1946 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE 1946PAE FII Wolverines Favored in Brown Jug Clash WATCH 'EM TWIRL: Baton Twins Add Color To Wolverine Gridiron. 58,000 To Watch Underdog Gophers Meet Michigan in 37th Annual Battle v By ARCHIE PARSONS You won't find the names of Bob Gordon and Maurice Richards on the Michigan football roster, but on Saturday afternoons when the Wol- verines are struggling up and down the Michigan Stadium gridiron, these two spend more time on the field than some of the players. For they are the two baton twirl- ers whose intricate manipulations with those chrome-plated shillelahs serve to paint much of the Maize and Blue colors. in the vivid stadium scene. Gordon Hails From New York Gordon is a 21-year old senior in the Business Administration school, and he hails from, Greenwich Village in New York City. He has been in the stick-spinning game for about 12 years, and was the national high school champion in 1941. Richards, on the other hand, is a comparative neophyte, having picked up the baton only four years ago. He is an 18-year old pre-dental fresh- man and his home is in Royal Oak. There is a lot more to baton-twirl- ing thai slinging 30 inches of brass up in the air, which is, according to both, one of the easier feats. Every aspirant to the flashy uniform and the prancing step must have a 2om- plete mastery of the 10 to 12 basic twirls, and a top-notch twirler has about 200 variations of these in his repertoire, including a few specialties which are as individual as a . signa- ture. Plenty of Work And don't think this unusual vo- cation has no risks. Sometimes the members of the twirling clan have been known to literally "knock them- selves out" during a performance. Sprained fingers, facial cuts, -and associated bruises about the head are some of the occupational hazards of the art. The spectators have been known to suffer too, when the rubber tips on the end of the baton have flown off, causing many a person to have a tough time explaining how he re- ceived the resulting shiner. When asked about the ideal condi- tions for plying their trade, both Gordon and Richards methodically eliminated practically every type of weather known to man. When it is too hot their hands perspire and slip, but they don't like it cold because frozen fingers and a miniature prop- ellor don't mix. Rain makes the bat- on slick as glass and the wind blows it all over the gridiron. They thought the day of the Northwestern fracas perfect-and readily admitted that Hold Your Bonds it was their worst performance of the season. Like all entertainers, Gordon has his favorite memories. He says that parading down the field at South Bend after the 1942 Notre Dame game, when the Wolverines pasted the Irish 32-20; tops them all. Richards never performed exten- sively in public before this year, and is in the process of making memories for future reference. He likes to ex- periment, and found that his high throw reaches the fourth floor of the West Quad, which is the height of something or other. Once in a While They Miss Both miss their catches now and then, and their close friends like to count their. "drops" and present them with the statistics after the game. On the whole, however, they believe the stadium crowds are a sympathetic lot. . Gordon and Richards advise oth- ers against taking up the hobby of twirling because the path to the 50-yard line is hard and long. If you insist, they will supply you with some of their secret rubbing liniment for those bumps on your head, of which, they assure you, there will be plen- ty. Michigan Tops In .Attendance Record Crowds Pack Nation's Top Stadiums NEW YORK, Nov. 1-(/P)--The Universities of Michigan, Pennsyl- vania, California and Ohio State, schools that have big football stadia and the kind of teams that fill them week after week and year after year, again are out in front in a season that promises to smash all football attendance records. A mid-season Associated Press survey of attendance at 83 leading colleges show that crowds up 58.8 per cent over the ones that turned out at a comparable stage of the 1945 season, which was a banner year. Only two of the colleges in- cluded did not have teams last year. Michigan, with live home games so far and sellouts for most of them, is far ahead with a total of 375,176, slightly more than 75,000 a game. Pennsylvania, which fills Franklin Field to capacity for most of its big games, has drawn 275,000 for four games as conpared to 222,000 for the same number a year ago. Other top totals include California, 233,000 for four home games; Ohio State, 217,640 for three; Tulane, 207,308 for five; Southern California, 190,829 for three and Illinois, 176,228 for three. In most cases there is no basis of exact comparison with last year's figures due to difference in number of home games played. The overall total, however, shows 6,199,562 spec- tators turned out for 239 games this year as against 3,903,030 for 232 games in 1945. GENE DERRICOTE --Derricote will share tailback spot with Chap- puis today. 