SPO'RTS SUPPLEMENT it. It SPORTS SUPPLEMENT I ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1942 Outstanding Wolveren Linemen.. I Michigan, Spartans Clash Saturday AL WISTERT . star tackle All Males T 0 Enroll InPEM 'Every Man On Campus' Is Slogan Of Physical Education Department Doherty To Head Instructors Group By BART JENKS 'Every man on campus' is the new) slogan of the Physical Education Dept. with the recent adoption of a new ruling requiring all male stu- dents to enroll in PEM as a prerequi- site for graduation. Thus the physical conditioning program which last summer had an enrollment of 1800 men registered under the Selective Service Act of 1940 has been expanded to include an expected male enrollment of nearly 6,000. No Exemptions Like last semester's program, at- tendance will be required three times a week for periods of one and one half hours with no exemtions but those students out for varsity and freshman sports. All freshmen must register for PEM before going out for any sport. That the results of this summer's work in PEM were satisfactory are shown in statistics compiled from comparisons of tests given at the be- ginning and the end of the course. For example, the average improve- ment in the number of pushups was 32%, in chinnings 38%, and time on the 440 yd. run, 26%. There were even small improvements in the time for the 60 yd. dash (7.1%), in the verti- cal jump (6.3%), and in the strength. of grip, (3%). Comparative Times One of the most striking examples of what PEM did this summer is shown in the comparative times of a group of 50 who were tested in the mile at the beginning of the term and those of all PEM students for the mile plus the tough obstacle course at the end of the term. Incredible as it seems, the latter group cut an aver- age of one minute and 30 seconds from the average time of the first group, despite the added obstacle. Further research showed that thos& students rated as slender at the be- ginning of the term gained an aver- age of 2% pounds during the term and that those in the heavy group lost 5% pounds. PEM Grads O. K. For Army The results on the tests indicated that on the whle the University compared favorably with other uni- versities in the country and that the objective of the program, toughening men for the hard Army life, was achieved. If any graduate of the PEM course just concluded were to go into the Army now he would find himself far ahead of the average man enter- ing the Army. The importance of this is easily seen if one considers that these college graduates are the best officer material in the Army and con- sequently must be physically strong enough to lead their men in the field. A program similar to that of this summer is being drafted for the com- ing semester by a committee com- Continued On Page 5, Col. 1 Bruising Blocker Will Lead Wolverines MERV PREGULMAN ace center For two years the Wolverines' dependable signal-chIler, deadly blocker and sturdy line-backer, big George Ceithaml will climax his football career this fall by leading Michigan's gridiron warriors in the toughest schedule in their history. Ceithaml was a 60-minute man last season and Coach Fritz Crisler is banking on him to play a main role in the Maize and Blue destinies again this year. Criser Stresses Conditioning As Aim Of Wartime Athletics The University of Michigan is conducting its athletic and physical training programs this year entirely in the interests of our nation's war effort. Complete emphasis is on the physical development of students so that when they are called to arms they will be better fitted to per- form the duties ahead of them and thus be of even greater service to their country. Our job is to toughen bodies and develop a flaming competitive spirit in young men who from childhood have been taught the virtues of peace while our enemies have schooled their youth solely in an atti- tude of the nobility of war. At Michigan an intensive physical condi- tioning program in which thousands of students are required to devote four and one-half hours under trained leaders each week to hardening activities has been placed in operation as a means of accomplishing this purpose. Competitive athletics long have been recognized as an excellent training and proving ground for our fighting men and today more men than ever are benefiting from such activity. As Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point General Douglas Mac- Arthur declared, "On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds which, in other years on other fields will bear the fruits of victory." No greater tribute to the value of competitive athletics has ever been paid. No sport is more important in a competitive program than football. Not only does it require its participants to be in the best of physical condition, but it also enables our colleges and universities to carry out their expanded war-time physical training programs for all students as much of the cost of these programs will be defrayed by football re- ceipts. Thus, while our gridiron remain "fields of friendly strife," they will permit the sowing this year of added seeds of victory among men destined to triumph in history's greatest conflict. H. 0. CRISLER Director of Athletics New Ticket Sale Planned For Students Ducats To .Be Distributed According To Class For Football Tilts Michigan students