FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1948 THE MICHIGAN DAILY rAGE TM=E lichigan HE'S NOT DENYING: Gridders Headed for Goph.-erland, -ty Paul Brown Seen Deserting Pro Football for College Job CLEVELAND -- ( ) - Paul E. 3rown, coach and general man- ager of the Cleveland Browns, will resign as chief of the All-America Football Conference champs and return to the intercollegiate field in 1949. That's a flat statement, and probably "Precision Paul" would not confirm it, but folk closest to the former Massillon High, Ohio State and Great Lakes mentor know that it is true. A SOURCE as close to Brown as a source can be declared today : "If Paul is offered a worthwhile intercollegiate coaching job, he will make a move after this sea- son. And that 'worthwhile' offer need not be in terms of money. He'll take the first job that's worthy of his talents." Asked why Brown would give up his lucrative job with the Browns-his contract calls for $25,000 annually plus a portion of the "gate"-the spokesman said: "Paul never reckoned on getting into a football war, and he has no stomach for such things. "BROWN IS A football coach, probably the best technician in the country. He is proud of his teams, but he doesn't like this eternal conflict between his league and the National. "Both conferences are feeling the effects of the war. The fight is hurting everyone, not only because of the increased player salaries due to the bidding for talent, but because of the de- creased public interest due to the lack of an over-all cham- pion. "B6th sides are getting sick of the war, naturally. The Browns are outdrawing everyone, but aren't doing too well financially. Look at the Chicago Bears. Why George Halas has $60,000 tied up in T- quarterbacks alone. Asked about the report he would return to the collegiate field, Brown's only answer was a non- committal: "Mr. McBride has been awfully good to me here." Mickey McBride is owner of the Browns. , Plunger Lightweights Depart Today For Opener Twenty-Five Gridders Chosen To Face llin.t Michigan's 150-pound football squad will leave at 8 a.m. today for Champaign, where it will open the 1948 season against Illinois tomorrow morning. Coach Cliff Keen announced that 25 men were making the trip, 15 of them veterans of last year's 33-0 slaughter of the Illini. The team is at top strength for the game. THE WOLVERINES ended their practice for the tilt yesterday by running through light contact work and signal drills. The Illini, who have yet to win SPORTS MERLE LEVIN, Night Editor a game since their debut last sea- son, are ready for the Wolverines but hardly overconfident. Illinois Coach Don Falkenstein called the Maize and Blue pocket edition gridders "probably the toughest team we'll face all sea- son." * * * THOSE TRYING to make Fal- keinstein's prediction come true include: Centers, Gene Freed and Jim Armelagos; guards, Don O'Connell (Captain), Jere Ogle, Dave Bradbury, and Everett Knapp; tackles, Larry Shaw, Barry Breakey, Jim Sakai, Jim Johnson and Ted Karmazin. Also making the trek are: Ends, Pat Costa, Frank Whitehouse, Gor- don Smith, and John Picard; quarterbacks, Jerry Burns, Ed Morey, and George Sipp; half- backs, Bill Clark, Gene Kiddon, Prentice Ryan, and John Wilcox; and fullbacks Bud Marshall, Bob Kash, and Jerry Briskin. i ""rom 1/"? GIIANISTAND By MURRAY GRANT ... Daily Sports Editor AFTER LAST WEEK'S seven out of nine correct predictions we upped our season's average to .711 and this week we'll try to raise it even further. The two losses we suffered were at the hands of Ohio State as the Buckeyes beat our choice, Indiana, by a decisive 17-0 count and of course our Navy team sank completely as Missouri walloped the Middies 35-14. But from hereon the games get really tough. So let's see what we can do with this week's top ten games. MICHIGAN-MINNESOTA-This is the one that really counts. Michigan must win to have a clear path to the Conference crown, and the Gophers need this one for many reasons. They need it to save face, to stay in the running for the title and the Rose Bowl bid, and for almost any other reason you can thinky of. But Michigan has got more speed than Minnesota can cope with. The Wolverines in their 19th straight. ILLINOIS-PURDUE-The Boilermakers are finally moving after dropping their first three games. Illinois is having a very poor season and they are on the skids. Purdue by a comfortable margin. OHIO-STATE-WISCONSIN-The Buckeyes are the most im- proved club in the conference. They've only lost one game thus far. The