1044 --THEICIHTGAN - DAILY Hilkene Elected Captain; Lund Voted Most Valuable] Player Varsity Squad Honors Duo atFootbailBanquel Former Wolverines, Wakefield, Westfall, Greene, Are Guest Speakers of 31 Lettermen takig the toun4 By HANK MANTHO Daily Sports Editor By HANK MANTHO Daily Sports Editor As a fitting climax to a successful Wolverine football season, this year's 31 letter winners chose Don Lund as the "Most Valuable Player" on the squad and named Bruce Hilkene, sophomore end, as their captain for the 1945 season last night at their annual banquet. Lund prepped in Detroit, and after subbing for Captain Bob Wiese for three years, moved into a starting role the last four Michigan tilts this season, when the veteran Wiese was moved to an advanced Navy training base. Lund started the season by alternating at the fullback and cen- ter posts until Wiese was shipped out, then stepped into the starting line-up, serving as co-captain with quartefback Joe Ponsetto of Flint for the four remaining games. Lund's Third Football Award This was Lund's third letter in football, and inasmuch as the vet-- eran athlete has won two letters each in basketball and baseball, it is very likely that he will go down in the record books as one of the few nine lettermen in Michigan history, still having another year of eligibility in both of the latter-named sports. On the other hand, Hilkene won his first major letter as a Michigan athlete and he is one of the few sophomores ever to be honored with the captaincy of a Wolverine ath- letic team. Before entering Michigan as a Navy trainee, Hilkene gained valuable experience at Indianapolis Shortridge High School and he proved to be one of the mainstays of Michigan's vaunted line this year. Football Banquet Held After these selections were made,' a dinner banquet was held honoring this year's Wolverine gridders, and the various high school teams of Washtenaw County were introduced, as well as some of the former Michi- gan athletes. Dick Wakefield, star outfielder of the Detroit Tigers, one of the greatest baseball players ever to don a Michigan uniform, presided as the toastmaster, introducing Bob Westfall and Johnny Greene, former Wolverine gridders, who are now main cogs in the Detroit Lions' roster. Coach H. O. "Fritz" °Crisler, Wol- verine mentor, served as the main speaker of the day, and he lauded this year's squad, which won eight out of their scheduled ten encoun- ters, as "one of the greatest teams that I have ever been associated with," and he hit a high point when he stated that "I have never seen a more gallant fight by any football team than that shown on the field at Columbus last Saturday by this team.'' Bobby Jenkins Navy Casualty' ANNAPOLIS, Md., Nov. 28.-(P)- Bobby Jenkins, Navy's leading ground gaining back, was declared "out" of the Army game today be- cause of an infected foot and hopes of the Middies to tuck away their sixth straight win over the Cadets Saturday took a severe setback. Commander Oscar E. Hagberg, Navy head coach, announced that the former Alabama star who was a big gun in the Sailors' triumph over Army last year, would be sidelined. / By HANK MANTHO A GAME and valiant crew of football players from Michigan lost a deci- sion to Ohio State in Columbus Saturday, 18-14, in one of the most heartbreaking and interesting games seen in the Mid-West in many a year. When the Wolverines entered this contest, they were definitely the underdogs, as the scribes who picked them could be counted on one hand. Bo McMillan, Indiana coach, and Buddy Young, star halfback from Illinois, both stated that the Buckeyes were the better team by 15 points, and the even money betters were giving seven points to any Michigan rooters. The Bucks definitely had the edge on football material and when the Wolverine team arrived in town, a very confident attitude prevailed on the part of the Ohio State gridders, as well as the fans. As the game got underway, Ohio State began playing as if they were going to roll up their markers in easy fashion. After they had scored their initial tally, the stubborn Wolverines held them, and when Ralph Chubb of the Maize and Blue intercepted one of Les Horvath's passes, which was converted into a Wolverine touchdown 22 seconds before halftime to put Michigan in the lead, 7-6, the Buck- eyes began to realize that they were in a ball game. After several bad breaks had given the Ohioans the chance to score their second touchdown, the Wolverines made a gallant stand and held them for three downs on the two-yard line before Horvath finally scored for the Buckeyes. BUT THE MICHIGAN squad could not be defeated that easily, and they bounced back to score on an 83 yard drive, which was culminated by Michigan halfback, Bill Culligan's dash into pay dirt from the one-inch line to give the Wolverines a 14-12 