Y 6, 19I8g TiE M AICHIG A N DAILY PAGE NIE lAM' Wallops Badgers, osU To Clinch Title +. PIGGY BACK--Here, children, we have a lesson in determination. The Gent with the ball is Mr. Chalmers (Bump) Elliott scoring (Believe it or not) the first touchdown of Michigan's 21-0 win over Ohio State. A rather belligerent Buckeye decided he'd go along for the ride, but despite his efforts, The Bumper scored anyway. Maize" and Blue Down0,1s Scrappy Buckeyes, ALL WET! Jubilant Fritz Gets Dunuking A delirious Rose Bowl-bound Michigan football squad tossed happy "Fritz" Crisler into the showers yesterday after crushing a hapless Buckeye eleven in a] colorful climax to the 1947 grid- iron season. The dripping coach climbed laughingly out of his impromptu dlunking, as thoroughly satisfied with his pigskin juggernaut as were the 86,000 fans who had braved the elements to view the final Ann Arbor appearance of the team. Sporadic Drizzle Sporadic drizzles and drifting storm clouds which intermittent- ly shrouded the field in near dark- ness failed to daunt fans who boisterously cheering the Big Nine champs. Undaunted by the trailing Ohio State score, 10,000 Buckeye root- ers rocked the stadium with cheers at each scoring attempt of Wes Fesler's grid charges. However. the Wolverine cheerleaders were roundly booed when they mis- takenly tried to lead an Ohio section in Michigan yells. Dog Dilemma Major, giant Delta Tau Delta canine mascot, broke up the game midway in the second stanza when he ambled onto the field. Fans yelled encouragement to of- ficials who futilely tried to oust, the gamboling Delmatian from the turf. OSU-Michigan rivalry wasn't confined to the gridiron as half- time saw both marching bands trying to drown one another out in respective school songs. As the Michigan band victori- ously marched dov'n the field after the game a determined group of fans attacked the North goal posts. And after 15 minutes of hard work the fans managed to uproot the steel posts. Wolverines Trip Wisconsin, 40-6, To Get Bowl Bid 1y BOB LENT MAD1SON, Wis., Nov. 15---Billed as the 1947 Big Nine "dream game," the Michigan-Wisconsin grid battle in Camp Randall Stad- ium turned into a Badger nightmare as the Wolverines romped to a 40-6 triumph for their first undisputed Conference title since 1933, thus gaining a date in { 1: Rose Bovwl New Year's Day. Playing their best amo of the year before a sellout throng of 45,000, the Maize and Blue lived up to all advance notices of being a great ball club. Their highly touted backfield was all it was supposed to be and more, and their line held the hitherto explosive Wisconsin offensive to a pitiful six first downs. Chappuis Shows Mettle Bob Chappuis added to his All-America stature by piling up a 156-yard offensive total, while -- ANN ARBOR, Nov. 22-The price of touchdowns got caught in the inflationary spiral as Michigan's hard earned 450 yard running and passing total was good for only three touchdowns, but that was enough to enable the Wolverines to wind up their first unbeaten season since 1933, as they tore over and around Ohio State for a 21-0 pre-Rose Bowl triumph. Bob Chappuis clinched an All-American berth with his finest performance of the season, personally accounting for 307 yards, just 20 less than he needed to break offense record which he estab- lished last season. Chappuis Brilliant The Toledo ace flipped 12 suc- cessful passes out of 26 tries with a wet ball, good for a total of 217 yards. He added 121 running, but a fumble and an unsuccessful pass attempt cost him 31 yards in losses, enough to spoil his record bid. For the defense it was big Len Ford, who sparked a forward wall that never let the Bucks threaten. His end was practically impreg- nable. He smashed Ohio inter- ference time and again, he con- tinually harassed Dick Slager and his own Big Nine 1,029-yard total Pandel Savic, the Ohio passers, and he made life miserable for Pete Perini, blocking one punt and rushing the Buckeye booter on nearly all of his kicks. First Perfect Season Nothing could spoil the Wolver- ines bid for their first unblem- ished season under Crisler. Five times in the first half Michigan drives penetrated deep into Ohio State territory. They only cashed in once, however, late in the first quarter on a 62 yard sustained drive