutes. Further justification of the Detroit junior's prowess is seen by the fact that he replaced Merv Pregulman when the latter was shaken up in the bruising Iowa Naval Cadets game. Bill ably showed that he is just as capable at center, but naturally he is much more valuable as a tackle. No one can deny that the insignifi- cant acorn has become a mighty oak -post. The probable] IARVARD Barnes Derwood Hibbard* J. Fisher Stannard W. Fisher Forte Geothals Richards Wilson Johnson lineups: POS LE LT LG C RG RT RE QB LH RH FB MICHIGAN Sharpe Wistert Kolesar Pregulman Franks Pritula Madar Ceithaml Chappuis White Wiese Crisler's Star eleven Gives Others Hteadachies' Midwest Gridiron Angles Badgers, Hawks Tangle IOWA CITY, Ia., Nov. 6.-(A')- Wisconsin and Iowa both had high hopes of keeping their Big Ten Conference football championship chances alive tonight on the eve of their homecoming battle here to- morrow before more than 30,000 fans. The Badgers will give the Hawks plenty to worry about with the of- fensive trio of the three "H's"-Hos- kins, Harder and Hirsch-and a line that has held two Big Ten opponents to just seven points. Iowa, of course, will present its passing ace, Tommy Farmer, and a ground attack which has been responsible for victories over Indiana and Purdue. * * * Illinois Faces Wildcats EVANSTON, Ill., Nov. 6.-(;)- Northwestern sees a chance of bring- ing a halt to the worst losing streak Coach Lynn Waldorf has ever ex- perienced when it meets Illinois to- morrow in a Big Ten game. The Illini, twice beaten since a skyrocket- ing start of four straight wins, also regard the contest as an opportunity to get back on the victory path. The Wildcats will be cheered to- morrow by the return of Otto Gra- ham, their brilliant junior passer who has been on the sidelines because of a foot injury. * * * Bucks Seek Comeback COLUMBUS, O., Nov. 6.-(R)-Ohio State, knocked from its perch as the nation's No. 1 team by Wisconsin last week, tackles Pittsburgh here tomor- row and Coach Paul Brown said the Bucks were ready to start a comeback against the none too powerful Pan- thers. "It takes a great team to come back after being counted out of one game, but I believe my team this year is that kind of 'outfit," said Brown before Ohio and Pittsburgh tapered off their week's training with brief workouts. * * * Irish Picked over Army NEW YORK, Nov. 6. -(i)- The Army and Notre Dame football teams, which played a scoreless tie a year ago, meet again tomorrow before a sellout crowd of more than 75,000 in Yankee Stadium. And this time the Irish are determined to do something about scoring. Rated one of the best college teams in the country at this stage despite early-season setbacks, Notre Dame has been made a 3-1 favorite by local betting men. After a tie with Wis- consin and a defeat by Georgia Tech, the Irish knocked off Stanford, Iowa Pre-Flight, Illinois and Navy decis- ively. Meanwhile, Army's record was spoiled last week when the Cadets took a 19-0 drubbing from Pennsyl- vania. Army's starting backfield of Art Jarrell, Carl Anderson, Bob Wood and George Troxell is a strong one, how- ever, and the Cadet line is considered one of the best in the East, allowing only two touchdowns before the Penn game. Owen "Dippy" Evans, Notre Dame's star last year, has been lost to the squad because of an injury, but the Irish still have Angelo Bertelli, an exceptional passer who also has be- come adept at ball handling in the "T" formation, and a couple of un- usually able sophomore backs, Cor- win "Corny" Clatt and Bob Living- ston. Wally Ziemba, veteran center who was injured, is back in action again. * * * Sailors Made Favorites LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 6.-')-A couple of football teams which have been considerably less than world beaters in the way of offense will get together here tomorrow as Purdue's Boilermakers clash with the Sailors from the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Both teams showed some signs of an offense last week, however, as Great Lakes thumped Missouri and Purdue was nosed out by Iowa. A crowd of 15,000 was expected to watch this second tilt between grid- iron aggregations representing Pur- due and Great Lakes. During World War I the Sailors drubbed the Boiler- makers, 27 to 0, and they'll be favored again tomorrow against the crippled Boilermakers. Cadets Expect Easy Win LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 6.-(Y')- Lieut.-Col. Bernie Bierman's Iowa Naval Cadet Seahawks were top- By AL STEINMAN When opposing teams meet the Wolverines they've got plenty to worry about! Let's just consider ourselves as the coach of Doodlebury Univer- sity, and we are meeting the Michi- gan team soon. In the first place, we take a quick glance at Fritz Crisler's forward wall, and immediately find ourselyes with a headache. We heard' rumors last' September that the Wolverines would be weak at the ends, but that hardly seems to be the case. Phil Sharpe has certainly done a capable job, and all the experts are raving about Elmer Madar. Strong at Guards Well, maybe we can run our plays through the guards. Did you say Juli- us Franks and Bob Kolesar are both playing for Michigan? How can a team have two guards that are so good. The only man that we can boast about for that position is Percy Glutz and he's not nearly as good as either of those two. Al Wistert and Bill Pritula are list- ed as their first string tackles. Gosh, we better leave them alone so our team won't be too crippled for the rest of its games. That Wistert cer- tainly is terrific. That center they have, I think that his name is Merv Pregulman. He's enough to give any coach a headache by himself. But along with those other fellows-Ohhhhhhh. Reserve Backfield Stars Stop riffling those names at us or we will go crazy. Ton Kuzna,-if onlywe had a halfback like him on 'our team. But they have so many more excellent halves, Paul White, Don Robinson, Bob Chappuis, Frank Wardley, Warren Taap, and Cliff Wise. We'll take any one of them and add a valuable cog: to our team. There are only two positions left, quarterback occupied by George.Ceit- haml, one of the steadiest players on the squad, and fullback with Bob Wiese -the -North Dakota flash backed up by-Don Lund and Don Boor. Two Tough-Defeats.- We might be able to defeat then if we take to the air and wear out their line. The Iowa Seahawks ahd Minne- sota pulled victories out of the fire, but they sure had a tough time doing it. At any rate, we know that any coach who has the Wolverines to think about for a Saturday game is going to have an awful headache. ih dl AFTER THE SHOW ...Try FLAUJTZ 9s a tasty pleasant a On the Corner snack, and a atmosphere 122 WEST WASHINGTON ( .nn , ,it, .lt .. AA,, n y,, 1 ., ,A,, A. 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