F #iDAY, CIOV PMl 19, 1945 THE MICTIET.AN IIAILV . a OA sa i {.s .L'H. i \ yl 1'6 1 L 1 ........ .,, ,..,.w. . Student Body Gives Gri ers Spirited Junior Varsity Seeks Victory In Hillsdale Tilt Tomorrow Michigan's Junior Varsity will wind up it's 1945 grid campaign tomorrow when the Maize and Blue journey to Hillsdale for a game with the fast- stepping Dales. Although, as Coach Art Valpey stresses, the Junior Varsity squad's Seven Harriers In Practice Run At East Lansing With the, opening of the official track season almost three months away, Coach Ken Doherty is con- tenting himself with conditioning and looking over the prospects among the 80-odd men who have reported for the team. Approximately 40 of the 80 hope- fuls are interesting themselves in cross-country running to get them- selves in shape for the indoor season to come. As a matter of training Doherty has scheduled a practice run for seven of the team in East Lan- sing today against a team from Mich- igan State. The seven thinclads so far chosen for the trip are Charlie Birdsall, Con- ference two-mile champ and third in the National Collegiates last season; two Navy transfers from M.I.T., Bob Zaworski and Charles Low; Bob Thompson, outstanding sophomore; Herb Barton, a freshman from Schurz High School in Chicago; and Lou and Charles Nail. FOOTBALL FORM A 100% Veteran Organization Star Staff of Top Notch Writers Stan Lomax......Radio Announcer Louis Effrat.......New York Times Ned Brown ....N-E A Boxing Expert Leonard Lewin....... Daily Mirror Chester L. Smith. ..Pittsburgh Press M. M. Ross ................ Editor Lou Burton ...... Journal American Pictures of all the Star Players Feattiring FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, BOXING, SOCCER games are played more for experience gained than for scores. The boys are nevertheless hoping for a victory which would give the team a winning percentage for the season. So far the Jayvees have won one and lost one game. Meeting Alma College early in October, the Jayvees easily triumphed 25-13. However, this month the Ohio State reserves reversed the order, and Michigan's junior team was handed a 39-20 defeat. Jayvees Gain Experience The Junior Varsity is organized every year in order that everyone who desires to play football at Michigan can have the chance. Then too those who are not quite ready for the Var- sity gain valuable experience on the Jayvee squad and very often move up to the frst team the following year. Hank Fonde, one of Michigan's star backs this season was formerly a member of the Jayvees. Potential Varsity regulars include backs Tom Imfield, Clare Hewens, and Joe Ferri, and tackle Jim Petty. Ferri, whose home is Springfield, Mass., sparked the Jayvees in the Alma game as he scored all four touchdowns. Against the Buckeye reserves, how- ever, he saw little action, being in- jured in the first six minutes of play. Petty is a transfer from Central Mich- igan College. Cage Victory Pleases Coach "I was pretty much satisfied with the team's showing yesterday," an- swered Bill Barclay, Wolverine bas- ketball mentor, when queried con- cerning the sagers' 65-37 run-away win over Romulus Air Base. "Naturally, the boys were a little nervous in theif first competitive tilt of the season and, as was to be ex- pected, froze up a bit. But confidence and smoothness will come with time, and a little more experience working together as a team."~ However, Barclay pointed out that the squad still needed a healthy amount of defensive practice. "The men are a bit rusty and uncertain in their guarding technique. We plan to drill particularly on these phases of play. Michigan is scheduled to open its official season next week when it travels to Mt. Pleasant to take on Central Michigan's crew. Barclay hopes to take twelve men on the trip and expects to start five of the fol- lowing seven hoopsters: Glenn Selbo, Dave Strack, Bob Harrison, and Bill Walton, forwards; Walt Kell and John Mullaney, guards; and Marty* Feinberg, center. Four Michigan Backs Among Top Rushers Team's Defense Still Ranks First in Big Ten Dan Dworsky, bruising 212-pound Michigan quarterback, zoomed to sec- ond place in the Western Conference individual rushing statistics this week with 89 yards in 14 carries for a 6.4 average. Dworsky is topped only by Mel Groomes, Indiana halfback, who has piled up 145 yards in 21 tries, giving him a 6.5 average. Other Michigan men in the sta- tistical elite include Henry Fonde, whose 5.2 average is good for sixth place, Pete Elliott, in ninth place with an even 5, and Jack Weisenburger, whose 4.8 average is good for tenth place. Robinson Finished for Season Don Robinson, who began and end- ed his 1945 career last Saturday by throwing two completed passes, one for a touchdown, is tied for the lead in, the pass completion department. His 1,000 average is secure, since he will see no more action this season be- cause of an injury. Halfback Wally Teninga has caught four passes, good for 60 yards, and is in tenth position in the receiving department. Among the punters, Weisenburger is in third place in the Conference with an average of 37.3 yards on 15 kicks. Michigan Top Defensive Squad As a team, the Wolverines clung to their top-ranking position among the Big Ten's defensive teams. In four Conference games, they have held their opponents to an average of 189 yards total offense. Offensively, Michigan jumped two notches to a third-place tie with' Min- nesota with an average output of 303 yards per game. Ohio State and Purdue, Michigan's next two Confer- ence foes, rank one-two in offense. SPORTS NEWS + VIEWS + COMMENT By BILL MIULLENDORE, Sports Editor WE WERE considerably heartened by what we saw-and heard-at the sendoff for the Michigan travelling squad last night. But we were far from completely satisfied. Where there were' approximately 500 persons out, including a liberal sprinkling of the local high school gentry and not a few townspeople, there should have been nearer 5,000 students alone. We realize that service personnel could not attend. We realize also that the train left during the dinner hour, making it a little inconvenient for those who might have attended. At the same time, we have little sympathy for such persons as would not stand a little inconvenience on such an occasion. Still and all, the