that was climaxed by Bump Elliott, who took of from the four yard line on the reverse play to score. Jim Brieske, who missed an inL- dividual record for point after touchdown conversions by two, booted the first of three. Third Period Score The Wolverines didn't score again until midway through the third period. Again they did it the hard way, grinding out 80 yards in 13 plays. It began with Chap- puis blasting up the middle for seven yards and ended with his four-yard scamper around end af- ter taking a lateral from Howie Yerges. The quarterbacking of Yerges on this march was particularly brilliant. He pulled the State de- fenses in with two plays up the middle, then called a Chanppuis pass which was good for 12 yards, and that was pretty much the pattern as he mixed his weapons brilliantly to steer Michigan to that second score. It took the Wolverines eight plays to march for their final tally. A break set it up. When Bump Elliott tried to make a shoestring catch on a punt from Ohio's Pete Perini, he fumbled the ball toward the Buckeye goal and Dom Tomasi recovered for Mich- igan on the State 34. Wisniewski Grabs Pass Irv Wisniewski, reserve end, grabbed another Chappuis pass on the 12 and three plays later, Jack. Weisenburger took a lateral and hammered off tackle for the score. Brieske's kick ended the scoring. Cannavino Buck Star Mike Cannavino, the smallest man on the Buckeye roster, was their most effective running back accounting for 57 yards in ten tries. As usual Crisler's specialists specialized. Gene Derricotte, may be the nation's finest safety man -in this game he was just that. Three times he intercepted Buck- eye passes. He did not get a chance to run back a punt because Perini was careful to keep the ball away from him, booting out of bounds whenever possible. Dan Dworsky turned in some vicious line backing. He broke up Ohio State's only scoring threat, which materialized after a Mich- igan fumble was recovered on the ten by tackle Dick O'Hanlon. Bob Mann, another specialist, contributed a circus catch down on the four yard line to set up the first score. Completely out of posi- tion as Chappuis' pass went to his wrong side, Mann whirled and fell, catching the toss on the way down. That was the story, not only of the game but of the season. Mich- igan had too many weapons. Bump Elliott was close behind with 141 yards. Jack Weisenburg- er added 81 yards to his Confer- ence rushing leadership. Michigan's first touchdown came on a break and the Wolver- ines used just three plays to cap- ~talize on it. With six minutes of the game gone, Wisconsin half- 'ack Jug Girard dropped back to his own 12 to punt. A bad pass from center confused the sopho- more ace and he was dropped on the ten as he tried to run with the ball. Yerges Scores Two plays failed to move the ball, but Chappuis passed to Yer- ges who stood all alone in the right fiat and went over standing up. Brieske's kick was wide and Michigan led 6-0. Three minutes later the Wolver- ine blitzkrieg struck again when Gene Derricotte took a Girard punt on his own 23 yard line, pickingnup some beautiful down- field blocking, evaded the last man in his way and went 77 yards to score. This time Brieske's kick was good and Michigan led 13-0. Self Runs 70 Yards Clarence Self then gave the partisan crowd their first chance to cheer when he took the next kick-off and raced 70 yards to the Michigan 14 where Big Len- nie Ford hit him and the ball squirted out of his hand. Dick Loepfe jumped on the loose ball on the 12 and Wisconsin had their first scoring chance. They muffed it however, as Derricotte inter- cepted a Girard pass in the end zone. Midway in the second quarter Michigan boosted its margin when another Chappuis to Yerges pass climaxed a 56-yard sustained drive. A 14-yard Chap to Yerges pass and a 27-yard reverse by Bump highlighted the drive. Badgers Score Harry Stuhldreher's boys then put on a drive of their own which netted them a score Nin the last minute of the half. Self took the kick-off and raced 46 yards to the Michigan 42. Sub Jim Embach then paced the team by getting Wisconsin's first pair of first downs and going over from the six on a reverse. The kick was blocked and the half ended at 20- 6. White.. ....C... Dworsky Brieske Wilkins RG Soboleski Pritul%.......RT