THE M ICHIGAN 1AILY PAGE TREE z Jayvees Meet Wildcats In Gridtron Test Friday A concerted effort to get back into the victory column will be made by the Wolverine jayvees Friday afternoon when they face a powerful Northwestern B squad on the Wildcats home gridiron. After a .none-too-productixe showing against Michigan State last weekend, the jayvees have been hard at work ironing out wrinkles and trying to develop a stronger offensive. Coach George Ceithaml has been on the lookout for a pair of good ends, one position that was found lacking in the Spartan contest. The Wolverines will have a decided advantage over the Wildcats in that they've had two games under their belts, but reports from Evanston show that Coach Don Heap's crew will be even stronger than his last season's team, which went undefeated in conference play. Led by Johnny Yungwirth, a Varsity letter-winner in 1945 and a standout with the Wild- * 'cats last year, the jayvees have a veteran backfield and a big, hard-charging line. Yungwirth operates from the quarterback slot and directs the team on of- fense. Rounding out the Wildcat back- field are Ed Parsegian, another letter-winner, and fleet Jack Mc- Cartney at the halfs. Either Miles Anderson or Don Laser, both driv- ing fullbacks, will get the nod from Coach Heap in Friday's con- test. Up front in the line, North- western has two capable ends in Al Thomas and Litt Clark. Dick Korzilious and Paul Barkel, a pair of rugged 200-pounders, are at the tackles, while letter- man Frank DePauw and Her- man Stegen operate from the guard positions. * The center of the line is an- chored by Dave Kanyer, a junior and a mainstay of last year's jay- vees. In addition to his starting squad, Coach Heap is loaded with reserves and although the varsity may bring some of the stronger men up for the big game Satur- day, Coach Heap will still have enough to field a bowerful team against the Wolverines. Hard Practice In Conference For Grid Tilts By The Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Oct. 14- Murney Lazier and Vern Seliger are being groomed for Illinois de- fense plans against Minnesota Saturday. Defense still presents one of Coach Ray Eliot's biggest prob- lems because Al Mastrangeli and Bud Schmidt, center and fultbaA'k line-backers, may be unable to see action due to in- juies and illness. Their ab- sence throws a heavy load on center Lou Levanti and fullback Russ Steger, the Illini's chief ball carrier. Mastrangeli has a 104 degree temperature and Schmidt is suf- fering a shoulder separation. * * * IOWA CITY, Ia., Oct. 14 - With just two full days of practice left before they entrain for Co- lumbus, the Iowa Hawkeyes today ran through ball passing drills and a partial scrimmage of ground plays in preparation for Satur- day's game with Ohio State. Duke Curran, fleet right half, who has been out of three games with a knee injury, today begin to spell Bob Smith in the back- field. Coach Eddie Anderson said the Hawks would study Ohio State's offense tomorrow and drills will end early Thursday afternoon shortly before the 36-man squad departs for Ohio. MADISON, Wis., Oct. 14-With his two top-notch left halfbacks, Wally Dreyer and Earl Girard, sidelined with injuries, Coach Harry Stuhldreher cancelled a full scrimmage scheduled for the Uni- versity of Wisconsin varsity today and ran his charges through a M dummy session. Cage Lengths Standairdized In BigNine By ED HOFFMAN "For the first time in confer- ence history the size of basketball couts will be standardized, in the Big Nine thus requiring schools to revamp their cage courts," said Coach Ossie Cowles yesterday. The Michigan courts are now four feet oversize and are in the process of being cut down by hav- ing court lines repainted to the proper size. Therefore floors which were formerly 98 feet in length will now be 94 feet. Lucky Spectators -Besides a change in the court sire, spectators will get a break and be able to easily see from in back of the backboards as new glass backstops are being erected in place of the former wooden sight-stoppers. The entire process, of remodeling and repainting which began last week, will be ter- minated in the next two weeks if no shortages of material develop. This change in size was brought about by the action of conference coaches last spring when it was discovered that the Big-Nine courts were longer than any oth: floors in the country. The entire matter stems from the fact that basketball courts were formerly standardized to a maximum length of 94 feet with two feet between the backboard and the end