Michigan Elevens Dominate 81 of 89 Foes By MARY LU HEATH As Michigan football enters its 66th season, Wolverine fans can point with justifiable pride at the record books, which show an amazing all-time dom- inance over 81 of 89 opponents played by the Michigan elevens. Of the five Wolverine losing rec- ords, four of the opposing squads are favored by the slimmest of margins- one victory to no losses. The other team, Cornell, has beaten the Maize and Blue 11 times, while the Wolver- ines still maintain a respectable total of five wins over the Big Red. Three traditional rivalries show an even record for each side. Michigan Supreme Against Western Conference teams, Michigan has reigned supreme since its first intercollegiate football game in 1879. The keenest Big Ten rival- ries have been between the Maize and Blue and ChicagoeOhio State, and Minnesota. Not even one of these three squads has ever cut the Wolver- ine all-time lead to less than seven games. The teamtwhich comes clos- est is Minnesota, the only close com- petitor with Michigan in the number of Conference titles won. The Go- phers have clinched 13 champion- ships since 1896, while the Wolver- ines have brought 14 back to Ann Arbor. After Michigan eked out its first 7-2 victory over Racine College, it continued intercollegiate competition until 1882, the only year since 1879 when the Wolverines have not fielded a grid squad. The coaches in those days were drawn from the student body, and some of them played on the team as well. Student Coaches From 1891 to 1900, a series of spe- cially hired coaches-Murphy, Bar- bour, McCauley, Ferbert, and Lea- guided the Wolverines to 17 winning and four losing seasons. Beginning with 1892, when as many as ten games a 'year were scheduled, Michigan records became better and better. In 1893, the team moved to a regular playing site on Ferry Field. The Western Conference, mean- while, had been founded Jan. 11, 1895. by the Presidents of the U~i versity of Michigan and six other ori- ginal Big Ten schools. After the three remaining members were admitted, Michigan withdrew from the Confer- ence in 1908, but resumed member- ship in the fall of 1917. Yost Arrives With the acquisition of Fielding H. Yost, among the several greatest American football men, as coach of the 1901 Michigan team, the Wolver- ines began the five most glorious years in the school's athletic history. ,Under Yost, such stars as Willie Hes- ton led the team through four un- beaten seasons, a record which has never been tied or bettered in foot- ball history. Known as the "Point- a-Minute" teams, the "Grand Old Man's" players took four shutouts by over 100 points in three seasons, and four Big Ten titles in a row. As a reward for their endeavors, the team moved to a new stadium in 1906. Until 1927, they played on this northern area of Ferry Field where the cinder track is now laid out. Yost's only losing season up to 1924, uh n ha cirnr nAVnHH+ his duties as athletic director, was in 1919, when the Wolverines lost one more game than they won. Yost Comes Back After one year with Lou Little, pres- ent Columbia mentor, at the helm, the Wolverines found themselves again under the tutelage of Yost, who produced two more Conference cham- pions in 1925 and 1926. Called the successors to the "Point-a-Minute" aggregations, these teams included such stars as Ben Friedman, quarter- back and passer extraordinary, and his receiver, end Bennie Oosterbaan, who made all-American for three straight years and became one of Michigan's eight nine-lettermen. Yost's final retirement to become full-time athletic director came in 1927, when Tad Wieman took over the reins. In this year, the Michigan Stadium was opened. Seating 86,000 fans, it is the largest Stadium in the Conference, and among the largest in the country. Kipke Succeeds Wieman After two years as coach, Wieman ke. Kipke remained at Michigan for nine years until H. O. (Fritz) Crisler, the present mentor, took over as foot- ball coach in 1938. 1940 marked the final retirement of Yost, who had continued to serve brilliantly as athletic director, at the age of 70. The "Grand Old Man," who showed up at the first intra-squad game this summer, as usual, is now 74. Under Crisler, Michigan has con- tinued to turn out topnotch aggrega- tions, including the 1939-40 elevens which were sparked by two-year all- American halfback Tom Harmon. 28 All-American Michigan's all-American list in- cludes 28 names, three of which were mentioned for the squad more than one year. Surprisingly enough, only one man, Willie Heston, was chosen from the original five "Point-a-Mi- nute" elevens. He wasdlisted at a halfback post in 1903 and 1904. The scarcity of Wolverine topnotchers on the earliest expert-picked dream teams is in part due to the superior reputation of Eastern teams and play- HALL OF FAME-The name of Fielding H. Yost, whose 1901 footW ll team smashed Stanford, 49-0, in the first Rose Bowl game ever played, is prominently displayed in the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame at Pasadena, Calif. The victory was one of the high points in Michigan's glorious grid history. L--, e .Um- w en neresigned to concentrate on: was succeeded in 1929 by Harry Kip- I ers in t by HarryKLp-A6rs in t SUPPLEMENTt VOL. LVI, No. 1 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1945 he first big years of the sport. SPOPT S UPPLEMENT Gridders Compile 3-2 Record Thus Far Coaching Staff Hopeful ... Over '45-'46 Prospects Boom Year Forecast for College Athletics; Ex-ServiceInen Expected To Swell Squads Northwestern, MSC, Great Lakes Victims Wolverines Bow to Indiana, Army; Eleven