7VESDAY, OCTOBER , MC, THE MICHIGAN DAILY FACE TRRU 1~UF~SnAY, OCTOI~ER ~2, 1946 PAGE TTfflEE Will It Be Roses. By STAN SAUERHAFT This week may well see the final decision rendered by the Western Conference in the battle of cloistered tradition vs. the multifarious lures of postseason football, as the votes of the athletic directors of the constituent universities reach the hands of Kenneth L. Wilson, Big Nine director of athletics. In 1943 a similar balloting was held when Ohio State University was invited to participate in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena after complet- ing a gridiron campaign with an unsullied record. The Buckeyes ex- pressed ther desire to accept and brought .the issue up before the Con- ference, but tradition prevailed and Ohio State was forced to decline the bid. This year the same outmoded arguments are being offered in support of the ban which has been in effect since 1921. One of the foremost of these is that the Rose Bowl is an outside promotion and not under collegiate supervision. For several years now, however, the annual affair has been controlled by the Pacific Coast Conference. The Conference designates its representative, which then invites an opponent. Another point stressed by those who seek to hold the line on the postseason interdiction is that the Pasadena, Tournament of Roses Committee still takes a share of the gate receipts as rental for the stadium in which the game is played. But the Big Nine should hve no objection to that division of receipts, for the Western Conference is one of the organizers and an annual participant in the National Col- legiate Athletic Association basketball championship, yet only once have the finals in that tournament been held in a college field house. Indeed, for the past several years the N.C.A.A. championship has been held in New York's Madison Square Garden, the scene of some of the most disgraceful gambling scandals in recent years, with the latter taking a substantial percentage of the total receipts. Also, it should be noted that the University of Illinois, which has declared its policy against the Rose Bowl, has moved several of its home football games in the past to the Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, where a high rental was paid. The old faculty contention that a postseason football game is detri- mental to the educational interests of the players does not take into con- sideration the fact that the Rose Bowl game is played during the Christmas holidays and that no actual classtime is lost. Probably the most nearly valid argument favoring the traditional Big Nine policy is that a postseason football game would extend the season unreasonably long. A member of the University of Michigan coaching staff has stated that a game that late in the year would require an additional five or six weeks of hard workouts and regular daily practice sessions. But exception to thisstatement may be taken on two counts. First of all, only two extra weeks would be necessitated, for, under the proposed agree- ment btween the Western and Pacific Coast Confrences, postseason practice would be limited. But, even more important, if the Western Conference is so interested in protecting its athletes for their schoolwork, it should look into the matter of pre-season practice which, in many universites, often runs longer than the full football season itself. Finally, under the newly-proposed Rose Bowl agreement between the Western and the Pacific Coast Conference no Big Nine champion would be compelled to play and no one school could monopolize the game because competition would be limited to once every three years and the net gate receipts would be divided among all Big Nine mem- bers. This last clause appears to be the clincher, for it is our guess that the factor that will ultimately swing the decision over to Rose Bowl ap- proval is that handy little item that has so much incluence-the Al- mighty Dollar. Leahy Considers Irish Gridmen Potentially As Good As '43 Club Speaking at Quarierback In ), Notre DaiVe Mentor Says Break-Away Ru-nner Needed To Round Out Aggregation By The Associated Press CHICAGO, Oct. 21-Coach Frank Leahy rated his present Notre Dame eleven "potentially" as strong as his 1943 Irish, mythical National Cham- Bob bitts COMPLETE?-Paul White (16) goes into the air with Northwestern's Don Burson (21) and Frank Aschenbrenner (22) for Gene Derricotte's long first-period pass. Motion pictures show that White dropped the ball but the officials ruled the pass complete on the Wildcat 16. 'ACE' TRUMPS ARMY: Madar Offsets Light Weight With Stout Heart andCourage By BEV BUSSEY The furious battle against still un- conquered Army proved conclusively that Elmer "Ace" Madar is one of the most vastly underrated ends in the Western Conference. A mere lightweight as compared with the beef and brawn that great linemen are supposed to boast, Ma- dar drove his 170 frame like a hu- man dynamo in stopping the thrusts of Blanchard and Davis. What he lacked in size, he more than made up with a fighting heart. Dispute Over Eligibility Since his return Irom service, Ma- dar has tried diligently to round into the same dependable form which placed him at one of the flanks of the Seven Oak Posts line of 1942. Hampered by a leg injury at the out- set, Elmer spent numerous hours. with Trainer Ray Roberts getting into shape so that he might play his last season of varsity competition be- fore graduating from the Phys. Ed. school in February. There was some dispute before practice sessions got under way whether or not Madar had completed his three years in varsity competi- tion. In 1940 he reported to Coach Crisler for backfield duty, having spent his freshman year as a half- back under the tutelage of Wally Weber, and his Northeastern High School days as a wingback. Was Quarterback in 1941 The initial tilt that season took STUDENT & OFFICE SUPPLIES TYPEWRITERS Bought, Sold, Rented, Repaired 0. D. MORRILL 314 S. State St. Phone 7177 