line. Referees in Trouble Officials found that it was too difficult to judge players stepping out-of-bounds after a shot at the bucket. Many other schools de- cided about six years ago to in- crease the distance from the mackboard to the outside line to four feet. Most colleges just moved their backboards up into the court two feet leaving the courts the same length. However the Big-Nine decided to lengthen the courts two feet on each end and thus get the added space without moving the back- boards. This made Big-Nine courts 98 feet long rather than the accepted 94 feet. So, for the com- ing season the mentors have de- cided to return to the original court length of 94 feet and still have the four feet leeway between the backboard and boundary line. There's no doubt in anyone's ind that this move will help even things up for all the Big Nine conference teas. No quintet will feel needlessly unfamiliar with a visitors floor and be handicapped during a game. Any and all freshmen who are interested in track should appear at Ferry Field any af- ternoon this week and see Don Canham, freshman track coach, to sign up and try out for the track team. FERRY FIELD BARBERS NOW 3 BARBERS WAITING TO SERVE YOU 806 South State Street I WM.A. MILLER, Prop. Varsity Squad Drill Stresses Fundamentals In his support of his statement that the "honeymoon" is over for Michigan, Coach "Fritz" Crisler sent his Wolverine squad through its second day of practice in prep- aration for Michigan's 1947 Big Nine opener against a scrappy Northwestern eleven in Dyche Sta- dium. Faced with the problem of keeping the Michigan team on edge after its virtual rout of three non-conference opponents, Crisler sent his charges through drills that were designed to per- fect line and backfield assign- ments and develop a defense against a Northwestern back-- field that proved to be the un- doing of a highly rated UCLA team. Some of the plays that the Wildcats are expected to use in Saturday's game against the Wol- verines were run off by the "B team. Coach Crisler and his- as- sistants supervised the defensive efforts of the squad and corrected errors made by the Wolverines in individual assignments, both in stopping the Northwestern plays and those made in the previous games against Stanford and Pitts- burgh. The afternoon practice ses- sion terminated in a review of fundamentals and signal drills which saw the large squad brok- en up into four separate units. Coach Crisler will send the Wol- verines through one more scrim- mage session tomorrow before ta- pering off Thursday with a light contact workout. MSC Squad Drilling Hard For Iowa State By The Associated Press EAST LANSING, Oct. 14-Odd- ly enough, some of the most rabid rooters for the University of Mich- igan powerhouse now can be found on the Michigan State College campus. Two satisfying victories after that 55-0 Michigan defeat have helped salve the wounds of the followers of Biggie and his Munn- Men. The MSC supporters now see every new Michigan landslide as justification for the feeling that the Spartans were victims of a natural catastrophe such as an earthquake or a deluge. The mounting scores from Ann Ar- bor are welcomed at East Lan- sing and the harder Michigan pours it on in successive games the happier the Spartan rooters will feel. Biggie Munn, meanwhile, is working hard to see that his squad doesn't become cocky after a taste of triumph. Munn isn't un- der-rating Iowa State despite the fact the Cyclones have lost their last two games. Munn whipped his squad through a long drill Tuesday afternoon trying to correct some of the flaws shown up by movies of the Washington State game. Defense against the "T" attack, and pass defense was stressed.- His scouts reports that Iowa, State is a scrapping, fighting out- fit. The Iowans have been a "tough luck team" so far and lost their last game on a fumble and1 a blocked punt although they out- played Nebraska. By BEN BUSSEY Joe Vancisin, former pupil of Coach Ozzie Cowles during the latter's tenure at Dartmouth, has been given the role of assisting his old teacher with the Wolverine varsity in addition to holding the reins of the reactivated freshman basketball squad. Taking charge of the freshman JOE VANCISIN-Young men- tor of the freshman basketball team who followed his former Dartmouth coach, Ozzie Cowles, to Michigan and a position on the Wolverine athletic staff. Next 'M' Foes Have Troubles By The Associated Press EVANSTON, Ill., Oct. 14-The first and second Northwestern teams spent today's entire practice session working on defense against