Badgers, on the other hand, have been having trouble and the Wisconsin fans are screaming for Coach Harry Stuldreher's scalp. This is the week that the Badgers must redeem themselves. We think Wisconsin will win in a real upset. errioUe To Aid'M'Bid In Battle for 'Brown Jug' Michigan sent the Wolverines expected starting backfield quar- on their way to Minneapolis for tet composed of Chuck Ortman, the annual battle of the "Little Brown Jug" yesterday at 5:26 Leo Koceski, Tom Peterson and p.m. when 36 members boarded Pete Elliott. His return will be a the train at Michigan Central De- welcome addition to the weak spot pot. of the Michigan team-pass de- Trainer Jim Hunt announced fense. that for the first time this season, In their final practice session Michigan will be playing at full yester ftn , Co strength. Gene Derricotte has re- yesterday afternoon, Coach Bennie Oosterbaan sent his turned to the list of active players charges through plays expected following his recovery from a knee to be used against the Gophers injury sustained in the Michigan Saturday and stressed pass de- State game. fense. GENE WILL bolster Michigan's I The Wolverines also engaged in i J I 1 s Ti For good old-fashioned cooking, . . at prices you can pay, Everyone starts looking THE Ninis & Miller WAY "Cafeteria and Coffee Shop" 211 South State Street Passer signal drill designed to perfect ball handling and precision in indi- vidual assignments. Wally Teninga and Chuck Ort- man once again took over the punting department and prac- ticed field goal kicking. THE OLD MICHIGAN demand for perfection dominated yester- day's workout as plays and indi- vidual blocking assignments were run and rerun until the Michigan coaching staff was satisfied in their execution. Coach Oosterbaan and the Michigan squad are expected to hold one more workout Saturday before taking on Bernie Bier- man's Rose Bowl hopefuls. The general comment on the sidelines during the session was to the effect that the only thing that can stop Michigan Saturday is overconfidence, and barringkthis, the Wolverines should rack up their 19th straight victory. IOWA-NOTRE DAME-The Hawkeyes are year, and the Irish are out of first place in the squad usually puts up a good battle, but the Irish end of the score come the final whistle. not too good this country. The Iowa will be on the long TOM PETERSON .ace fullback h. 11 New Styles First at W S ' @ ) Custom Stitched Sj -Triple pleated -low set belt loops -just right waistband --plenty of cas'ual fullness -correctly tapered -supple, smart fabrics -glorious new colors -plus the distinction of custom stitching down the side seams. Man-they are slacksl "MICHIGAN GOES MARCHING ON" A New College Song At Your Dealer INDIANA-PITT-Clyde Smith has finally found himself a breather. The Panthers have added a few teeth since last season, but not enough to make them dangerous. Indiana should win this one and still have enough left to give Minnesota a good battle in their next game. NORTHWESTERN-SYRACUSE--This one is a farce. The Orange and Black of Syracuse should be Black and Blue before the Wildcats get through. Northwestern has a lot of lost pride to regain and the hap- less Syracusans are elected as the lambs to be led to slaughter. Northwestern in a romp. PENN STATE-MICHIGAN STATE-The Nittany Lions are un- defeated. The Spartans have lost to Michigan and Notre Dame. Now the problem is can their speed and deception counteract the power of the Pennsylvanians. Most people say no, but on a hunch we're going to pick Michigan State in a real humdinger of a ball game. ARMY-CORNELL-A couple of undefeated giants of the East collide in one of the day's best games. But Army has a fine back- field and a great runner in Bobby Jack Stuart. Cornell has better reserves, but the Army should still triumph. PENN-NAVY-There isn't much that can be said about Navy. To this corner they're a disappointment. Penn is strong and the Navy hasn't got one team on their schedule that is a soft touch. We're aban- doning that sinking ship and sticking to the Quakers of Pennsylvania, HARVARD-DARTMOUTH-In another top Ivy League clash the Michigan of the East faces Dartmouth Indians. Since their upset win over Columbia in their first game they haven't crashed the win column. Dartmouth is also strong, but Harvard should win this one. CHUCK ORTMANN . soph sensation he MosTr Talked About Pipe Mixture Aromatic in the pack.. . Aromatic i the pipe! :_ 4sS~ LET'S GO! in America I BEER .9ge to the 11 . 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