Tom Harmon and the rest of the. Wolverines to the University of Cali- fornia battle grounds at Berkeley, but Madar was injured after a few min- utes of play and was sidelined for the remainder of the schedule. During the 1941 campaign he earned his first major letter as a quarterback, al- though a troublesome shoulder and George Ceithaml saw to it that Ma- dar didn't overwork himself. Because of his speed, "Ace" was converted to an end in 1942. As the smallest "Oak Post," he battled con- scientiously through a rugged pro- gram of 60 minute games alongside of Julius Franks, Bob Kolesar, and Merv Pregulman. Pound for pound he outplayed all of his opponents, while half of the time only sheer guts kept him going against fresh reserves. Like.the rest of the Wolverine grid- ders, this friendly, dark-haired end seems determined to bring the Big Nine title to Michigan this year. By BOB LENT Saturday's shuffle of the Big Nine standings by the master gridiron dealer -King Upset - brought on a deluge of articles stating and com- plaining how easy it will be for Mich- igan to win the title by the simple process of playing more games. What these so-called sports critics overlooked is the new system of crowning the Western Conference champ now in effect, which may keep' the Wolverines out of the throne room. Based on the theory that a tie is a half win and half loss, the system determines the title-holder on a percentage basis. This means that in a field that was virtually narrowed to four teams last weekend, there, are numerous and sundry possibilities: (1) Should Michigan. lose one of its remaining games while the Iowa Hawkeyes are winning the rest of theirs, Iowa would cop the title with an .833percentage compared to .7J85 for the Maize and Blue. (2) Should Illinois finish the rest of its schedule unbeaten, it would take the crown outright. (3) Should Northwestern win its remaining three for three and the Wolverines take three for four, the Wildcats would walk off with a clear championship. All of which serves to debunk the idea that Michigan is in the Big Nine driver's seat and can still afford to lose a game. Such press clippings give athletes the overconfident com- plex King Upset thrives on. Keep A-Head Of Your Hair Let Us S(yle Your Hair! 8 Barbers - No Waiting THE DASCOLA BARBERS Between State and Michigan Theatres pions, but at the same time gloom- ily predicted a standoff battle with Iowa Saturday at Iowa City. Leahy told the Herald-American Quarterback Club he scouted Iowa's surprising 13-0 win over Indiana at Bloomington Saturday and thought, the unbeaten Irish and once-defeat- ed Hawkeyes would battle to a 14- 13 or 21-20 affair which might g> either way." Team Play Below '43 Caliber In spirit and material, Leahy said, his current club with successive wins over Illinois, Pittsburgh and Purdue was on a par with the 1943 Irish who won nine straight before a resound- ing upset by Great Lakes. He emphasized, however, that Notre Dame's "team play" is con- siderably below that of the 1943 club and the Irish now lack a break-away runner of Creighton Miller's caliber. Hawkeyes Bigger Than Bears Leahy reported that Iowa's line, man-for-man, was larger than the Chicago Bears and that the Hawk- eyes, whose only setback in five starts was a 14-7 loss to Michigan, CHAPTER had "one of the greatest fullbacks the season" in 6-foot, 4-inch, 220- pound Dick Hoerner. Comparing Johnny Lujack with Angelo Bertelli, who was succeeded at quarterback by Lujack midway in the 1943 season, Leahy rated Bertel- li the superior passer, but said his present signal-caller was a better field general and much stronger de- fensively. Zuppke Praises Stagg Leahy declined to speculate on Notre Dame's Nov. 9 meeting with Army at New York, but commented that the Cadets can be beaten only by a team which can score more than three touchdowns against them. Bob Zuppke, former Illinois coach and now advisory coach to the Chi- cago Bears, lauded A. A. Stagg, his old coaching rival at the University of Chicago who brings his College of Pacific team, here to meet North- western Saturday, as an imortal western Saturday, as an immortal football figure "whose name lives long after his teams' scores are for- gotten." I CHRISTMAS CARDS Need I To O e rdered Now at BURR, PATTERSON & AULIP CO. 1209 South University Ruth Ann Oakes, Mgr. Sport Shorts I NEW YORK, Oct. 21 -( ) - Charges of "company unionism and interference" filed by the American Baseball Guild against the three New York Major League clubs-Yankees, Dodgers and Giants-came to light today at an informal hearing at the New' York State Labor Relations Board. The Rev. William J. Kelley, chair- man of the Board, who announced the hearing, said the charges were filed Sept. 17 by Robert Murphy, Boston attorney and organizer of the guild. Gus Fan's postwar rush to the turnstiles has made the 1946 edition of the Wolverines a cinch to be the most viewed in Western Conference history. With 290,238 patrons al- recorded, the Maize and Blue need only to draw 88,089 in their four re- maining games to crack the home schedule record. With the Minnesota and Ohio State shindigs away already sold out, these same four games need only average 29,000 per to break the exist- ing season mark of 544,567 set by Ohio State last year. Read and Use The Daily Classified Directory Teninga, Wahl, Chiames Continue at Camp Lee The Camp Lee, Virginia, Travellers have put together a football team this year with the help of three let- termen from last year's Michigan grid squad. The boys who traded their maize and blue for army olive drab since last season are Walt Teninga, flashy freshman halfback; Al Wahl, one of the team's better tackles, and George Chiames, second-string fullback. UNWANTED RAIR Permanently Removed! Short wave method-Faster, Painless Phone 6373 First National Bldg. A YOU SAW 'EM IN ESQUIRE ' s: ... . ... PUT YOUR FOOT In IT and your Trampeze will "carry on" from there! 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