r SATURDAY, NOV. G, 1943 THE MICHIGAN DAILY VALE THEE Revised Indiana Plays Here Before Small Crowd Bo McMillan's Tea Made Up Entirely of Civilian Players (Continued from Page 1) still be packing plenty of power. Bob Derleth, a letter winnerrlast year but ineligible for Michigan's first four games this season, will be at Pregulman's old spot in the line. Bob Wiese, who was the Maize and Blue's leading gainer as a fullback in his sophomore year but played quarterback to make way for Daley this year, will start at fullback against the Hoosiers and Jack Wink will start at quarterback. Wally Dreyer will begin the game at right half just as he did against Illinois. Wiese Adds Deception Although Wiese hasn't Daley's power, he will add deception to Michigan's attack via the spinner, one of Coach Fritz Crisler's favorite plays. Wink and the other starting tack- le, Bob Hanzlik, both Marine trans- fers from Wisconsin, have been named the Wolverines acting co- captains for the game at the request of White. Indiana's attack will be built around freshman star Bobby Hoern- schemeyer, the nation's leading ground gainer to date, and one of the best passers in the Big Ten. It was Hoernschemeyer's pass to Pihos that beat Ohio State in the last 30 seconds of last Saturday's game, and so far this season Hunchy has hit his receiver 49 times in 110 attempts. Hoosier Defense Impressive The Hoosiers have piled up an im- pressive defensive record also in win- ning two, tying two, .and losing one so far this season, and that one lossj came when they were edged out by Northwestern, 14-6. McMillan's char- ges have allowed their opponents' Wolverines To Face First Test Against Indiana I Experts Pick Irish over Army Cadets By The Associated Press NEW YORK,'Nov. 5.-There have been nothing but dismal statements from the Notre Dame campus all week and few words of any kind from West Point, but scalpers are asking as much as $40 for a pair of $4.40 tick- ets to tomorrow's football game-and crying because they haven't enough to go around at that price. Despite the frantic fr tting of Frank Leahy, coach of the Notre Daie team, the Irish were rated as 12-14 points better than the Cadets. Notre Dame, with numerous Navy trainees on its roster, won't arrive until about five hours before tomor- row's 2 p.m. kickoff. Army, meanwhile, arrived at the Knollwpod Country Club in West- chester County in time to continue to the Yankee Stadium for a brief limbering up. Coach Earl Blaik in- dicated that Doug Kenna, his ace back out most of the year, would not start but would see plenty of action. With Johnny Lujack installed 'as the Irish quarterback in place of the transferred Angelo Bertelli, Leahy had to revise his backfield Wisconsin Man Co-Captain Today Crippled Penn Team Battles Navy Gridders By The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 5.-Penn's football team, which has been march- ing along nicely using two Kanes' may limp into the Navy game with just one tomorrow. Coach George Munger, seeking to patch the worst-riddled lineup he has faced this season" found him- self leaning heavily on his right half- back Kane, Hurricane Joe, whon he has selected to captain the Red and Blue against the Middies. Joe's team- mate-Frank, no relation--has been idle all week because of a shoulder separation complicated by a cold. He probably will not play tomorrow, with Walt Bubien getting his starting as- signment at right end. Further deepening the gloom around Munger's office was left tac- kle Les Zetty's cold, which may keep him on the sidelines, and force a con- siderable lineup shift. Joe Kane, who until Army stopped him last week was the East's leading scorer, will carry a big share of the Penn offensive load, aided by' the brilliant Bob Odell who came through the bruising game with the Cadets in good shape. An even bigger crowd than the 72,000 which saw Army in anticipat- ed, all seats in Franklin Field having been sold with the SRO sign hanging for three days. The Navy gridders will arrive by train at noon tomorrow. The corps of Midshipmen is due in by boat about the same time to parade through the downtown section to the stadium. Strack Plays for Michigan Again; Cage Season Opens December 4 C Veteran Star of 4243 Season Begins Practice By DAVE LOEWENBERG As Michigan's basketball team looks toward the coming season you can rest assured that the Wolverine coaches are mighty pleased that once again the familiar face of Dave