six THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, SIX FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, olverines Set for Brown .J g Battle wit Gopers Crisle Readies 'Defense - 9p' - To StopGopher Attack Minnesota's Huge Forward Wall To Test Highscoring Skill of FastMichigan Backs b r Michigan Coach H. 0. "Fritz" Crisler drove his offensive-minded , I $ ' #1 I OH DARN . . . A very disgusted Wildcat express es his sentiments in no uncertain terms as "Dutch" .Urban (53) Michigan center, brings down a Northwestern ball carrier. Donn Hershberger (82) seems bored by the whole thing, but Wolverine guard, Don McClellan appears anxious to get mixed up in the action. ALL THIS AND 'M' TOO: Jayvee Duties Give Gib Holgate a Change After Copper Mines, Wisconsin, and Army Coach Gib Holgate, who handles the reins of the Jayvee squad when George Ceitham attends to his scouting duties, finds this life a welcome change from that of working a copper mine. James Gibson Holgate first came to - the University of Michigan with the now-famous football contingent of Marine transfers from Wisconsin in the summer of 1943. In fact his roommate and best buddy was Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch, who, no doubt, was very influential in making Gib football minded. But, let's trace Gib's rather rocky road through college from the beginning. He graduated from high school in Milwaukee, Wiscon- Ii. - - Now Portable Typewriters SERVICE AND RENTALS OF ALL MACHINES New shipment of Parker and Scheaffer pens and pencils and desk sets now in stock. sin, in 1938. Following his gradu- ation he got a job in a copper mine. After two years of this he thought he'd try college life, and he entered the University of Wis- consin in 1940. Shortly afterward came the transfer to Michigan, but his stay was limited to a few months as he was transferred to Paris Is- land in November, 1943. He re- ceived his commission and then spent more than a year overseas. "That's the only way to get an appreciation of the problems faced on the field," he said, "I know that the experience I got has helped me no end in my work this fall." More '48 NCN NCN NCN NCN NCN NCN NCN NCN NCN NCN NCN NCN NCN NCNS squad through another series of heavy drills today and thereby tipped off his thoughts on Satu - day's game with Minnesota. For the first time this year Crisler has shown more than a token interest in an oppon- ent's ability to score on the ground-and to keep his Wol- verines from scoring the same way. In pre-game practice sessionsl prior to Michgian's first four games, the Wolverines brain trust laid primary defensive emphasis on breaking up pass plays. With the Gophers, it's a different story. For this year's Minnesota squad -like all squads coached by Ber- nie Bierman-uses the airways as a diversionary threat rather than as a main offensive weapon. Crisler put it very aptly ear- lier in the week when he de- scribed the Minnesota attack as "crunch, crunch, crunch through the tackles." That is Bierman- style football, and that is what Michigan must stop Saturday. More than that, Crisler must figure out some method of moving the ponderous Gopher forward wall out of the way so his own backs can gain ground, just in case the Wolverine aerial attack bogs down. All of these angles were very much in evidence at yesterday's practice session, the last heavy workout before gametime. Cris- ler had the hard-working Jay- vees running Minnesota ground plays and forming Gopher de- fensive alignments. To the Michigan line, Crisler preached timing, timing, and more timing as the most effective avail- able substitute for Minnesota's weight up front. On defense, he had them knifing and submarin- ing to reach the ball-carrier. Despite the elaborate prepara- tions to penetrate the Gopher defense with rushing plays, most would rely more on its air arm observers predicted Michigan to gain than at any previous time this year. The Wolverines wound up yes- terday's workout by giving the principle pass-tossers an oppor- tunity to loosen their arms and also sent the punters through their paces. A blackboard drill tomor- row will conclude preparations. . . . DO YOU KNOW that during his tenure at Michigan Coach Crisler has compiled an enviable record of 61 wins, 16 losses and 3 ties and that in those ninetyears he has never lost more than three games in a single season. Fall Practice Defense Stressed In Daily Workout High hopes for bringing back the Big Nine cage title to Mich- igan are held by Captain Bob Harrison and approximately fif- teen members of last year's squad who are working out daily in the I-M Building. Not since the 1928-29 cam- paign have the Wolverines been able to claim a Western Con- ference basketball champion- ship, but this year the story mayread a little differently. Drills began officially at the* beginning of the week with stress being placed on defensive duties. Coach Ozzie Cowles, who remains silent when the word "champion- ship" is mentioned in his pres- ence, is striving for a well rounded basketball aggregation rather than an "I'llhave to run up more points than you" combination. The ground work for this theory was begun last season when the Maize and Blue cagers held the opposition to an average of 40 points per game on a rugged 20 game schedule. During the two hour prep pe- riod Cowles' charges have been handling defensive assignments in order to get the feel of the ball. Exercises have included bringing the ball down the court and "two on one," while Cowles and his assistant Joe Vancisin interrupt at any time to correct individual mistakes. Towards the end of the sessions, the cagers have been alternated in groups of three at the forward and guard positions for short "three on three" drills, designed to perfect their court finesse. Of- fensive practice up to date has centered on improvement in shoot- ing, deceptive ball-handling, and the work of the centers. 1948 N N C N N $1 down Michigan's track coach Ken Doherty looked forward to the coming track sealson yesterday and found it very difficult to be optimistic. Missing from this year's squad will be many key point-getters whose places cannot easily be filled. Such men as Dick Forrestal, Hack Goplin, Captain Charlie Birdsall and Jack Martin will not be around when the indoor season opens next February. The outlook has its bright spots, nevertheless. Returning will be 11 lettermen including such stand- outs as Chuck Fonville, Big Nine indoor and outdoor shot put champion, Herb Barten, confer- ence half mile king, and Val John- son, sprinter and quarter miler. Added to that list will be hurdler Bill Osgood, quarter miler George Shepherd 2nd, and two milers Alex Morris and Rog Kessler. In the field events Ed Ulvestad will be returning for another year of pole vaulting, Bob Fancett will try his skill again at the broad jump and Bob Harris will be the Wolverines' top high-jumper. Augmenting the lettermen will be a group of tracksters who saw action last year but did not earn letters. Outstanding among this group are sprinters Jim Morrish and Jim Witherspoon, hurdlers Bill Wickoff and John Lindquist, and shot-putter Pete Dendrinos. FLYING LOW . . . Bump Elliott, Michigan wingb ack, zooms into Northwestern's Jules Siegle. Com- ing up fast to help Elliott are Wolverines Len Ford (87), Ralph Kohl (76), Al Wistert (11),v and Quent Sickles (61). Eleven Lettermen To Bolster Track Team As Doherty PrimesSquad for Indoor Meets il ( 00000",- 000" AND COP4,Y ) .....__ .s+/ EVERYTIING FOR THE OFFICE Formerly Ball & Thrasher 211 SOUTH FouRTi AvE. 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