will finally be assured of good seats for footbal games this fall. The reason is that for the first time the tickets will be dis- 'tributed with the idea of satisfying the students first, and their friends afterwards. In the past, each student was per- mitted to buy three tickets adjacent to his own for his friends. Since du- cats are distributed according to class, the seniors would go down and buy themselves three tickets and by the time lower classmen got around to their share, they found themselves hovering around the end zones. Mich- igan was the only school in the entire Big Ten that used such a system, and the students did not like the arrange- ment at all. New Distribution Under the new plan, tickets will be distributed according to class, and students will still be permitted to purchase three additional tickets, but they will not be adjacent to the ticket from the student coupon book. The reason for the change can be explained by the conduct of the stu- dents before the Minnesota and Ohio State game. Everyone wanted three tickets, and it was apparent that the tickets were not all for friends. Most of you can no doubt recall' very easily the mixups that the ticket situation for those games caused. Another change in favor of the stu- dents is the adding of a whole sec- tion of seats along the forty yard line. Last year, the students were giv- en only a block in this vicinity which neversgot beyond a few fortunate seniors. All the changes have been made possible by various campus groups which acted through George Ceithaml and Norman Call, student members of the Board in Control of Intercol- legiate Athletics. The proposal was unanimously accepted by the board, and the entire plan reads as follows: 1-"All students be permitted to purchase at the regular price three additional tickets. 2-These additional tickets shall not be alloted adjacent to the ticket received in exchange for the student coupon. 3-That the student tickets be al- loted in the West stand, starting near the forty yard line and continuing north toward the end of the field. 4-That student tickets be alloted in order of class preference, and that where two or more students of dif- ferent classes desire adjacent seats, that the tickets be allotted in order of the lowest class. 5-A student desiring to purchase enly one additional ticket and wishes to have this ticket adjacent to his student ticket, will be alloted the tickets at the end of the student sec- tion." Michigan. October Michigan. October Michigan. October Michigan, October nesota. October gan. " i Green And White M entor To Start SophsInLineup Loss Of Arena At Center Is Bachman's Biggest Problem; Backs Also Create Question Mark In Game With Varsity 3-Michigan State at 10-Iowa Cadets at 17-Northwestern at 24-Michigan at Min- 31-Illinois at Michi- November 7-Harvard at Mich- igan. November Notre Dame. November Ohio State. November 14-Michigan at 21-Michigan at 28-Iowa at Michi- By JACK FLAGLER It looks like the sophomores will have their day when grid Coach Charley Bachman brings his Michi- gan State College team down to Ann Arbor to meet the Wolverines this Saturday. The Spartans have only nine men back of those who saw ac- tion against Michigan last year, and only one of that crew was in action the majority of the time, Dick Man- grum, a tackle who played for 47 minutes. Outside of Mangrum, Bach- man. hasn't another man that can be called a full fledged veteran. The biggest loss from last year's outfit is pivotman Tony Arena, one of the outstanding centers of the Midwest. Arena saw so much action last year that no other center pros- pects were able to get any experience. Howard Beyer, a junior from Mus- MICHIGAN SCHEDULE 1942 September 26-Great Lakes at gan. I kegon, is first in line for the job on a total playing time basis, but he will be closely pressed by sophomores Ernest Keckinen and Austin Miller, and another junior, Bill Munroe. Conner Looks Good Of all the sophomore white hot hopes, none blazes more fiercely at present than one Alger Conner, weight 220, who has the Spartan grid experts agog with his work at left tackle. Advance reports have it that Conner is as fast as the ends and the best man on the squad on defense. Conner's rise is somewhat of a suc- cess story. The husky kid has had to struggle through two summer schools to become eligible to give his all for the Green and White, but the wait hasn't hurt his size and skill any, evidently. The other tackle post seems to be pretty well covered by the lone vet- eran, Dick Mangrum, but outside of these two the men are greener than their game uniforms. Bachman has '{arry Huber and Robert Thomas, two second year men from Detroit to back up Conner, but their worth is still in the question mark stage. End Situation Healthier The end situation is a little more healthy. T'hree lettermen are return- ing for flank duty,. Bob McNeill of Tucson, Ariz., Roy Fraleigh of Detroit, and Glenn Deibert of Pontiac. A plethora of sophomores is ready to press these boys for their jobs; Ken Balge, Vincent Mroz, Bernard Ros- kopp, and Fenwick Crane. While Bachman has plenty of work on his .hands to develop the other linemen, his biggest gray hair pro- ducer will probably be the guard spot. Advance notices give mention of only two probable candidates for the start- ing game. One is the versatile lad from Grand Rapids