Strack will be in the starting lineup. Dave, a very steady and clever ball handler, waslastbyear voted Michi- gan's most valuable player and was presented with a gold basketball by Station WGN in Chicago. Strack hails from Shortridge High School in Indianapolis where he star- red in football and basketball. In football Davemade all city end and was on the same team with George Kraeger who is now Michigan's first string guard. Strack then turned to basketball in the winter and for two years was the school's outstanding player. In his senior year Dave was chosen first string on the all-state Indiana five, a fitting climax to a brilliant high school career. In ad- dition to these many honors Dave was elected captain of the basketball team in his senior year. In his freshman year at Michigan, Dave decided to concentrate on bas- ketball and won his numerals in that sport. Last year Strack elevated him- self to a starting position on the varsity quintet and was the only sophomore in the starting lineup. Throughout the season Dave's very steady play was a constant source of enjoyment for the Wolverine cage followers and few people will forget that game against Wisconsin when Dave rose to his greatest heights. It was in that memorable encounter that Strack held John Kotz, Wiscon- sin's great star to a mere seven points, the lowest that Kotz had pre- viously scored in a conference game. When asked to comment about v { Cagers To Open Season Against Unknown Team By BUD LOW The Wolverine cagers will open the 1943-44 season on Saturday night, Dec. 4, at the Yost Field House with an undisclosed team. Coach Bennie Oosterbaan said that final arrangements would be com- pleted within several days and that the Maize and Blue opponent would be announced at that time. The Michigan basketball team will travel to Romulus two nights later to play the Romulus Air Base cage squad. The only other team that has been definitely scheduled is Western Mich- igan who will come here Dec. 18, while the Wolverines will complete the home-and-home series by going to Kalamazoo New 'Year's Eve. Since the Conference schedule has not been fully arranged at the present time, no ngn-Conference games can be scheduled after the first of the year until Major John Griffith and his aides finish drawing up the Big Ten calendar. In an effort to play as many serv- ice teams as possible, Oosterbaan is also trying to book a contest with the star-studded Great Lakes out- fit during the second or third week in December. The Varsity cagers will have to keep their non-Conference road games down to a minimum, however, because of the Navy restric- tion regarding the number of hours a trainee can be away from the unit. Central Michigan and Grosse 1le undoubtedly will be included on the Wolverine schedule for next month, but as yet nothing definite has been decided. this year's squad, Strack was pretty enthusiastic over the team's chances for a successful season. Bob Hanzlik, who wears the same number, 77, as the famous Red Grange wore is a first string tackle on the Wolverine squad. He and Jack Wink, both former Wisconsin stars, are co-captains today. ! Pitcher Is Inducted Taking It Easy ... By EASY I TODAY'S LINEUP MICHIGAN Pos. Rudy Smeja LE Bob Hanzlik LT John Gallagher LG Fred Negus C George Kraeger RG Bob Derleth RT Henry Olsh'nski RE Jack Wink QB Elroy Hirsch LHI Walt Dryer RH Bob Wiese FB INDIANA' Frank Hoppe Joe Kemipf J. C. Coffee John Tavener Frank' Ciolli Jesse McCune Pete Pihos John Cannady Hoernschemeyer Don Mangold Jim Allerdice an average of only 132 yards gain per game, the best record in the Big Ten. They are also third in offensive power in the Conference. , The Wolverines, on the other hand, are tops in the latter field, but third defensively, having allowed their previous foes approximately 139 yards per tilt. They also have the best punting record of any team in the league, with Wiese and Elroy Hirsch averaging well over 43 yards on each boot. Other Games Shut-Outs If the game lives up to the record of earlier battles between these two squads, the loser willsbe shut out. Michigan won the first five games in 1900, '01, '02, '03, and '25 by over- whelming scores, but Indiana scored its first victory of the series in 1928 when it edged out the Wolverines, 6-0. Michigan came back to triumph 22-0 in 1931 and 7-0 in both 1932 and 1935. Thus nine games of the rivalry -went by before both teams scored in the same game, and the Hoosiers