PAGE sIx THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1946 _ _ _ _ __Y_ 4, Wolverines Lose Tying Chance in Final Seconds U psets Mark Fourth Week Of Grid Wars Indiana Whips Illi; Texas Has Trouble By HAROLD CLAASSEN NEW YORK, Oct. 12-Many a col- lege football team discovered that not all is moleskin and muscle on the 'gridiron today-the 454th anniver- sary of Columbus' discovery of Amer- ica. Illinois, the team that was to have been one of the Midwest's greatest, discovered a second Tartar in Indi- ana and bowed, 14 to 7, behind the pitching of Ben Raimondi, the boy from Brooklyn. Oklahoma discovered Texas wasn't near as tough as expected, the Long- horns winning by a single touchdown, 20 to 13, just two weeks after the Sooners had been setback by Army, 21 to 7. Texas was expected to win by at least four touchdowns. Other discoveries of the day includ- ed the evidence that Columbia has a ALL-AMERICAN: Davis Finally Proves Right To Greatness By CLARK BAKER M'-Army Sidelights By DES HOWARTH Capacity CrowdWatchesArmy Take Lead Twice; White, Chappuis to Yerges CountforJlichigan's 13 I Madar Sparks 'M' Defense as Line Turns In Stellar Play; Wiese's Punts Average 45 Yards Welcoming newspapermen to Army's emptied dressing room after the game Coach Red Blaik grinned and commented slyly, "I guess you won't be minimizing Davis' ability, now, will you!~" All of which will probably start the old argument up again as to whether Davis makes Blanchard or whether Blanchard makes Davis. Personally, we thought Davis could run in anybody's backfield anytime. For Blanchard, Blaik also had praise. "In the second half he began to look like the Blanchard of old. You know he hasn't had a strenuous workout since the Villanova game." Asked about injuries Blaik said that 6I Big Nine Standings Michigan........ Northwestern .... Indiana .......... Illinois ........... Ohio State ........ Wisconsin ........ Iowa............ Minnesota ........ Purdue ........... W 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 L 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 Pct. 1.000 1.000 .750 .500 .500 .500 .500 .000 .000 satisfactor' line to supplement its horde of backs and the Lions dumped Yale, 28 to 20, and the fact that Ore- gon State's returned veterans of the 1942 Rose Bowl squad still can play football. They spilled Southern Cali- fornia, 6 to 0. Indiana's victory over Illinois wasn't the only surprise of the Big Nine, Wisconsin unleashing a last half attack to down Ohio State, 20 to 7 and Northwestern continuing Min- nosota's string of logp defeats that started a year ago, 14 to 7. Purdue was humiliated by Notre Dame, 49 to 6, but Iowa came up with a 21 to 7 decision over Nebraska. It was a great day for a football game. With the air crisp, the sky partially cloudy, and two of the na- tion's top teams with undefeated records the contending factions, the setting was perfect. What had been billed as the top contest of the day may easily prove to be the top game of the year. Festivities began at 1 p.m. when the members of the Cadets' senior class, 300 strong, took the field. From then on until Arnold Tucker intercepted Don Robinson's last- second pass there was never a dull moment. * * * * By the time the West Pointers be- gan their marching the vast stadium was three-fourths filled. By game time there wasn't a vacant seat to be seen as the capacity crowd of 85,938 paid admissions packed every nook and cranny. There were many others sitting in the aisles and even perched on the scoreboard supports. The sea of coats and blankets as seen from the press box presented a sharp contrast to the two previous weeks when white shirts were pre- dominant. Two early non-paying arrivals were a pair of helicopters which circled the field several times be- fore kick-oc, probably the first two to view a Michigan game from such a vantage point. *- * .* There were at least three All-Am- erican candidates playing yesterday and a host more almost equally as good. Glen Davis was the individual offensive star of the game, and Doc Blanchard, although he didn't see much action, wasn't far behind. Michigan fans who saw the publi- cized pair for the first time needed no further convincing of the two's All-American claims. Elmer Madar, one of the famed "Oak Posts" of Michigan's 1942 line, played the greatest game of his career and stamped himself as the leading contender for national honors at end. Twice injured and taken out of the line-up, the scrap- py Detroiter refused to quit. He played in the Army backfield all afternoon and was in there right 'up to the finish. Between halves the Wolverines' marching band put on a special tri- bute to "the late Fielding H. Yost, former athletic director. The band spelled out his name and thenformed a large stairway, each stair repre- senting a unit in the Michigan ath- letic plant which Yost was respon- sible for building. As the stairs were climbed, the band played "Stairway to the Stars." Only Michigan injury was Jack Weisenburger, who subered a pos- sible broken jaw. Hurt in the lrst half and apparently dazed, the Wolverine fullback didn't want to be taken out. The rest of the team came through without any serious injuries. Coach Fritz Crisler said after the game that he thought this year's Army squad was even better than the one which defeated the Maize and Blue in New York last year. "Our boys played their hearts out. No doubt about it, it was their best game of the year." Earl Blaik, Army coach, was eq- ually warm in praise of the Wol- verines. "We had to play football all the time to keep in the game. Michigan was a much improved