Dick Rifenburg Jack Weisenburger Bob ChaIp3u s Howard Yerges Stu Wilkens Bruce Hilkene Gene IDcrricott~e Bump Elliott _____ 4 VOL. LVIII, No. 28 ANN ARBOR, MICH., SATURDAY, OCT. 25, 1947 PRICE FIVE CENTS Wolverines Edge in St For 'Brown Rate rnggle 1Jug' Ann Arbor Braced To Handle Capacity Out of Town Crowd Ann Arbor braced itself today for a sell-out horde of 85,938 grid- iron fans slated to view the Gopher-Wolverine football classic. The weatherman promises fair skies and warmer temperatures for the first sell-out throng of the season. Temporary bleachers have been erected on top of the gridiron bowl to handle the overflow crowd. Meanwhile local restaurant owners and hostelry managers have made special plans to handle the throng. Virtually every hotel room in town has been reserved months in advance for the homecoming weekend, with thousands of Michigan Alumni expected tQ be on hand for the event. - > In anticipation of near record Hank Fonde Dan Dworsky Big Pep RallyI Starts Festive Homecoming Game, Dance Today Continue Celebration Thousands of riotous students last night raised the curtain on Michigan's annual homecoming celebration at the Ferry Field Pep Rally. The boisterous throng streamed into the rally area shortly before 7:30 p.m. The affair was barely underway when emcee Frank Picard, former "M" Club president and noted Detroit judge, was a- structed to "roll 'em up" by yeh- ing students. Weber Speaks! A yellow glare by a huge bonfire danced over the seething mass of gridiron fans as genial Wally Weber whipped up enthusiasm -for this afternoon's grid clash for the "Little Brown Jug." Then, led by the Wolverine cheerleading crew, the shouting throng poured out of Ferry Field and rioutously snake-danced its way up State St. to the campus area, playing hob with traffic flow on the way. Police Busy The entire Ann Arbor police force was pressed into service to handle the crowd, but the handful of law, officers failed to hold in check some of the more boisterous members of the throng. The cheering crowd quieted mo- Imentarily as most of them filed into Hill Auditorium for the Mich- igan Band-sponsored Varsity Night variety show. However, cheers echoing through the jam- packed auditorium interrupted the two-hour-long show several times. The homecoming celebration continues today with a house dis- play contest, the afternoon grid- iron tilt, climaxed by an all-cam- pus dance in the Intramural Building tonight. throngs, eating establishments have augmented staffs and laid in extra food supplies. Local taverns, ever mindful of thirsty-grid fans, have also stocked up on liquid re- freshments. Early today, football fans began pouring into Ann Arbor from every point in the nation via train, bus, auto, and plane. Overworked t'ransportation authorities 'have pressed every available piece of equipment into service to handle the crowd. Large Gopher Contingent Some X4,500 Gophers will make the trek from Minnesota on sev- eral special trains. Gopher fans have also chartered at. least half- a-dozen airliners for the football. game. Game ducats were at a premium today, with scalpers asking as much as $20 for the prized card- boards. Ticket Manager Don Weir hung out the "sold out" shingle on today's tilt more than a month ago. This year's homecoming cele- bration promises to be one of the most publicized in history. Every major radio network will cover the game as well as a host of world newsmen representing wire services and Detroit papers. The game will also be televised over WWJ-TV which has set up a ton of equipment atop the press box. Life Cameramen Here Highlights of the entire week- end are being recorded by a crew of Life magazine cameramen who yesterday kept flashbulbs popping at the rally and Varsity Night show. Life will also cover the game itself and the all-campus dance following the tilt. The photos will be rushed to the print- ing plant and will appear in next Friday's edition of Life. Scores of notables from through- out the nation will be on hand for the football battle. Former Gov- ernor of Minnesota and avowed presidential candidate Harold Stassen will give a press confer- ence at The Daily before attending the game. Many Newsmen More than 200 Associated Press managing editors from all over the nation will h ents nf BYE NOMELLINI Maize and Blue Air Attack Expected To Offset Powerful Minnesota Line By BOB LENT Today is the day the Michigan Wolverine rolls out the home- coming welcome mat, hoists the little Brown Jug and hopes to add another notch to its Rose Bowl handle by taking on the Golden Gopher from up Minnesota way at 2:00 p.m. before a sellout throng of 86,000. Just what kind of a