WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 194g THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE ___________ -_'!H1' K_2__-' I!E. . . Gophers Seek Recovery Of 'ithe little Brown Jug' ' f1If l li 11 TALKING SHOP with Bud Weidenthal Associate Sporis Editor Fonville ToUndergo Operation Traditional Football Rivalry Dates To Tie with Yost's Point-A-Minute Back Stars I njury To Back Will Sideline MightyShot-Putter for Year By B. S. BROWN The Golden Gophers from up north are acting up again this year. Ever since the series started back in 1892, the Minnesota maul- ers have been trying to repeat their performance of thatryear, when they sent the Wolverines scampering in defeat, 16-6. Their success has been limited. In 56 years Michigan has won 23 games while bowing on only 13 occasions. There have been two ties. But the most interesting phase of the intense rivalry began in 1903, when Fielding Yost took one of his famous point-a-min- ute teams out to Minneapolis. The game was billed as "The championship game of the west." The Wolverines had gone through a perfect season up to that November day,. Yost's ma- gicians had piled up 559 points during the season and had held the opposition scoreless. At the end of the afternoon, Yost was no longer a happy man. Minnesota had reared up in de- fiance and walked off the field at the final whistle, proud possessors of a 6-6 tie. The Gopher home- folk proceeded to tear the town apart, wild-eyed over the moral victory. The excitement was intense enough so as to make the Mich- igan trainer forget to carry off the brown earthen jug which held the team's drinking water. Oscar Munson, Minnesota equipment man, picked up the jug and held on to it. Upon dis- covering its 'loss several days later, Yost asked Minnesota au- thorities to return it to Ann Arbor. The reply was, in effect, "Come and get it." The two teams were not to meet again until 1909, but someone re- membered the jug. Before the game that year, Minnesota pro- duced the prize. Michigan won the contest and back to Ann Arbor it went. Thus began the fabled history of the "Little Brown Jug." Mich- igan kept the Jug the following year as it again downed the North- men. When the two schools again met, it was 1919 and Minnesota immediately celebrated the re- newal of warfare by winning the Jug for the clan. The next year, it was the Wol- verines' turn to win back what had, originally been Maize and Blue property. And for seven consecutive years the Jug found refuge in Ann Arbor town. The Gophers won it again in 1927, but then took a back seat as their brethren from across the plains compiled a five-game winning streak. Minneapolis cans last had an opportunity to admire the Jug in 1942 when Minnesota trounced the Wolverines. Since then the earth- enware has resided in the trophy case at the Athletic Administra- tion Building, except for brief air- ings on the days of the games, when it is kept on the sidelines. Charlie didn't say a word-not a complaint, not an excuse. His first thought after failing to qualify for the United States Olympic team at Evanston this summer was to dash over to his team- mate who still had a chance and shout words of encouragement to him. This was typical of Charlie Fonville, probably one of the finest athletes ever to compete at the University of Michigan. He was showing the courage and determination as well as the leadership that caused his teammates to elect him their captain. All of us who were close to the Michigan contingent at Evanston that weekend early last July, were aware that the holder of the world's shot put record was not in good physical condition. It was general knowledge that he had spent the previous five days flat on his back in a hospital bed, we were aware that he would be going into the all-important trials cold. And yet there wasn't a complaint, not an excuse, not a whim- per ... Charlie was not the kind to make excuses. When we visited him in his hotel room the day of the meet there Wolverines Show Too Much Speed for Minnesota-Voigts 0. (Continued from Page 1) were held just one week later at Milwaukee. Instead, he entered a meet in Buffalo on the same weekend. Because he was not up to his usual par at Buffalo, he was sent directly to Ann Arbor for observa- tion, prior to going to Evanston for the Olympic trials. HE SPENT FIVE DAYS at the University Hospital and was re- leased on the Monday before the big meet in Evanston. Although his injured back gave him a con- siderable handicap, Fonville was favored to top the field at the Olympic trials. The Michigan ace gave every indication that he was not in top shape when he fouled twice in three tries but was able to take a third in the qualifying round as a result of his first toss which went 53 feet 1 3-4 inches. The next day, however, he fin- ished fourth in the final trials. Be- cause it was necessary under the U.S. Olympic rules to place at least third in the final trials, Charlie was not on the big boat that sailed for London later that month. FOLLOWING HIS disappoint- ment at Evanston, it was thought best that Charlie rest up during the Summer and try to heal his back. Following this advice, Fon- ville was completely inactive this summer and eagerly