team over the one we beat last year," he commented. Despite the loss, the Wolverines were given an excellent chance of bringing home the Big Nine title af- ter yesterday's performance. ground and tossed seven straight completed passes for another 159 yards. Bad Punt Sets Up Drive Michigan sent the partisan crowd into hysterics by driving 41 yards for the first score after Davis' bad punt had gone out of bounds on the Army 41 after traveling only three yands. Bob Chappuis, playing ano- ther great game, brought the crowd to its feet momentarily by tossing a long pass which Paul Whie couldn't handle on the Army 8. But that didn't phase the Wolver- ines. White, on his favorite reverse play, slid off the Army right tackle for nine yards and Chappuis chipped in with four more around right end to give the Wolverines a first down Army 28. Bob Weise found a little hole at center and made two yards, Chappuis passed to Madar down the middle for seven and Weise bucked to the Army 17 for another first down. Wolverines Get First Score Chappuis got only one yard at the line but White circled left end behind nice blocking to carry the ball to the Army 8. Chappuis was stopped at the line and Michigan was penal- ized five yards making it fourth and six for the Wolverines. Chappuis then faded and flipped a short aer- ial to Yerges who gathered in the ball on the Army 8 and scampered down the far sideline for a touch- down. Jim Brieske came in and added the extra point. Army was temporarily checked af- ter the kick-off and forced to punt. Michigan couldn't gain, either, and Weise quick-kicked to Davis on the Army 19. Elwyn Rowan hit center for five yards and then Tuckier moved around right end for 19 yards to Army 43 to set the stage for Davis' 57-yard gallop and the tying mark- er. Jack Ray booted the extra point and it was 7-7. Cadets Hold Michigan The Kaydets then proceeded to bottle Michigan up deep in its own territory for the remainder of the half with only Weise's long- spiral- ing punts keeping the Cadets away from paydirt. With time running out, Army cane into possession of the ball on its own 33. Davis immediately, fired a long pass to Doc Blanchard who made a spectacular catch on the Michigan 23. For a minute it looked as if the (Continued from Page 1) Wolverines might escape without be- ing scored on again when Art Ren- ner broke through to toss Davis back on the Michigan 39 and the Cadets were set back another five yards for taking too many time outs. Tucker got some of the yardage back pass- ing to Davis on the Michigan 31 but it was fourth down for Army. Davis Looses Long One Davis then faded and let loose a long pass which substitute Bob Fol- som gathered in all alone over the goal line for the second Army score. Ray missed the extra point attempt and a few seconds later the first half ended with Army holding a 13-7 bulge. It looked like a new Michigan team that started the second half. Taking off on their own 17 after the kick- off the Wolverines powered 83 yards on 14 plays to tie the score again. White made two at center and Weise was stopped. Chappuis then took a lateral from Yerges and made it a Wolverine first down on their own 30. Madar lost Chappuis' low pass on the 45 but then Lenny Ford behind beautiful faking in the Wolverine backfield took the ball on the end around and moved 18 yards to the Michigan 48. Ford nearly lost the ball when he tossed a wild lateral on the end of his run but Chappuis cov- ered the loose ball and Michigan was still on the go. Weise found a huge hole off left tackle and made it another first down on the Army 41. Weise carried again but was halted for a one-yard gain. Chappuis took command, flip- ping a pass to Madar for 17 yards and then cutting off right tackle for another seven yards to the Army 16. Weise was stopped at center for a yard but Chappuis found Yerges un- covered and tossed the little quarter- back a pass on the Army 8 for ano- ther first down. White Scores on Reverse White made four yards off left tackle on a reverse play but Chap- puis was stopped back on the Army 6 for a two-yard loss. With third down Yerges called on White to try his reverse play again. White found no hole at left tackle so he turned around and, fending off an Army de- fender with a straight arm, swept around the left end for a touchdown. Brieske's attempted conversion was blocked and the score remained tied at 13-13. An aroused Army team then marched 54 yards to the Michigan 13 before losing the ball on downs. Michigan cduldn't move far and Weise hoisted a beautiful punt to Davis on the Army 15. Davis re- turned the ball to the Army 24 and Army was off to the races. Davis completed a pass to Blanchard on the Army 49 for a first down. Rowan made three yards and "Davis then took a lateral from Tucker and moved to the Michigan 42. Blan- chard sped around left end for nine yards and a first down on the Wol- verine 3%. Trapped But Gets Away Davis was trapped in his own backfield but managed to step his way for five yards to the 28. The Kaydet halfback made only two yards on two more plays but heaved a short pass to Hank Foldberg for another first down on the Michigan 18. Davis made three more yards off left tackle and then shoveled a pass to Blanchard who was pulled down on the Wolverine 7 for still another first down. , Blanchard then powered over left p rtnt 10 a I T -t \ EE5 \. HE MOTOR- lakes your Bike a Here's dependable, door-to-door transportation for everyone. A new Whizzer motor (easily in- stalled on any balloon-tired bike) will carry you wherever you want to go. 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