welcome Fritz Crisler has cooked up for his former alma mater is a matter of opinion, but estimates in these parts seem to indicate that he will finally put his awesome grid machine in full motion for the benefit of the thousands of alumni who have poured into this quiet little town for a look-see at the annual homecoming festivities. The stakes are high for both teams with a Rose Bowl invita- tion among the prize plums included in the victory basket. Should the Gophers win thgy could very conceivably go to the New Year's shindig since the toughest part of their schedule would be behind them and Illinois is not eligible. Michigan on the other hand has the prestige of being the nation's top eleven to uphold as well as a Bowl invitation if it can also get by Illinois next week. Gopher coach Bernie Bierman hasn't said much about the job in store for his boys this afternoon, but if there ever was a determ- ined bunch of football players it was the gang that pulled into town from Minneapolis yesterday afternoon. There wasn't a smile to be seen. They're definitely "up" for this one and will judge the success of the season on the outcome of this one game. Just what Mr. B. brought with him on his southern trip is a line as big as can probably be found in collegiate circles this year. Averaging in the neighborhood of 210 pounds it has taken a back- seat to none of the front walls it's faced thus far. Despite the fact that the Gopher's starting center, Captain Steve Sillianoff, is out with a leg injury, their ponderous line should make things plenty rough for Michigan's ground forces this after- noon. It's in the air that the Wolverines should pile up their touch- down and yardage advantage. Plagued by a crop of short backs (only one stands over 6 feet), Bierman's pass defense has been the weak point in his attempt to bring the Gophers back to their pre- war position as a football power. Even though Minnesota's big line pushed, Illinois all over the field last week and their ground forces outgained the fighting Illini, Perry Moss riddled the Gopher pass defense so frequently and so accurately that the score wasn't even close as last year's GOLDEN GOPHERS . . . Above is the bulk of the power Coach Bernie Bierman brought down with him from up Minneapolis way. Bye is the leading groundgainer in the Minnesota attack and the Wolverines will see a lot of him this afternoon. Thiele, Faunce, and Kuzma are other backs who will see plenty of action while the gents on the right make up the Maroon and Gold "beef trust." Bird's Eye View of Gridiron Vetoed by Local Ordinance Facts... Principals: Michigan (4-0) Minnesota (3-1). vs. Al Wistert By HAROLD JACKSON, JR. Here's a word of warning for those ticketless souls who are growing desperate -to see today's Gopher game-if you find a tree to climb to watch the game don't climb it-it's illegal unless the owner issues you a written invita- tion. If you don't believe us, check] Sec. 16 of Ann Arbor's "Disorder-] ly" ordinance. It prohibits unin- vited tree climbing at all athletic in the freight yards or hide in the stands early in the morning of game days. Today, however, with the mighty and "almost impregnable" Michi- gan Stadium planted on a treeless plain, Sec. 16 is gathering dust in the city's archives. State Street's trees are tall and boyless now and to a police lieutenant who used to shinny up 'em, "it's all for the best -but it sure was fun." 07 . 4)T)n 7 7rVm m 7 Coaches: H. O. Crisler, Michi- gan; Bernie Bierman, Minnesota. Captains: Bruce Hilkene, Michigan; Steve Silianoff, Min- nesota Kickoff Time: 2 P.M. Probable Attendance: 85,938. Probable Weather: Cloudy and warmer. ...and Figures Big Nine champs romped to a 40- 13 victory. Just what Michigan's passing combo of Chappuis and Co. (cur- rently leading the nation in pass- ing offense) will do to the Go- pher's aerial cover is a matter of widespread opinion. Latest reports from this coun- try's Betting Boulevard indicated that the Maize and Blue will take the field as 26-point favorites. The general assumption is that if Illinois could do it, so can Michigan. Sticking one sports writer's neck out, this corner will hazard a 35-14 prediction. Reasons for above guessing is that Michigan's offense has prov- en that it can score from any place on the field and almost at will. Hence the five touchdowns with no misses for James 'Boot 'em) Brieske. The returning alumni should see a lot more of the starting backfield, Bob Chappuis, Bump Elliott, Howard Yerges, and Jack Weisenburger as well as the rest Minnesota Grant ...... Widseth .... P os. Michigan ...LE........ Mann or McNiell ...LT...... Hilkene or Kohl $ X1. .1 h E I