Is Greenest in Crisler's Reign BY-HANK KEISER With the war at an end, 1945-46 holds promise of being the biggest sports' year in quite some time. Re- turning veterans will be on hand to rejuvenate he material-starved col- lege squads, while attendance figures are expected to jump as a result of the sports-minded ex-servicemen's interest. The experts predict that the long- awaited boom year for Western Con- ference athletics is now at hand and, in line with this, Michigan's coaches are already making plans to field FourBig Ten Crowns Taken By Wolverines Three-a-Year Record Preserved in 1944-45 By BILL MULLENDORE Daily Sports Editor Four Western Conference cham- pionships came to Michigan athletic squads during the 1944-45 sports year, thus preserving the Wolverines' rec- ord of having won at least three titles in every year of Conference compe- tition since 1923. Indoor track, baseball, swimming, and tennis were the four squads to turn the trick of leading the field of nine competing Big Ten schools to the finish line. Football, outdoor track, and golf missed by narrow mar- gins. Going into the '44-45 campaign, the various Wolverine squads were confronted with what proved to be an impossible task-the equalling of a record set the previous year when eight of nine possible championships came to rest at Michigan. At no time in Big Ten history had any school displayed such complete over-all sup- eriority, and it just wasn't in the books for lightning to strike twice. Passing over the 1944-45 year in review, we find first the football squad failing in a desperate effort to defend the title won the year previously. The race went right down to the final game with Ohio State, but the Bucks See REVIEW, Page 5 SPORTS teams groomed to capture a large shore of Big Ten honors. Cagers Get Away Early Bill Barclay's cagemen have gotten off to an early start, with a seven- week practice session already behind them. Four 1945 lettermen have turn- ed out in addition to two veterans and four Navy transfer students, all with collegiate varsity basketball experi- ence. Keith Harder, Bill Gregor, John Mullaney and Walt Kell make up the roster of last year's "M" men. Kell and Mullaney were on the starting five, while Harder and Gregor saw considerable action. All in all, it stacks up as a pretty seasoned quar- tet around which to build this seasons crew, according to Coach Barclay. Two Ex-Servicemen The two veterans, both former Michigan stars, are Dave Strack and Harold Westerman. Strack, recently discharged from the Marines, cap- tained the Wolverine squad in '43. Starting at forward, he was the Maize and Blue's second highest scorer and its best defensive ballplayer, and was picked the "most valuable college player in Michigan." Westerman held down a guard assignment on the 1941 quintet, for which he earned a letter. Ray Louthen heads the list of Naval candidates vying for first string as- signments. Louthen played for West- ern Michigan last year and, this spring was ace hurler on the Wolver- ine baseball team. Glenn Selbo, also from Western Michigan, Bill Walton, who hails from DePauw; and Bill Hodge, former Central Michigan cag- er, complete the list. Mann Optimistic Matt Mann, starting his 22nd year as coach of the Wolverine swimming team and shooting for his 18th Con- ference championship had this to say when queried concerning Michi- gan's prospects, "We'll be alright." The loss of freestyler Mert Church, last year's captain and winner of the NCAA award for "Most Valuable Col- lege Swimmer of 1945" will undoubt- edly be felt. However, Chuch Fries, stellar freestyle man; Heini Kessler, holder of the Big Ten breaststroke title; Gordon Pulford, who did double duty as both a freestyler and back- stroker; and Bill Breen, whose spe-, cialty is handling one of the legs in See PROSPECTS, Page 5 OUCH--Ted Kluszewski (with ball), Indiana end, takes pass on Michigan five, after out-maneuvering Wolver- ine defense, and heads goalward during Indiana's 13-7 victory over ;Michigan. The play resulted in the Hoo- siers' first touchdown. SEVEN YEARS AT MICHIGAN Fritz Crisler's Squads Chalk U Winning Records Over Twenty-Two Opponents By MARY LU HEATHj In seven years as head footballt coach at Michigan, H. O. (Fritz) Cris- ler has turned out grid squads which have maintained winning records over 22 teams, broken even with three, and been dominated by only one opponent. Since Crisler came here fromj Princeton in 1938, he has turned out elevens which have been the nemesis of other Western Conference mentors. winning 48 games, losing 11, and tying two. Although Crisler-coached aggregations have won the Big Ten title only once, when the 1943 team tied with Purdup, they have registered a total of 1,420 points to their oppo- nents' 507. Can't Beat Gophers The only losing record of the last seven seasons is with Minnesota, the Wolverines' arch-rival. Although the Gophers beat Michigan during the first five years of the Crisler regime, the Maize and Blue squads have be-1 gun to revive and have kept the Brown Jug in Ann Arbor for the past two years. Not only has Crisler produced top- notch teams, but also great individual stars. His percentage of all-Ameri- cans at Michigan is unusually high, with eight men gaining that honor since 1938. Only 28 Wolverines have w n the award during the Univer- sity's grid history. Harmon Headsr'En Tom Harmon heads the parade of Crisler all-Americans, receiving the nomination in 1939 and 1940, while Ralph Heikkinen, Ed Frutig, Bob Westfall, Al Wistert, Julius Franks, Merv Pregulman, and Bill Daley have also attained top ranking in the nation. Crisler failed to place at least