GE TEN' THEMICHIGAN DAILY Gophers First To Slow M' Scoring Machine, 13-6J Minnesota Line Aimost Pulls Brown Jug Upset Homecoming Fans See Maize-Blue Come From Behind To Edge Golden Gophers By DICK KRAUS ANN ARBOR, Oct. 26-Up front where the 1947 chapter of the "Little Brown Jug" rivalry took place, Michigan and Minnesota played to a Mexican standoff, but Wolverine backfield speed provided the 13-6 victory margin at the University of Michigan Stadium in a "rock-'em-sock-em" brawl that had 87,000 fans on the brink of hys- teria. The Golden Gophers halted the heretofore unstopped Michigan offense by the simple process of getting hold of the ball and keeping it. In the first half Crisler's charges had the ball for only 19 plays as a typical Bierman machine ground out nine first downs, most of them by the slow slogging overland , Line-Ups MICIGAN Pos. MINN. Manxu ........ E.........Grant Rifenburg Soltau McNeill Halenkamp Ford Sein Marcotte ikene......T.......... Fritz Pritula liendrickson Wistert Widseth Kohl Carroll Dendrinos Jaszewski Mealey Tomasi...... G ..... Dellego Wilkins Olsonowski ilieneveld Beson Sickels Kissell Soboleski Nomenelli White......C .. Tonnemaker 0o rsky Brennan A 1 ~A Jug Is Born' It has been said by some old timers at Michigan that the immortal Fielding H. Yost took greater pleasure in bringing home the Little Brown Jug to Ann Arbor, than in winning a Conference crown. All this began way back in 1903 when one of "The Grand Old Man's" most famous point-a-minute teams invaded Gopher territory with a record of 559 points to zero for their opponents. It was one of those days that have a habit of occuring when the Wolverines and Gophers collide. When it was all over but the shouting, the mighty Michigan, eleven had been held to a 6-6 deadlock by the supposedly impotent Gophers. The Minnesota fans went wild. In fact one jubilant individ- ual swiped the Michigan water jug, and the legend of the Little Brown Jug was born. -- --7- route. Minnesota, obviously keyed up for this traditional battle, rushed the Wolverines off their feet throughout the first half. The gi- ant Gopher forwards powered holes in the lighter Michigan line and light hard running backs like Billy Bye, EV Faunce, and Bill El- liott methodically marched for yardage. But Michigan's weakness of the week before was its strength- the line backing. Dan Dworsky, a defensive goat against North- western, was All-America yester- day. He plugged openings in the center of the line, smashed down ball carriers attempting to circle the ends. He was ably assisted by long lean J. T. White, who came up with the play that broke the Gophers' back. White Intercepts With the score 13-6 in the final period, and the Gophers on the march in possession of the ball on Michigan's 34 yard line, Faunce faded and flipped a pass over center. J. T. White leaped and speared it, then running like a halfback he scampered back to the Wolverine 40-yard line. That was the ball game. But up until that point the Go- phers were conceding nothing. They drew first blood in the sec- ond period when Faunce, after sparking a drive that began at midfield, cracked over from the one yard line to score. Don Bail- ey's attempted conversion was blocked by the whole Michigan line. Michigan got that touchdown back with an extra point to spare as the first half drew to a close. With less than two minutes to play, Bob Chappuis faded and Bump Elliott ran. The Bumper simply outraced the Gopher de- fender and took Chappuis' pass five yards behind the nearest Min- nesotan and breezed into the end- zone. Brieske, making his first boot of the year under pressure, split the uprights. Derricotte Scores The Wolverines' second touch- down came almost as suddenly. Statistics Minn. Mich. Net yards gained rushing 131 112 First downs .............. 13 9 Brieske Ycrges ...... P. Elliott Chappuis ... C. Elliott Derricotte Fcnde Weisenburger ..1 .. Q ....... Malosky Anonsen H ........... Bye Hausken Daugherty Faunce Bailey H. Elliott Zupetz Pullens F ...... B. Elliott Johnson Kuzma Forward Passes atempted Forward passes conpleted ........ Yards by forward passing ............ Forward passes intercepted....... Total yards runback on intercepted passes Punting average (from scrimmage) Total yards all kicks returned ...... Opponent fumbles recovered ........... Yards lost by penalty 12 12 7 8 91 131 1 3 26 56 .1 34 41 90 42 Daily-Lmanian' PAVLOVAS AND A PIG SKIN-Jumpin' Gene Derricotte highlights this football ballet, outleaping Bud Grant of Minnesota. J. T. White (55) tries to get into the act, but finds his prospective partner, the official, extremely uncooperative. 0 35 0) 0 Bump Elliott, who picked it up and staged one of the day's most beautiful runs to bring the ball back to midfield, but the ball's striking the goal posts made it an automatic touchback and Michigan took over on the 20. Weisenburger contributed his bit in the fourth period. He took a lateral from Yerges, faded as if to pass, then reversed his field and barreled toward the opposite sidelines. Two Gophers had him trapped until he faked a lateral to Bump Elliott and picked up another five yards to make it a first down. Harry Elliott, Gopher right half, tossed a pass from his own 19 yard line, which Jack Weisenburg- er intercepted on the 32 and re- turned to the 21-yard line. On the first play from scrimmage, Gene Derricotte bolted through a hole off tackle, cut wide and sprinted untouched to the pay dirt. Brieske's kick was wide. The Wolverine defensive unit seemed to form itself around Dworsky in the second half and they held the Gophers to four first downs in the last 30 minutes. The erstwhile cripples, Joe So- boleski, and Ralph Kohl were standouts along with big Al Wis- tert. Chappuis Rushed It was the offensive line that had itself a rough day today. Min- nesota's mastadons, led by 246- pound Leo Nomenelli and Gene Fritz, gave Chappuis a rough af- ternoon. The big ground gainer for Mtch- igan was Weisenburger who aver- aged almost five yards a try against the stubborn Gopher de- fenes. Field Goal Attempt Minnesota's last serious threat ended with a 33-yard field goal attempt by Don Bailey in the third period. His boot was per- fect for direction, but it hit the cross bar and bounced away to Football fever reached its height here as some 87,000 gridiron fans saw the Wolverines nose out Min- nesota under a sweltering Indian summer sun. The first sell-out throng of the season, filling every nook and cranny of the huge bowl, rose to its feet on virtually every play of the action-packed gridiron clash. The Gopher contingent, 4,500 strong, kept the east side of the stadium in an uproar, as the Min- nesota gridiron squad made its bids for victory. The famed "Little Brown Jug" made its first public appearance at the Gopher-Wolverine tilt. The jug reposed on the sidelines during the game, and at half time former Minnesota governor Harold Stas- sen and Michigan's governor Kim ALUMNI BRING OWN JUGS: Homecoming Clash Thrills 87,000 Fans I Sigler obligingly posed for pho- tographers holding the victory symbol. Half-a-dozen special trains brought University alumni from all parts of the nation to view the traditional homecoming grid clash. Scores of well-lubricated alumni poured from the specials and bois- terously trooped toward the sta- dium prior to game time. A _ _. ~ 1 (4g~14Aed 1848 mo $ 1 o o ' s~. ~.y. . u. 4PIPES.. 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