THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1946 THE MICHIGAN DAILY 'PAGE TH~iE Rally To Spur Michigan Against Gophers Today 'M' Club Urges Students To Meet on Union Steps By ARCHIE PARSONS Michigan's chances to blast the Gophers of Minnesota back into their holes Saturday will jump 100% to- morrow-if the students of this cam- pus .turn out en masse to the special pep rally called by the "M" Club for 4:45 today in front of the Michigan Union. Bill Courtright, president of the club, stated at the organization's emergency meeting last night that "it's up to the students to carry their share of the load this Saturday-and we begin Thursday afternoon. I ex- pect every dormitory, house, fra- ternity, sorority, and trailer on this campus-Lkeven the faculty-to have a large share of their members down there to see this team off to Minne- sota." Team Takes The 5:26 The team boards the 5:26 train to- day, and the students will leave the Union about 4:50, march down State St. to the station, where they will give the team a send-off equalling anything this University has yet to witness. There will be a speaker. And what a speaker! His name will remain a secret until today at the rally, but he is a well-known campus "character." He will appear in front of the Union in a specially designed chariot, the 1946 "Wolverine," and will be intro- duced by Bob Grandy, popular cam- pus master of ceremonies. Game Must Be Won There will be songs, music, cheers, and cheerleaders-and there must be students, students, and more stu- dents. "Appointments, dinners, And dates must be forgotten for one-half an hour today," declared Courtright. "This is the game that must be won, and it will be-if Michigan is behind the team." Michigan must win all of its re- maining games to bring home the Big Nine Championship. What we, as students, do to help them down at that station today could well be a de- ciding factor. Don't forget, the time is 4:45 this afternoon. The place is in front of the Michigan Union, down State St., and at the station. The rest is up to us. l l ' Dles SEz IoOGophers May Pull Upset i. 'Little Brown Jug' at Stake By DES HOWARTH, Associate Sports Editor ....To many, Saturday's game with the Golden Gophers of Minnesota is regarded as a push-over for the Maize and Blue. Despite their poor record, however, Bernie Bierman's boys are not only very capable, but are very apt to upset the dope sheets. Past records mean nothing when the two clash, for the battle for the "Little Brown Jug" takes precedence over all else. Minnesota, thrice defeated in the Big Nine, will still have a successful season if they can defeat Crisler's crew. Michigan and Minnesota have been waging football warfare since 1892, but the "Jug" was not introduced until 1903. That year Michigan journeyed to Minneapolis and was held to a tie. The Gophers, victory poor in Wol- verines contests for many years, decided to steal the "Jug" as a token of their moral victory. Not untilrthe Maize and Blue eleven reached homedid they discover their loss. The Northmen replied to Michigan's demand that the "Jug" be returned by challenging te Wolverines to win it back. Thus was born the "Little Brown Jug." Michigan did secure pos- session of the crockery the following year, and they only lost it once while Fielding H. Yost was at the helm. That was in 1919 when "Hur- ry-Up's" boys were pasted, 34-7. Since Yost's departure' from coaching the series has been pretty even. One of the roughest games ever played between the two schools-or any others for that matter-took place in 1910. Only 22 men took part in the contest with no spectators present. Both teams took a terrific beating, but the Wolverines emerged triumphant 6-0. In 1926 Michigan had beaten the Gophers once, 20-0, and was on the way to a Big Ten title. Still when these two powerhouses met in the sec- ond contest played at Minneapolis the Wolverines were the underdogs. For three periods Minnesota pushed the Ann Arbor lads around and had bruised their way to a 6-0 lead. That was the situation when the two Ben- nies collaborated for a Michigan victory. Oosterbaan scoped up a fumble and ran 60 yards for a score. Friedman converted, and the team returned home tied for the conference title, having triumphed, 7-6. The following year Minnesota was on the short end of the odds. Michigan led 7-0 at the half, but the Northerners pushed over two touchdowns to win in the closing minutes. After a lapse of a year Michi- gan returned the compliment by again upsetting the Gophers 7-6. The Maize and Blue won by the close scores of 7-0, 6-0, and 3-0 in the three succeeding years. It was in 1932 that Harry Newman booted a 32 yard field goal on Min- nesota stadium's frozen turf in the final seconds of the first half for the game's only score. Michigan was acclaimed National Champion and re- peated the next year, although the Gophers held them to a scoreless tie. After that Minnesota has had things very much their own way until the war. Starting in 1934 when they took over the throne as Na- tional Champs the Gophers ran up a string of nine straight victories over the Maize and Blue. Even the combination of Fritz Crisler and Tom Harmon was unable to stop the Norsemen. For four years Bernie Bierman's elevens trampled the Wolverines. Then with Crisler as the new coach it looked as though things were due for a change. Crisler's first team at Michigan came within six minutes of beating the Gophers. However, that extra point which has so often provided the margin of victory in these contests, was again the deciding factor. Minne- sota marched to a touchdown, kicked the point and won 7-6. With George Franck running wild the Biermen added a"20-7 victory in '39. Once again Minnesota won, 7-6, in '40 as Bruce Smith slithered 80 yards for a touchdown in the last play of the first half for a Gophers touchdown. Twice mare