South High School, Lou Brand, who showed a lot of promise last year at quarterback, but who was switched to guard in the spring. Brand will very likely stay at the guard post what with the short- age and all this season. The other probable starter is Don LeClair. who got in six whole minutes against Michigan last fall. But this leaves much too much to be desired for Coach Charley who has his hands full with all kinds of other problems this year. Inexperienced Backfield Those problems include figuring out the best form of attack which an energetic but not too experienced backfield should use behind a heavy but also green forward wall. Bach- man has plenty of heady timber to call the plays once the offensive is decided on. Three lettermen are scrapping for the starting quarter- back role, with the edge going to Bill Milliken, former Senn High ace in Chicago. Milliken will get plenty of pressure from Duane Fulman of Flint and Glenn Johnson of Grosse Ile, both juniors. The aforementioned all- around Lou Brand can be used at this spot too if injury or tornado does one of these three signal callers in. The halfback posts don't make like the still waters/either, in fact, after the first two men, there is a wide open field for a conglomerate bunch of sophomores to make their name on, but so far they haven't been ring. ing the bell with any degree of noise. The two probable starters are Walt Pawlowski and Dick Kieppe. Kieppe saw only seven minutes' service against the Wolverines last year, while Pawlowski hasn't got much more to offer than stout heart and promise. Weak At Full That brings us down to the full- back position and we look around almost in vain for some likely line- buster. The same situation occurs here as at the halfback posts . .. a crew of unknowns trying hard to reach the top and with not too much success, with the one notable excep- tion of Jimmy Ripmaster, a sopho- more, who according to latest dis- patches from the Spartan front is wreaking havoc, as they say, on the reserve lines in scrimmage. Need we say more about State's chances for the year. The nicest thing to do, in r 6spect to the vener- able mentor, Charley Bachman, is to call the outfit a question mark with lots of latent promise. Michigan To Get Assistant Trainer Coach Lyle Bennett, athletic di- rector of Hastings High School, who resigned this summer to take a posi- tion on the physical education staff of the University, will be assistant trainer for the Michigan athlet'ic teams. Coach Bennett was assistant coach THE BENCHCOMBER ..by Bud Hendel V JULIUS FRANKS .. one stellar guard * * * AND SO another football season comes to Ann Arbor-a season that promises to be a far cry from any within the memory of any student, grad or undergrad, on the Michigan campus. It will be a season packed with thrills, loaded with excite- ment, roaring cheers and silent tension. It will have its wild moments of exultation that come with victory, and possibly, its gloomy ones of despair that go hand in hand with defeat. But, in any case, it will be different. IN THE FIRST PLACE, the crowds won't be the same. They'll still cheer and they'll still groan, but not as much as they have heretofore. They'll still pour into the mammoth Stadium atop the hill, and come gulping forth out of the in- numerable exits some two hours later. They'll rush and stam- pede the same as ever, but there won't be as many people in largest bowl in the Midwest-seating 85,000- will likely play to no more than 50,00(f fans at any one home game this year. STILL ANOTHER REASON for the difference between this season and others is the schedule. The Wolverines play ten games this season, seven at home and three away. Add to that the calibre of the ten opponents and you have one of the toughest, if not the Toughest, schedule of any big-time grid aggregation in the nation. Every one of the Maize and Blue foes will present a major array of talent, packed to the hilt with power, speed and strategy. Take a look at what Coach Fritz Crisler and his gridders are up against. You saw Great Lakes in the season opener here last Saturday-not a very easy opener-not the breather that most schools card for their curtain-raisers. This Satur- day Michigan State will move into town, followed in succes- sion by the Iowa Naval Cadets, who need no introduction if closely you'll notice there isn't one open date, not one breath- ing spell, not one really soft touch. BUT THERE IS ONE RESPECT where this football season won't be any different than any other. That's in the quality and quantity of the Michigan spirit, that same Michi- gan spirit that has been lauded since the first days of Fielding H. Yost. This Michigan team isn't deep in reserve material, it isn't too heavy-but it's fast and it's full of fighting strength. Come what may, you can be sure that the eleven men on the gridiron in the Maize and Blue uniforms will be, employing every available ounce of energy and every drop of effort to give you, and Michigan, victory. At its helm are two great leaders, Coach Fritz Crisler and Captain George Ceithaml. Crisler needs no introduction. His ability has never been questioned. His leadership leaves no doubt. He is one of the best coaches in the land, and one of the outstanding sportsmen connected with athletics. rpi'a~*,mvl +Mnrisw A.fnilia. fiirto +il allv~r~lTini- fenl- .............::'.....