were victors in that, the last previous encounter, 14-3 in 1938. Jim Allerdice, Indiana's starting fullback, is the nephew of Dave Al- " IMAGINE that I am the luckiest individual in the world . ." These opening words of a column written by Tom Harmon for The Daily three years ago expressed the Gary Ghost's philosophy of success better than any others ever printed. It was on Nov. 7, 1941 that Harmon took time out from football and classes, to write a column for Don Wirtchafter, Daily sports editor. There was no hint in the air of United States participation in World War II at the time, nor was there any reason to believe that Harmon would be in the headlines twice on the same count., Michigan gridders were going through their last practice for Harmon's final game with Minnesota when he came out with his bit of philosophy. Let us quote Tom's own words . "I think that I should tell you a few of the reasons why I am the chosen son of the chosen son. Let us look into the past a few scant years ago. "The time is the fall of 1937 and a rawboned freshman is looking on as the Varsity prepares for the opening game with Michigan State. Suddenly a man taps this freshman on the shoulder and says, 'Tom, I want you to meet three boys who will be playing with you the next three years." The voice was that of the fireball of Michigan's freshman coach, Wally Weber. The names of Paul Kromer, Howard Mehaffey and Jack Meyer were spieled off in usual Weber fashion. "There were four of us starting together and all hoping for success. We had great things planned after we beat the Varsity the first time we met, and with 'Evy' there it seemed that the day would not be far off when we would be wearing gold footballs, emblematic of Conference champion- ship. ". ..Our first season was well on its way and we were still undefeated when tragedy struck the first of our group of four. It happened in the Yale game and "The Jeep" (Mehaffey) was on the receiving end .. . "Good old kind-hearted 'Mac,' the fightin'est heart that ever wore the Maize and Blue. He played out the season and never played again. We dropped only one game and that was because I had fumbled at Minnesota. "We tied Northwestern in the history-making goal line stand and then came our traditional rivals, Ohio State. We lined up for the kick-off and as I looked down the line I saw the 'Keg,' good ole Jack (Meyer), his face filled with anxiety as he knew that in the Buckeye stadium the Meyer family and all of his Ohio friends were watching. The ball boomed down the field and Jack was racing to make the first tackle.< As he shifted to make the tackle his knee buckled and was shot. "This accident was the second of the bad breaks to the group of four. If Meyer had been at Illinois on the fatal day to give 'Iron Evy' (Evashevski) relief we might not have lost. This ended our sophomore year and the careers of Mehaffey and Meyer ... "Then came our junior year. The first game against Michigan State proved to be the third strike against the 'fatal four.' Paul Kromer was re- turning a punt when a terrific tackle snapped his knee. We battled on through the season and in the Illinois game 'Evy' cracked his ankle . . . Two years had passed and still 'no gold footballs. "Now comes the senior year . . . So far we have been undefeated . . . For three years I have been lucky enough never to get hurt. For three years I have been lucky enough to wear the Maize and Blue of Michigan. For three years I have been lucky enough to play football with the greatest gang in the world ... Look at that summary and you will see why Thomas D. Har- mon is the luckiest guy in the world today ..." When Tom called that freshman quartet "the fatal four" he certainly was not thinking or dreaming that his "break" might come in a game much bigger than football. Kromer, Meyer and Mehaffey are still around, but Tom is lost somewhere in China. It seems prophetic, but we can't help feeling that "the luckiest individual in the world" has run out his string. - Learn CAMDEN, N.J., Nov. 5.--GP)-Ed- gar Smith, 29, Chicago White Sox baseball pitcher, was inducted into the Army yesterday with a contin- gent from Burlington County Draft Board No. 4. He will report for active duty at Fort Dix on Nov. 24. Tryouts for anyone, including coeds, interested in writing on The Daily sports staff will be held at 4 p.m. Monday at the sports desk of the Michigan Daily. 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