Michigan plays run off by the freshmen. Coach Bob Voigts said he plans to alternate Jules Siegle, who caught the winning touchdown pass against U.C.L.A., Speedster Jim Holland of Rock Island, Ill., and Frank Aschenbrenner at the left halfback position. Aschen- brenner has been the regular left half, but Siegle and Holland are now considered the top choices. * * * CRYING TOWEL WANTED 1 MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 14-Min- nesota has a good football team but Head Coach Bernie Bierman said today he doubts if there is time enough to whip the boys into shape for their next Big Nine contests, against Illinois and Michigan, on the next two suc- cessive Saturdays. Crisler Hopes So "I'm just afraid we won't be able to make it," Bierman said. "Be- cause both of our immediate foes carry players that average much older and have the weight of ex- perience behind them." Working on the theory that possession of the ball was the best defense against the heavy aerial attack looked for at Cham- paign, Ill., Saturday, HOOP FOR THE BEST : Joe Vancisin Becomes Freshman Cage Coach team in his junior year at Dart- mouth and coaching a highly touted Army five in the East has given Vancisin adequate experi- ence for his new job. His knowl- edge of the game itself can be vouched for by Coach Cowles, who thinks that his former All-Eastern guard is one of the smartest play- ers in the business. In his senior year at the Ivy League institution, Vac~sin played an instrumental part as the Indians defeated Ohio State in the semi-finals of the 1944 NCAA games. The quintet was edged, however, by a powerful Utah aggregation, 44-42, in the championship round. Responsible for bringing the Big Nine title to the Buckeyes that year in the NCAA tilt were steller performers like Walt Dugget, Don Grate, and Arnold Risen. While in service, Vancisin led his Fort Devens teammates to 28 wins and only eight losses. One game was scheduled against Dart- mouth in which he encountered Cowles as the opposing coach and varsity cager Boyd McCaslin as one of the Big Green mainstays. Cowles came out on top. Later that season Vancisin and McCas- lin found themselves again on op- posite battle grounds in a New England Service Team's tourna- ment, but Fort Devens won. McCaslin admits that he'd much rather have Vancisin on his side, even if it's only in the capacity of coach. The rest of the players who have been practicing infor- mally down at the I-M building agree that his helpful hints are in- valuable. As for Joe Vancisin. he has tak- en a warm liking to Michigan and hopes to stay around for quite some time to come. Fonde Small In Size Only Pint-sized Henry Fonde is giv- ing a day-to-day demonstration that disproves that fairly general conception that football is a big man's game. The 168-pound game University of Michigan right halfback holds his own against uniformly bigger men whether the sharp-shooting Wolverines are engaged in prac- tice sessions or clashing with even bigger opponents. Fonde, a five foot, eight inch bundle of compact dynamite from Knoxville, Tenn., hits hard and is hard to stop once he gets in mo- tion. He explains his success against his outsized opposition with this simple statement. "I guess when you're small you learn to take care of yourself." Bearing this out is Fonde's rec- ord for Michigan first three games. The rugged little speedster has picked up 54 yards on 10 rushing attempts for a 5.4 average. And that gain was made with a total playing time of only 35 minutes. Hockey Squad Limbers Up In EarlyDrills By GEORGE VETTER The downstairs gym of the IM building is far from the land of eternal snow but the other day a tribe who thrive on the frozen stuff puffed in, hung up their snowshoes and proceeded to a game of hockey. It was hockey but not quite with all the trimmings. The boys were slithering around on the "dry ice" picking up pointers and just about as many slivers. The rosy cheeked lads were bare-footed. Coach Vic Heyliger has evolved. this pre-season set-up to whit- tle down the blunt summer edge a bit, and to give the goalie a well needed work-out as the old shooting eyes are limbered up. Jack McDonald piled on hs leather togs as guardian of the net and proceeded to dispose of the offerings as Dick Starrak, Walt Gacek, Owen McArdle whipped the puck goalward. Despite the fact that hockey players don't have to pick them up and lay them down, they still need a good set of underpinnings to take them around. So off to one side, away from the enthusiastic goal shooters, a fixed bicycle is the source of amusement. There