the Wolverines were defeated before finally overcoming the Bierman jinx. Crisler's efforts were finally rewarded in 1943 when a power- ful Maize and Blue eleven, bolstered by Army and Navy trainees including ex-Minnesotan Bill Daley, trounced the Gophers, 49-6. Michigan won hand- ily 28-13 two years ago, and last year scored three times in the final period to win, 26-0. THEY GOT THE BIRD: Varsity 'Green' Team Wins Cross-Country Turkey Run By JACK MARTINI Thirty-six Wolverine gri dders board a west-bound train at 5:26 p.m. this afternoon to make the long jaunt to Minneapolis for their first game on a foreign field this season, the traditional Brown Jug battle with the Golden Gophers of Minne- sota. Both elevens will be endeavoring to hit the come-back trail. After last week's loss to Illinois, Michigan vital- ly needs a victory Saturday to en- able them to stay in the thick of the scrambled tussle for the Big Nine crown. The Gophers have yet to tastentriumph overa Conference foe this year. Three Conference Losses Indiana, Northwestern and Ohio State have in turn taken measure of the tarnished Gophers, the Buckeyes slapping a humiliating 39-9 rout on them last Saturday. But in a Min- nesota-Michigan encounter the form book goes out the window. It is questionable whether the Wol- verines will be at full strength for the clash. Coach Fritz Crisler has sent his squad through a series of bruising scrimmages this week to overcome the rough spots shown in the Illinois game, and minor aches may assume larger proportions come Saturday. Minnesota Homecoming Another factor pointing toward a rough week-end for the Wolverines is a Minnesota homecoming. The week-end when the old grads come flocking back and spirit runs high is a time when a football coach and his team tend to shoot for the stars. Re- ports from Gopherland trickling back to Ann Arbor are a little dis- quieting. They say that Bernie Bier- man, the old master of block-busting gridiron aggregations, has been pointing to Saturday afternoon's ses- sion with Michigan all through the season. This is nothing new, however, since the battle for the Little Jug has been a high point of every year for both Minnesota and Michigan for decades. Minnesota is especially geared for a victory this year because they haven't won since 1942, so it's a foregone .onclusion that the Gophers have Jug deep down in their hole of grid- iron tricks to throw everything they have at the. invading Wolverines. Gopher Offense Powerful And what they have to throw causes Fritz Crisler no little worry. That 39-9 pasting handed them by Ohio last week may be most misleading. A look at the post-game statistic sheet reveals that Minnesota's ground at- tack was every bit as powerful as the victorious Bucks'. Both hit rushing totals of around 270 yards. Four of Ohio State's six touchdowns camne as a direct result of lucky breaks. Three times the Buckeyes in- tercepted Minnesota passes deep in Gopher territory and turned them into immediate scores, and on the other occasion Ohio recovered a fum- ble on Minnesota's eight-yard line and scored a moment later. That means that the Bucks achieved only two touchdowns under the power of their own sustained drives, which in- dicates a much closer game than the 39-9 final score. All in all, Michigan has no push- over this week-end. Wolverines Depart for 'Little Brown Jug-'Battle Crisler To Take 36 Gridders on First Road Game; Faunce, Harry Elliott Lead Gophers Spartans Silent On Grid Game With Michigan No official word had been received from Michigan State College as to the scheduling of the Spartan foot- ball team on the Maize and Blue's only open date, Sept. 27, on the 1947 card, Wolverine athletic officials in- dicated yesterday. "The date extended to the Stat- ers as the only one available on the Wolverines' 1947 schedule is known to be unattractive at East Lansing, and it may be turned down," George S. Alderton, Sports Editor of the Lansing State Journal, said yester- day. Failure on the part of MSC to schedule Michigan next year would interrupt one of the state's longest gridiron rivalries. The first Michi- gan-Michigan. State game was play- ed in 1858, and the series has not been interrupted since 1910 except for the two war years-1943 and 1944-when the Spartans did not have a formal eleven. STUDENT & OFFICE SUPPLIES TYPEWRITERS Bought, Sold, Rented, Repaired O. D. MORRILL 314 S. State St. Phone 7177 PHOTOGRAPHS You are away at school . . . the folks at home want a really good picture. Dey Portraits, known from coast to coast are priced very reasonably. Photographer State St. Dial 5031 332 So 11 i. VETERANS' ORGANIZATION PRESENTS BLACK CAT BALL FRANK TINKER'S BAND FRIDAY, 9:00-12:00 P.M. * UNION $1.50 per Couple - Discount for V.O. Members INFORMAL Tickets on sale at Union, League, Book Stores 1 1 :00 A.M. through 1 :00 P.M. Thursday and Friday on the Diagonal With a 26-pound turkey for in- spiration, the Varsity "Green" team, cheered on by their sponsors, Alpha Omicron Pi sorority, scored a low of 85 points yesterday to lead varsity and intra-mural harriers in a two- mile handicap cross-country run. Paced by George Chute, who led the pack to the tape, the Green team scored Tom Laity in third place, O. W. Smith in ninth spot, Bob Ulrich in 34th position and John Morrison as 38th. Sharing individual honors with Chute were Les Recht of the Whites, who took the runner-up points; Laity, who snatched third place from Rittallick of Kappa Sigma; Mary Pappendick of the Blacks in fifth position; Firth of Phi Sigma Delta sixth; and Dave Williams seventh. Medals were awarded for the first five places. Although Williams, starting from scratch, wound up in seventh place he toured the two-mile course in 9:59, which track Coach Ken Doher- ty termed "very good" considering the weather conditions. 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