lead. However, the Buckeyes scooped up a bad kickoff on their own 49 in the last quarter and 14 plays later they countered with the game winning touchdown, two minutes before the final whistle. Even this didn't dis- courage Michigan, and they tried desperately to score again, but their last bid for victory was thwarted when Dick Flanegan of Ohio State inter- cepted a pass. The few remaining seconds that the Buckeyes had the ball showed a host of Wolverine defenders swarm the ball carrier with vicious tackles which demonstrated that Michigan didn't intend to quit until the allotted time had run out on them. - It was for this reason that the Ohio State fans, who are rabid haters of Michigan teams, didn't hurl insults and greet the Buckeye victory with their usual gusto-for these fans didn't know where to center their ap- plause-on a game and truly great Michigan team, or to the victorious Ohio State squad. HENCE, WHEN THE dejected Michigan team began to trod off the field, rooters for both teams had nothing but praise for the excellent show- ing the Wolverines had made. This in itself was as great a tribute as could be made to any team. The Michigan squad put their hearts and souls in this game and gave all they had. This team had enough bad breaks to pause an experi- enced team to crack, but they wouldn't give up and always came back for more. It was a hard game to lose and the Wolverine players, crying their hearts out in the locker room after the game, would offer no excuses- they had none to offer, because they had fought to the last second and had given a superlative performance. Dale Stafford, Sport Editor of the Detroit Free Press, stated in his column the day before, that "a magnificent Ohio State eleven would defeat Michigan next Saturday, and the Saturday after," implying that Ohio State was a much better ball club. How lie could arrive at such a conclusion after the brilliant showing Michigan made is beyond my power of comprehension. Then too, Michigan had quite a few injured men in the line-up; Gene Derricotte was hurt at the beginning of the game, while tackle Clem Bauman had a sprained ankle, and quarterback Joe Ponsetto limped throughout the whole game. Neither was it known that end Bruce Hilkene was taken ill the night before the game, and was so weak that he could hardly walk at game time. Cross Country Turkey Run Won by Blues Bob Hume Places First; 43 Race for Gobbler By BILL LAMBERT Walt Fairservis' "Blue" squad, sponsored by the Pi Beta Phi soror- ity, ran off with first place in the intra-squad cross-country run, and assured themselves of a 30-pound turkey dinner at the sorority house this week. While Bob Hume, last year's cap- tain, was the individual winner in the comparatively fast time of 18:32, the Blue team placed enough win- ners to cinch top honors. Ross Wil- lard finished second behind Hume, Dick Barnard, varsity half-miler was third, and Charles Birdsall finished fourth. Fairservis finished sixth, and the other five members of his squad who will join in the feast are; Birdsall, Lewis Hallasey, George Barton, Kelly, and Nielsen. Bob Hume, the individual winner of the race, his brother Ross, this year's captain who was unable to run yesterday, and Hal Flet- cher, the team manager, will also be invited. Barnard's team, sponsored by the Delta Gamma, came in second, Hu- me's, who was backed by Kappa Alpha Theta, third, and Willard's running for Gamma Phi Beta, fourth. The three and a half mile jaunt began with a 660 on the Ferry Field track, continued on across the field itself, out over the golf course, and' then back to the track finishing up with one and a half laps before breasting the tape. The run was witnessed by an enthusiastic crowd, mostly made up of the various soror- ity groups, who were rooting for their individual teams. This turkey run which is a new twist in track training is only one of the scheduled cross-country runs, and intra-squad meets which are on Coach Ken Doherty's con- ditioning program. The team has been working out for six or seven weeks already, and with a large number of candidates, it is very probable that the other Conference schools are aware that the Wolver- ines are really gunning to defend the indoor and outdoor titles which they won last year. Time trials are on the docket for this Saturday, Dec. 2. Football Players Report CARROLL GLENN, Ill AMERICAN VIOLINIST Choral Union Series Tues., Dec. 5 8:30 P.M. BOSTON SYMPHONY Monday, Dec. 11, 8:30 P.M. MESSA Sunday, Dec. 17, 3:00 P.M. Tickets at University Musical Society Burton Memorial Tower 1% I CARROLL GLENN l ' ' t r ' , , , r -. JI /f ,. i, S.,.,. 6 ' F ,, :Y® 4 I VAS" ,r 8 /1 , 11 'I r I I- '4 2 Sometimes J the Crowd Gets f Pretty Thick i . ONCE in a while you may hear the Long Distance { "panralu ir__nv'Please, limit von cnll in 5 minutes." I I I I