wasn't much body checking and high sticking was also kaput, but with the puck speeding about and with bare feet the obvious happened. In a fast break in which Ross, Smith shot to Gord McMillan who passed it to Mario Mar- quesio-all done to befuddle the goalie - Captain Connie Hill's big toe suddenly got in the way. The puck caromed off for a per- fect tally, a roar went up from all concerned, and a red light lit -Hill's expanding metatarsal. All in all, the idea is a good one and Coach Heyliger's system ought to have the team in pretty good shape by the time they lace on the skates. Rifleien Meet The University of Michigan rifle team will hold an open meeting at 7:15 tonight at the ROTC rifle range for all ex- perienced small bore riflemen. The scheduling of matches similar to those held last year will be discussed. The contests, as they have been handled in the past, were all carried on by mail. Each team fired on its home range with the scoresbe- ing compared by mail. There is, however, nothing official in- volved in the matches. At the end of the meeting there will be an opportunity for practice firing. We print 'em all No job too large or small. Programs - Tickets Stationery - Announcements ROACH PRINTING 209 E. Washington Ph. 8132 By The Associated Press NEW YORK, Oct. 14-Michi- gan's mighty Wolverines, in vault- ing to the forefront of the na- tion's gridiron powers on the strength of three runaway vic- tories, have averaged gains of 248 yards per game with their terrific aerial attack, figures released by the National Collegiate Athletic Bureau disclosed today. Employing a number of passers -featuring Bob Chappuis-Coach Fritz Crisler's midwest mammoth has completed 29 out of 51 tosses attempted for a total of 744 yards, with eight throws going for touch- downs, against Michigan State, Stanford and Pittsburgh. Lead on Yardage Although the Wolverines' rush- ing attack, on the record, appears to be much less potent than that of numerous other teams, their aerial wizardry has placed them atop the heap in total average of gains per game-479.3 yards-and would seem to validate this week's poll of the nation's sports writers which elected Michigan the No. 1 eleven. Among the major outfits, only Notre Dame with its gifted Johnny Lujack seriously challenges Michi- gan's claim to passing laurels. In two starts the Irish, have com- pleted 27 out of 46 tosses for a percentage of .587-slightly high- er than Michigan's .569-but the South Benders have averaged only 201 yards per contest and have thrown but four for touchdowns. No Time for Rushing So preoccupied have the two big teams (Notre Dame was voted No. 2) been with their overhead games that they have given their ball-carriers little chance to shine. Neither rates among the country's first 15 teams in rushing offense, and Notre Dame is topped by at leastt15' others (it says here) on "total offense"-that is, average of gains per game by all means. Boston College, whose speedy Wolverine Gridders Top Nation In Offense backs ran wild in rolling up two lopsided wins over Clemson and Kansas State, leads the nation in rushing offense with an average of 353 yards per game, followed by West Virginia with 350.7 and Pennsylvania with 329. Eagles Rate Second The Eagles from Boston, as a result of their classy running game, rate next to Michigan in total yards gained per game, 463.5, with Penn State third at 459.7. Neither Illinois nor Army, which battled to a scoreless tie in last week's headline contest, rates a call among the leaders on any grounds whatever. West Virginia leads the tabula- tion in number of touchdown passes thrown, with nine, followed by Michigan's eight. Texas and Iowa each had seven among the major teams, North Carolina and Oregon have suffered the most in- terceptions, seven apiece. The 10 Leaders in Each Depart- ment: Total Offense-(Gains rushing and passing)-Michigan, 479.3 yards average per game; Boston College, 463.5; Penn State, 459.7; West Virginia, 455; Pennsylvania, 447.5; Brigham Young, 398.3; De- troit, 397.2; Arizona, 391; Vir- ginia, 387; California, 379.8. Rushing Offense-Boston Col- lege, 353 yards average per game; West Virginia, 350.7; Penn- sylvania, 329; Detroit, 283.8; New Mexico, 282.7; Virginia, 280; Cali- fornia, 274; Brown, 274; UCLA, 273.3; Utah, 265. Passing Offense-Michigan, 248 yards average per game; Notre Dame, 201; Brigham Young, 193.8; Arizona, 172.3; West Vir- ginia, 165; Wake Forest, 164.3; North Carolina, 159.3; Iowa, 158.3; Georgia Tech, 157; Utah State, 152. 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