awaited his return to school so he could take another crack at the big iron ball. He reported to Coach Can- ham on the first day of school, and said he felt a little stiff. Canham told him to take easy workouts, consisting of light .joggging, and stretching exer- cises. Even after this Charlie felt the* same old pain that bothered him SPORTS ROG GOELZ, Night Editor last spring, so he was turned over to Drs. O'Connor and Badgley at the University Hospital. It was only after three weeks of observa- tion and intensive study of X-rays that the operation was decided to be the best thing. IT IS EVIDENT that this was no snap decision. Canham said that the doctors reported that another year of competition might be possible in Fonville's case, but that the operation had to take place some time. Taking a sincere interest in Charlie, Canham decided that it was far better to have the opera- tion take place than to risk per- manent injury to one of Mich- igan's great athletes. Canham said that it is quite improbable that Fonville will ever compete for Michigan again. He is slated to receive a degree next June. Bir Nine CHICAGO -(P)--Michigan, the nation's top-ranked team, has too much speed for brawny Minnesota, but the tricky Wolverines will know they're in a football game against the Gophers at Minneap- olis Saturday. That's the opinion of Bob Voigts whose Northwestern Wildcats were spilled by Michigan, 28-0, last Sat- urday after whipping Minnesota, 19-16, the previous week. Voigts twas cautious in his ap- praisal of the "Little Brown Jug" classic in which once-defeated Minnesota will make its biggest Rose Bowl bid of the season against the cannon-balling Wol- verines. "No matter which team is up or, down before this game," Voigts' declared at a football writers' meeting, "this rivalry always is a scorcher and you can forget all about the form sheet." Voigts recalled last year's con- test in which a Michigan team regarded as slicker than this year's powerhouse had to fight desper- ately for a 13-6 win over a Minne- sota eleven drubbed, 40-13, b~y Il- linois the previous week. "A lot of people say Minnesota should have won that game,"said Voigts, "and that's the way it could go again. It'll be a dog-fight, but Michigan has too much speed for Minnesota." Difference in line play was a major factor in Michigan's win "Michigan was getting tine jump on our line, anticipating our ball snap ahead of our own linemen," said the Wildcat boss. 1 I COMPLETE COLLISION SE "WEEK-END TEST" proves: cleaner, more soothing shaves! DON'T JUST GUESS WHAT GIVES YOU THE BEST SHAVE -MAKE THIS MOLLE "WEEK-END TEST." use use Mond your on Present this < ream side on thiFD side FE EL T HE DIFFE RE NCE 1. Let your beard grow dur-. ing the week end. 2. Monday morning, when your whiskers are at their longest and toughest, put your present cream on half your face. 3. Put Moll6, the heavier brushless cream, on the other half of your face. Spread it thin! 4. Go over your face JUST ONCE with your razor . , : and feel the difference. was not a mention of trouble, not a sign of distress-just the same old confident Fonville... "Sure I'm OK," he said, "no, my back doesn't bother me. I'm going to do my best." (He was never one to waste any words.) As we left his room we were full of admiration for the guy. He was our ideal of a real athlete and we kept our fingers crossed. After the first day of the trials the name of Fonville was on the lips of every newspaperman and track coach in town. His per- formance had been only mediocre and the possibility of l4is not making the team was not at all remote. They were talking in whispers of his injured back that had both- ered him for months and had kept him from participating in the Na- tional AAU's the previous week. Was it that which was hindering him? Still no excuses. Well they were right all along-his back had gotten progressively worse and that forced stretch in the hospital had done him no good. His timing was off and he constantly was in pain. And yet when reporters rushed over to the Michigan marvel following his failure the next day, Pe said only this, "I really have no excuse at all. My injured back felt fine." To our way of thinking this is the apex of real courage and true character. It was typical of Charlie Fonville in every respect. His tremendous desire to gain the ultimate objective of all ath- letes, the Olympics games, was quite obvious. Those long hours of tedious, boresome practice, long after his teammates had hit the showers and were on their way home was evidence enough to us that it was one thing that he wanted more than anything else. So when the announcement came up to the press box that afternoon 'that Charlie wasn't going to make the boat a lump came to out throat, we wanted to throw in the towel. But when we saw him step from the putters circle and run over ,to Eck Koutanan, who was competing in the hop, step and jump, and pat him on the back, we knew we were witnessing a true display of courage. The kind of courage that marks him as one of the all-time greats of Michigan. Team MICHIGAN Northwest'n Indiana ... Wisconsin . Ohio State. Minnesota. Iowa ...... Purdue .... 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