one man on the all-American team in 1944 only. See CRISLER, Page 4 By BILL MULLENDORE Daily Sports Editor Michigan's 1945 football season has reached the halfway mark as this paper goes to press, and the record books show three wins and two losses for the first five games of the most difficult schedule ever handed a Wol- verine eleven. Great Lakes., Michigan State, and Northwestern have fallen to Coach Fritz Crisler's freshman-studded ag- gregation, while Indiana and Army have taken Michigan's measure. The Wolverines will also have met Illinois before this paper is published. The youngest, most inexperienced squad in Crisler's eight-year tenure as Michigan grid coach opened the season against Great Lakes. Six freshmen were in the starting line-up, and a host of other first-year men have been key figures -as the season has gone along. Veterans Help Return of three discharged service- men, all with varsity experience, has swelled the number of older hands, but the squad remains as one of the youngest ever turned out at Michi- gan. Despite the handicap, the Wol- verine showing has been good enough to earn Crisler's praise as "the best freshman bunch I've ever had, in- cluding the crowd that came in with Tom Harmon." Four Coaches Assist Crisler With '45 Team By SY LICHTER Besides head coach H. O. (Fritz) Crisler, four other coaches have had a great deal totdotwith the coaching of the 1945 football team-Earl T. Mar- tineau, Clarence L. Munn, Bennie G. Oosterbaan, and Arthur Valpey. Earl Martineau, who is the back- field coach, came to Michigan in 1938. Martineau transferred from Princton University along with Crisler. He attended the University of Minnesota as an undergraduate, taking All- American honors in 1923 while play- ing the halfback position, and later became head football coach at West- ern College. World War I Hero He served as, backfield coach at Purdue University, and then moved to Princeton where he was Crisler's aide. A Marine veteran of the First World War, Martineau was a brilliant fight- er, winning the Croix de Guerre, the Distinguished Service Cross, Purple Heart, Silver Star, and other cita- tions. Clarence L. (Biggie) Munn has been with the Wolverines for seven years, and has been called one of the best line coaches in the country. Munn was an All-American under Crisler at That is a mouthful of praise com- ing from the usually cauti6us Wol- verine coach, and his youthful char- ges have earned it. The climax of their steadily-improving play came in a 28-7 defeat by Army in which Mich- igan played much better ball than the score indicates against last year's national champions. Great Lakes Trounced Great Lakes was first on the Mich- igan list, and the Sailors were dis- posed of handily, 27-2. A passing combination of Bob Teninga, 17-year old Chicago yearling, to Ed McNeill, another first-year man provided the big punch in this victory, along with Teninga's fine open-field running. Michigan scored first on a Teninga- McNeill aerial, but the Sailors came back strong as Marion Motley, a bruising 200-pound fullback, tore off 55 yards to the Michigan nine. The young Wolverine line held for downs at this point, but a fumble in the end zone gave the Bluejackets a safety for their only score. Indiana, Surprises After that bit of action in the ini- tial moments, the game was pretty much Michigan all the way. Teninga to McNeill produced another touch- down, and the same combination set up a third with Teninga running over from the four. Jim Foltz scored the. final tally on a landward drive. Indiana was the next foe to move into Ann Arbor, and Coach Bo Mc- Millin's "pore little boys" had some surprises in store for the Wolverines, The Hoosiers have a habit of upset- ting the dope against Michigan, and they duplicated last year's surprising 20-0 victory, this time by a 13-7 count. Fake Field Goal The passing of Ben Raimondi and the running of George Taliaferro, sensational Hoosier freshman, opened up a 13-0 first half lead, and Indiana was able to stave off a desperate Michigan second-half comeback. The Wolverines scored once on a thrust See FOOTBALL TEAM, Page 2 FRITZ CRISLER . . . . ey Bill Mul lendor e EVER since the announcement that Michigan was to play both Army and Navy during the 1945 football season was made, people have been asking us, in effect, "What's the big idea?" Just who does Michigan think it is, they want to know, to take on the two best teams in football in the same year? Isn't Michigan jeopardizing its winning reputation by scheduling two games almost certain to be lost? These questions, and many others, are only natural in view of the circumstances surrounding the two contests. It is true that Army and Navy ranked one-two in the national football rankings in 1944. It is equally true that, in all probability, they will repeat the performance again in 1945, although not necessarily in the same order. But future considerations go even farther than that. The two home-and-home ser- ies, it is to be hoped, herald the opening of relations with Army and Navy not only in football but in other sports as well. Michigan has never met Army on the gridiron and has not played Navy for more than 10 years. The rivalry is a "natural" and should be encouraged. The first encouragement was given this year in the scheduling of both schools. The war has been primarily responsible for the upsurge of Army and Navy in foot- ball. Speeded-up programs at both Annapolis and West Point have resulted in the enrollment of top-notch football players in a quantity never before reached at either institution. And Army and Navy have been quick to capitalize on the opportu- U'