Kohl Rifenburg .. RE McNeill Hershberger Wisniewski Yerges .......QB P. Elliott Kiesel Chappuis .... LIH Derricotte Teninga C. Elliott .... RH Kuick Kempthorn . .FB Weisenburger . . . . . . .......Knauf Surber Otterbach B. Elliott Shea ....Zoelle Olshanski Toepfer . Blackbourn Wink .......Girard Evans . ........Self Embach ..Weiske Bendrick Mann who made a great catch, taking the ball away from three one-handed catch on the 3. MICHIGAN Pos, WISCONSIN Mann .......LE Rennenbohm Ford Bennett Holloway Hanley Hilkene LT .......Leopfe Wistert Hoehn Johnson Donellan Tomasi......LG. Sickels George Collias Currier Price Wilson Kelly Gals Lose Trip To Cal in Cab' Michigan cost Wisconsin a trip to the Rose Bowl, but the Wol- verines saved one Badger alumni a lot of money. Confident that the gridiron forces of his alma mater were good enough to stop the title- bound Michigan squad, an elder- ly gentleman wagered that if Wis- consin won the game he would send his grandaughters out to the Rose Bowl in a taxicab. Save Those Bonds! SPEED DEMON-Gene Derricotte, shifty Wolverine back, ran 77 yards for one of Michigan's ten touchdowns as the Pitt Pan- thers were thoroughly subdued, 69-0. Statistics Mich. OSU Total first downs ......24 9 By rushing .........15 7 By passing ..........98 2 Net yards rushing ....233 119 Net yards forwards . 217 55 Forwards attempted ... 32 17 Passes complete ......12 3 Passes intercepted by .. 4 1 Yards interceptions returned ........... 15 0 Punts, number......... 7 10 Average distance ... 37.8 35.7 Kickoffs, average .... 5.1 56 Yards kicks returned .. 37 89 Punts .............. 20 18 Kickoffs ............ 17 71 Fumbles .............. 3 1 Lin eUps CARMEL CORN offers CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM for a Successful Season MICHIGAN Pos. Mann ........ E ...... Rifcnburg McNeill Ford Wisniewski Hilkene ......'T...... Pritula Wistert Kohl Tnomasi ...... G .... . Wilkins Soboleski Sickels Kampe W hite ....... C ..... Dworsky Brieske Yerges ....... Q ... . P. Elliott Chappuis ... . H.... C. Elliott Teninga Sen Teninga Fonde Weisenburger F ... . OSU Crane Hague Shannon Dorsey Morrison ... Wilson Jennings Kirk Hamilton Jabbusch Templeton DiPierro Snyder Mattey . Duncan Lininger Renner ... . erini Savic Cannavino Demmel sanbaugher Swinehart Newell ..... Cline Wilson CONGRATULATIONS... 8 TO TIHE MIGHTY- 1947 MICHIGAN ROSE BOWL TEAM - Composed of great Americans U representing a great institution in the struggle for Democratic Ideals. THE DASCOLA BARBERS ^j LIERTYOFF ST ATE .. I I } Peterson MICHIGAN Mann. Ford Holloway Hilkene ... Wistert Johnson Tomasi.. Sickels White ..... Dworsky Wilkins.... Soboleski Pritula .... Kohl Rifenburg .. McNeill Hershberger Yerges ..... P. Elliott Chappuis .. Derricotte C. Elliott ... Kuick Kempthorn Weisenburge 4 Pos. WIS LE.. Ren .LT...... LG...... cG....... RG .. . .. ... RT......C RE........ .QB.,... Bl LH........ RH ....... .FB..... * * Michigan Gets Three iCONSIN Fritz Crisler's awesome grid nenbohm machine went right on rolling in Bennett the second half and pushei over Hanley three more tallies on drives of 73, Loepfe 53 and 23 yards. Hoehn Chappuis led the third period Donellan marker with some superb running George and passing. Weisenburger went Collias the last 23 yards right down the Wilson center to score standing up, out- Kelly running two Badgers in a race to Knauf the corner of the end zone. Surber Chap Connects tterbach The last two scores came with- B. Elliott in a minute and a half of each .. Zoelle other. The first was set up on a 23 )lshanski yard jump pass from Chappuis to Toepfer 1 Bump Elliott which ended on the ackbourn I seven. Chap then passed to Rifen- Wink burg in the end zone. Brieske Girard kicked the extra point and the Eans score read 33-6. .. .Self Self was hit hard on the kickoff Embach return and Tomasi jumped on his Weiske fumble to set up the last score. On Bendrick the first play Bump passed to Bob J111 I . FOR FOOTBALL Hail to the Victors! A GREAT U. OFM. TEAM IN THE ROSE BOWL - 't . AAJebt i~ - .0 F FOR CAMERAS - FILM N \~.NN\ \\ *''\\\\'~. NN\4~\\N\ N>' ~\N N>>'' \ N 4> >" N \.\ XN *'N. N' \~\~ \ 'K 'K / GOOIILUCKIEAM! s /i ... / .... --+. i Congratulations to a great team and Best Wishes for their continuina success. Jlere' to a 4 . fi2_. I I