crowd was not as large as it should have been. Every single person on campus must have known about the rally, if not through the pages of The Daily, through the many signs and posters prominently displayed over the campus. It is to this larger group that could have attended, and did not attend, that these words are addressed. Football is a part of college life, not the most important part, granted, but a part nonetheless. It is a part not only for the 40 men or so that make up the varsity squad, but is, or should be,a part for every single stu- dent. IN SOME ways, it is the responsibility of a student attending any college or university to' support his football team. For, without student sup- port, both now and after graduation, football as an American institution would quickly collapse. And if the time comes when such basic institutions do collapse, this nation as we know it will collapse also. Five hundred out of an enrollment of more than 10,000 is not a very large percentage-something less than five per cent. We don't imagine that the men who will take the field against Navy Saturday would be very happy to know that less than five per cent of the student body spon- soring them cared enough to see them off on the train. To the five per cent who did turn out, our sincere thanks and ap- preciation added to the thanks and appreciation of coaches and players. Every last one of you showed a wonderful spirit of co-operatioi. It is too bad that spirit could not have been more infectious. We could not help thinking as we milled at the station amidst the loyal students who shouted and sang themselves hoarse that here was something we had not seen before in four years of college life. Then it occurred to us. This was college life. Those loyal 500 had temporarily shed the air of an institution to take on the true spirit of college. May that spirit continue to revive. tontingent o 6Leaves TO Play Middies in East Coaches Include Crippled Ponsetto, Two Extra Quarterbacks in Team Traveling List Buoyed by a spiriteA sendoff tend- ered by approximately 500 students and the University band, a 36-man Michigan football squad left for Bal- timore yesterday where they will take the field Saturday against an unde- feated Navy eleven. Included in the Wolverine contin- gent was Team Capt. Joe Ponsetto, making the trip even though an in- jury will prevent his getting dressed for the game. Coaches voted to take the crippled field general along in recognition of his valuable leader- ship earlier in the season. Harbaugh and Erickson Make Trip Also included were Jack Harbaugh and Bill Erickson, both quarterbacks and both ex-members of the Central The Daily will provide coverage on the Michigan-Navy football game Saturday direet from Balti- more Stadium. See Sunday's Daily for all details. Michigan College squad that was transferred here almost en masse for the fall semester. Harbaugh and Erickson provide in- surance against possible injuries to the shaky Wolverine quarterbacking department. Howard Yerges, it was announced today, will call signals on offense, even though his injured ankle is still weak. Dan Dworsky will back up the line ,for him. Otherwise, the personnel of the travelling squad contained no sur- prises as it prepared for the import- ant intersectional clash. Game Has No Effect in Big Ten Despite the fact that the outcome of the game canrhave no effect on the red-hot Western Conference race, WI LCOX's RIDING STABLE Horses for hire and boarded. English or western saddles. "FROM US TO EWE" Michigan Yell-Leaders Bring 'Canned' Chow To Baltimore % GROUP or PRIVATE RIDING LESSONS li describe as "improvisation in the tumbling room." The efforts of each man are un- rewarded, except in the privilege of keeping his sweater if lie has put in a full season of cheering. This ap- proximates the varsity system of awarding letters, and has served as a real incentive. But it has unfortu- nately upped the cost for replacing equipment! Dance Aids Navy Trip The squad is financed by the ath- letic department, which allots it a sum designed to cover every routine expense, including trips. This year, that sum has been supplemented by the Union Student Office, which has paid for the printing of student yell sheets and the public address system at the pep rallies. Money for the Baltimore trip was earned through a dance sponsored by the cheerleaders on the eve of the Minnesota game. Of the six men on the squad, three have had cheerleading experience be- fore the current season. Bill Mac- Gowan, an NROTC trainee, has been in the Michigan corps for two years, and captains the group, while Chrys Chrys, another Navy man, has cheer- ed at DePauw, and Wade Cagle, a Marine dischargee, has seen service at the University of Tennessee. Three New Members Inexperienced members of the squad this year include another Ma- rine dischargee and two second semester freshmen, who have enlarg- ed the squad from its last year's low membership of four. In order to join the squad, a can- didate must satisfy certain previ- ously-set standards of form, posture, pep, and skill in learning techniques. This summer, around 12 tryouts worked with the squad, and the best of the crop were picked for perma- nent berths. Although MacGowan as captain usually leads the cheers, every man is trained in the practices to lead every yell. The squad can thus separate during games to lead cheers simul- taneously in different sections of the stands. A rm y-Navy Games May Circuit States WASHINGTON, Nov. 8-P)-Sec- retary of War Patterson today gave impetus to a recent proposal in the Senate that future Army-Navy foot- ball games be played in various parts of the country. The service game customarily is held in the East. This year it is scheduled for Philadelphia, Dec. 1. Senator Langer (R.-N.D.) recently offered a resolution that the game be played in each of the 48 states on an alphabetical basis, starting in Ala- bama next year, with no admission charged. Since then other members of Con- gress have said privately that Lang- er's plan may not be practicable be- cause some states do not have sta- diums large enough. HAYRIDES, a courtesy car Located at Fairgrounds, Ann Arbor- Phone 2-6040 <4 k Jit! daily 7:30-10:00 P. M. except Sunday Saturday & Sunday afternoons 2:30-5.00 P. M. Ref K!ii I . 11 vvIe mpiiuri II 'w