SATURDAY, OCTOBER' 23, 1948- TH E MICHIGAN DAILY Big lW T i 3-V's Tangle With Spartan Squad Today 'M' Takes Return Trip To Lansing For the second time this year, Macklin Field will be over run with maize and blue jerseys. This time it will be the Michi- gan jayvee team that will at- tempt to crack the MSC chalk lines as they tangle with the Spar- tans at 2 p.m. today in the first half of their home and home se- ries. George Johnson, freshman line coach, has been named to direct the 'B' team in the ab- sence of Don Robinson who is off to scout Illinois in their game with Purdue today. Johnson will stand pat on the line-up that was so effective in bottling up the Northwestern of- fensive last weekend in the first 'B' game this year. At the ends it will be George Sutherland and Rostum Tanjour- ian. Dave Gomberg will be at one tackle while Leo Flynn and John Eizonas will divide the other tac- kle duties. "By" Lasky gets the nod at center and will be flanked at the guards by Jack Powers and John Maturo. In the backfield, Johnson has named Irv Small at quarter back, Norm Jackson at fullback, Jim Moorish and Bill Jennings will alternate at right half and John Obee will be at tailback. Although the jayvees had little chance to perfect an offense be- fore last week's game, they pulled out the scoring plays when they needed them to post a 13-0 vic- tory. It's the same story again this week. There has been little op- portunity for the 'B' squad to build up a coordinated attack with their main efforts directed to running Minnesota plays through the varsity. This means that it will prob- ably be a game decided in the line with offense taking a back seat until one or the other teams gets a break. The game will be the last for the jayvees until State comes here Nov. 6 to finish off the home- and-home series. leHin es cme o a ysGame utile SeenAs CruCi (HIAINS OPENER: M' Sailors Test for ierm-BWolverine 1igh teights Act as Hosts Enconterflhnoies Today Hard Charging Wolverine Line To Face -o e ld For Regattc Ponderous Gopher Defense at Minneapolis y. The midget edition of Michigan's grid machines swings into (continued from Page 1) WALLY TENINGA Punting ... Frosh Show Improvement in Scrimmage Wally Weber's freshmen grid- ders completed another week of hard work yesterday by showing continued progress in mastering the intricate Wolverine offense. With the emphasis on blocking, the eclorful freshmen mentor sent his charges through another rugged scrimmage. The defense was a little tough- er than usual for a while, but the bigger and faster offensive squad finally found themselves and be- gan to move down the field. Improved blocking, both in the line and down the field was shown by the youthful footballers. Sev- eral of the backs also looked like they mean to give the varsity some competition next spring and fall. The daily drills conducted by Weber and his three assistants continue to point out the necessity, of teaching fundamentals to the first year men. Too much empha- sis cannot be placed on this train- ing if the Michigan squad is to continue to field strong gridiron squads. pounds. They are the lightweights in the line. The tackles are little Leo No- mellini, almost a sure-bet for All- America, who breaks the scales at a mere 250 pounds, and midget Bob Mealey, who hits only 220. DEAN WIDSETH and Gene Fritz carry on at the guard posts and tip the scales at 208 and 218 respectively. The center slot is held down by Clayt Tonnemaker, another monster who weighs in at 225. In comparison the Wolverine line is lightweights. Dick Rifen- burg and Irv Wisniewski, the ends hit only 197 and 194 re- spectively. Tackle Joe Soboleski weighs only 195 while his running mate Ralph Kohl is top-weight man on the offensive line scaling 223. Dom Tomasi at 180 and Stu Wil- kins at 185 are the guards while Bob Erben at center weighs 185. Thus the offensive line for Michigan will average 194 pounds and the Gopher forward wall av- erages 216. The Wolverines will spot 22 pounds per man. DEFENSIVELY the Wolverine forwards average 202 with Ed Mc- Neill and Ozzie Clark at ends, Al Wistert and Al Wahl at the tac- kles, Quent Sickels and Lloyd Heneveld at the guards and Dan Dworsky holding down the cen- ter slot. Still these giants will be outweighed by almost 15 pounds to the man. It's a different picture in the backfields, however. Minnesota has Jim Malosky at quarter- back, Everett Faunce and Bud Hausken at the halves and Frank Kuzma at the fullback post. Malesky scales 190, Faunce, 170, Hausken, 170 and Kuzma, 190 or an average of 180. Bill Elliott, 186, injured fullback comes in to do the kicking. The Wolverine offensive unit of Pete Elliott, Chuck Ortmann, Leo Koceski and Tom Peterson averages exactly the same. But this weight disadvantage is nothing new to the Wolverines. During the past few years they've spotted every team they have... faced a few pounds up front and have still managed to beat them. FOOTBALL GAMES aren't de- cided on weight, but on passing and running and clever signal calling; on blocking and tackling and well-executed plays. The team that capitalizes on its op- portunities and takes advantage of the breaks will win tomorrow. In this game they throw away the record book and deal with two teams, each of eleven men. Being the favorite doesn't mean a thing, and Michigan is going to have to be the better team on the field to- morrow if their 19th straight vic- BILL ELLIOTT tory is to be chalked up. . .. Duel? Corn-lell, MSC Trete Army Penn State Slates NEW YORK - t) - With the Seven, it will be Nebraska a college football season crossing the sas and Kansas State at Co halfway mark tomorrow, the only in addition to the Iowa teams among the nation's top ten Missouri fuss. which appear to be in any real danger of losing their lofty status Other major encounters are a couple of eastern powers- such intersectional strutgg Army and Penn StateNevada at Tulsa, Kentu Marquette, Temple at Okl Army travels to upstate New A. and M., and Indiana at York for the first time in history burgh. to take on Cornell in the only game of the day involving two ma- jor unbeaten and untied clubs. Both have won four straight. Armyc a stands fifth in the Associated Press rankings and Cornell 12th. jfl . f() .4cag ADDED INTEREST in their NEW YORK - (/P) -- fracas is furnished by the latest statistics, which show Army's rec- Thompson, the young spo ord for attacking on the ground who owns the Philadelphia to be the best in the country and of the National Football L Cornell's defensive mark against today declared war to the d a rushing game to be second only the rival All-America Coni to that of Georgia Tech. Penn State, unbeaten in two "Any conciliation betwe years and now rated No. 8, will leagues now is impossib meet an invading Michigan State made my efforts, and now team that lost to Michigan by only with it. From now on it, ,.ix points and to Notre Dame by going to be a battle." 19. Like the Army-Cornell tussle. Only the past week the this one could go either way and owner pleaded in a natio some observers are calling the azine article that the two home club the underdog. get together on a commor * * halt the ruinous competit NOTRE DAME and California players and quit throwin also travel this week, the Irish money away. invading Iowa and the Golden ---- Bears visiting Washington. Others among the top ten teams line up on their home fields like this: Louisiana State at North Caro- lina, Florida at Georgia Tech, Navy at Pennsylvania, Iowa State at Missouri and Syracuse at Northwestern. Anything but a vic- tory for any of the top ten ex- cept Army and Penn State would \ be a resounding upset. TWO OTHER Big Nine games among the midwestern headliners send Wisconsin to Ohio State and Purdue to Illinois. 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