'B' Team Faces MSC Jayvees In Grid Battle Weber Promises Foes 'Substantial Afternoon' Quoth Wally Weber, coach of the Wolverine "B" footbal squad, "We will give 'em a substantial after- noon," in referring to the Maize and Blue J.V. fracas with Michigan State Colle^'s Little Spartans today at East Lansing. Coach Weber wasn't kidding when he said "substantial" either, judging from the 50-man squad which is making the trip. The lads from MSC probably will be favored to stake out a win over the Wolverines, Weber stated, if past records mean anything in this crazy season. Employing a Notre Dame style of play, the Spartans demon- strated last Saturday just how effec- tively they use it, when they clipped the South Benders' Jayvees, 21-14. The Junior Irish were undefeated until they ran up against Michigan State. Michigan moves from a single wing, and it has worked well enough to allow the Wolverines to down every opponent to date except In- diana. On the field for the opening kick- off for the Maize and Blue will be Wizniewski and Keiser at the ends, LaBenda and Eizones at the tackle slots, Raymond and Maturo filling the guard positions, and Urban over the ball. Lou Brunsting will take care of the quarterbacking duties, teaming with Chuck Lentz at left half to form the Wolverines smooth-operat- ing passing attack. Jim Holgate will start at the other halfback slot, with Mike Yedinack running from the fullback position. Several other Michigan gridders are slated to take part in a goodly portion of the afternoon's activities. Don Kuick, the team's ace punter, has his toe all twitching and ready to go. Jack Harbaugh has recovered from early-season injuries and is set to play. Keeler at center and Hene- veld at guard will be standing by. SAM Opposes ZBT in Football Sigma Alpha Mu continues its im- promptu football season this after- noon as they meet Zeta Beta Tau fraternity in a nine-man touch game at 1:00 p.m. on the Burns Park gridiron. The Sammies sparked by tailback and Captain George Gordon tri- umphed over Phi Sigma Delta last Sunday by a 19-0 count and will be aiming for win number two against the powerful Zebe outfit. ZBT, headed by Captain "Mem- phis" Wurtzburger are expected to field a strong and shifty squad with a starting backfield consisting of Gene Winkelman, Morty Hartz, Jim Lewe, and Fred Marks. SAM will field almost the same lineup that started last week's game. Harry Newblatt and Lee Fisher will be at the ends, Mark Abend and Sid Katzman at guards and Hal Glad- stone at center. In the backfield will be Bernie Harris, Bernie Meislin, Milt Ginsburg and Gordon. F - Minnesota Riddled by Injuries Before Game (Continued from Page 1) Freshman who picked up a charley horse in practice this week and pro- bably won't see too much action. Bierman's two starting ends, Herb Hein and Vern Gagne, are both o-: the limited service list. Hein sustain- ed a bruised shoulder against Ohio State last week while Gagne is re- covering from a bruised hip. Guard Chuck Dellago suffered a fracture of the fibula against Nebraska in the opener and he won't be ready until next week. Faunce To Start On the credit side, though, the Golden Gophers will again have the services of their 170-pound running and passing ace, Everette Faunce, Faunce, who has been out with in- juries part of the season, is ready to operate again at tailback. Her- man Frickey, 1942 regular, will be around to spell him. Calling signals for the Gophers will be an old friend of the Wolver- ines, Bob Sandberg. Sandberg, who played a lot of ball in that 16-14 Gopher win four years ago, is the key man in the Bierman system which this year sprinkles a touch of the T-formation with a generous dose of the single wing. Backfield in Good Shape Rounding out the starting back- field for Minnesota will be Mark Heffelfinger at right half and Bill Elliott at full. Heffelfinger started his first game last week against Ohio State and Bierman was so impressed that he decided to start the young- ster again tomorrow. Elliott is a fine line-backer. In reserve, Bierman will have such veterans as quarterbacks Bill Thiele and Merland Kispert; halfbacks Chuck Avery, Warren Williams, Tom Cates and Ralph McAlister; and full- backs Ken Biersdorf, Dick Lutz and Jim Malosky. Up front the Gophers will be anchored by guards Larry Olsonoski and Leo Nomellini and centers Steve Silianoff, Warren Beson and Clayt Tonnemaker. Olsonoski and Beson both saw action against Michigan in 1945. Nomellini is very highly re- garded hereabouts. The tackles will be 219-pound Bill Carroll and either much to his usual line-up for the game. Bob Wiese, who was hurt. .against Illinois last week, is ready to go but he may be used sparingly depending on how the Wolverines shape up. The Maize and Blue squad is in top shape for the bathe. STARTING LINEUPS MICHIGAN Ford Hilkene Tomasi J.T. White Sickels Pritula Madar Yerges Chappuis P. White Wiese or Weisenburger LE C RE QB I-I FLT MINNESOTA Grant or Hein Widseth Olsonoski Silianoff Nomellini Carroll Gagne or Soltau Sandberg Faunce Heffelfinger W. Elliott Today Ray Robinson Kayos Hudson In Sixth Round DETROIT, Nov. 1 - ( P) - Sugar Ray Robinson of New York outboxed Cecil Hudson of Detroit for five rounds and kayoed him in the sixth session of a scheduled 10-round fight before 8,614 fans at Olympia tonight. Robinson's rapier-like left gave him a wide margin of points before he opened up as the sixth round got underway. The Detroiter was downed for a nine court early in the round and was floored for the second time a few moments later.rHe was count- ed out at 2:59 of the round. The crowd which paid a gross gate of $21,690 had a brief flurry of ex- citement as Hudson's handlers rushed into the ring, protesting that the bell rangrbefore Referee Johnny Weber reacher a 10 count. The pro- test was disallowed . Danny Martin, 130, Detroit, out- pointed Steve ellus, 135, London, Ont., in four, while other prelimi- naries included: I ~ - ~ mmww Start i/ourCita Shpp inqv NOW! DIAMONDS WATCHES RINGS ELMER MADAR - Madar has earned a starting berth by his fine defensive and offensive play this season. Jim McGovern or Clink McGeary alternating with the injured Wid- seth. Plenty of Ends Hein and Gagne may see some action at end but Bierman has plenty of capable reserves in Bud Grant, Gordon Soltau, Bill Baum- gartner, Fred Baston and Larry Halenkamp. Soltau also does the kicking off for Minnesota and in practice today he was consistently booting the pigskin out of the end zone. Crisler will probably stick pretty And a JEWELRY Glittering Array of FOR ALL OCCASIONS 231 EAST LIBERTY STREET Jewelers and Watchmakers THRILLS SPILLS JALOPY RACES Dirt Trac k Hot Roads SUNDAY, 1-5 P.M. 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